Programmable shape transformation of elastic spherical domes

Geometry and mechanics of thin growing bilayers

(2016) Matteo Pezzulla et al.   Soft Matter

Polydimethylsiloxane bilayer films with an embedded spontaneous curvature

(2016) A. I. Egunov et al.   Soft Matter

Mechanically and Chemically Robust Sandwich-Structured C@Si@C Nanotube Array Li-Ion Battery Anodes

(2015) Jinyun Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Shape Recovery Kinetics in Vascularized 3D-Printed Polymeric Actuators

(2015) Aditya Balasubramanian et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Colloidal Particles that Rapidly Change Shape via Elastic Instabilities

(2015) Eric Epstein et al.   Small

Journey of water in pine cones

(2015) Kahye Song et al.   Scientific Reports

Hydro-Responsive Curling of the Resurrection Plant Selaginella lepidophylla

(2015) Ahmad Rafsanjani et al.   Scientific Reports

Sensitive Humidity-Driven Reversible and Bidirectional Bending of Nanocellulose Thin Films as Bio-Inspired Actuation

(2015) Miao Wang et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Dynamics of snapping beams and jumping poppers

(2014) A. Pandey et al.   EPL

Bistable characteristics of thick-walled axisymmetric domes

(2014) Amit Madhukar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

A chemo-mechanical model of lithiation in silicon

(2014) Hui Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

The role of substrate pre-stretch in post-wrinkling bifurcations

(2014) Anesia Auguste et al.   Soft Matter

Conjugated polymer composite artificial muscle with solvent-induced anisotropic mechanical actuation

(2014) Xin Lu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Biomimetic Hydrogel-Based Actuating Systems

(2013) Leonid Ionov   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Carbon Nanotube and Graphene-based Bioinspired Electrochemical Actuators

(2013) Lirong Kong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Contactless, photoinitiated snap-through in azobenzene-functionalized polymers

(2013) M. R. Shankar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Localization of deformation in thin shells under indentation

(2013) Alice Nasto et al.   Soft Matter

Reconfigurable and actuating structures from soft materials

(2013) Ren Geryak et al.   Soft Matter

Pseudo-bistable self-actuated domes for morphing applications

(2012) A. Brinkmeyer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Kinetics of Initial Lithiation of Crystalline Silicon Electrodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2012) Matt Pharr et al.   NANO LETTERS

Microchemomechanical Systems

(2011) Jatinder S. Randhawa et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

“Vegetable Dynamicks”: The Role of Water in Plant Movements

(2011) Jacques Dumais et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

The biomechanics of fast prey capture in aquatic bladderworts

(2011) A. K. Singh et al.   Biology Letters

Measurement of nonlinear mechanical properties of PDMS elastomer

(2011) Tae Kyung Kim et al.   MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Edge Effects Determine the Direction of Bilayer Bending

(2011) Silas Alben et al.   NANO LETTERS

Growth, geometry, and mechanics of a blooming lily

(2011) H. Liang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soft microorigami: self-folding polymer films

(2011) Leonid Ionov   Soft Matter

Bending and twisting of soft materials by non-homogenous swelling

(2011) Douglas P. Holmes et al.   Soft Matter

Self-actuated snap back of viscoelastic pulsing structures

(2010) M. Santer   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Foldable structures and the natural design of pollen grains

(2010) Eleni Katifori et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

First jump of microgel; actuation speed enhancement by elastic instability

(2010) Howon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Inhomogeneous swelling of a gel in equilibrium with a solvent and mechanical load

(2009) Wei Hong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Mimosa pudica: Electrical and mechanical stimulation of plant movements

(2009) ALEXANDER G. VOLKOV et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Mechanics of highly deformed elastic shells

(2009) Ashkan Vaziri   THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES

A theory of coupled diffusion and large deformation in polymeric gels

(2007) Wei Hong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS