Nature is a wealth of inspiration for biomimetic and actuating devices. These devices are, and have been, useful for advancing society, such as giving humans the capability of flight, or providing household products such as velcro. Among the many biomimetic models studied, plants are interesting because of the scope of functions and structures produced from combinations of the same basic cell wall building blocks. Hierarchical investigation of structure and composition at various length-scales has revealed unique micro and nano-scale properties leading to complex functions in plants. A better understanding of such micro and nano-scale properties will lead to the design of more complex actuating devices, including those capable of multiple f...
Plant hydro-actuated systems provide a rich source of inspiration for designing autonomously morphin...
In plants, the development of aerial organs is indeterminate: it takes place throughout their lifesp...
Bibliography: leaves 92-129.Resurrection plants have the unique capacity to revive from an air-dried...
Upon hydration and dehydration, the vegetative tissue of Selaginella lepidophylla can reversibly swe...
The spirally arranged stems of the spikemoss Selaginella lepidophylla, an ancient resurrection plant...
While the importance of physical mechanisms in animal morphogenesis and developmental regulation is ...
Plants are dynamic. They adjust their shape for feeding, defence and reproduction. Such plant moveme...
Resurrection plants have fascinated scientists since centuries as they can fully recover from cellul...
Plants are constantly subjected to external mechanical loads such as wind or touch and respond to th...
Plants generate motion by absorbing and releasing water. Many Asteraceae plants, such as the dandeli...
Morphogenesis is a phenomenon by which a wide variety of functional organs are formed in biological ...
The mechanisms that move plants can serve as biological role models for engineers, designers and arc...
DoctorMost previous studies have investigated the motile mechanism of plants from a biochemical pers...
The huge quantity of data generated by the "large scale" biology allows for a new approach of develo...
There has been increasing worldwide recognition of the importance of hydraulic physiology--the trans...
Plant hydro-actuated systems provide a rich source of inspiration for designing autonomously morphin...
In plants, the development of aerial organs is indeterminate: it takes place throughout their lifesp...
Bibliography: leaves 92-129.Resurrection plants have the unique capacity to revive from an air-dried...
Upon hydration and dehydration, the vegetative tissue of Selaginella lepidophylla can reversibly swe...
The spirally arranged stems of the spikemoss Selaginella lepidophylla, an ancient resurrection plant...
While the importance of physical mechanisms in animal morphogenesis and developmental regulation is ...
Plants are dynamic. They adjust their shape for feeding, defence and reproduction. Such plant moveme...
Resurrection plants have fascinated scientists since centuries as they can fully recover from cellul...
Plants are constantly subjected to external mechanical loads such as wind or touch and respond to th...
Plants generate motion by absorbing and releasing water. Many Asteraceae plants, such as the dandeli...
Morphogenesis is a phenomenon by which a wide variety of functional organs are formed in biological ...
The mechanisms that move plants can serve as biological role models for engineers, designers and arc...
DoctorMost previous studies have investigated the motile mechanism of plants from a biochemical pers...
The huge quantity of data generated by the "large scale" biology allows for a new approach of develo...
There has been increasing worldwide recognition of the importance of hydraulic physiology--the trans...
Plant hydro-actuated systems provide a rich source of inspiration for designing autonomously morphin...
In plants, the development of aerial organs is indeterminate: it takes place throughout their lifesp...
Bibliography: leaves 92-129.Resurrection plants have the unique capacity to revive from an air-dried...