Harvard MRSEC Publications, 2020–2026 (DMR-2011754)

This is a publication list resulting from work that utilized the shared experimental or computational facilities at our MRSEC from September 2020 to May 2022.

1. Aime, S., M. Sabato, L. Xiao, and D.A. Weitz, "Dynamic speckle holography," Physical Review Letters 127 (8), 088003-5 (2021)
2. Bae, J., J. Zheng, H. Zhang, P.J. Foster, D.J. Needleman, and J.J. Vlassak, "A micromachined picocalorimeter sensor for liquid samples with application to chemical reactions and biochemistry," Advanced Science 8 (5), 2003415-11 (2021)
3. Battat, S., D.A. Weitz, and G.M. Whitesides, "An outlook on microfluidics: The promise and the challenge," Lab on a Chip 22 (3), 530-536 (2022)
4. Chakrabarti, A., S. Al-Mosleh, and L. Mahadevan, "Instabilities and patterns in a submerged jelling jet," Soft Matter 17, 9745-9754 (2021)
5. Chakrabarti, A., T. Michaels, E. Sun, S. Yin, and L. Mahadevan, "The cusp of the apple," Nature Physics 17, 1125–1129 (2021)
6. Charoen-Rajapark, P. and D.R. Clarke, "Confocal microscopy observations of electrical pre-breakdown of bi-layer elastomer dielectrics," Extreme Mechanics Letters 49, 101473-9 (2021)
7. Chaudhary, G., S. Ganga Prasath, E. Soucy, and L. Mahadevan, "Totimorphic assemblies from neutrally sable units," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (42), e2107003118-16 (2021)
8. 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)
9. Choi, G.P.T., S. Chen, and L. Mahadevan, "Control of connectivity and rigidity in prismatic assemblies," Proceedings of the Royal Society A 476 (2244), 20200485-5 (2020)
10. Chortos, A., J, Mao, J. Mueller, E Hajiesmaili, J.A. Lewis, and D.R. Clarke, "Printing reconfigurable bundles of dielectric elastomer fibers," Advanced Functional Materials 31 (22), 2010643-10 (2021)
11. 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)
12. Clarke, D.R. and J.W. Hutchinson, "On the electro-mechanical stability of elastomeric coaxial fibers," Journal of Applied Mechanics 88 (6), 061005-9 (2021)
13. Deng, B., J. Li, V. Tournat, P.K. Purohit, and K. Bertoldi, "Dynamics of mechanical metamaterials: A framework to connect phonons, nonlinear periodic waves and solitons," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 147, 104233-17 (2021)
14. Dudte, L.H., G.P.T. Choi, and L. Mahadevan, "An additive algorithm for origami design," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (21), e2019241118-7 (2021)
15. Duraj-Thatte, A.M., A. Manjula-Basavanna, J. Rutledge, J. Xia, S. Hassan, A. Sourlis, A.G. Rubio, A. Lesha, M. Zenkl, A. Kan, D.A. Weitz, Y.S. Zhang, and N.S. Joshi, "Programmable microbial ink for 3D printing of living materials produced from genetically engineered protein nanofibers," Nature Communications 12 (1), 1-8 (2021)
16. Fernandes, M.C., M. Saadat, P. Cauchy-Dubois, C. Inamura, T. Sirota, G. Milliron, H. Haj-Hariri, K. Bertoldi, and J.C. Weaver, "Mechanical and hydrodynamic analyses of helical strake-like ridges in a glass sponge," Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18 (182), 20210559-14 (2021)
17. Gersony, J.T., A. McClelland, and N.M. Holbrook, "Raman spectroscopy reveals high phloem sugar content in leaves of canopy red oak trees," New Phytologist 232 (1), 418-424 (2021)
18. Giometto, A., D.R. Nelson, and A.W. Murray, "Antagonism between killer yeast strains as an experimental model for biological nucleation dynamics," eLife 10, e62932-31 (2021)
19. Goodrich, C.P., E.M. King, S.S. Schoenholz, E.D. Cubuk, and M.P. Brenner, "Designing self-assembling kinetics with differentiable statistical physics models," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (10), e2024083118-7 (2021)
20. Guo, Y. and A. Amir, "Exploring the effect of network topology, mRNA and protein dynamics on gene regulatory network stability," Nature Communications 12 (130), 1-10 (2021)
21. Hajiesmaili, E. and D.R. Clarke, "Dielectric elastomer actuators," Journal of Applied Physics 129, 151102-38 (2021)
22. Hanakata, P.Z., A. Plummer, and D.R. Nelson, "Anomalous thermal expansion in Ising-like puckered sheets," Physical Review Letters 128 (7), 075902 (2022)
23. Hanakata, P.Z., S.S. Bhabesh, M.J. Bowick, D.R. Nelson, and D. Yllanes, "Thermal buckling and symmetry breaking in thin ribbons under compression," Extreme Mechanics Letters 44, 101270-12 (2021)
24. Hwang, V., A.B. Stephenson, S. Barkley, S. Brandt, M. Xiao, J. Aizenberg, and V.N. Manoharan, "Designing angle-independent structural colors using Monte Carlo simulations of multiple scattering," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 118 (4), e2015551118-10 (2021)
25. Jiao, Q., M. Shi, T. Yin, Z. Suo, and J.J. Vlassak, "Composites retard hydrolytic crack growth," Extreme Mechanics Letters 48, 101433-10 (2021)
26. Jin, L., A.E. Forte, and K. Bertoldi, "Mechanical valves for on‐board flow control of inflatable robots," Advanced Science 8 (21), 2101941-8 (2021)
27. Kaplan, Nadir C., and L. Mahadevan, "Geometrical dynamics of edge-driven accretive surface growth," Proceedings of the Royal Society A 478 (2257), 20210638-19 (2022)
28. Kim, J., G. Zhang, M. Shi, and Z. Suo, "Fracture, fatigue, and friction of polymers in which entanglements greatly outnumber cross-links," Science 374 (6564), 212-216 (2021)
29. 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)
30. Kotikian, A., J.M. Morales, A. Lu, J. Mueller, Z.S. Davidson, J.W. Boley, and J.A. Lewis, "Innervated, self‐sensing liquid crystal elastomer actuators with closed loop control," Advanced Materials 33 (27), 2101814-9 (2021)
31. 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 (2022)
32. Li, S., B. Deng, A. Grinthal, A. Schneider-Yamamura, J. Kang, R.S. Martens, C.T. Zhang, J. Li, S. Yu, K. Bertoldi, and J. Aizenberg, "Liquid-induced topological transformations of cellular microstructures," Nature 592, 386-391 (2021)
33. Li, L., C. Goodrich, H. Yang, K.R. Phillips, Z. Jia, H. Chen, L. Wang. J. Zhong, A. Liu, J. Lu, J. Shuai, M.P. Brenner, F. Spaepen, and J. Aizenberg, "Microscopic origins of the crystallographically preferred growth in evaporation-induced colloidal crystals," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (32), e2107588118-9 (2021)
34. Li, S., G. Librandi, Y. Yao, A.J. Richard, A. Schneider-Yamamura, J. Aizenberg, and K. Bertoldi, "Controlling liquid crystal orientations for programmable anisotropic transformations in cellular microstructures," Advanced Materials 33 (42), 2105024-9 (2021)
35. 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)
36. Librandi, G., E. Tubaldi, and K. Bertoldi, "Programming nonreciprocity and reversibility in multistable mechanical metamaterials," Nature Communications 12 (1), 3454-9 (2021)
37. 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)
38. Martin, C., B. Leahy, and V.N. Manoharan, "Improving holographic particle characterization by modeling spherical aberration," Optics Express 29 (12), 18212-18223 (2021)
39. Mhatre, S., E. Boatti, D. Melancon, A. Zareei, M. Dupont, M. Bechthold, and K. Bertoldi,"Deployable structures based on buckling of curved beams upon a rotational input," Advanced Functional Materials 31 (35), 2101144-7 (2021)
40. Memet, E., F. Hilitski, Z. Dogic, and L. Mahadevan, "Static adhesion hysteresis in elastic structures," Soft Matter 17, 2704-2710 (2021)
41. Michaels, T.C.T., R. Kusters, and L. Mahadevan, "Puckering and wrinkling in a growing composite ring," Proceedings of the Royal Society A 477 (2248), 20200999-5 (2021)
42. Mueller, J., J.A. Lewis, and K. Bertoldi, "Architected multimaterial lattices with thermally programmable mechanical response," Advanced Functional Materials 32 (1), 2105128-10 (2021)
43. Nagarkar, A., W.-K. Lee, D.J. Preston, M.P. Nemitz, N.-N. Deng, G.M. Whitesides, and L. Mahadevan, "Elastic-instability-enabled locomotion," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (8), e2013801118-4 (2021)
44. Shankar, S. and D.R. Nelson, "Thermalized buckling of isotropically compressed thin sheets," Physical Review E 104, 054141-31 (2021)
45. 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)
46. Ostilla-Mónico, R., R. McKeown, M.P. Brenner, S.M. Rubinstein, and A. Pumir, "Cascades and reconnection in interacting vortex filaments," Physical Review Fluids 6 (7), 074701-19 (2021)
47. Parsa, S., A. Zareei, E. Santanach-Carreras, E.J. Morris, A. Amir, L. Xiao, and D.A. Weitz, "Unexpected scaling of interstitial velocities with permeability due to polymer retention in porous media," Physical Review Fluids 6 (8), L082302-9 (2021)
48. Qui, L., J.W. Hutchinson, and A. Amir, "Bending instability of rod-shaped bacteria," Physical Review Letters 128 (5), 058101-5 (2022)
49. Root, S.E., D.J. Preston, G.O. Feifke, H. Wallace, R.M. Alcoran, M.P. Nemitz, J.A. Tracz, and G.M. Whitesides, "Bio-inspired design of soft mechanisms using a toroidal hydrostat," Cell Reports Physical Science 2 (9), 100572-12 (2021)
50. Shankar, S. and D.R. Nelson, "Thermalized buckling of isotropically compressed thin sheets," Physical Review E 104, 054141-31 (2021)
51. Shiba, K., G. Li, E. Virot, G. Yoshikawa, and D.A. Weitz, "Microchannel measurements of viscosity for both gases and liquids," Lab on a Chip 21 (14), 2805-2811 (2021)
52. Song, C., B. Chen, J. Hwang, S. Lee, Z Suo, and H. Ahn, "A printed highly stretchable supercapacitor by a combination of carbon ink and polymer network," Extreme Mechanics Letters 49, 101459-6 (2021)
53. Tanjeem, N., W.H. Wilkin, D.A. Beller, C.H. Rycroft, and V.N. Manoharan, "Geometrical frustration and defect formation in growth of colloidal nanoparticle crystals on a cylinder: Implications for assembly of chiral nanomaterials," ACS Applied Nano Materials 4 (10), 10682-10691 (2021)
54. Uzel, S.G.M., R.D. Weeks, D. Kokkinis, and J.A. Lewis, "Multimaterial multinozzle adaptive 3D printing of soft materials," Advanced Materials Technologies 7 (8), 2101710-10 (2022)
55. Wang, Y., G. Nian, X. Yang, and Z. Suo, "Lap shear of a soft and elastic adhesive," Mechanics of Materials 158, 103845 (2021)
56. Wang, Y., S. Xie, Y. Bai, Z. Suo, and K. Jia, "Transduction between magnets and ions," Materials Horizons 8, 1959-1965 (2021)
57. Wang, Y., T. Yin, and Z. Suo, "Polyacrylamide hydrogels. III. Lap shear and peel," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 150, 104348-5 (2021)
58. Xia, J., L.H. Cai, H. Wu, F.C. MacKintosh, and D.A. Weitz, "Anomalous mechanics of Zn²⁺-modified fibrin networks," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118 (10), e2020541118-9 (2021)
59. Xiao, M., A.B. Stephenson, A. Neophytou, V. Hwang, D. Chakrabarti, and V.N. Manoharan, "Investigating the trade-off between color saturation and angle-independence in photonic glasses," Optics Express 29 (14), 21212-21224 (2021)
60. Yang, H., M. Ji, M. Yang, M. Shi, Y. Pan, Y. Zhou, H.J. Qi, Z. Suo, and J. Tang, "Fabricating hydrogels to mimic biological tissues of complex shapes and high fatigue resistance," Matter 4 (6), 1935-1946 (2021)
61. Yang, X., J. Steck, J. Yang, Y. Wang, and Z. Suo, "Degradable plastics are vulnerable to cracks," Engineering 7 (5), 624-629 (2021)
62. Yao, X., B. Chen, X.P. Morelle, and Z. Suo, "Anti-icing propylene-glycol materials," Extreme Mechanics Letters 44, 101225-8 (2021)
63. Yin, T., S.R. Lavoie, S. Qu, and Z. Suo, "Photoinitiator-grafted polymer chains for integrating hydrogels with various materials," Cell Reports Physical Science 2 (6), 100463-12 (2021)
64. Yin, T., G. Zhang, S. Qu, and Z. Suo, "Peel of elastomers of various thicknesses and widths," Extreme Mechanics Letters 46, 101325-5 (2021)
65. Zareei, A., E. Medina, and K. Bertoldi, "Harnessing mechanical deformation to reduce spherical aberration in soft lenses," Physical Review Letters 126 (8), 084301-6 (2021)
66. Zhang, G., T. Yin, G. Nian, and Z. Suo, "Fatigue-resistant polyurethane elastomer composites," Extreme Mechanics Letters 48, 101434-6 (2021)
67. Zhang, G.H. and D.R. Nelson, "Phonon eigenfunctions of inhomogeneous lattices: Can you hear the shape of a cone?," Physical Review E 104 (6), 065005-20 (2021)
68. Zhang, G.H. and D.R. Nelson, "Statistical mechanics of dislocation pileups in two dimensions," Physical Review E 103, 022139-21 (2021)