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Dr. James C. Weaver
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Dr. James C. Weaver
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A new sponge from the Marjum Formation of Utah documents the Cambrian origin of the hexactinellid body plan
L Del Mouro, R Lerosey-Aubril, J Botting, R Coleman, RR Gaines, J Skabelund, JC Weaver, J Ortega-Hernández
Royal Society Open Science
11 (9), 231845 2024
Driving macro-scale transformations in three-dimensional-printed biopolymers through controlled induction of molecular anisotropy at the nanoscale
L Mogas-Soldevila, J Duro-Royo, D Lizardo, GG Hollyer, CM Settens, JM Cox, JTB Overvelde, E DiMasi, K Bertoldi, JC Weaver, N Oxman
Interface Focus
14 (3), 20230077 2024
Independent transitions to freshwater environments promote phenotypic divergence, not convergence, in stingrays
A Magnuson, MN Dean, JC Weaver, JP Fontenelle, NR Lovejoy, MA Kolmann
Integrative and Comparative Biology,
icae023 2024
Instant tough adhesion of polymer networks
BR Freedman, JA Cintron Cruz, P Kwon, M Lee, HM Jeffers, D Kent, KC Wu, JC Weaver, DJ Mooney
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
121 (9), e2304643121 2024
Structural design principles for diagonal bracings in truss and beam support systems
K Bertoldi, MC Fernandes, JC Weaver
US Patent 11,781,307
The Inner Complexities of Multimodal Medical Data: Bitmap-Based 3D Printing for Surgical Planning Using Dynamic Physiology
NM Jacobson, J Brusilovsky, R Ducey, NV Stence, AJ Barker, MB Mitchell, L Smith, R MacCurdy, JC Weaver
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
10 (5), 855-868 2023
Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 2: Additional evidence supporting the catastrophic destruction of this prehistoric village by a cosmic airburst~ 12,800 years ago
AMT Moore, JP Kennett, WM Napier, TE Bunch, JC Weaver, MA LeCompte, AV Adedeji, G Kletetschka, RE Hermes, JH Wittke, JJ Razink, KA Langworthy, MW Gaultois, CR Moore, S Mitra, A Maiorana-Boutilier, WS Wolbach, T Witwer, A West
Airbursts and Cratering Impacts
1 (1), 20230003
Carbon–cement supercapacitors as a scalable bulk energy storage solution
N Chanut, D Stefaniuk, JC Weaver, Y Zhu, Y Shao-Horn, A Masic, FJ Ulm
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
120 (32), e2304318120 2023
A mid-Cambrian tunicate and the deep origin of the ascidiacean body plan
K Nanglu, R Lerosey-Aubril, JC Weaver, J Ortega-Hernández
Nature Communications
14 (1), 3832 2023
High-throughput segmentation, data visualization, and analysis of sea star skeletal networks
L Tomholt, D Baum, RJ Wood, JC Weaver
Journal of Structural Biology
215 (2), 107955 2023
The Inner Complexities of Multimodal Medical Data: Bitmap-Based 3D Printing for Surgical Planning Using Dynamic Physiology
NM Jacobson, J Brusilovsky, R Ducey, NV Stence, AJ Barker, MB Mitchell, L Smith, R MacCurdy, JC Weaver
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
2023
3D knitting for pneumatic soft robotics
V Sanchez, K Mahadevan, G Ohlson, MA Graule, MC Yuen, CB Teeple, JC Weaver, J McCann, K Bertoldi, RJ Wood
Advanced Functional Materials
2212541 2023
Design of medical tympanostomy conduits with selective fluid transport properties
H Patel, I Pavlichenko, A Grinthal, CT Zhang, J Alvarenga, MJ Kreder, JC Weaver, Q Ji, CWF Ling, J Choy, Z Li, NL Black, PJM Bispo, JA Lewis, ED Kozin, J Aizenberg, AK Remenschneider
Science Translational Medicine
15 (690), eadd9779 2023
The Ultra fit community mask—Toward maximal respiratory protection via personalized face fit
C Hyun, MM Jensen, K Yang, JC Weaver, X Wang, Y Kudo, SJ Gordon, AE Samir, JM Karp
Plos One
18 (3), e0281050 2023
Cementing CO2 into C-S-H: A step toward concrete carbon neutrality
D Stefaniuk, M Hajduczek, JC Weaver, FJ Ulm, A Masic
PNAS Nexus
2 (3), pgad052 2023
Soft robotic patient-specific hydrodynamic model of aortic stenosis and ventricular remodeling
L Rosalia, C Ozturk, D Goswami, J Bonnemain, SX Wang, B Bonner, JC Weaver, R Puri, S Kapadia, CT Nguyen, ET Roche
Science Robotics
8 (75), eade2184 2023
Hot mixing: Mechanistic insights into the durability of ancient Roman concrete
LM Seymour, J Maragh, P Sabatini, M Di Tommaso, JC Weaver, A Masic
Science Advances
9 (1), eadd1602 2023
Active entanglement enables stochastic, topological grasping
K Becker, C Teeple, N Charles, Y Jung, D Baum, JC Weaver, L Mahadevan, RJ Wood
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
119 (42), e2209819119 2022
Inverse Design of Mechanical Metamaterials with Target Nonlinear Response via a Neural Accelerated Evolution Strategy
B Deng, A Zareei, X Ding, JC Weaver, CH Rycroft, K Bertoldi
Advanced Materials
34 (41), 2206238 2022
An ambidextrous starfish-inspired exploration and reconnaissance robot (the ASTER-bot)
MA Bell, JC Weaver, RJ Wood
Soft Robotics
9 (5), 991-1000 2022
Reactive ceramic aggregates in mortars from ancient water infrastructure serving Rome and Pompeii
LM Seymour, D Keenan-Jones, GL Zanzi, JC Weaver, A Masic
Cell Reports Physical Science
3 (9), 101024 2022
Computational methods for the characterization of Apis mellifera comb architecture
C Bader, J Costa, N Lee, R Smith, R Ri, JC Weaver, N Oxman
Communications Biology
5 (1), 1-13 2022
Ecological and phenotypic diversification after a continental invasion in neotropical freshwater stingrays
MA Kolmann, FPL Marques, JC Weaver, MN Dean, JP Fontenelle, NR Lovejoy
Integrative and Comparative Biology
2022
A damage-tolerant, dual-scale, single-crystalline microlattice in the knobby starfish, Protoreaster nodosus
H Chen, Z Jia, Z Deng, L Chen, EM Peterman, JC Weaver, L Li
Science
375 (658), 647-652 2022
Surface texture modulation via buckling in porous inclined mechanical metamaterials
MC Fernandes, S Mhatre, AE Forte, B Zhao, O Mesa, JC Weaver, M Bechthold, K Bertoldi
Extreme Mechanics Letters
51 (101549) 2022
Neuroanatomy in a middle Cambrian mollisoniid and the ancestral nervous system organization of chelicerates
J Ortega-Hernández, R Lerosey-Aubril, SR Losso, JC Weaver
Nature Communications
13 (1), 1-11 2022
Scaffold vaccines for generating robust and tunable antibody responses
AJ Najibi, MO Dellacherie, TY Shih, EJ Doherty, DA White, T Bauleth‐Ramos, AG Stafford, JC Weaver, CD Yeager, BT Seiler, M Pezone, AW Li, B Sarmento, HA Santos, DJ Mooney, L Gu
Advanced Functional Materials,
2110905, 2022
An Ambidextrous STarfish-Inspired Exploration and Reconnaissance Robot (The ASTER-bot)
MA Bell, JC Weaver, RJ Wood
Soft Robotics
2021
Frameless neuronavigation with computer vision and real-time tracking for bedside external ventricular drain placement: a cadaveric study
FC Robertson, MS Raahil, JM Amich, WI Essayed, A Lal, BH Lee, P Calvachi Prieto, J Tokuda, J C Weaver, R W Kirollos, MW Chen, WB Gormley
Journal of Neurosurgery
1, 1-10 2021
Mechanical and hydrodynamic analyses of helical strake-like ridges in a glass sponge
MC Fernandes, M Saadat, P Cauchy-Dubois, C Inamura, T Sirota, G Milliron, H Haj-Hariri, K Bertoldi, JC Weaver
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
18 (182), 20210559 2021
Touching the stars: Using high-resolution 3D printing to visualize stellar nurseries
N Imara, JC Forbes, JC Weaver
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
918 (1), L3 2021
A fabrication strategy for reconfigurable millimeter‐scale metamaterials
HD McClintock, N Doshi, A Iniguez‐Rabago, JC Weaver, NT Jafferis, K Jayaram, RJ Wood, JTB Overvelde
Advanced Functional Materials
2103428 2021
Microstructural design for mechanical–optical multifunctionality in the exoskeleton of the flower beetle Torynorrhina flammea
Z Jia, MC Fernandes, Z Deng, T Yang, Q Zhang, A Lethbridge, J Yin, Jae-Hwang Lee, Lin Han, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi, J Aizenberg, M Kolle, P Vukusic, L Li
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
118 (25) 2021
Mechanically robust lattices inspired by deep-sea glass sponges
MC Fernandes, J Aizenberg, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi
Nature Materials
20 (2): 237-241 2021
Shape-preserving erosion controlled by the graded microarchitecture of shark tooth enameloid
S Amini, H Razi, R Seidel, D Werner, WT White, JC Weaver, MN Dean, P Fratzl
Nature Communications
11 (1) 2020
Ultra-sensitive and resilient compliant strain gauges for soft machines
OA Araromi, MA Graule, KL Dorsey, S Castellanos, JR Foster, W-H Hsu, AE Passy, JJ Vlassak, JC Weaver, CJ Walsh, RJ Wood
Nature
587: 219–224 2020
Strategies for simultaneous strengthening and toughening via nanoscopic intracrystalline defects in a biogenic ceramic
Z Deng, H Chen, T Yang, Z Jia, JC Weaver, PD Shevchenko, F De Carlo, R Mirzaeifar, L Li
Nature Communications
11: 5678 2020
Tunable infrared transmission for energy-efficient pneumatic building façades
L Tomholt, O Geletina, J Alvarenga, AV Shneidman, JC Weaver, MC Fernandes, SA Mota, M Bechthold, J Aizenberg
Energy and Buildings
110377 2020
Smart thermally actuating textiles
V Sanchez, CJ Payne, DJ Preston, JT Alvarez, JC Weaver, AT Atalay, M Boyvat, DM Vogt, RJ Wood, GM Whitesides, CJ Walsh
Advanced Materials Technologies
5 (8), 2070050 2020
Crystal misorientation correlates with hardness in tooth enamels
CA Stifler, J Jakes, JD North, D Green, JC Weaver, PUPA Gilbert
Acta Biomaterialia
2020
Crystal nucleation and growth of spherulites demonstrated by coral skeletons and phase-field simulations
CY Sun, L Gránásy, CA Stifler, T Zaquin, RV Chopdekar, N Tamura, JC Weaver, JAY Zhang, S Goffredo, G Falini, MA Marcus, T Pusztai, VSchoeppler, T Mass, PUPA Gilbert
Acta Biomaterialia
2020
Dynamic self-repairing hybrid liquid-in-solid protective barrier for cementitious materials
GK Paink, S Kolle, D Le, JC Weaver, J Alvarenga, O Ahanotu, J Aizenberg, P Kim
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
12 (28), 31922-31932 2020
Multi-scale modeling and mechanical performance characterization of stingray skeleton-inspired tessellations
AK Jayasankar, R Seidel, A Hosny, JC Weaver, P Fratzl, J Chen, MN Dean
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
138, 103906 2020
Evidence of cosmic impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~ 12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at > 2200 C
AMT Moore, JP Kennett, WM Napier, TE Bunch, JC Weaver, M LeCompte, AV Adedeji, P Hackley, G Kletetschka, RE Hermes, JH Wittke, JJ Razink, MW Gaultois, A West
Scientific Reports
10 (1), 1-22 2020
Octopus arm-inspired tapered soft actuators with suckers for improved grasping
Z Xie, AG Domel, N An, C Green, Z Gong, T Wang, EM Knubben, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi, L Wen
Soft Robotics
1 2020
The structural origins of brittle star arm kinematics: An integrated tomographic, additive manufacturing, and parametric modeling-based approach
L Tomholt, LJ Friesen, D Berdichevsky, MC Fernandes, C Pierre, RJ Wood, JC Weaver
Journal of Structural Biology,
107481 2020
A geometrically adaptable heart valve replacement
SC Hofferberth, MY Saeed, L Tomholt, MC Fernandes, CJ Payne, K Price, GR Marx, JJ Esch, DW Brown, J Brown, PE Hammer, RW Bianco, JC Weaver, ER Edelman, JP del Nido
Science Translational Medicine
12 (531) 2020
Hybrid living materials: Digital design and fabrication of 3D multimaterial structures with programmable biohybrid surfaces
RSH Smith, C Bader, S Sharma, D Kolb, TC Tang, A Hosny, F Moser, JC Weaver, CA Voigt, N Oxman
Advanced Functional Materials
1907401 2019
Bioinspired design of flexible armor based on chiton scales
M Connors, T Yang, A Hosny, Z Deng, F Yazdandoost, H Massaadi, D Eernisse, R Mirzaeifar, MN Dean,
JC Weaver, C Ortiz, L Li
Nature Communications
10 (1), 1-13 2019
Human colon-on-a-chip enables continuous in vitro analysis of colon mucus layer accumulation and physiology
A Sontheimer-Phelps, DB Chou, A Tovaglieri, TC Ferrante, T Duckworth, C Fadel, V Frismantas, AD Sutherland, S Jalili-Firoozinezhad, M Kasendra, E Stas, JC Weaver, CA Richmond, O Levy, R Prantil-Baun, DT Breault, DE Ingber
Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
1 2019
Bright green biofluorescence in sharks derives from bromo-kynurenine metabolism
HB Park, YC Lam, JP Gaffney, JC Weaver, SR Krivoshik, R Hamchand, V Pieribone, DF Gruber, JM Crawford
iScience
19, 1291-1336 2019
The Temple Scroll: Reconstructing an ancient manufacturing practice
R Schuetz, JM Maragh, JC Weaver, I Rabin, A Masic
Science Advances
5 (9), eaaw7494 2019
High-throughput segmentation of tiled biological structures using random-walk distance transforms
D Baum, JC Weaver, I Zlotnikov, D Knötel, L Tomholt, MN Dean
Integrative and Comparative Biology
59 (6), 1700-1712 2019
Heads or tails? Cranio-caudal mass distribution for robust locomotion with biorobotic appendages composed of 3D-printed soft materials
JC Weaver, A Jusufi
Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems
240-253 2019
Design, fabrication, and characterization of an untethered amphibious sea urchin-inspired robot
T Paschal, MA Bell, J Sperry, S Sieniewicz, RJ Wood, JC Weaver
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
4 (4), 3348-3354 2019
Mechanical properties of stingray tesserae: High-resolution correlative analysis of mineral density and indentation moduli in tessellated cartilage
R Seidel, A Roschger, L Li, JJ Bizzarro, Q Zhang, J Yin, T Yang, JC Weaver, P Fratzl, P Roschger, MN Dean
Acta Biomaterialia
2019
Ontogenetic scaling patterns of lizard skin surface structure as revealed by gel‐based stereo‐profilometry
S Baeckens, DK Wainwright, JC Weaver, DJ Irschick, JB Losos
Journal of Anatomy
1 2019
An injectable bone marrow–like scaffold enhances T cell immunity after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
NJ Shah, AS Mao, TY Shih, MD Kerr, A Sharda, TM Raimondo, JC Weaver, VD Vrbanac, M Deruaz, AM Tager, DJ Mooney, DT Scadden
Nature Biotechnology
37 (3), 293 2019
Large-scale micron-order 3D surface correlative chemical imaging of ancient Roman concrete
JM Maragh, JC Weaver, A Masic
PloS One
14 (2), e0210710 2019
Pre-procedural fit-testing of TAVR valves using parametric modeling and 3D printing
A Hosny, JD Dilley, T Kelil, M Mathur, MN Dean, JC Weaver, B Ripley
Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
13 (1), 21-30 2019
Shark skin: three-dimensional structure and hydrodynamic function
G Lauder, D Wainwright, M Saadat, A Domel, JC Weaver, M Ankhelyi, M Popp, L Wen, K Bertoldi
Bulletin of the American Physical Society
63 2018
Morphogenesis of aligned collagen fibers in the annulus fibrosus: Mammals versus avians
S Ghazanfari, A Werner, S Ghazanfari, JC Weaver, TH Smit
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
503 (2), 1168-1173 2018
Hydrodynamic properties of biomimetic shark skin: effect of denticle size and swimming speed
AG Domel, G Domel, JC Weaver, M Saadat, K Bertoldi, GV Lauder
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
13 (5), 056014 2018
From improved diagnostics to presurgical planning: high-resolution functionally graded multimaterial 3D printing of biomedical tomographic data sets
A Hosny, SJ Keating, JD Dilley, B Ripley, T Kelil, S Pieper, D Kolb, C Bader, A-M Pobloth, M Griffin, R Nezafat, G Duda, EA Chiocca, JR Stone, JS Michaelson, MN Dean, N Oxman, JC Weaver
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
5 (2), 103-113 2018
Making data matter: Voxel printing for the digital fabrication of data across scales and domains
C Bader, D Kolb, JC Weaver, S Sharma, A Hosny, J Costa, N Oxman
Science Advances
4 (5), eaas8652 2018
Modeling radiation injury-induced cell death and countermeasure drug responses in a human Gut-on-a-Chip
S Jalili-Firoozinezhad, R Prantil-Baun, A Jiang, R Potla, T Mammoto, JC Weaver, TC Ferrante, HJ Kim, JMS Cabral, O Levy, DE Ingber
Cell Death & Disease
9 (2), 223 2018
3D printing and intraoperative neuronavigation tailoring for skull base reconstruction after extended endoscopic endonasal surgery: proof of concept
WI Essayed, P Unadkat, A Hosny, S Frisken, MS Rassi, S Mukundan Jr, JC Weaver, O Al-Mefty, AJ Golby, IF Dunn
Journal of Neurosurgery
1-8 2018
Structural origins of coloration in the spider Phoroncidia rubroargentea Berland, 1913 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Madagascar
S Kariko, JVI Timonen, JC Weaver, D Gur, C Marks, L Leiserowitz, M Kolle,L Li
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
15 (139), 20170930 2018
Shark skin-inspired designs that improve aerodynamic performance
AG Domel, M Saadat, JC Weaver, H Haj-Hariri, K Bertoldi, GV Lauder
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
15 (139), 20170828 2018
Mechanobiologically optimized 3D titanium-mesh scaffolds enhance bone regeneration in critical segmental defects in sheep
AM Pobloth, S Checa, H Razi, A Petersen, JC Weaver, K Schmidt-Bleek, M Windolf, AÁ Tatai, CP Roth, K-D Schaser, GN Duda, P Schwabe
Science translational medicine
10 (423) 2018
Determining the lipid specificity of insoluble protein transmembrane domains
R Ziblat, JC Weaver, LR Arriaga, S Chong, DA Weitz
Lab on a Chip
18 (23), 3561-3569 2018
A biologically inspired, functionally graded end effector for soft robotics applications
K Kumar, J Liu, C Christianson, M Ali, MT Tolley, J Aizenberg, DE Ingber, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi
Soft Robotics
4 (4), 317-323 2017
Materials science and architecture
M Bechthold, JC Weaver
Nature Reviews Materials
2 (12), 17082 2017
Impact-related microspherules in Late Pleistocene Alaskan and Yukon “muck” deposits signify recurrent episodes of catastrophic emplacement
JT Hagstrum, RB Firestone, A West, JC Weaver, TE Bunch
Scientific Reports
7 (1), 16620 2017
Imaging biological surface topography in situ and in vivo
DK Wainwright, GV Lauder, JC Weaver
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
8 (11), 1626-1638 2017
Mechanical induction of dentin-like differentiation by adult mouse bone marrow stromal cells using compressive scaffolds
B Hashmi, T Mammoto, JC Weaver, T Ferrante, A Jiang, E Jiang, J Feliz, DE Ingber
Stem Cell Research
24, 55-60 2017
A biorobotic adhesive disc for underwater hitchhiking inspired by the remora suckerfish
Y Wang, X Yang, Y Chen, DK Wainwright, CP Kenaley, Z Gong, Z Liu, H Liu, J Guan, T Wang, JC Weaver, RJ Wood, L Wen
Science Robotics
2 (10), eaan8072 2017
Mechanical behavior of idealized, stingray-skeleton-inspired tiled composites as a function of geometry and material properties
AK Jayasankar, R Seidel, J Naumann, L Guiducci, A Hosny, P Fratzl, JC Weaver, JWC Dunlop, MN Dean
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
73, 86-101 2017
Preventing mussel adhesion using lubricant-infused materials
S Amini, S Kolle, L Petrone, O Ahanotu, S Sunny, CN Sutanto, S Hoon, L Cohen, JC Weaver, J Aizenberg, N Vogel, A Miserez
Science
357 (6352), 668-673 2017
Mature induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived human podocytes reconstitute kidney glomerular-capillary-wall function on a chip
S Musah, A Mammoto, TC Ferrante, SSF Jeanty, M Hirano-Kobayashi, T Mammoto, K Roberts, S Chung, R Novak, M Ingram, T Fatanat-Didar, S Koshy, JC Weaver, GM Church, DE Ingber
Nature Biomedical Engineering
1 (5), 0069 2017
Ultrastructural, material and crystallographic description of endophytic masses–A possible damage response in shark and ray tessellated calcified cartilage
R Seidel, M Blumer, P Zaslansky, D Knötel, DR Huber, JC Weaver, P Fratzl, S Omelon, L Bertinetti, MN Dean
Journal of Structural Biology
198 (1), 5-1 2017
Uncovering nature's design strategies through parametric modeling, multi‐material 3D printing, and mechanical testing
S Frølich, JC Weaver, MN Dean, H Birkedal
Advanced Engineering Materials
19 (6), e201600848 2017
Rational design of reconfigurable prismatic architected materials
JTB Overvelde, JC Weaver, C Hoberman, K Bertoldi
Nature
541 (7637) 347-352 2017
Soft robotic sleeve supports heart function
ET Roche, MA Horvath, I Wamala, A Alazmani, SE Song, W Whyte, Z Machaidze, CJ Payne, JC Weaver, G Fishbein, J Kuebler, NV Vasilyev, DJ Mooney, FA Pigula, CJ Walsh
Science Translational Medicine
9 (373) 2017
Ultrastructural and developmental features of the tessellated endoskeleton of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays)
R Seidel, K Lyons, M Blumer, P Zaslansky, P Fratzl, JC Weaver, MN Dean
Journal of Anatomy
229 (5), 681-702 2016
Engineering the mechanics of heterogeneous soft crystals
H Cho, JC Weaver, E Pöselt, MC Boyce, GC Rutledge
Advanced Functional Materials
26 (38), 6938-6949 2016
Foraminiferal proxy response to ocean temperature variability and acidification over the last 150 years in the Santa Barbara Basin (California)
DK Pak, IL Hendy, JC Weaver, A Schimmelmann, L Clayman
Quaternary International
2016
Tensile instability in a thick elastic body
JTB Overvelde, DMJ Dykstra, R de Rooij, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi
Physical Review Letters
117 (9), 094301 2016
Harnessing buckling to design architected materials that exhibit effective negative swelling
J Liu, T Gu, S Shan, SH Kang, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi
Advanced Materials
28 (31), 6619-6624 2016
Grown, printed, and biologically augmented: An additively manufactured microfluidic wearable, functionally templated for synthetic microbes
C Bader, WG Patrick, D Kolb, SG Hays, S Keating, S Sharma, D Dikovsky, B Belocon, JC Weaver, PA Silver, N Oxman
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
3 (2), 79-89 2016
Data-driven material modeling with functional advection for 3D printing of materially heterogeneous objects
C Bader, D Kolb, JC Weaver, N Oxman
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
3 (2), 71-79 2016
A three-dimensional actuated origami-inspired transformable metamaterial with multiple degrees of freedom
JTB Overvelde, TA De Jong, Y Shevchenko, SA Becerra, GM Whitesides, JC Weaver, C Hoberman, K Bertoldi
Nature Communications
7 29 2016
Hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation regulate stem cell fate and activity
O Chaudhuri, L Gu, D Klumpers, M Darnell, SA Bencherif, JC Weaver, N Huebsch, H-PLee, E Lippens, GN Duda, DJ Mooney
Nature Materials
15 (3), 326-334 91 2016
Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps
KC Park, P Kim, A Grinthal, N He, D Fox, JC Weaver, J Aizenberg
Nature
35 2016
Small airway-on-a-chip enables analysis of human lung inflammation and drug responses in vitro
KH Benam, R Villenave, C Lucchesi, A Varone, C Hubeau, HH Lee, SE Alves, M Salmon, TC Ferrante, JC Weaver, A Bahinski, GA Hamilton, DE Ingber
Nature Methods
13 (2), 151-157 36 2016
Characterization of a mechanically tunable gyroid photonic crystal inspired by the butterfly Parides sesostris
C Pouya, JTB Overvelde, M Kolle, J Aizenberg, K Bertoldi, JC Weaver, P Vukusic
Advanced Optical Materials
4 (1), 99-105 2016
CD44 alternative splicing in gastric cancer cells is regulated by culture dimensionality and matrix stiffness
CB da Cunha, DD Klumpers, ST Koshy, JC Weaver, O Chaudhuri, R Seruca, F Carneiro, PL Granja, DJ Mooney
Biomaterials
2016
A three-dimensional actuated origami-inspired transformable metamaterial with multiple degrees of freedom
JTB Overvelde, TA de Jong, Y Shevchenko, SA Becerra, GM Whitesides, JC Weaver, C Hoberman, K Bertoldi
Nature Communications
7 2016
Hydrodynamic function of biomimetic shark skin: effect of denticle pattern and spacing
L Wen, JC Weaver, PJM Thornycroft, GV Lauder
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
10 (6), 2015
Multi-scale thermal stability of a hard thermoplastic protein-based material
V Latza, PA Guerette, D Ding, S Amini, A Kumar, I Schmidt, S Keating, N Oxman, JC Weaver, P Fratzl, A Miserez, A Masic
Nature Communications
6 2015
Glassin, a histidine-rich protein from the siliceous skeletal system of the marine sponge Euplectella, directs silica polycondensation
K Shimizu, T Amano, MR Bari, JC Weaver, J Arima, N Mori
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
112 (37), 11449-11454 2015
Additive manufacturing of optically transparent glass
J Klein, M Stern, G Franchin, M Kayser, C Inamura, S Dave, JC Weaver, P Houk, P Colombo, M Yang, N Oxman
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
2 (3), 92-105 2015
Osteocyte lacunar properties in rat cortical bone: Differences between lamellar and central bone
FL Bach-Gansmo, JC Weaver, MH Jensen, H Leemreize, KS Mader, M Stampanoni, A Brüel, JS Thomsen, H Birkedal
Journal of Structural Biology
191 (1), 59-67 2015
Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation
P Fantazzini, S Mengoli, L Pasquini, V Bortolotti, L Brizi, M Mariani, M Di Giosia, S Fermani, B Capaccioni, E Caroselli, F Prada, F Zaccanti, O Levy, Z Dubinsky, JA Kaandorp, P Konglerd, JU Hammel, Y Dauphin, J-P Cuif, JC Weaver, KE Fabricius, W Wagermaier, P Fratzl, G Falini, S Goffredo
Nature Communications
6 (2) 2015
A 3D-printed, functionally graded soft robot powered by combustion
NW Bartlett, MT Tolley, JTB Overvelde, JC Weaver, B Mosadegh, K Bertoldi, GM Whitesides, RJ Wood
Science
349 (6244), 161-165 2015
The geometric design and fabrication of actuating cellular structures
L Guiducci, JC Weaver, YJM Bréchet, P Fratzl, JWC Dunlop
Advanced Materials Interfaces
2 (11) 2015
Large area sub-micron chemical imaging of magnesium in sea urchin teeth
A Masic, JC Weaver
Journal of Structural Biology
189 (3), 269-275 2015
New functional insights into the internal architecture of the laminated anchor spicules of Euplectella aspergillum
MA Monn, JC Weaver, T Zhang, J Aizenberg, H Kesari
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
112 (16), 4976-4981 2015
Dimpled elastic sheets: a new class of non-porous negative Poisson’s ratio materials
F Javid, E Smith-Roberge, MC Innes, A Shanian, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi
Scientific Reports
5 2015
A highly conspicuous mineralized composite photonic architecture in the translucent shell of the blue-rayed limpet
L Li, S Kolle, JC Weaver, C Ortiz, J Aizenberg, M Kolle
Nature Communications
6 2015
Substrate stress relaxation regulates cell spreading
O Chaudhuri, L Gu, M Darnell, D Klumpers, SA Bencherif, JC Weaver, N Huebsch, DJ Mooney
Nature Communications
6 2015
Hierarchical structural design for fracture resistance in the shell of the pteropod Clio pyramidata
L Li, JC Weaver, C Ortiz
Nature Communications
6 2015
Built for tough conditions
Y Politi, JC Weaver
Science
347 (6223), 712-713 2015
Biological materials and molecular biomimetics–filling up the empty soft materials space for tissue engineering applications
A Miserez, JC Weaver, O Chaudhuri
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
3 (1), 13-24 2015
Large area sub-micron chemical imaging of magnesium in sea urchin teeth
A Masic, JC Weaver
Journal of Structural Biology
2014
Biphasic ferrogels for triggered drug and cell delivery
CA Cezar, SM Kennedy, M Mehta, JC Weaver, L Gu, H Vandenburgh, DJ Mooney
Advanced Healthcare Materials
3 (11), 1869-1876 2014
Influence of the stiffness of three-dimensional alginate/collagen-I interpenetrating networks on fibroblast biology
CB da Cunha, DD Klumpers, WA Li, ST Koshy, JC Weaver, O Chaudhuri, PL Granja, DJ Mooney
Biomaterials
35 (32), 8927-8936 2014
Tunability and enhancement of mechanical behavior with additively manufactured bio-inspired hierarchical suture interfaces
E Lin, Y Li, JC Weaver, C Ortiz, MC Boyce
Journal of Materials Research
29 (17), 1867-1875 2014
Multi-lineage MSC differentiation via engineered morphogen fields
PR Arany, GX Huang, O Gadish, J Feliz, JC Weaver, J Kim, WW Yuen, DJ Mooney
Journal of dental research
2014
Self-replenishing vascularized fouling-release surfaces
C Howell, TL Vu, JJ Lin, S Kolle, N Juthani, E Watson, JC Weaver, J Alvarenga, J Aizenberg
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
6 (15), 13299-13307 2014
Harnessing buckling to design tunable locally resonant acoustic metamaterials
P Wang, F Casadei, S Shan, JC Weaver, K Bertoldi
Physical Review Letters
113 (1), 014301 2014
Nanoconfined β-sheets mechanically reinforce the supra-biomolecular network of robust squid sucker ring teeth
PA Guerette, S Hoon, D Ding, S Amini, A Masic, V Ravi, B Venkatesh, JC Weaver, A Miserez
ACS Nano
8 (7), 7170-7179 2014
Bone marrow–on–a–chip replicates hematopoietic niche physiology in vitro
Y Torisawa, CS Spina, T Mammoto, A Mammoto, JC Weaver, T Tat, JJ Collins, DE Ingber
Nature Methods
11 (6), 663-669 2014
Photoactivation of endogenous latent transforming growth factor–β1 directs dental stem cell differentiation for regeneration
PR Arany, A Cho, TD Hunt, G Sidhu, K Shin, E Hahm, GX Huang, JC Weaver, ACH Chen, BL Padwa, MR Hamblin, MH Barcellos-Hoff, AB Kulkarni, DJ Mooney
Science Translational Medicine
6 (238) 2014
Biomimetic shark skin: design, fabrication and hydrodynamic function
L Wen, JC Weaver, GV Lauder
The Journal of Experimental Biology
217 (10), 1656-1666 2014
Complex ordered patterns in mechanical instability induced geometrically frustrated triangular cellular structures
SH Kang, S Shan, A Košmrlj, WL Noorduin, S Shian, JC Weaver, DR Clarke, K Bertoldi
Physical Review Letters
112 (9), 098701 2014
Illustrating biodiversity: The power of an image
JC Weaver, E DiMasi
Biomineralization Sourcebook: Characterization of Biominerals and Biomimetic Materials
2014
Responsive materials: A novel design for enhanced machine-augmented composites
E Bafekrpour, A Molotnikov, JC Weaver, Y Brechet, Y Estrin
Scientific Reports
4 2014
Effect of microtextured surface topography on the wetting behavior of eutectic gallium–indium alloys
RK Kramer, JW Boley, HA Stone, JC Weaver, RJ Wood
Langmuir
30 (2), 533-539 2014
Applications of a new handheld reference point indentation instrument measuring bone material strength
C Randall, D Bridges, R Guerri, X Nogues, L Puig, E Torres, L Mellibovsky, K Hoffseth, T Stalbaum, A Srikanth, JC Weaver, S Rosen, H Barnard, D Brimer, A Proctor, J Candy, C Saldana, S Chandrasekar, T Lescun, CM Nielson, E Orwoll, D Herthel, H Kopeikin, HTY Yang, JN Farr, L McCready, S Khosla, A Diez-Perez, PK Hansma
Journal of Medical Devices
7 (4): 041005 2013
3D soft metamaterials with negative Poisson's ratio
Babaee S, Shim J, Weaver JC, Chen ER, Patel N, Bertoldi K
Advanced Materials
25 (36): 5044-9 2013
Phase transformations and structural developments in the radular teeth of Cryptochiton stelleri
Wang QQ, Nemoto M, Li DS, Weaver JC, Weden B, Stegemeier J, Bozhilov, Wood LR, Milliron GW, Kim CS, DiMasi E, Kisailus D
Advanced Functional Materials
23 (23): 2908-2917 2013
Harnessing instabilities for design of soft reconfigurable auxetic/chiral materials
Shim J, Shan SC, Kosmrlj A, Kang SH, Chen ER, Weaver JC, Bertoldi K
Soft Matter
9 (34): 8198-8202 2013
The stomatopod dactyl club: A formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer
Weaver JC, Milliron GW, Miserez A, Evans-Lutterodt K, Herrera S, Gallana I, Mershon WJ, Swanson B, Zavattieri P, DiMasi E, Kisailus D
Science
336 (6086): 1275-1280 2012
Four-stranded coiled-coil elastic protein in the byssus of the giant clam, Tridacna maxima
Miserez A, Li Y, Cagnon J, Weaver JC, and J. Herbert Waite
Biomacromolecules
13 (2), 332–341 2012
Wide-field SEM of semiconducting minerals
Weaver JC, Mershon W, Zadrazil M, Kooser M, Kisailus D
Materials Today
13 (10) 46-53 2010
Microindentation for in vivo measurement of bone tissue mechanical properties in humans
Diez-Perez A, Güerri R, Nogues X, Cáceres E, Peña MJ, Mellibovsky L, Randall C, Bridges D, Weaver JC, Proctor A, Brimer D, Koester KJ, Ritchie RO, Hansma PK
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
25 (8): 1877-1885 2010
Analysis of an ultra-hard magnetic biomineral in chiton radular teeth
Weaver JC, Wang QQ, Miserez A, Tantuccio A, Stromberg R, Bozhilov KN, Maxwell P, Nay R, Heier ST, DiMasi E, Kisailus D
Materials Today
13 (1-2): 42-52 2010
Unifying design strategies in demosponge and hexactinellid skeletal systems
Weaver JC, Milliron GW, Allen P, Miserez A, Rawal A, Garay J, Thurner PJ, Seto J, Mayzel B, Friesen LJ, Chmelka BF, Fratzl P, Aizenberg J, Dauphin Y, Kisailus D, Morse DE
Journal of Adhesion
86 (1): Sp. Iss. SI: 72-95 2010
Changes in reflectin protein phosphorylation are associated with dynamic iridescence in squid
Izumi M, Sweeney AM, Demartini D, Weaver JC, Powers ML, Tao A, Silvas TV, Kramer RM, Crookes-Goodson WJ, Mäthger LM, Naik RR, Hanlon RT, Morse DE
Journal Royal Society Interface
7 (44): 549-560 2010
Role of Magnesium ion in the stabilization of biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate: A structure-function investigation
Politi Y, Batchelor DR, Zaslansky P, Chmelka BF, Weaver JC, Sagi I, Weiner S, Addadi L
Chemistry of Materials
22 (1): 161-166 2010
Localization of Phosphorylated Serine, Osteopontin, and Bone Sialoprotein on bone fracture surfaces
Thurner PJ, Lam S, Weaver JC, Morse DE, Hansma PK
Journal of Adhesion
85 (8): 526-545 2009
Microstructural and biochemical characterization of the nanoporous sucker rings from Dosidicus gigas
Miserez A, Weaver JC, Pedersen PB, Schneeberk T, Hanlon RT, Kisailus D, Birkedal H
Advanced Materials
21 (4) 401-406 2009
The effect of NaF in vitro on the mechanical and material properties of trabecular and cortical bone
Thurner PJ, Erickson B, Turner P, Jungmann R, Lelujian J, Proctor A, Weaver JC, Schitter G, Morse DE, Hansma PK
Advanced Materials
21 (4) 451-457 2009
Two new species of Camallanus (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from freshwater turtles in Queensland, Australia
Rigby MC, Sharma RSK, Hechinger RF, Platt TR, Weaver JC
Journal of Parasitology
94 (6): 1364-1370 2008
Effects of laminate architecture on fracture resistance of sponge biosilica: Lessons from Nature
Miserez A, Weaver JC, Thurner PJ, Aizenberg J, Dauphin D, Fratzl P, Morse DE, Zok FW
Advanced Functional Materials
18 (8):1241-1248 2008
Hierarchical assembly of the siliceous skeletal lattice of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella aspergillum
Weaver JC, Aizenberg J, Fantner GE, Kisailus D, Woesz A, Allen P, Fields K, Porter MJ, Zok FW, Hansma PK, Fratzl P, Morse DE
Journal of Structural Biology
188 (1): 93-106 2007
In situ observation of fluoride-ion-induced hydroxyapatite–collagen detachment on bone fracture surfaces by atomic force microscopy
Kindt JH, Thurner PJ, Lauer ME, Bosma BL, Schitter G, Fantner GE, Izumi M, Weaver JC, Morse DE, Hansma PK
Nanotechnology
18 (13): Art. No. 135102 2007
In vitro study of magnesium-calcite biomineralization in the skeletal materials of the seastar Pisaster giganteus.
Gayathri S, Lakshminarayanan R, Weaver JC, Morse DE, Kini RM, Valiyaveettil S
Chemistry: A European Journal
13 (11): 3262-3268 2007
High-speed photography of compressed human trabecular bone correlates whitening to microscopic damage
Thurner PJ, Erickson B, Jungmann R, Schriock Z, Weaver JC, Fantner GE, Schitter G, Morse DE, Hansma PK
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
74 (12): 1928-1941 2007
Kinetically controlled catalytic formation of zinc oxide thin films at low temperature
Kisailus D, Schwenzer B, Gomm J, Weaver JC, Morse DE
Journal of the American Chemical Society
128 (31): 10276-10280 2006
Mechanical consequences of biomolecular gradients in byssal threads
Waite JH, Weaver JC, Vaccaro E
Bionanotechnology: Proteins to Nanodevices
Springer Netherlands
2006
Micromechanical properties of biological silica in skeletons of deep-sea sponges
Woesz A, Weaver JC, Kazanci M, Dauphin Y, Aizenberg J, Morse DE, Fratzl P
Journal of Materials Research
21 (8): 2068-2078 2006
Self-assembled bifunctional surface mimics an enzymatic and templating protein for the synthesis of a metal oxide semiconductor
Kisailus D, Truong Q, Amemiya Y, Weaver JC, Morse DE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
103 (15): 5652-5657 2006
Hierarchical interconnections in the nano-composite material bone: fibrillar cross-links resist fracture on several length scales
Fantner GE, Rabinovych O, Schitter G, Thurner P, Kindt JH, Finch MM, Weaver JC, Golde LS, Morse DE, Lipman EA, Rangelow IW, Hansma PK
Composites Science and Technology
66: 1202-1208 2006
High-speed photography of the development of microdamage in trabecular bone during compression
Thurner PJ, Erickson B, Schriock Z, Langan J, Scott J, Zhao M, Weaver JC, Fantner GE, Turner P, Kindt JH, Schitter G, Morse DE, Hansma PK
Journal of Materials Research
21 (5): 1093-1100 2006
Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture
Fantner GE, Hassenkam T , Kindt JH, Weaver JC, Birkedal H, Pechenik L, Cutroni JA, Cidade GAG, Stucky GD, Morse DE, Hansma PK
Nature Materials
4 (8): 612-616 2005
Skeleton of Euplectella sp.: structural hierarchy from the nanoscale to the macroscale
Aizenberg J, Weaver JC, Thanawala MS, Sundar VC, Morse DE, Fratzl P
Science
309 (5732): 275-278 2005
Functionalized gold nanoparticles mimic catalytic activity of a polysiloxane-synthesizing enzyme
Kisailus D, Najarian M, Weaver JC, Morse DE
Advanced Materials
17 (10): 1234-1239 2005
Enzymatic synthesis and nanostructural control of gallium oxide at low temperature
Kisailus D, Choi JH, Weaver JC, Yang WJ, Morse DE
Advanced Materials
17 (3): 314-318 2005
The tube cement of Phragmatopoma californica: a solid foam
Stewart RJ, Weaver JC, Morse DE, Waite JH
Journal of Experimental Biology
207 (26): 4727-4734 2004
Influence of the degradation of the organic matrix on the microscopic fracture behavior of trabecular bone
Fantner GE, Birkedal H, Kindt JH, Hassenkam T, Weaver JC, Cutroni JA, Bosma BL, Bawazer L, Finch MM, Cidade GAG, Morse DE, Stucky GD, Hansma PK
BONE
35 (5): 1013-1022 2004
High-resolution AFM imaging of intact and fractured trabecular bone
Hassenkam T, Fantner GE, Cutroni JA, Weaver JC, Morse DE, Hansma PK
BONE
35 (1): 4-10 2004
Biological glass fibers: correlation between optical and structural properties
Aizenberg J, Sundar VC, Yablon AD, Weaver JC, Chen G
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
101 (10): 3358-3363 2004
Structure-function studies of the Lustrin A polyelectrolyte domains, RKSY and D4
Wustman BA, Weaver JC, Morse DE, Evans JS
Connective Tissue Research
44: 10-15 2003
Characterization of two molluscan crystal-modulating biomineralization proteins and identification of putative mineral binding domains
Michenfelder M, Fu G, Lawrence C, Weaver JC, Wustman BA, Taranto L, Evans JS, Morse DE
Biopolymers
70: 522-533 2003
Molecular biology of demosponge axial filaments and their roles in biosilicification
Weaver JC, Morse DE
Microscopy Research and Technique
62 (4): 356-367 2003
Biocatalytically templated synthesis of titanium dioxide
Sumerel JL, Yang WJ, Kisailus D, Weaver JC, Choi JH, Morse DE
Chemistry of Materials
15 (25): 4804-4809 2003
Nanostructural features of demosponge biosilica
Weaver JC, Pietrasanta LI, Hedin N, Chmelka BF, Hansma PK, Morse DE
Journal of Structural Biology
144 (3): 271-281 2003
Characterixation of a Ca (II)-, mineral-interactive polyelectrolye domain from the adhesive elastomeric biomineralization protein, Lustrin A
Wustman BA, Weaver JC, Morse DE, Evans JS
Langmuir
19: 9373-9381 2003
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