Fullerene Nanoarchitectonics with Shape-Shifting

design a shape-shifting robot gripper with granular material

in this paper, a new kind of gripper is designed. this universal gripper is proposed where different objects should be gripped easily, reliably within rapid succession without any feedback. by adding an annular balloon around the granular bag, a lateral force pushes the main membrane and increases the friction force between the bag and the load. according to the acquired test results reported i...

Shape-Shifting Droplet Networks.

We consider a three-dimensional network of aqueous droplets joined by single lipid bilayers to form a cohesive, tissuelike material. The droplets in these networks can be programed to have distinct osmolarities so that osmotic gradients generate internal stresses via local fluid flows to cause the network to change shape. We discover, using molecular dynamics simulations, a reversible folding-u...

Nanoarchitectonics with Porphyrin Functionalized DNA

DNA is well-known as bearer of the genetic code. Since its structure elucidation nearly seven decades ago by Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin, much has been learned about its detailed structure, function, and genetic coding. The development of automated solid-phase synthesis, and with it the availability of synthetic DNA with any desired sequence in lengths of up to hundreds of bases in the...

Shape-shifting protein channel

mechanism of oceanic control of climate. They constitute a repository for heat, fresh water and gases such as carbon dioxide, all of which are exchanged at the ocean–atmosphere interface.On the largest scale, the water masses spread and fill the ocean basins. These huge bodies of water are also the engines of large-scale ocean circulation, one that is primarily driven by so-called North Atlanti...

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