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

Cellular Snowballing: Cell Adhesion and Migration Drive the Self-Assembly of Cell-Microgel Biohybrid Spheroids

Ataie, Z., Kheirabadi, S., Li, C., Risbud, A., Sebastian, A., Albert, I., Zhang, S. & Sheikhi, A., May 28 2026, In: Advanced Science. 13, 30, e11302.

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3D-Printable, Honeycomb-Inspired Tissue-Like Bioelectrodes for Patient-Specific Neural Interface

Momin, M., Feng, L., Chen, X., Ahmed, S., AlMahmood, B., Huang, L. P., Ren, J., Wang, X., Lee, H., Cramer, S. R., Zhang, N., Zhang, S. & Zhou, T., Jun 2 2026, In: Advanced Materials. 38, 31, e16291.

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Static mechanical stretch induces collective alignment of C2C12 myoblasts

Shi, X., Feng, L. & Zhang, S., Apr 2026, In: Acta Biomaterialia. 214, p. 372-381 10 p.

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Chemomechanical Origin of Morphological Disparity in Lithium Metal Electrodeposition

Xu, Y., Fang, R., Xue, D., Jia, H., Le, P. M. L., Zhang, J. G., Xu, W., Zhang, S. & Wang, C., Mar 17 2026, In: Advanced Materials. 38, 16, e22026.

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Stack Pressure Enhanced Size Threshold of Si Anode Fracture in All-Solid-State Batteries

Li, M., Xue, D., Rong, Z., Fang, R., Wang, B., Liang, Y., Zhang, X., Huang, Q., Wang, Z., Zhu, L., Zhang, L., Tang, Y., Zhang, S. & Huang, J., Feb 19 2025, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 35, 8, 2415696.

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Dynamic interplay of dendrite growth and cracking in lithium metal solid-state batteries

Xue, D., Fincher, C., Fang, R., Sheldon, B. W., Chen, L. Q. & Zhang, S., Sep 2025, In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 202, 106197.

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Universal state transition from soliton network to soliton-free incommensurate stacking in reconstructed van der Waals bilayers

Zhang, B., He, L., Zhang, S. & Ni, Y., Apr 2025, In: 2D Materials. 12, 2, 025007.

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Patterning Bacterial Cells on Quasi-Liquid Surfaces for Biofilm Morphological Control

Chen, F., Boylan, D., Khan, F. Z., Shan, L., Monga, D., Zimmern, P. E., Zhang, S., Palmer, K. & Dai, X., Nov 5 2024, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 34, 45, 2407099.

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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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Agent-based modeling of stress anisotropy driven nematic ordering in growing biofilms

Li, C., Nijjer, J., Feng, L., Zhang, Q., Yan, J. & Zhang, S., Apr 2 2024, In: Soft matter. 20, 16, p. 3401-3410 10 p.

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Machine learning traction force maps for contractile cell monolayers

Li, C., Feng, L., Park, Y. J., Yang, J., Li, J. & Zhang, S., May 2024, In: Extreme Mechanics Letters. 68, 102150.

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3D-printed flexible neural probes for recordings at single-neuron level

Momin, M., Feng, L., Ahmed, S., Ren, J., Hossain, A., Zhang, S. & Zhou, T., Dec 20 2024, In: Device. 2, 12, 100519.

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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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