Topological Solitons Make Metamaterials Crawl

Presented at Physical Review Journal Club
Aug 8, 2022

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

My PhD Defense

Presented at Harvard University
Aug 26, 2021

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

Shucong Li#, Bolei Deng#, et al (2021). Liquid-induced topological transformations of cellular microstructures. Nature.

Liquid-induced Topological Transformation of Micro-structures (long version)

Presented at EASF_Young Webinar
Nov 18, 2020

Shucong Li#, Bolei Deng#, et al (2021). Liquid-induced topological transformations of cellular microstructures. Nature.

Liquid-induced Topological Transformation of Micro-structures (short version)

Presented at MERSC Meeting
Sep 13, 2021

Shucong Li#, Bolei Deng#, et al (2021). Liquid-induced topological transformations of cellular microstructures. Nature.

Elastic Vector Solitons in a 2D Soft Mechanical Metamaterial

Presented at SES 2019
Oct 15, 2019

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.

Pulse Driven Robot: Motion via Nonlinear Waves

Presented at IMECE 2019
Nov 13, 2019

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

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

Anomalous Collision of Elastic Vector Soliton in Mechanical Metamaterials

Presented at APS March Meeting
Mar 8, 2019

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