Harvard MRSEC Publications, 2022 (DMR-2011754)

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

1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG1)

   1. Cheng, K., A. Chortos, J.A. Lewis, and D.R. Clarke, "Photoswitchable covalent adaptive networks based on thiol-ene elastomers," ACS Applied Material Interfaces 14 (3), 4552-4561 (2022)
   2. Deng, B., A. Zareei, X. Ding, J.C. Weaver, C.H. Rycroft, and K. Bertoldi, "Inverse design of mechanical metamaterials with target nonlinear response via a neural accelerated evolution strategy," Advanced Materials 34 (41), 2206238-9 (2022) and
   3. Deng, B., M. Zanaty, A.E. Forte, and K. Bertoldi, "Topological solitons make metamaterials crawl," Physical Review Applied 17 (1), 014004-10 (2022) and
   4. Hajiesmaili, E., N.M. Larson, J.A. Lewis, and D.R. Clarke, "Programmed shape-morphing into complex target shapes using architected dielectric elastomer actuators," Science Advances 8 (28), eabn9198-10 (2022)
   5. Hajiesmaili, E. and D.R. Clarke, "Optically addressable dielectric elastomer actuator arrays using embedded percolative networks of zinc oxide nanowires," Materials Horizons 9, 3110-3117 (2022)
   6. O'Neill, C.T., C.M. McCann, C.J. Hohimer, K. Bertoldi, and C.J. Walsh, "Unfolding textile-based pneumatic actuators for wearable applications," Soft Robotics 9 (1), 163-172 (2022)
   7. Li, S., M.M. Lerch, J.T. Waters, B. Deng, R.S. Martens, Y. Yao, D. Kim, K. Bertoldi, A. Grinthal, A.C. Balazs, and J. Aizenberg, "Self-regulated non-reciprocal motions in single-material microstructures," Nature 605, 76-83 (2022)
   8. Root, S.E., V. Sanchez, J.A. Tracz, D.J. Preston, Y.S. Zvi, K. Wang, C.J. Walsh, S. Homer-Vanniasinkam, and G.M. Whitesides, "An expanding foam-fabric orthopedic cast," Advanced Materials Technologies 7 (9), 2101563-12 (2022)
   9. Xiao, M., J. Mao, M. Kollosche, V. Hwang, D.R. Clarke, and V.N. Manoharan, "Voltage-tunable elastomer composites that use shape instabilities for rapid structural color changes," Materials Horizons 9 (7), 1954-1961 (2022)
   10. Yao, Y., R.K.A. Bennett, Y. Xu, A.M. Rather, S. Li, T.C. Cheung, A. Bhanji, M.J. Kreder, D. Daniel, S. Adera, J. Aizenberg, and X. Wang, "Wettability-based ultrasensitive detection of amphiphiles through directed concentration at disordered regions in self-assembled monolayers," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (43), e2211042119-9 (2022)

2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG1)

   1. Becker, K., C. Teeple, N. Charles, Y. Jung, D. Baum, D. Weaver, L. Mahadevan, and R. Wood, "Active entanglement enables stochastic, topological grasping," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (42), e2209819119 (2022)
   2. Bowen, J., S. Mooraj, J. Goodman, S. Peng, D.P. Street, B. Roman-Manso, E.C. Davidson, K.L. Martin, L.M. Rueschhoff, S.N. Schiffres, W. Chen, J.A. Lewis, and M.B. Dickerson, "Hierarchically porous ceramics via direct writing of preceramic polymer-triblock copolymer inks," Materials Today 58, 71-79 (2022)
   3. Chang, H., J. Xu, L.A. Macqueen, Z. Aytac, M.M. Peters, J.F. Zimmerman, T. Xu, P. Demokritou, and K.K. Parker, "High-throughput coating with biodegradable antimicrobial pullulan fibres extends shelf life and reduces weight loss in an avocado model," Nature Food 3 (6), 428-436 (2022)
   4. Chang, H., Q. Liu, J.F. Zimmerman, K.Y. Lee, Q. Jin, M.M. Peters, M. Rosnach, S. Choi, S.L. Kim, H.A.M. Ardoña, L.A. MacQueen, C.O. Chantre, S.E. Motta, E.M. Cordoves, and K.K. Parker, "Recreating the heart's helical structure-function relationship with focused rotary jet spinning," Science 377 (6602), 180-185 (2022)
   5. Chen, S., F. Giardina, G.P.T. Choi, and L. Mahadevan, "Modular representation and control of floppy networks," Proceedings of the Royal Society A 478 (2264), 20220082-20 (2022)
   6. Cohen, A.J., M. Kollosche, M.C. Yuen, D.‐Y. Lee, D.R. Clarke, and R.J. Wood, "Batch-sprayed and stamp-transferred electrodes: A new paradigm for scalable fabrication of multilayer dielectric elastomer actuators," Advanced Functional Materials 32 (43), 2205394 (2022)
   7. Fernandes, M.C., S. Mhatre, A.E. Forte, B. Zhao, O. Mesa, J.C. Weaver, M. Bechthold, and K. Bertoldi, "Surface texture modulation via buckling in porous inclined mechanical metamaterials," Extreme Mechanics Letters 51, 1-1549-6 (2022) and
   8. Forte, A.E., P.Z. Hanakata, L. Jin, E. Zari, A. Zareei, M.C. Fernandes, L. Sumner, J. Alvarez, and K. Bertoldi, "Inverse design of inflatable soft membranes through machine learning," Advanced Functional Materials 32 (16), 2111610-8 (2022)
   9. Kaplan, N.C. and L. Mahadevan, "Geometrical dynamics of edge-driven accretive surface growth," Proceedings of the Royal Society A 478 (2257), 20210638 (2022)
   10. Lewicka, M. and L. Mahadevan, "Geometry, analysis, and morphogenesis: Problems and prospects," Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 59 (4), 331-369 (2022)
   11. Liu, L., G.P.T. Choi, and L. Mahadevan, "Quasicrystal kirigami," Physical Review Research 4 (3), 033114-19 (2022)
   12. Mandsberg, N.K., A.V. Shneidman, K.H. Jensen, R. Taboryski, L.H. Nielsen, J. Aizenberg, and A. Boisen, "Gradient droplet arrays by acceleration-mode dip-coating," Advanced Materials Interfaces 9 (22), 2200667-10 (2022)
   13. Melancon, D., A.E. Forte, L.M. Kamp, B. Gorissen, and K. Bertoldi, "Inflatable origami: Multimodal deformation via multistability," Advanced Functional Materials 32 (35), 2201891-9 (2022) ***Data available upon request
   14. Plumb-Reyes, T., N. Charles, and L. Mahadevan, "Combing a double helix," Soft Matter 18 2767-2775, (2022)
   15. Poulain, S., A. Carlson, S. Mandre, and L. Mahadevan, "Elastohydrodynamics of contact in adherent sheets," Journal of Fluid Mechanics 947, A16-17 (2022)
   16. Shankar, S., V. Raju, and L. Mahadevan, "Optimal transport and control of active drops," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (35), e2121985119-8 (2022)
   17. Uzel, S.G.M., R.D. Weeks, M. Eriksson, D. Kokkinis, and J.A. Lewis, "Multimaterial multinozzle adaptive 3D printing of soft materials," Advanced Materials Technologies 7 (8), 2101710-10 (2022)
   18. Van der Hoeven, J.E.S, A.V. Shneidman, N.J. Nicolas, and J. Aizenberg, "Evaporation-induced self-assembly of metal oxide inverse opals: From synthesis to applications," Accounts of Chemical Research 55 (13), 1809-1820 (2022)
   19. Yong, E.H., F. Dary, L. Giomi, and L. Mahadevan, "Statistics and topology of fluctuating ribbons," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (32), e2122907119-9 (2022)

IRG 2: Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Mechanically Soft Systems

1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG2)

   1. Battat, S., D.A. Weitz, and G.M. Whitesides, "An outlook on microfluidics: The promise and the challenge," Lab on a Chip 22, 530-536 (2022)
   2. Battat, S., D.A. Weitz, and G.M. Whitesides, "Nonlinear phenomena in microfluidics," Chemical Reviews 122 (7), 6921-6937 (2022)
   3. King, E.M., Z. Wang, D.A. Weitz, F. Spaepen, and M.P. Brenner, "Correlation Tracking: Using simulations to interpolate highly correlated particle tracks," Physical Review E 105, 044608-6 (2022)
   4. Liu, X., J. Wu, K. Qiao, G. Liu, Z. Wang, T. Lu, Z. Suo, and J. Hu, "Topoarchitected polymer networks expand the space of material properties," Nature Communications 13, 1622-8 (2022)
   5. Nian, G., J. Kim, X. Bao, and Z. Suo, "Making highly elastic and tough hydrogels from doughs," Advanced Materials 34 (50), 2206577-10 (2022)
   6. Plummer, A., P.Z. Hanakata, and D.R. Nelson, "Curvature as an external field in mechanical antiferromagnets," Physical Review Materials 6 (11), 115203-20 (2022) ***HOOMD simulation input scripts and other codes are available on GitHub.
   7. Yang, H., X. Chen, B. Sun, J. Tang, and J.J. Vlassak, "Fracture tolerance induced by dynamic bonds in hydrogels," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 169, 105083-15 (2022)
   8. Zhang, G.H. and D.R. Nelson, "Fractional defect charges in liquid crystals with p-fold rotational symmetry on cones," Physical Review E 105 (5), 054703-17 (2022)

2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG2)

   1. Andrejevic, J. and C.H. Rycroft, "Simulation of crumpled sheets via alternating quasistatic and dynamic representations," Journal of Computational Physics 471, 111607-17 (2022)
   2. Batzner, S., A. Musaelian, L. Sun, M. Geiger, J.P. Mailoa, M. Kornbluth, N. Molinari, T.E. Smidt, and B. Kozinsky, "E(3)-equivariant graph neural networks for data-efficient and accurate interatomic potentials," Nature Communications 13 (1), 2453-11 (2022) and
   3. Benzi, R., D.R. Nelson, S. Shankar, F. Toschi, and X. Zhu, "Spatial population genetics with fluid flow," Reports on Progress in Physics 85 (9), 096601-29 (2022)
   4. Chen, B., C. Chen, Y. Lou, and Z. Suo, "Strain-stiffening seal," Soft Matter 18 (15), 2992-3003 (2022)
   5. Chu, J.-O., Y. Choi, D.-W. Kim, H.-S. Jeong, J. Pil Park, D.A. Weitz, S.-J. Lee, H. Lee, and C.-H. Choi, "Cell-inspired hydrogel microcapsules with a thin oil layer for enhanced retention of highly reactive antioxidants," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14 (2), 2597-2604 (2022)
   6. Cohen, A.J., M. Kollosche, M.C. Yuen, D.-Y. Lee, D.R. Clarke, and R.J. Wood, "Batch-sprayed and stamp-transferred electrodes: A new paradigm for scalable fabrication of multilayer dielectric elastomer actuators," Advanced Functional Materials 32 (43), 2205394 (2022)
   7. Dillavou, S., Y. Bar-Sinai, M.P. Brenner, and S.M. Rubinstein, "Beyond quality and quantity: Spatial distribution of contact encodes frictional strength," Physical Review E 106 (3), L033001 (2022) ***Data available on request
   8. Garmann, R.F., A.M. Goldfain, C.R. Tanimoto, C.E. Beren, F.F. Vasquez, D.A. Villarreal, C.M. Knobler, W.M. Gelbart, and V.N. Manoharan, "Single-particle studies of the effects of RNA-protein interactions on the self-assembly of RNA virus particles," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (39), e2206292119-11 (2022) ***Data made available in the Supplementary Information
   9. Hanakata, P.Z., A. Plummer, and D.R. Nelson, "Anomalous thermal expansion in Ising-like puckered sheets," Physical Review Letters 128 (7), 075902-7 (2022)
   10. Kim, J., K. Luo, and Z. Suo, "A chemical pump that generates high-pressure gas by transmitting liquid fuel against pressure gradient," Advanced Intelligent Systems 4 (5), 2100246-8 (2022)
   11. Kim, J., T. Yin, and Z. Suo, "Polyacrylamide hydrogels. V. Some strands in a polymer-network bear loads, but all strands contribute to swelling," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 168, 105017-13 (2022)
   12. Liu, F., Z. Suo, and J. Tang, "How does a glass fabric tear under cyclic force?," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 158, 104659-11 (2022)
   13. Martin, C., L.E. Altman, S. Rawat, A. Wang, D.G. Grier, and V.N. Manoharan, "In-line holographic microscopy with model-based analysis," Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2 (1), 1-17 (2022) and
   14. Pan, Y., Z. Suo, and T. Lu, "A thermodynamic model of phase transition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels in ionic solutions," International Journal of Solids and Structures 257, 111434-6 (2022)
   15. Rockwell, F.E., N.M. Holbrook, P. Jain, A.E. Huber, S. Sen, and A.D. Stroock, "Extreme undersaturation in the intercellular airspace of leaves: A failure of Gaastra or Ohm?" Annals of Botany 130 (3), 301-316 (2022)
   16. Saad, A.M., S. Aime, S.C. Mahavadi, Y.-Q. Song, M.P. Yutkin, D.A. Weitz, and T.W. Patzek, "Adsorption of polar species at crude oil-water interfaces: The chemoelastic behavior," Langmuir 38 (21), 6523-6530 (2022)
   17. Stephenson, A.B., M. Xiao, V. Hwang, L. Qu, P.A. Odorisio, M. Burke, K. Task, T. Deisenroth, S. Barkley, R.H. Darji, and V.N. Manoharan, "Predicting the structural colors of films of disordered photonic balls," ACS Photonics 10 (1), 58-70 (2022)
   18. Vafa, F., G.H. Zhang, and D.R. Nelson, "Defect absorption and emission for p-atic liquid crystals on cones," Physical Review E  106, (2) 024704-23 (2022)
   19. Wang, Y., K. Jia, S. Zhang, H.J. Kim, Y. Bai, R.C. Hayward, and Z. Suo, "Temperature sensing using junctions between mobile ions and mobile electrons," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (4), e2117962119 (2022)
   20. Wang, Y., S. Zhang, Y. Bai, K. Jia, and Z. Suo, "Chemical sensing by interfacial voltage," Cell Reports Physical Science 3 (11), 101119-9 (2022)
   21. Zhang, G., J. Kim, S. Hassan, and Z. Suo, "Self-assembled nanocomposites of high-water content and load-bearing capacity," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (32), e2203962119-13 (2022)
   22. Zhou, Y., X. Zhang, M. Yang, Y. Pan, Z. Du, J. Blanchet, Z. Suo, and T. Lu, "High-throughput experiments for rare-event rupture of materials," Matter 5 (2), 654-665 (2022)

Seeds/Initiatives

1. Primary MRSEC support (Seeds/Initiatives)

   1. Le Floch, P., Q. Li, Z. Lin, S. Zhao, R. Liu, K. Tasnim, H. Jiang, and J. Liu, "Stretchable mesh nanoelectronics for three-dimensional single-cell chronic electrophysiology from developing brain organoids," Advanced Materials 34 (11), 2106829-13 (2022)
   2. Seo, J., J.D. Braun, V.M. Dev, and J.A. Mason, "Driving barocaloric effects in a molecular spin-crossover complex at low pressures," Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (14), 6493-6503 (2022)
   3. Sessler, C.D., Y. Zhou, W. Wang, N.D. Hartley, Z. Fu, D. Graykowski, M. Sheng, X. Wang, and J. Liu, "Optogenetic polymerization and assembly of electrically functional polymers for modulation of single-neuron excitability," Science Advances 8 (49), eade1136-14 (2022)
   4. Zeng, C., M.W. Faaborg, A. Sherif, M.J. Falk, R. Hajian, M. Xiao, K. Hartig, Y. Bar-Sinai, M.P. Brenner, and V.N. Manoharan, "3D-Printed machines that manipulate microscopic objects using capillary forces," Nature 611, 68-73 (2022) ***Code for tracking floats from videos, processing surface profilometry data, and processing restoring force measurement data made available on GitHub and Zenodo. Code for numerical calculations of float motion made available on GitHub and Zenodo. CAD files for 3D printing the machines made available at GitHub and Zenodo.

2. Partial MRSEC support (Seeds/Initiatives)

   1. Qui, L., J.W. Hutchinson, and A. Amir, "Bending instability of rod-shaped bacteria," Physical Review Letters 128 (5), 058101-5 (2022)
   2. Zareei, A., D. Pan, and A. Amir, "Temporal evolution of erosion in pore networks: From homogenization to instability," Physical Review Letters 128 (23), 234501 (2022)