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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. Choi, G.P.T., C. Liu, S. Yin, G. Séjourné, R.S. Smith, C.A. Walsh, and L. Mahadevan, "Biophysical basis for brain folding and misfolding patterns in ferrets and humans," eLife 14, RP107141 (2025)
    3. 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)
    4. Kamp, L.M., M. Zanaty, A. Zareei, B. Gorissen, R.J. Wood, and K. Bertoldi, "Reprogrammable sequencing for physically intelligent under-actuated robots," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (38), e2508310122 (2025)
    5. McCann, C.M, J. Arnold, C. Lehmacher, K. Bertoldi, and C.J. Walsh, "On-body textile hysteresis estimation for personalized physical human-robot interaction," International Journal of Robotics Research 45 (2), 352-356 (2025)
    6. Patel, H., Y.X. Huang, D. Dengiz, M. Pravdivtseva, O. Jansen, E. Quandt, and J. Aizenberg, "Fluid dynamics model of the cerebral ventricular system," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (26) (2025)
    7. 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)
    8. Telles, R., J.A. Mancini, J.L. Barrera, M. Simoes, D.H. Porcincula, A. Bischoff, D.J. Roach, S.C. Leguizamon, E. Lee, C.C. Cook, and J.A. Lewis, "Architected liquid crystal elastomer lattices with programmable energy absorption," Advanced Materials 37 (35), 2420048 (2025)
    9. 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)
    10. Wilborn, A.M., H. Almohammadi, P. Qu, Y. Wang, Y. Yang, R. Kay, D.Y. Kim, K. Bertoldi, D.A. Weitz, and J. Aizenberg, "Towards differentiation in untethered microactuators: A soft fabrication strategy," Advanced Materials 37 (51), 2507273 (2025)
    11. Yang, H., Y. Wang, Y. Jang, K. Shani, Q. Jiao, M. Peters, K.K. Parker, and J.J. Vlassak, "Biomimetic hierarchical fibrous hydrogels with high alignment and flaw insensitivity," Matter 8 (6), 102054 (2025)

  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG1)

    1. Charles, N., R. Chelakkot, M. Gazzola, B. Young, and L. Mahadevan, "Topological dynamics of rapid non-planar gaits in slithering snakes," Nature Physics 21, 856–860 (2025)
    2. Huo, M., and D.R. Clarke, "UV responsive, bottlebrush structured silicone elastomers: Synthesis, healing, and application," Macromolecules 58 (19), 10490–10498 (2025)
    3. 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)
    4. Kang, M., Y. Han, G. Domel, M-W. Han, and D.R. Clarke, "Rolling of a cylinder induced by electro-adhesive forces," Extreme Mechanics Letters 77, 102324 (2025) and
    5. 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)
    6. Veloso, E., A.J. Cohen, and R.J. Wood, "Dielectric elastomer actuator based mechanical counterpressure space suit cuff," Smart Materials and Structures 34 (3), 035028-13 (2025)
    7. Yuen, M.C., T. Keroulle, S. Xu, and R.J. Wood, "Electrostatic artificial muscles for cable-driven actuation of compliant mechanisms," npj Robotics 3 (12) (2025)
    8. 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. Chen, F.E., J.D. Braun, J. Seo, H.J. Hurd, M.B. Wenny, S.L. Zheng, J.J. Calvin, C.M. Brown, and J.A. Mason, "Manipulating hydrocarbon chain-melting transitions in dialkylammonium halide barocaloric materials through Desymmetrization," Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (23), 19788-19795 (2025)
    2. Chiang, T.K., O. Kimchi, H.K. Dhaliwal, D.A. Villarreal, F.F. Vasquez, V.N. Manoharan, M.P. Brenner, and R.F. Garmann, "Measuring intramolecular connectivity in long RNA molecules using two-dimensional DNA patch–probe arrays," Nucleic Acids Research 53 (11), gkaf469 (2025)
    3. King, E.M., M.C. Engel, C. Martin, A.M. Sunol, Q.Z. Zhu, S.S. Schoenholz, V.N. Manoharan, and M.P. Brenner, "Inferring interaction potentials from stochastic particle trajectories," Physical Review Research 7 (2), 023075 (2025)
    4. 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)
    5. 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)
    6. Terdik, J.Z., D.A. Weitz, and F. Spaepen, "Fabrication and mounting of near-critical silicone gels for mechanical testing of colloidal solids," Review of Scientific Instruments 96, 053902 (2025)

  2. Partial MRSEC support (IRG2)

    1. Ahn, C.H., Z. Chen, X. Bao, and Z. Suo, "How does chain length affect fracture of a brittle polymer glass?" Extreme Mechanics Letters 81, 102431 (2025)
    2. Ahn, C.H., Z. Chen, X. Bao, and Z. Suo, "How does a polymer glass resist fatigue crack growth?" Soft Matter 21 (16), 3040-3046 (2025)
    3. 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)
    4. Bao, X., Z. Chen, G. Nian, M.W.M. Tan, C.H. Ahn, Y. Kutsovsky, and Z. Suo, "Unusually long polymers crosslinked by domains of physical bonds," Nature Communications 16 (1), 4746 (2025)
    5. 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)
    6. Bauermann, J., R. Benzi, D.R. Nelson, S. Shankar, and F. Toschi, "Turbulent mixing controls fixation of growing antagonistic populations," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (7), e2417075122 (2025)
    7. Braverman, L., and D.R. Nelson, "Transition to chaos with conical billiards," Physical Review E 112, 044221 (2025)
    8. Chen, Z. and Z. Suo, "Thermodynamic and molecular origins of crack resistance in polymer networks," Chemical Reviews 126 (1), 606-670 (2025)
    9. Falletta, S., A. Cepellotti, A. Johansson, C.W. Tan, M.L. Descoteaux, A. Musaelian, C.J. Owen, and B. Kozinsky , "Unified differentiable learning of electric response," Nature Communications 16, 40316 (2025)
    10. Jain, P., S. Sen, F.E. Rockwell, R.J. Twohey III, A.E. Huber, S.A. Desai, I.F. Wu, T. De Swaef, M.M. Ilman, A.J. Studer, and N.M. Holbrook, "Loss of conductance between mesophyll symplasm and intercellular air spaces explains nonstomatal control of transpiration," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (47), e2504862122 (2025)
    11. Long, C. and D.R. Nelson, "Liquid crystal ground states on cones with antitwist boundary conditions," Physical Review E 111, 025418 (2025)
    12. 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), e2505598122 (2025)
    13. McGuire, J.A., C.D. Lanier, J.H. Sun, S.M. Han, V. Breedveld, M.A. Filler, S.E. Han, and V.N. Manoharan, "Optical properties of microgeodes: Microcapsules containing silicon nanowires," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (47), 64699-64708 (2025)
    14. Nian, G., Z. Chen, X. Bao, M. Wei Ming Tan, Y. Kutsovsky, and Z. Suo, "Natural rubber with high resistance to crack growth," Nature Sustainability 8, 692-701 (2025)
    15. 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)
    16. Steck, J., C.H. Ahn, and Z. Suo, "Polymers resist fatigue crack growth by deconcentrating stress," Annual Review of Materials Research 55, 333-358 (2025)
    17. Tavera-Vázquez, A., D. Montalvan-Sorrosa, G.R. Perez-Lemus, O.E. Rodriguez-Lopez, J.A. Martinez-Gonzalez, V.N. Manoharan, and J.J. de Pablo, "Microplate active migration emerging from light-Induced phase transitions in a nematic liquid crystal," Advanced Functional Materials 35 (30), 2504046 (2025)
    18. Thorne, B., J. Xu, S.C. Mahavadi, Y.Q. Song, and D.A. Weitz, "Contact angle mapping using microdroplets," Langmuir 41 (32), 21869-21877 (2025)
    19. Vafa, F., G.H. Zhang, and D.R. Nelson, "Defect ground states for liquid crystals on cones and hyperbolic cones," Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 58 (22), 225003 (2025)
    20. Yang, J.H., A.W.S. Ooi, Z.A.H. Goodman, Y. Xie, J. Ding, S. Falletta, A.H.A. Park, and B. Kozinsky, "Room-temperature decomposition of the ethaline deep eutectic solvent," The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 16 (12), 3039-3046 (2025)
    21. Zhou, J., R. Huang, N. Modovan, L. Stana, J. Wena, D. Jina, D.R. Nelson, D. Czaplewski, and D. Lopez, "Rippled metamaterials with scale-dependent tailorable elasticity," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (12), e2425200122 (2025)
    22. Zhou, Y., X. Bao, and Z. Suo, "Viscoelasticity and crack growth in tanglemers," Extreme Mechanics Letters 81, 102418 (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)

  2. Partial MRSEC support (Seeds/Initiatives)

    1. Feng, Z. and D.J. Mooney, "Biocatalytic regulation of peptide self-assembly for biomineralization," Journal of the American Chemical Society 147(22), 18386-18390 (2025) and
    2. Lafuente-Gómez, N., S. Kang, and D.J. Mooney, "Nanotechnology for CAR T cells and tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte therapies," Nature Nanotechnology 20, 1189-1198 (2025)
    3. Lin, X. Zhang, J. Chen, and J. Liu, "Material selection and device design of scalable flexible brain-computer interface: A balance between electrical and mechanical performance," Advanced Materials 37 (26), 2413938 (2025)
    4. Roloson, E.B., W.H. Jung, S.L. McNamara, C.I. Van Stone, N. Lafuente-Gómez, D.M. Morgan, R.M. Gibbs, L.L. Rubin, G.N. Duda, and D.J. Mooney, "Collagen scaffold viscoelasticity regulates muscle cell phenotype," Advanced Healthcare Materials 15 (8), e02775 (2025)