Instabilities in solids and structures are ubiquitous across all length and time scales, and
engineering design principles have commonly aimed at preventing instability. However …

Abstract Characterization of the morphology, identification of patterns and quantification of
order encountered in colloidal assemblies is essential for several reasons. First of all, it is …

Metamaterials have thrived in recent years, with negative stiffness mechanical
metamaterials emerging as an essential branch. Extensive research in the past decade has …

Despite these advances, challenges remain. For example, mechanical instability
accompanied with compression of the periodically porous structures often leads to sudden …

We investigated swelling induced instabilities in porous membranes with a square array of
micron-sized circular holes prepared from a pH and temperature dual-responsive hydrogel …

Microstructural patterns emerge ubiquitously during phase transformations, deformation
twinning, or crystal plasticity. Challenges are the prediction of such microstructural patterns …

We employ numerical simulations to study active transistor-like switches made from two-
dimensional (2D) granular crystals containing two types of grains with the same size but …

When soft cellular structures are compressed axially beyond critical limits, elastic instabilities
induce buckling behavior. Although the nonlinear response of periodic materials with …

The band structure of a two-dimensional granular crystal composed of silicone rubber and
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) cylinders is investigated numerically. This system was …

From pharmaceutical to mining or travelling desert dunes to earthquakes, granular materials
are at the heart of many industries and natural phenomena. Improving the efficiency of the …