Publications

3D-printed machines that manipulate microscopic objects using capillary forces
Cheng Zeng, Maya Winters Faaborg, Ahmed Sherif, Martin J. Falk, Rozhin Hajian, Ming Xiao, Kara Hartig, Yohai Bar-Sinai, Michael P. Brenner, Vinothan N. Manoharan
Nature, 2022
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Beyond quality and quantity: Spatial distribution of contact encodes frictional strength
Sam Dillavou, Yohai Bar-Sinai, Michael P Brenner, Shmuel M Rubinstein
Physical Review E, 2022
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Learned discretizations for passive scalar advection in a two-dimensional turbulent flow
Jiawei Zhuang, Dmitrii Kochkov, Yohai Bar-Sinai, Michael P. Brenner, Stephan Hoyer
Physical Review Fluids, 2021
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Machine-learning iterative calculation of entropy for physical systems
Amit Nir, Eran Sela, Roy Beck-Barkai, Yohai Bar-Sinai
PNAS, 2020
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Geometric charges and nonlinear elasticity of two-dimensional elastic metamaterials
Yohai Bar-Sinai, Gabriele Librandi, Katia Bertoldi, Michael Moshe
PNAS, 2019
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Thermal conductance of one dimensional disordered harmonic chains
Biswarup Ash, Ariel Amir, Yohai Bar-Sinai, Yuval Oreg, Yoseph Imry
Physical Review B, 2019
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of frictional systems: The interplay of interfacial friction and bulk elasticity
Yohai Bar-Sinai, Michael Aldam, Robert Spatschek, Efim A. Brener, Eran Bouchbinder
Lubricants, 2019
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Learning data-driven discretizations for partial differential equations
Yohai Bar-Sinai^†, Stephan Hoyer^†, Jason Hickey, Michael P Brenner
PNAS, 2019
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Machine learning in a data-limited regime: augmenting experiments with synthetic data uncovers order in crumpled sheets
Jordan Hoffmann^†, Yohai Bar-Sinai^†, Lisa Lee, Jovana Andrejevic, Shruti Mishra, Shmuel M. Rubinstein, Chris H. Rycroft
Science Advances, 2019
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Local thermal energy as a structural indicator in glasses
Jacques Zylberg, Edan Lerner, Yohai Bar-Sinai, Eran Bouchbinder
PNAS, 2017
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Gaussian fluctuations of spatially inhomogeneous polymers
Yohai Bar-Sinai, Eran Bouchbinder
Soft Matter, 2017
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Mechanical stress induces remodeling of vascular networks in growing leaves
Yohai Bar-Sinai, Jean-Daniel Julien, Eran Sharon, Shahaf Armon, Naomi Nakayama, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia, Arezki Boudaoud
PLOS Computational Biology, 2016
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Dynamic instabilities of frictional sliding at a bimaterial interface
Efim A Brener, Marc Weikamp, Robert Spatschek, Yohai Bar-Sinai, Eran Bouchbinder
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2016
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Frictional sliding without geometrical reflection symmetry
Michael Aldam^†, Yohai Bar-Sinai^†, Ilya Svetlizky, Efim A. Brener, Jay Fineberg, Eran Bouchbinder
Physical Review X, 2016
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Spatial distribution of thermal energy in equilibrium
Yohai Bar-sinai, Eran Bouchbinder
Physical Review E: Rapid Communication, 2015
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Velocity-strengthening friction significantly affects interfacial dynamics, strength and dissipation
Yohai Bar-Sinai, Robert Spatschek, Efim A. Brener, Eran Bouchbinder
Scientific reports, 2015
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On the velocity-strengthening behavior of dry friction
Yohai Bar-Sinai, Robert Spatschek, Efim A. Brener, Eran Bouchbinder
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2014
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Instabilities at frictional interfaces: creep patches, nucleation, and rupture fronts
Yohai Bar-Sinai, Robert Spatschek, Efim A. Brener, Eran Bouchbinder
Physical Review E: Rapid Communication, 2013
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Slow rupture of frictional interfaces
Yohai Bar Sinai, Efim A. Brener, Eran Bouchbinder
Geophysical Research Letters, 2012
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