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R. Agrawal, O. Loh and H. D. Espinosa "The Evolving Role of Experimental Mechanics in 1-D Nanostructure-Based Device Development" Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 51, Number No. 1, p. 1-9, 2011.
M.A. Haque, H.D. Espinosa, and H.J. Lee "MEMS for In Situ Testing—Handling, Actuation, Loading, and Displacement Measurements" MRS Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 375-381, 2010.
R. Agrawal and H.D. Espinosa, "Multiscale Experiments; State of the Art and Remaining Challenges" Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 131, No. 4, Art. No. 041208, 2009.
M. Locascio, B. Peng, P. Zapol, Y. Zhu, S. Li, T. Belytschko, and H.D. Espinosa, "Tailoring the Load Carrying Capacity of MWCNTs Through Inter-shell Atomic Bridging," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 49, No. 2, p. 169-182, 2009.
H.S. Park, W. Cai, H.D. Espinosa, and H. Huang, "Mechanics of Crystalline Nanowires," MRS Bulletin, Vol. 34, No. 3, p. 178-183, 2009.
R. Agrawal, N. Moldovan, and H. D. Espinosa, "An Energy-based Model to Predict Wear in Nanocrystalline Diamond Atomic Force Microscopy Tips," Journal of Applied Physics , Vol. 106, No. 6, Art. No. 064311, 2009.
N. M. Pugno, R. Agrawal and H. D. Espinosa, "Nanowear of Atomic Force Microscope Tips: Modeling and Experiments," Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, Vol 19, No. 1-2, Pg 73-77, 2009.
R. Agrawal, B. Peng, E. Gdoutos and H.D. Espinosa, "Elasticity Size Effects in ZnO Nanowires - A Combined Experimental-Computational Approach," Nano Letters, Vol. 8, No. 11, p. 3668-3674, 2008.
B. Peng, Y.G. Sun, Y. Zhu, H.-H. Wang, and H.D. Espinosa, "Nanoscale Testing of One-Dimensional Nanostructures." Chapter from Micro and Nano Mechanical Testing of Materials and Devices. Edited by F. Yang and J.C.M. Li. Springer, 2008.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, B. Peng and O. Loh, "Nano-Scale Testing of Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes Using a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System." Advances in Multiphysics Simulation and Experimental Testing of MEMS. Edited by N. Aluru, C. Cercignani, A. Frangi, and S. Mukherjee. Imperial College Press, 2008.
B. Peng, M. Locascio, P. Zapol, S. Li, S. Mielke, G. Schatz and H.D. Espinosa, "Measurements of near-ultimate strength for multiwalled carbon nanotubes and irradiation-induced crosslinking improvements," Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 3, No. 10, p. 626-631, 2008.
Commentary by Eric Stach, "Nanotubes reveal their true strength," Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 3, No. 10, p. 586-587, 2008.
H. Tang, K.W. Schwarz and H.D. Espinosa, "Dislocation-Source Shutdown and the Plastic Behavior of Single-Crystal Micropillars," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 100, No. 18, Art. No. 185503, 2008.
J.R. Greer, H.D. Espinosa, K.T. Ramesh and E. Nadgomy, "Comment on 'Effects of focused ion beam milling on the nanomechanical behavior of a molybdenum-alloy single crystal' Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 111915 (2007)," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, No. 9, Art. No. 096101, 2008.
B. Peng, Y. Zhu, I. Petrov and H.D. Espinosa, "A Microelectromechanical System for Nano-Scale Testing of One Dimensional Nanostructures," Sensor Letters, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 76-87, 2008.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu and N. Moldovan. "Design and operation of a MEMS-based material testing system for nanomechanical characterization," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 16, No. 5, p. 1219-1231, 2007.
Y. Zhu, C-H. Ke and H.D. Espinosa. "Experimental Techniques for the Mechanical Characterization of One-Dimensional Nanostructures" Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 47, No. 1, p. 7-24, 2007.
H.D. Espinosa, B.Peng, N. Moldovan, T.A. Friedmann, X. Xiao, D.C. Mancini, O. Auciello, J. Carlisle, C.A. Zorman, and M. Merhegany. "Elasticity, Strength and Toughness of Single Crystal Silicon Carbide, Ultrananocrystalline Diamond, and Hydrogen-free Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon." Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89, No. 7, Art. No. 073111, 2006.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, and N. Moldovan, "MEMS Based Material Testing Systems" Chapter from Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology. Editor-in-chief Dr. Patrick Veyssière. Elsevier, 2006.
H.D. Espinosa, S. Berbenni, M. Panico, and B. Peng, "On-chip Testing and Properties of MEMS Materials: Size Scale Effects." Chapter from Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology. Editor-in-chief Dr. Patrick Veyssière. Elsevier, 2006.
Y. Zhu, A. Corigliano and H.D. Espinosa. "A thermal actuator for nanoscale in-situ microscopy testing: design and characterization" Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 16, No. 2, p. 242-253, 2006.
B. Peng, N. Pugno, and H.D. Espinosa. "An Analysis of the Membrane Deflection Experiment Used in the Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Freestanding Submicron Thin Films" International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 43, No. 11-12, p. 3292-3305, 2006.
H.D. Espinosa and Y. Zhu, "Mechanical characterization of thin films and one-dimensional nanostructures," International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Chennai, India, Dec.1-6, 2005.
Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, "A universal nanoscale material testing system," 2005 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Portland, OR, June 2005.
Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa. " An electromechanical material testing system for in situ electron microscopy and applications " Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 102, No. 41, p. 14503-14508, 2005.
Z.P. Bazant, Z.Y. Guo, H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu and B. Peng. "Epitaxially influenced boundary layer model for size effect in thin metallic films," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 97, No. 7, Art. No. 073506, 2005.
H.D. Espinosa and B. Peng. "A New Methodology to Investigate Fracture Toughness of Freestanding MEMS and Advanced Materials in Thin Film Form," JMEMS, Vol. 14, No. 1, p. 153-159, 2005.
H.D. Espinosa, B. Peng and N. Moldovan, T.A. Friedmann, X. Xiao, D.C. Mancini, O. Auciello, J. Carlisle, C.A. Zorman. "A Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Three MEMS Materials - Silicon Carbide, Ultrananocrystalline Diamond, and Hydrogen-Free Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon (Ta-C)," Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fracture, Turin, Italy, March 20-25, 2005.
N. Pugno, B. Peng and H.D. Espinosa. "Predictions of Strength in MEMS Components - A Novel Experimental-Theoretical Approach," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 42, No. 2, p. 647-661, 2005.
Y. Zhu, N. Moldovan and H.D. Espinosa. "A microelectromechanical load sensor for in situ electron and x-Ray microscopy tensile testing of nanostructures," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 86, No. 1, Art. No. 013506, 2005.
B. Peng and H. D. Espinosa. "Fracture Size Effect in Ultrananocrystalline Diamond - Weibull Theory Applicability," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, California, November 13-19, 2004.
H.D. Espinosa, B.C. Prorok and B. Peng. "Plasticity Size Effects in Freestanding Submicron Polycrystalline FCC Films Subjected to Pure Tension," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 52, No. 3, p. 667-689, 2004.
O. Auciello, J. Birrell, J.A. Carlisle, J.E. Gerbi, X. Xiao, B. Peng and H.D. Espinosa. "Materials Science and Fabrication Processes for a New MEMS Technology Based on Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Thin Films," Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 16, No. 16, p. R539-R552, 2004.
B. Peng, H. D. Espinosa and N. Pugno. "An Analysis of the Membrane Deflection Experiment Used in the Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Freestanding Submicron Thin Films," Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Politecnico di Bari, Italy, August 29 - September 2, 2004.
H.D. Espinosa and B.C. Prorok. "Size Effects on the Mechanical Behavior of Gold Thin Films," Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 38, No. 20, p. 4125-4128, 2003.
H.D. Espinosa, B. Peng, B.C. Prorok, N. Moldovan, O. Auciello, J.A. Carlisle, D.M. Gruen, and D.C. Mancini. "Fracture Strength of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Thin Films - Identification of Weibull Parameters," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 94, No. 9, p. 6076-6084, 2003.
H.D. Espinosa, B.C. Prorok, B. Peng, K.-H. Kim, N. Moldovan, O. Auciello, J.A. Carlisle, D.M. Gruen, and D.C. Mancini. "Mechanical Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Thin Films Relevant to MEMS Devices," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 256-268, 2003.
H.D. Espinosa, B.C. Prorok, and M. Fischer. "A Methodology for Determining Mechanical Properties of Freestanding Thin Films and MEMS Materials," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 51, No. 1, p. 47-67, 2003.
H.D. Espinosa and P.D. Zavattieri. "A Grain Level Model for the Study of Failure Initiation and Evolution in Polycrystalline Brittle Materials. Part I: Theory and Numerical Implementation," special issue of Mechanics of Materials honoring Sia Nemat-Nasser, Vol. 35, No. 3-6, p. 333-364, 2003.
P.D. Zavattieri and H.D. Espinosa. "An Examination of the Competition between Bulk Behavior and Interfacial Behavior of Ceramics Subjected to Dynamic Pressure-Shear Loading," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 51, No. 4, p. 607-635, 2003.
F. Barthelat, Z. Wu, B.C. Prorok and H.D. Espinosa. "Dynamic Torsion Testing of Nanocrystalline Coatings Using High-Speed Photography and Digital Image Correlation," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 331-340, 2003.
H.D. Espinosa, and B. Peng. "A New Methodology to Investigate Fracture Toughness of Freestanding Thin Solid Films," Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on MEMS and Nanotechnology, the 2003 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Charlotte, North Carolina, Session 73, Paper 189, p. 307-310, June 2-4, 2003.
S. Lee, F. Barthelat, and H.D. Espinosa. "Strain Rate Effects in Metallic Cellular Materials," Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on MEMS and Nanotechnology, the 2003 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Charlotte, North Carolina, Session 37, Paper 188, June 2-4, 2003.
H.D. Espinosa, B. Peng, K.-H. Kim, B.C. Prorok, N. Moldovan, X.C. Xiao, J.E. Gerbi, J. Birrell, O. Auciello, J.A. Carlisle, D.M. Gruen, and D.C. Mancini. "Mechanical Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Thin Films for MEMS Applications," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, the 2002 Fall MRS Meeting, Vol. 741, 2003.
B.C. Prorok and H.D. Espinosa. "Effects of Nanometer Thick Passivation Layers on the Mechanical Response of Thin Gold Films," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 2, No. 3-4, p. 427-433, 2002.
H.D. Espinosa and B.C. Prorok. "Size Effects and Passivation Effects on the Plasticity of Freestanding Submicron Gold Films," 2002 Annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 10-12, 2002.
P.D. Zavattieri and H.D. Espinosa, "Grain Level Analysis of Crack Initiation and Propagation in Brittle Materials," Acta Materialia, Vol. 49, No. 20, p. 4291-4311, 2001.
H.D. Espinosa, M. Fischer, E. Herbert and W. Oliver, "Identification of Residual Stress State in an RF-MEMS Device," white paper in MTS Systems Corporation, 2001.
H.D. Espinosa, B.C. Prorok, Y. Zhu and M. Fischer, "An Investigation of Plasticity in MEMS Materials," Proceedings of InterPACK'01, the Pacific RIM/International, Intersociety, Electronic Packaging Technical/Business Conference & Exhibition, Kauai, Hawaii, July 8-13, 2001.
H.D. Espinosa, B.C. Prorok and M. Fischer, "A Novel Experimental Technique for Testing Thin Film and MEMS Materials," Proceedings of the SEM Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Portland, Oregon, June 4-6, 2001.
H.D. Espinosa, M. Fischer, Y. Zhu, and S. Lee, "3-D Computational Modeling of RF MEMS Switches," Technical Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, March 19-21, p. 402–405, 2001.

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R.A. Bernal, R. Agrawal, B. Peng, K.A. Bertness, N.A. Sanford, A.V. Davydov and H.D. Espinosa "Effect of Growth Orientation and Diameter on the Elasticity of GaN Nanowires. A Combined in Situ TEM and Atomistic Modeling Investigation" Nano Letters, Vol. 11, No. 2, p. 548–555, 2011.
R. Agrawal, J.T. Paci and H.D. Espinosa "Large-Scale Density Functional Theory Investigation of Failure Modes in ZnO Nanowires" Nano Letters, Vol. 10, No. 9, p. 3432–3438, 2010.
R. Agrawal, B. Peng and H.D. Espinosa, "Experimental-Computational Investigation of ZnO Nanowires Strength and Fracture" Nano Letters, Vol. 9, No. 12, p. 4177-4183, 2009.
Y. Zhu and H. D. Espinosa. "Effect of Temperature on Capacitive RF MEMS Switch Reliability - A Coupled-Field Analysis," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 14, No. 8, p. 1270-1279, 2004.
Y. Zhu and H. D. Espinosa. "Reliability of Capacitive RF MEMS Switches at High and Low Temperatures," International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 4, p. 317-328, 2004.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, M. Fischer, and J. Hutchinson. "An Experimental/Computational Approach to Identify Moduli and Residual Stress in MEMS Radio-Frequency Switches," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 309-316, 2003.
H.D. Espinosa and B.C. Prorok. "Wafer Level Mechanical testing of RF MEMS Switches Testing at Low and High Temperatures," 2002 Annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 10-12, 2002.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, B. Peng. "A MEMS Device for In Situ TEM/AFM/SEM/STM Testing of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanowires," 2002 Annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 10-12, 2002.

T. Filleter, S. Yockel, M. Naraghi, J. T. Paci, O. C. Compton, M. L. Mayes, S. T. Nguyen, G. C. Schatz, and H. D. Espinosa, "Experimental-Computational Study of Shear Interactions within Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles" Nano Letters, DOI: 10.1021/nl203686d, 2012.
F. Latourte1, D. Grégoire, D. Zenkert, X. Wei and H.D. Espinosa, "Failure Mechanisms in Composite Panels Subjected to Underwater Impulsive Loads" Article in press Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2011.
T.Filleter, R. Bernal, S. Li, and H.D. Espinosa, "Ultrahigh Strength and Stiffness in Cross-Linked Hierarchical Carbon Nanotube Bundles" To appear in Advanced Materials, 2011.
D. Grégoire, O. Loh, A. Juster and H. D. Espinosa, "In-situ AFM Experiments with Discontinuous DIC Applied to Damage Identification in Biomaterials" Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 51, No. 4, p. 591-607, 2011.
H.D. Espinosa, A. Juster, F. Latourte, O. Loh, D. Gregoire, and P. Zavattieri "Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials" Nature Communications, Vol. 2, No. 173, 2011.
J. Rim, P. Zavattieri, A. Juster, and H.D. Espinosa "Dimensional analysis and parametric studies for designing artificial nacre" Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 190-211, 2011.
G.H. Bratzel, S.W. Cranford, H.D. Espinosa and M.J. Buehler "Bioinspired noncovalently crosslinked ‘‘fuzzy’’ carbon nanotube bundles with superior toughness and strength" Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 20, No. 46, p. 10465-10474, 2010.
F. Latourte, Z. Feinberg, L.F. Mori, G.B. Olson and H.D. Espinosa "Shear and tensile plastic behavior of austenitic steel TRIP-120 compared with martensitic steel HSLA-100" International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 162, No. 1, p. 187-204, 2010.
H.D. Espinosa, J.E.Rim, F. Barthelat, and M.J. Buehler, "Merger of Structure and Material in Nacre and Bone - Perspectives on de novo Biomimetic Materials" Progress in Materials Science, Vol. 54, No. 8, p. 1059-1100, 2009.
L.F. Mori, D.T. Queheillalt, H.N.G. Wadley and H.D. Espinosa, "Deformation and Failure Modes of I-Core Sandwich Structures Subjected to Underwater Impulsive Loads," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 49, No. 2, p. 257-275, 2009.
F. Barthelat, J. Rim, and H.D. Espinosa, "A Review on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Mollusk Shells - Perspectives on Synthetic Biomimetic Materials." Chapter from Applied Scanning Probe Methods XIII. Edited by B. Bhushan and H. Fuchs. Springer, 2009.
L.F. Mori, N. Krishnan, J. Cao, and H.D. Espinosa, "Study of the Size Effects and Friction Conditions in Microextrusion - Part II: Size Effect in Dynamic Friction for Brass-Steel Pairs," Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 129, No. 4, p. 677-689, 2007.
L.F. Mori, S. Lee, Z.Y. Xue, A. Vaziri, D.T. Queheillalt, K.P. Dharmasena, H.N.G. Wadley, J.W. Hutchinson and H.D. Espinosa, "Deformation and Fracture Modes of Sandwich Structures Subjected to Underwater Impulsive Loads," Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Vol. 2, No. 10, p. 1981-2006, 2007.
F. Barthelat and H.D. Espinosa. "An Experimental Investigation of Deformation and Fracture of Nacre - Mother of Pearl," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 47, No. 3, p. 311-324, 2007.
H.D. Espinosa, S. Lee, and N. Moldovan. "A Novel Fluid Structure Interaction Experiment to Investigate Deformation of Structural Elements Subjected to Impulsive Loading." Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 46, No. 6, p. 805-824, 2006.
F. Barthelat, C.-M. Li, C. Comi, and H.D. Espinosa. "Mechanical properties of nacre constituents and their impact on mechanical performance." Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 21, No. 8, p. 1977-1986, 2006.
S. Vaynman, M.E. Fine, S. Lee, and H.D. Espinosa. "Effect of strain rate and temperature on mechanical properties and fracture mode of high strength precipitation hardened ferritic steels." Scripta Materialia, Vol. 55, No. 4, p. 351-354, 2006.
S. Lee, F. Barthelat, N. Moldovan, H.D. Espinosa, and H.N.G. Wadley, "Deformation Rate Effects on Failure Modes of Open-Cell Al Foams and Textile Cellular Materials," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 43, No. 1, p. 53-73, 2006.
S. Lee and H.D. Espinosa. "Dynamic Failure of Metallic Cellular Materials," Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Fracture, Turin, Italy, March 20-25, 2005.
F. Barthelat and H.D. Espinosa. "Elastic Properties of Nacre Aragonite Tablets," Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on MEMS and Nanotechnology, the 2003 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Charlotte, North Carolina, Session 68, Paper 187, June 2-4, 2003.
Z.P. Bazant, Y.D.S. Rajapakse, D.H. Allen, R. Ballarini, H.D. Espinosa, H. Gao, R. Gettu, M. Jirasek, G. Pijaudier-Cabot, J. Planas, and F.J. Ulm. "Report on ONR Workshop on Fracture Scaling," International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 113, No. 4, p. 345-366, 2002.
F. Barthelat, K. Malukhin, and H.D. Espinosa. "Quasi-Static and Dynamic Torsion Testing of Ceramic Micro and Nano-Structured Coating Using Speckle Photography," special volume of Recent Advances in Experimental Mechanics In Honor of Isaac M. Daniel, edited by E.E. Gdoutos, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
H.D. Espinosa and S. Lee. "Advances in Modeling of Failure Mechanisms in Ceramics and Fiber Composites," special volume of Proceedings of the First Sino-US Joint Symposium on Multi-Scale Analysis in Material Sciences and Engineering, Beijing, China, June 17-20, 2002.
F. Barthelat, K. Malukhin, and H.D. Espinosa. "Wafer Level Mechanical testing of Al Films at High and Low Temperature," 2002 Annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 10-12, 2002.
F. Barthelat and H.D. Espinosa. "Tensile Testing of Abalone Nacre Miniature Specimens Using Microscopy and Speckle Correlation," 2002 Annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 10-12, 2002.
H.D. Espinosa and B.A. Gailly, "Modeling of Shear Instabilities Observed in Cylinder Collapse Experiments Performed on Ceramic Powders," Acta Materialia, Vol. 49, No. 19, p. 4135-4147, 2001.
H.V. Arrieta and H.D. Espinosa, "The Role of Thermal Activation on Dynamic Stress-Induced Inelasticity and Damage in Ti-6Al-4V," Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 33, No. 10, p. 573-591, 2001.
H.D. Espinosa, A.J. Patanella, and M. Fischer, "Dynamic Friction Measurements at Sliding Velocities Representative of High-Speed Machining Processes," Journal of Tribology - Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 122, No. 4, p. 834-848, 2000.
H.D. Espinosa, A. Patanella, and Y. Xu, "Dynamic Compression-Shear Response of Brittle Materials with Specimen Recovery," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 40, No. 3, p. 321-330, 2000.
H.D. Espinosa, N.S. Brar, Y. Xu, G. Yuan, and V.H. Arrieta, "Enhanced Ballistic Performance of Confined Multi-Layered Ceramic Targets against Long Rod Penetrators Through Interface Defeat," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 37, No. 36, p. 4893-4913, 2000.
H.D.Espinosa, A. Patanella, and M. Fischer, "A Novel Dynamic Friction Experiment Using a Modified Kolsky Bar Apparatus," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 40, No. 2, p. 138-153, 2000.
H.D. Espinosa, S. Dwivedi, and H.-C. Lu, "Modeling Impact Induced Delamination of Woven Fiber Reinforced Composites with Contact / Cohesive Laws," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 183, No. 3-4, p. 259-290, 2000.
H.D. Espinosa and S. Nemat-Nasser, "Low-Velocity Impact Testing," ASM Handbook, Vol. 8, No. 6, p. 539-559, 2000.
H. Zhang, A. Patanella, H.D. Espinosa and K.D. Pae, "Dynamic Friction of Nano-Materials," Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1999, Parts 1 and 2, Vol. 505, p. 1225-1228, 2000.
H.V. Arrieta and H.D. Espinosa, "High and Low Temperature Dynamic Testing of Advanced Materials," Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1999, Parts 1 and 2, Vol. 505, p. 1075-1078, 2000.
P.D. Zavattieri and H.D. Espinosa, "Ballistic Penetration of Multi-Layered Ceramic/Steel Targets," Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1999, Parts 1 and 2, Vol. 505, p. 1117-1120, 2000.
N.S. Brar and H.D. Espinosa, " A Review of Micromechanics of Failure Waves in Silicate Glasses," Journal of Chemical Physics (Russian), Chemical Physics Reports (English), Vol. 17, No. 1-2, p. 317-342, 1998.
H.D. Espinosa, "Recent Developments in Velocity and Stress Measurements Applied to the Dynamic Characterization of Brittle Materials," special issue of Mechanics of Materials, edited by H.D. Espinosa and R.J. Clifton, Vol. 29, No. 3-4, p. 219-232, 1998.
H.D. Espinosa, H.-C. Lu, and Y. Xu, "A Novel Technique for Penetrator Velocity Measurement and Damage Identification in Ballistic Penetration Experiments," Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 32, No. 8, p. 722-743, 1998.
N.S. Brar and H.D. Espinosa, "Enhanced Ballistic Performance of Confined Ceramic Targets," Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Impact Engineering, Singapore, December 7-9, 1998.
H.D. Espinosa, A. Patanella, and Y. Xu, "Dynamic Compression-Shear Loading of Brittle Materials with Specimen Recovery," Experimental Mechanics , Vol. 1-2, p. 223-229, 1998.
N.S. Brar, H.D. Espinosa, and G. Yuan, "Experimental Study of Interface Defeat in Confined Ceramic Targets," Proceedings of Joint AIRAPT-16 & HPCJ-38, The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology, Vol. 7, edited by Masaru Nakahara, 1998.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Xu, and H.-C. Lu "Inelastic Behavior of Fiber Composites Subjected to Out-of-Plane High Strain Rate Shearing," Acta Materialia, Vol. 45, No. 11, p. 4855-4865, 1997.
H.D. Espinosa, M. Mello, and Y. Xu, "A Variable Sensitivity Displacement Interferometer with Application to Wave Propagation Experiments," Journal of Applied Mechanics - Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 64, No. 1, p. 123-131, 1997.
Y. Xu and H.D. Espinosa, "Damage Quantification in Confined Ceramic," Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, edited by S.C. Schmidt, D.P. Dandekar, and J.W. Forbes, APS Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1997.
N.S. Brar, H.D. Espinosa, G. Yuan, and P.D. Zavattieri, "Experimental Study of Interface Defeat in Confined Ceramics," Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, edited by S.C. Schmidt, D.P. Dandekar, and J.W. Forbes, APS Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1997.
H.D. Espinosa, M. Mello, and Y. Xu, "A Desensitized Displacement Interferometer Applied to Impact Recovery Experiments," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 69, No. 21, p. 3161-3163, 1996.
H.D. Espinosa, "Dynamic Compression-Shear Loading with In-Material Interferometric Measurements," Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 67, No. 11, p. 3931-3939, 1996.
Lu, and Y. Xu, "A Novel Technique for Penetrator Velocity Measurement in Ballistic Penetration Studies," Advances in Failure Mechanisms in Brittle Materials, edited by R.J. Clifton and H.D. Espinosa, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November, 1996.
H.D. Espinosa and N.S. Brar, "Dynamic Failure Mechanisms of Ceramic Bars: Experiments and Numerical Simulations," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 43, No. 10, p. 1615-1638, 1995.
H.D. Espinosa, "On the Dynamic Shear Resistance of Ceramic Composites and its Dependence on Applied Multiaxial Deformation," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 32, No. 21, p. 3105-3128, 1995.
H.D. Espinosa, G. Emore, and Y. Xu, "High Strain Rate Behavior of Composites with Continuous Fibers," High Strain Rate Effects on Polymer, Metal and Ceramic Matrix Composites and Other Advanced Materials, ASME Special Technical Publication edited by Y.D.S. Rajapakse and J.R. Vinson, San Francisco, California, 1995.
H.D. Espinosa, and G. Emore, "Dynamic Inelasticity of Polymer-Matrix Composites with Continuous Fibers," Fourth International Conference on Computational Mechanics, edited by D.R.J. Owen and E. Onate, Barcelona, Spain, 1995.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Xu, and M. Mello, "A Desensitized Normal Displacement Interferometer Applied to Fast Moving Particles in a Continuum," Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, APS Conference, edited by S.C. Schmidt and W.C. Tao, Seattle, Washington, 1995.
H.D. Espinosa and N.S. Brar, "Dynamic Failure of Brittle Materials, " Panamerican Congress on Applied Mechanics (PACAM IV), University del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995.
H.D. Espinosa, "High Strain Rate Modeling of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites," High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993, Pts 1 and 2, Joint AIRAP/APS Conference, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.W. Shaner, G.A. Samara, and S.C. Schmidt, J.W. Shaner, G.A. Samara, and M. Ross Colorado Springs, Colorado, p. 721-724, 1993.
H.D. Espinosa, G. Raiser, R.J. Clifton, and M. Ortiz, "Experimental Observations and Numerical Modeling of Inelasticity in Dynamically Loaded Ceramics," Journal of Hard Materials, Vol. 3, No. 3-4, p. 285-313, 1992.
H.D. Espinosa, G. Raiser, R.J. Clifton, and M. Ortiz, "Performance of the Star-Shaped Flyer in the Study of Brittle Materials: 3 Dimensional Computer Simulations and Experimental Observations," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 72, No. 8, p. 3451-3457, 1992.
H.D. Espinosa and R.J. Clifton, "Plate Impact Experiments for Investigating Inelastic Deformation and Damage of Advanced Materials," ASME Special Technical Publication AMD-130, Experiments in Micromechanics of Failure-Resistant Materials, edited by K.S. Kim, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991.
H.D. Espinosa, G. Raiser, R.J. Clifton, and M. Ortiz, "Inelastic Mechanisms in Dynamically Loaded Ceramics," Mechanics Computing in 1990's and Beyond, edited by H. Adeli and R. Sierakowski, ASCE Proceedings, Columbus, Ohio, 1991.
R.J. Clifton, G. Raiser, M. Ortiz, and H.D. Espinosa, "A Soft-Recovery Experiment for Ceramics," Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson and L.W. Davison, 1990.

H.D. Espinosa, A. Juster, F. Latourte, O. Loh, D. Gregoire, and P. Zavattieri "Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials" Nature Communications, Vol. 2, No. 173, 2011.
J.L. Eisenberg, A. Safi, X. Wei, H.D. Espinosa, G.R.S. Budinger, D. Takawira, S.B. Hopkinson and J.C.R. Jones "Substrate stiffness regulates extracellular matrix deposition by alveolar epithelial cells" Research and Reports in Biology, Vol. 2011:2, p. 1-12, 2011.
O. Loh, R. Lam, M. Chen, D. Ho and H.D. Espinosa "Microfluidic Platforms for Nanoparticle Delivery and Nanomanufacturing in Biology and Medicine" Nanodiamonds, p. 225-234, 2010.
O. Loh, R. Lam, M. Chen, N. Moldovan, H. Huang, D. Ho, and H.D. Espinosa, "Nanofountain-Probe-Based High-Resolution Patterning and Single-Cell Injection of Functionalized Nanodiamonds," Small, Vol. 5, No. 14, p. 1667-1674, 2009.
O. Loh, A. Vaziri and H.D. Espinosa, "The Potential of MEMS for Advancing Experiments and Modeling in Cell Mechanics," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 105-124, 2009.
O.Y. Loh, A.M. Ho, J.E. Rim, P. Kohli, N.A. Patankar and H.D. Espinosa, "Electric Field-induced Direct Delivery of Proteins by a Nanofountain Probe," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 105, No. 43, p. 16438-16443, 2008.
Commentary by Petra S. Dittrich, "Research Highlights: Nanodeposition by means of a nanofountain probe," Lab on a Chip, Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 15-16, 2009.
K.-H. Kim, R.G. Sanedrin, A.M. Ho, S.W. Lee, N. Moldovan, C.A. Mirkin and H.D. Espinosa, "Direct Delivery and Submicrometer Patterning of DNA by a Nanofountain Probe," Advanced Materials, Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 330-334, 2008.
B. Wu, A. Ho, N. Moldovan, H.D. Espinosa, "Direct Deposition and Assembly of Gold Colloidal Particles Using a Nanofountain Probe," Langmuir, Vol. 23, No. 17, p. 9120-9123, 2007.
F. Barthelat, H. Tang, P.D. Zavattieri, C.-M. Li and H.D. Espinosa. "On the mechanics of mother-of-pearl: A key feature in the material hierarchical structure," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 55, No. 2, p. 306-337, 2007.
N. Moldovan, K-H. Kim, and H.D. Espinosa. "Multi-Ink Linear Array of Nanofountain Probes." Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 16, No. 10, p. 1935-1942, 2006.
H.D. Espinosa, K.-H. Kim, and N. Moldovan, "Microcantilever-based Nanodevices in the Life Sciences." Chapter from the Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences Series, Vol.4: Nanodevices for the Life sciences. Edited by Challa S.S.R. Kumar. Willey-VCH Publishers, 2006.
N. Moldovan, K.-H. Kim, and H.D. Espinosa, "Design and Fabrication of a Novel Microfluidic Nanoprobe" JMEMS, Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 204-213, 2006.
K.-H. Kim, N. Moldovan, C. Ke, H.D. Espinosa, X. Xiao, J.A. Carlisle, and O. Auciello. "Novel Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Probes for High-Resolution Low-Wear Nanolithographic Techniques," Small, Vol. 1, No. 8-9, p. 866-874, 2005.
K.-H. Kim, N. Moldovan, and H.D. Espinosa. "A Nanofountain Probe with Sub-100 nm Molecular Writing Resolution," Small, Vol. 1, No. 6, p. 632-635, 2005.
K.-H. Kim, N. Moldovan, C. Ke and H. D. Espinosa. "A Novel AFM Chip for Fountain Pen Nanolithography - Design and Microfabrication," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 782, 2003, and Fall MRS Meeting, A5.56.1, 2004.
C.-H. Ke and H.D. Espinosa. "Feedback Controlled Nanocantilever Device," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 4, p. 681-683, 2004.
K.-H. Kim, C. Ke, N. Moldovan, and H.D. Espinosa. "Massively Parallel Multi-Tip Nanoscale Writer with Fluidic Capabilities-Fountain Pen Nanolithography (FPN)," Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on MEMS and Nanotechnology, the 2003 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Charlotte, North Carolina, Session 52, Paper 191, p. 235-238, June 2-4, 2003.

R. Agrawal, O. Loh and H. D. Espinosa "The Evolving Role of Experimental Mechanics in 1-D Nanostructure-Based Device Development" Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 51, Number No. 1, p. 1-9, 2011.
O. Loh, X. Wei, C. Ke, J. Sullivan, and H.D. Espinosa "Robust Carbon-Nanotube-Based Nano-electromechanical Devices: Understanding and Eliminating Prevalent Failure Modes Using Alternative Electrode Materials" Small, Vol. 7, No 1, p 79-86, 2011.
C.-H. Ke and H.D. Espinosa. "In situ Electron Microscopy Electromechanical Characterization of a Bistable NEMS Device," Small, Vol. 2, No. 12, p. 1484-1489, 2006.
H.D. Espinosa, C.-H. Ke and N. Pugno, "Nanoelectromechanical Systems: Experiments and Modeling." Chapter from Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology. Editor-in-chief Dr. Patrick Veyssière. Elsevier, 2006.
H.D. Espinosa, B. Peng, N. Moldovan, X. Xiao, O. Auciello, and J.A. Carlisle, "Mechanical Properties of Undoped and Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond - Elasticity, Strength and Toughness." Chapter from Ultrananocrystalline Diamond: Syntheses, Properties, and Applications. Edited by O. Shenderova and D. Gruen. William Andrew Publishing, Norwich, NY 2006.
H.D. Espinosa and C.-H. Ke, "Experiments and Modeling of Feedback Controlled Carbon-Nanotube Based NEMS Devices," International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, in Chennai, India on Dec.1-6, 2005.
C.-H. Ke and H. D. Espinosa, "Carbon Nanotube Based NEMS and Modeling," 8th Annual Applied Diamond Conference/NanoCarbon 2005, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, May 15-19, 2005.
C.-H. Ke, N. Pugno, B. Peng and H.D. Espinosa. "Experiments and Modeling of Nanotube NEMS Devices," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,, Vol. 53, No. 6, p. 1314-1333, 2005.
N. Pugno, C.-H. Ke, and H. D. Espinosa. "Analysis of doubly-clamped nanotube devices in finite deformation regime," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 72, No. 3, p. 445-449, 2005.
C.-H. Ke and H. D. Espinosa. "A Feedback Controlled Carbon Nanotube Based NEMS Device: Concept and Modeling," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, California, November 13-19, 2004.
C.-H. Ke, H. D. Espinosa and N. Pugno. "A Feedback Controlled Carbon Nanotube Based NEMS Device," Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Politecnico di Bari, Italy, August 29 - September 2, 2004.
C.-H. Ke and H. D. Espinosa. "Numerical Analysis of Nanotube Based NEMS Devices," Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM-2), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, October 11 - 15, 2004.

T. Filleter, S. Yockel, M. Naraghi, J. T. Paci, O. C. Compton, M. L. Mayes, S. T. Nguyen, G. C. Schatz, and H. D. Espinosa, "Experimental-Computational Study of Shear Interactions within Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles" Nano Letters, DOI: 10.1021/nl203686d, 2012.
R. Agrawal and H. D. Espinosa "Giant Piezoelectric Size Effects in Zinc Oxide and Gallium Nitride Nanowires. A First Principles Investigation" Nano Letters, Vol. 11, No. 2, p. 786–790, 2011.
R. Agrawal, O. Loh and H. D. Espinosa "The Evolving Role of Experimental Mechanics in 1-D Nanostructure-Based Device Development" Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 51, Number No. 1, p. 1-9, 2011.
J. Rim, P. Zavattieri, A. Juster, and H.D. Espinosa "Dimensional analysis and parametric studies for designing artificial nacre" Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 190-211, 2011.
O. Loh, X. Wei, C. Ke, J. Sullivan, and H.D. Espinosa "Robust Carbon-Nanotube-Based Nano-electromechanical Devices: Understanding and Eliminating Prevalent Failure Modes Using Alternative Electrode Materials" Small, Vol. 7, No 1, p 79-86, 2011.
M. Naraghi, T. Filleter, A. Moravsky, M. Locascio, R.O. Loutfy, and H.D. Espinosa "A Multiscale Study of High Performance Double-Walled Nanotube−Polymer Fibers" ACS Nano, Vol. 4, No. 11, p. 6463–6476, 2010.
E. E. Gdoutos, R. Agrawal and H. D. Espinosa "Comparison of the Ewald and Wolf methods for modeling electrostatic interactions in nanowires" International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 84, No. 13, p 1541-1551, 2010.
H.D. Espinosa, K.T. Ramesh, and G. Ravichandran, "Rodney James Clifton," Guest Editorial in Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 49, No. 2, p. 165-168, 2009.
B. Peng, H.D. Espinosa, N. Moldovan, X. Xiao, O. Auciello, and J.A. Carlisle. "Fracture Size Effect in UNCD - Applicability of Weibull Theory," Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 22, No. 4, p. 913-925, 2007.
H. Tang, K. Schwarz and H.D. Espinosa. "Dislocation Escape-Related Size Effects in Single-Crystal Micropillars under Uniaxial Compression," Acta Materialia, Vol. 55, No. 5, p. 1607-1616, 2007.
H. Tang, F. Barthelat and H.D. Espinosa. "An Elasto-Viscoplastic Interface Model for Investigating the Constitutive Behavior of Nacre," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 55, No. 7, p. 1410-1438, 2007.
H.D. Espinosa, M. Panico, S. Berbenni and K.W. Schwarz. "Discrete dislocation dynamics simulations to interpret plasticity size and surface effects in freestanding FCC thin films." International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 22, No. 11, p. 2091-2117, 2006.
S. Lee, F. Barthelat, J.W. Hutchinson, and H.D. Espinosa. "Dynamic failure of metallic pyramidal truss core materials - Experiments and modeling." International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 22, No. 11, p. 2118-2145, 2006.
Brian Hyde, H.D. Espinosa and Diana Farkas. "An Atomistic Investigation of Elastic and Plastic properties of Au Nanowires" Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials, Vol. 57, No. 9, p. 62-66, 2005.
C.-H. Ke, H.D. Espinosa, and N. Pugno. "Numerical Analysis of Nanotube Based NEMS Devices. Part II: Role of Finite Kinematics, Stretching and Charge Concentrations." Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 72, No. 5, p. 726-731, 2005.
C.-H. Ke and H.D. Espinosa. "Numerical Analysis of Nanotube Based NEMS Devices. Part I: Electrostatic Charge Distribution on Multiwalled Nanotubes," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 72, No. 5, p. 721-725, 2005.
H.D. Espinosa, S. Berbenni, M. Panico and K.W. Schwarz. "An interpretation of Size Scale Plasticity in Geometrically Confined Systems," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 102, No. 47, p. 16933-16938, 2005.
H.D. Espinosa and P.D. Zavattieri. "A Grain Level Model for the Study of Failure Initiation and Evolution in Polycrystalline Brittle Materials. Part II: Numerical Examples," special issue of Mechanics of Materials honoring Sia Nemat-Nasser, Vol. 35, No. 3-6, p. 365-394, 2003.
S.K. Dwivedi and H.D. Espinosa. "Modeling Dynamic Crack Propagation in Fiber Reinforced Composites Including Frictional Effects," special issue of Mechanics of Materials honoring Sia Nemat-Nasser, Vol. 35, No. 3-6, p. 481-509, 2003.
Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa. "Electromechanical Modeling and Simulation of RF MEMS Switch," Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on MEMS and Nanotechnology, the 2003 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Charlotte, North Carolina, Session 03, Paper 190, p. 8-11, June 2-4, 2003.
B.A. Gailly and H.D. Espinosa. "Modeling of Failure Mode Transition in Ballistic Penetration with a Continuum Model Describing Microcracking and Flow of Pulverized Media," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 54, No. 3, p. 365-398, 2002.
H.D. Espinosa, H.-C. Lu, P.D. Zavattieri and S. Dwivedi, "A 3-D Finite Deformation Anisotropic Visco-Plasticity Model for Fiber Composites," Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 369-410, 2001.
P.D. Zavattieri, P.V. Raghuram, and H.D. Espinosa, "A Computational Model of Ceramic Microstructures Subjected to Multi-Axial Dynamic Loading," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 49, No. 1, p. 27-68, 2001.
S.K. Dwivedi and H.D. Espinosa, "Modeling Intersonic Crack Propagation in Fiber Reinforced Composites with Contact/Cohesive Laws," Damage Initiation and Prediction in Composites, Sandwich Structures and Thermal Barrier Coatings, edited by A.M. Waas and J.D. Whitcomb, the 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 11-16, New York, NY, AD-Vol. 66, p. 121-153, 2001.
P.D. Zavattieri and H.D. Espinosa, "An Investigation of Rate Dependent Decohesion for Capturing Damage Kinetics in Brittle Materials," 20th International Congress ofTheoretical and Applied Mechanics, ICTAM 2000, Chicago, Illinois, August 27 - September 2, 2000.
B. Gailly and H.D. Espinosa, "A New Model of Ceramic Based on Crack Propagation and Motion of Fragments," 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, ICTAM 2000, Chicago, Illinois, August 27 - September 2, 2000.
H.D. Espinosa and P.D. Zavattieri, "Modeling of Ceramic Microstructures: Dynamic Damage Initiation and Evolution," Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1999, Parts 1 and 2, Vol. 505, p. 333-338, 2000.
H.D. Espinosa, P.D. Zavattieri, and S. Dwivedi, "A Finite Deformation Continuum/Discrete Model for the Description of Fragmentation and Damage in Brittle Materials," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 46, No. 10, p. 1909-1942, 1998.
H.D. Espinosa and R.J. Clifton, "Special Issue on Advances in Failure Mechanisms in Brittle Materials," special issue of Mechanics of Materials, edited by H.D. Espinosa and R.J. Clifton, Vol. 29, No. 3-4, p. 141-142, 1998.
H.D. Espinosa, P.D. Zavattieri, and G.L. Emore, "Adaptive FEM Computation of Geometric and Material Nonlinearities with Application to Brittle Failure," special issue of Mechanics of Materials, edited by H.D. Espinosa and R.J. Clifton, Vol. 29, No. 3-4, p. 275-305, 1998.
H.D. Espinosa, S. Dwivedi, P.D. Zavattieri, and G. Yuan, "A Numerical Investigation of Penetration in Multilayered Material/Structure Systems," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 35, No. 22, p. 2975-3001, 1998.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Xu, and N.S. Brar, "Micromechanics of Failure Waves in Glass: I. Experiments," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 80, No. 8, p. 2061-2073, 1997.
H.D. Espinosa, Y. Xu, and N.S. Brar, "Micromechanics of Failure Waves in Glass: II. Modeling," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 80, No. 8, p. 2074-2085, 1997.
H.D. Espinosa, H.C. Lu, S. Dwivedi, and P.D. Zavattieri, "A Finite Deformation Anisotropic Plasticity Model for Fiber Reinforced Composites," Proceedings of 12th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites, edited by Ronald F. Gibson and Golam M. Newaz, Dearborn, MI, 1997.
H.D. Espinosa, G.L. Emore, and P.D. Zavattieri, "Computational Modeling of Geometric and Material Nonlinearities with an Application to Impact Damage in Brittle Materials," Advances in Failure Mechanisms in Brittle Materials, edited by R.J. Clifton and H.D. Espinosa, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November, 1996.
H.D. Espinosa, "Modeling Failure Waves in Brittle Materials," Fourth International Conference on Structures Under Shock and Impact IV, edited by N. Jones, C.A. Brebbia, and A.J. Watson, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, UK, 1996.
H.D. Espinosa, "Micromechanics of the Dynamic Response of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites," PhD Thesis, Brown University, 1992.
H.D. Espinosa, "Finite Element Analysis of Stress Induced Damage in Ceramics," MSc Thesis, Brown University, 1989.

Cover artwork, Small, Vol. 5, No. 14, 2009.
B.C. Prorok, Y. Zhu, H.D. Espinosa, Z. Guo, Z.P. Bazant, Y. Zhao and B.I. Yakobson. "Micro- and Nanomechanics," Chapter from Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 5. Edited by H. S. Nalwa. American Scientific Publishers, 2004.
H.D. Espinosa, "Celebrating 50 Years of Experimental Mechanics" Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 50, No. 1, p. 1-2, 2010.