🍂 New paper (JMPS, OA): Midveins control how drying leaves curl/fold.
Soft lamina shrinks; stiff vein resists → stress → 3D shapes.
Nonlinear, non-Euclidean mechanics—and bioinspiration for morphable materials.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
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#Leaf #Mechanics #Biomimetics

It was a great honour to receive the 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆-𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 at the
@unibirmingham.bsky.social 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: birmingham.ac.uk/events/found...
Grateful for all the support from everyone!

🚀 New in JMPS!
Real-time navigation control of magnetic soft continuum robots (MSCRs) in confined lumens! 🧲🩺
✅ Hard-magnetic elastic rod + DDG + contact
✅ Real-time inverse design of magnetic fields
A step closer to clinical translation!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...

Grateful to have wrapped up an amazing week in Changsha last week — reconnecting with old friends, mentors, and making new ones. Honored to receive the #ICCES_Outstanding_Young_Researcher_Award!
Thanks for all the memories and inspiring conversations — onward! 🚀
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Honoured to be Highly Commended for #Outstanding_Impact_by_an_Early_Career_Researcher at the
@unibirmingham.bsky.social Research Impact Awards 2025!
Grateful for the support of my collaborators and students.

Excited to keep pushing the boundaries of mechanics & robotic metamaterials.

Published this week in @pnas.org:
A thin sheet folds deeply from a small, localized pull.
No patterning, no compression — just geometry.
We call it #TUG_Folding — a new instability with α ∝ ε³⁄⁴.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2423439122
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