EFRI-ODISSEI Proposal: Cutting and Pasting - Kirigami in Architecture, Technology, and Science

Kirigami(源自日语kiru，意思是切割)提供了以前无法达到的设计、动力学和可展开程度，从分子到建筑规模的自折叠和自展开材料。结构工程师兼建筑师Le Ricolais说：“结构的艺术在于如何以及在哪里打洞。”这项研究项目的目标是将这一原则提升到一个新的水平：可建造、可弯曲和生物结构。为了实现这一点，DNA-聚合物杂化材料正在被切割和连接，以建立在纳米尺度上。该项目还使用三维打印和建模来研究和制作几何图形的原型，这些几何图形在宏观尺度上使用折纸和kirigami设计。如果成功，这项研究将引入新的主题、可移植性和设计，以形成复杂的化学、生物和建筑材料，所有这些都来自一种共同语言。将开发新的工具来可视化二维和三维结构的折叠和优化。这些工具将在纳米和人类尺度上产生新的混合构建块，创造建筑、材料合成和生物结构的新原理。将开发支持超材料、传感器、隐形飞机以及适应性和可持续建筑的新技术。就像鲜花、卫星甚至贺卡的开合一样，这项研究将为各级学生提供丰富多样的错综复杂的惊喜、问题和挑战，并扩大他们对新兴科学和工程的兴趣和认识。它还将创造一个重要的机会来激发公众的热情，从而补充和增强我们对科学、艺术和工程的影响。该项目由国家科学基金会和美国空军科学研究办公室联合资助。

Kirigami (from the Japanese kiru, which means to cut) offers a previously unattainable level of design, dynamics, and deployability to self-folding and self-unfolding materials from the molecular to the architectural scale. "The art of structure is how and where to put holes," said structural engineer and architect, Le Ricolais. The objective of this research project is to take this principle to the next level: buildable, bendable, and biological stuctures. To achieve this, DNA-polymer hybrids are being cut and joined to build on the nanoscale. The project also uses three-dimensional printing and modeling to study and prototype geometries that utilize origami and kirigami designs on the macroscopic scale. If successful, this research will introduce new motifs, portability, and design to form intricate chemical, biological, and architectural materials all from a common language. New tools will be developed to visualize folding and optimization of two- and three-dimensional structures. These tools will generate new hybrid building blocks at the nano- and human-scale, creating new principles of architecture, materials synthesis, and biological structures. New technologies will be developed supporting metamaterials, sensors, stealth aircrafts, and adaptive and sustainable buildings. Like the opening and closing of flowers, satellites, and even greeting cards, this research will offer a rich and diverse set of intricate surprises, problems, and challenges for students at all levels, and broaden their interest and awareness of emerging science and engineering. It will also create a significant opportunity to excite the general public, thus, complementing and enhancing our impact on science, art, and engineering.This project is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research.