2012

S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Variation of weak polyelectrolyte
persistence length through an electrostatic contour length,"
Macromolecules, 45 (19), pp 8067–8082, 2012. (link)
 
S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Selective hydrogen purification
through graphdiyne under ambient temperature and pressure,"
Nanoscale, Vol. 4, pp. 4587-4593, 2012. (link)
 
S. Cranford, A. Tarakanova, N. Pugno, M.J. Buehler,
“Nonlinear material behavior of spider silk yields robust webs”,
Nature, Vol. 482, pp. 72-76, 2012. (link)
 
O.Compton, S.Cranford, K.Putz, C. Brinson, S.T. Nguyen,
M.J.Buehler, “Tuning the Mechanical Properties of Graphene
Oxide Paper and Its Associated Polymer Nanocomposites by
Controlling Cooperative Intersheet Hydrogen Bonding",
ACS Nano, Vol 6(3), pp 2008-2019, 2012. (link)
 

2011

S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Packing Efficiency and Accessible Surface Area of Crumpled Graphene”, Physical Review B, 84, 205451, 2011. (link)

S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Shaky Foundations of Hierarchical Biological Materials”, Nano Today, 6 (4), pp. 332-338, 2011. (link

S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Twisted and Coiled Ultralong Multilayer Graphene Ribbons”, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 19, 054003 (20 pp), 2011. (link, YouTube video)

S.Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Mechanical Properties of Graphyne”,Carbon, 49 (13), pp. 4111-4121, 2011. (link, YouTube video)

A. Nair, S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “The minimal nanowire: Mechanical properties of carbyne”, European Physics Letters, Vol. 95, 16002, 2011. (link)

R. Paparcone, S. Cranford, and M.J. Buehler “Self-folding and aggregation of amyloid nanofibrils”, Nanoscale, 2011. (link)

S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Coarse-Graining Parameterization and Multi-scale Simulation of Hierarchical Systems Part I: Theory and Model Formulation”, Multiscale Modeling: From Atoms to Devices, editors: Pedro Derosa and Tahir Cagin, Taylor and Francis, 2011. (link)

S. Cranford and M.J. Buehler, “Coarse-Graining Parameterization and Multi-scale Simulation of Hierarchical Systems Part II: Case Studies”, Multiscale Modeling: From Atoms to Devices, editors: Pedro Derosa and Tahir Cagin, Taylor and Francis, 2011. (link)

2010

R. Paparcone, S. Cranford, and M.J. Buehler “Compressive Deformation of Ultralong Amyloid Fibrils”, Acta Mechanica Sinica, Vol. 26 (6), pp.977-986, 2010. (link)

S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Materiomics: Biological Protein Materials, from Nano to Macro”, invited review, Nanotechnology, Science and Applications, Vol. 3, pp. 127–148, 2010. (link)

G.H. Bratzel, S. Cranford, H. Espinosa, M.J. Buehler, “Bioinspired noncovalently crosslinked “fuzzy” carbon nanotube bundles with superior toughness and strength”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 20, pp. 10465-10474, 2010. (link)

S. Cranford, C. Ortiz, M.J. Buehler, “Nanomechanics of PAA/PAH Polyelectrolyte Complex: Rate Dependence and Ionization Effects on Adhesion Strength”,Soft Matter, 6, pp. 4175-4188, 2010. (link)

S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “In Silico Assembly and Nanomechanical Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper”, Nanotechnology, 21, 265706, 2010. (link)

S. Cranford, H. Yao, C. Ortiz, M.J. Buehler, “A Single Degree of Freedom 'Lollipop' Model for Carbon Nanotube Bundle Formation”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 58(3), pp. 409-427, 2010. (link)

2009

S. Cranford, D. Sen, M.J. Buehler, “Meso-Origami: Folding Multilayer Graphene Sheets”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 95, 123121, 2009. (link)

Q. Zhao, S. Cranford, T. Ackbarow, M.J. Buehler, “Robustness-strength performance of hierarchical alphahelical protein filaments”, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 1(1), 2009. *selected best paper IJAM 2009-2010* (link)

S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Mechanomutable Carbon Nanotube Arrays”, International Journal of Material and Structural Integrity, Vol. 3(2-3), pp. 161-178, 2009. (link)

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• R. Roman, S. Cranford, "Mechanical properties of silicene", Nanotechnology, in submission
 
• S. Cranford, "Pop-Up Nanorings and the Stability of Folded Carbyne Loops", Physical Review Letters, under review
 
• S. Cranford, N. Pugno, M.J. Buehler, "Silk and Web Synergy: The Merging of Material and Structural Performance," in: Biology and Biotechnology of Silk (editor: Thomas A. Miller), Springer.
 

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Publications

2013

• N. Pugno, S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Simultaneous material and structural optimization in the spider web attachment disk,"Small, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201201343. (link)
 
S. Cranford, “Increasing Silk Fibre Strength Through Heterogeneity of Bundled Fibrils", Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 10, Issue 82, Article 20130148, 2013. (link)
 
S. Cranford, “Buckling induced delamination of graphene composites”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol.102, 031902, 2013. (link)
 
S. Cranford, J. de Boer, C.A. van Blitterswijk, M.J. Buehler, “Materiomics: an -omics approach to biomaterials research," Advanced Materials, Vol. 25(6), pp. 802-824, 2013. (link)
 
N. Groen, S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, C.A. van Blitterswijk, “Introduction to Materiomics,"
Materiomics: High Throughput Screening of Biomaterial Properties,
editors: J. de Boer and C.A. van Blitterswijk, Cambridge University Press, 2013. (link)
 
• S. Cranford, M.J. Buehler, “Critical Cross-Linking to Mechanically Couple
Polyelectrolytes and Flexible Molecules," Soft Matter, 9, pp. 1076-1090, 2013. (link)
 

2012

• S. Cranford, D. Brommer, M.J. Buehler, “Extended graphynes: simple scaling laws
for stiffness, strength and fracture," Nanoscale, 4, pp. 7797-7809, 2012. (link)
 
S.Cranford, M.J. Buehler, "Biomateriomics," Springer, 2012. (link)
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