298 citations · 331 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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cond-mat.soft2016★ 33 cited
Kink-antikink asymmetry and impurity interactions in topological mechanical chains
Yujie Zhou, Bryan Gin-ge Chen, Nitin Upadhyaya +1
We study the dynamical response of a diatomic periodic chain of rotors coupled by springs, whose unit cell breaks spatial inversion symmetry. In the continuum description, we deriv…
cond-mat.soft2014★ 298 cited
Nonlinear conduction via solitons in a topological mechanical insulator
Bryan Gin-ge Chen, Nitin Upadhyaya, Vincenzo Vitelli
Networks of rigid bars connected by joints, termed linkages, provide a minimal framework to design robotic arms and mechanical metamaterials built out of folding components. Here,…