Daraio Research Group Caltech

Mechanics and materials by design

Mechanical Metamaterials

Biology and
Mechanics

Plant
Nanobionics

Recent
Publications
Serra-Garcia, M., Moleron, Daraio, C. "Tunable, synchronized frequency down-conversion in magnetic lattices with defects", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A  376, 20170137, 2018 (PDF)
Krushynska, A., Amendola, A., Bosia, F., Daraio, C., Pugno, N. M., Fraternali, F. "Accordion-like metamaterials with tunable ultra-wide low-frequency band gaps", New Journal of Physics,  Accepted, 2018 (PDF)
Lai, C.Q., Daraio, C. "Highly porous microlattices as ultrathin and efficient impact absorbers", International Journal of Impact Engineering,  120, 138-149, 2018 (PDF)
Cantarella, G., Costanza, V., Ferrero, A., Hopf, R., Vogt, C., Varga, M., Petti, L., Muezenrieder, N., Buethe, L., Salvatore, G., Claville, A., Bonanomi, L., Daus, A., Knobelspies, S., Daraio, C., Troester, G. "Design of engineered elastomeric substrate for stretchable active devices and sensors", Advanced Functional Materials, 1705132, 2018 (PDF)
Palermo, A., Kroedel, S., Matlack, K. H., Zaccherini, R., Dertimanis, V. K., Chatzi, E. N., Marzani, A., Daraio, C. "Hybridization of guided surface acoustic modes in unconsolidated granular media by a resonant metasurfaces", Physical Review Applied, 9, 054026, 2018 (PDF)
Chen, T., Bilal, O. R., Shea, K., Daraio, C. "Harnessing bistability for directional propulsion of soft, untethered robots", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Early edition, 2018 (PDF)

Latest
News
May 15
Welcome to Sharan Sai Injeti, a new PhD student in the group (co-advised with Prof. Bhattacharya)
May 4
Spring group party!
May 1
Welcome to Behrooz Yousefzadeh, new post doctoral scholar in the group
April 23
Check out this video on how we and others at Caltech support diversity
April 1
Welcome to Linghui Wang and Connor McMahan, two new graduate students in the group
Mar 29
Congratulations to Marc Serra Garcia for defending his PhD today!
Jan 30
Chiara Daraio, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics, and colleagues have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism similar to the one used by the organ that allows pit vipers to sense their prey. [Caltech story]