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SUBMITTER: Marthelot J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203858 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20181026 1
Natural soft materials harness hierarchy and structures at all scales to build function. Adapting this paradigm to our technological needs, from mechanical, phononic and photonic metamaterials to functional surfaces prompts the development of new fabrication pathways with improved scalability, design flexibility and robustness. Here we show that the inherent periodicity of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in thin polymeric liquid films can be harnessed to spontaneously fabricate structured materi ...[more]