Temperature-sensitive water-responsive shape memory effect in plant leaves

• Main Authors: Wang, Tao Xi, Geng, Yun Hui, Wong, Shi Chow, Huang, Wei Min, Shen, Xing
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Ambient Temperature; Soursops
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161549
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Some plants have been reported to have the water-induced shape memory effect (SME). Since the tissue system of most plant leaves is a biophysical sandwich-like structure composed of epidermis, mesophyll and veins, the leaves are actually bio-composites. In this paper, we experimentally investigated...