Harvard MRSEC Publications, 2024 (DMR-2011754)

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

  1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG1)

    1. Kotikian, A., A.A. Watkins, G. Bordiga, A. Spielberg, Z.S. Davidson, K. Bertoldi, and J. Lewis, "Liquid Crystal Elastomer Lattices with Thermally Programmable Deformation via Multi-Material 3D Printing," Advanced Materials 36 (34) 2310743-9 (2024)
    2. Ding, X., V. Sanchez, K. Bertoldi, and C.H. Rycroft, "Unravelling the mechanics of knitted fabrics through hierarchical geometric representation," Proceedings of the Royal Society A 480 (2295), 20230753-28 (2024)
    3. Djellouli, A., B.V. Raemdonck, Y. Wang, Y. Yang, A. Caillaud, D.A Weitz, S. Rubinstein, B. Gorissen, and K. Bertoldi, "Shell buckling for programmable metafluids," Nature 628, 545-550 (2024)
    4. Meeussen, A.S., G. Bordiga, A.X. Chang, B. Spoettling, K.P. Becker, L. Mahadevan, and K. Bertoldi, "Textile Hinges Enable Extreme Properties of Kirigami Metamaterials," Advanced Functional Materials 35 (9), 2415986 (2024)
    5. Yao, Y., A.M. Wilborn, B. Lemaire, F. Trigka, S. Li, F. Stricker, A. Grinthal, M. Zhernenkov, G. Freychet, P. Wasik, R. Bennet, T.C. Cheung, B. Kozinsky, M. Lerch, X. Wang, J. Aizenberg, "Programming liquid crystal elastomers for multistep ambidirectional deformability," Science 386, 1161-1168 (2024)

  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG1)

    1. Ford, M.J., D.H. Porcincula, R. Telles, J.A. Mancini, Y. Wang, M.H. Rizvi, C.K. Loeb, B.D. Moran, J.B. Tracy, J.A. Lewis, S. Yang, E. Lee, and C.C. Cook, "Movement with light: Photoresponsive shape morphing of printed liquid crystal elastomers," Matter 7 (3), 1207-1229 (2024)

IRG 2: Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Mechanically Soft Systems

  1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG2)

    1. Cochard, T., I. Svetlizky, G. Albertini, R.C. Viesca, S.M. Rubinstein, F. Spaepen, C. Yuan, M. Denolle, Y.Q. Song, L. Xiao, and D.A. Weitz, "Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion," Nature Physics 20, 660-665 (2024)
    2. Duschatko, B.R., J. Vandermause, N. Molinari, and B. Kozinsky, "Uncertainty driven active learning of coarse-grained free energy models," npj Computational Materials 10 (9), 1-12 (2024)
    3. Hanakata, P.Z., S.S. Bhabesh, D. Yllanes, D.R. Nelson, and M.J. Bowick, "Vibrations and transitions across barrier of strained nanoribbons at finite temperature," Physical Review Materials 8 (1), 016001-14 (2024)
    4. Seo, J., R. Ukani, J. Zheng, J.D. Braun, S. Wang, F.E. Chen, H.K. Kim, S. Zhang, C. Tahi, R.D. McGilicuddy, H. Yan, J.J. Vlassak, and J.A. Mason, "Barocaloric effects in dialkylammonium halide salts," Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (4), 2736-2747 (2024) and crystallographic data for this work is available.

  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG2)

    1. Ahn, C.H., G. Zhang, and Z. Suo, "Ductility of a nanocomposite of glassy and rubbery polymers," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 191, 105760 (2024)
    2. Alhashim, M.G. and M.P. Brenner, "Engineering of polydisperse porous media for enhanced fluid flows through systematic topology tuning via differentiable direct numerical simulation," Physical Review Fluids 9 (5), 054103-11 (2024)
    3. Chen, Z., G. Zhang, Y. Luo, and Z. Suo, "Rubber-glass nanocomposites fabricated using mixed emulsions," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (16), e2322684121-8 (2024)
    4. Gersony, J., A. Manandhar, U. Hochberg, N. Abdellaoui, P. Llanos, J. Dumais, N.M. Holbrook, and F.E. Rockwell, "Making dew in the Atacama Desert: A paradigmatic case of plant water uptake from an unsaturated atmosphere fails a test," Annals of Botany, p.mcae221 (2024)
    5. Haney, B., T. Cochard, A. Julien, J. Wu, R. Davis, L. Xiao, D.A. Weitz, and Y.Q. Song, "Oil ganglia mobility enhancement by droplet formation for surfactant flooding in porous media," Transport in Porous Media 151 585-597 (2024)
    6. Jain, P., A.E. Huber, F.E. Rockwell, S. Sen, N.M. Holbrook, and A.D. Stroock, "New approaches to dissect leaf hydraulics reveal large gradients in living tissues of tomato leaves," New Phytologist 242 (2), 453-465 (2024)
    7. Kim, M., G. Zhang, S. Jang, S. Lee, Z. Suo, and S.M. Kim, "Fatigue‐resistant polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells," Advanced Materials 36 (14), 2308288 (2024)
    8. Mai, M.H., C. Gao, P.A. Bork, N.M. Holbrook, A. Schulz, and T. Bohr, "Relieving the transfusion tissue traffic jam: A network model of radial transport in conifer needles," New Phytologist 244 (6), 2183-2196 (2024)
    9. Nan, L., H. Zhang, D.A. Weitz, and H.C. Shum, "Development and future of droplet microfluidics," Lab on a Chip 24, 1135-1153 (2024)
    10. Owen, C.J., Y. Xie, A. Johansson, L. Sun, and B. Kozinsky, "Low-index mesoscopic surface reconstructions of Au surfaces using Bayesian force fields," Nature Communications 15 (1), 3790-13 (2024)
    11. Shang, L., K. Xu, P.J. Lu, A. Abbaspourrad, Y. Zhao, and D.A. Weitz, "Dramatic droplet deformation through interfacial particles jamming," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (42), e2403953121 (2024)
    12. Vafa, F., D.R. Nelson, and A. Doostmohammadi, "Periodic orbits, pair nucleation, and unbinding of active nematic defects on cones," Physical Review E 109 (6), 064606-15 (2024)
    13. Vaicekauskaite, J., C. Hui Yang, C. Dam-Hansen, L. Yu, Z. Suo, and A. Ladegaard Skov, "Use of Field Concentration for Electroluminescent Devices," Advanced Materials Technologies 9 (1), 2301283 (2024)
    14. Williams, L.A., A. Neophytou, R.F. Garmann, D. Chakrabarti, and V.N. Manoharan, "Effect of coat-protein concentration on the self-assembly of bacteriophage MS2 capsids around RNA," Nanoscale 16 (6), 3121-3132 (2024)
    15. Yang, Z., J. Chen, Y. Xiao, C. Yang, C.-X. Zhao, D. Chen, and D.A. Weitz, "Digital barcodes for high-throughput screening," Chem & Bio Engineering 1 (1), 2-12 (2024)
    16. Yuan, C., T. Cochard, M. Denolle, J. Gomberg, A. Wech, L. Xiao, and D.A. Weitz, "Laboratory Hydrofractures as Analogs to Tectonic Tremors," AGU Advances 5 (1), e2023AV001002 (2024)

Seeds/Initiatives

  1. Primary MRSEC support (Seeds/Initiatives)

    1. Le Floch, P., S. Zhao, R. Liu, N. Molinari, E. Medina, H. Shen, Z. Wang, J. Kim, H. Sheng, S. Partarrieu, W. Wang, C. Sessler, G. Zhang, H. Park, X. Gong, A. Spencer, J. Lee, T. Ye, X. Tang, X. Wang, K. Bertoldi, N. Lu, B. Kozinsky, Z. Suo, and J. Liu, "3D spatiotemporally scalable in vivo neural probes based on fluorinated elastomers," Nature Nanotechnology 19, 319-329 (2024)
    2. Li, B., L. Zhang, Y. Yin, A. Chen, B.R. Seo, J. Lou, D.J. Mooney, and D.A. Weitz, "Stiff hydrogel encapsulation retains mesenchymal stem cell stemness for regenerative medicine," Matter 7 (10), P3447-3468 (2024) This work has available data.
    3. Lou, J., C. Meyer, E.B. Vitner, K. Adu‐Berchie, M.T. Dacus, G. Bovone, A. Chen, A., T. To, D.A. Weitz, and D.J. Mooney, "Surface‐functionalized microgels as artificial antigen‐presenting cells to regulate expansion of T cells," Advanced Materials 36 (31), 2309860-13 (2024)
    4. Nerger, B.A., K. Kashyap, B.T. Deveney, J. Lou, B.F. Hanan, Q. Liu, A. Khalil, T. Lungjangwa, M. Cheriyan, A. Gupta, R. Jaenisch, D.A. Weitz, L. Mahadevan, and D.J. Mooney, "Tuning porosity of macroporous hydrogels enables rapid rates of stress relaxation and promotes cell expansion and migration," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (45), e2410806121 (2024)

  2. Partial MRSEC support (Seeds/Initiatives)

    1. Nerger, B.A., S. Sinha, N.N. Lee, M. Cheriyan. P. Bertsch, C.P. Johnson, L. Mahadevan, J.V. Bonventre, and D.J. Mooney, "3D Hydrogel encapsulation regulates Nephrogenesis in kidney organoids," Advanced Materials 36 (14), 2308325-16 (2024)
    2. Tringides, C.M. and D.J. Mooney, "Conductive hydrogel scaffolds for the 3D localization and orientation of fibroblasts," Macromolecular Bioscience 24 (1), 2300044-9 (2024)
    3. Wang, W., C.D. Sessler, X. Wang, and J. Liu, "In situ synthesis and assembly of functional materials and devices in living systems," Accounts of Chemical Research 57 (15), 2013-2026 (2024)