Megan T. Valentine

Megan T. Valentine

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 27

North America-United States

About Megan T. Valentine

Megan T. Valentine, With an exceptional h-index of 27 and a recent h-index of 21 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara, specializes in the field of Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Bioadhesion.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Evaluating Polymerization Kinetics Using Microrheology

A light- and heat-seeking vine-inspired robot with material-level responsiveness

Modular Synthesis and Patterning of High-Stiffness Networks by Postpolymerization Functionalization with Iron–Catechol Complexes

Analysis of the compressible, isotropic, neo-Hookean hyperelastic model

Design of Surface-Aligned Main-Chain Liquid-Crystal Networks Prepared under Ambient, Light-Free Conditions Using the Diels–Alder Cycloaddition

Mechanical resilience of the sessile tunicate Botryllus schlosseri

pH-Dependent Friction of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels

3D-printed polymer foams maintain stiffness and energy dissipation under repeated loading

Megan T. Valentine Information

University

Position

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Citations(all)

5379

Citations(since 2020)

2047

Cited By

4067

hIndex(all)

27

hIndex(since 2020)

21

i10Index(all)

51

i10Index(since 2020)

36

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University of California, Santa Barbara

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Megan T. Valentine Skills & Research Interests

Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

Biomaterials

Biophysics

Bioadhesion

Top articles of Megan T. Valentine

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Evaluating Polymerization Kinetics Using Microrheology

Polymer Chemistry

Pedro Salas-Ambrosio

Caidric I. Gupit

Juan Manuel Urueña

Yimin Luo

Jeanne M. Hankett

...

2024/3

A light- and heat-seeking vine-inspired robot with material-level responsiveness

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Shivani Deglurkar

Charles Xiao

Luke Gockowski

Megan T. Valentine

Elliot W. Hawkes

2024/1

Modular Synthesis and Patterning of High-Stiffness Networks by Postpolymerization Functionalization with Iron–Catechol Complexes

Macromolecules

Declan P Shannon

Joshua D Moon

Christopher W Barney

Nairiti J Sinha

Kai-Chieh Yang

...

2023/3/15

Analysis of the compressible, isotropic, neo-Hookean hyperelastic model

Meccanica

Attila Kossa

Megan T Valentine

Robert M McMeeking

2023/1

Design of Surface-Aligned Main-Chain Liquid-Crystal Networks Prepared under Ambient, Light-Free Conditions Using the Diels–Alder Cycloaddition

ACS Macro Letters

Minwook Park

Friedrich Stricker

Jesus Guillen Campos

Kyle D Clark

Jaejun Lee

...

2022/12/21

Mechanical resilience of the sessile tunicate Botryllus schlosseri

Journal of Experimental Biology

Younghoon Kwon

Shambhavi Singh

Delany Rodriguez

Allison L Chau

Angela A Pitenis

...

2023/12/15

pH-Dependent Friction of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels

Tribology Letters

Allison L Chau

Conor D Pugsley

Madeleine E Miyamoto

Yongkui Tang

Claus D Eisenbach

...

2023/12

3D-printed polymer foams maintain stiffness and energy dissipation under repeated loading

Composites Communications

Younghoon Kwon

Soyoung E Seo

Jaejun Lee

Szabolcs Berezvai

Javier Read de Alaniz

...

2023/1/1

Molecular-scale substrate anisotropy, crowding, and division drive collective behaviors in cell monolayers

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Yimin Luo

Mengyang Gu

Minwook Park

Xinyi Fang

Younghoon Kwon

...

2023/7/5

High-throughput microscopy to determine morphology, microrheology, and phase boundaries applied to phase separating polyelectrolyte complex coacervates

Soft Matter

Yimin Luo

Mengyang Gu

Chelsea ER Edwards

Megan T Valentine

Matthew E Helgeson

2022

Biofilm disruption enhances growth rate and carbohydrate-active enzyme production in anaerobic fungi

Bioresource Technology

Patrick A Leggieri

Megan T Valentine

Michelle A O'Malley

2022/8/1

Role of Material Composition in Photothermal Actuation of DASA-Based Polymers

ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Miranda M Sroda

Jaejun Lee

Younghoon Kwon

Friedrich Stricker

Minwook Park

...

2022/1/5

Strength of Fluid-filled Soft Composites Across the Elastofracture Length

Soft Matter

Christopher W Barney

Megan T Valentine

Matthew E Helgeson

2022

Rational Mechanochemical Design of Diels–Alder Crosslinked Biocompatible Hydrogels with Enhanced Properties

Materials Horizons

Sophia J Bailey

Christopher Wade Barney

Nairiti J Sinha

Sai Venkatesh Pingali

Craig J Hawker

...

2022/5/3

The living interface between synthetic biology and biomaterial design

Allen P Liu

Eric A Appel

Paul D Ashby

Brendon M Baker

Elisa Franco

...

2022/4

Network structure influences bulk modulus of nearly incompressible filled silicone elastomers

Extreme Mechanics Letters

Christopher W Barney

Matthew E Helgeson

Megan T Valentine

2022/4/1

A compact rotary magnetic tweezers device for dynamic material analysis

Review of Scientific Instruments

John P. Berezney

Megan T. Valentine

2022/9/12

Vascular Aging in the Invertebrate Chordate, Botryllus schlosseri

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Delany Rodriguez

Daryl A Taketa

Roopa Madhu

Susannah Kassmer

Dinah Loerke

...

2021/4/8

Three-Dimensional Photochemical Printing of Thermally Activated Polymer Foams

ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Soyoung E Seo

Younghoon Kwon

Neil D Dolinski

Caitlin S Sample

Jeffrey L Self

...

2021/9/10

Suction-controlled detachment of mushroom-shaped adhesive structures

Journal of Applied Mechanics

Marcela Areyano

Jamie A Booth

Dane Brouwer

Luke F Gockowski

Megan T Valentine

...

2021/3/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 210
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David A. Weitz

Harvard University

H-index: 147
Jacob Israelachvili

Jacob Israelachvili

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 98
Herbert Waite

Herbert Waite

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 86
Steven M. Block

Steven M. Block

Stanford University

H-index: 66
Margaret Gardel

Margaret Gardel

University of Chicago

H-index: 57
Eric R. Weeks

Eric R. Weeks

Emory University

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