Deterministic snap-through buckling and energy trapping in axially-loaded notched strips for compliant building blocks

Bifurcation-based embodied logic and autonomous actuation

(2019) Yijie Jiang et al.   Nature Communications

Nudging axially compressed cylindrical panels towards imperfection insensitivity

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Tuned photomechanical switching of laterally constrained arches

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Designing minimal and scalable insect-inspired multi-locomotion millirobots

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Tailoring energy absorption with functional grading of a contact-aided compliant mechanism

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Architected materials for tailorable shear behavior with energy dissipation

(2019) Suihan Liu et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

Bioinspired Electrically Activated Soft Bistable Actuators

(2018) Huiqi Shao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Micrometer-Scale Porous Buckling Shell Actuators Based on Liquid Crystal Networks

(2018) Venkata Subba Rao Jampani et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Slit Tubes for Semisoft Pneumatic Actuators

(2018) Lee Belding et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Imperfections and energy barriers in shell buckling

(2018) John W. Hutchinson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Modal nudging in nonlinear elasticity: Tailoring the elastic post-buckling behaviour of engineering structures

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Harnessing bistability for directional propulsion of soft, untethered robots

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Bifurcation-enhanced ultrahigh sensitivity of a buckled cantilever

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Handedness in shearing auxetics creates rigid and compliant structures

(2018) Jeffrey Ian Lipton et al.   SCIENCE

Design, fabrication, and analysis of lattice exhibiting energy absorption via snap-through behavior

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Multi-step self-guided pathways for shape-changing metamaterials

(2018) Corentin Coulais et al.   NATURE

Exploiting Structural Instability to Design Architected Materials Having Essentially Nonlinear Stiffness

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Architected Origami Materials: How Folding Creates Sophisticated Mechanical Properties

(2018) Suyi Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Flectofold—a biomimetic compliant shading device for complex free form facades

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Energy capture and storage in asymmetrically multistable modular structures inspired by skeletal muscle

(2017) Narayanan Kidambi et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Flexible mechanical metamaterials

(2017) Katia Bertoldi et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Tailored Buckling Microlattices as Reusable Light-Weight Shock Absorbers

(2016) Tobias Frenzel et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Programmable Kiri-Kirigami Metamaterials

(2016) Yichao Tang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Harnessing Seeded Geometric Imperfection to Design Cylindrical Shells With Tunable Elastic Postbuckling Behavior

(2016) Nan Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

The Geometric Role of Precisely Engineered Imperfections on the Critical Buckling Load of Spherical Elastic Shells

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Bistable compliant mechanism using magneto active elastomer actuation

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Compliant constant-force linear-motion mechanism

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Bistable Mechanisms for Space Applications

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Stable propagation of mechanical signals in soft media using stored elastic energy

(2016) Jordan R. Raney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Concurrent design of a morphing aerofoil with variable stiffness bi-stable laminates

(2016) I K Kuder et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Controlled elastic postbuckling of bilaterally constrained non-prismatic columns: application to enhanced quasi-static energy harvesters

(2016) Suihan Liu et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

High-efficiency robust perovskite solar cells on ultrathin flexible substrates

(2016) Yaowen Li et al.   Nature Communications

Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle

(2016) Dian Yang et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Soft Actuation of Structured Cylinders through Auxetic Behavior

(2015) Arnaud Lazarus et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Multistable Architected Materials for Trapping Elastic Strain Energy

(2015) Sicong Shan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Snapping Mechanical Metamaterials under Tension

(2015) Ahmad Rafsanjani et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Perspective on the Revival of Structural (In) Stability With Novel Opportunities for Function: From Buckliphobia to Buckliphilia

(2015) Pedro M. Reis   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Amplifying the response of soft actuators by harnessing snap-through instabilities

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Selective buckling via states of self-stress in topological metamaterials

(2015) Jayson Paulose et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Column dampers with negative stiffness: high damping at small amplitude

(2013) H Kalathur et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

A review of the recent research on vibration energy harvesting via bistable systems

(2013) R L Harne et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Advanced damper with negative structural stiffness elements

(2012) Liang Dong et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Piezoelectric buckled beams for random vibration energy harvesting

(2012) F Cottone et al.   Smart Materials and Structures