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Stiffness of the human foot and evolution of the transverse arch by Venkadesan, Madhusudhan, Yawar, Ali, Eng, Carolyn M., Dias, Marcelo A., Singh, Dhiraj K., Tommasini, Steven M., Haims, Andrew H., Bandi, Mahesh M., Mandre, Shreyas

“…The stiff human foot enables an efficient push-off when walking or running, and was critical for the evolution of bipedalism 1 – 6 . The uniquely arched…”
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“Wunderlich, Meet Kirchhoff”: A General and Unified Description of Elastic Ribbons and Thin Rods by Dias, Marcelo A., Audoly, Basile

“…The equations for the equilibrium of a thin elastic ribbon are derived by adapting the classical theory of thin elastic rods. Previously established ribbon…”
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Geometric mechanics of curved crease origami by Dias, Marcelo A, Dudte, Levi H, Mahadevan, L, Santangelo, Christian D

“…Folding a sheet of paper along a curve can lead to structures seen in decorative art and utilitarian packing boxes. Here we present a theory for the simplest…”
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Updated Checklist, Traits and Conservation Status of the Ichthyofauna of Aratu Bay, Eastern Brazil by Medeiros, Diego V, Dias, Marcelo A, Cordeiro, Camila C, de Carvalho-Souza, Gustavo F

“…Coastal environments, such as bays, are essential to the development of fishery resources due to their economic and ecological importance. This paper presents…”
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A guide to the wonders of nature by Dias, Marcelo A.

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On local kirigami mechanics I: Isometric conical solutions by Sadik, Souhayl, Dias, Marcelo A.

“…Over the past decade, kirigami—the Japanese art of paper cutting—has been playing an increasing role in the emerging field of mechanical metamaterials and a…”
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A non-linear rod model for folded elastic strips by Dias, Marcelo A., Audoly, Basile

“…We consider the equilibrium shapes of a thin, annular strip cut out in an elastic sheet. When a central fold is formed by creasing beyond the elastic limit,…”
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Frictional Contact of Soft Polymeric Shells by Sahli, Riad, Mikkelsen, Jeppe, Boye, Mathias Sätherström, Dias, Marcelo A, Aghababaei, Ramin

“…The classical Hertzian contact model establishes a monotonic correlation between contact force and area. Here, we showed that the interplay between local…”
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On microscopic analysis of fracture in unidirectional composite material using phase field modelling by Rao, Sagar, Budzik, Michal K., Dias, Marcelo A.

“…The demand for composite materials is higher than ever before. Effective and reliable modelling techniques allowing for better understanding of their failure…”
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On local kirigami mechanics II: Stretchable creased solutions by Sadik, Souhayl, Walker, Martin G., Dias, Marcelo A.

“…Following on Part I of this work series on local kirigami mechanics, we present a study of a discretely creased mechanism as a model to investigate the…”
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Analytic analysis of auxetic metamaterials through analogy with rigid link systems by Rayneau-Kirkhope, Daniel, Zhang, Chengzhao, Theran, Louis, Dias, Marcelo A.

“…In recent years, many structural motifs have been designed with the aim of creating auxetic metamaterials. One area of particular interest in this subject is…”
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Can confined mechanical metamaterials replace adhesives? by Athanasiadis, Adrianos E.F., Dias, Marcelo A., Budzik, Michal K.

“…The subject of mechanical metamaterials has been gaining significant attention, however, their widespread application is still halted. Such materials are…”
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Direct Observation of Topological Defects in Striped Block Copolymer Discs and Polymersomes by Gröschel, Tina I, Wong, Chin Ken, Haataja, Johannes S, Dias, Marcelo A, Gröschel, Andre H

“…Topology and defects are of fundamental importance for ordered structures on all length scales. Despite extensive research on block copolymer self-assembly in…”
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Modeling distribution of Phoneutria bahiensis (Araneae: Ctenidae): an endemic and threatened spider from Brazil by Dias, Marcelo A, Simó, Miguel, Castellano, Ismael, Brescovit, Antonio D

“…Phoneutria bahiensis Simó & Brescovit, 2001 is a large ctenid spider inhabiting the states of Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil. Considering that it is probably…”
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Embracing failure by Rayneau-Kirkhope, Daniel, Dias, Marcelo A

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Reentrant tensegrity: A three-periodic, chiral, tensegrity structure that is auxetic by Oster, Mathias, Dias, Marcelo A, de Wolff, Timo, Evans, Myfanwy E

“…We present a three-periodic, chiral, tensegrity structure and demonstrate that it is auxetic. Our tensegrity structure is constructed using the chiral symmetry…”
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Minimal model for transient swimming in a liquid crystal by Krieger, Madison S., Dias, Marcelo A., Powers, Thomas R.

“…When a microorganism begins swimming from rest in a Newtonian fluid such as water, it rapidly attains its steady-state swimming speed since changes in the…”
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Inverse design of programmable shape-morphing kirigami structures by Ying, Xiaoyuan, Fernando, Dilum, Dias, Marcelo A.

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Geometric tunability of interlaminar resistance by Hu, Ping, Dias, Marcelo A., Budzik, Michal K.

“…The inherent weakness and variability in the interlaminar properties of composites and associated delamination pose significant challenges, compromising the…”
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A unifying approach to kinetic structures composed by bar or plate 4R-linkages by Beatini, Valentina, Dias, Marcelo A.

“…This study deals with modular assemblies of 4R-linkages, whether spherical or planar, with the aim to highlight the underlying shared principles and contribute…”
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