The generation of nano-microstructured polymer film surfaces has been a challenge during
the last decades. Advances in the fabrication of structured polymer surfaces to obtain micro …

Hydrogels possess magnificent properties which may be harnessed for novel applications.
However, this is not achievable if the mechanical behaviors of hydrogels are not well …

Hydrogels have been developed since the 1960s for applications in personal care,
medicine, and engineering. Evidence has accumulated that hydrogels under prolonged …

Skeletal muscle provides inspiration on how to achieve reversible, macroscopic, anisotropic
motion in soft materials. Here we report on the bottom-up design of macroscopic tubes that …

Hydrogels are capable of coupled mass transport and large deformation in response to
external stimuli. In this paper, a nonlinear, transient finite element formulation is presented …

A variety of polymeric surfaces, such as anti-corrosion coatings and polymer-modified
asphalts, are prone to blistering when exposed to moisture and air. As water and oxygen …

It has long been observed when photo-curable resin is exposed to light, surface wrinkle
pattern arises before the resin is fully photopolymerized. However, the critical condition for …

Subject to compression, elastic materials may undergo bifurcation of various kinds. A
homogeneous material forms creases, whereas a bilayer consisting of a stiff film and a …

Under a variety of external stimuli, hydrogels can undergo coupled solid deformation and
fluid diffusion and exhibit large volume changes. The numerical analysis of this process can …

We investigate deformation in the wrinkle–crease transformation to reveal the missing link
between the wrinkling and creasing instabilities, which occur on the surface of elastomers …