Extreme Mechanics Letters

Papers
(The median citation count of Extreme Mechanics Letters is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Origins of mechanical preconditioning in hierarchical nanofibrous materials68
A kinematics-based single-actuator setup for constant-curvature bending tests in extremely large deformations66
Ion-beam radiation-induced Eshelby transformations: The mean and variance in hydrostatic and shear residual stresses64
Chiral edge states for phononic crystals based on shunted piezoelectric materials63
How weak hydration interfaces simultaneously strengthen and toughen nanocellulose materials53
Extreme mechanics of nanoscale diamond towards functional device applications52
Machine learning atomic-scale stiffness in metallic glass49
Fatigue of amorphous hydrogels with dynamic covalent bonds48
Programming metastable transition sequences in digital mechanical materials48
A printed highly stretchable supercapacitor by a combination of carbon ink and polymer network47
Force-biased chemical degradation in rubbery networks: Insights from discrete network simulations47
Geometric optimization of pillars for enhanced adhesion46
Strain compatibility and gradient elasticity in morphing origami metamaterials46
Atomistic insights into the mechanical anisotropy and fragility of monolayer fullerene networks using quantum mechanical calculations and machine-learning molecular dynamics simulations44
Harnessing multimodal wrinkle patterns in flexible films by three-axial mechanical loading44
Multistable shape-reconfigurable metawire in 3D space42
Seeking the most informative design of test specimens for learning constitutive models42
Microstructural modelling of hard-magnetic soft materials: Dipole–dipole interactions versus Zeeman effect42
Mechanics of transfer printing for elastomeric stamps with collapse cavities41
Curvature-enhanced membrane asymmetry slows down protein diffusion40
Tuneable Poisson’s ratio of monolayer GeS and Ge2SSe40
Universality of the angled shear wave identity in soft viscous solids39
Artificial stretchable armor for skin-interfaced wearable devices and soft robotics39
A new model based on the in-plane deformation for the conformal piezoelectric systems for characterization of soft tissue modulus37
Flexoelectricity in hexagonal boron nitride monolayers36
New heat source model for accurate estimation of laser energy absorption near free surface in selective laser melting34
A coarse-grained model for nanocellulose with hydration interfaces revealing the anomalous mechanical enhancement34
A tunable gradient acoustic metamaterial for acoustic sensing34
Orientation-dependent deformation and failure of micropillar shape memory ceramics: A 3D phase-field study33
Highly switchable and reversible soft sticky adhesives based on thermo-responsive phase separation32
Interfacial fracture of Perovskite Light Emitting Devices32
Optimizing geometry for EM performance to design volume-efficient Miura-ori for reflectarray antennas32
Tunable bandgaps in an elastic meta-plate with shape memory alloy springs32
Study on the mechanical properties of cylindrical mechanical metamaterials with biomimetic honeycomb units of the diabolical ironclad beetle31
Influence of spider hair structure on acoustic response31
Dependence of the effective surface tension of liquid phase eutectic gallium indium on wrinkles of the surface oxide31
Deformation and adiabatic heating of single crystalline and nanocrystalline Ni micropillars at high strain rates30
Ultra-light kirigami lantern chain for superior impact mitigation30
Spallation in homogeneous and gradient nano-grained high-entropy alloys29
Solid Electrolyte Interphase elastic instability in Li-ion battery anodes29
A Comparative study of the mechanical properties of the bio-inspired overlapped scales fabricated by 3D printing28
Geometric mechanics of folded kirigami structures with tunable bandgap28
Sodium mechanics: effects of temperature, strain rate, and grain rotation and implications for sodium metal batteries27
The collective snapping of a pair of bumping buckled beams26
Tying carbon nanotubes using the double helix structure of a trefoil knot26
On shear adhesion of adhesive fibrils26
Energy dissipating architected materials with transversely curved tapes and independently tunable properties25
Size- and temperature-dependent mechanical properties of metallic lithium25
Passive nonreciprocity-induced directional wave scattering25
Nonlinear oscillations of a one-dimensional dielectric elastomer generator system25
HyperCAN: Hypernetwork-driven deep parameterized constitutive models for metamaterials25
Fracture mechanics of blood clots: Measurements of toughness and critical length scales24
Interfacial fracture of hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells24
Semi-empirical formulation of contact with an interphase boundary23
Characterizing the dielectric elastomer’s complete mechanical behavior through an electromechanical coupling method23
On the nonlinear dynamics of a Kresling-pattern origami under harmonic force excitation22
Substrate curvature dependence of intrinsic contact angles22
Flexible piezoelectric pressure sensor with high sensitivity for electronic skin using near-field electrohydrodynamic direct-writing method22
Inverse design of phononic topological pumping in continuous solids22
The holographic algorithm and design for propagation of flexural Lamb waves and particles manipulation using elastic metasurfaces22
Surface outflow effect on dislocation structures in micrometer-sized metals22
Elucidating the hydrogen influence on twin nucleation in FeNiCr medium-entropy alloy22
Elastocapillary deformation prevents interfacial water trapping in underwater contact21
Mechanics of out-of-plane screw dislocation in a 2D material21
Mechanical properties of phenine nanotubes20
Ratcheting induced crack growth in semiconductor devices20
G-MAP123: A mechanistic-based data-driven approach for 3D nonlinear elastic modeling — Via both uniaxial and equibiaxial tension experimental data20
Inerter-based elastic metamaterials for band gap at extremely low frequency20
Frustrated domes: From planar metamaterials to load-bearing structures20
The effective shear modulus of a random isotropic suspension of monodisperse rigid n20
A coarse-grained mechanical framework for twisted van der Waals layered materials19
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Mechanical properties of topological metamaterials19
Soft elastomer coatings for ionogels19
Collective elastic properties of mechanical metamaterials19
Micropolar modeling for bending shape of 2D lattices: The case of equilateral triangular cell structure19
Nanoindentation measurements of anisotropic mechanical properties of single crystalline NMC cathodes for Li-ion batteries18
Synergistic strength and toughness through impact-induced nanostructural evolutions in metals18
Prolonged fracture resistance of hydrogels through spontaneous network reconfiguration18
Experimental investigation on pure-shear ratcheting behavior of double-network tough hydrogels18
Biomechanical phenotyping of minuscule soft tissues: An example in the rodent tricuspid valve18
Heterogeneous digital stiffness programming18
Learning constitutive relations of plasticity using neural networks and full-field data18
A deep learning model to extract the interphase’s characteristics in microstructures using macroscopic responses17
Chaotic and regular dynamics of a morphing shell with a vanishing-stiffness mode17
Deformation activated negative group velocity state in soft laminates17
Magnetic soft continuum robots with contact forces17
Physically-based interpretation of abnormal stress relaxation response in glassy polymers17
Multifunctional bistable ultrathin composite booms with flexible electronics17
Parametric analysis of multi-material soft sensor structures for enhanced strain sensitivity17
Editorial Board17
Energy dissipation mechanism of G-phase and L-phase metallic glass nanofilms subjected to high-velocity nano-ballistic impact16
Defected elastic metasurfaces for structured focusing with the extension of Babinet principle16
Natural extracts-meditated efficient and electrically responsive bioglues16
Experimental and numerical investigation of the photo-mechanical response of azobenzene filled soft elastomers, Part I: Experimental investigations16
A novel shock-induced multistage phase transformation and underlying mechanism in textured Nano-Twinned Cu16
Minimal activation with maximal reach: Reachability clouds of bio-inspired slender manipulators16
Theory-inspired machine learning for stress–strain curve prediction of short fiber-reinforced composites with unseen design space16
A model for mechanosensitive cell migration in dynamically morphing soft tissues16
A unified strength criterion of diamane grain boundaries16
Unconventional fatigue failure of densified wood15
An energy method for the bifurcation analysis of necking15
Resolving stress state at crack tip to elucidate nature of elastomeric fracture15
Stick-to-slip transition characterized by nucleation and emission of dislocations and the implications in earthquake nucleation15
Multistable compliant linkages with multiple kinematic paths separated by energy barriers15
Multiscale structure-mechanical property relationship and data-driven design of ultra-high temperature ceramics: A review15
Editorial Board15
Predicting biaxial failure strengths of aortic tissues using a dispersed fiber failure model15
Modeling lattice rotation fields from discrete crystallographic slip bands in superalloys15
Programmable electric-field-induced bending shapes of dielectric liquid crystal elastomer sheets14
Implicit geometric descriptor-enabled ANN Framework for a unified structure-property relationship in architected nanofibrous materials14
Cylindrical cavity expansion for characterizing mechanical properties of soft materials14
Mode-coupled infinite topological edge state in bulk-lattice-merged mechanical Su–Schrieffer–Heeger chain14
Determining plastic slips in rate-independent crystal plasticity models through machine learning algorithms14
Magnetic field induced toughening mechanisms in isotropic and anisotropic soft magnetoactive elastomers14
Capsizing due to friction-induced twist in the failure of stopper knots13
Tailoring cell geometry and assembly of modular origami tube for programmable biaxial response under static and impact loads13
Strain relief by controlled cracking in highly stretchable multi-layer composites13
Inverse design strategies for buckling-guided assembly of 3D surfaces based on topology optimization13
Micromechanical properties of spherical and facetted He bubble loaded copper13
Experimental and computational models for simulating the oral breakdown of food due to the interaction with molar teeth during the first bite13
Plateau Rayleigh instability of soft elastic solids. Effect of compressibility on pre and post bifurcation behavior13
Semi-open discrete mechanical metamaterials and application in robotics13
High-throughput tensile testing of silver nanowires13
Frequency-dependent electrochemical breakdown of hydrogel ionotronics13
Assessing seismic-like events prediction in model knits with unsupervised machine learning13
A switchable flexible mechanical clutch based on self-amplified friction of interleaved layers13
Synergizing machine learning and multiscale shakedown method for shakedown loading capacity evaluation of parameterized lattice structures13
Anomalous scaling law of strength and toughness in polymers with strong interfacial secondary bonds13
Perfect transmission of elastic waves obliquely incident at solid–solid interfaces12
Exploring the inner workings of the clove hitch knot12
Experimental and computational analysis of the injection-induced mechanical changes in the skin microenvironment during subcutaneous injection of biologics12
Palmitoylation enhances short polar peptide permeation across stratum corneum lipid bilayer: A molecular dynamics study12
Mixed-mode fracture in a soft elastomer12
Mechanical anisotropy on reduced ballistic limit of phosphorene by cone wave reflection:A computational study12
Machine learning-assisted wood materials: Applications and future prospects12
Influence of polymeric and cross-linked nano-hole interfaces on the tensile response of carbon nanotube bundles: A mesoscopic distinct element method approach12
Mechanically reconfigurable and electrically tunable active terahertz chiral metamaterials12
A designer’s challenge: Unraveling the architected structure of deep sea sponges for lattice mechanical metamaterials12
Quantify the failure zone and elastic release zone: A new insight into intrinsic fracture of polymer networks12
Origami-inspired lattice for the broadband vibration attenuation by Symplectic method12
Effects of terminal tripeptide units on mechanical properties of collagen triple helices12
Effective medium modelling of real-world multi-modal metamaterial panels achieving broadband vibroacoustic attenuation11
Mechanical performance of reconfigurable origami structures fabricated by cutting and planar assembly11
Fully dense and cohesive FCC granular crystals11
Inverse design of nonlinear mechanics of bio-inspired materials through interface engineering and Bayesian optimization11
Design and optimization of pressure-tolerant flexible systems under extreme hydrostatic pressure11
Excellent impact resistance of multilayer metallic glass films subjected to micro-ballistic impact by overcoming dynamic size effects11
Structure–property relations of three-dimensional nanoporous template-based graphene foams11
Encoding of direct 4D printing of isotropic single-material system for double-curvature and multimodal morphing11
Nonlinear shape optimization of flexible mechanical metamaterials11
Design and analysis of quadruple Waterbomb origami with multi-stability11
Particles separation using the inverse Chladni pattern enhanced local Brazil nut effect11
Size-dependent strengthening in nanowires: The roles of adatom diffusion and surface curvature on surface dislocation nucleation11
Rate-dependent creasing of a viscoelastic liquid11
Directional soft jumper by harnessing asymmetric snapping of a semi-open shell11
Metamaterials with remarkable thermal–mechanical stability and high specific modulus: Mechanical designs, theoretical predictions and experimental demonstrations11
Thermally driven self-oscillation of an elastomer fiber with a hanging weight11
Best-in-class modeling: A novel strategy to discover constitutive models for soft matter systems11
Transition waves in bistable systems generated by collision of moving breathers11
The structure–property relationship of granular materials with different friction coefficients: Insight from machine learning11
Machine-learning-accelerated design of functional structural components in deep-sea soft robots11
Multifield nested metafilters for wave propagation control11
Deep learning-based digital volume correlation11
Exploring the mechanical properties of aperiodic monotile composite family through Gaussian process regression11
How to achieve the fast computation for voxel-based irregular structures by few finite elements?11
Multimaterial stress-constrained topology optimization with multiple distinct yield criteria10
Quantifying the relation between aging-related trabecular bone microstructure and mechanical properties with digital volume correlation approach10
Study of interwall interaction during the pull separation of ultra-long double-walled carbon nanotubes under lateral loading10
Bridging the impact response of polymers from the nanoscale to the macroscale10
Investigating the dynamic influence of passive effects on undulatory locomotion in viscous environment and unleashing the potential of hybrid friction10
Reusable and efficient energy-absorbing architected materials via synergy of snap-through instability and inter-locking mechanism10
A computational method for modeling the multi-physical interactions of electromagnetic wind energy harvesters in tandem arrangement10
Design for the reduction of volume shrinkage-induced distortion in digital light processing 3D printing10
Fracture of bio-cemented sands10
Conditional stability in metamaterials: Experiments, modeling, and 3D design10
Soft stretchable topological adhesion of hydrogels10
Paper-based origami transducer capable of both sensing and actuation10
A critical examination of force–extension relationship for freely jointed chain model10
Fracture and fatigue of entangled and unentangled polymer networks10
Linear strain gradient-regulated bifurcation of circular bilayer plates10
An origami longitudinal–torsional wave converter10
Interlayer coupling and strain localization in small-twist-angle graphene flakes10
Reconfigurable higher-order topological electromechanical metamaterial10
Scaling between elasticity and topological genus for random network nanomaterials9
Low-frequency ultra-broadband ventilated muffler based on a resonance-labyrinthine metamaterial9
Microstructure-chemomechanics relations of polycrystalline cathodes in solid-state batteries9
On modeling the infiltration of water in a PEG-DA hydrogel and the resulting swelling under unconstrained and mechanically-constrained conditions9
3D knit pneumatic actuators for wearable haptic displays9
Wave characteristics of extremal elastic materials9
Can confined mechanical metamaterials replace adhesives?9
Modeling of magnetic cilia carpet robots using discrete differential geometry formulation9
Highly intensive and controllable supratransmission in a Kresling-origami metastructure9
Curvy cuts: Programming axisymmetric kirigami shapes9
Flaw sensitivity of hydrogels with dynamic covalent bonds9
Kirigami layer jamming9
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Fatigue-resistant polyurethane elastomer composites9
Folding and deploying identical thick panels with spring-loaded hinges9
Dislocation descriptors of low and high angle grain boundaries with convolutional neural networks9
Coupling lattice model and many-body dissipative particle dynamics to make elastocapillary simulation simple9
The geometry and mechanics of the Chinese finger trap9
Recent advances in the integration of protein mechanics and machine learning9
Extreme Cosserat elastic hinged lattices with Sarrus links8
Experiment-informed finite-strain inverse design of spinodal metamaterials8
Brittle fracture of ultrathin gold nanosheets induced by local phase change and energy dissipation8
Multistable pendula as mechanical analogs of ferroelectricity8
Controllable and versatile self-motivated motion of a fiber on a hot surface8
MechAgents: Large language model multi-agent collaborations can solve mechanics problems, generate new data, and integrate knowledge8
Scalable 3D printing for topological mechanical metamaterials8
Hard coating films of fluorine-containing ladder-like structured polysilsesquioxane as negative triboelectric materials for high-performance triboelectric generators8
Mechanics of ultrasonic neuromodulation in a mouse subject8
Crack-growth inhibition by designing dendritic pattern for soft adhesives8
Reconfigurable enhancement of actuation forces by engineered losses in non-Hermitian metamaterials8
How to see hidden patterns in metamaterials with interpretable machine learning8
Dynamics of elastic hyperbolic lattices8
Effect of tension/compression asymmetry and anisotropy on the response of pseudoelastic NiTi tubes under equibiaxial stress8
Experiment on broadband isolation of surface wave using pillared metastructures8
Adaptive bioinspired morphing surface using temperature-responsive elastomer-SMA composites8
Load transfer between permanent and dynamic networks due to stress gradients in nonlinear viscoelastic hydrogels8
Mechanically switchable micro-patterned adhesive for soft material applications8
A self-adhesion criterion for slanted micropillars8
Peeling a rigid sphere from a stretched rubber substrate8
Pitch controls the flexibility of helical ribbons8
Coordinated tractions increase the size of a collectively moving pack in a cell monolayer8
Understanding the role of chain stiffness in the mechanical response of cross-linked polymer: Flexible vs. semi-flexible chains8
Spanwise wing morphing using multistable cellular metastructures8
Blood–artery interaction in calcified aortas and abdominal aortic aneurysms8
Evolution of local deformation field inside adiabatic shear band of 1018 steel studied using digital image correlation with micro-speckles8
Softening of the Hertz indentation contact in nematic elastomers8
Effect of rate on the response and localized transformation patterns in NiTi Tubes7
A physics-informed impact model refined by multi-fidelity transfer learning7
Intrinsic response of nanocrystalline superelastic NiTi shape memory alloy7
Atomic reconstruction enabled coupling between interlayer distance and twist in van der Waals bilayers7
Programming the energy landscape of 3D-printed Kresling origami via crease geometry and viscosity7
Characterization of 3D printed micro-blades for cutting tissue-embedding material7
EML webinar overview: Mechanical stresses kill tumor cells7
Enhancement of hydrodynamic friction by periodic variation of contact stiffness7
Energetics of cracks and defects in soft materials: The role of surface stress7
Development of adaptive granular metamaterials for impact mitigation7
Plastic deformation and recovery in ultrathin aluminosilicate glass7
Water-abundant and tough structured composite hydrogels via ion transfer printing7
A method to characterize the cavitation pressure of soft matter under superimposed azimuthal shear7
Growth-induced Donnan exclusion influences swelling kinetics in highly charged dynamic polymerization hydrogels7
Determination of high strain-rate, viscoelastic material properties of soft solids using inertial microcavitation in a thin layer7
Design of aluminum plate phononic crystals with wide bandgaps via free-form shape optimization using deep neural networks7
Electroadhesion zipping with soft grippers on curved objects7
A unifying approach to kinetic structures composed by bar or plate 4R-linkages7
V-shaped double peeling of films from curved rigid substrates7
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