Publications

Liane Makatura, Bohan Wang, Yi-Lu Chen, Bolei Deng, Chris Wojtan, Bernd Bickel, Wojciech Matusik (2023). Procedural Metamaterials: A Unified Procedural Graph for Metamaterial Design. ACM Transactions on Graphics.

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Bolei Deng, Hang Shu, Jian Li, Chengyang Mo, Jordan R Raney, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi (2023). Nonlinear waves at the free surface of flexible mechanical metamaterials. Applied Physics Letters.

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Liane Makatura, Michael Foshey, Wang Bohan, Felix HahnLein, Pingchuan Ma, Bolei Deng, Megan Tjandrasuwita, Andrew Spielberg, Crystal E. Owens, Yichen P. Chen, Allan Zhao, Amy Zhu, Wil J Norton, Edward Gu, Joshua Jacob, Yifei Li, Adriana Schulz, Wojciech Matusik (2023). How Can Large Language Models Help Humans in Design and Manufacturing?. ArXiv.

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Pingchuan Ma, Peter Yichen Chen, Bolei Deng, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Tao Du, Chuang Gan, Wojciech Matusik (2023). Learning Neural Constitutive Laws from Motion Observations for Generalizable PDE Dynamics. ICML.

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Beichen Li, Bolei Deng, Wan Shou, Tae-Hyun Oh, Yuanming Hu, Yiyue Luo, Liang Shi, Wojciech Matusik (2023). Computational Discovery of Microstructured Composites with Optimal Strength-Toughness Trade-Offs. ArXiv.

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Faisal Jamil, Fei Chen, Bolei Deng, Robert G Parker, Pai Wang (2022). Inerter-based elastic metamaterials for band gap at extremely low frequency. Extreme Mechanics Letters.

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Bolei Deng, Ahmad Zareei, Xiaoxiao Ding, James C Weaver, Chris H Rycroft, Katia Bertoldi (2022). Inverse Design of Mechanical Metamaterials with Target Nonlinear Response via a Neural Accelerated Evolution Strategy. Advanced Materials.

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Bolei Deng#, Mohamed Zanaty#, Antonio E Forte, Katia Bertoldi (2022). Topological solitons make metamaterials crawl. Physical Review Applied.

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Shucong Li, Michael M Lerch, James T Waters, Bolei Deng, Reese S Martens, Yuxing Yao, Do Yoon Kim, Katia Bertoldi, Alison Grinthal, Anna C Balazs, Joanna Aizenberg (2022). Self-regulated non-reciprocal motions in single-material microstructures. Nature.

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Nikolaos Vasios, Bolei Deng, Benjamin Gorissen, Katia Bertoldi (2021). Universally bistable shells with nonzero Gaussian curvature for two-way transition waves. Nature Communications.

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Bolei Deng, JR Raney, K Bertoldi, Vincent Tournat (2021). Nonlinear waves in flexible mechanical metamaterials. Journal of Applied Physics.

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Shucong Li#, Bolei Deng#, Alison Grinthal, Alyssha Schneider-Yamamura, Jinliang Kang, Reese S Martens, Cathy T Zhang, Jian Li, Siqin Yu, Katia Bertoldi, Joanna Aizenberg (2021). Liquid-induced topological transformations of cellular microstructures. Nature.

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Bolei Deng, Liyuan Chen, Donglai Wei, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi (2020). Pulse-driven robot: Motion via solitary waves. Science Advances.

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Lishuai Jin, Antonio Elia Forte, Bolei Deng, Ahmad Rafsanjani, Katia Bertoldi (2020). Kirigami‐Inspired Inflatables with Programmable Shapes. Advanced Materials.

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Ahmad Zareei, Bolei Deng, Katia Bertoldi (2020). Harnessing transition waves to realize deployable structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Bolei Deng#, Jian Li#, Vincent Tournat, Prashant K. Purohit, Katia Bertoldi (2020). Dynamics of mechanical metamaterials: A framework to connect phonons, nonlinear periodic waves and solitons. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

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Bolei Deng#, Siqin Yu#, Antonio E. Forte, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi (2020). Characterization, stability, and application of domain walls in flexible mechanical metamaterials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Ahmad Rafsanjani, Lishuai Jin, Bolei Deng, Katia Bertoldi (2019). Propagation of pop ups in kirigami shells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Bolei Deng, Yuning Zhang, Qi He, Vincent Tournat, Pai Wang, Katia Bertoldi (2019). Propagation of elastic solitons in chains of pre-deformed beams. New Journal of Physics.

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Bolei Deng, Pai Wang, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi (2019). Nonlinear Transition Waves in Free-standing Bistable Chains. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

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Xinxin Guo, Vitalyi E Gusev, Vincent Tournat, Bolei Deng, Katia Bertoldi (2019). Frequency-doubling effect in acoustic reflection by a nonlinear, architected rotating-square metasurface. Physical Review E.

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Bolei Deng#, Chengyang Mo#, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi, Jordan R. Raney (2019). Focusing and Mode Separation of Elastic Vector Solitons in a 2D Soft Mechanical Metamaterial. Physical Review Letters.

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Bolei Deng, Vincent Tournat, Pai Wang, Katia Bertoldi (2019). Anomalous Collisions of Elastic Vector Solitons in Mechanical Metamaterials. Physical Review Letters.

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Bolei Deng, Pai Wang, Qi He, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi (2018). Metamaterials with amplitude gaps for elastic solitons. Nature Communications.

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Bolei Deng, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi (2018). Effect of predeformation on the propagation of vector solitons in flexible mechanical metamaterials. Physical Review E.

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Mu Fan, Bolei Deng, Hornsen Tzou (2018). DYNAMIC FLEXOELECTRIC ACTUATION AND CONTROL OF BEAMS. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.

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Hornsen Tzou, Bolei Deng, Huiyu Li (2017). Flexoelectric Actuation and Vibration Control of Ring Shells. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.

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Bolei Deng, Jordan R. Raney, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi (2017). Elastic Vector Solitons in Soft Architected Materials. Physical Review Letters.

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Bolei Deng, Hua Li, Hornsen Tzou (2015). Optimal Positions for Multiple Flexoelectric Actuations on Beams. ASME.

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