Publications

Selected Journal Articles

Invited review article: T. Mathur*, L. Viornery*, O. Bolmin*, S. Bergbreiter, A. Wissa, "Solution-driven bio-inspired design: Themes of latch-mediated spring-actuated systems", MRS Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-024-00664-2 

Invited perspective & 2023 Cahn prize runner-up: Bolmin, O., B. Young, N. Leathe, P. Noell, B.L. Boyce, “Interlocking metasurfaces”, Journal of Materials Science, doi:10.1007/s10853-022-08015-9. 

Young, B., O. Bolmin, B.L. Boyce, P. Noell, “Synergistic strengthening in interlocking metasurfaces”, Materials & Design, doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111798. 

Brown N., B. Young, B. Clark, O. Bolmin, B.L. Boyce, P.J. Noell, “Optimized design of interlocking metasurfaces”, Materials & Design, doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112272 

Wang, Y., Wang, Q., Liu, M., Qin, Y., Cheng, L., Bolmin, O., Alleyne, M., Wissa, A., Baughman, R.H., Vella, D. and Tawfick, S., "Insect-scale jumping robots enabled by a dynamic buckling cascade" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2210651120.

Bolmin, O., T. McElrath, A.A. Wissa, M. Alleyne, “Scaling of jumping performance in click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae)”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, doi:10.1093/icb/icac068 

Bolmin, O., J.J. Socha, M. Alleyne, A.C. Dunn, K. Fezzaa, A. Wissa, “Nonlinear elasticity and damping govern ultrafast dynamics in click beetles”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2014569118 

Bolmin, O., L. Wei, A. M. Hazel, A. C. Dunn, A. Wissa, M. Alleyne. “Latching of the click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) thoracic hinge enabled by the morphology and mechanics of conformal structures”, Journal of Experimental Biology, doi: 10.1242/jeb.196683