Properly cut sheets can be converted into complex 3D structures by three basic operations including folding, bending, and pasting to render new functions. Folding and bending are extensively employed in crumpling, origami, and pop-up fabrications for 3D structures. Pasting joins different parts of a material together, and can create new geometries that are fundamentally unattainable by folding and bending. However, it has been much less explored, likely due to limited choice of weldable thin film materials and residue-free glues. Here it is shown that graphene oxide (GO) paper is one such suitable material. Stacked GO sheets can be readily loosened up and even redispersed in water, which upon drying, restack to form solid structures. Therefore, water can be utilized to heal local damage, glue separated pieces, and release internal stress in bent GO papers to fix their shapes. Complex and dynamic 3D GO architectures can thus be fabricated by a cut-and-paste approach, which is also applicable to GO-based hybrid with carbon nanotubes or clay sheets.
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