In this study I want to look at the development of Origami and the way in which the search for simplicity on the one hand. and a desire to achieve a greater degree of realism on the other, have influenced the evolution of our modern Origami. I am not here considering Origami where the aim is to create toys or games, fascinating as this branch of paper folding is. My focus in this research has b...

Transformation-based program synthesis is a hallmark of automated program development. Some time ago, we discovered that the design of a program could be expressed as a matrix of transformations, where both rows and columns represented features. The technique was called Origami, as the matrix was folded in precise ways (thereby composing transformations) until a scalar was produced. This scalar...

Two-dimensional self-assembly of DNA origami structures was carried out using a connector that has connection sites at all four edges. By utilizing this four-way connector, five and eight origami monomers were assembled to form a cruciate and a hollow square structure, respectively.

DNA origami has been used to orchestrate reactions with nano-precision using a variety of biomolecules. Here, the dynamics of albumin-assisted, localized single-molecule DNA polymerization by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase on a 2D DNA origami are monitored using AFM in liquid. Direct visualization of the surface activity revealed the mechanics of growth.

3D plasmonic chiral colloids are synthesized through deterministically grouping of two gold nanorod AuNRs on DNA origami. These nanorod crosses exhibit strong circular dichroism (CD) at optical frequencies which can be engineered through position tuning of the rods on the origami. Our experimental results agree qualitatively well with theoretical predictions.

This paper presents a system for computer based interactive simulation of origami, based on rigid origami model. Our system shows the continuous process of folding a piece of paper into a folded shape by calculating the configuration from the crease pattern. The configuration of the model is represented by crease angles, and the trajectory is calculated by projecting angles motion to the constr...

Modeling tools provide a valuable support for DNA origami design. However, current solutions have limited application for conformational analysis of the designs. In this work we present a tool for a thorough study of DNA origami structure and dynamics. The tool is based on a novel coarse-grained model dedicated to geometry optimization and conformational analysis of DNA origami. We explored the...

Origami structures are of great interest in microelectronics, soft actuators, mechanical metamaterials, and biomedical devices. Current methods of fabricating origami structures still have several limitations, such as complex material systems or tedious processing steps. We present a simple approach for creating three-dimensional (3D) origami structures by the frontal photopolymerization method...

Toric origami manifold is a generalization of a symplectic toric manifold: it is a manifold with torus action and a compatible 2-form degenerating in a nice, controllable way. In the same way as symplectic toric manifolds are classified by Delzant polytopes, symplectic toric manifolds are classified by certain collections of Delzant polytopes, called origami templates. We are interested in the ...

In this paper, a novel dual band frequency reconfigurable antenna using an origami magic cube is proposed for wireless sensor network (WSN) applications. The proposed origami antenna consists of a meandered monopole folded onto three sides of the magic cube. A microstrip open-ended stub is loaded on the meandered monopole. The proposed origami magic cube can be mechanically folded and unfolded....