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| # | Article | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | Peel tests for quantifying adhesion and toughness: A review Bartlett, M.D.$, Case, S.W., Kinloch, A.J., Dillard, D.A. ($=Corresponding author) Progress in Materials Science, 2023, In Press. | 2023 |
| 51 | RISO: Combining Rigid Grippers with Soft Switchable Adhesives Mehta, S.A., Kim, Y., Hoegerman, J., Bartlett, M.D., Losey, D.P. ArXiv, 2022. | 2022 |
| 50 | X-ray scattering as an effective tool for characterizing liquid metal composite morphology Crater, E.R.,* Tutika, R.,* Moore, R.B., Bartlett, M.D. (*=Contributed equally) Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 7762 - 7772. INVITED SUBMISSION TO THE SOFT ROBOTICS THEMED COLLECTION | 2022 |
| 49 | Tough Bonding of Liquid Metal-Elastomer Composites for Multifunctional Adhesives Pozarycki, T.A.,* Hwang, D.,* Barron, E.J.,* Wilcox, B.T., Tutika, R., Bartlett, M.D. (*=Contributed equally) Small, 2203700, 2022. | 2022 |
| 48 | Peeling of finite-length elastica on Winkler foundation until complete detachment Plaut, R.H., Hwang, D., Lee, C., Bartlett, M.D., Dillard, D.A. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2022, 256, 111944. | 2022 |
| 47 | Octopus-inspired adhesive skins for intelligent and rapidly switchable underwater adhesion Frey, S.T., Haque, A.B.M., Tutika, R., Krotz, E.V., Lee, C., Haverkamp, C.B., Markvicka, E.J. Bartlett, M.D. Science Advances, 2022, 8, eabq1905. FEATURED AS COVER ARTICLE | 2022 |
| 46 | On Demand Programming of Liquid Metal-Composite Microstructures Through Direct Ink Write 3D Printing Haake, A.,* Tutika, R.,* Schloer, Gwyneth M., Bartlett, M.D.$, Markvicka, E.J.$ ($=Corresponding author, *=Contributed equally) Advanced Materials, 2022, 2200182. FEATURED AS COVER ARTICLE | 2022 |
| 45 | Shape morphing mechanical metamaterials through reversible plasticity Hwang, D.,* Barron, E.J.,* Haque, A.B.M., Bartlett, M.D.(*=Contributed equally) Science Robotics, 7, eabg2171, 2022. | 2022 |
| 44 | Graded Kirigami Composites for Programmed Strain Distributions Haque, A.B.M., Hwang, D., Bartlett, M.D. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2021, 2101241. | 2021 |
| 43 | Self-healing liquid metal composite for reconfigurable and recyclable soft electronics Tutika, R., Haque, A.B.M., Bartlett, M.D. Communications Materials, 2021, 2, 64. | 2021 |
| 42 | Cancer Cell Migration in Collagen-hyaluronan Composite Extracellular Matrices Veettil, S.R., Hwang, D., Correia, J., Bartlett, M.D., Schneider, I.C. Acta Biomaterialia, 2021, In Press. | 2021 |
| 41 | Liquid assets for soft electronics Bartlett, M.D. Nature Materials, 2021, 20, 714–715. | 2021 |
| 40 | Deterministic control of adhesive crack propagation through jamming based switchable adhesives Haverkamp, C.,* Hwang, D.,* Lee, C., Bartlett, M.D. (*=Contributed equally) Soft Matter, 2021, 17, 1731-1737. INVITED SUBMISSION: 2021 EMERGING INVESTIGATORS COLLECTION, FEATURED AS COVER ARTICLE | 2021 |
| 39 | All-graphene-based open fluidics for pumpless, small-scale fluid transport via laser-controlled wettability patterning Hall, L.H.,* Hwang, D.G.,* Chen, B.,* Van Belle, B., Johnson, Z.T., Hondred, J.A., Gomes, C., Bartlett, M.D.,$ Claussen, J.C. $ ($=Corresponding author, *=Contributed equally) Nanoscale Horizons, 2021, 6 (1), 24-32. FEATURED AS COVER ARTICLE | 2021 |
| 38 | Solid-Liquid Composites for Soft Multifunctional Materials Style, R.W.$, Tutika, R., Kim, J.Y., Bartlett, M.D.$ ($=Corresponding author) Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31, 202005804. | 2021 |
| 37 | Alter macrophage adhesion and modulate their response on hydrophobically modified hydrogels Xu, Z., Hwang, D., Bartlett, M.D., Jiang, S., Bratlie, K.M. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 165, 107821. | 2021 |
| 36 | Modeling of Magnetic properties of Magnetorheological Elastomers using JA Hysteresis Model. Kiarie, W., Barron, E.J., Baghel, A.P.S., Niebedim, I.C., Bartlett, M.D., Jiles, D. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2021, 57, 2, 1-5. | 2021 |
| 35 | Mechanically Cloaked Multiphase Magnetic Elastomer Soft Composites for Wearable Wireless Power Transfer Barron, E.J., Peterson, R.S., Lazarus, N,$ Bartlett, M.D.,$ ($=Corresponding author) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12 (45), 50909-50917. | 2020 |
| 34 | Conductive liquid metal elastomer thin films with multifunctional electro-mechanical properties Haque, A.B.M., Tutika, R., Gao, M., Martinez, A., Mills, J., Clement, J.A., Gao, J., Tabrizi, M., Shankar, M.R., Pei, Q., Bartlett, M.D. Multifunctional Materials, 2020, 3, 044001. INVITED SUBMISSION, SPECIAL ISSUE: MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES | 2020 |
| 33 | Active Membranes on Rigidity Tunable Foundations for Rapidly Switchable Adhesion Swift, M.D., Haverkamp, C., Stabile, C., Hwang, D., Turner, K.T., Plaut, R.H., Dillard, D.A., Bartlett, M.D. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2020, 202000676. | 2020 |
| 32 | Introduction to liquid composites Bartlett, M.D.$, Style, R.W.$ ($=Corresponding author) Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 5799-5800. | 2020 |
| 31 | Programmable Liquid Metal Microstructures for Multifunctional Soft Thermal Composites Haque, A.B.M., Tutika, R., Byrum, R.L., Bartlett, M.D. Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 2000832. FEATURED AS COVER ARTICLE | 2020 |
| 30 | Switchable Adhesives for Multifunctional Interfaces Croll, A.B., Hosseini, N., Bartlett, M.D. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019, 1900193. | 2019 |
| 29 | Soft Electronic Skin for Multi-Site Damage Detection and Localization Markvicka, E.J., Tutika, R., Bartlett, M.D.$, Majidi, C.$ ($=Corresponding author) Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 1900160. | 2019 |
| 28 | Liquid Metal-Elastomer Soft Composites with Independently Controllable and Highly Tunable Droplet Size and Volume Loading Tutika, R., Kmiec, S., Haque, A.B.M., Martin, S.W., Bartlett, M.D. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019,11 (19), 17873–17883. FEATURED AS COVER ARTICLE | 2019 |
| 27 | Soft-matter damage detection systems for electronics and structures Bartlett, M.D.$, Markvicka, E.J., Tutika, R., Majidi, C. ($=Corresponding author) Proceedings of SPIE, 2019, 10971. | 2019 |
| 26 | Self-Healing Materials for Soft-Matter Machines and Electronics Bartlett, M.D., Dickey, M.D., Majidi, C. Nature Asia Materials, 2019, 11, 19-22. | 2019 |
| 25 | Tuning Surface Functionalization and Collagen Gel Thickness to Regulate Cancer Cell Migration Veettil, S.R., Van Bruggen, S.M., Hwang, D., Bartlett, M.D., Schneider, I.C. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2019, 179, 37-47. | 2019 |
| 24 | Kirigami-enabled, Passive Resonant Sensors for Wireless Deformation Monitoring Charkhabi, S., Chan, Y.J., Hwang, D., Frey, S.T., Bartlett, M.D.,$ Reuel, N.F.$ ($=Corresponding author) Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019, 1800683. | 2019 |
| 23 | Flexible Thermoelectric Generators with Inkjet-Printed Bismuth Telluride Nanowires and Liquid Metal Contacts Chen, B., Kruse, M., Xu, B., Tutika, R., Zhang,W., Bartlett, M.D., Wu, Y., Claussen, J.C. Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 5222-5230. SELECTED AS EDITOR'S CHOICE: THERMOELECTRIC NANOSTRUCTURES | 2019 |
| 22 | Mechanical and Functional Tradeoffs in Multiphase Liquid Metal, Solid Particle Soft Composites Tutika, R., Zhou, S., Napolitano, R.E., Bartlett, M.D. Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 201804336. | 2018 |
| 21 | An autonomously electrically self-healing liquid metal-elastomer composite for robust soft-matter robotics and electronics Markvicka, E.J.*, Bartlett, M.D.*, Huang, X. , Majidi, C. (*=Contributed equally) Nature Materials, 2018, 17, 618-624. | 2018 |
| 20 | Extreme Toughening of Soft Materials with Liquid Metal Kazem, N., Bartlett, M.D., Majidi, C. Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1706594. | 2018 |
| 19 | Tunable Mechanical Metamaterials through Hybrid Kirigami Structures Hwang, D., Bartlett, M.D. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8, 3378 | 2018 |
| 18 | Kirigami-inspired Structures for Smart Adhesion Hwang, D., Trent, K., Bartlett, M.D. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10 (7), 6747-6754. | 2018 |
| 17 | Mechanically Triggered Composite Stiffness Tuning Through Thermodynamic Relaxation (ST3R) Chang, B.S., Tutika, R., Cutinho, J., Oyola-Reynoso, S., Chen, J., Bartlett, M.D.$, Thuo, M.M.$ ($=Corresponding author) RSC Materials Horizons, 2018, 5, 416-422. FEATURED ON INSIDE COVER | 2018 |
| 16 | High Strength Reversible Adhesive Closures King, D.R., Bartlett, M.D., Nalback, M., Irschick, D.J., Crosby, A.J. Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 2017, 55,1783-1790. | 2017 |
| 15 | High thermal conductivity in soft elastomers with elongated liquid metal inclusions Bartlett, M.D.*, Kazem, N.*, Powell-Palm, M.J.*, Huang, X., Sun, W., Malen, J.A., Majidi, C. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2017, 114(9), 2143-2148. | 2017 |
| 14 | Rapid Fabrication of Soft, Multilayered Electronics for Wearable Bio-Monitoring Bartlett, M.D.*, Markvicka, E.J.*, Majidi, C. Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26, 8496-8504. | 2016 |
| 13 | Elastic Instabilities of a Ferroelastomer Beam for Soft Reconfigurable Electronics Ramachandran, V., Bartlett, M.D., Wissman, J., Majidi, C. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2016, 9, 282-290. | 2016 |
| 12 | Stretchable, High-k Dielectric Elastomers through Liquid Metal Inclusions Bartlett, M.D.*, Fassler, A.*, Kazem, N., Markvicka, E.J., Majidi, C. Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 3726-3731. FEATURED ON INSIDE COVER | 2016 |
| 11 | Geckos as Springs: Mechanics Explain Across-Species Scaling of Adhesion Gilman, C.A., Imburgia, M.J., Bartlett, M.D., King, D.R., Crosby, A.J., Irschick, D.J. PLoS ONE, 2015, 10(9):e0134604. | 2015 |
| 10 | Material Transfer Controlled by Elastomeric Layer Thickness Bartlett, M.D., Crosby, A.J. RSC Materials Horizons, 2014, 1, 507-512. | 2014 |
| 9 | Creating Gecko-like Adhesives for Real World Surfaces King, D.R., Bartlett, M.D., Gilman, C.A., Irschick, D.J., Crosby, A.J. Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 4345-4351. SIGNIFICANT PRESS COVERAGE | 2014 |
| 8 | High Capacity, Easy Release Adhesives from Renewable Materials Bartlett, M.D., Crosby, A.J. Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 3405-3409. | 2014 |
| 7 | Enhancing Adhesion of Elastomeric Composites through Facile Patterning of Surface Discontinuities Pendergraph, S.A., Bartlett, M.D., K.R. Carter, Crosby, A.J. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6 (9), 6845-6850. | 2014 |
| 6 | Scaling Normal Adhesion Force Capacity with a Generalized Parameter. Bartlett, M.D., Crosby, A.J. Langmuir, 2013, 29, 11022-11027. | 2013 |
| 5 | Buckling of an Adhesive Polymeric Micropillar Paretkar, D., Bartlett, M.D., McMeeking, R., Crosby, A.J., Arzt, E. Journal of Adhesion, 2013, 89, 140-158. | 2013 |
| 4 | Opportunities with Fabric Composites as Unique Flexible Substrates Pendergraph, S.A., Bartlett, M.D., K.R. Carter, Crosby, A.J. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2012, 4 (12), 6640-6645. | 2012 |
| 3 | Designing Bio-Inspired Adhesives for Shear Loading: From Simple Structures to Complex Patterns Bartlett, M.D., Croll, A.B., Crosby, A.J. Advanced Functional Materials, 2012, 22, 4985-4992. | 2012 |
| 2 | Total Recoil: Perch Compliance Alters Jumping Performance and Kinematics in Green Anole Lizards (Anolis carolinensis) Gilman, C.A., Bartlett, M.D., Gillis, G.B., Irschick, D.J. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2012, 215, 220-226. | 2012 |
| 1 | Looking Beyond Fibrillar Features to Scale Gecko-Like Adhesion Bartlett, M.D., Croll, A.B., King, D.R., Paret, B.M., Irschick, D.J., Crosby, A.J. Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, 1078-1083. FEATURED ON INSIDE COVER, TOP TEN MOST ACCESSED (FEB. 2012), SIGNIFICANT PRESS COVERAGE | 2012 |
PATENTS
| # | Patent |
|---|---|
| 9 | Multi-site damage sensing and localization soft-mater electronics and related systems and methods Majidi, C., Bartlett, M.D., Markvicka, E.J. US Patent App No. US 17/095564. |
| 8 | Method of Synthesizing a Thermally Conductive and Stretchable Polymer Composite Kazem, N., Bartlett, M.D., Majidi, C. US Patent App No. US 16/766121. |
| 7 | Soft, Multilayered Electronics for Wearable Devices and Methods to Produce the Same Majidi, C., Bartlett, M.D., Markvicka, E.J. US Patent No. US 10,645,803 B2. |
| 6 | Polymer Composite with Liquid Phase Metal Inclusions Majidi, C., Fassler, A., Bartlett, M.D., Kazem, N., Powell-Palm, M., Malen, J.A. US Patent Application No. US 15/423,538 |
| 5 | Devices for Application and Load Bearing and Method of Using the Same Crosby, A.J., Bartlett, M.D., Irschick, D.J., King, D.R. US Patent No. 9,182,075 |
| 4 | Double and Multi-Sided Adhesive Devices Crosby, A.J., Bartlett, M.D. US Patent No. 9,395,038 |
| 3 | Weight-bearing Adhesives with Adjustable Angles Crosby, A.J., King, D.R., Bartlett, M.D., Irschick, D.J. US Patent No. 9,440,416 B2 |
| 2 | High Capacity Easy Release Extended Use Adhesive Devices Crosby, A.J., Bartlett, M.D., Croll, A.B., King, D.R. US Patent No. 9,603,419 B2 |
| 1 | High Capacity Easy Release Extended use Adhesive Closure Devices Crosby, A.J., Bartlett, M.D., Irschick, D.J., King, D.R. US Patent No. 9,574,113 B2 |
PRESS
| Source | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Science Friday | This Glove Takes Inspiration From An Octopus’ Arm | 2022 |
| Ars technica | OctaGlove brings the underwater gripping power of the octopus to humans | 2022 |
| SyFy Wire | Octopus-inspired gloves turn your fingers into tentacles | |
| Physics World | Octopus-inspired glove grabs underwater objects using LIDAR | 2022 |
| Popular Science | This glove gives you the sensational powers of an octopus | 2022 |
| BBC Radio | Naked-Scientists Podcast | 2022 |
| NPR Radio IQ | Ever wanted to have the grip of an octopus? Researchers at Virginia Tech create an 'octo-glove' | 2022 |
| New Scientist | Octopus-inspired glove lets you manipulate objects underwater | 2022 |
| Science News | This octopus-inspired glove helps humans grip slippery objects | 2022 |
| Salon | Researchers just invented gloves that give your hands octopus powers | 2022 |
| Discover | Scientists Engineer Glove Inspired by Octopus Tentacles | 2022 |
| Daily Mail | Get a grip! Scientists develop an octopus-inspired GLOVE that lets you grasp objects underwater – and it could be a game-changer for rescue divers | 2022 |
| BBC Newsround | Octopus gloves at Virginia Tech help divers grip underwater | 2022 |
| New Atlas | Electronic glove senses objects and sucks onto them like an octopus | 2022 |
| VT News | Underwater glove puts octopus' abilities on the hand of humans | 2022 |
| IEEE Spectrum | Shape-shifting Robots Adapt With Cleverly Designed Bodies, Grippers | 2022 |
| BBC Science Focus | This shape-shifting technology allows ground robots to morph into flying drones | 2022 |
| SyFy Wire | Transformers, Roll (and fly) out! Robotic vehicle uses liquid metal to shapeshift into a plane | 2022 |
| AZO Robotics | Multifunctional Shape-Morphing Material for Soft Robots | 2022 |
| The Independent | Scientists build shape-shifting drone that morphs from land to air vehicle using liquid metal | 2022 |
| Daily Beast | Watch This Robot Shape-Shift by Melting Its Own Metallic Skeleton | 2022 |
| New Atlas | Mighty morphing melting metal robot switches from driving to flying drone | 2022 |
| VT News | New soft robot morphs from a ground to air vehicle using liquid metal | 2022 |
| VT News | Researchers Develop Flexible, Recyclable, Self-Healing Metals | 2021 |
| Physics World | Soft electronics self-heal | 2021 |
| BBC Science Focus | Scientists develop stretchy, self-healing, recyclable electronics | 2021 |
| Techxplore | Unbroken: New soft electronics don't break, even when punctured | 2021 |
| Phys.org | Self-healing liquid-metal elastomers | 2021 |
| Soft Robotics Podcast | Soft Robotics With Michael Bartlett | 2020 |
| World Science Festival | Cool Jobs - Materials Engineer | 2019 |
| Washington Post | Terminator skin: Researchers create ‘self-healing’ material for robots | 2018 |
| Futurism | New Soft Robotic Skin Automatically Heals, Even If You Shoot It Full of Holes | 2018 |
| C&EN | Kirigami cuts create strong but removable adhesive | 2018 |
| Nanowerk | Creating highly tunable adhesives with kirigami-inspired structures | 2018 |
| Materials Today | Novel smart material stiffens up when stressed | 2018 |
| Phys.org | Engineers develop smart material that changes stiffness when twisted or bent | 2018 |
| Science Daily | 'Thubber,' a stretchable rubber that packs a thermal conductive punch | 2017 |
| Electronics Weekly | Liquid metal turns elastomer into a heatsink | 2017 |
| TechXplore | Breakthrough soft electronics fabrication method is a first step to DIY smart tattoos | 2016 |
| Science Channel | Outrageous Acts of Science | 2015 |
| Science Channel | World’s Strangest Inventions | 2014 |
| National Geographic | Stephen Hawking's Science of the Future | 2014 |
| Fabric Link | Top 10 Textile Innovations in 2013-14 (Geckskin) | 2014 |
| CNN Money | Top 5 Science Breakthroughs in 2012 (Geckskin) | 2013 |
| Discovery Channel | Daily Planet | 2012 |
| Technology Review | Reusable Sticky Tape Could Hold Up Your TV | 2012 |
| CNET | The Holy Grail of Adhesives? | 2012 |
| Scientific American | From "Sticks Like Glue" to "Sticks Like Gecko" | 2012 |
| Science Daily | Gecko Feet Inspire Amazing Glue That Can Hold 700 Pounds on Smooth Wall | 2012 |
| New England NPR | UMass Scientists Create Gecko-Like Super Adhesive | 2012 |
| WTOP NAE Radio | Gecko Inspired Tape | 2012 |
| ABC 40/Fox 6 | Super Adhesive Inspired by a Reptile | 2012 |
| Hampshire Gazette | Take it from the Gecko: UMass' Super Sticky Device | 2012 |