Pinecones and Humidity-Responsive Fabrics
In short: Discover how the moisture-responsive movement of pinecones is inspiring new technologies like 4D-printed facades and active textiles.
A 1:31 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: PMC (PubMed Central) / Nature Portfolio, “Orchestrated Movement Sequences and Shape-Memory-like Effects in Pine Cones”; PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Beyond the bilayer: multilayered hygroscopic actuation in pine cone scales”; PMC (PubMed Central) / National Center for Biotechnology Information, “Pinecone-Inspired Humidity-Responsive Paper Actuators with Bilayer Structure”; UAL Research Online, “From a Pinecone to Design of an Active Textile - UAL Research Online”; academia.edu, “From a Pinecone to Design of an Active Textile”; Springer Nature Switzerland AG, “The Art and Science of Biomimicry—Abstracting Design Principles from Nature”.
Sources used in this film
- PMC (PubMed Central) / Nature Portfolio — Orchestrated Movement Sequences and Shape-Memory-like Effects in Pine Cones · View →
- PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Beyond the bilayer: multilayered hygroscopic actuation in pine cone scales · View →
- PMC (PubMed Central) / National Center for Biotechnology Information — Pinecone-Inspired Humidity-Responsive Paper Actuators with Bilayer Structure · View →
- UAL Research Online — From a Pinecone to Design of an Active Textile - UAL Research Online · View →
- academia.edu — From a Pinecone to Design of an Active Textile · View →
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG — The Art and Science of Biomimicry—Abstracting Design Principles from Nature · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: PMC (PubMed Central) / Nature Portfolio: Orchestrated Movement Sequences and Shape-Memory-like Effects in Pine Cones
- Also: PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Beyond the bilayer: multilayered hygroscopic actuation in pine cone scales
- Also: PMC (PubMed Central) / National Center for Biotechnology Information: Pinecone-Inspired Humidity-Responsive Paper Actuators with Bilayer Structure
- Also: UAL Research Online: From a Pinecone to Design of an Active Textile - UAL Research Online
- Also: academia.edu: From a Pinecone to Design of an Active Textile
- Also: Springer Nature Switzerland AG: The Art and Science of Biomimicry—Abstracting Design Principles from Nature
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