Inspired by Curly Leaves, Scientists Learn How to Shape Gel Sheets
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 23:00
in Earth & Climate
Inspired by nature's way of shaping a petal, and building on simple techniques from photolithography and printing, researchers have developed a new photo-patterning tool for making three-dimensional shapes easily and cheaply. It should aid advances in biomedicine, robotics and tunable micro-optics.