177 citations · 202 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for
6 papers
Mechano-lithography: stress anisotropy driven nematic order in growing three-dimensional bacterial biofilms
Changhao Li, Japinder Nijjer, Luyi Feng +3
Living active collectives have evolved with remarkable self-patterning ability to meet the physical and biological constraints for growth and survival. However, how complex multice…
Biofilms as self-shaping growing nematics
Japinder Nijjer, Mrityunjay Kothari, Changhao Li +7
Active nematics are the nonequilibrium analog of passive liquid crystals in which anisotropic units consume free energy to drive emergent behavior. Similar to liquid crystal (LC) m…
Biofilm self-patterning: mechanical forces drive a reorientation cascade
Japinder Nijjer, Changhao Li, Qiuting Zhang +3
In growing active matter systems, a large collection of engineered or living autonomous units metabolize free energy and create order at different length scales as they proliferate…
Nonlinear Inclusion Theory with Application to the Growth and Morphogenesis of a Confined Body
Jian Li, Mrityunjay Kothari, Chockalingam Senthilnathan +5
One of the most celebrated contributions to the study of the mechanical behavior of materials is due to J.D. Eshelby, who in the late 50s revolutionized our understanding of the el…
Three-dimensional transformable modular kirigami based programmable architected materials
Yanbin Li, Qiuting Zhang, Yaoye Hong +1
Metamaterials achieve unprecedented properties from designed architected structures. However, they are often constructed from a single repeating building block that exhibits monoto…
Switchable Adhesion Actuator for Amphibious Climbing Soft Robot
Yichao Tang, Qiuting Zhang, Gaojian Lin +1
Climbing soft robots are of tremendous interest in both science and engineering due to their potential applications in intelligent surveillance, inspection, maintenance, and detect…