The team found that adopting a kirigami architecture made the graphene not only stretchable, but also strain-insensitive and free from motion artifacts, meaning that even as it was deformed, there ...

The team found that adopting a kirigami architecture made the graphene not only stretchable, but also strain-insensitive and free from motion artifacts, meaning that even as it was deformed, there ...

Researchers find a new set of geometric motifs that can create self-locking, lightweight, durable structures out of soft materials. The kirigami-inspired designs can support 14,000 times their ...

Kirigami-inspired strain-insensitive sensors based on atomically-thin materials. Materials Today, 2019; DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2019.08.013 ...

University of Pennsylvania. "Kirigami designs hold thousands of times their own weight." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 22 January 2020. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 01 / 200122080509.htm>.

The kirigami-inspired design can turn pages, handle water droplets, as well as achieve a 16,000 payload-to-weight ratio.

Kirigami-cut solar cells Aaron Lamoureux, University of Michigan Engineers attempting to make solar energy more affordable for the average user have long faced a conundrum. Solar panels capture ...

The latest kirigami-inspired engineering materials are also works of art A centuries-old Japanese art form could give rise to next-generation manufacturing methods, like cork as strong as steel.

The future of wireless technology — from charging devices to boosting communication signals — relies on the antennas that transmit electromagnetic waves becoming increasingly versatile, durable and ...

As wearable sensors become more prevalent, the need for a material resistant to damage from the stress and strains of the human body's natural movement becomes ever more crucial. To that end, ...