---
_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'
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