Harvard MRSEC Publications, 2025 (DMR-2011754)

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

  1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG1)

    1. Barber, D.M., S. Edgar, M.S. Emanuel, M.D. Nelwood, B.Y. Ahn, B. Román-Manso, T. Cochard, J. Platero, K. Amini, C.H. Rycroft, S. Rubinstein, M.J. Aziz, and J.A. Lewis, "Print‐and‐plate architected electrodes for electrochemical transformations under flow," Advanced Functional Materials 35 (34), 2419748 (2025)
    2. Farrell, D.T., C.M. McCann, A.E. Forte, C.J. Walsh, and K. Bertoldi, "Programmable surface dimpling of aerodynamic textile metamaterials for aerodynamic control," Advanced Materials 37 (40), 2505817 (2025)
    3. Telles, R., A. Kotikian, G. Freychet, M. Zhernenkov, P. Wąsik, B.M. Yavitt, J.L. Barrera, C.C. Cook, R. Pindak, E.C. Davidson, and J.A. Lewis, "Spatially programmed alignment and actuation in printed liquid crystal elastomers," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (3), e2414960122 (2025)
    4. Weeks, R.D., J.M. Ruddock, J.D. Berrigan, J.A. Lewis, and J.O. Hardin, "In‐situ rheology measurements via machine‐learning enhanced direct‐ink‐writing," Advanced Intelligent Systems 7 (1), 2400293-9 (2025)

  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG1)

    1. Jung, Y., T. Plumb-Reyes, H.G. Lin, and L. Mahadevan, "Entanglement transition in random rod packings," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 122 (8), e2401868122 (2025)
    2. Ng, A., R. Telles, K.S. Riley, J.A. Lewis, C.C. Cook, E. Lee, and S. Yang, "Coaxial direct ink writing of cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers in 3D architectures," Advanced Materials 37 (10), 2416621 (2025)
    3. Zimmerman, J.F., D.J. Drennan, J. Ikeda, Q. Jin, H.A.M. Ardoña, S.L. Kim, R. Ishii, and K.K. Parker, "Bioinspired design of a tissue-engineered ray with machine learning," Science Robotics 10 (99), eadr6472-13 (2025)

IRG 2: Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Mechanically Soft Systems

  1. Primary MRSEC support (IRG2)

    1. Mai, M.H., F.E. Rockwell, J.M. Losada, N. Nicholson, Z. Suo, and N.M. Holbrook, "Secreting salt glands constrain cuticle fracture to enhance desalination efficiency," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (45), p.e2505598122 (2025)
    2. Sun, J.H., G.H. Zhang, A. Plummer, C. Martin, N. Tanjeem, D.R. Nelson, and V.N. Manoharan, "Colloidal Crystallization on Cones," Physical Review Letters 134 (1), 018201 (2025)

  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG2)

    1. Alhashim, M.G., K. Hausknecht, and M.P. Brenner, "Control of flow behavior in complex fluids using automatic differentiation," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (8), e2403644122 (2025)
    2. Batatia, I., S. Batzner, D.P. Kovács, A. Musaelian, G.N. Simm, R. Drautz, C. Ortner, B. Kozinsky, and G. Csányi, "The design space of E(3)-equivariant atom-centred interatomic potentials," Nature Machine Intelligence 7, 56-67 (2025)
    3. Braverman, L., and D.R. Nelson, "Transition to chaos with conical billiards," Physical Review E 112, 044221 (2025)
    4. 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)
    5. Salomon, R., S.R. Bazaz, K. Mutafopulos, D. Gallego-Ortega, M. Warkiani, D. Weitz, and D. Jin, "Challenges in blood fractionation for cancer liquid biopsy: How can microfluidics assist?" Lab on a Chip 25, 1097-1127 (2025)

Seeds/Initiatives

  1. Primary MRSEC support (Seeds/Initiatives)

    1. Lou, J., C. Meyer, A. Chen, A., D.A. Weitz, and D.J. Mooney, "Immobilization of BMP-2 in porous hydrogels to spatially regulate osteogenesis," Journal of Controlled Release 379, 944-950 (2025)