Assembly of the microstructures (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Assembly of the microstructures

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Video of the assembly of the microstructures. The triangle lattice is exposed to a liquid which swells and softens the polymer. In this flexible state, the capillary forces imposed by the evaporating liquid drew the edges of the triangles together, changing their connections with one another and transforming them into hexagons. (Video courtesy of Shucong Li/Bolei Deng/Harvard SEAS)

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(Video courtesy of Shucong Li/Bolei Deng/Harvard SEAS)

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