Martin van Hecke
Professor of Organisation of disordered matter
- Name
- Prof.dr. M.L. van Hecke
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5482
- mvhecke@physics.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9550-6607
Martin van Hecke has developed a method to design 3-dimensional structures using simple building blocks. This paves the way for the use of 'machine materials' in, for example, prostheses and wearable technology.
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Anne Meeussen wins Young Speakers' Contest -
The peculiar effect of a small error -
Martin van Hecke wins 2020 Dutch Physica Award -
Puzzlegami: Martin van Hecke Lab in the media -
Alphabet of 140 puzzle pieces programs origami -
Self-folding materials: Martin van Hecke in the media -
Self-folding metamaterial -
Elastic Leidenfrost Effect on cover of Nature Physics -
'Bigger is different' - the unusual physics of mechanical metamaterials -
Bouncing gel balls popular in the media -
Elastic Leidenfrost Effect enables soft engines -
Building with flexible blocks -
Metamaterial undermines 250-year-old construction principles -
Jamming the result of special self-organisation -
Understanding the game of marbles
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Professor of Organisation of disordered matter
- Science
- Leiden Instituut Onderzoek Natuurkunde
- LION - Biological & Soft Matter
- Meeussen A.S., Oğuz E.C., Hecke M.L. van & Shokef Y. (2020), Response evolution of mechanical metamaterials under architectural transformations, New Journal of Physics 22(2): 023030.
- Meeussen A.S., Oğuz E.C., Shokef Y. & Hecke M.L. van (2020), Topological defects produce exotic mechanics in complex metamaterials, Nature Physics 16: 307-311.
- Zhao S., Maas M., Jansen K. & Hecke M.L. van (2019), 3D printed actuators: reversibility, relaxation and ratcheting, Advanced Functional Materials 29(51): 1905545.
- Dieleman P., Vasmel N., Waitukaitis S.R. & Hecke M.L. van (2020), Jigsaw puzzle design of pluripotent origami, Nature Physics 16: 63-68.
- Kadic M., Milton G.W., Hecke M.L. van & Wegener M. (2019), 3D metamaterials, Nature Reviews Physics 1: 198-210.
- Lubbers L.A. & Hecke M.L. van (2019), Excess floppy modes and multibranched mechanisms in metamaterials with symmetries, Physical Review E 100(2): 021001.
- Coulais C., Sabbadini A., Vink F. & Hecke M.L. van (2018), Multi-step self-guided pathways for shape-changing metamaterials, Nature 561: 512-515.
- Waitukaitis S.R., Harth K. & Hecke van M.L. (2018), From Bouncing to Floating: The Leidenfrost Effect with Hydrogel Spheres, Physical Review Letters 121(4): 048001.
- Dagois-Bohy S.P.M., Somfai E., Tighe B.P. & Hecke M.L. van (2017), Softening and Yielding of Soft Glassy Materials, Soft Matter 13: 9036-9045.
- Bertoldi K., Vitelli V., Christensen J. & Hecke M.L. van (2017), Flexible mechanical metamaterials, Nature Reviews Materials 2: 17066.
- Coulais C.J., Kettenis C. & Hecke M.L. van (2018), A characteristic length scale causes anomalous size effects and boundary programmability in mechanical metamaterials, Nature Physics 14: 40-44.
- Waitukaitus S.R., Zuiderwijk A., Souslov A., Coulais C.J. & Hecke M.L. van (2017), Coupling the Leidenfrost effect and elastic deformations to power sustained bouncing, Nature Physics 13: 1095–1099.
- Lubbers L.A., Hecke M.L. van & Coulais C.J. (2017), A nonlinear beam model to describe the postbuckling of wide neo-Hookean beams, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 106: 191-206.
- Deen M.S. van, Tighe B.P. & Hecke M.L. van (2016), Contact changes of sheared systems: Scaling, correlations, and mechanisms, Physical Review E 94: 062905.
- Wortel G.H., Dauchot O. & Hecke M.L. van (2016), Criticality in Vibrated Frictional Flows at a Finite Strain Rate, Physical review letters 117: 198002.
- Florijn H.C.B., Coulais C.J. & Hecke M.L. van (2016), Programmable mechanical metamaterials: the role of geometry, Soft Matter 2016(12): 8736-8743.
- Coulais C.J., Teomy E., Reus K. de, Shokef Y. & Hecke M.L. van (2016), Combinatorial design of textured mechanical metamaterials, Nature 535: 529-532.
- Waitukaitus S.R. & Hecke M.L. van (2016), Origami building blocks: generic and special four-vertices, Physical Review E 93: 023003.
- Chikkadi V., Woldhuis E.L., Hecke M. van & Schall P. (2015), Correlations of strain and plasticity in a flowing foam, EPL 112(3): 36004.
- Wortel G.H., Börzsönyi T., Somfai E., Wegner S., Szabó B., Stannarius R. & Hecke M.L. van (2015), Heaping, secondary flows and broken symmetry in flows of elongated granular particles, Soft Matter 11(13): 2570-2576.
- Wortel G.H. & Hecke M.L. van (2015), Anisotropy of weakly vibrated granular flows, Physical Review E 92(4): 040201.
- Reis P.M., Jaeger H.M. & Hecke M.L. van (2015), Design Matter: A perspective, Extreme Mechanics Letters 5: 25-29.
- Coulais C.J., Overvelde J.T.B., Lubbers L.A., Bertoldi K. & Hecke M.L. van (2015), Discontinuous Buckling of Wide Beams and Metabeams, Physical Review Letters 115(4): 044301.
- Woldhuis E., Chikkadi V., Deen M.S. van, Schall P. & Hecke M.L. van (2015), Fluctuations in flows near jamming, Soft Matter 11: 7024-7031.
- Waitukaitis S., Menaut R., Chen B.G. & Hecke M.L. van (2015), Origami Multistability: From Single Vertices to Metasheets, Physical Review Letters 114(5): 055503.
- Ellenbroek W.G., Hagh V.F., Kumar A., Thorpe M.F. & Hecke M.L. van (2015), Rigidity Loss in Disordered Systems: Three Scenarios, Physical Review Letters 114(13): 135501.
- Hecke M.L. van (2015), Slow granular flows: The dominant role of tiny fluctuations, Comptes Rendus Physique 16(1): 37-44.
- Hecke M. van (18 October 2014), Nieuwe natuurkunde: programmeerbaar rubber. NRC Handelsblad.
- Hecke M. van (2014), Ze komen: zachte robots met slim schakelend materiaal, (Jaargang 10, 7 oktober 2014, Nieuwbrief Universiteit Leiden).
- Deen M.S. van, Simon J., Zeravcic Z., Dagois-Bohy S.P.M., Tighe B.P. & Hecke M.L. van (2014), Contact changes near jamming, Physical Review E 90(2): 020202(R).
- Goodrich C.P., Dagois-Bohy S.P.M., Tighe B.P., Hecke M.L. van, Liu A.J. & Nagel S.R. (2014), Jamming in finite systems: Stability, anisotropy, fluctuations, and scaling, Physical Review E 90: 022138.
- Hecke M. van (16 August 2014), Fijne kneepjes in de materie.
- Hecke M. van (26 July 2014), Toveren met Metamateriaal.
- Wandersman E. & Hecke M.L. van (2014), Nonlocal granular rheology: Role of pressure and anisotropy, EPL 105(2): 24002.
- Florijn H.C.B., Coulais C.J. & Hecke M.L. van (2014), Programmable Mechanical Metamaterials, Physical Review Letters 113(7): 175503.
- Wortel G.H., Dijksman J.A. & Hecke M.L. van (2014), Rheology of weakly vibrated granular media, Physical Review E 89(1): 012202.
- Wildenberg S. van den, Loo R. van & Hecke M.L. van (2013), Shock Waves in Weakly Compressed Granular Media, Physical Review Letters 111(11): 218003.
- Wildenberg S.M.J.L. van den, Hecke M.L. van & Jia X. (2013), Evolution of Granular Packings by Nonlinear Acoustic Waves, EPL 101(1): 14004.
- Fall A., Cagny H. de, Bonn D., Ovarlez G., Wandersman E., Dijksman J.A. & Hecke M.L. van (2013), Rheology of sedimenting particle pastes, Journal of Rheology -New York- 57(4): 1237.
- Katgert G., Tighe B.P. & Hecke M.L. van (2013), The jamming perspective on wet foams, Soft Matter 9(41): 9739.
- Vitelli V. & Hecke M.L. van (2012), Shocks in fragile matter, Europhysics News 43(6): 36-39.
- Wortel G.H. & Hecke M.L. van (2012), Faseovergangen in stromend zand, Eureka 38: 10-13.
- Nichol K.M. & Hecke M.L. van (2012), Flow Induced Fluctuations Create a Granular Fluid: Effective Viscosity and Fluctuations, Physical Review E 85(6): 061309.
- Slotterback S., Mailman M., Ronaszegi K., Hecke M.L. van, Girvan M. & Losert W. (2012), Onset of Irreversibility in Cyclic Shear of Granular Packings, Physical Review E 85(2): 021309.
- Wandersman E., Dijksman J.A. & Hecke M.L. van (2012), Particle diffusion in slow granular bulk flows, EPL 100(3): 38006.
- Dijksman J.A., Rietz F., Lorincz K., Hecke M.L. van & Losert W. (2012), Refractive Index Matched Scanning of Dense Granular Materials, Review of Scientific Instruments 83: 011301.
- Hecke M.L. van (2012), Running on Cornflour, Nature 487: 174-175.
- Gomez A., Turner A.M., Hecke M.L. van & Vitelli V. (2012), Shocks near jamming, Physical Review Letters 108(5): 058001.
- Dagois-Bohy S.P.M., Tighe B.P., Simon J., Henkes S. & Hecke M.L. van (2012), Soft Sphere Packings at Finite Pressure but Unstable to Shear, Physical Review Letters 109(9): 095703.
- Dijksman J.A., Wortel G.H., Dellen L.T.H. van, Dauchot O. & Hecke M.L. van (2011), Jamming, Yielding and Rheology of Weakly Vibrated Granular Media, Physical Review Letters 107(10): 108303.
- Vitelli V. & Hecke M.L. van (2011), Marginal matters, Nature 480: 325-326.
- Dijksman J.A., Wandersman E. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Follow the bouncing balls! Three-dimensional imaging of flowing granular suspensions, Chaos 20(4): 041105.
- Katgert G. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Jamming and geometry of two-dimensional foams, EPL 92(3): 34002.
- Tighe B.P., Woldhuis E., Remmers J.J.C., Saarloos W. van & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Model for the scaling of stresses and fluctuations in flows near jamming, Physical Review Letters 105(8): 088303.
- Möbius M.E., Xia T., Saarloos W. van, Orrit M.A.G.J. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Aging and solidification of supercooled glycerol, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114: 7439-7444.
- Katgert G., Tighe B.P., Möbius M.E. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Couette flow of two-dimensional foams, Europhysics Letters 90(5): 54002.
- Henkes S., Hecke M.L. van & Saarloos W. van (2010), Critical jamming of frictional grains in the generalized isostaticity picture, Europhysics Letters 90(1): 14003.
- Nichol K.M., Zanin A., Bastien R., Wandersman E. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Flow-induced agitations create a granular fluid, Physical Review Letters 104(7): 078302.
- Dijksman J.A., Wandersman E., Slotterback S., Berardi C.R., Updegraff W.D., Hecke M.L. van & Losert W. (2010), From frictional to viscous behavior: Three-dimensional imaging and rheology of gravitational suspensions, Physical Review E 82(6): 060301.
- Dijksman J.A. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Granular flows in split-bottom geometries, Soft Matter 6: 2901-2907.
- Siemens A.O.N. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Jamming: a simple introduction, Physica A 389(20): 4255-4264.
- Henkes S., Shundyak K., Saarloos W. van & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Local contact numbers in two dimensional packings of frictional disks, Soft Matter 6(13): 2935.
- Möbius M.E., Katgert G. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Relaxation and flow in linearly sheared two-dimensional foams, Europhysics Letters 90(4): 44003.
- Schall P. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), Shear bands in matter with granularity, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 42: 67-88.
- Tighe B.P., Snoeijer J.H., Vlugt T.J.H. & Hecke M.L. van (2010), The force network ensemble for granular packings, Soft Matter 6: 2908-2917.
- Ellenbroek W.G., Hecke M.L. van & Saarloos W. van (2009), Jammed frictionless discs: connecting local and global response, Physical Review E 80(6): 061307.
- Hecke M.L. van (2010), Jamming of soft particles: geometry, mechanics, scaling and isostaticity, Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter 22(3): 033101.
- Katgert G., Latka A., Möbius M.E. & Hecke M.L. van (2009), Flow in linearly sheared two dimensional foams: from bubble to bulk scale, Physical Review E 79(6): 066318.
- Jensenius H., Klein D.C.G., Hecke M.L. van, Oosterkamp T.H., Schmidt Th. & Jensenius J.C. (2009), Mannan-binding lectin: Structure, oligomerization, and flexibility studied by Atomic Force Microscopy, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 391: 246-259.
- Ellenbroek W.G., Zeravcic Z., Saarloos W. van & Hecke M.L. van (2009), Non-affine response: Jammed packings vs. spring networks, Europhysics Letters 87(3): 34004.
- Hovenkamp P.H., Ham R.W.J.M. van der, Uffelen G.A. van, Hecke M.L. van, Dijksman J.A. & Star W. (2009), Spore movement driven by the spore wall in an eusporangiate fern, Grana 48(2): 122-127.
- Dijksman J.A. & Hecke M.L. van (2009), The role of tap duration for the steady state density of vibrated granular media, EPL 88(4): 44001.
- Sakaie K., Fenistein D., Carroll T., Hecke M.L. van & Umbanhowar P. (2008), MR Imaging of Reynolds Dilatancy in the Bulk of Smooth Granular Flows, EPL 84(4): 49902.
- Katgert G., Möbius M.E. & Hecke M.L. van (2008), Rate Dependence and Role of Disorder in Linearly Sheared Two-Dimensional Foams, Physical Review Letters 101(5): 058301.
- Verbaan F.J., Bal S.M., Berg D.J. van den, Dijksman J.A., Hecke M.L. van, Verpoorten H., Berg A. van den, Luttge R. & Bouwstra J.A. (2008), Improved piercing of microneedle arrays in dermatomed human skin by an impact insertion method, Journal of Controlled Release 128(1): 80-88.
- Eerd A.A. van, Ellenbroek W.G., Hecke M.L. van, Snoeijer J.H. & Vlugt T.J.H. (2007), Tail of the contact force distribution in static granular materials, Physical Review E 75(6): 060302.
- Somfai E., Hecke M.L. van, Ellenbroek W.G., Shundyak K. & Saarloos W. van (2007), Critical and noncritical jamming of frictional grains, Physical Review E 75(2): 020301.
- Shundyak K., Hecke M.L. van & Saarloos W. van (2007), Force mobilization and generalized isostaticity in jammed packings of fractional grains, Physical Review E 75(1): 010301.
- Hecke M.L. van (2007), Materials Science: Shape Matters, SCIENCE 317(5834): 49-50.
- Depken M., Lechman J.B., Hecke M.L. van, Saarloos W. van & Grest G.S. (2007), Stresses in smooth flows of dense granular media, Europhysics Letters 78(5): 58001.
- Ellenbroek W.G., Somfai E., Hecke M.L. van & Saarloos W. van (2006), Critical scaling in linear response of frictionless granular packings near jamming, Physical Review Letters 97(25): 258001.
- Fenistein D., Meent J.W. van de & Hecke M.L. van (2006), Core precession and global modes in granular bulk flow, Physical Review Letters 96(11): 118001.
- Depken M., Saarloos W. van & Hecke M.L. van (2006), Continuum approach to wide shear zones in quasistatic granular matter, Physical Review E 73(3): 031302.
- Snoeijer J.H., Ellenbroek W.G., Vlugt T.J.H. & Hecke M.L. van (2006), Sheared force networks: Anisotropies, yielding, and geometry, Physical Review Letters 96(9): 098001.
- Umbanhowar P. & Hecke M.L. van (2005), Force dynamics in weakly vibrated granular packings, Physical Review E 72(3): 030301.
- Somfai E., Roux J.N., Snoeijer J.H., Hecke M.L. van & Saarloos W. van (2005), Elastic wave propagation in confined granular systems, Physical Review E 72(2): 021301.
- Saarloos W. van, Ellenbroek W.G., Somfai E. & Hecke M.L. van (2005), Force Response as a Probe of the Jamming Transition. In: Garcia-Rojo R., Herrmann H.J., McNamara S. (Eds.) Powders and Grains 2005. no. 2: CRC Press. 377-380.
- Snoeijer J.H., Vlugt T.J.H., Ellenbroek W.G., Hecke M.L. van & Leeuwen J.M.J. van (2004), Ensemble theory for force networks in hyperstatic granular matter, Physical Review E 70(6): 061306.
- Snoeijer J.H., Hecke M.L. van, Somfai E. & Saarloos W. van (2004), Packing geometry and statistics of force networks in granular media, Physical Review E 70(1): 011301.
- Fenistein D., Meent J.W. van de & Hecke M.L. van (2004), Universal and wide shear zones in granular bulk flow, Physical Review Letters 92(9): 094301.
- Snoeijer J.H., Vlugt T.J.H., Hecke M.L. van & Saarloos W. van (2004), Force network ensemble: A new approach to static granular matter, Physical Review Letters 92(5): 054302.
- Howard M. & Hecke M.L. van (2003), Hole-effect chaos in the one-dimensional complex Ginzurg-Landau equation, Physical Review E 68(2): 026213.
- Mikkelsen R., Hecke M.L. van & Bohr T. (2003), Influence of solitons on the transition to spatiotemporal chaos in coupled map lattices, Physical Review E 67(4): 046207.
- Snoeijer J.H., Hecke M.L. van, Somfai E. & Saarloos W. van (2003), Force and weight distributions in granular media: Effects of contact geometry, Physical Review E 67(3): 030302.
- Hørlück S., Hecke M.L. van & Dimon P. (2003), Shock waves in two-dimensional granular flow: Effects of rough walls and polydispersity, Physical Review E 67(2): 021304.
- Hecke M.L. van (2003), Coherent and incoherent structures in systems described by the 1 D CGLE: experiments and identification, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 174(1-4): 134-151.
- Pastur L., Westra M.T., Water W. van de, Hecke M.L. van, Storm C. & Saarloos W. van (2003), Sources and holes in a one-dimensional traveling-wave convection experiment, Physical Review E 67(3): 036305.
- Fenistein D. & Hecke M.L. van (2003), Wide shear zones in granular bulk flow, NATURE 425: 256.
- Troyanovski A.M., Hecke M.L. van, Saha N., Aarts J. & Kes P.H. (2002), STM imaging of flux line arrangements in the peak effect regime, Physical Review Letters 89(14): 147006.
- Hecke M.L. van, Storm C. & Saarloos W. van (1999), Sources, sinks and wavenumber selection in coupled CGL equations and experimental implications for counter-propagating wave systems, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 134(1): 1-47.
- Hecke M.L. van & Saarloos W. van (1997), Convection in rotating annuli: Ginzburg-Landau equations with tunable coefficients, Physical Review E 55(2): R1259.
- Alvarez R., Hecke M.L. van & Saarloos W. van (1997), Sources and sinks separating domains of left- and right-traveling waves: experiment versus amplitude equations, Physical Review E 56(2): R1306-R1309.
- Hecke M.L. van, Wit E. de & Saarloos W. van (1995), Coherent and incoherent drifting pulse dynamics in a complex Ginzburg-Landau equation, Physical Review Letters 75(21): 3830-3833.
- Saarloos W. van, Hecke M.L. van & Holyst R. (1995), Front propagation into unstable and metastable states in smectic-C* liquid crystals: Linear and nonlinear marginal-stability analysis, Physical Review E 52(2): 1773-1777.
- Hecke M.L. van, Hohenberg P.C. & Saarloos W. van (1994), Amplitude equations for pattern forming systems. In: Ernst M.H., Beijeren H. (Eds.) Fundamental Problems in Statistical Mechanics. no. VIII: Elsevier B.V.. 245-278.
- Hecke M.L., van, Saarloos W. van & Hohenberg P.C. (1993), Comment on "Absolute and convective instabilities in nonlinear systems", Physical Review Letters 71(13): 2162.
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