Publications

2025

protein statistical mechanics
N. Cohen and F. Zhang
Modeling of protein networks reveals factors affecting stiffness, yield stress, and strain stiffening in silk fibers
Acta Biomaterialia, 2025
S. Yang, M. Levin, G.A. Padmanabha, M. Borshevsky, O. Cohen, D.T. Seidl, R.E. Jones, N. Bouklas, and N. Cohen
Physics augmented machine learning discovery of composition-dependent constitutive laws for 3D-printed materials
International Journal of Engineering Science, 217: 104381, 2025
actuation actuator swelling swelling induced forces lifting
M. Levin, T. Hanuhov and N. Cohen
Autonomous lifting: swelling-activated 3D-printed actuators
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 395: 116971, 2025
spider silk fibers spinning conditions
R. Olive and N. Cohen
Employing spinning conditions to control the mechanical response of spider silk fibers
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 322: 113592, 2025
S. Monchetti, R. Brighenti, and N. Cohen
Accounting for uncertainties in ML-based design of shape-morphing elements
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 321: 113539, 2025
beams snap through instabilities instability thermal excitation
T. Hanuhov and N. Cohen
Harnessing springs to tune thermally induced snap-through instabilities in bi-layer beams
European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids, 114: 105759, 2025
S. Keren, E. Yachnin, N. Cohen, and T. Segal-Peretz
Enhancing the Adhesion Strength of Polymer-Based Joints via Atomic Layer Deposition Surface Modifications
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17: 34529–34537, 2025
pnipam statistical mechanics swelling gels networks
M. Levin and N. Cohen
Thermo-Mechanics of PNIPAM Gels: from a Single Chain to a Network Response
Macromolecules, 58: 5187–5200, 2025
shape morphing moderate rotations lattice auxeticity
T. Hanuhov and N. Cohen
Thermally activated tunable auxeticity in periodic lattice structures
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 295: 110085, 2025
Y. Tang, M. Levin, O.G. Long, C.D. Eisenbach, N. Cohen, and M.T. Valentine
Data-driven framework for the prediction of PEGDA hydrogel mechanics
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 11: 259-267, 2025

2024

gels constrains machine learning
S. Monchetti, R. Brighenti, T. Hanuhov, and N. Cohen
Controlled swelling-induced shape change of soft gel filled structures
Thin-Walled Structures, 204: 112280, 2024
M. Levin, Y. Tang, C.D. Eisenbach, M.T. Valentine, and N. Cohen
Understanding the Response of Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) Hydrogel Networks: A Statistical Mechanics-Based Framework
Macromolecules, 57: 7074-7086, 2024
R. Brighenti, M. Montanari, S. Monchetti, T. Hanuhov, A. Spagnoli, and N. Cohen
Dependence of stiffness on water content in hydrogels: A statistical mechanics-based framework
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 300: 112920, 2024
energy harvesting dielectric elastomers
T. Hanuhov, R. Brighenti, and N. Cohen
Energy harvesting with dielectric elastomer tubes: active and (responsive materials-based) passive approaches
Smart Materials and Structures, 33: 055004, 2024
R. Levit and N. Cohen
3D-printed composites with a programmable response to tension and torsion: a design guide
Mechanics Research Communications, 135: 104232, 2024
R. Olive and N. Cohen
Deformation and failure mechanisms in spider silk fibers
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 182: 105480, 2024
thermal shape-morphing 3D-printing
T. Hanuhov and N. Cohen
Inverse design of 3D-printed thermally activated shape-morphing structures
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 262: 108716, 2024

2023

gels swelling constraints
M. Levin and N. Cohen
Swelling under constraints: Exploiting 3D-printing to optimize the performance of gel-based devices
Advanced Materials Technologies, 8: 2202136, 2023
S. Keren, C. Bukowski, M. Barzilay, M. Kim, M. Stolov, A.J. Crosby, N. Cohen, and T. Segal-Peretz
Mechanical Behavior of Hybrid Thin Films Fabricated by Sequential Infiltration Synthesis in Water-Rich Environment
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, , 40: 47487–47496, 2023
lap shears; 3D-printing; adhesion strength; soft adhesives; perforations
S. Keren, T. Segal-Peretz, and N. Cohen
Exploiting perforations to enhance the adhesion of 3D-printed lap shears
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 126: 103986, 2023
R. Brighenti, M.P. Cosma, and N. Cohen
Mechanics and physics of the light-driven response of hydrogels
Mechanics Research Communications, 129: 104077, 2023
R. Sverdlov Arzi, M. Davidovich-Pinhas, N. Cohen, and A. Sosnik
An experimental and theoretical approach to understand the interaction between particles and mucosal tissues
Acta Biomaterialia, 158: 449-462, 2023
Spider silk Composites Supercontraction Relative humidity Biopolymers Continuum based modeling
N. Cohen
The underlying mechanisms behind the hydration-induced and mechanical response of spider silk
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 172: 105141, 2023

2022

twist dielectric elastomers electroactive polymers
K. Bazaev and N. Cohen
Electrically-induced twist in geometrically incompatible dielectric elastomer tubes
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 250: 111707, 2022
spider silk gels polymers twist supercontraction
N. Cohen and C.D. Eisenbach
Humidity-driven supercontraction and twist in spider silk
Physical Review Letters, 128: 098101, 2022
polymers gels hydrogen bonds h bonds
N. Cohen, C. Du, and Z.L. Wu
Understanding the Dissociation of Hydrogen Bond Based Cross-Links In Hydrogels Due to Hydration and Mechanical Forces
Macromolecules, 54: 11316–11325, 2022
thermal strains lattice beams composites
T. Hanuhov and N. Cohen
Thermally induced deformations in multi-layered polymeric struts
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 215: 106959, 2022
S. Zheng, N. Cohen, and Z. Liu
Large deformation adhesion study of polymeric hydrogels under different stimuli
Mechanics of Materials, 165: 104174, 2022

2021

myocyte remodeling cardiomyocyte proteins
I. Harlev, J.W. Holmes, and N. Cohen
The influence of boundary conditions and protein availability on the remodeling of cardiomyocytes
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 21: 189–201, 2021
mussels adhesion 3D printing
Y. Kwon, J.H. Bernstein, N. Cohen, and M.T. Valentine
On-Demand Manufacturing Capabilities of Mussels Enable Robust Adhesion to Geometrically Complex Surfaces
ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 7: 5099–5106, 2021
E.H. Massasa, R. Strassberg, A. Vurgaft, Y. Kauffmann, N. Cohen, and Y. Bekenstein
Thin Layer Buckling in Perovskite CsPbBr3 Nanobelts
Nano Letters, 21: 5564−5571, 2021
gels core-shell swelling biology
M. Levin, M.T. Valentine, and N. Cohen
Tuning the response of fluid filled hydrogel core-shell structures
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 120: 104605, 2021
inversion perversion tubes twist
N. Emuna and N. Cohen
Inversion and perversion in twist incompatible isotropic tubes
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 46: 101303, 2021
vitreous mechanics of the eye gels liquefaction
M. Levin and N. Cohen
The effects of aging on the mechanical properties of the vitreous
Journal of Biomechanics, 119: 110310, 2021
supercontraction spider silk gels glass transition
N. Cohen, M. Levin, and C.D. Eisenbach
On the origin of supercontraction in spider silk
Biomacromolecules, 22: 993–1000, 2021
geometric incompatibility twist induced
N. Emuna and N. Cohen
Inflation induced twist in geometrically incompatible isotropic tubes
Journal of Applied Mechanics, 88: 031005, 2021 (an invited paper to the special issue in honor of Prof. McMeeking’s 70th birthday)

2020

polymers multiscale modeling
R. Sverdlov Arzi, A. Sosnik, and N. Cohen
A microscopically motivated model for particle penetration into swollen biological networks
Polymers, 12: 1912, 2020
N. Emuna and N. Cohen
Circumferential instabilities in radially incompatible tubes
Mechanics of Materials, 147: 103458, 2020
L. Gockowski, N.D. Dolinski, R. Chavez, N. Cohen, F. Eisenreich, S. Hecht, R.M. McMeeking, C.J. Hawker, and M.T. Valentine
Engineering crack tortuosity in printed polymer-polymer composites through ordered pores
Materials Horizons, 7: 1854-1860, 2020
H. Elangovan, M. Barzilay, S. Saremi, N. Cohen, Y. Jiang, L.W. Martin, Y. Ivry
Giant superelastic piesoelectricity in flexible ferroelectric BaTiO3 membranes
ACS Nano, 14: 5053-5060, 2020
B. Kaytanli, A.H. Khankhel, N. Cohen, and M.T. Valentine
Rapid analysis of cell-generated forces within a multicellular aggregate using microsphere-based traction force microscopy
Soft Matter, 16: 4192-4199, 2020
polymers statistical mechanics
N. Cohen and C.D. Eisenbach
Molecular mechanics of beta sheets
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 6: 1940-1949, 2020
N. Cohen
Force distribution and multi-scale mechanics in smooth muscle tissues
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 491: 110188, 2020

2019

swelling gels hydrogen bonds biopolymer
N. Cohen and C.D. Eisenbach
A microscopically motivated model for the swelling-induced drastic softening of hydrogen-bond dominated biopolymer networks
Acta Biomaterialia, 96: 303-309, 2019
gels polymers swelling heterogeneous
N. Cohen
Programming the equilibrium swelling response of heterogeneous polymeric gels
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 178-179: 81-90, 2019
N. Cohen, V. S. Deshpande, J. W. Holmes, and R. M. McMeeking
A microscopically-motivated model for the remodeling of cardiomyocytes
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 18: 1233-1245, 2019
N. Cohen and R. M. McMeeking
On the swelling induced microstructural evolution of polymer networks in gels
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 125: 666-680, 2019
N. Cohen, J. H. Waite , R. M. McMeeking, and M.T. Valentine
Force distribution and multiscale mechanics in the mussel byssus
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 374: 20190202, 2019
N. Cohen and K. Bhattacharya
A numerical study of the electromechanical response of liquid metal embedded elastomers
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 108: 82-86, 2019
N. Cohen, R.M. McMeeking, and M. Begley
Modeling the non-linear elastic response of periodic lattice materials
Mechanics of Materials, 129: 159-168, 2019
S. Wehmeyer, F.W. Zok, C. Eberl, P. Gumbsch, N. Cohen, R.M. McMeeking, and M.R. Begley
Post-buckling and dynamic response of angled struts in elastic lattices
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 133: 103693, 2019

2018

N. Cohen, O. A. Saleh, and R. M. McMeeking
Engineering the mechanical behavior of polymer networks with flexible self-assembled V-shaped monomers
Macromolecules, 51 (8): 3149–3155, 2018
N. Cohen
A generalized electro-elastic theory of polymer networks
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 110: 173-191, 2018

2017

dielectric elastomers EAP tubes cylinders
N. Cohen
Stacked dielectric tubes with electromechanically controlled radii
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 108: 40-48, 2017
N. Cohen and K. Bhattacharya
Electroclinic effect in chiral smectic-A liquid crystal elastomers
Physical Review E, 96: 032701, 2017
N. Cohen, S. S. Oren and G. deBotton
The evolution of the dielectric constant in various polymers subjected to uniaxial stretch
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 16: 1-5, 2017
N. Cohen
Enhancing the electromechanical response of stacked dielectric actuators
Journal of Elasticity, 127: 103-113, 2017

2016

N. Cohen, A. Menzel and G. deBotton
Towards a physics-based multiscale modelling of the electro-mechanical coupling in electro-active polymers
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 472:20150462, 2016
N. Cohen, K. Dayal and G. deBotton
Electroelasticity of polymer networks
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 92: 105-126, 2016
N. Cohen and G. deBotton
The electromechanical interplay in deformable dielectric elastomer networks
Physical Review Letters, 116: 208303, 2016

2015

N. Cohen and G. deBotton
The electromechanical response of polymer networks with long-chain molecules
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 721: 728–20(6), 2015 (an invited paper to the special issue in honor of Ray Ogden’s 70th birthday)

2014

N. Cohen and G. deBotton
Multiscale analysis of the electromechanical response of dielectric elastomers
European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 48: 59–48, 2014
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