Tags

• paper 8
• AFM 1
• fluid dynamics 1
• polymer physics 4
• thin films 2
• biomechanics 9
• modeling 5
• power amplification 1
• LaMSA 8
• experiment 2
• high speed imaging 3
• elastodynamics 4
• computational methods 4
• lab 1
• elastomers 1
• review 2
• scaling 1
• latch dynamics 1
• friction 1
• materials 4
• bottlebrush 2
• viscoelasticity 1
• ants 1
• instrumentation 1

paper

• Viscoelastic materials paper published!
• Tunable LaMSA model paper published!
• Finger snap paper published!
• Latch-based control paper published!
• Beyond power amplification paper published!
• Size-scaling paper published in Soft Matter!
• Cascading power limits paper published in Science!
• Polymer slip paper published!

AFM

• Adsorption-induced slip inhibition for polymer melts on ideal substrates

fluid dynamics

• Adsorption-induced slip inhibition for polymer melts on ideal substrates

polymer physics

• Bottlebrush Networks: A Primer for Advanced Architectures
• The Impact of Polymerization Chemistry on the Mechanical Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Bottlebrush Elastomers
• Decoupling the Impact of Entanglements and Mobility on the Failure Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films
• Adsorption-induced slip inhibition for polymer melts on ideal substrates

thin films

• Decoupling the Impact of Entanglements and Mobility on the Failure Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films
• Adsorption-induced slip inhibition for polymer melts on ideal substrates

biomechanics

• Tuning a mechanical model to biological reality: A case study in the LaMSA system of the trap-jaw ant Strumigenys
• Viscoelastic materials are most energy efficient when loaded and unloaded at equal rates
• A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems
• The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction
• Latch-based control of energy output in spring actuated systems
• Why do large animals never actuate their jumps with latch-mediated springs? Because they can jump higher without them
• Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems
• Modeling the Kinematics of Ultrafast Organisms
• The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

modeling

• Tuning a mechanical model to biological reality: A case study in the LaMSA system of the trap-jaw ant Strumigenys
• A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems
• Why do large animals never actuate their jumps with latch-mediated springs? Because they can jump higher without them
• Modeling the Kinematics of Ultrafast Organisms
• The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

power amplification

• The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

LaMSA

• Elastodynamic mechanical analyzer for high strain-rate mechanical characterization
• Tuning a mechanical model to biological reality: A case study in the LaMSA system of the trap-jaw ant Strumigenys
• A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems
• The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction
• Latch-based control of energy output in spring actuated systems
• Why do large animals never actuate their jumps with latch-mediated springs? Because they can jump higher without them
• Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems
• The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

experiment

• Viscoelastic materials are most energy efficient when loaded and unloaded at equal rates
• High Speed Mechanics of Soft Materials

high speed imaging

• Elastodynamic mechanical analyzer for high strain-rate mechanical characterization
• The effect of size-scale on the kinematics of elastic energy release
• High Speed Mechanics of Soft Materials

elastodynamics

• Elastodynamic mechanical analyzer for high strain-rate mechanical characterization
• Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems
• The effect of size-scale on the kinematics of elastic energy release
• High Speed Mechanics of Soft Materials

computational methods

• A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems
• The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction
• Latch-based control of energy output in spring actuated systems
• Modeling the Kinematics of Ultrafast Organisms

lab

• PoSM Lab has a logo!

elastomers

• The effect of size-scale on the kinematics of elastic energy release

review

• Bottlebrush Networks: A Primer for Advanced Architectures
• Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems

scaling

• Why do large animals never actuate their jumps with latch-mediated springs? Because they can jump higher without them

latch dynamics

• Latch-based control of energy output in spring actuated systems

friction

• The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction

materials

• Bottlebrush Networks: A Primer for Advanced Architectures
• Viscoelastic materials are most energy efficient when loaded and unloaded at equal rates
• The Impact of Polymerization Chemistry on the Mechanical Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Bottlebrush Elastomers
• Decoupling the Impact of Entanglements and Mobility on the Failure Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films

bottlebrush

• Bottlebrush Networks: A Primer for Advanced Architectures
• The Impact of Polymerization Chemistry on the Mechanical Properties of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Bottlebrush Elastomers

viscoelasticity

• Viscoelastic materials are most energy efficient when loaded and unloaded at equal rates

ants

• Tuning a mechanical model to biological reality: A case study in the LaMSA system of the trap-jaw ant Strumigenys

instrumentation

• Elastodynamic mechanical analyzer for high strain-rate mechanical characterization