3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Controllable Interlocking from Irregularity in Two-Phase Composites
Chelsea Fox, Kyrillos Bastawros, Tommaso Magrini +1
Natural materials often feature a combination of soft and stiff phases, arranged to achieve excellent mechanical properties, such as high strength and toughness. Many natural mater…
cond-mat.soft2024
Fracture Characterization of Bioinspired Irregular Network Reinforced Composites
Chelsea Fox, Tommaso Magrini, Chiara Daraio
The mechanical behavior of composite materials is significantly influenced by their structure and constituent materials. One emerging class of composite materials is irregular netw…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024
Extracting Geometry and Topology of Orange Pericarps for the Design of Bioinspired Energy Absorbing Materials
Chelsea Fox, Kyle Chen, Micaela Antonini +2
As a result of evolution, many biological materials have developed irregular structures that lead to outstanding mechanical properties, like high stiffness-to-weight ratios and goo…