Bending of bilayers with general initial shapes

Details Bending of bilayers with general initial shapes Bending of bilayers with general initial shapes

2011-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/1110.1007v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

32 pages, 16 figures, submitted to PRE

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We present a simple discrete formula for the elastic energy of a bilayer. The formula is convenient for rapidly computing equilibrium configurations of actuated bilayers of general initial shapes. We use maps of principal curvatures and minimum-curvature direction fields to analyze configurations. We find good agreement between the computations and an approximate analytical solution for the case of a rectangular bilayer. For more general shapes (simple polyiamonds), we find a range of typical bending behaviors: overall bending directions along longest and shortest dimensions, inward bending at corners, curvature intensification near boundaries, and conical bending and partitioned bending zones in some cases.

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