http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-genzer-origami-grant/
In that work, the researcher ran pre-stressed plastic sheets through a conventional inkjet printer to print bold black lines on the material. The material was then cut into a desired pattern and placed under an infrared light, such as a heat lamp.
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* Design of the Origami-like Hinge Line of Space Deployable Structures
* Planning Motions for Shape-Memory Alloy Sheets
* Micro-patterned Polymer Gel Multilayers for Reversibly Self-folding Origami
* Engineering Biological Tissues by Directed Assembly and Origami Folding
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* Cell Origami: Producing 3D Tissue Using Origami Folding Technique
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* Miura-Ori Rectilinear Locomotion Using SMA Actuators
* Millimeter Scale Self-Folding of a Laminated Paper System
* Self-Deploying Origami Models Using Misaligned Crease Patterns
* Self-organised Folding with Gravity and Friction as Guiding Concept
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