Soft Matter Laboratory

Wave Propagation & Metamaterials

  1. Q. Zhang, A. Cherkasov, C. Xie, N. Arora, and S. Rudykh, Nonlinear elastic vector solitons in hard-magnetic soft mechanical metamaterials. International Journal of Solids and Structures XX, 112396 (2023) [PDF]
  2. A. O. Krushynska, D. Torrent, A. M. Aragón, R. Ardito, O. R. Bilal, B. Bonello, F. Bosia, Y. Chen, J. Christensen, A. Colombi , S. A. Cummer, B. Djafari-Rouhani, F. Fraternali, P. I. Galich, P. D. Garcia, JP Groby, S. Guenneau, M. R. Haberman, M. I. Hussein, S. Janbaz, N. Jiménez, A. Khelif, V. Laude, M. J. Mirzaali, P. Packo, A. Palermo, Y. Pennec, R. Picó, M. R. López, S. Rudykh, M. Serra-Garcia, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, T. A. Starkey, V. Tournat and O. B. Wright, Emerging topics in nanophononics and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials: an overview. Nanophotonics 12, 659–686 (2023) [PDF]
  3.  Q. Zhang, A. Cherkasov, N. Arora, G. Hu, and S. Rudykh, Magnetic field-induced asymmetric mechanical metamaterials. Extreme Mechanics Letters 59, 101957 (2023) [PDF]
  4.  Q. Zhang and S. Rudykh, Magneto-deformation and transverse elastic waves in hard-magnetic soft laminates. Mechanics of Materials 169, 104325 (2022) [PDF]
  5. N. Arora, Q. Yao, and S. Rudykh, Deformation activated negative group velocity state in soft laminates. Extreme Mechanics Letters 51, 101592 (2022) [PDF]
  6. N. Arora, Y. Xiang, and S. Rudykh, Multiscale analysis of elastic waves in soft materials: From molecular chain networks to fiber composites. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 200, 106433 (2021) [PDF]
  7. Y. Chen, B. Wu, J. Li, S. Rudykh, and W. Chen, Low-frequency tunable topological interface states in soft phononic crystal cylinders. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 191, 106098 (2021) [PDF]
  8. N. Karami Mohammadi, P. I. Galich, A. O. Krushynska, S. Rudykh,  Soft magnetoactive laminates: large deformations, transverse elastic waves and band gaps tunability by a magnetic field.  Journal of Applied Mechanics 86, 111001 (2019) [PDF]
  9. M. Hesami, A. Gueddida , N. Gomopoulos, H. Sharifi, K. Asadi, S. Rudykh, H-J. Butt, B. Djafari-Rouhani, G. Fytas, Elastic wave propagation in smooth and wrinkled stratified polymer films. Nanotechnology 30, 045709 (2019) [PDF]
  10. J. Li, V. Slesarenko, and S. Rudykh, Microscopic instabilities and elastic wave propagation in finitely deformed laminates with compressible hyperelastic phases. European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids 73, 126-136 (2019) [PDF]
  11. A.O. Krushynska, P. Galich, F. Bosia, N.M. Pugno and S. Rudykh, Hybrid metamaterials combining pentamode lattices and phononic plates. Applied Physics Letters 113, 201901 (2018) [PDF]
  12. C. Gao, V. Slesarenko, M.C. Boyce, S. Rudykh and Y. Li, Instability-Induced Pattern Transformation in Soft Metamaterial with Hexagonal Networks for Tunable Wave Propagation. Scientific Reports 8, 11834 (2018) [PDF]
  13. V. Slesarenko, P. Galich, J. Li, N.X. Fang and S. Rudykh, Foreshadowing elastic instabilities by negative group velocity in soft composites. Applied Physics Letters 113, 031901 (2018) [PDF]
  14. J. Li, V. Slesarenko and S. Rudykh, Auxetic multiphase soft composite material design through instabilities with application for acoustic metamaterials. Soft Matter 14, 6171 – 6180 (2018) [PDF]
  15. P.I. Galich, V. Slesarenko, J. Li and S. Rudykh, Elastic instabilities and shear waves in hyperelastic composites with various periodic fiber arrangements. International Journal of Engineering Science 130, 51 – 61 (2018)  [PDF]
  16. J. Li, V. Slesarenko, P. I. Galich, and S. Rudykh, Oblique shear wave propagation in finitely deformed layered composites. Mechanics Research Communications 87, 21 – 28 (2018) [PDF]
  17. P.I. Galich and S. Rudykh, Shear wave propagation and band gaps in finitely deformed dielectric elastomer laminates: long wave estimates and exact solution.  Journal of Applied Mechanics 84, 091002 (2017) [PDF]
  18. P.I. Galich, N. X. Fang, M. C. Boyce and S. Rudykh, Elastic wave propagation in finitely deformed layered materials.  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 98, 390 – 410  (2017) [PDF]
  19. P.I. Galich, V. Slesarenko and S. Rudykh, Shear wave propagation in finitely deformed 3D fiber-reinforced composites. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 110 – 111, 294 – 304 (2017) [PDF]
  20. P.I. Galich and S. Rudykh, Manipulating pressure and shear waves in dielectric elastomers via external electric stimuli. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 91, 18 – 25 (2016) [PDF]
  21. P.I. Galich and S. Rudykh, Comment on “Disentangling longitudinal and shear elastic waves by neo-Hookean soft devices” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 161903 (2015)]. Applied Physics Letters 107, 056101 (2015) [PDF]
  22. P.I. Galich and S. Rudykh, Influence of stiffening on elastic wave propagation in extremely deformed soft matter: from nearly incompressible to auxetic materials. Extreme Mechanics Letters 4, 156 – 161 (2015)  [PDF]
  23. S. Rudykh and M.C. Boyce, Transforming Wave Propagation in Layered Media via instability-induced Wrinkling Interfacial Layer. Physical Review Letters 112, 034301 (2014) [PDF]