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Hèléne Berthoumieux
helene.berthoumieux (arobase) espci.psl.eu
Tel : +33 (0) 1 40 79 xx xx

Paddy Royall
paddy.royall (arobase) espci.fr
Tel : +33 (0) 1 40 79 xx xx

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Gulliver seminars take place on Mondays at 11:30 AM in the F304 room, and typically last one hour including questions. The seminars are in English, and the scientific topics are mainly those studied in the laboratory.



Gulliver Seminar : Nuno A. M. Araújo (University of Lisbon)

Lundi 26 février de 11h30 à 12h30 - Holweck

Three-dimensional shells can be obtained from the spontaneous self-folding of two-dimensional templates of interconnected panels, called nets. To design self-folding, one first needs to identify what are the nets that fold into the desired structure. In principle, different nets can fold into the same three-dimensional structure. However, recent experiments and numerical simulations show that the stochastic nature of folding might lead to misfolding, and so the probability for a given net to fold into the desired structure (yield) depends strongly on the topology of the net and experimental conditions. Here, we discuss ongoing efforts to establish a relation between the structural features of the nets and their folding time and probability of misfolding.

References
[1] N. A. M. Araújo, R. A. da Costa, S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes, Physical Review Letters 120, 188001 (2018).
[2] H. P. M. Melo, C. S. Dias, N. A. M. Araújo, Communication Physics 3, 154 (2020).

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General recommendations for the speakers

The audience is often heterogeneous - because of the wide range of scientific topics covered in the lab - so planning a talk for a broader audience would be preferred. The seminar is in English, and speakers are thus invited to prepare their slides in English.

The seminar starts at 11:30 AM. The speaker is asked to arrive in the lab at least 15 minutes in advance to set up their computer. The talks last typically 45 minutes, and are followed by a discussion time.

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