We discover a new, curvature-localizing, subcritical buckling mode that produces a shallow-kink configuration in multi-layer graphene. Our density functional theory (DFT) analysis reveals the mode …
In this thesis, we studied the dynamic toughening mechanisms of a hierarchically nanostructured copolymer, polyurea. We first quantitively measured the dynamic fracture toughness as well …
Over a decade, it is known that nanopore sequencing of DNA or RNA requires substantial reduction of entropic noise in the nanopore reading process. Recently, …
The quantum flexoelectric graphene crinkle has gained increasing attention for potential application in a variety of applications. In particular, the DNA adsorption behavior of crinkles …
A cylindrical bilayer cavity (CBC) system consisting of a stiff film on a cylindrical cavity surface in an infinite medium has potential in both biological …
Abstract of Study on Applications of Ruga Structures in Nano-Architectures, by Siyuan Song, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2023 Ruga is the corrugated configuration appearing on …