Soft Materials and Structures

Over the past few years, soft materials and mechanical structures based on soft materials have driven our community into new exciting directions. Large deformations and instabilities of soft materials and structures can be immensely rich, albeit nontrivial. As a result, they offer unique opportunities to design multifunctional materials and devices with novel properties, through the appropriate design of material composition and structural layout. The mini-symposium will address recent experimental, computational, theoretical and manufacturing advances in this direction. Topics of particular interest include:

Electroactive and magnetoactive elastomers
Liquid crystal elastomers
Shape-memory and light-sensitive polymers
Responsive gels and Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMC)
Soft structures including rods, plates, shells and biological structures
Geometric and material instabilities
Foldable and deployable structures
3D printing of soft materials and structures

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Schedule
	3D buckligami: combinatorial mechanical metamaterials Martin van Hecke, Leiden University, The Netherlands Corentin Coulais, Leiden University, The Netherlands Bastiaan Florijn, Leiden University, The Netherlands
	A unified 3D phase diagram of growth induced surface instabilities Qiming Wang, Duke University, United States Xuanhe Zhao, Duke University, United States
	An enhanced finite element formulation for the coupled diffusion in gels at a swollen reference configuration Christian Linder, Stanford University, United States
	An Eulerian framework for modeling and simulating the nonlinear dynamics of soft hyperelastic materials Robert Lowe, The Ohio State University
	Axisymmetric thermo-mechanical analysis of laser-driven noncontact transfer printing Yonggang Huang, Northwestern University
	Characterizing the elastic property distribution of soft materials nondestructively Sevan Goenezen, Texas A&M University, United States Yue Mei, Texas A&M University, United States
	Closed-form solutions for bonded elasticallycompressible layers Nanshu Lu, University of Texas at Austin
	Coarse-grained simulation of recovery in thermally activated shape-memory polymers Brendan Abberton, Northwestern University, United States Wing Kam Liu, Northwestern University, United States Sinan Keten, Northwestern University, United States
	Defects controlled wrinkling and topological design in graphene Teng Zhang, Brown University, United States Huajin Gao, Brown University, United States Xiaoyan Li, Brown University, United States
	Design stiff, tough and stretchy hydrogels via nanoscale hybrid crosslinking and macroscale fiber reinforcement Shaoting Lin, Duke, United States Xuanhe Zhao, Duke, United States
	Design tough and resilient hydrogels for artificial cartilage and heart valve Xuanhe Zhao, Duke University
	Designing bioinspired ondemand displays by electroactivating mechanochemically responsive elastomers Qiming Wang, Duke University, United States Gregory Gossweile, Duke University, United States Stephen Craig, Duke University, United States Xuanhe Zhao, Duke University, United States
	Determining local mechanical properties of biological scaffolds Christian Franck, Brown University
	Dielectric elastomer actuator with dual mechanical stiffness response William Lai, Iowa State University, United States Ashraf Bastawros, Iowa State University, United States Wei Hong, Iowa State University, United States Alexander Jennings, Iowa State University, United States
	Effect of intermolecular forces in mechanical behavior of elastomers Hesam Khajehsaeid, Sharif University of Technology, Iran Sima Rabiei, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
	Evolutionary electromechanical stability in viscoelastic dielectrics under constant loads Bo Li, Xi’an Jiaotong Univeristy
	Experimental and theoretical investigation of magnetorheological elastomers with layered mesostructures Changyong Cao, Duke University Shaoting Lin, MIT, United States Xuanhe Zhao, MIT, United States
	Fiber-reinforced tough hydrogels Widusha Illeperuma, Harvard University, United States Jeong-Yun Sun, Harvard University, United States Zhigang Suo, Harvard University, United States Joost Vlassak, Harvard University, United States
	Growth and instability of soft tissue in confined environment Mir Jalil Razavi Aghjeh, University of Georgia Xianqiao Wang, University of Georgia, United States
	Harnessing instability to control wave propagation in phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials Pai Wang, Harvard University, United States Sahab Babaee, Harvard University, United States Sicong Shan, Harvard University, United States Filippo Casadei, Harvard University, United States Sung Hoon Kang, Harvard University, United States Katia Bertoldi, Harvard University, United States Jongmin Shim, University at Buffalo, United States
	Homogenized estimates for soft fiber-composites and tissues with two families of fibers Gal deBotton, Ben Gurion University, United States Tal Oren, Ben Gurion University, United States Gal Shmuel, California Institute of Technology, United States Stephan Rudykh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
	Investigation of viscoelastic structures with extreme damping and high stiffness using negative stiffness layered composites Kashyap Alur, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Julien Meaud, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
	Jump conditions for thin bodies from an action principle James Hanna, Virginia Tech
	Materials for soft robotic applications Jennifer Case, Purdue University, United States Edward White, Purdue University, United States Rebecca Kramer, Purdue University, United States
	Measurement of adhesion between soft elastomers Nanshu Lu, University of Texas at Austin
	Mechanical behavior of biomimetic surface scales Ranajay Ghosh, Northeastern University
	Mechanics of elastic ellipsoidal shells Hamid Ebrahimi, Northeastern University, United States Ashkan Vaziri, Northeastern University, United States Amin Ajdari, Northwestern University, United States Dominic Vella, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Arezki Boudaoud, Universit´e de Lyon, France
	Metastable polymer substrate for transient electronics Hector Lopez, University of Illinois, United States Seung-Kyun Kang, University of Illinois, United States Joshua Kaitz, University of Illinois, United States Olivia Lee, University of Illinois, United States Bora Inci, University of Illinois, United States Nancy Sottos, University of Illinois, United States John Rogers, University of Illinois, United States Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois, United States Scott White, University of Illinois, United States
	Microscopic changing-mass model of PVA hydrogel under unidirectional compression Liqun Tang, South China University of Technology, United States Yongrou Zhang, South China University of Technology, United States Beixin Xie, South China University of Technology, United States Yiping Liu, South China University of Technology, United States Zhenyu Jiang, South China University of Technology, United States
	Microstructural evolution in double-network gels Wei Hong, Iowa State University
	Modeling of curved cantilever dielectric elastomer actuator using universal solution in finite bending Lauren Finkenauer, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Trento, United States James Wissman, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Trento, United States Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Trento, United States Luca Deseri, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Trento, United States
	Nonlinear deflection of a fixed–fixed hyperelastic beam under extreme stretch James Wissman, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
	Origami-inspired deployable auxetic metamaterials Maryam Eidini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States Glaucio Paulino, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
	Polygonal finite elements for finite elasticity Heng Chi, U of I at - Urbana-Champaign, United States Cameron Talischi, U of I at - Urbana-Champaign, United States Oscar Lopez-Pamies, U of I at - Urbana-Champaign, United States Glaucio Paulino, U of I at - Urbana-Champaign, United States
	Postbuckling slope of beams with finite aspect ratio Luuk Lubbers, Leiden University, Netherlands Corentin Coulais, Leiden University, Netherlands Martin Van Hecke, Leiden University, Netherlands
	Predicting shape fixity and recovery of shape memory polymers Kai Yu, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States H.Jerry Qi, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
	Processing liquid metal for conformable electronics J. William Boley, Purdue University, United States Edward L. White, Purdue University, United States Trevor R. Lear, Purdue University, United States George T.-C. Chiu, Purdue University, United States Rebecca K. Kramer, Purdue University, United States
	Programmable mechanical metamaterials: BiHolar networks Bastiaan Florijn, Leiden University, Netherlands Courentin Coulais, Leiden University, Netherlands Martin van Hecke, Leiden University, Netherlands
	Rapid prototyping of tough hydrogels with encapsulated stem cells for design of load-bearing tissues Dalton Sycks, Duke University
	Rate-dependent toughness in soft materials via microscopic scratch testing Ange-Therese Akono, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Franz-Josef Ulm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
	Real-time reversible tunable elasticity in cellular solids via electromagnetic actuation Babak Haghpanah, Northeastern University, United States Davood Mousanezhad, Northeastern University, United States Hamid Ebrahimi, Northeastern University, United States Ashkan Vaziri, Northeastern University, United States
	Reprocessing and recycling of thermoset polymers based on bond exchange reaction Kai Yu, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States H. Jerry Qi, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States Philip Taynton, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States Wei Zhang, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States Martin L. Dunn, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
	Rigorous bounds on the effective moduli of heterogeneous media with small-scale instabilities Dennis Kochmann, California Institute of Technology Graeme Milton, University of Utah, United States Felix Fritzen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, United States
	Scalable manufacturing processes with soft materials Edward White, Purdue University, United States Jennifer Case, Purdue University, United States Rebecca Kramer, Purdue University, United States
	Shape programmable structures katia Bertoldi, Harvard University, United States Sicong Shan, Harvard University, United States Sung Hoon Kang, Harvard University, United States
	SpiderWeb honeycombs Davood Mousanezhad, Northeastern University, United States Hamid Ebrahimi, Northeastern University, United States Babak Haghpanah, Northeastern University, United States Ranajay Ghosh, Northeastern University, United States Amin Ajdari, Northeastern University, United States Ashkan Vaziri, Northeastern University, United States
	Stability of active muscle tissue Luis Dorfmann, Tufts University, United States Chris Paetsch, Tufts University, United States
	Stretchable electronics based on one-dimensional nanomaterials Yong Zhu, North Carolina State University, United States Shanshan Yao, North Carolina State University, United States Amanda Myers, North Carolina State University, United States Zheng Cui, North Carolina State University, United States
	Swelling and curling fibers via elastocapillarity Douglas Holmes, Boston University Anupam Pandey, Virginia Tech, United States Suzie Protière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, United States
	Textile-based active-sensory skins Michelle Yuen, Purdue University, United States Rebecca Kramer, Purdue University, United States
	The maximal advance path constraint for the homogenization of soft matter materials Christian Linder, Stanford University, United States
	The propulsion of soft filaments with natural curls Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Transforming small localized loading into large rotational motion in soft anisotropically-structured materials Stephan Rudykh, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Mary Boyce, Columbia University, United States
	Tunable buckling of metabeams Corentin Coulais, Martin, Leiden University, the Netherlands Bastiaan Florijn, Martin, Leiden University, the Netherlands Koen de Reus, Martin, Leiden University, the Netherlands van Hecke, Martin, Leiden University, the Netherlands
	Using nonlinear electret effects to design piezolectricity and magnetoelectricity in soft materials Pradeep Sharma, University of Houston, United States Qian Deng, University of Houston, United States Liping Liu, Rutgers University, United States
	Visco-hyperelastic modeling of automotive elastomeric bushings with emphasis on the coupling effect of axial and torsional deformations Hesam Khajehsaeid, University of Tabriz Mohammad Ali Ramezani, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran
	Wet adhesion in soft materials and structures shengqiang cai, UCSD

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