{"id":38,"date":"2014-06-04T00:03:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T00:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-03-26T23:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:49:28","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/?page_id=38","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>S. Ramesh, Prashant K. Purohit, and Y. Kulkarni, On the statistical mechanics of active membranes: some selected results, <em>Journal of Applied Mechanics, Accepted (2026).\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>S. Ramesh, Prashant K. Purohit, and Y. Kulkarni, A tutorial on the statistical mechanics of soft active matter, <em>Applied Mechanics Reviews, Accepted (2026).\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>K. Xu, A. Mathew, C. Shen, Y. Zhang, X. Sheng, Z. Shang, U. Bhatia, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, X. Zhang, Work hardenable intermetallics at room temperature enabled by pre-existing dislocations and interfaces,\u00a0<em>Acta Materialia<\/em>, 299, 121447 (2025).<\/li>\n<li>A. Mathew, and Y. Kulkarni, Active matter as the underpinning agency for extraordinary sensitivity of biological membranes to electric fields, <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,<\/em> 122, e2427255122 (2025).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MathewKulkarniPNAS2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(pdf)<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-article-author-list__item\">S. Ramesh, and Y. Kulkarni, Statistical mechanics of active vesicles and the size distribution paradox, <em>Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,<\/em> 191, 105749 (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RameshKulkarniJMPS2024.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>K. Xu, X. Sheng, A. Mathew, E. Flores, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, X. Zhang, Mechanical behavior and thermal stability of nanocrystalline metallic materials with thick grain boundaries. <i>JOM,<\/i> 76, 2914\u20132928 (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/XeMathewKulkarniZhangReview2024.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A. Mathew, and Y. Kulkarni, An Electro-chemo-mechanical theory with flexoelectricity: Application to ionic conductivity of soft solid electrolytes, <em>Journal of Applied Mechanics,<\/em> 91, 041001<em> (2024). <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MathewKulkarniJAM2023.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Y. Kulkarni, Fluctuations of active membranes with nonlinear curvature elasticity, <em>Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids<\/em>, 173, 105240 (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KulkarniJMPS2023.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. Neffati, and Y. Kulkarni, Homogenization of surface energy and elasticity for highly rough surfaces, <em>Journal of Applied Mechanics<\/em>, 89, 041004 (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NeffatiKulkarniHomogenization.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. Su, D. Neffati, J. Cho, Z. Shang, Y. Zhang, J. Ding, Q. Li, S. Xue, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, and X. Zhang, High-strength nanocrystalline intermetallics with room temperature deformability enabled by nanometer thick grain boundaries, <em>Science Advances<\/em>, 7, eabc8288 (2021).<a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SuNeffatiSciAdv2021.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. Su, D. Neffati, Y. Zhang, J. Cho, J. Li, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, and X. Zhang, The influence of stacking faults on mechanical behavior of advanced materials, <em>Materials Science and Engineering A<\/em>, 803, 140696 (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SuNeffatiActaReviewMSEA2.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. Su, D. Neffati, Q. Li, S. Xue, J. Cho, J. Li, J. Ding, Y. Zhang, C. Fan, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, and X. Zhang, Ultra-high strength and plasticity mediated by partial dislocations and defect networks: Part II: Layer thickness effect, <em>Acta Materialia<\/em>, 204, 116494 (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SuNeffatiActa2021.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. Chen, S. Xu, and Y. Kulkarni, Atomistic mechanism for vacancy induced grain boundary migration, <em>Physical Review Materials<\/em>, 4, 033602 (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ChenXuKulkarniPRM2020.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. Su, D. Neffati, Q. Li, S. Xue, J. Cho, J. Li, J. Ding, Y. Zhang, C. Fan, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, and X. Zhang, Ultra-high strength and plasticity mediated by partial dislocations and defect networks: Part I: Texture Effect, <em>Acta Materialia<\/em>, 185, 181 (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SuNeffatiActa2020.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. Ding, D. Neffati, Q. Li, R. Su, Jin Li, S. Xue, Z. Shang, Y. Zhang, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, and X. Zhang, Thick grain boundary induced strengthening in nanocrystalline Ni alloy, <em>Nanoscale<\/em>, 11, 23449 (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JieNeffatiNanoscale2019.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. Su, D. Neffati, J. Cho, Q. Li, J. Ding, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, and X. Zhang, Phase transformation induced plasticity in high-strength hexagonal close packed Co with stacking faults, <em>Scripta Materialia<\/em>, 173, 32 (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SuNeffatiKulkarniZhangScripta2019.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. Chen, and Y. Kulkarni, Atomistic modeling of grain boundary motion as a random walk, <em>Physical Review Materials<\/em>, 2, 093605 (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ChenKulkarniPRM2018.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. Su, D. Neffati, S. Xue, Q. Li, Z. Fan, Y. Liu, H. Wang, Y. Kulkarni, and X. Zhang, Deformation mechanisms in FCC Co dominated by high-density stacking faults, <em>Materials Science &amp; Engineering A<\/em>, 736, 12 (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NeffatiKulkarniZhang2018.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>S. Jiao, and Y. Kulkarni, Radiation tolerance of nanotwinned metals - An atomistic perspective, <em>Computational Materials Science<\/em>, 142, 290 (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JiaoKulkarniCMS2018.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. Chen, T. Ghoneim, and Y. Kulkarni, Effect of impurities on grain boundary motion from interface random walk, <em>Applied Physics Letters<\/em>, 111, 161606 (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ChenGhoneimKulkarni2017.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. Chen, and Y. Kulkarni, Thermal fluctuations as a computational microscope for studying crystalline interfaces: A mechanistic perspective, <em>Journal of Applied Mechanics<\/em>, 84, 121001 (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ChenKulkarniJAM2017.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>F. Hammami, and Y. Kulkarni, Rate dependence of grain boundary sliding via time-scaling atomistic simulations, <em>Journal of Applied Physics<\/em>, 121, 085303 (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HammamiKulkarni2017.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>S. Jiao, and Y. Kulkarni, Molecular dynamics study of creep mechanisms in nanotwinned metals, <em>Computational Materials Science<\/em>, 110, 254 (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JiaoKulkarniCMS2015.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. Chen, and Y. Kulkarni, Entropic interaction between fluctuating twin boundaries, <em>Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids<\/em>, 84, 59 (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ChenKulkarniJMPS2015.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. Chen, and Y. Kulkarni, Atomistic study of the thermal stress due to twin boundaries, <em>Journal of Applied Mechanics<\/em>, 82, 021005 (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ChenKulkarni2015.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T. Sinha, and Y. Kulkarni, Alternating brittle and ductile response of twin boundaries in nanotwinned structures, <em>Journal of Applied Physics<\/em>, 116, 183505 (2014). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SinhaKulkarni2014.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>F. Hammami, and Y. Kulkarni, Size effects in twinned nanopillars, <em>Journal of Applied Physics<\/em>, 116, 033512 (2014). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HammamiKulkarni2014.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. Chen, and Y. Kulkarni, Elucidating the kinetics of twin boundaries from thermal fluctuations, <em>MRS Communications<\/em>, 3, 241 (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ChenKulkarni2013.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>S. Tang, and Y. Kulkarni, The interplay between strain and size effects on the thermal conductance of grain boundaries in graphene, <em>Applied Physics Letters<\/em>, 103, 213113 (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TangKulkarni2013.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. Bezares, S. Jiao, Y. Liu, D. Bufford, L. Lu, X. Zhang, Y. Kulkarni, and R.J. Asaro, Indentation of nano-twinned FCC metals: Implications for nano-twin stability, <em>Acta Materialia<\/em>, 60, 4623 (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Bezares2012.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Y. Kulkarni, Coarse-graining of atomistic description at finite temperature using formal asymptotics, <em>International Journal of Multiscale Computational Engineering<\/em>, 10, 13 (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kulkarni2012.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T. Sinha, and Y. Kulkarni, Anomalous deformation twinning in fcc metals at high temperatures, <em>Journal of Applied Physics<\/em>, 109, 114315 (2011). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SinhaKulkarni2011.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>C. Arevalo, Y. Kulkarni, M.P. Ariza, M. Ortiz, J. Knap, and J. Marian, Quasicontinuum method at finite temperature applied to the study of nanovoids evolution in fcc crystals, <em>Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2008<\/em>, 15, 709(2010). (pdf)<\/li>\n<li>Y. Kulkarni, and R. J. Asaro, Are some nano-twinned fcc metals optimal for strength, ductility, and grain stability, <em>Acta Materialia<\/em>, 57, 4835 (2009). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KulkarniAsaro2009.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Y. Kulkarni, R. J. Asaro, and D. Farkas, Are nano-twinned structures in fcc metals optimal for strength, ductility, and grain stability, <em>Scripta Materialia<\/em>, 60, 532 (2009). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KulkarniAsaroFarkas2009.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. J. Asaro, D. Farkas, and Y. Kulkarni, The Soret effect in diffusion in crystals, <em>Acta Materialia<\/em>, 56, 1243 (2008). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AsaroFarkasKulkarni2008.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. J. Asaro, and Y. Kulkarni, Are rate sensitivity and strength effected by cross-slip in nano-twinned fcc metals, <em>Scripta Materialia<\/em>, 58, 389 (2008). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AsaroKulkarni2008.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Y. Kulkarni, J. Knap, and M. Ortiz, A variational approach to coarse-graining of equilibrium and non-equilibrium atomistic description at finite temperature, <em>Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids<\/em>, 56, 141 (2008). <a href=\"https:\/\/ykulkarni.me.uh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KulkarniKnapOrtiz2008.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S. Ramesh, Prashant K. Purohit, and Y. Kulkarni, On the statistical mechanics of active membranes: some selected results, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Accepted (2026).\u00a0 S. Ramesh, Prashant K. Purohit, and Y. 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