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- He, Y., Chen, T. W., Jia, H. P., Jiang, L., Yi, R., Xu, Y. B., Xue, D. C., Genc, A., Bouchet-Marquis, C., Pullan, L., Tessner, T., Yoo, J. Y., Li, X. L., Zhang, J. -G, Zhang S. L.◊, and Wang, C. M.◊
Progressive inward growth of solid-electrolyte interphase causes capacity fading of large volume changing anodes.
Nature Nanotechnology , 16, 1113-1120 (2021).
- Nijjer J., Li C. H., Zhang, Q. T., Lu, H. R., Zhang S. L.◊, and Yan, J.◊
Biofilm self-patterning: mechanical forces drive a reorientation cascade.
Nature Communications, in print (2021).
- Zhang, Y., Yu, J. Y., Wang, X., Durachko, D. M., Zhang, S. L.◊, Cosgrove, D. J.◊
Molecular insights into the complex mechanics of plant epidermal cell walls.
Science,372, 706-711(2021).
- Wei, Q., Shi, X. C., Cai P. Q., Zhao, T. K., Chen, T. W., Zhang, Y., Yang, J., Chen, X. D., Zhang, S. L. ◊
Actin-Ring Segment Switching Driving Epithelial closure over non-adhesive gaps.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117, 33263-33271, (2020).
- L. Q. Zhang, T. T. Yang, C. C. Du, Q. N. Liu, Y. S. Tang, J. Zhao, B. L. Wang, T. W. Chen, Y. Sun, P. Jia, H. Li, L. Geng, J. Z. Chen, H. J. Ye, Z. F Wang, Y. S. Li, H. M. Sun, X. M. Li, Q. S. Dai, Y. F. Tang, Q. M. Peng,T. D. Shen, S, L. Zhang◊, T. Zhu◊ and J. Y. Huang◊
Revealing the growth and stress generation of lithium dendrites by in-situ ETEM-AFM.
Nature Nanotechnology, 15, 94-98 (2020).
- Wang, Z. Q., Li, X. Y., Chen, Y. M., Pei, K., Mai, Y. -W., Zhang, S. L.◊, and Li, J. ◊
Creep-enabled 3D Solid-state Lithium Metal Battery.
Chem, 6, 2878-2892, (2020).
- Xue, W. J., Ren, Z. C., Chen, T. W., Kim, S. Y., Chen, Y. M., Zhang, P. C., Zhang*, S. L. ◊, and Li, J. ◊
Molar-Volume Asymmetry Enabled Low-Frequency Mechanical Energy Harvesting in Electrochemical Cells.
Applied Energy, 273, 115230, (2020).
- Yao, B., Hong, W., Chen, T. W., Han, Z. B., Xu, X. W., Hu, R. C., Hao, J. Y., Li, C. H., Li, H., Perini, S. E., Lanagan, M. T., Zhang, S. L.◊, Wang, Q.◊, Wang, H◊
Highly Stretchable Polymer Composite with Strain‐Enhanced Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness.
Advanced Materials, 32, 1907499, (2020).
- Zhao, P., Wang, Y. X., Katz, B., Mockensturm, E., Crespi, V.◊ and Zhang, S. L.◊
Geometry and chiral symmetry breaking of ripple junctions in 2D materials.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 131, 337-343, (2019).
- Zhang Y., Wei, Q., Zhao, T., Zhao, P. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Extracellular and intercellular force distribution in circularly shaped epithelia.
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 31, 100526, (2019).
- Zhang, Y., Shi, X., Zhao, T., Huang, C., Wei, Q., Tang, X., Santy, L. C., Saif, M. T. A. and Zhang, S. L.◊
A traction force threshold signifies metastatic phenotypic change in multicellular epithelia.
Soft matter, 15, 7203-7210, (2019).
- Zhang, G. Z., Weng, L. X., Hu, Z. Y., Liu, Y., Bao, R. X., Zhao, P., Feng, H., Yang, N., Li, M. Y., Zhang, S. L., Jiang, S. L. and Wang, Q.◊
Nanoconfinement-Induced Giant Electrocaloric Effect in Ferroelectric Polymer Nanowire Array Integrated with Aluminum Oxide Membrane to Exhibit Record Cooling Power Density.
Advanced Materials , 31, 1806642, (2019).
- Son, S., Muddana, H. S., Huang, C., Zhang, S. and Butler, P. J.◊
Direct In situ, fluorescence lifetime-based measurements of cell membrane micromechanics.
Biophysical Journal, 694620, (2019).
- Han, S. B., Cai, C., Chen, T. W., He, D. S., Li, S., Xiang, X., Zu, X. Z., S. L. Zhang◊, Gu, M.◊
Direct Visualization of Gold Dissolution and Diffusion Across Ni2P Shell Using in-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,11, 46947-46952, (2019).
- Zhao, T. K., Zhang, Y., Wei, Q., Shi, X. C., Zhao, P., Chen, L. Q. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Active cell-matrix coupling regulates cellular force landscapes of cohesive epithelial monolayers.
NPJ Computational Materials, 4, (2018)
- Zhang, G. Z., Zhao, P., Zhang, X. S., Han, K., Zhao, T. K., Zhang, Y., Jeong, C. K., Jiang, S. L., Zhang, S. L.◊ and Wang, Q.◊
Flexible three-dimensional interconnected piezoelectric ceramic foam based composites for highly efficient concurrent mechanical and thermal energy harvesting.
Energy & Environmental Science , 11, (2018).
- Zhang, G. Z., Fan, B. Y., Zhao, P., Hu, Z. Y., Liu, Y., Liu, F. H., Jiang, S. L., Zhang, S. L., Li, H. L. and Wang, Q.◊
Ferroelectric Polymer Nanocomposites with Complementary Nanostructured Fillers for Electrocaloric Cooling with High Power Density and Great Efficiency.
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1, 1344-1354, (2018).
- Yan, P. F., Zheng, J. M., Chen, T. W., Luo, L. L., Jiang, Y. Y., Wang, K., Sui, M. L., Zhang, J. G., Zhang, S. L.◊ and Wang, C. M.◊
Coupling of electrochemically triggered thermal and mechanical effects to aggravate failure in a layered cathode.
Nature Communications, 9, (2018).
- Wei, Q., Huang, C. J., Zhang, Y., Zhao, T. K., Zhao, P., Butler, P. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Mechanotargeting: Mechanics-Dependent Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles.
Advanced Materials, 30, (2018).
- Sun, J. S., Jiang, J. W.◊, Park, H. S. and Zhang, S. L.
Self-cleaning by harnessing wrinkles in two-dimensional layered crystals.
Nanoscale, 10, 312-318, (2018).
- Ryu, J., Chen, T. W., Bok, T., Song, G., Ma, J., Hwang, C., Luo, L. L., Song, H. K., Cho, J., Wang, C. M., Zhang, S. L.◊ and Park, S.◊
Mechanical mismatch-driven rippling in carbon-coated silicon sheets for stress-resilient battery anodes.
Nature Communications, 9, (2018).
- Kim, G. B., Chen, Y. J., Kang, W. B., Guo, J. S., Payne, R., Li, H., Wei, Q., Baker, J., Dong, C., Zhang, S. L., Wong, P. K., Rizk, E. B., Yan, J. Z. and Yang, J.◊
The critical chemical and mechanical regulation of folic acid on neural engineering.
Biomaterials, 178, 504-516, (2018).
- Zhang, S. L.◊, Zhao, K. J.◊, Zhu, T.◊ and Li, J.◊
Electrochemomechanical degradation of high-capacity battery electrode materials.
Progress in Materials Science,89, 479-521, (2017).
- Zhang, S. L.◊
Chemomechanical modeling of lithiation-induced failure in high-volume-change electrode materials for lithium ion batteries.
NPJ Computational Materials ,3, (2017).
- Ostadhossein, A., Rahnamoun, A., Wang, Y. X., Zhao, P., Zhang, S. L., Crespi, V. H. and van Duin, A. C. T.◊
ReaxFF Reactive Force-Field Study of Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2).
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 8, 631-640, (2017).
- Dearnley, M., Trang, C., Zhang, Y., Looker, O., Huang, C. J., Klonis, N., Yeoman, J., Arora, M., Osborne, J., Chandramohanadas, R., Zhang, S. L., Tilley, L.◊ and Dixon, M.◊
Revsersible host cell remodeling underpins deformability changes in malaria parasite sexual blood stages.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygien, 95, 589-589, (2017).
- Chen, T. W., Zhao, P., Guo, X. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Two-Fold Anisotropy Governs Morphological Evolution and Stress Generation in Sodiated Black Phosphorus for Sodium Ion Batteries.
Nano Letters , 17, 2299-2306, (2017).
- Chen, T. W., Yang, H., Li, J. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Mechanics of electrochemically driven mechanical energy harvesting.
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 15, 78-82, (2017).
- Gao, K., Li, P. F., Zhang, Y. Z., Chen, T. W., Wang, X., Zhang, S. L., Liu, J. B. and Wang, H. T.◊
In situ tem investigation on ultrafast reversible lithiation and delithiation cycling of Sn@C yolk-shell nanoparticles as anodes for lithium ion batteries.
Nano Energy, 40, 187-194 (2017).
- Kim, S., Choi, S. J., Zhao, K. J., Yang, H., Gobbi, G., Zhang, S. L.◊ and Li, J.◊
Electrochemically driven mechanical energy harvesting.
Nature Communications , 7, (2016).
- Huang, C. J., Ozdemir, T., Xu, L. C., Butler, P. J., Siedlecki, C. A., Brown, J. L. and Zhang, S. L.◊
The role of substrate topography on the cellular uptake of nanoparticles.
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B-Applied Biomaterials, 104, 488-495, (2016).
- Dearnley, M., Chu, T., Zhang, Y., Looker, O., Huang, C. J., Klonis, N., Yeoman, J., Kenny, S., Arora, M., Osborne, J. M., Chandramohanadas, R., Zhang, S. L.◊, Dixon, M. W. A.◊ and Tilley, L.◊
Reversible host cell remodeling underpins deformability changes in malaria parasite sexual blood stages.
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 113, 4800-4805 (2016).
- Zhang Y.*, Huang C. J.*, Kim S., Golkaram M.*, Dixon M. W. A., Tilley L., Li J., Zhang S. L.◊, Suresh S.◊
Multiple stiffening effects of nanoscale knobs on malaria parasite-infected human red blood cells.
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 12, 6068-6073, (2015).
- Xiao Q-F#, Gu M. #, Yang H.*, #, Li B., Zhang C., Liu Y., Liu F., Dai F., Liu Z. Xiao X., Liu G. Zhang S. L.◊, Wang C-M.◊, Lu Y.◊, and Cai M.◊
Mesopore-triggered inward lithium breathing of hierarchically porous Si nanospheres as high performance anodes.
Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/ncomms9844, (2015).
- Kim S., Choi S. J., Zhao K., Yang H.*, Gobbi G., Zhang S. L., Li J.◊
Electrochemically Driven Mechanical Energy Harvesting.
Nature Communications, In print (2015).
- Huang C. J.*, Ozdemir T., Xu L., Butler P. J., Siedlecki C., Brown J. and Zhang S. L.◊
Roles of substrate topography on the cellular uptake of nanoparticles.
Journal of Biomedical Research, Part B, DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.3339, (2015).
- Zhang H. Z., Wang L., Yuan B., Huang C. J.*, Zhang S. L., Yang K. and Ma Y. Q.◊
Cooperative membrane penetration of NPs.
Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/srep10525, (2015).
- Luo, L.#, Zhao, P.#,*, Yang, H.*, Liu, B., J. G., Cui, Y., Yu, G., Liu, G., Zhang, S. L. ◊, and Wang, C. M. ◊
Surface coating constraint induced self-discharging of silicon nanoparticles as anodes for lithium ion batteries.
Nano Letters. 10, 7016–7022, (2015).
- Zhang, S. L.◊, Gao H. J.◊, and Bao G.◊
Physical Principles of Nanoparticle Cellular Endocytosis.
ACS Nano, 9, 8655–8671, (2015).
- Ostadhosseina A*, Cubuk E. D., Tritsaris G. A., Kaxiras E., Zhang S. L. and van Duin A. C.T.◊
Stress effects on the initial lithiation of crystalline silicon nanowires: reactive molecular dynamics simulations using ReaxFF.
Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, 17, 3832-3840, (2015).
- Luo L. #, Yang H.*,#, Yan P., Travis J. J., Liu N., Piper D. M., Lee S-H, George S. M., Zhang G-J., Cui Y., Zhang S. L.◊, Ban C.◊, Wang C-M.◊
Surface-Coating Regulated Lithiation Kinetics Degradation in Silicon Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery.
ACS Nano, 9, 5559-5566, (2015).
- Kushima A., Qian X. F, Zhao P*, Zhang S. L.◊ and Li J.◊
Ripplocations in van der Waals layers.
Nano Letters, 15, 1302-1308, 2015.
- Yang H.*, Liang W. T.*, Guo X., Wang, C. W., and Zhang S. L.◊
Strong kinetics-stress coupling in lithiated Si and Ge electrodes.
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2, 1-6, (2014).
- Chen L., Fan F., Hong L., Chen J., Ji Y.Z., Zhang S. L., Zhu T., and Chen L. -Q◊.
A phase-fieldmodel coupled with large elasto-plastic deformation: application to lithiated silicon electrodes.
Journal of Electrochemistry Society, 161, 3164-3172 (2014).
- Yang H.*, Fan F. F., Liang W. T.*, Guo X., Zhu T., and Zhang, S. L◊.
3A chemo-mechanical model of lithiation in Si.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 70, 349-361, (2014).
- Liu Y., Zhang S. L.◊, and Zhu T.◊
Germanium-Based Electrode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries.
Chemelectrochem, 1, 706-713, (2014).
- Wang C.-M.◊, Gu M., Yang, H., Perea D. E., Zhang S. L.
In-situ TEM study of internal and external stress on lithiation behavior of high capacity anode materials with a large volume change.
Microscopy and Microanalysis , 20, 1536-1537, 2014.
- Gu, M.◊, Yang H.*, Perea D. E., J-G Zhang, Zhang, S. L.◊, and Wang C. -M.◊
Bending-Induced Symmetry Breaking of Lithiation in Germanium Nanowires.
Nano Letters, 14, 4622-4627, (2014).
- Jin F., Zhang W., Zhang S. L., and Guo X.◊
Adhesion between elastic cylinders based on the double-Hertz model.
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51, 2706–2712, (2014).
- Zhang W., Jin F., Zhang S. L., and Guo X◊.
Adhesive Contact on Randomly Rough Surfaces Based on the Double-Hertz Model.
Journal of Applied Mechanics, 81, 051008 (2014).
- Huang, C. J.*, Zhang, Y.*, Yuan, H. Y. *, Gao, H. J. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Role of Nanoparticle Geometry in Endocytosis: Laying Down to Stand Up.
Nano Letters, 13, 4546-4550, (2013).
- Huang, C. J.*, Butler, P. J., Tong, S., Muddana, H. S., Bao, G. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Substrate Stiffness Regulates Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles.
Nano Letters, 13, 1611-1615, (2013).
- Yang, H.*, Huang, X.*, Liang, W. T.*, van Duin, A. C. T., Raju, M. and Zhang S. L.◊
Self-weakening in lithiated graphene electrodes.
Chemical Physics Letters 563, 58-62, (2013).
- Liu, X. H., Fan, F. F., Yang, H.*, Zhang, S. L., Huang, J. Y. and Zhu, T.◊
Self-Limiting Lithiation in Silicon Nanowires.
ACS Nano 7, 1495-1503, (2013).
- Liang, W. T.*, Yang, H.*, Fan, F. F., Liu, Y., Liu, X. H., Huang, J. Y., Zhu, T.◊ and Zhang, S. L.◊
Tough Germanium Nanoparticles under Electrochemical Cycling.
ACS Nano 7, 3427-3433, (2013).
- Liang, W. T.*, Hong, L., Yang, H.*, Fan, F. F., Liu, Y., Li, H., Li, J., Huang, J. Y., Chen, L. Q., Zhu, T. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Nanovoid Formation and Annihilation in Gallium Nanodroplets under Lithiation-Delithiation Cycling.
Nano Letters 13, 5212-5217, (2013).
- Huang, X. *, Yang, H.*, Liang, W. T.*, Raju, M., Terrones, M., Crespi, V. H., van Duin, A. C. T. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Lithiation induced corrosive fracture in defective carbon nanotubes.
Applied Physics Letters 103, 153901, (2013).
- Huang, S., Fan, F., Li, J., Zhang S. L. and Zhu, T.◊
Stress generation during lithiation of high-capacity electrode particles in lithium ion batteries.
Acta Materialia 61, 4354-4364, (2013).
- Fan, F. F., Huang, S., Yang, H.*, Raju, M., Datta, D., Shenoy, V. B., van Duin, A. C. T., Zhang, S. L. and Zhu, T.◊
Mechanical properties of amorphous LixSi alloys: a reactive force field study.
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 21, 074002, (2013).
- Yang, H.*, Huang, S., Huang, X.*, Fan, F. F., Liang, W. T.*, Liu, X. H., Chen, L. Q., Huang, J. Y., Li, J., Zhu, T. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Orientation-Dependent Interfacial Mobility Governs the Anisotropic Swelling in Lithiated Silicon Nanowires.
Nano Letters 12, 1953-1958, (2012).
- Liu, X. H., Wang, J. W., Liu, Y., Zheng, H., Kushima, A., Huang, S., Zhu, T., Mao, S. X., Li, J., Zhang, S. L., Lu, W., Tour, J. M. and Huang, J. Y.◊
In situ transmission electron microscopy of electrochemical lithiation, delithiation and deformation of individual graphene nanoribbons.
Carbon 50, 3836-3844, (2012).
- Liu, X. H., Wang, J. W., Huang, S., Fan, F. F., Huang, X.*, Liu, Y., Krylyuk, S., Yoo, J., Dayeh, S. A., Davydov, A. V., Mao, S. X., Picraux, S. T., Zhang, S. L., Li, J., Zhu, T. and Huang, J. Y.◊
In situ atomic-scale imaging of electrochemical lithiation in silicon.
Nature Nanotechnology 7, 749-756, (2012).
- Liu, X. H., Liu, Y., Kushima, A., Zhang, S. L., Zhu, T., Li, J. and Huang, J. Y.◊
In Situ TEM Experiments of Electrochemical Lithiation and Delithiation of Individual Nanostructures.
Advanced Energy Materials 2, 722-741, (2012).
- Huang, X.*, Yang, H.*, van Duin, A. C. T., Hsia, K. J. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Chemomechanics control of tearing paths in graphene.
Physical Review B 85, 195453 (2012).
- Huang, C. J.*, Yuan, H. Y.* and Zhang, S. L.◊
Coupled vesicle morphogenesis and domain organization.
Applied Physics Letters 98, 043702 (2011).
- Liu, Y., Zheng, H., Liu, X. H., Huang, S., Zhu, T., Wang, J. W., Kushima, A., Hudak, N. S., Huang, X.*, Zhang, S. L., Mao, S. X., Qian, X. F., Li, J. and Huang, J. Y.◊
Lithiation-Induced Embrittlement of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes.
ACS Nano 5, 7245-7253, (2011).
- Yuan H. Y.*, Huang C. J.*, and Zhang S. L◊.
Membrane-mediated inter-domain interactions.
Bionanoscience 1, 97-102, 2011.
- Liu, X. H., Zheng, H., Zhong, L., Huan, S., Karki, K., Zhang, L. Q., Liu, Y., Kushima, A., Liang, W. T.*, Wang, J. W., Cho, J. H., Epstein, E., Dayeh, S. A., Picraux, S. T., Zhu, T., Li, J., Sullivan, J. P., Cumings, J., Wang, C. S., Mao, S. X., Ye, Z. Z., Zhang, S. L. and Huang, J. Y.◊
Anisotropic Swelling and Fracture of Silicon Nanowires during Lithiation.
Nano Letters 11, 3312-3318, (2011).
- Zhang, S. L.◊, Li, T., Huang, J. Y. and Shenoy, V.
Low-Dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications.
Journal of Nanomaterials, 518189 (2011).
- Huang, X.* and Zhang, S. L.◊
Morphologies of monolayer graphene under indentation.
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering 19, 054004 (2011).
- Huang, X.*, Liang, W. T.* and Zhang, S. L.◊
Radial Corrugations of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Driven by Inter-Wall Nonbonding Interactions.
Nanoscale Research Letters 6, 53 (2011).
- Zou, J. A.*, Liang, W. T. * and Zhang, S. L.◊
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics modeling of DNA-carbon nanotube complexes.
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 83, 968-985, (2010).
- Yuan, H. Y.* and Zhang, S. L.◊
Effects of particle size and ligand density on the kinetics of receptor-mediated endocytosis of nanoparticles.
Applied Physics Letters 96, 033704 (2010).
- Yuan, H. Y.*, Li, J., Bao, G. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Variable Nanoparticle-Cell Adhesion Strength Regulates Cellular Uptake.
Physical Review Letters 105, 138101 (2010).
- Yuan, H. Y.*, Huang, C. J.* and Zhang, S. L.◊
Virus-Inspired Design Principles of Nanoparticle-Based Bioagents.
Plos One 5, 0013495 (2010).
- Yuan, H. Y.*, Huang, C. J.* and Zhang, S. L. ◊
Dynamic shape transformations of fluid vesicles.
Soft Matter 6, 4571-4579, (2010).
- Yuan, H. Y.*, Huang, C. J.*, Li, J., Lykotrafitis, G. and Zhang, S. L.◊
One-particle-thick, solvent-free, coarse-grained model for biological and biomimetic fluid membranes.
Physical Review E 82, 011905 (2010).
- Huang, X.* and Zhang, S. L.◊
Load-driven morphological evolution in covalently bridged multiwalled carbon nanotubes.
Applied Physics Letters 96, 203106 (2010).
- Huang, X.*, Yuan, H. Y.*, Hsia, K. J. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Coordinated Buckling of Thick Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Under Uniaxial Compression.
Nano Research 3, 32-42, (2010).
- Huang, X.*, Yuan, H. Y.*, Liang, W. T.* and Zhang, S. L.◊
Mechanical properties and deformation morphologies of covalently bridged multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Multiscale modeling.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 58, 1847-1862, (2010).
- Terdalkar, S. S.*, Huang, X.*, Yuan, H. Y.*, Rencis, J. J., Zhu, T. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Nanoscale fracture in graphene.
Chemical Physics Letters 494, 218-222, (2010).
- Zhang, S. L ◊, Li, J., Lykotrafitis, G., Bao, G. and Suresh, S.
Size-Dependent Endocytosis of Nanoparticles.
Advanced Materials 21, 419-425, (2009).
- Zou, J.*.*, Huang, X.*, Arroyo, M. and Zhang, S. L.◊
Effective coarse-grained simulations of super-thick multi-walled carbon nanotubes under torsion.
Journal of Applied Physics 105, 033516 (2009).
- Huang, S., Zhang, S. L., Belytschko, T., Terdalkar, S. S. and Zhu, T.◊
Mechanics of nanocrack: Fracture, dislocation emission, and amorphization.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 57, 840-850, (2009).
- Terdalkar, S. S.*, Zhang, S. L.◊, Rencis, J. J. and Hsia, K. J.
Molecular dynamics simulations of ion-irradiation induced deflection of 2D graphene films.
International Journal of Solids and Structures 45, 3908-3917, (2008).
- Huang, X.*, Zou, J.* * and Zhang, S. L.◊
Bilinear responses and rippling morphologies of multiwalled carbon nanotubes under torsion.
Applied Physics Letters 93, 031915 (2008). - Zhang, S. L.◊ and Zhu, T.
Atomic geometry and energetics of carbon nanotube necking.
Philosophical Magazine Letters 87, 567-574, (2007).
- Mielke, S. L.◊, Zhang, S. L., Khare, R., Ruoff, R. S., Belytschko, T. and Schatz, G. C.
The effects of extensive pitting on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes.
Chemical Physics Letters 446, 128-132, (2007).
- Zhang, S. L.◊, Zhu, T. and Belytschko, T.
Atomistic and multiscale analyses of brittle fracture in crystal lattices.
Physical Review B 76, 094114 (2007).
- Zhang, S. L., Khare, R., Lu, Q. and Belytschko, T.◊
A bridging domain and strain computation method for coupled atomistic-continuum modelling of solids.
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 70, 913-933, (2007).
- Khare, R., Mielke, S. L., Paci, J. T., Zhang, S. L., Ballarini, R., Schatz, G. C. and Belytschko, T.◊
Coupled quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical modeling of the fracture of defective carbon nanotubes and graphene sheets.
Physical Review B 75, 075412 (2007).
- Zhang, S. L.◊, Khare, R., Belytschko, T., Hsia, K. J., Mielke, S. L. and Schatz, G. C.
Transition states and minimum energy pathways for the collapse of carbon nanotubes.
Physical Review B 73, 075423 (2006).
- Zhang, S. L.◊, Mielke, S. L., Khare, R., Troya, D., Ruoff, R. S., Schatz, G. C. and Belytschko, T.◊
Mechanics of defects in carbon nanotubes: Atomistic and multiscale simulations.
Physical Review B, 115403 (2005).
- Liu, W. K.◊, Karpov, E. G., Zhang, S. L. and Park, H. S.
An introduction to computational nanomechanics and materials.
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 193, 1529-1578, (2004).
- Zhang, S. L., Wagner, G., Medyanik, S. N., Liu, W. K., Yu, Y. H. and Chung, Y. W.◊
Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation studies of friction behavior of hydrogenated carbon films.
Surface & Coatings Technology 177, 818-823, (2004).
- Zhang, S. L., Liu, W. K. and Ruoff, R. S◊.
Atomistic simulations of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) as rotational bearings.
Nano Letters 4, 293-297, (2004).
- Mielke, S. L.◊, Troya, D., Zhang, S. L., Li, J. L., Xiao, S. P., Car, R., Ruoff, R. S., Schatz, G. C.◊ and Belytschko, T.◊
The role of vacancy defects and holes in the fracture of carbon nanotubes.
Chemical Physics Letters 390, 413-420, (2004).
- Lu, S. N., Dikin, D. A., Zhang, S. L., Fisher, F. T., Lee, J. and Ruoff, R. S.◊
Realization of nanoscale resolution with a micromachined thermally actuated testing stage.
Review of Scientific Instruments 75, 2154-2162, (2004).
- Chen, X. Q., Zhang, S. L., Wagner, G. J., Ding, W. Q. and Ruoff, R. S.◊
Mechanical resonance of quartz microfibers and boundary condition effects.
Journal of Applied Physics 95, 4823-4828, (2004).
- Zhang, S. L.◊, Johnson, H. T., Wagner, G. J., Liu, W. K. and Hsia, K. J.
Stress generation mechanisms in carbon thin films grown by ion-beam deposition.
Acta Materialia 51, 5211-5222, (2003).
- Zhang, S. L., Panat, R. and Hsia, K. J.◊
Influence of surface morphology on the adhesion strength of epoxy-aluminum interfaces.
Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 17, 1685-1711, (2003).
- Chen, X. Q., Zhang, S. L., Dikin, D. A., Ding, W. Q., Ruoff, R. S.◊, Pan, L. J. and Nakayama, Y.
Mechanics of a carbon nanocoil.
Nano Letters 3, 1299-1304, (2003).
- Panat, R., Zhang, S. L. and Hsia, K. J.◊
Bond coat surface rumpling in thermal barrier coatings.
Acta Materialia 51, 239-249, (2003).
- Saif, M. T. A.◊, Zhang, S. L., Haque, A. and Hsia, K. J.
Effect of native Al2O3 on the elastic response of nanoscale Al films.
Acta Materialia 50, 2779-2786, (2002).
- Zhang, S. L., Hsia, K. J.◊ and Pearlstein, A. J.
Potential flow model of cavitation-induced interfacial fracture in a confined ductile layer.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 50, 549-569, (2002).
- Zhang, S. L. and Hsia, K. J.◊
Modeling the fracture of a sandwich structure due to cavitation in a ductile adhesive layer.
Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the ASME 68, 93-100, (2001).
- Zhang, S. L. and Yang, W.◊
Macrocrack extension by connecting statistically distributed micro cracks.
International Journal of Fracture 90, 341-353, (1998).
- Zhang, S. L., Li, T. and Yang, W.◊
Statistical strength of brittle materials with strongly interacted collinear microcracks.
International Journal of Solids and Structures 35, 995-1008, (1998).