Materials with target nonlinear mechanical response can support the design of innovative
soft robots, wearable devices, footwear, and energy‐absorbing systems, yet it is challenging …

Fluidic soft actuators are enlarging the robotics toolbox by providing flexible elements that
can display highly complex deformations. Although these actuators are adaptable and …

A synthesis of recent progress is presented on a topic that lies at the heart of both structural
engineering and non-linear science. The emphasis is on thin elastic structures that lose …

A study is presented of the post-buckling behaviour and imperfection sensitivity of complete
spherical shells subject to uniform external pressure. The study builds on and extends the …

This Perspective accounts for recent progress in the directed control of interfacial fluid flows
harnessed to assemble architected soft materials. We are focusing on the paradigmatic …

Shell buckling is central in many biological structures and advanced functional materials,
even if, traditionally, this elastic instability has been regarded as a catastrophic phenomenon …

We measure the response of cylindrical shells to poking and identify a stability landscape,
which fully characterizes the stability of perfect shells and imperfect ones in the case where …

A well understanding of instability mechanics of soft shell structures is key issue due to its
important implications in functional shape morphing, flexible electronics, soft robotics …

The elastic buckling of shell structures such as spherical shells subject to external pressure
and cylindrical shells loaded in axial compression is highly sensitive to imperfections and …

In this work, the mechanical response at finite strains of embedded dome shells is
investigated both numerically and experimentally. These systems are interesting as they …