14-06-26 Wrinkles, creases and folds are everywhere in nature, from the surface of human skin to the buckled（有扣的） crust of Earth. They can also be useful structures for engineers. Wrinkles in thin films, for example, can help make durable circuit boards...

13-12-30 A team of material scientists, chemical engineers and physicists from the University of Pennsylvania has made another advance in their effort to use liquid crystals as a medium for assembling structures. In their earlier studies, the team produced p...

13-07-10 Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed three-dimensional (3-D) printing technology and techniques to create free-standing structures made of liquid metal at room temperature. It's difficult to create structures out of liquid...