...Hanxun Jin; Horacio D. Espinosa Mechanical metamaterials, whose unique mechanical properties stem from their structural design rather than material constituents, are gaining popularity in engineering applications. In particular, recent advances in self-assembly techniques offer the potential...

... and are subjected to membrane tension and intracellular contraction. Implementing the first and second laws of thermodynamics, we derived the fundamental equations that control the self-assembly or growth kinetics of the junction. We predict that the junction may grow or shrink in size depending on the magnitude...

... and Mechanics of Self-Assembled Organic Nanotubes ,” Int. J. Appl. Mech. , 3 ( 4 ), pp. 1 – 18 . 10.1142/S1758825111001184 [4] Paparcone , R. , Keten , S. , and Buehler , M. J. , 2010 , “ Atomistic Simulation of Nanomechanical Properties of Alzheimer's Aβ(1-40) Amyloid Fibrils Under...

... stresses island structure quantum dots self-assembly surface energy wetting The Stranski–Krastanow mode of epitaxial growth has been heavily studied over the past 20 yrs. with the goal of self-assembling nanostructures for electronic and optoelectronic applications. In this mode of growth...

...N. D. Machtay; R. V. Kukta Self-assembly of strained epitaxial deposits (islands) grown on a substrate is a promising route to fabricate nanostructures of significance for electronic and optoelectronic devices. The challenge is to achieve specific island arrangements that are required for device...

...Mingji Wang; Kenneth M. Liechti; Vibha Srinivasan; John M. White; Peter J. Rossky; Matthew T. Stone Nanoindentation experiments were performed on a defect-free, molecular self-assembled monolayer of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) on silicon using an interfacial force microscope (IFM). The IFM...

... the National Science Foundation (Grant No. CMS-9978678) and the Brazilian Air Command (AWM). John Harmon was very helpful in establishing the protocol for coating the sapphire with self-assembled monolayers. The authors would like to acknowledge the use of the finite element package ABAQUS© under...