Sulin Zhang

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics

Research Summary

Dr. Zhang’s research has been focused on the roles of mechanical forces and stresses in materials, biology, chemistry, and medicine.

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Recent Publications

3D Highly Stretchable Liquid Metal/Elastomer Composites with Strain-Enhanced Conductivity

Fang, R., Yao, B., Chen, T., Xu, X., Xue, D., Hong, W., Wang, H., Wang, Q. & Zhang, S., Aug 1 2024, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 34, 31, 2310225.

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Endothelial Cell Selectivity to Nanoparticles Depends on Mechanical Phenotype

Fattahi, P., Yeh, Y. T., Zhao, T., Younesi, M., Huang, C., Terrones, M., Zheng, S., Brown, J. L., Huh, D. D., Zhang, S. & Butler, P. J., Jun 27 2023, In: Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10, 18, 2300137.

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Physical forces guide curvature sensing and cell migration mode bifurcating

Feng, L., Zhao, T., Xu, H., Shi, X., Li, C., Hsia, K. J. & Zhang, S., Aug 1 2023, In: PNAS Nexus. 2, 8, pgad237.

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Morphodynamics of dendrite growth in alumina based all solid-state sodium metal batteries

Geng, L., Xue, D., Yao, J., Dai, Q., Sun, H., Zhu, D., Rong, Z., Fang, R., Zhang, X., Su, Y., Yan, J., Harris, S. J., Ichikawa, S., Zhang, L., Tang, Y., Zhang, S. & Huang, J., May 18 2023, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 16, 6, p. 2658-2668 11 p.

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Regiospecific Cellulose Orientation and Anisotropic Mechanical Property in Plant Cell Walls

Lee, J., Choi, J., Feng, L., Yu, J., Zheng, Y., Zhang, Q., Lin, Y. T., Sah, S., Gu, Y., Zhang, S., Cosgrove, D. J. & Kim, S. H., Nov 13 2023, In: Biomacromolecules. 24, 11, p. 4759-4770 12 p.

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Biofilms as self-shaping growing nematics

Nijjer, J., Li, C., Kothari, M., Henzel, T., Zhang, Q., Tai, J. S. B., Zhou, S., Cohen, T., Zhang, S. & Yan, J., Dec 2023, In: Nature Physics. 19, 12, p. 1936-1944 9 p.

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Reviving the rock-salt phases in Ni-rich layered cathodes by mechano-electrochemistry in all-solid-state batteries

Wang, Z., Wang, Z., Xue, D., Zhao, J., Zhang, X., Geng, L., Li, Y., Du, C., Yao, J., Liu, X., Rong, Z., Guo, B., Fang, R., Su, Y., Delmas, C., Harris, S. J., Wagemaker, M., Zhang, L., Tang, Y. & Zhang, S. & 2 others, Zhu, L. & Huang, J., Jan 2023, In: Nano Energy. 105, 108016.

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Correlation Between Solid Electrolyte Interphase and Li Morphology Revealed by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

Xu, Y., Jia, H., Xue, D., Fang, R., Zhang, J. G., Zhang, S., Xu, W. & Wang, C., Jul 22 2023, In: Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29, 1, p. 1761-1762 2 p.

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Elastocapillarity at Cell-Matrix Contacts

Shi, X., Liu, Z., Feng, L., Zhao, T., Hui, C. Y. & Zhang, S., Jun 2022, In: Physical Review X. 12, 2, 21053.

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In situ Observation of Li Deposition-Induced Cracking in Garnet Solid Electrolytes

Zhao, J., Tang, Y., Dai, Q., Du, C., Zhang, Y., Xue, D., Chen, T., Chen, J., Wang, B., Yao, J., Zhao, N., Li, Y., Xia, S., Guo, X., Harris, S. J., Zhang, L., Zhang, S., Zhu, T. & Huang, J., Apr 2022, In: Energy and Environmental Materials. 5, 2, p. 524-532 9 p.

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Lithium Deposition-Induced Fracture of Carbon Nanotubes and Its Implication to Solid-State Batteries

Chen, J., Zhao, C., Xue, D., Zhang, L., Yang, T., Du, C., Zhang, X., Fang, R., Guo, B., Ye, H., Li, H., Dai, Q., Zhao, J., Li, Y., Harris, S. J., Tang, Y., Ding, F., Zhang, S. & Huang, J., Aug 25 2021, In: Nano letters. 21, 16, p. 6859-6866 8 p.

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Progressive growth of the solid–electrolyte interphase towards the Si anode interior causes capacity fading

He, Y., Jiang, L., Chen, T., Xu, Y., Jia, H., Yi, R., Xue, D., Song, M., Genc, A., Bouchet-Marquis, C., Pullan, L., Tessner, T., Yoo, J., Li, X., Zhang, J. G., Zhang, S. & Wang, C., Oct 2021, In: Nature nanotechnology. 16, 10, p. 1113-1120 8 p.

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Molecular Ferroelectric-Based Flexible Sensors Exhibiting Supersensitivity and Multimodal Capability for Detection

Li, W., Li, C., Zhang, G., Li, L., Huang, K., Gong, X., Zhang, C., Zheng, A., Tang, Y., Wang, Z., Tong, Q., Dong, W., Jiang, S., Zhang, S. & Wang, Q., Nov 2 2021, In: Advanced Materials. 33, 44, 2104107.

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Mechanical forces drive a reorientation cascade leading to biofilm self-patterning

Nijjer, J., Li, C., Zhang, Q., Lu, H., Zhang, S. & Yan, J., Dec 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 6632.

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Spatiotemporal Oscillation in Confined Epithelial Motion upon Fluid-to-Solid Transition

Yu, J., Cai, P., Zhang, X., Zhao, T., Liang, L., Zhang, S., Liu, H. & Chen, X., Apr 27 2021, In: ACS nano. 15, 4, p. 7618-7627 10 p.

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