Highlights
About the Portela Group
Our group is interested in designing, fabricating, and testing novel types of materials from the nanoscale to the macro-scale. We strive to produce our own materials via advanced nano-to-macro fabrication processes, predict their response using numerical models, and test them using pioneering techniques.
Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Shared values are at the core of our group. Each of us comes from a unique background and we enjoy sharing, understanding, and appreciating different perspectives. Diversity is extremely valued, and we work as a team towards common objectives. Everyone is welcome and valued in our group (regardless of race, ethnicity, ability, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, or skin color), and everyone can contribute to our enjoyable & respectful work and social atmosphere. Contact us and see for yourself!
Meet the Team!
We are a diverse team of scientists, researchers, and students interested in topics ranging from theory, to computation, to experiments of materials and structures.
Updates and Announcements
Research Highlights
Tunable Mechanical Response of Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Superlattices
S. Dhulipala, D.W. Yee, Z. Zhou, R. Sun, J.E. Andrade, R.J. Macfarlane, C.M. Portela
Nano Letters (2023)
link – https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01058
Predicting the influence of geometric imperfections on the mechanical response of 2D and 3D periodic trusses
R.N. Glaesener, S. Kumar, C. Lestringant, T. Butruille, C.M. Portela, D.M. Kochmann
Acta Materialia (2023)
link – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645423002495
Sequential metamaterials with alternating Poisson’s ratios
A. Farzaneh, N. Pawar, C.M. Portela, J.B. Hopkins
Nature Communications (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28696-9