Publications

2026

Prabhune, P., A. Chen, Y. Comlek, W. Chen, and L. C. Brinson. “Process–structure–property relation for elastoplastic behavior of polymer nanocomposites with agglomerates and interfacial gradients (Accepted).” Composites Science and Technology 274 (February 8, 2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2025.111435.

Karimi Mahabadi, R., D. Lee, A. C. Ogren, C. Daraio, W. Chen, C. Rudin, and L. C. Brinson. “A Computational Framework to design 3D stiffness gradient acoustic metamaterials for impedance matching (Accepted).” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 449 (February 1, 2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.118571.

2025

Roumeli, E., S. Azidhak, A. F. Costa, A. Chen, I. Saito, Y. Sun, L. Cate Brinson, C. Rudin, L. S. Schadler, and K. Sprenger. “From biomatter to bioplastics: A perspective on modeling, structure, and data-driven design.” MRS Bulletin 50, no. 11 (November 1, 2025): 1376–90. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-025-01001-x.

Zimmermann, Yoel, Adib Bazgir, Alexander Al-Feghali, Mehrad Ansari, Joshua Bocarsly, L Catherine Brinson, Yuan Chiang, et al. “32 examples of LLM applications in materials science and chemistry: towards automation, assistants, agents, and accelerated scientific discovery.” Machine Learning: Science and Technology 6, no. 3 (September 2025): 030701. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ae011a.

Taillon, J. A., E. S. Barnard, L. M. Bartolo, M. K. Y. Chan, E. A. Stach, M. L. Taheri, L. C. Brinson, and P. W. Voorhees. “MaRDA FAIR materials microscopy and LIMS data working groups’ community recommendations.” MRS Bulletin 50, no. 7 (July 1, 2025): 793–804. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-025-00882-2.

Karimi Mahabadi, R., Z. Chen, A. C. Ogren, H. Zhang, C. Daraio, C. Rudin, and L. C. Brinson. “Graph-based design of irregular metamaterials.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 295 (June 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2025.110203.

Bastawrous, M. V., Z. Chen, A. C. Ogren, C. Daraio, C. Rudin, and L. C. Brinson. “A multiscale design method using interpretable machine learning for phononic materials with closely interacting scales.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 440 (May 15, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.117833.

Comlek, Y., S. Mojumder, A. van Beek, P. Prabhune, A. Ciampaglia, D. W. Apley, L. C. Brinson, W. K. Liu, and W. Chen. “Uncertainty quantification and propagation for multiscale materials systems with agglomeration and structural anomalies.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 435 (February 15, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2024.117531.

Saito, I., R. J. Sheridan, S. Zauscher, and L. C. Brinson. “Pushing AFM to the Boundaries: Interphase Mechanical Property Measurements near a Rigid Body.” Macromolecules 58, no. 2 (January 28, 2025): 980–88. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01993.

Lin, A., R. J. Sheridan, B. Hu, and L. C. Brinson. “ViscoNet: A lightweight FEA surrogate model for polymer nanocomposites viscoelastic response prediction.” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 194 (January 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105915.

2024

Zhang, H., R. K. Mahabadi, C. Rudin, J. Guilleminot, and L. C. Brinson. “Uncertainty quantification of acoustic metamaterial bandgaps with stochastic material properties and geometric defects.” Computers and Structures 305 (December 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2024.107511.

Sheridan, Richard J., Stefan Zauscher, and L Catherine Brinson. “BOTTS: broadband optimized time-temperature superposition for vastly accelerated viscoelastic data acquisition.” Soft Matter 20, no. 39 (October 2024): 7811–20. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm00798k.

Hu, B., A. Lin, and L. C. Brinson. “Tackling Structured Knowledge Extraction from Polymer Nanocomposite Literature as an NER/RE Task with seq2seq.” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation 13, no. 3 (September 1, 2024): 656–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-024-00363-5.

Circi, D., G. Khalighinejad, A. Chen, B. Dhingra, and L. C. Brinson. “How Well Do Large Language Models Understand Tables in Materials Science?” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation 13, no. 3 (September 1, 2024): 669–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-024-00362-6.

Saito, Io, Richard J. Sheridan, Stefan Zauscher, and L Catherine Brinson. “Pushing AFM to the boundaries — interphase mechanical property measurements near a rigid body.” American Chemical Society (ACS), August 21, 2024. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-k21j4.

Slates, Angela M., Shana L McAlexander, Jennifer Nolan, Juan de Pablo, Junhong Chen, Harley T. Johnson, and L Catherine Brinson. “Partnerships and collaboration drive innovative graduate training in materials informatics.” Science Advances 10, no. 18 (May 2024): eadp7446. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp7446.

Sheridan, Richard, Stefan Zauscher, and Catherine Brinson. “BOTTS: Rapid viscoelastic master curves through broadband optimized time-temperature superposition of windowed chirps from widely available DMA equipment.” American Chemical Society (ACS), April 9, 2024. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-ws426.

Brinson, L Catherine, Laura M. Bartolo, Ben Blaiszik, David Elbert, Ian Foster, Alejandro Strachan, and Peter W. Voorhees. “Community action on FAIR data will fuel a revolution in materials research.” MRS Bulletin 49, no. 1 (January 2024): 12–16. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-023-00498-4.

Mahabadi, R. K., Z. Chen, C. Daraio, C. Rudin, and L. C. Brinson. “A robust framework for the generation of random metamaterials based on a graph algorithm.” In Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 13109, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3028931.

2023

Jablonka, Kevin Maik, Qianxiang Ai, Alexander Al-Feghali, Shruti Badhwar, Joshua D. Bocarsly, Andres M. Bran, Stefan Bringuier, et al. “14 examples of how LLMs can transform materials science and chemistry: a reflection on a large language model hackathon.” Digital Discovery 2, no. 5 (October 2023): 1233–50. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3dd00113j.

McDonald, Samantha M., Emily K. Augustine, Quinn Lanners, Cynthia Rudin, L. Catherine Brinson, and Matthew L. Becker. “Applied machine learning as a driver for polymeric biomaterials design.” Nature Communications 14, no. 1 (August 2023): 4838. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40459-8.

Prabhune, Prajakta, Yigitcan Comlek, Abhishek Shandilya, Ravishankar Sundararaman, Linda S. Schadler, Lynda Catherine Brinson, and Wei Chen. “Design of Polymer Nanodielectrics for Capacitive Energy Storage.” Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 13, no. 17 (August 2023): 2394. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13172394.

Peloquin, Jacob, Alina Kirillova, Elizabeth Mathey, Cynthia Rudin, L Catherine Brinson, and Ken Gall. “Tensile performance data of 3D printed photopolymer gyroid lattices.” Data in Brief 49 (August 2023): 109396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109396.

Peloquin, J., A. Kirillova, C. Rudin, L. C. Brinson, and K. Gall. “Prediction of tensile performance for 3D printed photopolymer gyroid lattices using structural porosity, base material properties, and machine learning.” Materials and Design 232 (August 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112126.

Huerta, E. A., Ben Blaiszik, L Catherine Brinson, Kristofer E. Bouchard, Daniel Diaz, Caterina Doglioni, Javier M. Duarte, et al. “FAIR for AI: An interdisciplinary and international community building perspective.” Scientific Data 10, no. 1 (July 2023): 487. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02298-6.