Nanomechanics and Nanoengineering Laboratory
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Welcome to the Zhu group! Our research addresses basic and applied problems at the intersection of Solid Mechanics and Micro/Nano-technology, including nanomechanics, micro/nano-electromechanical systems, and nanomaterial-enabled soft electronics and soft robotics. We aim to understand mechanical and multiphysical behaviors of nanomaterials through in-situ experiments and explore their device applications based on their unique properties.
We are currently looking for a postdoctoral research fellow in the area of manufacturing and applications of soft wearable electronics.
Representative Publications
- G. Cheng, S. Yin, C. Li, T.H. Chang, G. Richter, H. Gao, and Y. Zhu, “In-situ study of dislocation interaction with twin boundary and retraction in twinned metallic nanowires“, Acta Materialia 196, 304-312 (2020).
- W. Zhou, S. Yao, H. Wang, Q. Du, Y Ma, and Y. Zhu, “Gas-Permeable, Ultrathin, Stretchable Epidermal Electronics with Porous Electrodes“, ACS Nano 14, 5798-5805 (2020).
- G. Cheng, Y. Zhang, T.-H. Chang, Q. Liu, L. Chen, W. Lu, T. Zhu and Y. Zhu, “In situ nano-thermo-mechanical experiment reveals brittle to ductile transition in silicon nanowires“, Nano Letters 19, 5327-5334 (2019).
- S. Yin, G. Cheng, T.-H. Chang, G. Richter, Y. Zhu and H. Gao, “Hydrogen embrittlement in metallic nanowires“, Nature Communications 10, 2004 (2019).
- J. Cui, F. Poblete and Y. Zhu, “Origami/Kirigami‐Guided Morphing of Composite Sheets“, Advanced Functional Materials 28, 1802768 (2018).
- Z. Cui, Y. Han, J. Dong and Y. Zhu, “Electrohydrodynamic Printing of Silver Nanowires for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics”, Nanoscale 10, 6806-6811 (2018).
- G. Cheng, C. Miao, Q. Qin, J. Li, F. Xu, H. Haftbaradaran, E.C. Dickey, H. Gao and Y. Zhu, “Large Anelasticity and Associated Energy Dissipation in Single-Crystalline Nanowires“, Nature Nanotechnology 10, 687-691 (2015).
- Q. Qin, S. Yin, G. Cheng, X. Li, T.-H. Chang, G. Richter, Y. Zhu and H. Gao, “Recoverable Plasticity in Penta-twinned Metallic Nanowires Governed by Dislocation Nucleation and Retraction“, Nature Communications 6, 5983 (2015).
- T. Jiang, R. Huang, Y. Zhu, “Interfacial Sliding and Buckling of Monolayer Graphene on a Stretchable Substrate“, Advanced Functional Materials 24, 396-402 (2014).
- F. Xu and Y. Zhu, “Highly Conductive and Stretchable Silver Nanowire Conductors,” Advanced Materials 24 (37), 5117-5122 (2012).
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