Harvard MRSEC Publications, 2020 (DMR-1420570)

IRG 1: Mechanics of Soft Materials under Large Deformation

  1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG1)

    1. Liu, J., H. Chen, X. Shi, S. Nawar, J.G Werner, G. Huang, M. Ye, D.A. Weitz, A.A. Solovev, and Y. Mei, "Hydrogel microcapsules with photocatalytic nanoparticles for removal of organic pollutants," Environmental Science: Nano 7 (2), 656-664 (2020) open doi in new window
  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG1)

    1. Brodribb, T.J., M. Carriqui, S. Delzon, S.A.M. McAdam, and N.M. Holbrook, "Advanced vascular function discovered in a widespread moss," Nature Plants 6 (3), 273-279 (2020) open doi in new window
    2. Kim, H.J., B. Chen, Z. Suo, and R.C. Hayward, R.C., "Ionoelastomer junctions between polymer networks of fixed anions and cations," Science 367 (6479), 773-776 (2020) open doi in new window
    3. Yang, J., R. Bai, B. Chen, and Z. Suo, "Hydrogel adhesion: A supramolecular synergy of chemistry, topology, and mechanics," Advanced Functional Materials 30 (2), 1901693 (2020) open doi in new window
    4. Yang, X.X., C.H. Yang, J.J. Liu, X. Yao, and Z. Suo, "Topological prime," Science China Technological Sciences 63 (7), 1314-1322 (2020) open doi in new window
    5. Zhou, Y., W. Zhang, J. Hu, J. Tang, C. Jin, Z. Suo, and T. Lu, "The stiffness-threshold conflict in polymer networks and a resolution," Journal of Applied Mechanics 87 (3), 031002-9 (2020) open doi in new window

IRG 2: Digital Assembly of Soft Materials

  1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG2)

    1. Haney, B., J.G. Werner, D.A. Weitz, and S. Ramakrishnan, "Stimuli responsive Janus microgels with convertible hydrophilicity for controlled emulsion destabilization," Soft Matter 16 (15), 3613-3620 (2020) open doi in new window
    2. McKeown, R., R. Ostilla-Mónico, A. Pumir, M.P. Brenner, and S.M. Rubinstein, "Turbulence generation through an iterative cascade of the elliptical instability," Science Advances 6 (9), eaaz2717-8 (2020) open doi in new window
  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG2)

    1. Adams, L.L., D. Lee, Y. Mei, D.A. Weitz, and A.A. Solovev, "Nanoparticle-shelled catalytic bubble micromotor," Advanced Materials Interfaces 7 (4), 1901583-5 (2020) open doi in new window
    2. Cuddalorepatta, G.K., H. Li, D. Pantuso, and J.J. Vlassak, "Measurement of the stress-strain behavior of freestanding ultra-thin films," Materialia 9, 100502-12 (2020) open doi in new window
    3. Cuddalorepatta, G.K., W.M. van Rees, L. Han, D. Pantuso, L. Mahadevan, and J.J. Vlassak, "Poisson's ratio and residual strain of freestanding ultra-thin films," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 137, 103821-16 (2020) open doi in new window
    4. Hwang, V., A.B. Stephenson, S. Magkiriadou, J.G. Park, and V.N. Manoharan, "Effects of multiple scattering on angle-independent structural color in disordered colloidal materials," Physical Review E 101 (1), 012614-11 (2020) open doi in new window
    5. Leahy, B., R. Alexander, C. Martin, S. Barkley, and V.N. Manoharan, "Large depth-of-field tracking of colloidal spheres in holographic microscopy by modeling the objective lens," Optics Express 28 (2), 1061-1075 (2020) open doi in new window
    6. Liu, Y., G. Yang, T. Baby, D. Chen, D.A. Weitz, and C.X. Zhao, "Stable polymer nanoparticles with exceptionally high drug loading by sequential nano precipitation," Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (12),4720-4728 (2020) open doi in new window
    7. Nawar, S., J.K. Stolaroff, C. Ye, H. Wu, F. Xin, and D.A. Weitz, "Parallelizable microfluidic dropmakers with multilayer geometry for the generation of double emulsions," Lab on a Chip 20 (1), 147-154 (2020) open doi in new window
    8. Sun, Z., C. Yang, M. Eggersdorfer, J. Cui, Y. Li, M. Hai, D. Chen, and D.A. Weitz, "A general strategy for one-step fabrication of biocompatible microcapsules with controlled active release," Chinese Chemical Letters 31 (1), 249-252 (2020) open doi in new window
    9. Wang, Y., T. Cao, J. Ko, Y. Shen, W. Zong, K. Sheng, W. Cao, S. Sun, L. Cai, Y.-L. Zhou, X.-X. Zhang, C. Zong, R. Weissleder, and D.A. Weitz, "Dissolvable polyacrylamide beads for high-throughput droplet DNA barcoding," Advanced Science 7 (8), 1903463-6 (2020) open doi in new window
    10. Yu, Y., S. Brandt, N.J. Nicolas, and J. Aizenberg, "Colorimetric ethanol indicator based on instantaneous, localized wetting of a photonic crystal," ACS Applied Material and Interfaces 12 (1), 1924-1929 (2020) open doi in new window
    11. Yuan, Y., J. Brouchon, J.M. Calvo-Calle, J. Xia, L. Sun, X. Zhang, K.L. Clayton, F. Ye, D.A. Weitz, and J.A. Heyman, "Droplet encapsulation improves accuracy of immune cell cytokine capture assays," Lab on a Chip 20 (8), 1513-1520 (2020) open doi in new window

IRG 3: Controlling and Using Instabilities in Soft, Elastic Materials: Melded-Function, Non-Linear, Devices

  1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG3)

    1. Chortos, A., E. Hajiesmaili, J. Morales, D.R. Clarke, and J.A. Lewis, "3D Printing of interdigitated dielectric elastomer actuators," Advanced Functional Materials 30 (1), 1907375-10 (2020) open doi in new window
    2. Davidson, E.C., A. Kotikian, S. Li, J. Aizenberg, and J.A. Lewis, "3D printable and reconfigurable liquid crystal elastomers with light-induced shape memory via dynamic bond exchange," Advanced Materials 32 (1), 1905682-6 (2020) open doi in new window
    3. Deng, B., L. Chen, D. Wei, V. Tournat, and K. Bertoldi, "Pulse-driven robot: Motion via solitary waves," Science Advances 6 (18), eaaz1166-6 (2020) open doi in new window
    4. Gorissen, B., D. Melancon, N. Vasios, M. Torbati, and K. Bertoldi, "Inflatable soft jumper inspired by shell snapping," Science Robotics 5 (42), eabb1967-7 (2020) open doi in new window
    5. Medina, E., P.E. Farrell, K. Bertoldi, and C.H. Rycroft, "Navigating the landscape of nonlinear mechanical metamaterials for advanced programmability," Physical Review B 101 (6), 064101-6 (2020) open doi in new window
    6. Vasios, N., A.J. Gross, S. Soifer, J.T.B. Overvelde, and K. Bertoldi, "Harnessing viscous flow to simplify the actuation of fluidic soft robots," Soft Robotics 7 (1), 1-9 (2020) open doi in new window
  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG3)

    1. Bar-Sinai, Y., G. Librandi, K. Bertoldi, and M. Moshe, "Geometric charges and nonlinear elasticity of two-dimensional elastic metamaterials," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (19), 10195-10202 (2020) open doi in new window
    2. Chen, S., G.P.T. Choi, and L. Mahadevan, "Deterministic and stochastic control of kirigami topology," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (9), 4511-4517 (2020) open doi in new window
    3. Deng, B., P. Wang, V. Tournat, and K. Bertoldi, "Nonlinear transition waves in free-standing bistable chains," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 136 103661-10 (2020) open doi in new window
    4. Herland, A., B.M. Maoz, D. Das, M.R. Somayaji, R. Prantil-Baun, R. Novak, M. Cronce, T. Huffstater, S.S. Jeanty, M. Ingram, A. Chalkiadaki, D.B. Chou, S. Marquez, A. Delahanty, S. Jalili-Firoozinezhad, Y. Milton, A. Sontheimer-Phelps, B. Swenor, O. Levy, K.K. Parker, A. Przekwas, and D.E. Ingber, "Quantitative prediction of human pharmacokinetic responses to drugs via fluidically coupled vascularized organ chips," Nature Biomedical Engineering 4 (4), 421-436 (2020) open doi in new window
    5. Li, C., H. Yang, Z. Suo, and J. Tang, "Fatigue-resistant elastomers," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 134, 103751-12 (2020) open doi in new window
    6. Librandi, G., E. Tubaldi, and K. Bertoldi, "Snapping of hinged arches under displacement control: Strength loss and nonreciprocity," Physical Review E 101 (5), 053004-7 (2020) open doi in new window
    7. MacQueen, L.A., C.G. Alver, C.O. Chantre, S. Ahn, L. Cera, G.M. Gonzalez, B.B. O'Connor, D.J. Drennan, M.M. Peters, S.E. Motta, J.J. Zimmerman, and K.K. Parker, "Muscle tissue engineering in fibrous gelatin: implications for meat analogs," npj Science of Food 3, 1-11 (2020) open doi in new window
    8. Novak, R., M. Ingram, S. Marquez, D. Das, A. Delahanty, A. Herland, B.M. Maoz, S.S.F. Jeanty, M.R. Somayaji, M. Burt, E. Calamari, A. Chalkiadaki, A. Cho, Y. Choe, D.B.Chou, M. Cronce, S. Dauth, T. Divic, J. Fernandez-Alcon, T. Ferrante, J. Ferrier, E.A. FitzGerald, R. Fleming, S. Jalili-Firoozinezhad, T. Grevesse, J.A. Goss, T. Hamkins-Indik, O. Henry, C. Hinojosa, T. Huffstater, K.J. Jang, V. Kujala, L. Leng, R. Mannix, Y. Milton, J. Nawroth, B.A. Nestor, C.F. Ng, B. O'Connor, T.E. Park, H. Sanchez, J. Sliz, A. Sontheimer-Phelps, B. Swenor, G. Thompson, G.J. Touloumes, Z. Tranchemontagne, N. Wen, M. Yadid, A. Bahinski, G.A. Hamilton, D. Levner, O. Levy, A. Przekwas, R. Prantil-Baun, K.K. Parker, and D.E. Ingber, "Robotic fluidic coupling and interrogation of multiple vascularized organ chips," Nature Biomedical Engineering 4, 407-420 (2020) open doi in new window
    9. Zareei, A., B. Deng, and K. Bertoldi, "Harnessing transition waves to realize deployable structures," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (8), 4015-4020 (2020) open doi in new window

Seed, including iSuperSeed

  • Partial MRSEC support (Seed)

    1. Cao, T., Y. Wang, Y. Tao, L. Zhang, Y.L. Zhou, X.X. Zhang, J.A. Heyman, and D.A. Weitz, "DNAzyme-powered nucleic acid release from solid supports," Chemical Communications 56 (4), 647-650 (2020) open doi in new window