Multiscale Engineering of Soft Materials and Systems

Jiawei Yang and Ruobing Bai. “Mechanics of Wet Adhesion.” Mechanics of Flexible and Stretchable Electronics (2024): 345-372. [PDF]
William Jeang, Matthew Bochenek, Suman Bose, Yichao Zhao, Bryan Wong, Jiawei Yang, Alexis Jiang, Robert Langer, Daniel Anderson. 2024. Silicone cryogel skeletons enhance the survival and mechanical integrity of hydrogel-encapsulated cell therapies. Science Advances.10, eadk5949. [PDF]
Yang, J., 2022. A polymer brush theory for quantitative prediction of maximum height change between dry and wet states, preprint, https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.06892
Yang, X., Steck, J., Yang, J., Wang, Y. and Suo, Z., 2021. Degradable plastics are vulnerable to cracks. Engineering, 7(5), pp.624-629.[PDF]
Chu, C.K., Joseph, A.J., Limjoco, M.D., Yang, J., Bose, S., Thapa, L.S., Langer, R., and Anderson, D.G., 2020. Chemical Tuning of Fibers Drawn from Extensible Hyaluronic Acid Networks. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(46), pp.19715-19721. [PDF]
Yang, J., Illeperuma, W. and Suo, Z., 2020. Inelasticity increases the critical strain for the onset of creases on hydrogels. Extreme Mechanics Letters, p.100966. [PDF]
Yang, J., Steck, J. and Suo, Z., 2020. Gelation kinetics of alginate chains through covalent bonds. Extreme Mechanics Letters, p.100898. [PDF]
Yang, J., Steck, J., Bai, R., and Suo, Z., 2020. Topological adhesion II. Stretchable adhesion. Extreme Mechanics Letters, p100891. [PDF]
Steck, J., Kim, J., Yang, J., Hassan, S. and Suo, Z., 2020. Topological adhesion. I. Rapid and strong topohesives. Extreme Mechanics Letters, p.100803. [PDF]
Mu, R., Yang, J., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Chen, P., Sheng, H. and Suo, Z., 2020. Polymer-filled macroporous hydrogel for low friction. Extreme Mechanics Letters, p.100742. [PDF]
Yang, J., Bai, R., Li, J., Yang, C., Yao, X., Liu, Q., Vlassak, J.J., Mooney, D.J. and Suo, Z., 2019. Design molecular topology for wet-dry adhesion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(27), pp.24802-24811. [PDF]
Yang, J., Bai, R., Chen, B. and Suo, Z., 2019. Hydrogel Adhesion: A Supramolecular Synergy of Chemistry, Topology, and Mechanics. Advanced Functional Materials, p.1901693. [PDF]
Yang, J., Jin, L., Hutchinson, J.W. and Suo, Z., 2019. Plasticity retards the formation of creases. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 123, pp.305-314. [PDF]
Yang, X.#, Yang, J.#, Chen, L. and Suo, Z., 2019. Hydrolytic crack in a rubbery network. Extreme Mechanics Letters, p.100531. [PDF]
Wang, Y., Jia, K., Xiang, C., Yang, J., Yao, X. and Suo, Z., 2019. Instant, tough, noncovalent adhesion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(43), pp.40749-40757. [PDF]
Chen, B., Yang, J., Bai, R. and Suo, Z., 2019. Molecular Staples for Tough and Stretchable Adhesion in Integrated Soft Materials. Advanced Healthcare Materials, p.1900810. [PDF]
Steck, J., Yang, J. and Suo, Z., 2019. Covalent Topological Adhesion. ACS Macro Letters, 8, pp.754-758. [PDF]
Bai, R., Yang, J., Morelle, X.P. and Suo, Z., 2019. Flaw-Insensitive Hydrogels under Static and Cyclic Loads. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 40(8), p.1800883. [PDF]
Bai, R., Chen, B., Yang, J. and Suo, Z., 2019. Tearing a hydrogel of complex rheology. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 125, pp.749-761. [PDF]
Bai, R., Yang, J. and Suo, Z., 2019. Fatigue of hydrogels. European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 74, pp.337-370. [PDF]
Yang, J. 2019. Hydrogel Adhesion. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. [PDF]
Yang, J., Bai, R., and Suo, Z., 2018. Topological Adhesion of Wet Materials. Advanced Materials, p.1800671.[PDF]
Ouchi, T.#, Yang, J.#, Suo, Z. and Hayward, R.C., 2018. Effects of Stiff Film Pattern Geometry on Surface Buckling Instabilities of Elastic Bilayers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(27), pp.23406-23413.[PDF]
Bai, R., Yang, J., Morelle, X.P., Yang, C. and Suo, Z., 2018. Fatigue Fracture of Self-Recovery Hydrogels. ACS Macro Letters, 7(3), pp.312-317.[PDF]
Auguste, A., Yang, J., Jin, L., Chen, D., Suo, Z. and Hayward, R.C., 2018. Formation of high aspect ratio wrinkles and ridges on elastic bilayers with small thickness contrast. Soft Matter, 14, 8545-8551.[PDF]
Li, J., Celiz, A.D.#, Yang, J.#, Yang, Q., Wamala, I., Whyte, W., Seo, B.R., Vasilyev, N.V., Vlassak, J.J., Suo, Z. and Mooney, D.J., 2017. Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces. Science, 357(6349), pp.378-381.[PDF]
Huang, J.#, Yang, J.#, Jin, L., Clarke, D.R. and Suo, Z., 2016. Pattern Formation in Plastic Liquid Films on Elastomers by Ratcheting. Soft Matter, 12(16), pp.3820-3827. [PDF]
Yang, J. and Nie, G., 2014. Analysis of Sinusoidal Interfacial Wrinkling of an Anisotropic Film Sandwiched Between Two Compliant Layers. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 81(9), p.091013. [PDF]
Yu, A., Yang, J., Nie, G. and Yang, X., 2011. An improved model for naturally curved and twisted composite beams with closed thin-walled sections. Composite Structures, 93(9), pp.2322-2329. [PDF]