Extreme Mechanics Letters

Simple optimal lattice structures for arbitrary loadings

Mechanical peeling of van der Waals heterostructures: Theory and simulations

Peristaltic locomotion without digital controllers: Exploiting multi-stability in origami to coordinate robotic motion

An analytical model for the design of Peano-HASEL actuators with drastically improved performance

Sew-free anisotropic textile composites for rapid design and manufacturing of soft wearable robots

Analysis of the vibrational and sound spectrum of over 100,000 protein structures and application in sonification.

Auxetic elastomers: Mechanically programmable meta-elastomers with an unusual Poisson’s ratio overcome the gauge limit of a capacitive type strain sensor

Nano-impact indentation for high strain rate testing: The influence of rebound impacts

Variable Poisson’s ratio materials for globally stable static and dynamic compression resistance

Impact energy absorption of functionally graded chiral honeycomb structures

Theoretical study of tensegrity systems with tunable energy dissipation

Simple and effective strategies for achieving diverse and competitive structural designs

Electrical treeing: A phase-field model

Mechanical property enhancement of one-dimensional nanostructures through defect-mediated strain engineering

Design 3D metamaterials with compression-induced-twisting characteristics using shear–compression coupling effects

A device to fracture soft solids at high speeds

3D printed micro-mechanical device (MMD) for in situ tensile testing of micro/nanowires

Why are most 2D lattices hexagonal? The stability of 2D lattices predicted by a simple mechanics model

Temperature-tunable time-dependent snapping of viscoelastic metastructures with snap-through instabilities

Tube-crawling soft robots driven by multistable buckling mechanics

Molecular dynamics simulation of cell membrane pore sealing

Mechanics of a pressure-controlled adhesive membrane for soft robotic gripping on curved surfaces

Engineering the crack path in lattice cellular materials through bio-inspired micro-structural alterations

Crack tip stress based kinetic fracture model of a PVA dual-crosslink hydrogel

Features of mechanical behavior of EV battery modules under high deformation rate

Extracellular and intercellular force distribution in circularly shaped epithelia

Indentation adhesion of hydrogels over a wide range of length and time scales

Micro-extrusion-based additive manufacturing with liquid metals and alloys: Flow and deposition driven by oxide skin mechanics

Size effect on elastic stress concentrations in unidirectional fiber reinforced soft composites

Local wrinkling versus global buckling of stiff film bonded to finite-thick substrate

Fabrication of ultralight 3D porous composite for Ag nanowire/cellulose nanofiber with tunable mechanical and electrical properties via directional freeze casting

3D-printed biomimetic surface structures with abnormal friction properties

Deflected trajectory of a single fluid-driven crack under anisotropic in-situ stress

Mechanics of magnet-controlled transfer printing

New optimum design for cooling system in thermoelectric thermal devices

Multi-plate structured triboelectric nanogenerator based on cycloidal displacement for harvesting hydroenergy

An untethered soft chemo-mechanical robot with composite structure and optimized control

Ductile “Ice”: Frozen hydrogels with high ductility and compressive yielding strength

Stretchable fabric-based LiCoO2, electrode for lithium ion batteries

On the robustness of spider capture silk’s adhesion

Control of underwater acoustics using anisotropic solid metamaterials with continuously tuned material axes

Nanoscale silicon-based actuators with extremely large actuation strain and extremely low driving voltage

Effects of material heterogeneity on self-rolling of strained membranes

Electrowetting induced droplet jumping over a bump

Unusual size effects from tilted twin boundaries in nano-twinned metals

Crack propagation pattern and trapping mechanism of rolling a rigid cylinder on a periodically structured surface

Ionic current enhancement through localised membrane geometrical deformation