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• Integrated mechanical computing for autonomous soft machines. (2024).
  Junghwan Byun*, Aniket Pal*, Jongkuk Ko, and Metin Sitti.
  Nature Communications.

• Artificial-goosebump-driven microactuation. (2024).
  Mingchao Zhang, Aniket Pal, Xianglong Lyu, Yingdan Yu, and Metin Sitti.
  Nature Materials 23, 560–569.
  News & Views article in Nature Materials.

• Magnetic putty as a reconfigurable, recyclable, and accessible soft robotic material. (2023).
  Meng Li, Aniket Pal, Junghwan Byun, Gaurav Gardi, and Metin Sitti.
  Advanced Materials 35 (48), 2304825.

• Hydrogel muscles powering reconfigurable micro-metastructures with wide-spectrum programmability. (2023).
  Zhang, M., Pal, A., Zheng, Z., Gardi, G., Yindiz, E., and Sitti, M.
  Nature Materials 22, 1243-1252.
  Press release.
  News and Views article in Nature Materials.

• Programmable mechanical devices through magnetically tunable bistable elements. (2023).
  Pal, A. and Sitti, M.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(15), e2212489120
  Commentary article in PNAS.

• Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Polymeric Coatings for Colorful Artificial Muscles and Motile Humidity Sensor Skin Integrated with Magnetic Composites. (2023).
  Feng, W., Pal, A., Wang, T., Ren, Z., Yan, Y., Lu, Y., Yang, H., and Sitti, M.
  Advanced Functional Materials, 2300731.

• Soft Actuators for Real-World Applications. (2022).
  Li, M.*, Pal, A.*, Agakhani, A.*, Pena-Francesch, A.* and Sitti, M.
  Nature Reviews Materials, 7(3), 235-249.

• Exploiting mechanical instabilities in soft robotics: control, sensing, and actuation. (2021).
  Pal, A., Perez, V.R., Goswami, D., and Martinez, R.V.
  Advanced Materials, 33(19), 2006939.

• Optimal turbine blade design enabled by auxetic honeycomb. (2020).
  Pal, A., Bertoldi, K., Pham, M.Q., Schaenzer, M., and Gross, A.J.
  Smart Materials and Structures, 29(12), 125004.

• Conformal, waterproof electronic decals for wireless monitoring of sweat and vaginal pH at the point-of-care. (2020).
  Pal, A., Nadiger, V.G., Goswami, D., and Martinez, R.V.
  Biosensor & Bioelectronics, 160, 112206.

• Elastic energy storage enables rapid and programmable motion in soft machines. (2020).
  Pal, A., Goswami, D., and Martinez, R.V.
  Advanced Functional Materials, 30(1), 1906603.
  Featured on the Cover Featured in Media Research highlight in Nature Electronics

• 3D architected soft machines with topologically encoded motion. (2019).
  Goswami, D., Liu, S., Pal, A., Silva, S.G., and Martinez, R.V.
  Advanced Functional Materials, 29(24), 1808713.
  Featured on the Cover Featured in Media

• Early detection and monitoring of chronic wounds using low-cost, omniphobic paper-based smart bandages. (2018).
  Pal, A., Goswami, D., Cuellar, H.E., Castro, B., Kuang, S. and Martinez, R.V.
  Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 117, 696-705.
  Featured in Media

• Roll-to-roll nanoforming of metals using laser-induced superplasticity. (2018).
  Goswami, D., Múnera, J.C., Pal, A., Sadri, B., Scarpetti, C.L. and Martinez, R.V.
  Nano Letters, 18(6), 3616-3622.
  Featured in Media

• Wearable and implantable epidermal paper-based electronics. (2018).
  Sadri, B., Goswami, D., Medeiros, M., Pal, A., Castro, B., Kuang, S. and Martinez, R.V.
  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(37), 31061-31068.
  Featured in Media

• Self-powered, paper-based electrochemical devices for sensitive point-of-care testing. (2017).
  Pal, A., Cuellar, H.E., Kuang, R., Caurin, H.F., Goswami, D. and Martinez, R.V.
  Advanced Materials Technology, 2(10), 1700130.
  Featured in Media

Patents

• Omniphobic Paper-Based Smart Bandage Devices. (2020).
  Martinez, R.V. and Pal, A.
  U.S. Patent Application US16/812,438.

• Waterproof decals for sweat monitoring. (2020).
  Martinez, R.V. and Pal, A.
  U.S. Patent Application US17/228,615.