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Magnetic Kirigami by Laser Cutting

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Magnetic kirigami with tunable configurations under magnetic actuation is of significant interest in various emerging fields. However, there remains a grand challenge to develop magnetic kirigami with a facile fabrication strategy, programmable magnetization, and functionality. In this work, we present a novel magnetic kirigami that is readily fabricated by the laser cutting technique. The magnetic kirigami consists of an array of magnetic microplates, each with a programmed magnetization. By applying an actuation magnetic field, each microplate can rotate and even flip, allowing for predesigned kirigami configurations. By further coating the surface of the microplate array, the magnetic kirigami can be programmed with functionality. We demonstrate a potential application of information encryption by engineering magnetic kirigami into a magneto-responsive QR code. Providing a simple fabrication strategy, our work paves the way for other applications of magnetic kirigami.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. 51975597, 21872176, 22072185, and 12272369), Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Project Nos. 2019A1515011011 and 2022A1515011065), Special Support Plan for High Level Talents in Guangdong Province (Project No. 2017TQ04X674), Key Research and Development Plan of Guangdong Province (Project No. 2018B0909060), Pearl River Talents Program of Guangdong Province (Project No. 2017GC010671), and Organized scientific research project of Guangdong Normal University of Technology (Project No.22GPNUZDJS21).

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  1. School of Mechatronic Engineering, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, 510665, China

    Jian Wang, Yumei Zhou & Lanying Xu

  2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Sensor Technology and Biomedical Instrument, School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Lelun Jiang

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Liu Wang

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JW contributed to conceptualization, investigation, methodology, experiments, visualization, writing—original draft. YZ and LX contributed to writing, revising—revised draft. LJ contributed to conceptualization, visualization, writing—original draft. LW contributed to conceptualization, methodology, writing—review. LJ and LW supervised the work.

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Wang, J., Zhou, Y., Xu, L. et al. Magnetic Kirigami by Laser Cutting. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 36, 594–601 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10338-023-00394-z

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