🌊 What makes starfish ossicles mechanically robust? 🔬 Dual-scale microlattices: calcite crystal + diamond-TPMS structure 📐 Atomic–lattice alignment enhances isotropy 🧠 Computational study reveals bioinspired design insights 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.…

Day four of my trip began with an impressive plenary talk by Prof. Takao Someya followed by a rapid-fire set of short presentations and associated panel discussions here at an amazing facility in Bintan, Indonesia, spanning all key areas of research in flexible/stretchable

🌀 Biomimetic TPMS hybrids with tailorable plasticity! 📐 Hybridized along [001], [011], [111] to combine global heterogeneity & local homogeneity 🔧 Enables tunable energy absorption without sacrificing continuity 🧪 RVE + experiments validate 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.…

China’s energy dominance in three charts trib.al/8hQmRWn

Our paper is now in Newton by Cell Press: "Revealing chain scission modes in variable polymer degradation kinetics" We show how degradation curves reveal where polymers break at the chain end or randomly and uncover solubility as a key driver.

🧲 How does shell thickness affect adhesion? Elastomeric hemispherical shells show: ⚖️ Thick → Hertz-JKR-like pull-off 📉 Thinner → weaker adhesion 📈 Ultra-thin → adhesion increases again! 🧪 Experiments + FEM agree 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.… #adhesion #mechanics

I aim to write each chapter for a lecture. The previous chapter on thermal system was too long. I’ve just split the chapter into two chapters, titled thermal system and thermal reservoir. docs.google.com/document/d/1Tf…

Devices that pull water out of thin air poised to take off | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

I am looking for a PhD scientist to work together SanaHeal, Inc.. Will work on products based on our bioadhesive technology platform internally & with large publicly traded company partnered on diverse medical devices. Our office/lab is in Boston & competitive salary & compensation

On Saturday, July 26, Jensen Huang, Founder & CEO of NVIDIA, speaks with Xuedong Huang, CTO of Zoom. This fireside chat during our Asian American Pioneer Medal Symposium and Ceremony will be a great conversation. Our full agenda: ticket.aafuturefoundation.org

It is a great pleasure to give the eWear seminar at Stanford University. The room was so packed that several colleagues and students had to join the seminar via Zoom. Thanks very much for Zhenan Bao kind invitation and hosting. Great interactions with Guosong Hong, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Ruike

During the AASF-Hoover Forum tomorrow, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State & Director of the Hoover Institution, will talk with host Arun Majumdar, Dean of Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. This fireside chat will address advancing policy through conversation: ticket.aafuturefoundation.org

"I am the American dream." Jessen Huang, "We need to be careful not to lose the single biggest brand of American."

🌟 Multimodal wrinkles via three-axial compression! 📐 Stripe → labyrinth → ripple patterns emerge positionally 🎮 Tunable friction & optics 🔁 Highly reversible under cyclic loading 🧪 Verified across flexible film systems 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.… #wrinkling

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🧵 A critical look at crack propagation in viscoelastic solids 📄 This commentary discusses a recent theory by Shrimali & Lopez–Pamies, highlighting its strengths and limitations 🔍 Additional effects in rubbery & glassy regions are explored 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.…

🔊 Ultrasound-powered 3D printed microactuators! 📦 Monolithic torsional design with dual-modulus polymers 🌊 Air bubbles + acoustic radiation force → rotor motion 🧪 Laser vibrometry + FEA validate & optimize 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.… #microactuators #softrobotics #EML

A new Science #Robotics Review discusses how robotically steerable guidewires (RSGs) could help enable interventions for a range of #endovascular complications and highlights design improvements that could enhance treatment outcomes. Jaydev P. Desai scim.ag/4mNvQOp

💎 A unified strength criterion for diamane grain boundaries! 🔬 AIMD + bond-level analysis ⚡ Failure occurs when bond stretch stress exceeds intrinsic bond strength—independent of load, GB type, or thickness 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.… #2Dmaterials #mechanics #EML

Excited to share our new paper in EML. We combined experiments + theory to show how pre-stretching rubber turns circular contacts into ellipses that evolve (even flip) during peel → stiffer, less adhesive response. doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.…