Mark Ilton

Principal investigator
Email
miltonobfuscate@hmc.edu

After recently joining the Department of Physics at HMC in 2018, Prof. Ilton is seeking curious and enthusiastic students interested in Soft Matter and Biomechanics to join the PoSM Lab. When not in the classroom or lab, you will likely find him in the yoga studio, biking around town, or relaxing in the back yard.

Papers

Elastodynamic mechanical analyzer for high strain-rate mechanical characterization

Bottlebrush Networks: A Primer for Advanced Architectures

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

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

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

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

Adsorption-induced slip inhibition for polymer melts on ideal substrates