Quasicrystal kirigami

TL;DR

This paper explores the use of quasicrystal patterns in kirigami to create deployable structures, analyzing their unique geometrical, topological, and mechanical properties, expanding beyond traditional periodic designs.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach of using quasicrystals for kirigami design, demonstrating their potential for creating complex, deployable mechanical metamaterials.

Findings

Quasicrystal-based kirigami structures exhibit unique geometrical properties.

These structures show distinctive topological and mechanical behaviors.

Potential applications in advanced deployable devices and metamaterials.

Abstract

Kirigami, the art of introducing cuts in thin sheets to enable articulation and deployment, has become an inspiration for a novel class of mechanical metamaterials with unusual properties. Here we complement the use of periodic tiling patterns for kirigami designs by showing that quasicrystals can also serve as the basis for designing deployable kirigami structures, and analyze the geometrical, topological and mechanical properties of these aperiodic kirigami structures.