Hydrogels

B. K. Zimmerman, B. Datta, R. Shi, R. Schulman, T. D. Nguyen (2024) “A Reactive Electrochemo- mechanical Theory for Growth and Remodeling of Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels and Application to Dynamic Polymerization of DNA Hydrogels”, Journal of the Physics and Mechanics of Solids,105568, DOI:10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105568. [Link]

S. Deng, J. Liu, B. Datta, A. Pantula, D. H. Gracias, T. D. Nguyen, B. A. Bitner, N. J. Cowan (2023) “A Data-Driven Approach to Geometric Modeling of Systems with Low-Bandwidth Actuator Dynamics”, DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2307.01062. [Link]

A. Pantula, B. Datta, Y. Shi, M. Wang, J. Liu, S. Deng, N. J. Cowan, T. D. Nguyen, D. H. Gracias, (2022) “Untethered unidirectionally crawling gels driven by an asymmetry in contact forces”, 7:eadd2903, DOI:10.1126/scirobotics.add2903.[Link]

Q. Jin, A. Bhatta, J. V. Pagaduan, X. Chen, H. West-Foyle, J. Liu, A. Hou, D. Berkowitz, S. Kuo, F. B. Askin, T. D. Nguyen, D. H. Gracias, L. Romer (2020) “Biomimetic human small muscular pulmonary arteries”, Science Advances, 6:eaaz2598. [Link]

J. Liu, O. Erol, A. Pantula, W. Liu, Z. Jiang, K. Kobayashi, D. Chatterjee, N. Hibino, L. H. Romer, S. H. Kang, T. D. Nguyen, D. H. Gracias (2019) “Dual-gel 4D Printing of Bioinspired Tubes”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11:8492-8498. [Link].

J. Liu, W. Liu, A. Pantula, Z. Wang, D. H. Gracias, T. D. Nguyen (2019) “Periodic buckling of soft 3D printed bioinspired tubes”, Extreme Mechanics Letters. [Link].

J. Guo, T. Shroff, C.-K. Yoon, J. Liu, J. C. Breger, D. H. Gracias, T. D. Nguyen (2017) ”Bidirectional and Biaxial Curving of Thermoresponsive Bilayer Plates with Soft and Stiff Segments”, Extreme Mechanics Letters, in press.  [Link].

A. Cangialosi, C. Yoon, J. Liu, Q. Huang, Jingkai Guo, T. D. Nguyen, D. H. Gracias, R. Schulman (2017) “Programmable DNA Sequence-Driven Shape Change of Photopatterned Hydrogels via High-Degree Swelling ”, Science, 357:1126-1130. [Link].

J. C. Breger, C. Yoon, R. Xiao, H. R. Kwag, M. O.  Wang, J. P. Fisher, T. D. Nguyen, D. Gracias (2015) “Self-folding thermo-magnetically responsive soft-microgrippers”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7, 3398–3405 [Link].

C. Yoon, R. Xiao, J. Park, J. Cha, T. D. Nguyen, D. Gracias (2014) “Functional stimuli responsive hydrogel devices by self-folding”, Smart Materials and Structures  23, 094008 [Link].