Transforming machines capable of continuous 3D shape morphing and locking

Xu S, Hu X, Yang R, Zang C, Li L, Xiao Y, Liu W, Tian B, Pang W, Bo R, Liu Q, Yang Y, Lai Y, Wu J, Zhao H, Wen L, Zhang Y*. Nature Machine Intelligence, 2025

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A mechanics model of coating-assisted strategy for shape fixation of 3D mesostructures based on buckling-guided assembly

Xu S, Tang Z, Yang R, Xue Z, Huang Y*, Zhang Y*. European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 2025

Shape-morphing bioelectronic devices

Xu S, Yang R, Yang Y, Zhang Y*. Materials Horizons, 2025

A soft microrobot with highly deformable 3D actuators for climbing and transitioning complex surfaces

Pang W†, Xu S†, Wu J, Bo R, Jin T, Xiao Y, Liu Z, Zhang F, Cheng X, Bai K, Song H, Xue Z, Wen L, Zhang Y*. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022

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Mechanically-Guided 3D Assembly for Architected Flexible Electronics

Bo R†, Xu S†, Yang Y†, Zhang Y*. Chemical Reviews, 2023

Thin-Film-Shaped Flexible Actuators

Pang W†, Xu S†, Bo R*, Zhang Y*. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023

Bioinspired passive microfliers

Xu S†, Ji Z†, Zhang Y*. Chinese Science Bulletin (in Chinese), 2023

Imperfection-insensitive flexible random network materials with horseshoe microstructures

Xiao Y, Hu X, Wu J, Shen Z, Wang S, Xu S, Zhao J, Chang J, Zhang Y*. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2025

An agile multimodal microrobot with architected passively morphing wheels

Lai Y†, Zang C†, Luo G, Xu S, Bo R, Zhao J, Yang Y, Jin T, Lan Y, Wang Y, Wen L, Pang W*, Zhang Y*. Science Advances, 2024

A three-dimensionally architected electronic skin mimicking human mechanosensation

Liu Z†, Hu X†, Bo R†, Yang Y, Cheng X, Pang W, Liu Q, Wang Y, Wang S, Xu S, Shen Z, Zhang Y*. Science, 2024

Inversely engineered biomimetic flexible network scaffolds for soft tissue regeneration

Cao S†, Wei Y†, Bo R, Yun X, Xu S, Guan Y, Zhao J, Lan Y, Zhang B, Xiong Y, Jin T, Lai Y, Chang J, Zhao Q, Wei M, Shao Y, Quan Q*, Zhang Y*. Science Advances, 2023

Bifurcation and mode transition of buckled ribbons under oblique compressions

Cheng X, Xu S, Jin T, Shen Z, Zhang Y*. Mechanics Research Communications, 2023

Delamination for Assembly of Reconfigurable 3D Mesostructures

Pang W†, Liu L†, Xu S, Shuai Y, Zhao J, Zhang Y*. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2023

Deep learning aided inverse design of the buckling-guided assembly for 3D frame structures

Jin T, Cheng X, Xu S, Lai Y, Zhang Y*. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2023

Assembly of complex 3D structures and electronics on curved surfaces

Xue Z†, Jin T†, Xu S, Bai K, He Q, Zhang F, Cheng X, Ji Z, Pang W, Shen Z, Song H, Shuai Y, Zhang Y*. Science Advances, 2022

Morphable three-dimensional electronic mesofliers capable of on-demand unfolding

Ji Z†, Zhao J†, Song H*, Xu S, Pang W, Hu X, Zhang F, Jin T, Shuai Y, Lan Y, Cheng D, Man W, Bo R, Xue Z*, Zhang Y*. Science China Materials, 2022