Mengtian Gan

Degrade to Function: Towards Eco-friendly Morphing Devices that Function Through Programmed Sequential Degradation

While it seems counterintuitive to think of degradation within an operating device as beneficial, one may argue that when rationally designed, the controlled breakdown of materials—physical, chemical, or biological—can be harnessed for specific functions. To apply this principle to the design of morphing devices, we i…