Harvard MRSEC Publications, 2021 (DMR-2011754)

IRG 1: Programmed Multiscale and Multi-Material Control of Functional Soft Matter

1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG1)

   1. Chortos, A., J. Mao, J. Mueller, E. Hajiesmaili, J.A. Lewis, and D.R. Clarke, "Printing reconfigurable bundles of dielectric elastomer fibers," Advanced Functional Materials 31 (22), 2010643-10 (2021)
   2. Clarke, D.R. and J.W. Hutchinson, "On the electro-mechanical stability of elastomeric coaxial fibers," Journal of Applied Mechanics 88 (6), 061005-9 (2021)
   3. Hajiesmaili, E. and D.R. Clarke, "Dielectric elastomer actuators," Journal of Applied Physics 129, 151102-38 (2021)
   4. Hwang, V., A.B. Stephenson, S. Barkley, S. Brandt, M. Xiao, J. Aizenberg, and V.N. Manoharan, "Designing angle-independent structural colors using Monte Carlo simulations of multiple scattering," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (4), e2015551118-10 (2021)
   5. Li, S., B. Deng, A. Grinthal, A. Schneider-Yamamura, J. Kang, R.S. Martens, C.T. Zhang, J. Li, S. Yu, K. Bertoldi, and J. Aizenberg, "Liquid-induced topological transformations of cellular microstructures," Nature 592, 386-391 (2021)
   6. Li, S., G. Librandi, Y. Yao, A.J. Richard, A. Schneider-Yamamura, J. Aizenberg, and K. Bertoldi, "Controlling liquid crystal orientations for programmable anisotropic transformations in cellular microstructures," Advanced Materials 33 (42), 2105024-9 (2021)
   7. Mueller, J., J.A. Lewis, and K. Bertoldi, "Architected multimaterial lattices with thermally programmable mechanical response," Advanced Functional Materials 32 (1), 2105128-10 (2021)
   8. Wang, Y., T. Yin, and Z. Suo, "Polyacrylamide hydrogels. III. Lap shear and peel," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 150, 104348-9 (2021)
   9. Zareei, A., E. Medina, and K. Bertoldi, "Harnessing mechanical deformation to reduce spherical aberration in soft lenses," Physical Review Letters 126 (8), 084301-6 (2021)

2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG1)

   1. Chakrabarti, A., S. Al-Mosleh, and L. Mahadevan, "Instabilities and patterns in a submerged jelling jet," Soft Matter 17, 9745-9754 (2021)
   2. Chakrabarti, A., T. Michaels, E. Sun, S. Yin, and L. Mahadevan, "The cusp of the apple," Nature Physics 17, 1125-1129 (2021)
   3. Charoen-Rajapark, P. and D.R. Clarke, "Confocal microscopy observations of electrical pre-breakdown of bi-layer elastomer dielectrics," Extreme Mechanics Letters 49, 101473-9 (2021)
   4. Chaudhary, G., S. Ganga Prasath, E. Soucy, and L. Mahadevan, "Totimorphic assemblies from neutrally stable units," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (42), e2107003118-16 (2021)
   5. Deng, B., J. Li, V. Tournat, P.K. Purohit, and K. Bertoldi, "Dynamics of mechanical metamaterials: A framework to connect phonons, nonlinear periodic waves and solitons," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 147, 104233-17 (2021)
   6. Dudte, L.H., G.P.T. Choi, and L. Mahadevan, "An additive algorithm for origami design," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (21), e2019241118-7 (2021)
   7. Fernandes, M.C., M. Saadat, P. Cauchy-Dubois, C. Inamura, T. Sirota, G. Milliron, H. Haj-Hariri, K. Bertoldi, and J.C. Weaver, "Mechanical and hydrodynamic analyses of helical strake-like ridges in a glass sponge," Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18 (182), 20210559-14 (2021)
   8. Jin, L., A.E. Forte, and K. Bertoldi, "Mechanical valves for on-board flow control of inflatable robots," Advanced Science 8 (3), 2101941-8 (2021)
   9. Kotikian, A., J.M. Morales, A. Lu, J. Mueller, Z.S. Davidson, J.W. Boley, and J.A. Lewis, "Innervated, self-sensing liquid crystal elastomer actuators with closed loop control," Advanced Materials 33 (27), 2101814-9 (2021)
   10. Librandi, G., E. Tubaldi, and K. Bertoldi, "Programming nonreciprocity and reversibility in multistable mechanical metamaterials," Nature Communications 12 (1), 3454-9 (2021)
   11. Memet, E., F. Hilitski, Z. Dogic, and L. Mahadevan, "Static adhesion hysteresis in elastic structures," Soft Matter 17 (10), 2704-2710 (2021)
   12. Mhatre, S., E. Boatti, D. Melancon, A. Zareei, M. Dupont, M. Bechthold, and K. Bertoldi, "Deployable structures based on buckling of curved beams upon a rotational input," Advanced Functional Materials 31 (35), 2101144-7 (2021)
   13. Michaels, T.C.T., R. Kusters, and L. Mahadevan, "Puckering and wrinkling in a growing composite ring," Proceedings of the Royal Society A 477 (2248), 20200999-5 (2021)
   14. Nagarkar, A., W.-K. Lee, D.J. Preston, M.P. Nemitz, N.-N. Deng, G.M. Whitesides, and L. Mahadevan, "Elastic-instability-enabled locomotion," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (8), e2013801118-4 (2021)
   15. Yao, X., B. Chen, X.P. Morelle, and Z. Suo, "Anti-icing propylene-glycol materials," Extreme Mechanics Letters 44, 101225-8 (2021)

IRG 2: Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Mechanically Soft Systems

1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG2)

   1. Hanakata, P.Z., S.S. Bhabesh, M.J. Bowick, D.R. Nelson, and D. Yllanes, "Thermal buckling and symmetry breaking in thin ribbons under compression," Extreme Mechanics Letters 44, 101270-12 (2021)
   2. Jiao, Q., M. Shi, T. Yin, Z. Suo, and J.J. Vlassak, "Composites retard hydrolytic crack growth," Extreme Mechanics Letters 48, 101433-6 (2021)
   3. Li, L., C. Goodrich, H. Yang, K.R. Phillips, Z. Jia, H. Chen, L. Wang. J. Zhong, A. Liu, J. Lu, J. Shuai, M.P. Brenner, F. Spaepen, and J. Aizenberg, "Microscopic origins of the crystallographically preferred growth in evaporation-induced colloidal crystals," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (32), e2107588118-9 (2021)
   4. Shankar, S. and D.R. Nelson, "Thermalized buckling of isotropically compressed thin sheets," Physical Review E 104 (5), 054141-31 (2021)
   5. Song, C., B. Chen, J. Hwang, S. Lee, Z Suo, and H. Ahn, "A printed highly stretchable supercapacitor by a combination of carbon ink and polymer network," Extreme Mechanics Letters 49, 101459-6 (2021)
   6. Wang, Y., G. Nian, X. Yang, and Z. Suo, "Lap shear of a soft and elastic adhesive," Mechanics of Materials 158, 103845-5 (2021)
   7. Wang, Y., S. Xie, Y. Bai, Z. Suo, and K. Jia, "Transduction between magnets and ions," Materials Horizons 8, 1959-1965 (2021)
   8. Zhang, G., T. Yin, G. Nian, and Z. Suo, "Fatigue-resistant polyurethane elastomer composites," Extreme Mechanics Letters 48, 101434-6 (2021)
   9. Zhang, G.H. and D.R. Nelson, "Phonon eigenfunctions of inhomogeneous lattices: Can you hear the shape of a cone?," Physical Review E 104 (6), 065005-20 (2021)
   10. Zhang, G.H. and D.R. Nelson, "Statistical mechanics of dislocation pileups in two dimensions," Physical Review E 103 (2), 022139-21 (2021)

2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG2)

   1. Aime, S., M. Sabato, L. Xiao, and D.A. Weitz, "Dynamic speckle holography," Physical Review Letters 127 (8), 088003-5 (2021)
   2. Bae, J., J. Zheng, H. Zhang, P.J. Foster, D.J. Needleman, and J.J. Vlassak, "A micromachined picocalorimeter sensor for liquid samples with application to chemical reactions and biochemistry," Advanced Science 8 (5), 2003415-11 (2021)
   3. Duraj-Thatte, A.M., A. Manjula-Basavanna, J. Rutledge, J. Xia, S. Hassan, A. Sourlis, A.G. Rubio, A. Lesha, M. Zenkl, A. Kan, D.A. Weitz, Y.S. Zhang, and N.S. Joshi, "Programmable microbial ink for 3D printing of living materials produced from genetically engineered protein nanofibers," Nature Communications 12 (6600), 1-8 (2021)
   4. Gersony, J.T., A. McClelland, and N.M. Holbrook, "Raman spectroscopy reveals high phloem sugar content in leaves of canopy red oak trees," New Phytologist 232 (1), 418-424 (2021)
   5. Giometto, A., D.R. Nelson, and A.W. Murray, "Antagonism between killer yeast strains as an experimental model for biological nucleation dynamics," eLife 10, e62932-31 (2021)
   6. Goodrich, C.P., E.M. King, S.S. Schoenholz, E.D. Cubuk, and M.P. Brenner, "Designing self-assembling kinetics with differentiable statistical physics models," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (10), e2024083118-7 (2021)
   7. Kim, J., G. Zhang, M. Shi, and Z. Suo, "Fracture, fatigue, and friction of polymers in which entanglements greatly outnumber cross-links," Science 374 (6564), 212-216 (2021)
   8. Ostilla-Mónico, R., R. McKeown, M.P. Brenner, S.M. Rubinstein, and A. Pumir, "Cascades and reconnection in interacting vortex filaments," Physical Review Fluids 6 (7), 074701-21 (2021)
   9. Root, S.E., D.J. Preston, G.O. Feifke, H. Wallace, R.M. Alcoran, M.P. Nemitz, J.A. Tracz, and G.M. Whitesides, "Bio-inspired design of soft mechanisms using a toroidal hydrostat," Cell Reports Physical Science 2 (9), 100572-12 (2021)
   10. Shiba, K., G, Li, E. Virot, G. Yoshikawa, and D.A. Weitz, "Microchannel measurements of viscosity for both gases and liquids," Lab on a Chip 21 (14), 2805-2811 (2021)
   11. Xia, J., L.H. Cai, H. Wu, F.C. MacKintosh, and D.A. Weitz, "Anomalous mechanics of Zn²⁺-modified fibrin networks," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (10), e2020541118-9 (2021)
   12. Yang, H., M. Ji, M. Yang, M. Shi, Y. Pan, Zhou, H.J. Qi, Z. Suo, and J. Tang, "Fabricating hydrogels to mimic biological tissues of complex shapes and high fatigue resistance," Matter 4 (6), 1935-1946 (2021)
   13. Yang, X., J. Steck, J. Yang, Y. Wang, and Z. Suo, "Degradable plastics are vulnerable to cracks," Engineering 7 (5), 624-629 (2021)
   14. Yin, T., S.R. Lavoie, S. Qu, and Z. Suo, "Photoinitiator-grafted polymer chains for integrating hydrogels with various materials," Cell Reports Physical Science 2 (6), 100463-12 (2021)
   15. Yin, T., G. Zhang, S. Qu, and Z. Suo, "Peel of elastomers of various thicknesses and widths," Extreme Mechanics Letters 46, 101325-5 (2021)

Seeds / Initiatives

1. Primary MRSEC support (Seeds / Initiatives)

   1. Tanjeem, N., W.H. Wilkin, D.A. Beller, C.H. Rycroft, and V.N. Manoharan, "Geometrical frustration and defect formation in growth of colloidal nanoparticle crystals on a cylinder: Implications for assembly of chiral nanomaterials," ACS Applied Nano Materials 4 (10), 10682-10691 (2021)

2. Partial MRSEC support (Seeds / Initiatives)

   1. Guo, Y. and A. Amir, "Exploring the effect of network topology, mRNA and protein dynamics on gene regulatory network stability," Nature Communications 12, (130), 1-10 (2021)
   2. Martin, C., B. Leahy, and V.N. Manoharan, "Improving holographic particle characterization by modeling spherical aberration," Optics Express 29 (12), 18212-18223 (2021)
   3. Parsa, S., A. Zareei, E. Santanach-Carreras, E.J. Morris, A. Amir, L. Xiao, and D.A. Weitz, "Unexpected scaling of interstitial velocities with permeability due to polymer retention in porous media," Physical Review Fluids 6 (8), L082302-9 (2021)
   4. Xiao, M., A.B. Stephenson, A. Neophytou, V. Hwang, D. Chakrabarti, and V.N. Manoharan, "Investigating the trade-off between color saturation and angle-independence in photonic glasses," Optics Express 29 (14), 21212-21224 (2021)

Shared Experimental and Computational Facilities

1. Tanjeem, N., C. Chomette, N.B. Schade, S. Ravaine, E. Duguet, M. Tréguer-Delapierre, and V. Manoharan, "Polyhedral plasmonic nanoclusters through multi-step colloidal chemistry," Materials Horizon 8 (2), 565-570 (2021)