#  Research 

 



Here is an overview of recent projects:

[A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators.](/file_url/583) Science Robotics



 



 

- [Bonding dissimilar polymer networks in various manufacturing processes.](/file_url/577) Nature Communication



 

[Influence of the Contact Area on the Current Density across Molecular Tunneling Junctions Measured with EGAIn Top-Electrodes.](/file_url/576) Chemistry of Materials

 [Video 1](/file_url/581)

 [Video 2](/file_url/582)

- [Fatigue Fracture of Hydrogels.](/file_url/491) Extreme Mechanics Letters



 

- [Electroluminescence of giant stretchability](/file_url/429). Advanced Materials.
- [Phase-transforming and switchable metamaterials](/file_url/430). Extreme Mechanics Letters
- [Ionic cable](/file_url/421). [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXQ3p64CEY&feature=youtu.be) (YouTube). [Video ](http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTA5NDc0MDIw.html)(youku). Extreme Mechanics Letters
- [Elastic leak of a seal](/file_url/415). Extreme Mechanics Letters
- [Brownian motion of molecular probes in supercooled liquids](/file_url/424), Physical Review Letters
- [Optomechanics of soft materials](/file_url/420). Journal of Applied Mechanics
- [Ionic skin](/file_url/410). Advanced Materials.
- [Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors](/file_url/386). [Supplementary Materials and Videos](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2013/08/28/341.6149.984.DC1). [Online discussion](http://imechanica.org/node/15218). Science
- [Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels](/file_url/355)[. ](http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/papers/309.pdf)[Supplementary Information and Movies](http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7414/full/nature11409.html#/supplementary-information)[.](http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/papers/309.pdf) Nature
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- [Large plastic deformation in high-capacity lithium-ion batteries caused by charge and discharge.](/file_url/325) Journal of American Ceramic Society
- [Theory of dielectric elastomers capable of giant deformation of actuation](/file_url/310), Physical Review Letters
- [Using indentation to characterize the poroelasticity of gels](/file_url/307). Applied Physics Letters
- [A theory of coupled diffusion and large deformation in polymeric gels](/file_url/281). Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids