Flexoelectricity in soft elastomers and the molecular mechanisms underpinning the design and emergence of giant flexoelectricity

M Grasinger, K Mozaffari… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Soft robotics requires materials that are capable of large deformation and amenable to
actuation with external stimuli such as electric fields. Energy harvesting, biomedical devices …

Polymer networks which locally rotate to accommodate stresses, torques, and deformation

M Grasinger - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer network models construct the constitutive relationships of a broader polymer
network from the behavior of a single polymer chain (eg viscoelastic response to applied …

Group action markov chain monte carlo for accelerated sampling of energy landscapes with discrete symmetries and energy barriers

M Grasinger - arxiv preprint arxiv:2205.00028, 2022 - arxiv.org
Monte Carlo sampling of the canonical distribution presents a formidable challenge when
the potential energy landscape is characterized by a large number of local minima …