Publications

2013
Kalcioglu, Z.I., Mrozek, R., Mahmoodian, R., VanLandingham, M.R., Lenhart, J., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Tunable mechanical behavior of synthetic organogels as biofidelic tissue simulants,” Journal of Biomechanics, 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.03.011 (in press). Full Text PDF

Zeiger, A.S., Hinton, B., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Why the dish makes a difference: Quantitative comparison of polystyrene culture surfaces,” Acta Biomaterialia, 2013 (in press). Full Text PDF

Kuksenok, O., Dayal, P., Bhattacharya, A., Yashin, V.V., Deb, D., Chen, I.C., Van Vliet, K.J., and Balazs, A.C., “Chemo-responsive, self-oscillating gels that undergo biomimetic communication,” Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, DOI: 10.1039/C3CS35497K. Full Text PDF

Paradise, R.K., Whitfield, M.J., Lauffenburger, D.A., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Directional cell migration in an extracellular pH gradient: A model study with an engineered cell line and primary microvascular endothelial cells”,Experimental Cell Research, 319(4) 487-497, 2013. Full Text PDF

2012

Strawhecker, K.E., Hsieh, A.J., Chantawansri, T.L., Kalcioglu, Z.I., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Influence of Microstructure on Micro-/Nano-mechanical Measurements of Select Model Transparent Poly(urethane urea) Elastomers”, Polymer, 2012 (in press). Full Text PDF coming soon.

A. Jagielska, A. Norman, G. Whyte, K. J. Van Vliet, J. Guck, R. M. J. Franklin, “Mechanical Environment Modulates Biological Properties of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells”, Stem Cells and Development, 2012, doi 10.1089/scd.2012.0189.Full Text PDF

P. A. Bonnaud; Q. Ji;  B. Coasne; R. J.-M. Pellenq; K. J. Van Vliet, “Thermodynamics of Water Confined in Porous Calcium-Silicate-Hydrates”, Langmuir, 2012, 28, 11422-11432. Full Text PDF

Zeiger, A.S., Loe, F.C., Li, R., Raghunath, M., Van Vliet, K.J., “Macromolecular crowding directs extracellular matrix organization and mesenchymal stem cell behavior,” PLoS one, 7.5 e37904, 2012. Full Text PDF

Van Vliet, K.J., Pellenq, R., Buehler, M.J., Grossman, J.C., Jennings, H., Ulm, F.J., Yip, S., “Set in stone? A perspective on the concrete sustainability challenge,” MRS Bulletin, 2012 

Qu, M.*, Woodford, W.H.*, Maloney, J.M., Carter, W.C., Chiang, Y-M., Van Vliet, K.J., “Nanomechanical quantification of elastic, plastic, and fracture properties of LiCoO2,” Advanced Energy Materials, 2012 Full Text PDF.
*indicates co-first authors

Chen, I.C., Kuksenok, O., Yashin, V.V., Balazs, A.C., Van Vliet, K.J., “Mechanical resuscitation of chemical oscillations in Belousov-Zhabotinsky gels,” Advanced Functional Materials, 22 (12) 2535-2541, 2012. Full Text PDF

Kabir, M., and Van Vliet, K.J. “Reversible mechanism for spin crossover in transition-metal cyanides” Phys. Rev. B 85(054431), 2012. Full Text PDF

Kalcioglu, Z.I., Mahmoodian, R., Hu, Y., Suo, Z., and Van Vliet, K.J.”From Macro- to Microscale Poroelastic Characterization of Polymeric Hydrogels via Indentation” Soft Matter 2012   8 (12), 3393 – 3398. Full Text PDF

Maresov, E.A., Kolmakov, G.V., Yashin, V.V., Van Vliet, K.J., and Balazs, A.C., “Modeling the making and breaking of bonds as an elastic microcapsule moves over a compliant substrate” Soft Matter 8(1) 77-85, 2012. Full Text PDF

2011

Vandamme, M., Tweedie, C.A., Constantinides, G., Ulm, F., and Van Vliet, K.J. Quantifying plasticity-independent creep compliance and relaxation of viscoelastoplastic materials under contact loading, J. Mater. Res. 27(1) 302-312, 2011. Full Text PDF

Herbert, F.W., Van Vliet, K.J. and Yildiz, B., “Plasticity-induced oxidation reactivity on Ni(100) studied by scanning tunneling spectroscopy” MRS Communications, Available on CJO doi:10.1557/mrc.2011.17, 2011. Full Text PDF

Ji, Q., Pellenq, R. , and Van Vliet, K. J. “Comparison of Computational Water Models for Simulation of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate”, Computational Materials Science,53(1) 234-240, 2011.Full Text PDF

Qu, M., Meth, J. S., Blackman, G. S., Cohen, G. M., Sharp, K. G., Van Vliet, K. J. “Tailoring and probing particle-polymer interactions in PMMA/silica nanocomposites,” Soft Matter, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/c1sm05668a. Full Text PDF

Lee, W.C., Bhagat, A.A., Huang, S., Van Vliet, K.J., Han, J., and Lim, C.T. “High-throughput cell cycle synchronization using inertial forces in spiral microchannels,” Lab Chip 11 1359, 2011. Full Text PDF

Deng, F. and Van Vliet, K.J., “Prediction of elastic properties for polymer–particle nanocomposites exhibiting an interphase,” Nanotechnology 22 165703, 2011. Full Text PDF

Kalcioglu Z.I., Qu M., Strawhecker K.E., Shazly T., Edelman E., VanLandingham M.R., Smith J.F., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Dynamic impact indentation of hydrated biological tissues and tissue surrogate gels”, Philosophical Magazine 91 1339–1355, 2011. Full Text PDF

Paradise, R.K., Lauffenburger, D.A., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Acidic extracellular pH promotes activation of integrin avb3″, PLoS ONE 6 e15746, 2011. Full Text PDF

Chen, I.C., Kuksenok, O., Yashin, V.V., Moslin, R.M., Balazs, A.C., Van Vliet, K.J., “Shape- and size-dependent patterns in self-oscillating polymer gels,” Soft Matter, 7(7), 3141-3146, 2011.  Full Text PDF (Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01007C)

Qu, M., Deng, F., Kalkhoran, S., Gouldstone, A., Robisson, A., Van Vliet, K. J., “Nanoscale visualization and multiscale mechanical implications of bound rubber interphase in rubber-carbon black nanocomposites,” Soft Matter, 2011, 7(3), 1066-1077. Full Text PDF

Artzi, N., Zeiger, A.S., Boehning, F., Bon Ramos, A., Van Vliet, K.J., Edelman, E.R., “Tuning adhesion failure strength for tissue-specific applications,” Acta Biomaterialia 7 67-74, 2011. Full Text PDF

Fernandez, C.A., Roy, R., Lee, S., Yang, J., Panigrahy, D., Van Vliet, K.J., and Moses, M.A. “The anti-angiogenic peptide, Loop 6, binds IGF-IR,” J. Bio. Chem., 2011 (in press). Full Text PDF

Lee, C.-H., Bose, S., Van Vliet, K.J., Karp, J. and Karnik, R., “Studying cell rolling trajectories on asymmetric receptor patterns,” Journal of Visual Experiments, 2011 (in press).

Peyton, S., Kalcioglu, Z.I., Runkle, A., Van Vliet, K.J., Lauffenburger, D.A. and Griffith, L.J,. “Marrow-derived stem cell motility in 3D synthetic scaffold is governed by geometry along with adhesivity and stiffness,” Biotech. and Bioeng., 2011 (in press). Full Text PDF

Mehta, G., Williams, C., Zeiger, A.S., Van Vliet, K.J. and Griffith, L.J., “Autocrine-controlled formation and function of tissue-like aggregates by primary hepatocytes in micropatterned hydrogel arrays,” Tissue Engineering, 7 1055-68, 2011. Full Text PDF

Guo, Q.A., Zhang, L., Zeiger, A.S., Van Vliet, K.J., and Thompson, C.V., “Compositional dependence of Young’s moduli for amorphous Cu-Zr films measured using combinatorial deposition on microscale cantilever arrays,” Scripta Materialia 64 41-44, 2011. Full Text PDF

2010

Kalcioglu Z.I., Qu M., Strawhecker K.E., VanLandingham M.R., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Multiscale characterization of relaxation times of surrogate gels and soft tissues”, 27th Army Science Conference Proceedings December, 2010. Full Text PDF

Kotecki, M., Zeiger, A.S., Van Vliet, K.J., and Herman, I.M. ”Calpain- and talin-dependent control of microvascular pericyte contractility and cellular stiffness,” Microvascular Research 80 339-348, 2010. Full Text PDF

Shazly, T.M., Baker, A.B., Naber, J.R., Kalcioglu, Z.I., Van Vliet, K.J., and Edelman, E.R., “Augmentation of postswelling surgical sealant potential of adhesive hydrogels,” J. Biomed. Mat. Res. A 95A 1159-1169, 2010.

Lee, C.-H., Van Vliet, K.J., Karp, J., and Karnik, R. “Examining lateral displacement of HL60 cells rolling on asymmetric P-selectin patterns,” Langmuir, 2010 (available ASAP).

Maloney, J.M., Nikova, D., Lautenschlager, F., Clarke, E., Langer, R.L., Guck, J., and Van Vliet, K.J. “Mesenchymal Stem Cell Mechanics from the Attached to the Suspended State,” Biophysical Journal 99 2479-2487 (2010). Full Text PDF (supp) (video)

Ham, J.H., Choi, J.H., Boghossian, A.A., Jeng, E.S., Graff, R.A., Heller, D.A., Chang, A.C., Mattis, A., Bayburt, T.H., Grinkova, Y.V., Zeiger, A.S., Van Vliet, K.J., Hobbie, E.K., Sligar, S.G., Wraight, C.A., and Strano, M.S., “Photoelectrochemical complexes for solar energy conversion that chemically and autonomously regenerate,” Nature Chemistry 2 929-936, 2010.

Kabir, M., Lau, T., Lin, X., Yip, S., Van Vliet, K.J., “Effects of vacancy-solute clusters on diffusivity in metastable Fe-C alloys,” Physical Review B 82 134112, 2010. Full Text PDF

Kabir, M., Lau, T., Rodney, D., Yip, S., Van Vliet, K.J., “Predicting Dislocation Climb and Creep from Explicit Atomistic Details,” Physical Review Letters 105 095501, 2010.   Full Text PDF

Mei, Y., Saha, K., Bogatyrev, S.R., Yang, J., Hook, A.L., Kalcioglu, I., Cho, S., Mitalipova, M., Pyzocha, N., Rojas, F., Van Vliet, K.J., Davies, M.C., Alexander, M.R., Langer, R., Jaenisch, R. and Anderson, D.G. “Combinatorial development of biomaterials for clonal growth of human pluripotent stem cells,” Nature Materials 9 768-778, 2010.   Full Text PDF

Lee, S.*, Zeiger, A.*, Maloney, J.M., Kotecki, M., Van Vliet, K.J., and Herman, I.M., “Pericyte actomyosin-mediated contraction at the cell-material interface can modulate the microvascular niche,” Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter. 22 194115, 2010. Full Text PDF
*indicates co-first authors

Mao, J.Y., Belcher, A.M., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Genetically Engineered Phage Fibers and Coatings for Antibacterial Applications,” Advanced Functional Materials 20 209-214, 2010.

Ulm, F.J., Vandamme, M., Jennings, H.M., Constantinides, G. and Van Vliet, K.J., “Does microstructure matter for statistical nanoindentation techniques?” Cement & Concrete Composites 32 92-99, 2010.

Buell, S., Rutledge, G.C., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Predicting Polymer Nanofiber Interactions via Molecular Simulations,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces2 1164-1172, 2010. Full Text PDF

2009

Lau, T.T., Lin, X., Yip, S., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Atomistic examination of the unit processes and vacancy-dislocation interaction in dislocation climb,” Scripta Materialia. 60 399-402, 2009. Full Text PDF

Monasterio, P.R., Lau, T.T., Yip, S., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Hydrogen-Vacancy Interactions in Fe-C Alloys,” Physical Review Letters. 103 085501, 2009. Full Text PDF

Buell, S., Van Vliet, K.J., and Rutledge, G.C., “Mechanical Properties of Glassy Polyethylene Nanofibers via Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” Macromolecules. 42 4887-4895, 2009. Full Text PDF

Lichter, J.A., Van Vliet, K.J., and Rubner, M.F., “Design of Antibacterial Surfaces and Interfaces: Polyelectrolyte Multilayers as a Multifunctional Platform,” Macromolecules. 42 8573-8586, 2009. Full Text PDF

Hwang, D.K., Oakey, J., Toner, M., Arthur, J.A., Anseth, K.S., Lee, S., Zeiger, A., Van Vliet, K.J., and Doyle, P.S., “Stop-Flow Lithography for the Production of Shape-Evolving Degradable Microgel Particles,” Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 4499-4504, 2009. Full Text PDF

Krishnan, R., Walton, E.B., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Characterizing rare-event property distributions via replicate molecular dynamics simulations of proteins,” Journal of Molecular Modeling. 15 1383-1389, 2009. Full Text PDF

Kranenburg, J.M., Thijs, H.M.L., Tweedie, C.A., Hoeppener, S., Wiesbrock, F., Hoogenboom, R., Van Vliet, K.J., and Schubert, U.S., “Correlating the mechanical and surface properties with the composition of triblock copoly(2-oxazoline)s,” Journal of Materials Chemistry. 19 222-229, 2009. Full Text PDF

Constantinides, G., Tweedie, C.A., Savva, N., Smith, J.F., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Quantitative Impact Testing of Energy Dissipation at Surfaces,” Experimental Mechanics. 49 511-522, 2009. Full Text PDF

Chen, A.A., Khetani, S.R., Lee, S., Bhatia, S.N., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Modulation of hepatocyte phenotype in vitro via chemomechanical tuning of polyelectrolyte multilayers,” Biomaterials. 30 1113-1120, 2009. Full Text PDF

Kranenburg, J.M., Tweedie, C.A., Van Vliet, K.J., and Schubert, U.S., “Challenges and Progress in High-Throughput Screening of Polymer Mechanical Properties by Indentation,” Advanced Materials. 21 3551-3561, 2009. Full Text PDF

Schmidt, D.J., Cebeci, F.C., Kalcioglu, Z.I., Wyman, S.G., Ortiz, C., Van Vliet, K.J., and Hammond, P.T., “Electrochemically Controlled Swelling and Mechanical Properties of a Polymer Nanocomposite,” ACS Nano. 3 2207-2216, 2009. Full Text PDF

Yashin, V.V., Van Vliet, K.J., and Balazs, A.C., “Controlling chemical oscillations in heterogeneous Belousov-Zhabotinsky gels via mechanical strain,” Phys Rev E 79 046214, 2009.   Full Text PDF

Pellenq, R.J.M., Kushima, A., Shahsavari, R., Van Vliet, K.J., Buehler, M.J., Yip, S., Ulm, F., “A realistic molecular model of cement hydrates,” PNAS 106 16102-16107, 2009.  Full Text PDF

2008

Van Vliet, K.J., “Chemomechanics of complex materials: challenges and opportunities in predictive kinetic timescales,” Scientific Modeling and Simulations. 15 67-80, 2008. Full Text PDF

Maloney, J.M., Walton, E.B., Bruce, C.M., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Influence of finite thickness and stiffness on cellular adhesion-induced deformation of compliant substrata,” Physical Review E. 78 041923, 2008. Full Text PDF

Constantinides, G., Kalcioglu, Z.I., McFarland, M., Smith, J.F., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Probing mechanical properties of fully hydrated gels and biological tissues,” Journal of Biomechanics. 41 3285-3289, 2008. Full Text PDF

Constantinides, G., Tweedie, C., Holbrook, D., Barragan, P., Smith, J.F., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Quantifying deformation and energy dissipation of polymeric surfaces under localized impact,” Materials Science and Engineering A. 489 403-412, 2008.   Full Text PDF

Krishnan R, Oommen B, Walton EB, Maloney JM and Van Vliet KJ. Modeling and simulation of chemomechanics at the cell-matrix interface. Cell Adhesion and Migration 2 13-24 (2008). Full Text PDF

Walton, E.B., Lee, S., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Extending Bell’s model: How force transducer stiffness alters measured unbinding forces and kinetics of molecular complexes,” Biophysical Journal. 94 2621-2630, 2008. Full Text PDF

Lichter, J.A., Thompson, M.T., Delgadillo, M., Nishikawa, T., Rubner, M.F., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Substrata mechanical stiffness can regulate adhesion of viable bacteria,” Biomacromolecules. 9 1571-1578, 2008. Full Text PDF

Kanungo, B.P., Silva, E., Van Vliet, K. J., Gibson, L. J., “Characterization of Mineralized Collagen-Glycosaminoglycan Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration,” Acta Biomaterialia. 4 490-503, 2008.  Full Text PDF

2007

Lee, S., Mandic, J., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Chemomechanical mapping of ligand-receptor binding kinetics on cells,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 9609-9614, 2007. Full Text PDF

Lau, T.T., Foerst, C.J., Lin, X., Gale, J.D., Yip, S., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Many-body potential for point defect clusters in Fe-C alloys,” Physical Review Letters. 98 215501, 2007. Full Text PDF

Constantinides, G., Silva, E.C.C.M., Blackman, G.S., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Dealing with imperfection: quantifying potential length scale artefacts from nominally spherical indenter probes,” Nanotechnology. 18 -, 2007. Full Text PDF

Curgul, S., Van Vliet, K.J., and Rutledge, G.C., “Molecular dynamics simulation of size-dependent structural and thermal properties of polymer nanofibers,” Macromolecules. 40 8483-8489, 2007. Full Text PDF

Fijten, M.W.M., Kranenburg, J.M., Thijs, H.M.L., Paulus, R.M., van Lankvelt, B.M., de Hullu, J., Springintveld, M., Thielen, D.J.G., Tweedie, C.A., Hoogenboom, R., Van Vliet, K.J., and Schubert, U.S., “Synthesis and structure-property relationships of random and block copolymers: A direct comparison for copoly(2-oxazoline)s,” Macromolecules. 40 5879-5886, 2007. Full Text PDF

Kranenburg, J.M., Tweedie, C.A., Hoogenboom, R., Wiesbrock, F., Thijs, H.M.L., Hendriks, C.E., Van Vliet, K.J., and Schubert, U.S., “Elastic moduli for a diblock copoly(2-oxazoline) library obtained by high-throughput screening,” Journal of Materials Chemistry. 17 2713-2721, 2007. Full Text PDF

Juliano, T.F., VanLandingham, M.R., Tweedie, C.A., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Multiscale creep compliance of epoxy networks at elevated temperatures,” Experimental Mechanics. 47 99-105, 2007. Full Text PDF

Tweedie, C.A., Constantinides, G., Lehman, K.E., Brill, D.J., Blackman, G.S., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Enhanced stiffness of amorphous polymer surfaces under confinement of localized contact loads,” Advanced Materials. 19 2540-2545, 2007. Full Text PDF

Chiang, C.Y., Mello, C.M., Gu, J.J., Silva, E.C.C.M., Van Vliet, K.J., and Belcher, A.M., “Weaving genetically engineered functionality into mechanically robust virus fibers,” Advanced Materials. 19 826-831, 2007. Full Text PDF

2006

Oommen, B. and Van Vliet, K.J., “Effects of nanoscale thickness and elastic nonlinearity on measured mechanical properties of polymeric films,” Thin Solid Films. 513 235-242, 2006. Full Text PDF

Forst, C.J., Slycke, J., Van Vliet, K.J., and Yip, S., “Point defect concentrations in metastable Fe-C alloys,” Physical Review Letters. 96 -, 2006. Full Text PDF

Silva, E.C.C.M., Tong, L.M., Yip, S., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Size effects on the stiffness of silica nanowires,” Small. 2 239-243, 2006. Full Text PDF

Walton, E.B. and Van Vliet, K.J., “Equilibration of experimentally determined protein structures for molecular dynamics simulation,” Physical Review E. 74 -, 2006. Full Text PDF

Silva, E.C.C.M. and Van Vliet, K.J., “Robust approach to maximize the range and accuracy of force application in atomic force microscopes with nonlinear position-sensitive detectors,” Nanotechnology. 17 5525-5530, 2006. Full Text PDF

Van Vliet, K.J. and Hinterdorfer, P., “Probing drug-cell interactions,” Nano Today. 1 18-25, 2006. Full Text PDF

Constantinides, G., Chandran, K.S.R., Ulm, F.J., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Grid indentation analysis of composite microstructure and mechanics: Principles and validation,” Materials Science and Engineering a-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing. 430 189-202, 2006. Full Text PDF

Tweedie, C.A. and Van Vliet, K.J., “Contact creep compliance of viscoelastic materials via nanoindentation,” Journal of Materials Research. 21 1576-1589, 2006. Full Text PDF

Tweedie, C.A. and Van Vliet, K.J., “On the indentation recovery and fleeting hardness of polymers,” Journal of Materials Research. 21 3029-3036, 2006.  Full Text PDF

Thompson, M.T., Berg, M.C., Tobias, I.S., Lichter, J.A., Rubner, M.F., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Biochemical functionalization of polymeric cell substrata can alter mechanical compliance,” Biomacromolecules. 7 1990-1995, 2006.  Full Text PDF

Anderson, D.G., Tweedie, C.A., Hossain, N., Navarro, S.M., Brey, D.M., Van Vliet, K.J., Langer, R., and Burdick, J.A., “A combinatorial library of photocrosslinkable and degradable materials,” Advanced Materials. 18 2614-+, 2006.  Full Text PDF

2005

Young, J.M. and Van Vliet, K.J., “Predicting in vivo failure of pseudoelastic NiTi devices under low cycle, high amplitude fatigue,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B-Applied Biomaterials. 72B 17-26, 2005. Full Text PDF

Thompson, M.T., Berg, M.C., Tobias, I.S., Rubner, M.F., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Tuning compliance of nanoscale polyelectrolyte multilayers to modulate cell adhesion,” Biomaterials. 26 6836-6845, 2005. Full Text PDF

Tweedie, C.A., Anderson, D.G., Langer, R., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Combinatorial material mechanics: High-throughput polymer synthesis and nanomechanical screening,” Advanced Materials. 17 2599-2604, 2005. Full Text PDF

2004

Li, J., Zhu, T., Yip, S., Van Vliet, K.J., and Suresh, S., “Elastic criterion for dislocation nucleation,” Materials Science and Engineering A-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing. 365 25-30, 2004. Full Text PDF

Zhu, T., Li, J., Van Vliet, K.J., Ogata, S., Yip, S., and Suresh, S., “Predictive modeling of nanoindentation-induced homogeneous dislocation nucleation in copper,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 52 691-724, 2004. Full Text PDF

Van Vliet, K.J., Prchlik, L., and Smith, J.F., “Direct measurement of indentation frame compliance,” Journal of Materials Research. 19 325-331, 2004. Full Text PDF

2003

Van Vliet, K.J., Li, J., Zhu, T., Yip, S., and Suresh, S., “Quantifying the early stages of plasticity through nanoscale experiments and simulations,” Physical Review B. 67 104105, 2003. Full Text PDF

Choi, Y., Van Vliet, K.J., Li, J., and Suresh, S., “Size effects on the onset of plastic deformation during nanoindentation of thin films and patterned lines,” Journal of Applied Physics. 94 6050-6058, 2003. Full Text PDF

Van Vliet, K.J., Tsikata, S., and Suresh, S., “Model experiments for direct visualization of grain boundary deformation in nanocrystalline metals,” Applied Physics Letters. 83 1441-1443, 2003. Full Text PDF

Van Vliet, K.J., Bao, G., and Suresh, S., “The biomechanics toolbox: experimental approaches for living cells and biomolecules,” Acta Materialia. 51 5881-5905, 2003. Full Text PDF

Constantinides, G., Ulm, F.J., Van Vliet, K.J., “On the use of nanoindentation for cementitious materials,” Materials and Structures. 36: 191 – 196, 2003.   Full Text PDF

2002

Van Vliet, K.J. and Suresh, S., “Simulations of cyclic normal indentation of crystal surfaces using the bubble-raft model,” Philosophical Magazine A-Physics of Condensed Matter Structure Defects and Mechanical Properties. 82 1993-2001, 2002. Full Text PDF

Li, J., Van Vliet, K.J., Zhu, T., Yip, S., and Suresh, S., “Atomistic mechanisms governing elastic limit and incipient plasticity in crystals,” Nature. 418 307-310, 2002. Full Text PDF

2001

Van Vliet, K.J. and Gouldstone, A., “Mechanical properties of thin films quantified via instrumented indentation,” Surface Engineering. 17 140-145, 2001. Full Text PDF

Gouldstone, A., Van Vliet, K.J., and Suresh, S., “Nanoindentation – Simulation of defect nucleation in a crystal,” Nature. 411 656-656, 2001. Full Text PDF

Dao, M., Chollacoop, N., Van Vliet, K.J., Venkatesh, T.A., and Suresh, S., “Computational modeling of the forward and reverse problems in instrumented sharp indentation,” Acta Materialia. 49 3899-3918, 2001.

2000

Venkatesh, T.A., Van Vliet, K.J., Giannakopoulos, A.E., and Suresh, S., “Determination of elasto-plastic properties by instrumented sharp indentation: Guidelines for property extraction,” Scripta Materialia. 42 833-839, 2000.