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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
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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, , Jan 2023, In: Nano Energy. 105, 108016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review