Research
Here is an overview of recent projects:
A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators. Science Robotics
- Bonding dissimilar polymer networks in various manufacturing processes. Nature Communication
Influence of the Contact Area on the Current Density across Molecular Tunneling Junctions Measured with EGAIn Top-Electrodes. Chemistry of Materials
- Fatigue Fracture of Hydrogels. Extreme Mechanics Letters
- Electroluminescence of giant stretchability. Advanced Materials.
Phase-transforming and switchable metamaterials. Extreme Mechanics Letters
Ionic cable. Video (YouTube). Video (youku). Extreme Mechanics Letters
- Elastic leak of a seal. Extreme Mechanics Letters
- Brownian motion of molecular probes in supercooled liquids, Physical Review Letters
- Optomechanics of soft materials. Journal of Applied Mechanics
- Ionic skin. Advanced Materials.
Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors. Supplementary Materials and Videos. Online discussion. Science
- Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels. Supplementary Information and Movies. Nature
- Large plastic deformation in high-capacity lithium-ion batteries caused by charge and discharge. Journal of American Ceramic Society
- Theory of dielectric elastomers capable of giant deformation of actuation, Physical Review Letters
- Using indentation to characterize the poroelasticity of gels. Applied Physics Letters
- A theory of coupled diffusion and large deformation in polymeric gels. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids