Research Interest: Surfaces and Thin Films

Mechanics of surfaces, interfaces and thin films.

Related Publications

Two-component macrophage model for active phagocytosis with pseudopod formation

S. Wang, S. Ma, H. Li, M. Dao, X. Li and G. E. Karniadakis, Biophysical Journal, 123 (2024) 1069-1084. (See BPS Blog)

Phonon stability boundary and deep elastic strain engineering of lattice thermal conductivity

Z. Shi¹, E. Tsymbalov¹, W. Shi, A. Barr, Q. Li, J. Li, X.-Q. Chen, M. Dao, S. Suresh, J. Li, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 121 (2024) e2313840121. (See MIT News Report, and TechXplore)

Modeling Fretting Wear Resistance and Shakedown of Metallic Materials with Graded Nanostructured Surfaces

T. Yang, T.A. Venkatesh and M. Dao*, Nanomaterials, 13(10):1584, 2023.

Analyses of internal structures and defects in materials using physics-informed neural networks

E. Zhang M. Dao*, G.E. Karniadakis*, S. Suresh*, Science Advances, 8 (2022) eabk0644.

Fish-inspired flexible protective material systems with anisotropic bending stiffness

K. Zolotovsky¹, S. Varshney¹, S. Reichert, E.M. Arndt, M. Dao, M.C. Boyce, C. Ortiz*, Communications Materials, 3 (2021) 25. [¹Contributed equally.]

Solid-state additive manufacturing of porous Ti-6Al-4V by supersonic impact

A. Moridi*, E.J. Stewart, A. Wakai, H. Assadi, F. Gartner, M. Guagliano, T. Klassen, M. Dao*, Applied Materials Today, 21 (2020) 100865. (See DigitalTrends and TechNews)

Metallization of Diamond

Z. Shi¹, M. Dao^1,*, E. Tsymbalov, A. Shapeev, J. Li*, S. Suresh*, “Metallization of Diamond,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117 (2020) 24634-24639. [¹Contributed equally.] (See MIT News Report, NTU News Report, Phys.Org, Science Daily, and Materials Today)

Extraction of mechanical properties of materials through deep learning from instrumented indentation

L. Lu¹, M. Dao^1,*, Punit Kumar, Upadrasta Ramamurty, G.E. Karniadakis*, S. Suresh*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117 (2020) 7052-7062. [¹Contributed equally.] (See MIT News Report, Futurity, and Eureka Alert)

Deep elastic strain engineering of bandgap through machine learning

Z. Shi, E. Tsymbalov, M. Dao, S. Suresh*, A. Shapeev*, J. Li*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116 (2019) 4117-4122. (See MIT News Report, NTU News Report, Science Daily, and Market Business News)

Improved fatigue resistance of gradient nanograined Cu

J. Long, Q. Pan, N. Tao, M. Dao, S. Suresh*, L. Lu*, Acta Materialia, 166 (2019) 56-66.

Ultralarge elastic deformation of nanoscale diamond

A. Banerjee, D. Bernoulli, H. Zhang, M.-F. Yuen, J. Liu, J. Dong, F. Ding, J. Lu, M. Dao*, W.J. Zhang*, Y. Lu*, S. Suresh*, Science, 360 (2018) 300-302. (See Supporting Information and Science Perspective) (See MIT News Report, NTU News, Phys.Org, Xinhua News, Gizmodo and New Scientist)

Effects of notches on the deformation behavior of submicron sized metallic glasses: Insights from in situ experiments

R.L. Narayan, L. Tian, D.L. Zhang, M. Dao*, Z.W. Shan*, K.J. Hsia*, Acta Materialia, 154 (2018) 172-181. (See Supporting Information and SI Videos)

Enhanced repeated frictional sliding properties in 304 stainless steel with a gradient nanostructured surface

D. Bernoulli, S.C. Cao, J. Lu* and M. Dao*, Surface & Coatings Technology, 339 (2018) 14-19.

Nature-Inspired Hierarchical Steels

S.C. Cao, J. Liu, L. Zhu, L. Li, M. Dao, J. Lu, R.O. Ritchie, Scientific Reports, 8 (2018) 5088. (See Supporting Information)

Sliding of coherent twin boundaries

Z.-J. Wang, Q.-J. Li, Y. Li, L.-C. Huang, L. Lu, M. Dao*, J. Li, E. Ma*, S. Suresh and Z.-W. Shan*, Nature Communications, 8 (2017) 1108. (See MIT News Report, NTU News, Phys.Org, SpinoNews and TechExplorist)

Soft tubular microfluidics for 2D and 3D applications

W. Xi, F. Kong, J.C. Yeo, L. Yu, S. Sonam, M. Dao, X. Gong and C.T. Lim, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 114 (2017) 10590–10595.

Formation and size distribution of self-assembled vesicles

C. Huang, D. Quinn, Y. Sadovsky, S. Suresh* and K.J. Hsia*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 114 (2017) 2910-2915. (See CMU News Report, and Phys.org)

Modeling of shrinkage during investment casting of thin-walled hollow turbine blades

Y.W. Dong, X.L. Lia, Q. Zhao, J. Yang and M. Dao, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 244 (2017) 190-203.

Rolling behavior of a micro-cylinder in adhesional contact

S. Saito*, T. Ochiai, F. Yoshizawa and M. Dao*, Scientific Reports, 6 (2016) 34063.

Cyclic deformation leads to defect healing and strengthening of small-volume metal single crystals

Z.J. Wang, Q.J. Li, Y.N. Cui, Z.L. Liu, E. Ma, J. Li, J. Sun, Z. Zhuang, M. Dao*, Zhi-Wei Shan* and S. Suresh*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 112 (2015) 13502-13507. (See MIT News Report, ScienceDaily Report, and Video)

Fracture mode control: a bio-inspired strategy to combat catastrophic damage

H. Yao*, Z. Xie, C. He and M. Dao, Scientific Reports, 5 (2015) 8011.

Cold spray coating: review of material systems and future perspectives

A. Moridi, S.M. Hassani-Gangaraj, M. Guagliano* and M. Dao, Surface Engineering, 36 (2014) 369-395.

Prediction of the Constitutive Equation for Uniaxial Creep of a Power-Law Material through Instrumented Microindentation Testing and Modeling

H. Takagi, M. Dao and M. Fujiwara*, Materials Transactions, JIM, 55 (2014) 275-284. (2013 Japan Institute of Metals and Materials Best Paper Award)

Real-time, high-resolution study of nanocrystallization and fatigue cracking in a cyclically strained metallic glass

C.-C. Wang, Y.-W. Mao, Z.-W. Shan*, M. Dao*, J. Li, J. Sun, E. Ma and S. Suresh*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110 (2013) 19725-19730.

Grain size gradient length scale in ballistic properties optimization of functionally graded nanocrystalline steel plates

A. Jerusalem*, W. Dickson, M.J. Perez-Martin, M. Dao, J. Lu and F. Galvez, Scripta Materialia, 69 (2013) 773-776.

Low Temperature Creep of SnPb and SnAgCu Solder Alloys and Reliability Prediction in Electronic Packaging Modules

Y. Zhang, H. Zhu, M. Fujiwara, J. Xu and M. Dao*, Scripta Materialia, 68 (2013) 607-610.

Repeated frictional sliding properties of copper containing nanoscale twins

A. Singh, N.R. Tao, M. Dao and S. Suresh, Scripta Materialia (Viewpoint Paper), 66 (2012) 849-853.

A new method for evaluating the plastic properties of materials through instrumented frictional sliding tests

S.C. Bellemare, M. Dao and S. Suresh, Acta Materialia, 58 (2010) 6385-6392.

Steady-state frictional sliding contact on surfaces of plastically graded materials

A. Prasad, M. Dao and S. Suresh, Acta Materialia, 57 (2009) 511-524.

Some Practical Issues of Curvature and Thermal Stress in Realistic Multilevel Metal Interconnect Structures

T.-S. Park, M. Dao, S. Suresh, A.J. Rosakis, D. Pantuso and S. Shankar, J. Elec. Mater., 37 (2008) 777-791.

Effects of Mechanical Properties and Surface Friction on Elasto-Plastic Sliding Contact

S. Bellemare, M. Dao and S. Suresh, Mech. Mater., 40 (2008) 206-219.

The frictional sliding response of elasto-plastic materials in contact with a conical indenter

S. Bellemare, M. Dao and S. Suresh, Int. J. Solids Struct., 44, 1970–1989, 2007.

Nanoindentation of patterned metal lines on a Si substrate

Y. Choi and S. Suresh, Scripta Materiala , 48 (3): 249-254, 2003

Size effects on the mechanical properties of thin polycrystalline metal films on substrates

Y. Choi and S. Suresh, Acta Materiallia , 50 (7): 1881, 2002.

Graded Materials for Resistance to Contact Deformation and Damage

S. Suresh, Science , Vol. 292, 2447-2451, 29 June 2001.

An Experimental Investigation of Fretting Fatigue in Ti-6Al-4V: the Role of Contact Conditions and Microstructure

T.A. Venkatesh, B.P.Conner, C.S. Lee, A.E. Giannakopoulos, T.C. Lindley and S. Suresh, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A , Vol. 32A, May 2001.

Instrumented spherical micro-indentation of plasma-sprayed coatings

J. Alcala, F. Gaudette, S. Suresh and S. Sampath, Mat. Sci Eng A - Struct. , 316 (1-2): 1-10, 2001.

Interface cracks in layers materials subjected to a uniform temperature change

F. Gaudette, A.E. Giannakopoulos, and S. Suresh, International Journal of Fracture , 110: 325 - 249, 2001.

Effects of line and passivation geometry on curvature evolution during processing and thermal cycling in copper interconnections

T. S. Park and S. Suresh, Acta Materialia , vol. 48, no.12, 17 July 2000, 3169-3175

Discrete and continuous deformation during nanoindentation of thin films

A. Gouldstone, H.-J. Koh, K.-Y. Zeng, A.E. Giannakopoulos, and S. Suresh, Acta Materialia , vol. 48, no.9, 29 May 2000.

The role of adhesion in contact fatigue

A.E. Giannakopoulos, T.A. Venkatesh, T.C. Lindley, and S. Suresh, Acta Materialia , vol. 47, no. 18, pp. 4653-4664, 1999.

Nano-indentation of copper thin films on silicon substrates

S. Suresh, T.-G. Nieh and B.W. Choi, Scripta Materialia, 41 (9) 951.

An experimental study of spherical indentation of piezoelectric materials

U. Ramamurty, A. E. Giannakopoulos and S. Suresh, Acta Materialia , Vol. 47, No. 8, pp.2417-2430, 1999.

Thermoelastic analysis of periodic thin lines deposited on a substrate

A. Wikstrom, P. Gudmundson and S. Suresh, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids , Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 1113-1130,1999

Electrical response during indentation of piezoelectric materials: a new method for materials characterization

S. Sridhar, A.E. Giannakopoulos, S. Suresh and U. Ramamurty, Journal of Applied Physics , 1999

Spherical indentation of composite laminates with controlled gradients in elastic anisotropy

O. Jorgensen, A.E. Giannakopoulos and S. Suresh, International Journal of Solids and Structures , Vol. 35, No. 36, pp. 5097-5113, 1998