Publications

Publications and Patents 

[2024-04] Nonuniqueness in Defining the Polarization: Nonlocal Surface Charges and the Electrostatic, Energetic, and Transport Perspectives. Shoham Sen, Yang Wang, Timothy Breitzman, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 191:105743, 2024.

[2024-03] Statistical field theory of polarizable polymer chains with nonlocal dipolar interactions. Pratik Khandagale, Carlos Garcia-Cervera, Gal deBotton, Timothy Breitzman, Carmel Majidi, Kaushik Dayal. Physical Review E, 109:044501, 2024.

[2024-02] Grain boundary migration rates in polycrystalline α-Fe. Zipeng Xu, Yu-Feng Shen, S. Kiana Naghibzadeh, Xiaoyao Peng, Vivekanand Muralikrishnan, S. Maddali, D. Menasche, Amanda R. Krause, Kaushik Dayal, Robert M. Suter, Gregory S. Rohrer. Acta Materialia, 264:119541, 2024.

[2024-01] Deformation Decomposition versus Energy Decomposition for Chemo- and Poro- Mechanics. Janel Chua, Mina Karimi, Patrick Kozlowski, Mehrdad Massoudi, Santosh Narasimhachary, Kai Kadau, George Gazonas, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 91:014501, 2024.

[2023-10] Physics-informed machine learning for inverse design of optical metamaterials. Sulagna Sarkar, Anqi Ji, Zachary Jermain, Robert Lipton, Mark Brongersma, Kaushik Dayal, Hae Young Noh. Advanced Photonics Research, 4:2300158, 2023.

[2023-09] A Dimensionally-Reduced Nonlinear Elasticity Model for Liquid Crystal Elastomer Strips with Transverse Curvature. Kevin LoGrande, M. Ravi Shankar, Kaushik Dayal. Soft Matter, 19:8764-8778, 2023.

[2023-08] High-dimensional Nonlinear Bayesian Inference of Poroelastic Fields from Pressure Data. Mina Karimi, Mehrdad Massoudi, Kaushik Dayal, Matteo Pozzi. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 28(9):2108-2131, 2023.

[2023-07] Grain Boundary Migration in Polycrystals. Gregory S. Rohrer, Ian Chesser, Amanda R. Krause, S. Kiana Naghibzadeh, Zipeng Xu, Kaushik Dayal, Elizabeth A. Holm. Annual Review of Materials Research, 53:347–69, 2023.

[2023-06] Statistical field theory for nonlinear elasticity of polymer networks with excluded volume interactions. Pratik Khandagale, Timothy Breitzman, Carmel Majidi, Kaushik Dayal. Physical Review E 107:064501, 2023.

[2023-05] Discrete-to-Continuum Limits of Long-Range Electrical Interactions in Nanostructures. Prashant Jha, Timothy Breitzman, Kaushik Dayal. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 247:29, 2023.

[2023-04] Hierarchically Structured Bioinspired Nanocomposites. Dhriti Nepal, Saewon Kang, Katarina M. Adstedt, Krishan Kanhaiya, Michael Bockstaller, L. Catherine Brinson, Markus J. Buehler, Peter V. Coveney, Kaushik Dayal, Jaafar A. El-Awady, Luke Henderson, David L. Kaplan, Sinan Keten, Nicholas A. Kotov, George C. Schatz, Silvia Vignolini, Fritz Vollrath, Yusu Wang, Boris I. Yakobson, Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Hendrik Heinz. Nature Materials, 22:18-35, 2023.

[2023-03] Distal and non-symmetrical crack nucleation in delamination of plates via dimensionally-reduced peridynamics. Riccardo Cavuoto, Andrea Cutolo, Kaushik Dayal, Luca Deseri, Massimiliano Fraldi. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 172:105189, 2023.

[2023-02] Atomic-to-Continuum Multiscale Modeling of Defects in Crystals with Nonlocal Electrostatic Interactions. Prashant Jha, Jason Marshall,  Jaroslaw Knap, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 90(2):021003, 2023.

[2023-01] An Optimized Species-Conserving Monte Carlo Method with Potential Applicability to High Entropy Alloys. Aziz Fall, Matthew Grasinger, Kaushik Dayal. Computational Materials Science, 217:111866, 2023.

[2022-09] Phase-Field Finite Deformation Fracture with an Effective Energy for Regularized Crack Face Contact. Maryam Hakimzadeh, Vaibhav Agrawal, Kaushik Dayal, Carlos Mora-Corral. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 167:104994, 2022.

[2022-08] Multiband Homogenization of Metamaterials in Real-Space: Higher-Order Nonlocal Models and Scattering at External Surfaces. Kshiteej Deshmukh, Timothy Breitzman, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 167:104992, 2022.

[2022-07] Predicting Peak Stresses In Microstructured Materials Using Convolutional Encoder-Decoder Learning. Ankit Shrivastava, Jingxiao Liu,  Kaushik Dayal, Haeyoung Noh. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 27(7): 1336-1357, 2022.

[2022-06] Accretion and Ablation in Deformable Solids with an Eulerian Description: Examples using the Method of Characteristics. S. Kiana Naghibzadeh, Noel Walkington, Kaushik Dayal. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 27(6): 989-1010, 2022.

[2022-05] Crack Nucleation at Forging Flaws Studied by Non-Local Peridynamics Simulation. Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Kai Kadau, Santosh Narasimhachary, Francesco Radaelli, Christian Amann, Kaushik Dayal, Stewart Silling, Timothy C. Germann. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 27(6):1129-1149, 2022.

[2022-04] Comparison of simulated and measured grain volume changes during grain growth. Xiaoyao Peng, Aditi Bhattacharya, S. Kiana Naghibzadeh, David Kinderlehrer, Robert Suter, Kaushik Dayal, Gregory S. Rohrer. Physical Review Materials, 6:033402, 2022.

[2022-03] Energetic Formulation of Large-Deformation Poroelasticity. Mina Karimi, Mehrdad Massoudi, Noel Walkington, Matteo Pozzi, Kaushik Dayal. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 46:910-932, 2022.

[2022-02] Phase-Field Modeling and Peridynamics for Defect Dynamics, and an Augmented Phase-Field Model with Viscous Stresses. Janel Chua, Vaibhav Agrawal, Timothy Breitzman, George Gazonas, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 159:104716, 2022.

[2022-01] Statistical mechanics of a dielectric polymer chain in the force ensemble. Matthew Grasinger, Kaushik Dayal, Gal deBotton, Prashant Purohit. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 158:104658, 2022.

[2021-08] Non-orthogonal computational grids for studying dislocation motion in phase field approaches. Xiaoyao Peng, Abigail Hunter, Irene J. Beyerlein, Ricardo Lebensohn, Kaushik Dayal, Enrique Martinez. Computational Materials Science 200:110834, 2021.

[2021-07] Crack Nucleation from Non-metallic Inclusions in Aluminum Alloys Described by Peridynamics Simulations. Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Kai Kadau, Santosh Narasimhachary, Francesco Radaelli, Christian Amann, Kaushik Dayal, Stewart Silling, Timothy C. Germann. International Journal of Fatigue, 153:106475, 2021.

[2021-06] Surface Growth in Deformable Solids using an Eulerian Formulation. S. Kiana Naghibzadeh, Noel Walkington, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 154:104499, 2021.

[2021-05] Nonlinear statistical mechanics drives intrinsic electrostriction and volumetric torque in polymer networks.  Matthew Grasinger, Carmel Majidi, Kaushik Dayal. Physical Review E, 103:042504, 2021.

[2021-04] Symmetry-Adapted Tight-Binding Electronic Structure Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes with Defects, Kinks, Twist, and Stretch. Soumya Mukherjee, Hossein Pourmatin, Yang Wang, Timothy Breitzman, Kaushik Dayal. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 26(5):667, 2021.

[2021-03] Torque-Dense Photomechanical Actuation. (Supporting Information). Mahnoush Babaei, Junfeng Gao, Arul Clement, Kaushik Dayal, M. Ravi Shankar. Soft Matter, 17:1258, 2021.

[2021-02] The interplay between symmetry-breaking and symmetry-preserving bifurcations in soft dielectric films and the emergence of giant electro-actuation. Lingling Chen, Xu Yang, Binglei Wang, Shengyou Yang, Kaushik Dayal, Pradeep Sharma. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 43:101151, 2021.

[2021-01] Architected Elastomer Networks for Optimal Electromechanical Response. Matthew Grasinger, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 146:104171, 2021.

[2020-06] Network Topologies Dictate Electromechanical Coupling in Liquid Metal-Elastomer Composites. Navid Zolfaghari, Pratik Khandagale, Michael J. Ford, Kaushik Dayal, Carmel Majidi. Soft Matter, 16:8818-8825, 2020. Featured on the cover, and in the Soft Matter Most Popular 2020 collection.

[2020-05] Statistical Mechanical Analysis of the Electromechanical Coupling in an Electrically-Responsive Polymer Chain. Matthew Grasinger, Kaushik Dayal. Soft Matter, 16:6265-6284, 2020. Featured on the cover.

[2020-04] Mechanobiology predicts raft formations triggered by ligand-receptor activity across the cell membrane. Angelo R. Carotenuto, Laura Lunghi, Valentina Piccolo, Mahnoush Babaei, Kaushik Dayal, Nicola Pugno, Massimiliano Zingales, Luca Deseri, Massimiliano Fraldi. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 141:103974, 2020.

[2020-03] Fractional Order Non-Linear Hereditariness of Tendons and Ligaments of the Human Knee. Emanuela Bologna, Mario Di Paola, Kaushik Dayal, Luca Deseri, Massimiliano Zingales. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 378:20190294, 2020.

[2020-02] Effective Response of Heterogeneous Materials using the Recursive Projection Method. Xiaoyao Peng, Dhriti Nepal, Kaushik Dayal. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 364:112946, 2020.

[2020-01] A 3D Phase Field Dislocation Dynamics Model for Body-Centered Cubic Crystals. Xiaoyao Peng, Nithin Mathew, Irene J. Beyerlein, Kaushik Dayal, Abigail Hunter. Computational Materials Science, 171:109217, 2020.

[2019-04] Surfactant Stabilized Bubbles Flowing in a Newtonian Fluid. Eilis Rosenbaum, Mehrdad Massoudi, Kaushik Dayal. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 24:3823-3842, 2019.

[2019-03] The Influence of Bubbles on Foamed Cement Viscosity using an Extended Stokesian Dynamics Approach. Eilis Rosenbaum, Mehrdad Massoudi, Kaushik Dayal. Fluids, 4:166, 2019.

[2019-02] Effects of Polydispersity on Structuring and Rheology in Flowing Suspensions. Eilis Rosenbaum, Mehrdad Massoudi, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 86:081001, 2019.

[2019-01] Designing Soft Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Materials Using Electrets. Faezeh Darbaniyan, Kaushik Dayal, Liping Liu, Pradeep Sharma. Soft Matter, 15:262-277, 2019.

[2018-02] Disclinations without Gradients: A Nonlocal Model for Topological Defects in Liquid Crystals. (Supporting Information). Robert Macedo, Hossein Pourmatin, Timothy Breitzman, Kaushik Dayal. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 23:29–40, 2018.

[2018-01] Bond-level Deformation Gradients and Energy Averaging in Peridynamics. Timothy Breitzman, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 110:192-204, 2018.

[2017-04] Steering with Light: Indexable Photomotility in Liquid Crystalline Polymers. (Supporting Information). Mahnoush Babaei, J. Arul Clement, Kaushik Dayal, M. Ravi Shankar. RSC Advances, 7:52510-52516, 2017.

[2017-03] Dependence of Griffith Surface Energy on Crack Speed in Phase-Field Models for Fracture Coupled to Elastodynamics. Vaibhav Agrawal, Kaushik Dayal. International Journal of Fracture, 207:243-249, 2017.

[2017-02] Leading-Order Nonlocal Kinetic Energy in Peridynamics for Consistent Energetics and Wave Dispersion. Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 105:235-253, 2017.

[2017-01] Computing the Diamagnetic Susceptibility and Diamagnetic Anisotropy of Membrane Proteins from Structural Subunits. Mahnoush Babaei, Isaac C. Jones, Kaushik Dayal, Meagan S. Mauter. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 13(6), 2945-2953, 2017. Featured on the cover.

[2016-04] Multiscale Real-Space Quantum-Mechanical Tight-Binding Calculations of Electronic Structure in Crystals with Defects using Perfectly Matched Layers. Hossein Pourmatin, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of Computational Physics, 323:115-125, 2016.

[2016-03] Electroelasticity of polymer networks. Noy Cohen, Kaushik Dayal, Gal deBotton. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 92:105-126, 2016.

[2016-02] Fractional Hereditariness of Lipid Membranes: Instabilities and Linearized Evolution. Luca Deseri, Pietro Pollaci, Massimiliano Zingales, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 58:11-27, 2016.

[2016-01] Magnetically Directed Two-Dimensional Crystallization of OmpF Membrane Proteins in Block Copolymers. (Supporting Information). Steven S. Klara, Patrick O. Saboe, Ian T. Sines, Mahnoush Babaei, Po-Lin Chiu, Rita DeZorzi, Kaushik Dayal, Thomas Walz, Manish Kumar, Meagan S. Mauter. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138:28-31, 2016.

[2015-05] Coherent motion of monolayer sheets under confinement and its pathological implications. (Supporting Information). Soumya S S, Animesh Gupta, Andrea Cugno, Luca Deseri, Kaushik Dayal, Dibyendu Das, Shamik Sen, Mandar Inamdar. PLOS Computational Biology, 11(12):e1004670, 2015.

[2015-04] A frequency-based hypothesis for mechanically targeting and selectively attacking cancer cells. Massimiliano Fraldi, Andrea Cugno, Luca Deseri, Kaushik Dayal, Nicola Pugno. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 12:20150656, 2015.

[2015-03] A Dynamic Phase-field Model for Structural Transformations and Twinning: Regularized Interfaces with Transparent Prescription of Complex Kinetics and Nucleation. Part I: Formulation and One-Dimensional Characterization. Vaibhav Agrawal, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 85:270-290, 2015.

[2015-02] A Dynamic Phase-field Model for Structural Transformations and Twinning: Regularized Interfaces with Transparent Prescription of Complex Kinetics and Nucleation. Part II: Two-Dimensional Characterization and Boundary Kinetics. Vaibhav Agrawal, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 85:291-307, 2015.

[2015-01] A Fundamental Improvement to Ericksen-Leslie Kinematics. Hossein Pourmatin, Amit Acharya, Kaushik Dayal. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, 73(3):435-466, 2015.

[2014-04] Piezoelectricity above the Curie temperature? Combining flexoelectricity and functional grading to enable high-temperature electromechanical coupling. Raouf Mbarki, Nadia Baccam, Kaushik Dayal, Pradeep Sharma. Applied Physics Letters, 104:122904, 2014.

[2014-03] Modeling of slow time-scale behavior of fast molecular dynamic systems. Likun Tan, Amit Acharya, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 64:24-43, 2014.

[2014-02] Continuum Mechanics of Line Defects in Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystal Elastomers. Amit Acharya, Kaushik Dayal. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, 72(1):33-64, 2014.

[2014-01] Atomistic-to-Continuum Multiscale Modeling with Long-Range Electrostatic Interactions in Ionic Solids. Jason Marshall, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 62:137-162, 2014. Invited article for the Rodney Hill Anniversary Issue.

[2013-04] Challenges and Opportunities for Multi-functional Oxide Thin films for Voltage Tunable RF / Microwave Components. Guru Subramanyam, Melanie W. Cole, Nian X. Sun, Thottam S. Kalkur, Nick M. Sbrockey, Gary S. Tompa, Xiaomei Guo, Chonglin Chen, S. Pamir Alpay, George A. Rossetti Jr., Kaushik Dayal, Long-Qing Chen, Darrell Schlom. Journal of Applied Physics (Applied Physics Reviews), 114:191301, 2013.

[2013-03] Anomalous Phonon Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes: First-Order Influence of External Load. Amin Aghaei, Kaushik Dayal, Ryan Elliott. Journal of Applied Physics, 113:023503, 2013.

[2013-02] Symmetry-Adapted Phonon Analysis of Nanotubes. Amin Aghaei, Kaushik Dayal, Ryan Elliott. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 61:557-578, 2013.

[2013-01] Coarse Variables of Autonomous ODE Systems and Their Evolution. Likun Tan, Amit Acharya, Kaushik Dayal. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 253:199-218, 2013.

[2012-06] Tension-and-Twist of Chiral Nanotubes: Torsional Buckling, Mechanical Response, and Indicators of Failure. Amin Aghaei, Kaushik Dayal. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 20:085001, 2012.

[2012-05] Influence of Strain on Space Charge Distribution at Ferroelectric Thin-Film Free Surfaces. Lun Yang, Kaushik Dayal. Acta Materialia, 60:6457-6463, 2012.

[2012-04] Real-Space Phase-Field Simulation of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Accounting for Stray Electric Fields. Lun Yang, Kaushik Dayal. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 20:035021, 2012.

[2012-03] Free Surface Domain Nucleation in a Ferroelectric under an Electrically Charged Tip. Lun Yang, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of Applied Physics, 111:014106, 2012.

[2012-02] Microstructure and Stray Electric Fields at Surface Cracks in Ferroelectrics. Lun Yang, Kaushik Dayal. International Journal of Fracture, 174:17-27, 2012.

[2012-01] Design of viscometers corresponding to a universal molecular simulation method. Kaushik Dayal, Richard D. James. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 691:461-486, 2012.

[2011-04] Symmetry-Adapted Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics of Chiral Carbon Nanotubes under Tensile Loading. Amin Aghaei, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of Applied Physics, 109:123501, 2011.

[2011-03] A Completely Iterative Method for the Infinite Domain Electrostatic Problem with Nonlinear Dielectric Media. Lun Yang, Kaushik Dayal. Journal of Computational Physics, 230:7821-7829, 2011.

[2011-02] Effect of Lattice Orientation, Surface Modulation, and Applied Fields on Free-Surface Domain Microstructure in Ferroelectrics. Lun Yang, Kaushik Dayal. Acta Materialia, 59:6594-6603, 2011.

[2011-01] Linear Instability Signals the Initiation of Motion of a Twin Plane Under Load. Chang-Tsan Lu, Kaushik Dayal. Philosophical Magazine Letters, 91:264, 2011.

[2010-02] Formulation of phase-field energies for microstructure in complex crystal structures. Lun Yang, Kaushik Dayal. Applied Physics Letters, 96:081916, 2010.

[2010-01] Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics for bulk materials and nanostructures. Kaushik Dayal, Richard D. James. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 58:145-163, 2010.

[2009-01] A boundary element method coupled to phase field to compute ferroelectric domains in complex geometries. Kaushik Dayal, Kaushik Bhattacharya. Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modeling of Fatigue, Damage and Fracture in Smart Materials Systems, 2009.

[2008-01] Ferroelectric nanophotonic devices. Harry Atwater, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Kaushik Dayal, Matthew Dicken, Demetri Psaltis, Axel Scherer, Guruswami Ravichandran. US Patent 7,346,248 B2. Issued Mar 18, 2008.

[2007-02] Active tuning of photonic device characteristics during operation by ferroelectric domain switching. Kaushik Dayal, Kaushik Bhattacharya. Journal of Applied Physics, 102:064102, 2007.

[2007-01] A real-space non-local phase-field model of ferroelectric domain patterns in complex geometries. Kaushik Dayal, Kaushik Bhattacharya. Acta Materialia, 55:1907-1917, 2007. Recognized for the Acta Materialia Student Award 2008.

[2006-02] Graded ferroelectric capacitors with robust temperature characteristics. Mohamed El-Naggar, Kaushik Dayal, David Goodwin, Kaushik Bhattacharya. Journal of Applied Physics, 100:114115, 2006.

[2006-01] Kinetics of phase transformations in the peridynamic formulation of continuum mechanics. Kaushik Dayal, Kaushik Bhattacharya. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 54:1811-1842, 2006. Featured in ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles, July-September 2006.