The key idea of this paper is to investigate the role of torsion on tuning the mode of instabilities , and controls the monotonicity of the stress-stretch relationship in confined elastic layers.

We construct a phase diagram in the plot of torsion angle and aspect ratio to delineate the mode of instability and the monotonicity of stress-stretch curve in confined elastic layers.

Thanks for the support from NSF, we are thrilled to share our 1st University-Industry Workshop on May 30 at MSU. We are fortunate to secure keynote speakers including Grace Gu at UC Berkley, Abdon Pena-Francesch at UMich, Hyunwoo Yuk at SanaHeal, Dohgyu Hwang at Dow Chemical

Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are welcome to give lightening talks. 5 Travel awards will be selected for student participants to cover their travel expenses. Registration Link: lnkd.in/eXb7-Syh More information can be found: lnkd.in/eAxJsDeH

We feel grateful for NSF support. Great work with Ruobing Bai on this collaborative project. We use experiment and theory to uncover the role of topological defects on mechanics of end-linked polymer networks with strain induced crystallization. This is 4th NSF grant in my group.

Grateful to organize the 2025 GRS Adhesion Science, creating a space for young researchers to share their work. Excited to have experts from academia & industry join us for a career panel discussion! Xuanhe Zhao Junsoo Kim Welcome to apply!!! Gordon Research Conferences Princeton University UT Austin

I am thrived to share our work titled "Mechano-Diffusion of Particles in Stretchable Hydrogels" is published in Soft Matter. Hearty congrats to Chuwei Ye, Congjie Wei, Jiabin Liu, and Tsz Hung Wong. Paper Link: lnkd.in/eKTweUeU

We report a mechano-diffusion mechanism that harnesses mechanical deformation to control particle diffusion in hydrogels with a significantly enlarged tuning ratio and a highly expanded tuning freedom. Thanks the support from NSF Biosensing Program and NSF CAREER Program.

I will give a lecture, in MaP Distinguished Lecture Series on Engineering with Living Materials, ETH Zurich, titled Crack Growth in Soft Materials and Tissues 31 March 2025, Monday 11:15 (Boston) 16:15 (Zurich) The lecture will be online Zoom link: ethz.zoom.us/j/65691051832

I am thrilled to share that I will be joining FLORIDA as an Assistant Professor in UF MAE starting in July of 2025! My research group will study the mechanics of structures, networks, and polymers. Go gators!

Our Nature paper has just been published ⁦Princeton Engineering⁩ ⁦Princeton University⁩ ⁦nature⁩ ⁦ASME.org⁩ ⁦ASCE Headquarters⁩ ⁦Popular Mechanics⁩ ⁦Georgia Tech⁩ nature.com/articles/s4158…

My PhD student Jiabin Liu won the 2024-2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Mechanical Engineering. This is a highly prestigious honor, awarded to only one student per engineering department.

A powerful strategy to develop materials for sustainability is to reimagine the existing economically important materials. In a new paper published in Nature Sustainability, we show that the performance of natural rubber can be greatly enhanced.suo.seas.harvard.edu/files/suo/file…

Join us for our upcoming University-Industry Workshop “High-Throughput Soft Material Development” on May 30th. We expect to have ~ 50 participants from more than 10 Universities and Industrials. You may also attend the event via zoom ID: 670 705 8733

Our paper is online! 😀 We developed a tough hydrogel that achieves high modulus, high fatigue threshold, and low hysteresis — simultaneously! 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4146… Many thanks to Zhigang Suo Zheqi Chen Guodong Nian MWM_Tan Yakov Kutsovsky Christine Heera Ahn

We had a great one-day NSF-funded workshop this Friday, engaging more than 50 participants from more than 10 universities and industries. We hope this workshop can be an initiative to foster connections and collaborations between universities and industries.

Feel deeply honored and truly grateful for being invited by Prof. Takamasa Sakai 酒井崇匡| gel scientist to give an invited talk on at the 19th Pacific Polymer Conference. This is my first time to visit Japan. Great to know polymer people in Japan.

I am looking for a PhD scientist to work together SanaHeal, Inc.. Will work on products based on our bioadhesive technology platform internally & with large publicly traded company partnered on diverse medical devices. Our office/lab is in Boston & competitive salary & compensation

Many thanks for highlighting this. We feel grateful a recent award from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, seeking a new direction for harnessing mechanical deformation to engineer nanoparticle transport, potentially beneficial for enhanced oil recovery and drilling fluid design.

In 1994, I went for my first sabbatical, at Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, in Stuttgart, Germany. My host, Manfred Rühle, let me alone. In the Institute Library, I discovered Gibbs’s paper on phases in a pure substance. What a revelation! docs.google.com/document/d/1iE…