elasticity

Emergent intelligence of buckling-driven elasto-active structures
Active systems of self-propelled agents, e.g., birds, fish, and bacteria, can organize their collective motion into myriad autonomous …
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Stacked Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities grow drops into soft stalactite-like structures
The interplay between thin film hydrodynamics and solidification produces formidably intricate geophysical structures, such as …
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Soft deployable structures via core-shell inflatables
Deployable structures capable of significant geometric reconfigurations are ubiquitous in nature. While engineering contraptions …
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Soft deployable structures via core-shell inflatables
Bubble casting soft robotics
Inspired by living organisms, soft robots are developed from intrinsically compliant materials, enabling continuous motions that mimic …
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Bubble casting soft robotics
Deformation and bursting of elastic capsules impacting a rigid wall
From water balloons to cells and various organs, thin elastic shells enclosing liquid cores or capsules are ubiquitous. Although such …
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Deformation and bursting of elastic capsules impacting a rigid wall
The fingerprint of a flow: Wrinkle patterns in nonuniform coatings on pre-stretched soft foundations
We study the wrinkle patterns obtained when applying a thin polymeric film on a uniaxially prestretched soft foundation. The film is …
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The fingerprint of a flow: Wrinkle patterns in nonuniform coatings on pre-stretched soft foundations