Harnessing the interface mechanics of hard films and soft substrates for 3D assembly by controlled buckling

Adaptive locomotion of artificial microswimmers

(2019) H.-W. Huang et al.   Science Advances

Spontaneous buckling-driven periodic delamination of thin films on soft substrates under large compression

(2018) Qiuting Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Morphable 3D mesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics

(2018) Haoran Fu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Two-dimensional materials in functional three-dimensional architectures with applications in photodetection and imaging

(2018) Wonho Lee et al.   Nature Communications

Nano-kirigami with giant optical chirality

(2018) Zhiguang Liu et al.   Science Advances

Origami/Kirigami-Guided Morphing of Composite Sheets

(2018) Jianxun Cui et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mechanically Guided Post-Assembly of 3D Electronic Systems

(2018) Bong Hoon Kim et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Design and Fabrication of Heterogeneous, Deformable Substrates for the Mechanically Guided 3D Assembly

(2018) Haiwen Luan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Mechanically Assembled, Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Structures of Cellular Graphene with Programmed Geometries and Outstanding Electromechanical Properties

(2018) Yun Ling et al.   ACS Nano

Soft Three-Dimensional Microscale Vibratory Platforms for Characterization of Nano-Thin Polymer Films

(2018) Kewang Nan et al.   ACS Nano

Freestanding 3D Mesostructures, Functional Devices, and Shape-Programmable Systems Based on Mechanically Induced Assembly with Shape Memory Polymers

(2018) Xueju Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High Performance, Tunable Electrically Small Antennas through Mechanically Guided 3D Assembly

(2018) Fei Liu et al.   Small

Rigidity of hemispherical elastic gridshells under point load indentation

(2018) Changyeob Baek et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Buckling of a Pressurized Hemispherical Shell Subjected to a Probing Force

(2017) Joel Marthelot et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Form finding in elastic gridshells

(2017) Changyeob Baek et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Three-dimensional mesostructures as high-temperature growth templates, electronic cellular scaffolds, and self-propelled microrobots

(2017) Zheng Yan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanically-Guided Deterministic Assembly of 3D Mesostructures Assisted by Residual Stresses

(2017) Haoran Fu et al.   Small

Buckling patterns in biaxially pre-stretched bilayer shells: wrinkles, creases, folds and fracture-like ridges

(2017) Rashed Al-Rashed et al.   Soft Matter

Wrinkling-to-delamination transition in thin polymer films on compliant substrates

(2017) Adam J. Nolte et al.   Soft Matter

Self-assembled three dimensional network designs for soft electronics

(2017) Kyung-In Jang et al.   Nature Communications

Nanomaterial-Enabled Wearable Sensors for Healthcare

(2017) Shanshan Yao et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Guided Formation of 3D Helical Mesostructures by Mechanical Buckling: Analytical Modeling and Experimental Validation

(2016) Yuan Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Controlled Mechanical Buckling for Origami-Inspired Construction of 3D Microstructures in Advanced Materials

(2016) Zheng Yan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Printing soft matter in three dimensions

(2016) Ryan L. Truby et al.   NATURE

Three-dimensional mapping and regulation of action potential propagation in nanoelectronics-innervated tissues

(2016) Xiaochuan Dai et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Laser-assisted direct ink writing of planar and 3D metal architectures

(2016) Mark A. Skylar-Scott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical assembly of complex, 3D mesostructures from releasable multilayers of advanced materials

(2016) Z. Yan et al.   Science Advances

Holographic patterning of high-performance on-chip 3D lithium-ion microbatteries

(2015) Hailong Ning et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A mechanically driven form of Kirigami as a route to 3D mesostructures in micro/nanomembranes

(2015) Yihui Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Voxelated liquid crystal elastomers

(2015) Taylor H. Ware et al.   SCIENCE

Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling

(2015) S. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

Nonlinear analysis of compressed elastic thin films on elastic substrates: From wrinkling to buckle-delamination

(2014) Kui Pan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Development of a Sperm-Flagella Driven Micro-Bio-Robot

(2013) Veronika Magdanz et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Materials Chemistry in 3D Templates for Functional Photonics

(2013) Paul V. Braun   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

High-power lithium ion microbatteries from interdigitated three-dimensional bicontinuous nanoporous electrodes

(2013) James H. Pikul et al.   Nature Communications

Transfer Printing Techniques for Materials Assembly and Micro/Nanodevice Fabrication

(2012) Andrew Carlson et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Silicon Micro-Machines for Fun and Profit

(2012) David Bishop et al.   JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS

The ‘Sticky Elastica’: delamination blisters beyond small deformations

(2012) Till J. W. Wagner et al.   Soft Matter

Concomitant wrinkling and buckle-delamination of elastic thin films on compliant substrates

(2011) Haixia Mei et al.   MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Three-dimensional bicontinuous ultrafast-charge and -discharge bulk battery electrodes

(2011) Huigang Zhang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Ultralight Metallic Microlattices

(2011) T. A. Schaedler et al.   SCIENCE

Multidimensional Architectures for Functional Optical Devices

(2010) Kevin A. Arpin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

On instability-induced debond initiation in thin film systems

(2010) Sanjay Goyal et al.   ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS

Foldable Printed Circuit Boards on Paper Substrates

(2009) Adam C. Siegel et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Ultraviolet-Assisted Direct-Write Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Nanocomposite Microcoils

(2009) Louis Laberge Lebel et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The macroscopic delamination of thin films from elastic substrates

(2009) D. Vella et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Two- and three-dimensional folding of thin film single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic power applications

(2009) X. Guo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tetherless thermobiochemically actuated microgrippers

(2009) Timothy G. Leong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Omnidirectional Printing of Flexible, Stretchable, and Spanning Silver Microelectrodes

(2009) B. Y. Ahn et al.   SCIENCE