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Recent publications from the Solid Mechanics and Materials Group, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford

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Group Publications

Recent Publications

The role of chain stretch heterogeneity on the uniaxial failure response of rubbery networks

Mangas Araujo L & Brassart L (2026), Mechanics of Materials, 215

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@article{theroleofchains-2026/4,
  title={The role of chain stretch heterogeneity on the uniaxial failure response of rubbery networks},
  author={Mangas Araujo L & Brassart L},
  journal={Mechanics of Materials},
  volume={215},
  year = "2026"
}

Tuning of Electron-Donating Metal–Organic Frameworks toward High-Performance Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Self-Powered Shear Sensing

Xu T, Donà L & Tan J-C (2026), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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@article{tuningofelectro-2026/3,
  title={Tuning of Electron-Donating Metal–Organic Frameworks toward High-Performance Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Self-Powered Shear Sensing},
  author={Xu T, Donà L & Tan J-C},
  journal={ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces},
  number={acsami.5c22950},
  publisher={American Chemical Society (ACS)},
  year = "2026"
}

Importance of surface defect removal and compressive residual stress introduction in improving fatigue strength of powder bed-fused Ti6Al4V and demonstration of fatigue strength beyond that of hot-rolled Ti6Al4V

Soyama H, Eakins D & Korsunsky AM (2026), International Journal of Fatigue, 203, 109342-109342

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@article{importanceofsur-2026/2,
  title={Importance of surface defect removal and compressive residual stress introduction in improving fatigue strength of powder bed-fused Ti6Al4V and demonstration of fatigue strength beyond that of hot-rolled Ti6Al4V},
  author={Soyama H, Eakins D & Korsunsky AM},
  journal={International Journal of Fatigue},
  volume={203},
  number={109342},
  pages={109342-109342},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  year = "2026"
}

Effects of crystal orientation on the shock properties of single crystal tin

Threadingham JG, Liang X, Leggett E, Smith LC, Millett JCF et al. (2026), Journal of Applied Physics, 139(6)

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@article{effectsofcrysta-2026/2,
  title={Effects of crystal orientation on the shock properties of single crystal tin},
  author={Threadingham JG, Liang X, Leggett E, Smith LC, Millett JCF et al.},
  journal={Journal of Applied Physics},
  volume={139},
  number={065902},
  publisher={AIP Publishing},
  year = "2026"
}

Robust triboelectric energy harvesters engineered from electrochemically deposited films of HKUST-1 polycrystals.

Jin C & Tan J-C (2026), Communications chemistry

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@article{robusttriboelec-2026/2,
  title={Robust triboelectric energy harvesters engineered from electrochemically deposited films of HKUST-1 polycrystals.},
  author={Jin C & Tan J-C},
  journal={Communications chemistry},
  year = "2026"
}

Humanoid robotic loading enhances mechanotransduction in tendon tissue engineering

Liu Z, Lin J, Machain T, Nadhif M, Wei Y et al. (2026), Cyborg and Bionic Systems

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@article{humanoidrobotic-2026/2,
  title={Humanoid robotic loading enhances mechanotransduction in tendon tissue engineering},
  author={Liu Z, Lin J, Machain T, Nadhif M, Wei Y et al.},
  journal={Cyborg and Bionic Systems},
  publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science},
  year = "2026"
}

Mechanics and modeling of hierarchically porous metamaterials manufactured by foaming fused deposition modeling

Sevcenco A, Walters P, Siviour CR & Oosterbeek RN (2026), Journal of Applied Physics, 139(5)

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@article{mechanicsandmod-2026/2,
  title={Mechanics and modeling of hierarchically porous metamaterials manufactured by foaming fused deposition modeling},
  author={Sevcenco A, Walters P, Siviour CR & Oosterbeek RN},
  journal={Journal of Applied Physics},
  volume={139},
  number={55103},
  publisher={AIP Publishing},
  year = "2026"
}

Hydrolytic degradation of amorphous PLA: Effect of mechanical loads

Chen H, Pan Z, Sulley GS, Williams CK & Brassart L (2026), Polymer Degradation and Stability, 243, 111751-111751

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@article{hydrolyticdegra-2026/1,
  title={Hydrolytic degradation of amorphous PLA: Effect of mechanical loads},
  author={Chen H, Pan Z, Sulley GS, Williams CK & Brassart L},
  journal={Polymer Degradation and Stability},
  volume={243},
  number={111751},
  pages={111751-111751},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  year = "2026"
}

Mechanical Behavior of Metal-Organic Framework Monoliths with Enhanced Fracture Toughness

El Skafi M, Vondracek H, Taylor JD, Cinque G & Tan J-C (2026), Materials Today Nano, 100760-100760

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@article{mechanicalbehav-2026/1,
  title={Mechanical Behavior of Metal-Organic Framework Monoliths with Enhanced Fracture Toughness},
  author={El Skafi M, Vondracek H, Taylor JD, Cinque G & Tan J-C},
  journal={Materials Today Nano},
  number={100760},
  pages={100760-100760},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  year = "2026"
}

An empirical potential to simulate helium and hydrogen in irradiated tungsten, applied to a mechanistic model for the energetics of gas-filled voids.

Tirumala AS, Shattock O, Mason DR, Nguyen-Manh D, Hofmann F et al. (2026), Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

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@article{anempiricalpote-2026/1,
  title={An empirical potential to simulate helium and hydrogen in irradiated tungsten, applied to a mechanistic model for the energetics of gas-filled voids.},
  author={Tirumala AS, Shattock O, Mason DR, Nguyen-Manh D, Hofmann F et al.},
  journal={Journal of Physics Condensed Matter},
  publisher={IOP Publishing},
  year = "2026"
}

3D micro-mechanics of a CFRP laminate under high-rate and varying temperature loading using digital volume correlation

SUN X, Lukić B, Chen Y, Xu Z, Chapman D et al. (2026)

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@misc{dmicromechanics-2026/,
  title={3D micro-mechanics of a CFRP laminate under high-rate and varying temperature loading using digital volume correlation},
  author={SUN X, Lukić B, Chen Y, Xu Z, Chapman D et al.},
  year = "2026"
}

Progress towards a micro fibre push-out method for measuring fibre–matrix interface properties in SiC composites

Leide A, Martinez-Pechero Á, Clark G, Bearcroft C, Gavalda-Diaz O et al. (2025), Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 45(16), 117624

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@article{progresstowards-2025/12,
  title={Progress towards a micro fibre push-out method for measuring fibre–matrix interface properties in SiC composites},
  author={Leide A, Martinez-Pechero Á, Clark G, Bearcroft C, Gavalda-Diaz O et al.},
  journal={Journal of the European Ceramic Society},
  volume={45},
  number={ARTN 117624},
  pages={117624},
  publisher={Elsevier},
  year = "2025"
}

Hydrolytic degradation behaviour of electrospun poly(ɛ-caprolactone) filaments for biological tissue repair.

Zanetti Ferreira T, Chen H, Chen K, Mouthuy P-A & Brassart L (2025), Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 175, 107308

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@article{hydrolyticdegra-2025/12,
  title={Hydrolytic degradation behaviour of electrospun poly(ɛ-caprolactone) filaments for biological tissue repair.},
  author={Zanetti Ferreira T, Chen H, Chen K, Mouthuy P-A & Brassart L},
  journal={Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials},
  volume={175},
  pages={107308},
  year = "2025"
}

Semirenewable Polyamides Containing Disulfide Bonds: Synthesis, Degradation, Self-Healing, and Triboelectric Properties

Kulyabin PS, Lozano-Pérez AS, Xu T, More YD, Sampathkumar H et al. (2025), Macromolecules, 58(22), 12317-12326

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@article{semirenewablepo-2025/11,
  title={Semirenewable Polyamides Containing Disulfide Bonds: Synthesis, Degradation, Self-Healing, and Triboelectric Properties},
  author={Kulyabin PS, Lozano-Pérez AS, Xu T, More YD, Sampathkumar H et al.},
  journal={Macromolecules},
  volume={58},
  pages={12317-12326},
  year = "2025"
}

Experimental study and modelling of shock-induced compaction of autoclaved aerated concrete through MHz X-ray radioscopy

Tartière J, Arrigoni M, Lukic B, Rack A, Chapman D et al. (2025), International Journal of Impact Engineering, 204, 105376

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@article{experimentalstu-2025/10,
  title={Experimental study and modelling of shock-induced compaction of autoclaved aerated concrete through MHz X-ray radioscopy},
  author={Tartière J, Arrigoni M, Lukic B, Rack A, Chapman D et al.},
  journal={International Journal of Impact Engineering},
  volume={204},
  pages={105376},
  publisher={Elsevier},
  year = "2025"
}