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SYMMETRY AND PROGRAMMABILITY. "Symmetry-breaking transitions are very common in crystalline materials, for instance in shape memory alloys." This property of asymmetry offers a greater ability to code information into a material and program it. https://lnkd.in/esQdGYb View in LinkedIn

BIOMIMETIC DEVICES. "The reversible 3D photonic actuators transformed from the programmed 2D structures via the bending, twisting and folding mechanisms may be applied in the field of mechanical actuators, and optoelectronic and bio-mimetic devices." http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edwin_Thomas/publication/255749505_Three-dimensional_actuators_transformed_from_the_programmed_two-dimensional_structures_via_bending_twisting_and_folding_mechanisms/links/0deec523344479213f000000.pdf View in LinkedIn

EXTERNAL FORCE DRIVERS. "Various shapes of these 3D actuating objects were constructed by transforming the programmed 2D structures via bending, twisting and folding mechanisms. These 2D structures were first programmed by breaking the symmetry." https://lnkd.in/e37ZsXZ View in LinkedIn

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS AND SYMMETRY. "Combining the physical principle of actuators with the basic concept of photonic crystals, colour-tunable 3D photonic actuators were successfully fabricated." New smart materials. https://lnkd.in/e37ZsXZ View in LinkedIn

"SMART MATERIALS have attracted much attention due to the ability to change their volume and shape in response to external stimuli." https://lnkd.in/e37ZsXZ View in LinkedIn

BIOMIMETIC ASYMMETRY. "Constructions of three-dimensional objects with arbitrary shapes and further manipulations of their colours and shapes can provide many potential applications in the field of actuators, and bio-mimetic devices." https://lnkd.in/e37ZsXZ View in LinkedIn

USEFUL SIGNALS. Asymmetry in biological systems: "of paramount importance are the physical and biochemical amplification systems that can break symmetry by turning local and transient signals or even noise into stable and system-level asymmetries." Noise transformed to information. https://lnkd.in/eyHMM64 View in LinkedIn

NANO TO MACRO. "The origins of large-scale asymmetries in biology often lies in the asymmetries at a smaller scale." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2829966/ View in LinkedIn

COMPLEXITY. "PW Anderson, Nobel Laureate in physics, speculated that increasing levels of broken symmetry in many-bodied systems (systems of many interacting components) correlates with increasing complexity and functional specialization. This is certainly true in biology." https://lnkd.in/eyHMM64 View in LinkedIn

ASYMMETRY IN BIOLOGY. "Symmetry breaking is essential for cell movement, polarity, and developmental planning." https://lnkd.in/eyHMM64 View in LinkedIn