--- _id: '121' abstract: - lang: eng text: We show that the simplest building blocks of origami-based materials - rigid, degree-four vertices - are generically multistable. The existence of two distinct branches of folding motion emerging from the flat state suggests at least bistability, but we show how nonlinearities in the folding motions allow generic vertex geometries to have as many as five stable states. In special geometries with collinear folds and symmetry, more branches emerge leading to as many as six stable states. Tuning the fold energy parameters, we show how monostability is also possible. Finally, we show how to program the stability features of a single vertex into a periodic fold tessellation. The resulting metasheets provide a previously unanticipated functionality - tunable and switchable shape and size via multistability. acknowledgement: B. G. C. acknowledges support from FOM, and S. W. and M. v. H. acknowledge support from NWO. article_number: '055503' author: - first_name: Scott R full_name: Waitukaitis, Scott R id: 3A1FFC16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Waitukaitis orcid: 0000-0002-2299-3176 - first_name: Rémi full_name: Menaut, Rémi last_name: Menaut - first_name: Bryan full_name: Chen, Bryan last_name: Chen - first_name: Martin full_name: Van Hecke, Martin last_name: Van Hecke citation: ama: 'Waitukaitis SR, Menaut R, Chen B, Van Hecke M. Origami multistability: From single vertices to metasheets. APS Physics, Physical Review Letters. 2015;114(5). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.055503' apa: 'Waitukaitis, S. R., Menaut, R., Chen, B., & Van Hecke, M. (2015). Origami multistability: From single vertices to metasheets. APS Physics, Physical Review Letters. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.055503' chicago: 'Waitukaitis, Scott R, Rémi Menaut, Bryan Chen, and Martin Van Hecke. “Origami Multistability: From Single Vertices to Metasheets.” APS Physics, Physical Review Letters. American Physical Society, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.055503.' ieee: 'S. R. Waitukaitis, R. Menaut, B. Chen, and M. Van Hecke, “Origami multistability: From single vertices to metasheets,” APS Physics, Physical Review Letters, vol. 114, no. 5. American Physical Society, 2015.' ista: 'Waitukaitis SR, Menaut R, Chen B, Van Hecke M. 2015. Origami multistability: From single vertices to metasheets. APS Physics, Physical Review Letters. 114(5), 055503.' mla: 'Waitukaitis, Scott R., et al. “Origami Multistability: From Single Vertices to Metasheets.” APS Physics, Physical Review Letters, vol. 114, no. 5, 055503, American Physical Society, 2015, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.055503.' short: S.R. Waitukaitis, R. Menaut, B. Chen, M. Van Hecke, APS Physics, Physical Review Letters 114 (2015). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:44:44Z date_published: 2015-02-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T06:49:07Z day: '04' doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.055503 extern: '1' external_id: arxiv: - '1408.1607' intvolume: ' 114' issue: '5' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.1607 month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Preprint publication: APS Physics, Physical Review Letters publication_status: published publisher: American Physical Society publist_id: '7933' quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: 'Origami multistability: From single vertices to metasheets' type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 114 year: '2015' ...