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," Matter7, 1-23 (2024)
IRG 2: Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Mechanically Soft Systems
Primary MRSEC support (IRG2)
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 Physics20, 660-665 (2024)
Duschatko, B.R., J. Vandermause, N. Molinari, and B. Kozinsky, "Uncertainty driven active learning of coarse-grained free energy models," npj Computational Materials10 (9), 1-12 (2024)
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 Materials8 (1), 016001 (2024)
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 Society146 (4), 2736-2747 (2024) and crystallographic data for this work is available.
Partial MRSEC support (IRG2)
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 Media151 585-597 (2024)
Seeds/Initiatives
Primary MRSEC support (Seeds/Initiatives)
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 Nanotechnology19, 319-329 (2024)
Partial MRSEC support (Seeds/Initiatives)
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 Materials36 (14), 2308325-16 (2024)
Tringides, C.M. and D.J. Mooney, "Conductive hydrogel scaffolds for the 3D localization and orientation of fibroblasts," Macromolecular Bioscience24 (1), 2300044 (2024)