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White Z.T., Smith A.M. and Vernerey F.J. — Mechanical cooperation between time-dependent and covalent bonds in molecular damage of polymer networks — Communications Physics 8(1), 265, 2025
Karim M.R., Vernerey F.J. and Sain T. — Constitutive Modeling of Vitrimers and Their Nanocomposites Based on Transient Network Theory — Macromolecules 58(10), 4899–4912, 2025
Assadi S., Lamont S., Hansoge N., Liu Z., Crespo V., Salmon F. and Vernerey F.J. — Nonaffine Motion and Network Reorganization in Entangled Polymer Networks — Soft Matter, 2025
Lamont S., Bouklas N. and Vernerey F.J. — Cohesive instability in elastomers: Insights from a crosslinked Van der Waals fluid model — International Journal of Fracture, 2025
Vernerey F.J., Rezaei B. and Lamont S.C. — A kinetic theory for the mechanics and remodeling of transient anisotropic networks — Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 190, 105713, 2024
Song Z., Dong G., Vernerey F.J. and Cai S. — Temperature- and Rate-Dependent Fracture in Disulfide Vitrimers — ACS Macro Letters 13(8), 994–999, 2024
Wagner R.J. and Vernerey F.J. — Coupled bond dynamics alters relaxation in polymers with multiple intrinsic dissociation rates — Soft Matter 19(15), 2716–2725, 2023
Lamont S.C., Weishaar K., Bruns C.J. and Vernerey F.J. — Micromechanics and damage in slide-ring networks — Physical Review E 107(4), 044501, 2023
Xu L., Lamont S.C., Li T. et al. and Vernerey F.J. — Nonlinear Viscoelasticity and Toughening Mechanisms in Nanoclay-PNIPAAm Double Network Hydrogels — ACS Macro Letters 12(5), 549–554, 2023
Vernerey F.J. — Mechanics of transient semi-flexible networks: soft-elasticity, stress relaxation and remodeling — Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 160, 104776, 2022
Wagner R.J., Dai J., Su X. and Vernerey F.J. — A mesoscale model for the micromechanical study of gels — Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 167, 104982, 2022
Shen T., Song Z., Cai S. and Vernerey F.J. — Nonsteady fracture of transient networks: the case of vitrimer — PNAS 118(29), e2105974118, 2021
Song Z., Shen T., Vernerey F.J. and Cai S. — Force-dependent bond dissociation explains the rate-dependent fracture of vitrimers — Soft Matter, 2021
Wagner R.J., Hobbs E. and Vernerey F.J. — A network model of transient polymers: Exploring the micromechanics of nonlinear viscoelasticity — Soft Matter, 2021
Hui C.Y., Cui F., Zehnder A. and Vernerey F.J. — Physically-motivated models of polymer networks with dynamic cross-links: comparative study and future outlook — Proceedings of the Royal Society A 477(2255), 20210608, 2021
Lamont S. and Vernerey F.J. — A Transient Microsphere Model for nonlinear viscoelasticity in dynamic polymer networks — Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2021
Lamont S.C., Mulderrig J., Bouklas N. and Vernerey F.J. — Rate-Dependent Damage Mechanics of Polymer Networks with Reversible Bond — Macromolecules 54(23), 10801–10813, 2021
Vernerey F.J. and Lamont S. — Transient mechanics of slide-ring networks, a continuum model — Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 146, 104212, 2021
Shen T. and Vernerey F.J. — Rate-dependent Fracture of Transient Networks — Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 143, 104028, 2020
Vernerey F.J., Brighenti R., Long R. and Shen T. — Statistical Damage Mechanics of Polymer Networks — Macromolecules 51(17), 6609–6622, 2018
Vernerey F.J. — Transient Response of Nonlinear Polymer Networks: a Kinetic Theory — Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 115, 230–247, 2018
Vernerey F.J., Long R. and Brighenti R. — A Statistically-Based Continuum Theory for Polymers with Transient Networks — Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 107, 1–20, 2017
Brighenti R., Vernerey F.J. and Artoni F. — Rate-dependent failure mechanism of Elastomers — Journal of Mechanical Sciences 130, 448–457, 2017
Vernerey F.J. and Cox B. — Fire Ant Rafts Offer Principles and Rules for Synthetic Programmable Morphing Matter — Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2026
Bandil P., Geisler A., Leclech C., Barrasa-Ramos S., Barakat A.I. and Vernerey F.J. — A Morphodynamic Network Model to Describe Cell Organization and Nematic Ordering in Monolayers — Proceedings of the Royal Society A 482, 2330, 2026
Bandil P. and Vernerey F.J. — Feedback between proliferation, intercalation, and growth mechanics in multicellular aggregates — Mechanics of Soft Materials 8(1), 2, 2026
White Z.T. and Vernerey F.J. — Dynamic self-organization in fire ant rafts underpins collective longevity and threat responsiveness — Soft Matter, 2025
Wagner R., Lamont S.C., White Z. and Vernerey F.J. — Catch bond kinetics are instrumental to cohesion of fire ant rafts under load — PNAS 121(17), e2314772121, 2024
Abdelrahman M.K., Wagner R.J. et al. and Vernerey F.J. — Material assembly from collective action of shape-changing polymers — Nature Materials 1–9, 2024
Bandil P. and Vernerey F.J. — A morpho-viscoelasticity theory for growth in proliferating aggregates — Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 1–22, 2024
Bandil P. and Vernerey F.J. — Continuum theory for confluent cell monolayers: Interplay between cell growth, division, and intercalation — Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 181, 105443, 2023
Mwaffo V. and Vernerey F.J. — Analysis of Group of Fish Response to Startle Reaction — Journal of Nonlinear Science 32(6), 96, 2022
Wagner R.J. and Vernerey F.J. — Computational exploration of treadmilling and protrusion growth observed in fire ant rafts — PLoS Computational Biology 18(2), e1009869, 2022
Wagner R., Such K., Hobbs E. and Vernerey F.J. — Treadmilling and dynamic protrusions in fire ant rafts — Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18(179), 20210213, 2021
Vernerey F.J., Benet E., Blue L. et al. — Biological Active Matter Aggregates: Inspiration for Smart Colloidal materials — Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 263, 38–51, 2019
Vernerey F.J., Shen T., Sridhar S.L. and Wagner R. — How do fire ants control the rheology of their aggregations? — Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15, 20180642, 2018