72. F. Liu, X. H. Jiang, Z. Chen, and L. F. Wang, “Mechanical Design Principles of Avian Eggshells for Survivability”, Acta Biomaterialia 178, 233 (2024) PDF
71. X. H. Jiang, F. Liu, and L. F. Wang, “Machine Learning-based Stiffness Optimization of Digital Composite Metamaterials with Desired Positive or Negative Poisson's Ratio”, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 13, 100485 (2023) PDF
70. Z. Y. Li, X. T. Wang, L. Ma, L. Z. Wu, and L. F. Wang, “Auxetic and Failure Characteristics of Composite Stacked Origami Cellular Materials Under Compression”, Thin-Walled Structures 184, 110453 (2023) PDF
69. Z. A. Jia, F. Liu, L. Li, and L. F. Wang, “Elastic Anisotropy and Wave Propagation Properties of Multifunctional Hollow Sphere Foams”, Composite Structures 291, 115540 (2022) PDF
68. L. Li, C. Goodrich, H. Yang, K. R. Phillips, Z. A. Jia, H. Chen, L. F. Wang, J. Zhong, A. Liu, J. Lu, J. Shuai, M. P. Brenner, F. Spaepen, and J. Aizenberg, “Microscopic Origins of the Crystallographically Preferred Growth in Evaporation-Induced Colloidal Crystals”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 118, e2107588118 (2021) PDF
67. M. Zhang, W. B. Lu, P. I. Gouma, Z. P. Xu, and L. F. Wang, “Theoretical Prediction of Effective Stiffness of Nonwoven Fibrous Networks with Straight and Curved Nanofibers”, Composites Part A 143, 106311 (2021) PDF
66. Y. Yu, C. J. Lv, L. F. Wang, and P. L. Li, “The Shape of Heavy Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces”, ACS Omega 5, 26732–26737 (2020) PDF
65. F. Liu, X. H. Jiang, X. T. Wang, and L. F. Wang, “Machine Learning based Design and Optimization of Curved Beams for Multistable Structures and Metamaterials”, Extreme Mechanics Letters 41, 101002 (2020) PDF
64. H. K. Raut, A. F. Schwartzman, R. Das, F. Liu, L. F. Wang, C. A. Ross, and J. G. Fernandez, “Tough and Strong: Cross-Lamella Design Imparts Multifunctionality to Biomimetic Nacre”, ACS Nano 14, 9771–9779 (2020) PDF
63. F. Liu, T. T. Li, X. H. Jiang, Z. A. Jia, Z. P. Xu, and L. F. Wang, “The Effect of Material Mixing on Interfacial Stiffness and Strength of Multi-material Additive Manufacturing”, Additive Manufacturing 36, 101502 (2020) PDF
62. T. T. Li, F. Liu, and L. F. Wang, “Enhancing Indentation and Impact Resistance in Auxetic Composite Materials”, Composites Part B 198, 108229 (2020) PDF
61. Z. A. Jia, F. Liu, X. H. Jiang, and L. F. Wang, “Engineering Lattice Metamaterials for Extreme Property, Programmability, and Multifunctionality”, Journal of Applied Physics 15, 150901 (2020) PDF
60. F. Liu, T. T. Li, Z. A. Jia, and L. F. Wang, “Combination of Stiffness, Strength, and Toughness in 3D Printed Interlocking Nacre-like Composites”, Extreme Mechanics Letters 35, 100621 (2020) PDF
59. O. McGee, H. Jiang, F. Qian, Z. A. Jia, L. F. Wang, H. Meng, D. Chronopoulos, Y. Y. Chen, and L. Zuo, “3D Printed Architected Hollow Sphere Foams with Low-frequency Phononic Band Gaps”, Additive Manufacturing 30, 100842 (2019) PDF
58. Z. A. Jia and L. F. Wang, “Instability-Triggered Triply Negative Mechanical Metamaterial”, Physical Review Applied 12, 024040 (2019) PDF
57. S. Kuk, Z. Wang, Z. A. Jia, T. Zhang, J. K. Park, W. M. Kim, L. F. Wang, J. H. Jeong, and D. Hwang, “Effect of Nanosecond Laser Beam Shaping on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Film Solar Cell Scribing”, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2, 5057-5065 (2019) PDF
56. Z. A. Jia and L. F. Wang, “3D Printing of Biomimetic Composites with Improved Fracture Toughness”, Acta Materialia 173, 61-73 (2019) PDF
55. Z. A. Jia, Y. Yu, and L. F. Wang, “Learning from Nature: Using Material Architecture to Break the Performance Tradeoffs”, Materials and Design 168, 107650 (2019) PDF
54. Z. A. Jia, Y. Yu, S. Y. Hou, and L. F. Wang, “Biomimetic Architected Materials with Improved Dynamic Performance”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 125, 178-197 (2019) PDF
53. S. Y. Hou, T. T. Li, Z. A. Jia, and L. F. Wang, “Mechanical Properties of Sandwich Composites with 3D-printed Auxetic and Non-auxetic lattice Cores under Low Velocity Impact”, Materials and Design 160, 1305-1321 (2018) PDF
52. M. Zhang, Y.L. Chen, F. P. Chiang, P. I. Gouma, and L. F. Wang, “Modeling the Large Deformation and Microstructure Evolution of Non-woven Polymer Fiber Networks”, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics 86, 011010 (2019) PDF
51. Y. B. Li, S. Y. Cao, T. T. Li, and L. F. Wang, “Harnessing 3D Printed Residual Stress to Design Heat-shrinkable Metamaterials”, Results in Physics 11, 85-95 (2018) PDF
50. T. T. Li, Y. Y. Chen, and L. F. Wang, “Enhanced Fracture Toughness in Architected Interpenetrating Phase Composites by 3D Printing”, Composites Science and Technology 167, 251-259 (2018) PDF
49. W. J. Zhang, R. Neville, D. Y. Zhang, F. Scarpa, L. F. Wang, and R. Lakes, “The Two-Dimensional Elasticity of a Chiral Hinge Lattice Metamaterial”, International Journal of Solids and Structures 141-142, 254-263 (2018) PDF
48. C. H. Bai, Y. Wang, K. Xue, and L. F. Wang, “Experimental Study of Detonation of Large-Scale Powder-Droplet-Vapor Mixtures”, Shock Waves 28, 599-611 (2018) PDF
47. Z. A. Jia, Y. Y. Chen, H. X. Yang, and L. F. Wang, “Designing Phononic Crystals with Wide and Robust Band Gaps”, Physical Review Applied 9, 044021 (2018) PDF
46. Z. A. Jia, Z. Wang, D. Hwang, and L. F. Wang, “Prediction of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Hollow Sphere Foams”, ACS Applied Energy Materials 1, 1146-1157 (2018) PDF
45. Y. B. Li, Y. Y. Chen, T. T. Li, S. Y. Cao, and L. F. Wang, “Hoberman-Sphere-Inspired Lattice Metamaterials with Tunable Negative Thermal Expansion”, Composite Structures 189, 586-597 (2018) PDF
44. T. T. Li, Y. Y. Chen, X. Y. Hu, Y. B. Li, and L. F. Wang, “Exploiting Negative Poisson’s Ratio Effect to Design 3D-Printed Composites with Enhanced Mechanical Performance”, Materials and Design 142, 247-258 (2018) PDF
43. Z. A. Jia, T. T. Li, F. P. Chiang, and L. F. Wang, “An Experimental Investigation of the Temperature Effect on the Mechanics of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers”, Composites Science and Technology 154, 53-63 (2018) PDF
42. Y. Y. Chen, T. T. Li, Z. A. Jia, F. Scarpa, C. W. Yao, and L. F. Wang, “3D Printed Hierarchical Honeycombs with Shape Integrity under Large Compressive Deformations”, Materials and Design 137, 226-234 (2018) PDF
41. Y. Y. Chen, F. Qian, L. Zuo, F. Scarpa, and L. F. Wang, “Broadband and Multiband Vibration Mitigation in Lattice Metamaterials with Sinusoidally-Shaped Ligaments”, Extreme Mechanics Letters 17, 24-32 (2017) PDF
40. T. T. Li, X. Y. Hu, Y. Y. Chen, and L. F. Wang, “Harnessing Out-of-plane Deformation to Design 3D Architected Lattice Metamaterials with Tunable Poisson’s Ratio”, Scientific Reports 7, 8949 (2017) PDF
39. T. T. Li and L. F. Wang, “Bending Behavior of Sandwich Composite Structures with Tunable 3D-Printed Core Materials”, Composite Structures 175, 46-57 (2017) PDF
38. Y. Y. Chen, T. T. Li, F. Scarpa, and L. F. Wang, “Lattice Metamaterials with Mechanically Tunable Poisson's Ratio for Vibration Control”, Physical Review Applied 7, 024012 (2017) PDF
37. P. Vogiatzis, S. K. Chen, X. Wang, T. T. Li, and L. F. Wang, “Topology Optimization of Multi-Material Negative Poisson's Ratio Metamaterials Using a Reconciled Level Set Method”, Computer-Aided Design 83, 15-32 (2017) PDF
36. Y. Y. Chen and L. F. Wang, “Harnessing Structural Hierarchy to Design Stiff and Lightweight Phononic Crystals”, Extreme Mechanics Letters 9, 91-96 (2016) PDF
35. Y. Y. Chen, Z. A. Jia, and L. F. Wang, “Hierarchical Honeycomb Lattice Metamaterials with Improved Thermal Resistance and Mechanical Properties”, Composite Structures 152, 395-402 (2016) PDF
34. M. R. Ren, Y. L. Liu, J. Z. Liu, L. F. Wang, and Q. S. Zheng, “Anomalous Elastic Buckling of Hexagonal Layered Crystalline Materials in the Absence of Structure Slenderness”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 88, 83-99 (2016) PDF
33. Y. Y. Chen and L. F. Wang, “Bio-inspired Heterogeneous Composites for Broadband Vibration Mitigation”, Scientific Reports 5, 17865 (2015) PDF
32. Y. Y. Chen and L. F. Wang, “Multiband Wave Filtering and Waveguiding in Bio-inspired Hierarchical Composites”, Extreme Mechanics Letters 5, 18-24 (2015) PDF
31. Y. L. Liu and L. F. Wang, “Enhanced Stiffness, Strength and Energy Absorption for Co-Continuous Composites with Liquid Filler”, Composite Structures 128, 274-283 (2015) PDF
30. M. H. D. Jung, T. S. Jang, L. F. Wang, H. E. Kim, Y. H. Koh, and J. H. Song, “Novel Strategy for Mechanically Tunable and Bioactive Metal Implants”, Biomaterials 37, 49-61 (2015) PDF
29. Y. Y. Chen and L. F. Wang, “Periodic Co-continuous Acoustic Metamaterials with Overlapping Locally Resonant and Bragg Band Gaps”, Applied Physics Letters 105, 191907(2014) PDF
28. Y. Y. Chen and L. F. Wang, “Tunable Band Gaps in Bio-inspired Periodic Composites with Nacre-like Microstructure”, Journal of Applied Physics 116, 063506 (2014) PDF
27. N. Cheng, A. Gopinath, L. F. Wang, K. Iagnemma, and A. E. Hosoi, “Thermally Tunable, Self-Healing Composites for Soft Robotic Applications” Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 299, 1279-1284 (2014) PDF
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26. C. Wang, E. L. Gao, L. F. Wang, and Z. P. Xu, “Mechanics of Networked Materials with Responsive Crosslinks”, Comptes Rendus Mecanique 342, 264–272 (2014) PDF
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25. Y. Y. Chen and L. F. Wang, “Isolation of Surface Wave-Induced Vibration Using Periodically Modulated Piles”, International Journal of Applied Mechanics 6, 1450042 (2014) PDF
24. C. Wang, L. F. Wang, and Z. P. Xu, “Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Networks by Mobile and Discrete Binders”, Carbon 64, 237-244 (2013) PDF
23. Y. Y. Chen, H. M. Yao, and L. F. Wang, “Acoustic Band Gaps of Three-Dimensional Periodic Polymer Cellular Solids with Cubic Symmetry”, Journal of Applied Physics 114, 043521 (2013) PDF
22. M. D. Ma, L. M. Shen, L. F. Wang and Q.S. Zheng, “Buckling Properties of Pre-Stressed Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”, International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering 11, 17-26 (2013) PDF
21. J. H. Lee, L. F. Wang, S. Kooi, M. C. Boyce and E. L. Thomas, “Periodic Bicontinuous Composites for High Specific Energy Absorption”, Nano Letters 12, 4392-4396 (2012) PDF
20. L. F. Wang and K. Bertoldi, “Mechanically Tunable Phononic Band Gaps in Three-Dimensional Periodic Elastomeric Structures”, International Journal of Solids and Structures 49, 2881-2885 (2012) PDF
19. L. Han, J. Yin, L. F. Wang, K. K. Chia, R. E. Cohen, M. F. Rubner, M. C. Boyce, and C. Ortiz, “Tunable Stimulus-Responsive Friction Mechanisms of Polyelectrolyte Films and Tube Forests”, Soft Matter 8, 8642-8650 (2012) PDF
18. L. F. Wang, C. E. Castro, and M. C. Boyce, “Wrinkled Membrane Morphology of White Blood Cells”, Soft Matter 7, 11319-11324 (2011) PDF
17. L. Han, L. F. Wang, K. K. Chia, R. E. Cohen, M. F. Rubner, M. C. Boyce, and C. Ortiz, “Geometrically Controlled Mechanically Responsive Polyelectrolyte Tube Arrays”, Advanced Materials, 23, 4667-4673 (2011) PDF
16. L. Han, L. F. Wang, J. H. Song, M. C. Boyce, and C. Ortiz, “Direct Quantification of the Mechanical Anisotropy and Fracture of an Individual Exoskeleton Layer via Uniaxial Compression of Micropillars”, Nano Letters 11, 3868-3874 (2011) PDF
15. F. Deng, M. Ito, T. Noguchi, L. F. Wang, H. Ueki, K. I. Niihara, Y. A. Kim, M. Endo, Q. S. Zheng, “Elucidation of the Reinforcing Mechanism in Carbon Nanotube/Rubber Nanocomposites”, ACS Nano 5, 3858–3866 (2011) PDF
14. L. F. Wang, J. Lau, E. L. Thomas, and M. C. Boyce, “Co-Continuous Composite Materials for Stiffness, Strength and Energy Dissipation”, Advanced Materials 23, 1524-1529 (2011) PDF
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13. L. F. Wang, C. Ortiz, and M. C. Boyce, “Mechanics of Indentation into Micro and Nanoscale Forests of Tubes, Rods or Pillars”, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 133, 011014 (2011) PDF
12. L. F. Wang and M. C. Boyce, “Bioinspired Structural Material Exhibiting Post-Yield Lateral Expansion and Volumetric Energy Dissipation during Tension”, Advanced Functional Materials 20, 3025-3030 (2010) PDF
11. J. H. Lee, L. F. Wang, S. Kooi, M. C. Boyce and E. L. Thomas, “Enhanced Energy Dissipation in Periodic Epoxy Nanoframes”, Nano Letters 10, 2592-2597 (2010) PDF
10. M. D. Ma, J. Z. Liu, L. F. Wang, L. M. Shen, and Q.S. Zheng, “Effects of Vacancies on Interwall Spacings of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes”, Journal of Zhejiang University - Science A 11, 714-721 (2010) PDF
9. M. D. Ma, J. Z. Liu, L. F. Wang, L. M. Shen, L. Xie, F. Wei, J. Zhu, Q. M. Gong, J. Liang, and Q.S. Zheng, “Reversible High-Pressure Carbon Nanotube Vessel”, Physical Review B 81, 235420 (2010) PDF
8. L. F. Wang, J. H. Song, C. Ortiz and M. C. Boyce, “Anisotropic Design of Multilayered Exoskeletons in Biology”. Journal of Materials Research 24, 3477-3494 (2009) PDF
7. L. F. Wang, C. L. Pai, M. C. Boyce and G. C. Rutledge, ”Wrinkled Surface Topographies of Electrospun Polymer Fibers”, Applied Physics Letters 94, 151916 (2009) PDF
6. L. F. Wang, M. C. Boyce, C. Y. Wen, and E. L. Thomas, “Plastic Dissipation Mechanisms in Periodic Microframe-Structured Polymers”, Advanced Functional Materials 19, 1343-1350 (2009) PDF
5. Z. P. Xu, L. F. Wang, and Q. S. Zheng, “Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Prestressed Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”. Small 4, 733-737 (2008) PDF
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4. L. F. Wang, and Q. S. Zheng, “Extreme Anisotropy of Graphite and Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Bundles”, Applied Physics Letters 90, 153113 (2007) PDF
3. F. Deng, Q. S. Zheng, L. F. Wang, and C. W. Nan, “Effects of Anisotropy, Aspect Ratio, and Nonstraightness of Carbon Nanotubes on Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube Composites”, Applied Physics Letters 90, 021914 (2007) PDF
2. L. F. Wang, Q. S. Zheng, J. Z. Liu, and Q. Jiang, “Size Dependence of the Thin-Shell Model for Carbon Nanotubes”, Physical Review Letters 95, 105501 (2005) PDF
1. J. Z. Liu, Q. S. Zheng, L. F. Wang, and Q. Jiang, “Mechanical Properties of Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles as Bulk Materials”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 53, 123-142 (2005) PDF