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Meng, Z., Liu, M., Yan, H., Genin, G. M., & Chen, C. Q.* (2022). Deployable mechanical metamaterials with multistep programmable transformation. Science Advances, 8(23), eabn5460.

Mao, J. J.*, Wang, S., Tan, W.*, & Liu, M.* (2022). Modular multistable metamaterials with reprogrammable mechanical properties. Engineering Structures, 272, 114976.

Zhang, Y., Yang, J., Liu, M.*, & Vella, D. (2022). Shape-morphing structures based on perforated kirigami. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 56, 101857.

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Lithium ion batteries with solid state electrolytes are prone to degradation by a range of mechanisms including dendrite formation, void formation and swell-induced fatigue and micro-cracking. The topology of the battery plays a role over a number of length scales, from macro scale geometry of battery to the microstructural scale of the cathode. The kinetics of plating and stripping of lithium at free surfaces play a major role, along with the role of topology in terms of both performance and failure mechanisms.

In this paper we discuss nonlinear anisotropic anelasticity formulated based on the two multiplicative decompositions F=F^eF^a and F=F^aF^e.