Mechanically controlled pattern formation

Our colleagues in a collaboration with researchers from Bilkent University showed the formation of periodic patterns by a diffusion–precipitation reaction in a stretchable hydrogel and the control of the obtained patterns by the unprecedented and uncommon method of mechanical input. The study has been published in Advanced Materials.

 

Mohammad Morsali, Muhammad Turab Ali Khan, Rahym Ashirov, Gábor Holló, H. Tarik Baytekin, Istvan Lagzi, Bilge Baytekin
Mechanical Cntrol of Periodic Precipitation in Stretchable Gels to Retrieve Information on Elastic Deformation and for the Complex Patterning of Matter
Advanced Materials (2018 impact factor: 25.809)
doi:10.1002/adma.201905779