Publications
An analysis of competing toughening mechanisms in layered and particulate solids. International Journal of Fracture. 183:241-258.
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2013. Behavioral study of whisker-mediated vibration sensation in rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 109:971–976.
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2024. Concurrent factors determine toughening in the hydraulic fracture of poroelastic composites. Meccanica. 52:3489-3498.
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2017. Continuum theory of swelling material surfaces with applications to thermo-responsive gel membranes and surface mass transport. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 89:96-109.
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2016. Crawlers in viscous environments: linear vs. nonlinear rheologies. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 56:142-147.
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2013. Crawling motility through the analysis of model locomotors: two case studies. The European Physical Journal E. 35:1-8.
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2012. Crawling on directional surfaces. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 61:65-73.
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2014. Discrete one-dimensional crawlers on viscous substrates: achievable net displacements and their energy cost. Mechanics Research Communications. 58:73–81.
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2014. Dye-enhanced visualization of rat whiskers for behavioral studies. eLife. 6:e25290
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Flutter instability in solids and structures, with a view on biomechanics and metamaterials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 479:20230523.
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2023. How Euglena gracilis swims: Flow field reconstruction and analysis.. Physical Review E. 103:023102.
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2021. Hydraulic fracture and toughening of a brittle layer bonded to a hydrogel. Physical Review Letters. 115:188105.
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2015. Kinematics of flagellar swimming in Euglena gracilis: Helical trajectories and flagellar shapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 114:13085–13090.
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2017. Large-strain poroelastic plate theory for polymer gels with applications to swelling-induced morphing of composite plates. Composites Part B: Engineering. 115:330-340.
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2017. Liquid crystal elastomer strips as soft crawlers. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 84:254-272.
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2015. Mechanics of axisymmetric sheets of interlocking and slidable rods. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 141:103969.
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2020. Minimal actuation and control of a soft hydrogel swimmer from flutter instability. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 191:105753.
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2024. Morphable structures from unicellular organisms with active, shape-shifting envelopes: Variations on a theme by Gauss. International Journal of Non–Linear Mechanics. 118:103278.
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2020. Motility of a model bristle-bot: A theoretical analysis. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 76:233-239.
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2015. Motion planning and motility maps for flagellar microswimmers. The European Physical Journal E. 39:72-86.
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2016. Nonreciprocal oscillations of polyelectrolyte gel filaments subject to a steady and uniform electric field. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 173:105225.
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2023. Nutations in growing plant shoots as a morphoelastic flutter instability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 379:20200116.
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