Publications – Shu Yang Group

2024

Liu, Mingzhu* and Yang, Shu*, “Exploiting Molecular Orders at the Interface of Microdroplets for Intelligent Materials”, Acc. Chem. Res., 2024, 57 (5), 739-750. DOI
Jin, Lishuai* and Yang, Shu*, “Engineering Kirigami Frameworks Toward Real-World Applications”, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2308560. DOI. (invited review). Part of Advanced Materials Hall of Fame collection.
Li, Shangsong; Yu, Kun-Hao; Garcia, Isabel; Nah, So Hee; Chui, Hiu Ning Tiffany; Tian, Ziting; and Yang, Shu*, “Direct Ink Writing of Cephalopod Skin-like Core-shell Fibers from Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Dyed Solutions”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 202413965. DOI
Jung, Heesuk; Min, Sung Yoon; Kang, Byungsoo; Yoo, Yongseok; Jang, Jihun; Jang, Yeoun-Woo Jang; Choi, Hyojeong; Lee, Hyeong Won; Biswas, Swarup; Lee, Yongju; Choi, Mansoo; Lee, Phillip; Jang, Min Seok; Kim, Hyeok*, Yang, Shu*, “Efficient and Scalable Radiative Cooling for Photovoltaics Using Solution-processable and Solar-Transparent Mesoporous Nanoparticles”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 202410478. (invited to the special issue, Advanced Thermal Management Materials). DOI
Nah, So Hee; Kim, Jong Bin; Chui, Hiu Ning Tiffany; Suh, Yeonjoon and Yang, Shu*, "Enhanced Colorimetric Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds Using a Dye-Incorporated Photonic Crystal-Based Sensor Array", Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2409297. DOI.
Chen, Baohong; Tucker, Alexander M.; Biluck, Ian; Leung, Thomas H.; Schaer, Thomas P.; and Yang, Shu*, “An Environmentally Stable, Biocompatible, and Multilayered Wound Dressing Film with Reversible and Strong Adhesion”, Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2024, 202400827. DOI.
Kim, Young Been; Yang, Shu*, Kim, Dae Seok*, "Sidewinder-inspired self-adjusting, lateral-rolling soft robots for autonomous terrain exploration", Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2308350. DOI
Ford, Michael; Porcincula, Dominique H.; Telles-Arriaga, Rodrigo; Mancini, Julie A.; Wang, Yuchen; Rizvi, Mehedi H.; Loeb, Colin K.; Moran, Bryan D.; Tracy, Joseph B.; Lewis, Jennifer A.; Yang, Shu; Lee, Elaine*; Cook, Caitlyn C.*, “Movement with light: photoresponsive shape morphing of printed liquid crystal elastomers”, Matter 2024, 7 (3), 1207-1229. DOI
Martinez, Antonio Proctor; Ng, Alicia; Nah, So Hee and Yang, Shu*, "Active-Textile Yarns and Embroidery Enabled by Wet-Spun Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Filaments", Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2400742. DOI.
Nah, So Hee^†; Lee, Yunchan^†; Yu, Kun-Hao; Chi, Yinding; Lee, Hyemin; Chen, Baohong; Patel, Mohit; Wang, Kunyu and Yang, Shu^*, “Moisture absorbing and water self-releasing from hybrid hydrogel desiccants”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2313881. (^†: equal contribution). DOI
Ahmad, Shakeel; Siddiqui, Abdul Rahim; Yang, Kaijie; Zhou, Ming; Ali, Hafiz Muhammad; Daniel, Dan^*; Yang, Shu; Gan, Qiaoqiang*, “Lubricated Surface in a Vertical Double-Sided Architecture for Radiative Cooling and Atmospheric Water Harvesting”, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2404037. DOI.

2023

Luo, Danli; Maheshwari, Aditi; Danielescu, Andreea; Li, Jiaji; Yang, Yue; Tao, Ye; Wang, Guanyun; Yang, Shu*; Zhang, Teng*; Yao, Lining*, “Autonomous Self-Drilling Seed Carriers for Aerial Seeding with Superior Success Rates”, Nature, 2023, 614, 463–470. DOI. Researchsquare. News. Nature Video
Gao, Yuchong; Liu, Jiaqi, and Yang, Shu*, "Liquid crystalline reduced graphene oxide composite fibers as artificial muscles", Mater. Today, 2023, 69, 19-30. DOI MT News
Jin, Lishuai; Yang, Yueying; Maldonado, Bryan O. Torres; Lee, Sebastian D.; Figueroa, Nadia; Full, Robert; Yang, Shu*, "Ultra-fast, programmable, and electronics-free soft robots enabled by snapping metacaps", Adv. Intell. Syst. 2023, 5 (2), 2300039. DOI Advanced Science News.
Kim, Dae Seok*; Lee, Young-Joo; Kim, Young Been; Wang, Yuchen; Yang, Shu*, "Autonomous, untethered gait-like synchronization of lobed loops made from liquid crystal elastomer fibers via spontaneous snap-through", Sci. Adv. 2023, 9 (20), eadh5107. DOI
Jung, Heesuk; Hou, Miaomiao; Kang, Byungsoo; Wang, Zherui; Choi, Hyojeong; Lee, Hyeong Won; Lee, Yongju; Lee, Phillip; Aviv, Dorit*; Kim, Hyeok*; and Yang, Shu*, “Large-scaled and Solar-reflective Kirigami-based Building Envelopes for Shading and Occupants’ thermal Comfort”, Adv. Sustainable Sys. 2023, 7 (12), 2300253. DOI. Cover.
Lee, Young-Joo; Kanchwala, Suhail K.*; Cho, Hyesung; Jolly, Jason Christopher; Jablonka, Eric; Tanis, Michael; Kamien, Randall D. and Yang, Shu*, "Natural Shaping of Acellular Dermal Matrices for Implant-based Breast Reconstruction via Expansile Kirigami" Adv. Mater. 2023, 35 (6), 2208088. DOI. News
Liu, Mingzhu; Han, Xingyue; Nah, So Hee; Wang, Yuchen; Wu, Liang; Yang, Shu*, “Switching chirality in arrays of shape-reconfigurable spindle microparticles”, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35 (31), 2303009. DOI Also appears in: Hot Topic: Liquid Crystal.
Liu, Mingzhu; Jin, Lishuai; Yang, Shengsong; Wang, Yuchen; Murray, Christopher B. and Yang, Shu*, "Shape Morphing Directed by Spatially Encoded, Dually Responsive Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Micro‐Actuators", Adv. Mater. 35 (5), 2208613. DOI.
Jolly, Jason Christopher^†; Jin, Binjie^†; Jin, Lishuai; Lee, YoungJoo; Xie, Tao; Gonella, Stefano; Sun, Kai; Mao, Xiaoming*, and Yang, Shu*, “Soft mechanical metamaterials with transformable topology protected by stress caching", Adv. Sci., 2023, 10 (22), 2302475. DOI. also arXiv:2208.0828 (^†: equal contributors).
Liu, Mingzhu; Fu, Jiemin; Yang, Shengsong; Wang, Yuchen; Jin, Lishuai; Nah, So Hee; Gao, Yuchong; Ning, Yifan; Murray, Christopher B. and Yang, Shu*, “Janus Microdroplets with Tunable Self-recoverable and Switchable Reflective Structural Colors”, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 202207985. DOI
Nah, So Hee; Unsihuay, Daisy; Wang, Ping and Yang, Shu*, “A highly sensitive and specific photonic crystal based opioid sensor with rapid regeneration”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 23, 27647–27657 DOI
Jin, Binjie and Yang, Shu*, "Programming liquid crystalline elastomer networks with dynamic covalent bonds", Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 202304769. (Review). DOI. Also appears in: Hot Topic: Liquid Crystals
Liu, Mingzhu; Fu, Jimin and Yang, Shu*, "Synthesis of microparticles with diverse thermally responsive shapes originated from the same Janus liquid crystalline microdroplets", Small, 2023, 2303106. DOI
Jiao, Xuan; Yang, Sha; Ji, Yanzheng; Yang, Shu; Feng, Pan; Sun, Dewen; Ran, Qianping; Liu, Wei; Zhang, Youfa*, “Surface chemistry regulation of nanoparticle coatings on activated carbons for rapid and long-lasting adsorption of organic pollutants”, J. Cleaner Prod., 2023, 414, 137717. DOI.
Teng, Y. Zhi, K.-H. Yu, S. Yang, M. Akbarzadeh*, "Continuous multi-filament 3D printing for tension-compression structure components" in Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2023, Integration of Design and Fabrication, eds Y. M. Xie, J. Burry, T. U. Lee, J. Ma (The International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), Melbourne, Australia). Link

2022

Jin, Lishuai; Yeager, Michael; Lee, Young-Joo; O’Brien, Daniel; Yang, Shu*, “Morphing multilayered, cut laminates into 3D curved surfaces with optimized mechanical performance”, Sci. Adv. 2022, 8 (41), eabq3248. DOI. Blog
Chen, Mingtao; Murphy, Brendan B.; Wang, Yuchen; Vitale, Flavia and Yang, Shu*, “SMART Silly Putty: Stretchable, Malleable, Adherable, Reusable, and Tear-resistible Hydrogels”, Small, 2022, 2205854. DOI
Wang, Yuchen; Yin, Rui; Jin, Lishuai; Liu, Mingzhu; Gao, Yuchong; Raney, Jordan, and Yang, Shu*, “3D Printed Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer Composites for Free-form Actuation”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022. 2210614. DOI
Kim, Dae Seok; Lee, Young-Joo; Wang, Yuchen; Park, Jinseok; Winey, Karen I.; Yang, Shu*, Self-Folding Liquid Crystal Network Filaments Patterned with Vertically Aligned Mesogens”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2022, 14, 44, 50171–50179. DOI
Cang, Yu; Liu, Jiaqi; Ryu, Meguya; Graczykowski, Bartlomiej; Morikawa, Junko; Yang, Shu*, and George Fytas*, "On the origin of elasticity and heat conduction anisotropy of liquid crystal elastomers at gigahertz frequencies" Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 5248. DOI
Chen, Mingtao; Wu, Yue; Chen, Baohong; Tucker, Alexander M.; Jagota, Anand and Yang, Shu*, “Fast, strong, and reversible adhesives with dynamic covalent bonds for potential use as wound dressing adhesives”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2022, 119 (29), 2203074119. DOI . Nature Research Highlight
Cheng, Steven; Hao, Weixing; Wang, Yang; Yang, Shu*, “Commercial Janus fabrics as reusable facemask materials: a balance of water repellency, filtration efficiency, breathability, and reusability”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 2022, 14, 28, 32579–32589. DOI
Dang, Alei^†; Wang, Yuchen^†; Zhang, Huiqin; Panatdasirisuk, Weerapha ; Xia, Yu; Wang, Zongyu; Jariwala, Deep; Li, Tiehu and Yang, Shu*, “Electrospun Gold Nanoprism/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Nanofibers for Flexible and Free-Standing Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 5, 6650–6658. (^†: equal contributors). DOI
Zhao, Yao; Chi, Yinding; Hong, Yaoye; Li, Yanbin; Yang, Shu; Yin, Jie^*, “Twisting for soft intelligent autonomous robot in unstructured environments”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 2022, 119 (22) e2200265119. News. DOI. Winning 2022 Cozzarelli Prize from PNAS for Class III: Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Lee, Young-Joo; Misra, Shivangi; Chen, Wei-Hsi; Koditschek, Daniel E.; Sung, Cynthia and Yang, Shu*, “Resilient, Tendon-Driven Auxetic Tubular Springs for Sustainable Hopping Robots”, Adv. Intell. Sys. 2022, 4, 2100152 DOI
Liu, Linpeng; Niu, Shichao^*; Zhang, Junqiu; Mu, Zhengzhi; Li, Jing; Li, Bo; Han, Zhiwu^*; Yang, Shu*; Ren, Luquan, “Bioinspired, Omnidirectional and Hypersensitive Flexible Strain Sensors”, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2200823. DOI
Meng, Yongqiang^†; Fan, Jingbiao^†; Wang, Meihui^†; Gong, Wenbin; Zhang, Jinping; Ma, Junpeng; Mi, Hongyu; Huang, Yan*; Yang, Shu*; Ruoff, Rodney S.*, and Geng, Jianxin*. “Encoding Enantiomeric Molecular Imprints on Graphene Basal Planes”, Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202117815 (^†: equal contributors). DOI
Kim, Se-Um; Lee, Young-Joo; Liu, Jiaqi; Kim, Dae Seok; Wang, Haihuan and Yang, Shu*, “Broadband and Pixelated Camouflage by Exploiting Large Poisson Effect in Main-Chain Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers”, Nat. Mater. 2022, 21(1), 41-46. DOI. SharedIt view. News
Wang, Yuchen; Liu, Jiaqi; Yang, Shu*, “Multi-functional liquid crystal elastomer composites”, Appl. Phys. Rev. 2022, 9, 011301 (Invited review). DOI
Kang, Hong Suk and Yang, Shu*, “Photopatterning via Photofluidization of Azobenzene Polymers”, Light: Adv. Manufacturing, 2022, 3, 3. (Invited review). DOI
Jin, Binjie; Liu, Jiaqi; Shi, Yunpeng; Chen, Cuancong; Zhao, Qian; and Yang, Shu*, “Entropic programming and reprogramming of molecular ordering in the liquid crystalline networks”, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2107855. DOI.
Vasileiadis, Thomas*; Noual, Adnane; Wang, Yuchen; Graczykowski, Bartlomiej; Djafari-Rouhani, Bahram; Yang, Shu; Fytas, George*, "Optomechanical hot-spots in metallic nanorod-polymer nanocomposites", ACS Nano 2022, 16, 12, 20419–20429. DOI
Jiao, Xuan; Li, Meiting; Yu, Xinquan; Yang, Shu; and Zhang, Youfa*, “Mechanically robust superamphiphobic ceramic coatings with releasable nanoparticle-capsules”, Eng. J. 2022, 446, 137336. DOI
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2021

Li, Jing; Ran, Ranjiangshang; Wang, Haihuan; Wang, Yuchen; Chen, You; Niu, Shichao; Arratia, Paulo E.; Yang, Shu*, "Aerodynamics-assisted, efficient and scalable kirigami fog collectors”, Nat. Comm., 2021,12, 5484. DOI. Shareit.
Kang, Hong Suk; Jolly, Jason Christopher; Cho, Hyesung; Kalpattu, Abhishek; Zhang, Xu A. and Yang, Shu*, “Three-Dimensional Photoengraving of Monolithic, Multifaceted Metasurfaces”, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33 (1), 202005454.DO I (cover). Also appeared in “Women in Materials Science” Virtual Issue.
McGann, Carolyn M. †; Lee, Young-Joo†; Kim, Se-Um†; Weinberg, Danielle D.†; Zha, Xincheng; Huber, Matthew; Hast, Michael W.; Dear, Kayley; Nadkarni, Vinay; Foglia, Elizabeth E.*; Yang, Shu*,“Reverse-engineered Highly Conformable, Leak and Pressure Reducing Cushion for Neonatal Resuscitation Mask”, Adv. Mater. Tech. 2021, 2101364. DOI (†: equal contributors)
Zhao, Yiping; Gong, Lu; Yang, Shu; Zeng, Hongbo; Chunju He, Chunju; Ge, Dengteng*; Yang, Lili*, “Recoverable Underwater Superhydrophobicity from a Fully Wetted State via Dynamic Air Spreading”, iScience, 2021, 24 (12), 103427. DOI.
Xu, Liyun†; Yang, Lili†; Ge, Dengteng; Lin, Gaojian; Xu, Zhao; Shi, Jianjun; Zhang, Ruiyun; Yang, Shu; Guo, Ying*; and Yu, Jianyong, “Earthworm-Inspired Ultra-Durable Superhydrophobic Fabrics from Adaptive Wrinkled Skin” ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2021,13, 5, 6758-6766. DOI.
Liu, Xilin; Zhu, Hongjie; Qiu, Tian; Wu, Xiaotie; Zhang, Milin; Richardson, Andrew G.; Sritharan, Srihari Y.; Ge, Dengteng; Yang, Shu; Lucas, Timothy H.; Engheta, Nader; Van der Spiegel, Jan*, “A Fully Integrated Sensor-Brain-Machine Interface System for Restoring Somatosensation”, IEEE Sensors J., 2021, 12 (4), 50844–50851. DOI
Gough, Christopher; Callaway, Kayla; Spencer, Everett; Leisy, Kilian; Jiang, Guoxiang; Yang, Shu ; Hu, Xiao*, "Biopolymer-based Filtration Materials", ACS Omega, 2021, 6, 18, 11804–11812. (invited review) DOI

2020

Wang, Yuchen; Dang, Alei; Zhang, Zhifeng; Yin, Rui; Gao, Yuchong; Feng, Liang and Yang, Shu*, “Repeatable and Reprogrammable Shape Morphing from Photoresponsive Gold Nanorod/Liquid Crystal Elastomers”, Adv. Mater. 2020, 202004270. DOI
Zheng, Yue; Panatdasirisu, Weerapha; Liu, Jiaqi; Tong, Aijun; Xiang, Yu; Yang, Shu.*, “Patterned, Wearable UV Indicators from Electrospun Photochromic Fibers and Yarns”, Adv. Mater. Technol., 2020, 2000564. DOI
Shang, Shenglong; Zhu, Ping; Wang, Hongzhi*, Li, Yaogang* and Yang, Shu*, “Thermally responsive photonic fibers consisting of chained nanoparticles”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 2020, 12, 45, 50844–50851. DOI
Wu, Gaoxiang; Zhao, Yiping; Ge, Dengteng; Zhao, Yubo; Yang, Lili*, and Yang, Shu*, “Highly Robust, Pressure-Resistant Superhydrophobic Coatings from Monolayer Assemblies of Chained Nanoparticles”, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 2000681. DOI
Liu, Jiaqi; Radja, Asja; Gao, Yuchong; Yin, Rui; Sweeney, Alison; and Yang, Shu*, “Diverse Pollen-like Microparticles from Liquid Crystal Oligomers via a Biological Pathway”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2020, 117 (18) 9699-9705. DOI
Liu, Jiaqi†; Gao, Yuchong†; Wang, Haihuan, Poling-Skutvik, Ryan; Osuji, Chinedum, and Yang, Shu* “Shaping and Locomotion of Soft Robots using Filament Actuators Made from Liquid Crystal Elastomer-Carbon Nanotube Composites”, Adv. Intelligent Systems 2020, 2, 1900163. DOI (Back Cover)
Kim, Hye-Na and Yang, S.*; “Responsive Smart Windows from Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30 (2), 1902597 (invited review). DOI. Among the top 10% most downloaded papers in Adv. Funct. Mater.
Liu, Jiaqi; Gao, Yuchong; Lee, Young-Joo, and Yang, Shu* “Responsive and Foldable Soft Materials”, Trends in Chem.2020, 2(2), 107-122 (invited review). DOI
Zhang, Xu A.; Jiang, Yijie; Venkatesh, R. Bharath; Raney, Jordan R.; Stebe*, Kathleen J.; Yang, Shu*; Lee, Daeyeon*, “ Scalable Manufacturing of Bending-Induced Surface Wrinkles”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 6, 7658-7664. DOI.
Jiao, Xuan; Li, Meiting; Cheng, Zhen; Yu, Xinquan; Yang, Shu; Zhang, Youfa*, “Recyclable superhydrophobic, anti-moisture activated carbon pellets for air and water purification”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface,2020, 12, 22, 25345–25352. DOI
Xu, Ye;*,† Ge, Dengteng,*,† Calderon-Ortiz, Gabriel A.; Exarhos, Annemarie L.; Bretz, Coline; Alsayed, Ahmed; Kurz, David; Winey, Karen I.; Kikkawa, J. M.; Dreyfus, Remi; Yang, Shu and Yodh, Arjun G., “Highly Conductive Transparent Coatings of Flow-aligned Silver Nanowires with Large Electric and Optical Anisotropy”, Nanoscale, 2020, 12 (11), 6438 - 6448 (†: equal contribution). DOI
Chen, Wei-Hsi*; Misra, Shivangi; Caporale; Koditschek, Daniel E.; Yang, Shu, Sung, Cynthia R.*, “A Tendon-Driven Origami Hopper Triggered by Proprioceptive Contact Detection”, 2020 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), April 6-9, 2020, 373-380. DOI. Scholarly Commons
Chen, Wei-Hsi*; Misra, Shivangi; Gao, Yuchong; Lee, Young-Joo; Koditschek, Daniel E.; Yang, Shu, Sung, Cynthia R., “A Tunably Compliant Origami Mechanism for Dynamically Dexterous Robots”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Lett., 2020, 5 (2), 2131 – 2137. DOI
Ko, Tae-Jun; Cho, Seohyun; Kim, Seong Jin; Lee, Young A.; Kim, Do Hyun; Jo, Wonjin; Kim, Ho-Young; Yang, Shu; Oh, Kyu Hwan; Moon, Myoung-Woon*. "Direct recovery of spilled oil using hierarchically porous oil scoop with capillary-induced anti-oil-fouling", Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 124549. DOI

2019

Wei, Wei-Shao*; Xia, Yu, Ettinger, Sophie; Yang, Shu and Yodh, Arjun G.*, “Molecular heterogeneity drives reconfigurable nematic liquid crystal drops”, Nature, 2019, 576, 433–436. DOI. News. View-only
Xia, Yu†; DeBenedictis, Andrew A.†; Kim, Dae Seok; Chen, Shenglan; Cleaver, Douglas J.*; Atherton, Timothy J.* and Yang, Shu*, “Programming Emergent Symmetries with Saddle-Splay Elasticity” Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 5104. (†: equal contribution). DOI
Davidson, Zoey S.*; Shahsavan, Hamed; Aghakhani, Amirreza; Guo, Yubing; Hines, Lindsey; Xia, Yu; Yang, S.; Sitti, Metin, “Monolithic shape-programmable dielectric liquid crystal elastomer actuators”, Sci. Adv., 2019, 5, eaay0855. DOI
Cho, Hyesung†; Wu, Gaoxiang†; Jolly, Jason Christopher†; Fortoul, Nicole; He, Zhenping; Gao, Yuchong;Jagota, Anand*; and Yang, Shu*, “Intrinsically Reversible Superglues via Shape Adaptation Inspired by Snail Epiphragm”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2019, 116 (28), 13774–13779. (†: equal contribution) DOI. News
Liao, Zhiwei; Wu, Gaoxiang; Lee, Daeyeon*, and Yang, Shu*, "Ultrastable Underwater Anti-Oil Fouling Coatings from Spray Assemblies of Polyelectrolyte Grafted Silica Nanochains", ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2019, 11, 14, 13642-13651. DOI
Xia, Yu; Hongalwan, Apiradee, and Yang, Shu*, “Tailoring Surface Patterns to Direct the Assemblies of Liquid Crystalline Materials”, Liquid Crystal Reviews, 2019, 7 (1), 30-59 (invited). DOI
Fortoul, N.; Liu, Z.; Yang, S.; Hui, C-Y.; Jagota, A.* “A Surface with Stress, Extensional Elasticity, and Bending Stiffness”, Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 3817 - 3827. DOI
Zhang, Songnan; Huang, Jianying; Chen, Zhong; Yang, Shu; Lai, Yuekun*, “Liquid mobility on superwettable surfaces for applications in energy and the environment”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7 (1), 38-63 (invited review). DOI
Wang, Shunqiang; Cho, Younghyun; Cheng, Xuanhong; Yang, Shu; Liu, Yi*; Liu, Yaling*, “Integration of Hierarchical Micro-/Nanostructures in a Microfluidic Chip for Efficient and Selective Isolation of Rare Tumor Cells”, Micromachines, 2019, 10(10), 698. DOI
Tang, Yichao; Li, Yanbin; Song, Xiaolei; Liu, Haijun; Yang, S.; Yin, Jie*, “Design of three-dimensional, foldable hinges in kirigami metasheets for more freedom of actuation”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2019, 116 (52) 26407-26413. DOI
Chen, Wei-Hsi; Misra, Shivangi; Gao, Yuchong; Lee, Young-Joo; Koditschek, Daniel E.; Yang, Shu, Sung, Cynthia R.*, “A Tunably Compliant Origami Mechanism for Dynamically Dexterous Robots”, submitted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2019.
Chen, Wei-Hsi; Misra, Shivangi; Caporale; Koditschek, Daniel E.; Yang, Shu, Sung, Cynthia R.*, “A Tendon-Driven Origami Hopper Triggered by Proprioceptive Contact Detection”, submitted to 2020 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), April 6-9, 2020.

2018

Xia, Yu; Mathis, Tyler; Zhao, Meng-qiang; Anasori, Babak; Dang, Alei; Zhou, Zehang; Cho, Hyesung; Gogotsi, Yury*; and Yang, S.*, “Thickness Independent Capacitance of Vertically Aligned Liquid Crystalline MXenes”, Nature, 2018, 557, 409-412. DOI.

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Aharoni, Hillel; Xia, Yu; Zhang, Xinyue; Kamien, Randall D.; Yang, Shu*, "Making Faces: Universal Inverse Design of Surfaces with Thin Nematic Elastomer Sheets", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 2018, 115 (28) 7206-7211. DOI. arXiv preprint See News
Xia, Y.; Zhang, X. and Yang, S.*, "Instant Locking of Molecular Ordering in Liquid Crystal Elastomers via Oxygen Mediated Thiol-Acrylate "Click" Reactions", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57 (20), 5665-5668. DOI.
Kim, Hye-Na; Ge, Dengteng; Lee, Elaine and Yang, S.*; “Multistate and On-demand Smart Windows”, Adv. Mater. 2018, 30 (43), 1803847. DOI
Cho, Younghyun; Minsky, Helen; Jiang, Yijie; Yin, Kaiyang; Turner, Kevin T.*; Yang, Shu*, "Shear Adhesion of Tapered Nanopillar Arrays", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, (13), 11391–11397. DOI
Zhou, Zehang; Panatdasirisuk, Weerapha; Mathis, Tyler; Anasori, Babak; Lu, Canhui; Zhang, Xinxing; Liao, Zhiwei; Gogotsi, Yury* and Yang, S.*, “Layer-by-layer Assembly of MXene and Carbon Nanotubes on Electrospun Polymer Films for Flexible Energy Storage”, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 6005 - 6013. DOI
Tran, Lisa*; Kim, Hye-Na; Li, Ningwei; Yang, Shu; Stebe,Kathleen J. Kamien,Randall D.; Haase, Martin F.* "Shaping nanoparticle fingerprints at the interface of cholesteric droplets", Sci. Adv. 2018, 10, eaat8597. DOI. arXiv preprint
Cho, E.-B.*, Choi, E., and Yang, S.; Jaroniec, M.*, “Hollow Mesoporous Organosilica Nanospheres Templated with Flower-like Micelles of Pentablock Copolymers”, J. Coll. Interface Sci., 2018, 528, 124–134. DOI
Lee, G.; Choi, E.; Yang, S.* and Cho, E.-B.*, “Tailoring Pore Size and Morphology of Hierarchical Mesoporous Silica Using Diblock and Pentablock Copolymer Templates”, J. Phys. Chem., 2018, 122 (8), 4507–4516.DOI
Chen, Wenxiang; Wu, Gaoxiang; Zhang, Mingliang; Greybush, Nicholas; Howard-Jennings, Jordan P.; Song, Naixin; Yang, S.; Kagan, C.*, “Angle-independent Optical Moisture Sensors Based on Hydrogel-coated Plasmonic Lattice Arrays”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2018, 1 (3), 1430–1437. DOI.
Kim, Dae Seok, Suh, Ahram, Yang, Shu, and Yoon, Dong Ki*, “Grooving of Nanoparticles using Sublimable Liquid Crystal for Transparent Omniphobic Surface”, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2018, 513, 585-591. DOI
Gharbi, Mohamed Amine; Beller, Daniel; Sharifi Mood, Nima; Gupta, Rohini; Kamien, Randall D.; Yang, Shu; Stebe, Kathleen*, "Elastocapillary driven assembly of particles at free-standing smectic-A films", Langmuir, 2018, 34 (5), 2006–2013. DOI
Lee, Hyemin; Kim, Jun-Hyun; Wu,Gaoxiang; Lee, Hae-Min; Kim, Jaekyoung; Kwon, Dokyeong;Yang, Shu; Kim,Chang-Koo;* and Yoon, Hyunsik*, "Clustering and Self-Recovery of Slanted Hydrogel Micropillars", Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 5, 1801142. DOI
Liu, Xilin; Zhu, Hongjie; Qiu, Tian; Wu, Xiaotie; Zhang, Milin; Richardson, Andrew G.; Sritharan, Srihari Y.; Ge, Dengteng; Yang, Shu; Lucas, Timothy H.; Engheta, Nader; Van der Spiegel, Jan*, “A Fully Integrated Wireless Sensor-Brain Machine Interface System for Restoring Somatosensation”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2018.

2017

Kim, Hye-N; Vahidinia, Sanaz; Holt, Amanda L.; Sweeney, Alison M.*;Yang, Shu*"Geometric Design of Scalable Forward-Scatterers for Optimally Efficient Solar Transformers", Adv. Mater. 2017, 29 (44), 1702922. DOI. News
Ge, Dengteng; Wu, Gaoxiang; Yang, Lili; Kim, Hye-Na, Hallwachs, Winnie; Burns, John M.; Janzen, Daniel H.*, and Yang, Shu*, “Varying and unchanging whiteness on the wings of dusk-active and shade-inhabiting Carystoides escalantei butterflies”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2017,114 (28), 7379–7384. DOI . Also see News
Wu, Gaoxiang; Cho, Hyesung; Wood, Derek; Dinsmore, Anthony; Yang, Shu*, “Cylindrical Confinement of Colloidal Assemblies with Soft, Repulsive Interactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (14), 5095–5101. DOI. see Highlight by Nature Reviews Chemistry.
Panatdasirisuk, Weerapha; Liao, Zhiwei; Vongsetskul, Thammasit; and Shu Yang*, "Separation of Oil-in-Water Emulsions Using Hydrophilic Electrospun Membranes with Anisotropic pores", Langmuir, 2017, 33 (23), 5872–5878. DOI.
Tang, Yichao; Lin, Gaojian; Yang, S.; Yi, Yun Kyu; Kamien, Randall D.; Yin, Jie*, “Programmable Kiri-kirigami Metamaterials”, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29 (10), 1604262. DOI. Highlight by Advanced Science News.
Kim, Junsoo; Wang, Yifan; Park, Hyunchul; Park, Min Cheol; Moon, Seung Eon; Hong, Soon Man; Koo, Chong Min; Suh, Kahp-Yang; Yang, S., and Cho, Hyesung*, “Nonlinear Frameworks for Reversible and Pluripotent Wetting on Topographic Surfaces”, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29 (7), 1605078. DOI
Alonso-Redondo, E.; Gueddida, A.; Li, J.; Graczykowski, B.; Torres, C. M. Sotomayor; Pennec, Y.; Yang, S., Djafari-Rouhani, B. and Fytas, G.* “Directional elastic wave propagation in high-aspect-ratio photoresist gratings: liquid infiltration and aging”, Nanoscale, 2017, 9 (8), 2739-2747. DOI
Kim, Dae Seok; Honglawan, Apiradee ; Yang, Shu ; Yoon, Dong Ki*, "Arrangement and SERS Applications of Nanoparticle Clusters Using Liquid Crystalline Template", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (8), 7787–7792. DOI.
Jeong, Joonwoo,* Cho, Yigil; Lee, Su Yeon; Gong, Xingting; Kamien, Randall D.; Yang, S. and Yodh, A. G.*, “Topography-guided buckling of swollen polymer bilayer films and resulting three-dimensional structures”,Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 956 - 962. DOI
Lin, Gaojian†; Ge, Dengteng†; Tang, Yichao; Xia, Yu; Wu, Gaoxiang; Han, Lin; Yang, Shu*, and Yin, Jie*, "Cuts Guided Deterministic Buckling in Arrays of Soft Parallel Plates for Multifunctionality", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (34), 29345–29354 (†: equal contribution). DOI
Kang, Hongsuk; Cho, Hyesung; Panatdasirisuk, Weerapha; and Yang, Shu*, "Hierarchical membranes with size-controlled nanopores from photofluidization of electrospun azobenzene polymer fibers", J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 18762 - 18769. DOI.
La, Thanh-Giang; Li, Xinda; Kumar, Amit; Fu, Yiyang; Yang, Shu; Chung, Hyun-Joong*, "Highly Flexible, Multi-Pixelated Thermosensitive Smart Windows Made of Tough Hydrogels", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (38), 33100–33106. DOI.
Yu, Seunggun†; Cho, Hyesung†; Hong, Jun Pyo; Park, Hyunchul; Christopher Jolly, Jason; Kang, Hong Suk; Kim, Junsoo; Lee, Seung Hwan; Lee, Albert S.; Hong, Soon Man; Park, Cheolmin; Yang, Shu*; and Koo, Chong Min*, “Shaping micro-clusters via topographically close-packed jamming of microbombs”, Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 721. DOI. PDF (†: equal contribution) News
Ge, Dengteng; Yang, Xiaoming; Chen, Ze; Yang, Lili; Wu, Gaoxiang; Xia, Yu; Yang, Shu*"Colloidal Ink from Bumpy Colloidal Nanoparticles for Assembly of Ultrasmooth and Uniform Structural Colors", Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 17357-17363. DOI
Anasori, Babak*; Sarycheva, Asia; Buondonno, Sara; Zhou, Zehang; Yang, Shu; and Gogotsi, Yury*, "2D metal carbides (MXenes) in fibers", Mater. Today 2017, 20 (8), 481-482 . DOI
Liu,Xilin; Zhu,Hongjie; Zhang,Milin; Wu, Xiaotie; Richardson, Andrew G.; Sritharan, Srihari Y.; Ge, Dengteng; Yang,Shu; Lucas,Timothy H.; Van der Spiegel, Jan*, "A fully integrated wireless sensor-brain interface system to restore finger sensation, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2017. DOI

2016

Yang, S.*, Choi, I-S.*, and Kamien, R., D.* “Design of super-conformable, foldable materials via fractal cuts and lattice kirigami”, MRS Bull. 2016, 41 (2), 130-138. (Invited perspective) DOI
Serra, F.* and Yang, S.*, “Liquid crystals: material defect lines”, Nat. Mater. 2016, 15 (1), 10-11 (Invited News & Views) DOI
Xia, Y.; Cedillo-Servin, G.; Kamien, R. D. and Yang, S.*, “Guided Folding of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Sheets into 3D by Patterned 1D Micro-channels, Adv. Mater., 2016, 28 (43), 9637–9643. DOI
Lee, E. †; Xia, Y. †; Ferrier, R. C. Jr. †; Kim, H.-N.; Gharbi, M. A.; Stebe, K. J.; Kamien, R. D.; Composto, R. J.; Yang, S.*, "Fine Golden Rings: Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonance from Assembled Nanorods in Topological Defects of Liquid Crystals". Adv. Mater. 2016, 28 (14), 2731–2736. DOI (†: equal contribution)
Cho, Younghyun; Shim, Tae Soup, and Yang, S.*, “Spatially selective nucleation and growth of water droplets on hierarchically patterned polymer surfaces”, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28 (7), 1433–1439. DOI
Yang, X.†; Ge, D.†; Wu, G.; Liao, Z. W., and Yang, S.*, "Production of Structural Colors with High Contrast and Wide Viewing Angles from Assemblies of Polypyrrole Black Coated Polystyrene Nanoparticles" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (25), 16289–16295. (†: equal contribution) DOI
Cao, B.†; Wu, G. X.†; Xia, Y. and Yang, S.*, "Buckling into single-handed chiral structures from pH-sensitive hydrogel membranes", Extreme Mech. Lett. 2016, 7, 49–54. DOI (†: equal contribution)
Xia, Y.; Lee, E.; Hu, H.; Gharbi, M. A.; Beller, D. A.; Fleischmann, E.-K.; Kamien, R. D.; Zentel, R. and Yang, S.*, “Better Actuation Through Chemistry: Using Surface Coatings to Create Uniform Director Fields in Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (19), pp 12466–12472. DOI.
Jun, Brian M.; Serra, Francesca; Xia, Yu; Kang, Hong Suk and Yang, S.*, “Fabrication of Free-Standing, Self-aligned, High-Aspect-Ratio Synthetic Ommatidia”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (45), 30671–30676. DOI
Kunin, Valentin; Yang, S.; Cho, Yigil; Deymier, Pierre; Srolovitz, David J.*, “Static and dynamic elastic properties of fractal-cut materials”, Extreme Mech. Lett. 2016, 6, 103–114. DOI
Liu, C.*; Liao, S.-C.; Song, J.; Mauk, M.; Li, X.; Wu, G.; Ge, D.; Greenberg, R.; Yang, S.; Bau, H., “A High-Efficiency Superhydrophobic Plasma Separator”, Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 553-560. DOI
Wang, S.; Thomas, A.; Lee, E.; Yang, S.; Cheng, X. H. and Liu, Y.*,“Highly Efficient and Selective Isolation of Rare Tumor Cells Using a Microfluidic Chip with Wavy-herringbone Micro-patterned Surfaces”, Analysts, 2016, 141, 2228-2237. DOI
Luo, Y.; Serra, F.; Beller, D. A.; Gharbi, M. A.; Li, N. Yang, S.; Kamien, R. D. and Stebe, K., J.*, “Around the corner: colloidal assembly and wiring in groovy nematic cells”, Phys. Rev. E. 2016, 93, 032705. DOI
Kim, Sang Moon†; Kang, Seong Min†; Lee, Chanseok; Jang, Segeun; Kim, Junsoo; Seo, Hyein; Bae, Won-Gyu; Yang, Shu*, and Yoon, Hyunsik*, “Repeated Shape Recovery of Clustered Nanopillars by Mechanical Pulling”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 9608-9612. DOI (†: equal contribution)

2015

Yang, S. "Supramolecular lattices from tetrahedral nanobuilding blocks", Science, 2015, 348 (6233), 396-397. (Invited perspective). DOI
Lee, E. and Yang, S*, “Bioinspired responsive polymer pillars”, MRS Comm. 2015, 5(2), 97-114. (Perspective on Polymers/Soft Matter). DOI
Xia, Y.; Serra, F.; Kamien, R. D.; Stebe, K. J. and Yang, S.*, "Direct mapping of local director field of nematic liquid crystals at the nanoscale", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2015, 112 (50), 15291–15296. DOI
Sussman, D. M.†; Cho, Y.†; Castle, T.; Gong, X. T.; Jung, E.; Yang, S. and Kamien, R., D.*, “Algorithmic Lattice Kirigami: A Route to Pluripotent Materials”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2015, 112, 7449-7453. (†: equal contribution). DOI.
Cho, Younghyun; † Lee, Su Yeon; † Ellerthorpe, L.; Feng, G.; Lin, G.; Wu, G.; Yin, J. and Yang, S.*, “Elastoplastic Inverse Opals as Power-Free Mechanochromic Sensors for Force Recording”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25(38), 6041–6049. (†: equal contribution). DOI. News.
Honglawan, A.; Kim,D. S.; Beller, D. A.; Yoon, D. K.; Gharbi, M. A.; Stebe, K. J.; Kamien, R. D., and Yang, S.*, "Synergistic assembly of nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals", Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 7367-7375. DOI
Tang, Y.; Lin, G.; Han, L.; Qiu. S.; Yang, S.* and Yin, J.*, “Engineering hierarchical cuts for extremely soft, high strength, and reconfigurable auxetic metamaterials”, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27 (44), 7181–7190. DOI
Cho, Younghyun; Kim, Gyuseok; Cho, Yigil, Lee, S. Y.; Minsky, H.; Turner, K. T.; Gianola, D. S. and Yang, S.*, “Orthogonal Control of Stability and Tunable Dry Adhesion by Tailoring Shapes of Tapered Nanopillar Arrays”, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27 (47), 7788–7793. DOI
Ge, D.,† Lee, E.,† Yang, L., Cho, Y. Li, M., Gianola, D. S., and Yang, S.*, "A robust smart window: reversibly switching from high transparency to angle-independent structural color display", Adv. Mater. 2015, 27 (15), 2489–2495. DOI (†: equal contribution). Also see news on "Smart windows".
Lee, S. Y.; Rahmawan, Y.; and Yang, S.*, “Transparent and superamphiphobic surfaces from mushroom-like micropillar arrays”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2015, 7 (43), 24197–24203. DOI.
Ge, D., Yang, L., Wang, C., Lee, E. and Yang, S.*, "A multi-functional oil/water separator from a selectively pre-wetted superamphiphobic paper", ChemComm. 2015, 51, 6149 - 6152. DOI
Wu, G.,† Cho, Y.†, Choi, I.-S., Ge, D., Li, J., Han, H. N., Lubensky, T., and Yang, S.*, "Directing the deformation paths of soft metamaterials with prescribed asymmetric units", Adv. Mater. 2015, 27 (17), 2747–2752.(†: equal contribution). DOI
Serra, F. †; Gharbi, M. A.†; Luo, Y.; Liu, I. B.; Bade, N.D.; Kamien, R. D.; Yang, S.; Stebe, K. J.*, "Curvature-Driven, One-Step Assembly of Reconfigurable Smectic Liquid Crystal "Compound Eye" Lenses" on a Curved Interface", Adv. Opt. Mater., 2015, 3(9), 1287–1292. (†: equal contribution). DOI . Also see news coverage.
Ge, D., Yang, L.*, Fan, L., Zhang, C., Xiao, X., Gogotsi, Y. and Yang, S.*, “Foldable supercapacitors from triple networks of macroporous cellulose fibers, polyaniline nanoribbons single-walled carbon nanotubes”, Nano Energy 2015, 11, 568-578. DOI
Chen, K., Zhou, S.*, Yang, S. and Wu, L. M.*, “Fabrication of All-Water-Based Self-Repairing Superhydrophobic Coatings Based on UV-Responsive Microcapsules”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25 (7), 1035-1041. DOI
Lee, S.-Y. and Yang, S.*, "Compartment Fabrication of Magneto-Responsive Janus Microrod Particles" ChemComm. 2015, 51, 1639 - 1642. DOI
Zheng, Y.; Li, J.; Lee, E. and Yang, S.* “Light-induced shape recovery of deformed shape memory polymer micropillar arrays with gold nanorods”, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 30495 - 30499. DOI
Chen, Chi-Mon, Chiang, Chang-Lung, and Yang, S.*, “Programming tilting angles in shape memory polymer Janus pillar arrays with unidirectional wetting against the tilting direction", Langmuir, 2015, 31 (35), 9523–9526. DOI
Liu, I. B.; Gharbi, M. A.; Ngo, V. L.; Kamien, R. D.; Yang, S.; Stebe, K. J.*, “Elastocapillary interactions on nematic films”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2015, 112 (20), 6336-6340. DOI
Gharbi, M. A.; Iris B. Liu, I. B.; Luo, Y.; Serra, F.; Bade, N. D.; Kim, H.-N.; Xia, Y.; Kamien, R. D.; Yang, S. and Stebe, K. J.*, "Smectic Gardening on Curved Landscapes", Langmuir, 2015, 31 (40), 11135–11142. DOI
Kim, D. S.; Honglawan, A.; Kim, K.; Kim, M. H.; Jeong, S.; Yang, S. and Yoon, D. K.*, "Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticle Clusters using Sublimable Liquid Crystal”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3 (18), 4598-4602. DOI
Fan, W.; Chen, M.; Yang, S.; Wu, L.M.* "Centrifugation-assisted Assembly of Colloidal Silica into Crack-Free and Transferrable Films with Tunable Crystalline Structures", Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 12100. DOI

2014

Castle, T., Cho, Y., Gong, X. T., Jung, E., Sussman, D. M., Yang, S. and Kamien, R. D.*, "Making the Cut: Lattice Kirigami Rules", Phys. Rev. Lett., 2014, 113, 245502. DOI
Cho, Y., Shin, J.-H., Costa, A., Kim, T. A., Kunin, V., Li, J., Lee, S. Y., Yang, S., Han, H., N., Choi, I.-S.*, Srolovitz, D., "Engineering the Shape and Structure of Materials by Fractal Cut", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2014, 111 (49), 17390–17395. DOI
Ge, D.; Yang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Rahmawan,Y. Yang, S.*, "Transparent and Superamphiphobic Surfaces from One-Step Spray Coating of Stringed Silica Nanoparticle/Sol Solutions", Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 31 (7), 763-770. DOI
Li, J., Cho, Y., Choi, I. and Yang, S.*,"Transforming One-Dimensional Nanowalls to Long-Range Ordered Two-Dimensional Nanowaves – Exploiting Buckling Instability and Nanofibers Effect in Holographic Lithography", Adv. Funct. Mater, 2014, 26 (8), 1283-1288. DOI.
Chen, C.-M., and Yang, S.*, “Directed water shedding on high-aspect-ratio shape memory polymer micropillar arrays”,Adv. Mater. 2014, 26 (8), 1283-1288. DOI
Wu, G. X., Xia. Y., and Yang, S.*, “Buckling, symmetry breaking, and cavitation in periodically micro-structured hydrogel membranes”, Soft Matter, 2014, 10 (9), 1392 - 1399. DOI. (Invited to theme issue on Reconfigurable Soft Matter). Correction to Fig. 3 caption.
Ge, D. T., Yang L. L., Wu, G. X. and Yang, S.*, "Spray coating of superhydrophobic and angle-independent colored films", Chem. Commun. 2014, 50 (19), 2469 - 2472. DOI
Ge, D. T., Yang, L. L.*, Honglawan, A., Li, J. and Yang, S.*, “In Situ Synthesis of Hybrid Aerogels from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Polyaniline Nanoribbons as Free-Standing, Flexible Energy Storage Electrodes”, Chem. Mater., 2014, 26 (4), 1678–1685. DOI. (most highly downloaded in February 2014 of Chemistry of Materials)
Zhang, Y. F., Ge, D. T. and Yang, S.*, “Spray-coating of superhydrophobic aluminum alloys with enhanced mechanical robustness”, J. Colloid Interf. Sci., 2014, 423, 101-107. DOI
10. Lee, E., Zhang, M., Cho, Y., Cui, Y., Van der Spiegel, J., Engheta, N. and Yang, S.* "Tilted Pillars on Wrinkled Elastomers as a Reversibly Tunable Optical Window", Adv. Mater. 2014, 26 (24), 4127–4133. DOI
Gharbi, M. A., Beller, D. A., Honglawan, A., Stebe, K. J., Yang, S., Kamien, R. D. “Controlling liquid crystal defects”, SPIE Newsroom, 1 March 2014. DOI
Ge, D. T., Yang L. L., Wu, G. X. and Yang, S.*, "Angle-independent colours from spray coated quasi-amorphous arrays of nanoparticles: combination of constructive interference and Rayleigh scattering", J. Mater. Chem. C. 2014, 2 (22), 4395 - 4400. DOI.
Rahmawan, Y., Chen, C.-M. and Yang, S.*, “ Recent advances in wrinkle based dry adhesion”, Soft Matter, 2014,10 (28), 5028 - 5039. DOI (invited review).
Li, J. and Yang, S.*, "Fabrication of High-Aspect-Ratio (up to 10) One-Dimensional Organic/inorganic Hybrid Nanogratings via Holographic Lithography", Microelectr. Eng., 2014, 128, 7-11. DOI.
Fargnoli, A. S., Mu, A., Katz, M. G., Williams, R. D., Margulies, K. B., Weiner, D. B., Yang, S. and Bridges, C. R., "Anti-inflammatory Loaded Poly-Lactic Glycolic Acid Nanoparticle Formulations to Enhance Myocardial Gene Transfer: An In-Vitro Assessment of a Drug/Gene Combination Therapeutic Approach for Direct Injection", J. Translational Medicine, 2014, 12, 171. DOI.
Hu, J., Hardy, C., Chen, C.-M., Yang, S., Voloshin, A. S., Liu, Y.*, “Enhanced cell adhesion and alignment on micro-wavy patterned surfaces”, PLOS ONE, 2014, 9 (8), e104502. DOI
Honglawan, A. and Yang, S., "Directing 3D Topological Defects in Smectic Liquid Crystals and Their Applications as an Emerging Class of Building Blocks", In Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals NanoScience and Technology 2014, Ed, Quan Li, pp 35-68.

2013

Beller, D. A. †, Gharbi, M. A. †, Honglawan, A.†, Stebe, K. J., Yang, S., Kamien, R. D.* “Focal Conic Flower Textures at Curved Interfaces”, Phys. Rev. X, 2013, 041026. DOI. (†: equal contribution). Physics synopsis: Plant a liquid-crystal garden.
Chen, C.-M., Reed, J. C, and Yang, S.*, Guided wrinkling in swollen, pre-patterned photoresist thin films with crosslinking gradient”, Soft Matter, 2013, 9 (46), 11007 - 11013. DOI
Rahmawan, Y., Kang, S., Lee, S. Y., Suh, K.-Y., and Yang, S.*, "Enhanced shear adhesion by mechanical interlocking of dual-scaled elastomeric micropillars with embedded silica particles", Macromole. React. Eng., 2013, 7, 616–623. DOI. (special issue "Polymer Adhesion Science and Reaction Engineering").
Cho, Y., Ahn, T.-H., Cho, H.-H., Shin, J.-H., Moon, J. H., Yang, S., Choi, I.-S., Han, H. N.*, and Li, J.*, “Study of architectural responses of 3D periodic cellular materials”, Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 2013, 21, 065018. DOI
Lee, S. Y. and Yang, S.*, "Fabrication and Assembly of Magneto-Responsive, Anisotropic, and Hybrid Microparticles of Variable Size and Shape", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52 (31), 8160-8164. DOI. (selected as a "Hot Paper" by Editors)
Cavallaro, M. Jr.,† Gharbi, M. A.,† Beller, D. A.,† Čopar, S., Shi, Z., Baumgart, T., Yang, S., Kamien, R. D., and Stebe, K. J.*, “Exploiting imperfections in the bulk to direct assembly of surface colloids", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2013, 110 (47) 18804-18808. DOI († : equal contribution). Also see press release.
Cavallaro, M. Jr.,† Gharbi, M. A.,† Beller, D. A.,† Čopar, S., Shi, Z., Kamien, R. D., Yang, S., Baumgart, T., and Stebe, K. J.*, “Ring Around the Colloid”, Soft Mater, 2013, 9, 9099-9102. DOI. († : equal contribution).
Honglawan, A., Ni, H., Weissman, D. and Yang, S.*, " Synthesis of Random Copolymer Based pH-Responsive Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers for Cancer Therapeutics”, Polym. Chem., 2013, 4 (13), 3667 - 3675. DOI
Chen, C.-M.,Chiang, C.-L., Lai, C.-L., Xie, T., and Yang, S.*, "Buckling-based strong dry adhesives via interlocking", Adv. Funct. Mater., 2013, 23 (30), 3813–3823. DOI
Rahmawan, Y., Xu, L. and Yang, S.*, “Self-assembly of Nanostructures towards Transparent Superhydrophobic Surfaces”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 2955-2969. DOI. (feature article). Part of themed collection: 2013 Most Accessed Manuscripts for Journal of Materials Chemistry A and the Highly cited paper according to Web of Sciences as the top 1% of the academic field of Materials Science for the publication year.
Gharbi, M. A., Cavallaro, Jr., M., Wu, G., Beller, D. A., Kamien, R. D., Yang, S. and Stebe, K. J.*, “Micro-Bullet Assembly: Interactions of Oriented Dipoles in Confined Nematic Liquid Crystal”, Liquid Crystals, 2013, 40 (12), 1619-1627. DOI. (invited)
Honglawan, A.†, Beller, D. A.†, Cavallaro, M. Jr., Kamien, R. D.*, Stebe, K. J. and Yang, S.*, “Topographically-induced hierarchical assembly and geometrical transformation of focal conic domain arrays in smectic liquid crystals”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2013, 110 (1) 34-39. DOI (†: equal contribution). see Commentary by Oleg D. Lavrentovic, "Designing Dupin cyclides in micro and macro worlds".
Xu, L.; Farrell, J.; Karunakaran, R. G.; Honglawan, A.; and Yang, S.*, “Synthesis of Dual-functional Polymer with Orthogonally Photosensitive Groups”, J. Polym. Sci. A. Polym. Chem., 2013, 51 (5), 1215–1222. DOI.

2012

Honglawan, A, and Yang, S.*, “Evaporative assembly of ordered microporous films and their hierarchical structures from amphiphilic random copolymers”, Soft Matter, 2012, 8 (47), 11897 - 11904. DOI
Li, J., Shim, J., Overvelde, J., Deng, J., Zhu, X., Bertoldi, K. and Yang, S.*, “Switching Reflective Color to Transparency in Photonic Membranes via Pattern Transformation and Shape Memory Effect”, Soft Matter, 2012, 8 (40), 10322 - 10328. DOI
Hsieh, W.-T., Hsu, C.-J., Capraro, B. R., Wu, T., Chen,C.-M., Yang, S. and Tobias Baumgart, T.*, "Curvature Sorting of Peripheral Proteins on Solid-Supported Wavy Membranes", Langmuir, 2012, 28 (35), 12838–12843. DOI
Honglawan, A., Xu, L. and Yang, S.*, "Facile synthesis of nanoparticles via assembly of photopolymerized and self-crosslinked random copolymers in selective organic media", J. Polym. Sci. A: Polym. Chem. 2012, 50 (18), 3840-3847. DOI.
Zhu, X., Wu, G., Dong, R. Chen, C.-M. and Yang, S.*, “Capillarity induced instability in responsive hydrogel membranes with periodic hole array”, Soft Matter, 2012, 8 (31), 8088 – 8093. DOI (Themed Issue: Mechanics and Physics of Hydrogels)
Li, J., Liang, G. Q., Zhu, X. and Yang, S.*, “Exploiting Nano-roughness on Holographically Patterned Three Dimensional Photonic Crystals”, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2012, 22 (14), 2980-2986. DOI. Movie. News Coverage.
7. Guvendiren, M. Gambogi, R. Soshinsky, A. and Yang, S.*, “Calcium Cabonated Composite Hydrogel Films: Particle Packing and Optical Properties”,Polymer Eng. Sci., 2012, 52 (6), 1317–1324. DOI.
8. Chen, C.-M. and Yang, S.*, “Wrinkling Instability in Polymer Films and their Applications”, Polym. Inter. 2012, 61(7), 1041–1047. DOI. (invited mini-review)
9. Xu, L.,† Karunakaran, R. G.,† Guo, J., and Yang, S.*"Transparent, Superhydrophobic Surfaces from One-Step Spin Coating of Hydrophobic Nanoparticles", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2012, 4 (2), 1118–1125. DOI († Both authors contributed equally to this work)

2011

Chandra, D.* and Yang, S.*, “Dynamics of a Droplet Imbibing on a Rough Surface”, Langmuir, 2011, 27 (22), 13401-13405. DOI
Honglawan, A., Beller, D. A., Cavallaro, M., Kamien, R. D.*, Stebe, K. J. and Yang, S.*, “Pillar Assisted Epitaxial Assembly of Toric Focal Conic Domains of Smectic-A Liquid Crystals”, Adv. Mater., 2011, 23 (46), 5519-5523. (with supporting information). DOI
Jin, C., Khare, K., Vajpayee, S., Yang, S.*, and Jagota, A.* and Hui, C.-Y. *, “Adhesive contact between a rippled elastic surface and a rigid spherical indenter: from partial to full contact”, Soft Matter, 2011, 7 (22), 10728-10736. DOI
Badre, C.* Chapel, J. P., Yang, S., “Dry and reversible transfer-printing of silica nanoparticles on the top of the PDMS wrinkles”, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 9886-9889. DOI
Yang, S. "Photonic crystal changes color when exposed to an explosion", SPIE Newsroom, 25 April 2011. DOI: 10.1117/2.1201102.003519.
Karunakaran, R. G., Lu, C.-H., Zhang, Z. H., and Yang, S.*, “Highly Transparent and Superhydrophobic Surfaces from Co-assembly of Nanoparticles (≤ 100 nm)”, Langmuir, 2011, 27 (8), 4594–4602. DOI
Cullen, D. K., Xu, Y., Reneer, D. V., Browne, K. D., Geddes, J. W., Yang, S.*, and Smith, D. H.*, “Color Changing Nano-Crystals Detect Blast Exposure”, NeuroImage, 2011, 54, S37–S44. DOI
Vajpayee, S.†, Khare, K.†, Yang, S., Hui, C.-Y., and Jagota, A.*, “Adhesion Selectivity Using Rippled Surfaces”,Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21 (3), 547–555. DOI. († Both authors contributed equally to this work)
Cullen, D. K., Browne, K. D., Xu, Y., Adeeb, S., Wolf, J. A., McCarron R. M., Yang, S., and Smith, D. H.*, “Blast-Induced Color Change in Photonic Crystals Corresponds with Brain Pathology”, J. Neurotrauma, 2011, 28 (11), 2307-2318. DOI

2010

Xu, Y., Guron, M., Zhu, X., Sneddon, L. G.* and Yang, S.*, “Template synthesis of 3D high-temperature silicon-oxycarbide and silicon-carbide ceramic photonic crystals from interference lithographically patterned organosilicates”, Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (21), pp 5957–5963. DOI
Zhu, X, Liang, G., Xu, Y., Cheng, S.-C., and Yang, S.*, Fabrication of Size-Scalable 3D Photonic Structures via Dual-beam Multiple Exposure and Its Robustness Study”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B., 2010, 27 (12), 2534-2541. DOI.
Liang, G., Zhu, X., Xu, Y., Li, J. and Yang, S.*, "Holographic Design and Fabrication of Diamond Symmetry Photonic Crystals via Dual-beam Quadruple Exposure", Adv. Mater. 2010, 22(40), 4524–4529. DOI.
Guvendiren, M., Burdick, J. A.*, and Yang, S.*,"Solvent Induced Transition from Wrinkles to Creases in Thin Film Gels with Depth-Wise Crosslinking Gradients", Soft Mater 2010, 6 (22), 5795 - 5801 (themed issue on The Physics of Buckling). DOI
Coll Ferrer, M. C.; Yang, S.; Eckmann, D. M. and Composto, R. J.* "Creating Biomimetic Polymeric Surfaces by Photochemical Attachment and Patterning of Dextran", Langmuir, 2010, 26 (17), 14126–14134. DOI.
Yang, S.*, Khare, K., and Lin, P.-C. “Harnessing Surface Wrinkle Patterns in Soft Matter", Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20 (16) 2550–2564. DOI (invited review)
Chandra, D. and Yang, S.*, "Stability of high-aspect-ratio micropillar arrays against adhesive and capillary forces”, Acc. Chem . Res. 2010 43 (8), 1080-1091. DOI (invited review)
Guvendiren, M., Burdick, J. A.*, and Yang, S.*, "Kinetic Study of Swelling-Induced Surface Pattern Formation and Ordering in Hydrogel Films with Depth-Wise Crosslinking Gradient", Soft Mater. 2010, 6 (9), 2044 – 2049. DOI.
Chandra, D., Yang, S.*, "Response to Comment on Biomimetic Ultrathin Whitening by Capillary-Force-Induced Random Clustering of Hydrogel Micropillar Arrays", ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 2010, 2 (3), 605-605. DOI
Zhang, Y., Lin, C.-T., Yang,S.*, "Fabrication of Hierarchical Pillar Arrays from Thermoplastic and Photosensitive SU-8", Small, 2010, 6 (6), 768 - 775. DOI.
McConnell, M., Kraeutler, M. J., Yang, S. *, and Composto, R.*, "Patchy and Multiregion Janus Particles with Tunable Optical Properties”, Nano Lett., 2010, 10 (2), 603–609. DOI
Moon, J.* and Yang, S.*, "Chemical Aspects of Three-dimensional Photonic Crystals", Chem. Rev., 2010,110 (1), 547–574. DOI (invited review)

2009

Xu, Y., Zhu, X and Yang, S.*, “Crack-free 3D hybrid microstructures from photosensitive organosilicates as versatile photonic templates”, ACS Nano, 2009 , 3(10), 3251–3259. DOI
Cheng, S.-C.†, Zhu, X.†, and Yang, S.* , "Complex 2D Photonic Crystals with Analogue Local Symmetry as 12-fold Quasicrystals", Opt. Express, 2009, 17(19), 16710-16715. (†: equal contribution). URL
Guvendiren, M., Yang, S.*, and Burdick, J. A.*, “Swelling-Induced Surface Patterns in Hydrogels with Gradient Crosslinking Density”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19(19), 3038-3045. DOI (Frontispieces)
Chandra, D. and Yang, S.*, "Capillary-force-induced clustering of micropillar arrays: is it caused by isolated capillary bridges or by lateral capillary meniscus interaction force?", Langmuir , 2009, 25 (18), 10430–10434. DOI
Guvendiren, M., Heiney, P., and Yang, S.*, "Precipitated Calcium Carbonate Hybrid Hydrogels: Structural and Mechanical Properties", Macromolecules, 2009, 42 (17), 6606–6613. DOI
Chandra, D., Yang, S.*, Soshinsky, A. A. and Gambogi, R. J. "Biomimetic ultrathin whitening by capillary force 4. induced random clustering of hydrogel micropillar arrays", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2009, 1 (8), 1698–1704. DOI.
Khare, K., Zhou, J. and and Yang, S.*, "Tunable open-channel microfluidics on soft poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) substrates with sinusoidal grooves", Langmuir, 2009. 25(21), 12794–12799. DOI
McConnell, M., Bassani, A. W., Yang, S. *, and Composto, R.*, "Tunable wetting of nanoparticle decorated polymer films", Langmuir , 2009, 25 (18), 11014–11020. DOI
Zhang, Y.†, Reed, J. C†, and Yang, S.*, "Creating a Library of Complex Metallic Nanostructures via Harnessing Pattern Transformation of a Single PDMS Membrane", ACS Nano, 2009, 3 (8), 2412–2418 . (†: equal contribution). DOI
Moon, J.†, Seo, J. S.,† Xu, Y. and Yang, S.*, "Direct fabrication of 3D silica-like microstructures from epoxy-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)", J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 4687 - 4691 . (†: equal contribution). DOI.
Lin, P., and Yang, S.*, "Mechanically Switchable Wetting on the Wrinkled Elastomers with Dual-scale Roughness", Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 1011-1018 . DOI.
Ford, J., Marder, S. R., and Yang, S.* , "Growing ‘nanofruit' textures on photocrosslinked SU-8 surfaces through layer-by-layer grafting of hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine)", Chem. Mater., 2009, 21(3), 476-483. (with suppl. info.) DOI. It is Highlighted in Lab on a Chip, 2009, 9, 642 - 643, as an article of particular significance/value to miniaturization research.
McConnell, M., Yang, S.*., Composto, R.*, "Covalent nanoparticle assembly onto random copolymer films ", Macromolecules, 2009, 42 (2), 517–523. DOI

2008

Zhu, X., Zhang, Y., Chandra, D., Cheng, S.-C., Kikkawa, J. M. and Yang, S. *, “Two-dimensional photonic crystals with anisotropic unit cells imprinted from poly(dimethylsiloxane) membranes under elastic deformation”, Appl. Phys. Lett. , 2008 , 93 (16), 161911. URL
Kang, J.-H., Moon, J. H., Lee, S.-K., Park, S.-G., Jang, S. G., Yang, S., and Yang, S.-M.*, “Thermo-responsive Hydrogel Photonic Crystals by Three-dimensional Holographic Lithography”, Adv. Mater . 2008, 20 , 3061-3065. (with suppl. info.). DOI
Hayek, A.† , Xu, Y.† , Okada, T., Barlow, B., Zhu, X., Moon, J. H., Yang, S.* and Marder, S. R.*, “Poly(glycidyl methacrylate)s with controlled molecular weights as low-shrinkage resins for 3D multibeam interference lithography”, J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18 (28) , 3316 - 3318. († : equal contribution) DOI
Lin, P., Vajpayee, S., Jagota, A.*, Hui, C.-H., and Yang, S.*, “Mechanically Tunable Dry Adhesive from Wrinkled Elastomers”, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1830-1835. (with suppl. info.) DOI
Wang, F., Wang, G., Yang, S. , Li, C., “Layer-by-layer assembly of aqueous dispersible, highly conductive poly(aniline- co -o-anisidine)/poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate)/MWNT core-shell nanocomposites, Langmuir, 2008, 24 (11), 5825-5831. DOI.
Tian, F., Yu, Y., Wang, C.*, and Yang, S.*,“ Consecutive Morphological Transitions in Nanoaggregates Assembled from Amphiphilic Random Copolymer via Water-Driven Micellization and Light-Triggered Dissociation”, Macromolecules, 2008, 41 (10), 3385-3388 . DOI
Zhang, Y. Matsumoto, E. A., Peter, A., Lin, P., Kamien, R. D.*, and Yang, S.*, “One-step nanoscale assembly of complex structures via harnessing of an elastic instability”, Nano Lett. 2008 , 8 (4), 1192-1196. DOI.
Chandra, D., Taylor , J. A. and Yang, S.*, “Replica molding of high-aspect-ratio (sub-)micron hydrogel pillar arrays and their stability in air and solvents”, Soft Matter, 2008, 4 , 979-984. DOI.
Guo, G., Qin, F., Yang, D., Wang, C.*, Xu, H., and Yang, S.*, “ Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles Supported on Poly(acrylic acid) Grafted MWNTs and Their Hydrogenation of Citral”, Chem. Mater. 2008. 20 ( 6 ), 2291 – 2297. DOI
Xu, Y., Zhu, X., Dan, Y., Moon, J. H., Chen, V. W., Johnson, A. T., Perry, J. W. and Yang, S.* “Electrodeposition of 3D titania photonic crystals from holographically patterned microporous polymer templates”, Chem. Mater. 2008. 20 (5); 1816-1823. DOI

2007

Chandra, D., Lin, P. and Yang, S.*, “Strain responsive concave and convex microlens arrays”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2007 , 91 , 251912. URL
Zhu, X., Xu, Y. and Yang, S.*, “Distortion of 3D SU8 Photonic Structures Fabricated by Four-beam Holographic Lithography with Umbrella Configuration”, Opt. Express , 2007, 15 , 16546-16560. URL
Ford, J. and Yang, S.*, “Directed Synthesis of Silica Nanoparticles on Micropatterned Hydrogel Templates Tethered with Poly(ethyleneimine)”, Chem. Mater. 2007, 19 (23), 5570-5575. DOI.
Moon, J. H., Kim, A. J., Crocker, J. C. and Yang, S.*, “High-throughput synthesis of anisotropic colloids via holographic lithography”, Adv. Mater., 2007, 19, 2520-2524 . DOI
Lin, P. and Yang, S.*, “Spontaneous formation of 1D ripples in transit to highly-ordered 2D herringbone structures through sequential and unequal biaxial mechanical stretching ”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007 , 90 , 241903. URL
Moon, J. H., Xu, Y., Dan, Y. Yang, S.-M., Johnson, A. T. and Yang S.*, “Triply periodic bicontinuous structures as templates for photonic crystals: a pinch-off problem”, Adv. Mater. , 2007, 19 , 1510-1514. DOI

2006

Guo, G., Yang, D., Wang, C., Yang, S. “Fishing” polymer brushes on single-walled carbon nanotubes by in situ free radical polymerization in a poor solvent, Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 9035-9040. DOI
Qin, S., Geng, Y. Discher, D. E.* and Yang, S.*, “ Temperature-Controlled Assembly and Release from Polymer Vesicles of Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)”, Adv. Mater., 2006, 18 , 2905-2909. DOI Highly cited paper by Web of Sciences as the top 1% of the academic field of Materials Science for the publication year.
Zhang, Y. †, Lo, C.-W. †, Taylor, J. A. and Yang, S.*, “Replica molding Replica Molding of high-aspect-ratio nanopillar arrays with high fidelity”, ( †: equal contribution), Langmuir, 2006, 22, 8595. DOI.
Hong, K.-H., Wang, J., Sharonov, A., Chandra, D., Aizenberg, J. and Yang, S.*, “Tunable Microfluidic Optical Devices with Integrated Microlens Array”, J. Micromech. Microeng., 2006, 16 , 1660. DOI
Moon, J. H.,Dong, W. Adibi, A. Perry, J. W. , Yang, S.-M., Yang, S.* , “ Core-Shell Diamond-like Silicon Photonic Crystals from 3D Polymer Templates Created by Holographic Lithography”, Opt. Express, 2006,14, 6297. DOI
Moon, J. H., Yang, S.*, Yang, S.-M., “Photonic Bandgap Structures of Core-Shell Simple Cubic Crystals from Holographic Lithography”, Appl. Phys. Lett.2006, 88, 121101. DOI
Moon, J. H., Ford, J., Yang, S.*. “Fabricating three-dimensional polymer photonic structures by multi-beam interference lithography”, Polym. Adv. Tech. 2006, 17: 83-93 (invited review). DOI

2005

Moon, J. H., Yang, S., Pine, D. J., Yang, S.-M.,“Translation of interference pattern by phase shift for diamond photonic crystals”, Opt. Express 2005, 13 , 9841. DOI
Wang, J., Chen, Z., Mauk, M., Hong, K-S, Li, M., Yang, S. , and Bau, H., H., “Self-Actuated, Thermo-Responsive Hydrogel Valves for Lab on a Chip”, Biomedical Microdevices 2005 , 7:4, 313-322.
Yang, S.*.; Ford, J.; Ruengruglikit, C.; Huang, Q.; Aizenberg, J. “ Fabrication of Biomimietic microlens arrays from Photoacid Crosslinkable Hydrogels” J. Mater. Chem. 2005 , 15 , 4200-4202. DOI
Moon, J. H., Yang, S.* , “Creating three-dimensional polymeric microstructures by multi-beam interference lithography” J. Macromol. Sci., Part C: Polym. Rev. 2005 , 45 (4), 351-373 . (invited review) DOI
Yang, S.*; Ullal, C. K.; Thomas, E. L.; Chen, G; Aizenberg, J. “Microlens Arrays with Integrated Pores as a Multipattern Photomask”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2005 , 86 , 201121. DOI
Yang, S.*; Chen, G; Megens, M.; Ullal, C. K.; Han, Y.-J.; Rapaport, R.; Thomas, E. L.; Aizenberg, J. “Functional Biomimetic Microlens Arrays with Integrated Pores”, Adv. Mater. 2005 , 17 , 435. DOI.
Fukukawa, K.; Zhu, L.; Gopalan, P.; Ueda, M.; Yang, S.* , “Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon-containing Block Copolymers from Nitroxide-mediated Living Free Radical Polymerization”, Macromolecules, 2005 , 38 , 263-270. DOI.

2004

Jeon, S.; Park, J.-U.; Cirelli, R.; Yang, S. , Heitzman, Carla E.; Braun, Paul V.; Kenis, Paul J. A. and Rogers, J. A. “Fabricating complex three-dimensional nanostructures with high-resolution conformable phase masks”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2004 , 101 : 12428-12433. DOI
Ullal, C K; Maldovan, M.; Thomas, E. L.; Chen, G; Han, Y.-J.; and Yang, S. “Photonic crystals through holographic lithography: simple cubic, diamond like and gyroid like structures”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004 , 84, 5434 . DOI
Krupenkin, T. N.; Taylor, J.A.; Schneider, T. M.; Yang, S. “From Rolling Ball to Complete Wetting on Dynamically Tunable Nanostructured Surfaces”, Langmuir , 2004 , 20 , 3824 (cover of the month). DOI. Highly cited paper according to Web of Sciences as the top 1% of the academic field of Materials Science for the publication year.

2003

Yang, S.*; Mirau, P.; Sun, J. N.; Gidley, D.“Characterization of nanoporous ultra Low-k thin films templated by copolymers with different architectures” Rad. Chem. Phys. 2003 , 68 , 351. DOI
Yang, S.*.; Krupenkin, T. N.; Mach, P. and Chandross, E. A. “Fabrication of tunable and latchable liquid microlens with photopolymerizable components” Adv. Mater. 2003 , 15 (11), 940. DOI
Krupenkin,T. N.; Yang, S. ; Mach, P. “Tunable liquid microlens” Appl. Phys. Lett. 2003 , 82 , 316. DOI
Cattaneo, F.; Baldwin, K.; Yang, S. ; Krupenkin, T. N. and Rogers, J.A. “Digitally Tunable Microfluidic Optical Fiber Devices”, J. Microelectromech. Sys., 2003 , 12, 907 .
Hsieh, J.; Mach, P.; Cattaneo, F.; Yang, S.; Krupenkin, T.; Baldwin K. and Rogers, J. A. “ Tunable microfluidic optical fiber devices based on molded plastic microchannels and electrowetting pumps”, IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 2003 , 15 , 81.
Ullal, C. K.; Maldovan, M.; Wohlgemuth, M.; White, C. A.; Yang, S. and Thomas, E. L. “3D periodic biocontinuous structures through interference lithography: a level set approach”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A ., 2003 , 20 , 948. DOI

2002

Yang, S.*; Horibe, Y.; Chen, C.-H.; Mirau, P.; Tatry, T.; Evans, P.; Grazul, J.and Dufresne , E. M. “Ordered hydrophobic organosilicates templated by block copolymers” Chem. Mater . 2002 , 14 , 5173. DOI
Yang, S.*; Megens, M.; Aizenberg, J.; Wiltzius, P.; Chaikin, P.; Russel, W. “Visible laser-initiated cationic polymerization for multi-beam interference lithography”, Chem. Mater. 2002 , 14 , 2831 . DOI
Yang, S.*; Mirau, P.A.; Pai, C.-S.; Nalamasu, O.; Reichmanis, E.; Pai, J. C.; Obeng, Y. S.; Seputro, J.; Lin, E.; Lee, H.-J.; Sun, J. and Gidley, D. “ Nanoporous ultralow dielectric constant organosilicates templated by triblock copolymers ”, Chem. Mater . 2002 , 14 , 369. DOI
Mirau, P. A. and Yang, S. “Solid state proton NMR characterization of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide random and block copolymer composites with poly(methyl silsesquioxanes)”, Chem. Mater, 2002 , 14 , 249. DOI
Xu, J.; Moxom, J.; Yang, S.; Suzuki, R. and Ohdaira, T. “Porosity in porous methyl-silsesquioxane (MSQ) Films” Appl. Surf. Sci. , 2002 , 194 , 189 . DOI
Xu, J.; Moxom, J.; Yang, S.; Suzuki, R. and Ohdaira, T. “Dependence of porosity in methyl-silsequioxane thin films on molecular weight of sacrificial triblock copolymers”, Chem. Phys. Lett . 2002 , 364, 309. DOI
Mach, P.; Krupenkin, T. N.; Yang, S. and Rogers, J. A. “ Dynamic tuning of optical waveguides with electrowetting pumps and recirculating fluid channels”, Appl. Phys. Lett. , 2002 , 81 , 202. DOI

2001

Yang, S.*; Pai, J. C.; Pai, C.-S.; Dabbagh, G.; Nalamasu, O.; Reichmanis, E.; Seputro, J. and Obeng, Y. S. “Processing and characterization ultra low dielectric constant organosilicates”, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. B. 2001 , 19 , 2155. Link
Yang, S.* ; Mirau, P.A.; Pai, C.-S.; Nalamasu, O.; Reichmanis, E.; Lin, E. and Lee, H.-J.; Gidley, D. and Sun, J. “ Molecular templating of nanoporous ultra low-dielectric constant (~ 1.5) organosilicates by tailoring the microphase separation of triblock copolymers ”, Chem. Mater . 2001 , 13 , 2762. DOI
Koga, T.; Zhou, S.; Chu , B.; Fulton, J. L.; Yang, S.; Ober, C. K. and Erman, B. “New high pressure cell for simultaneous synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering and laser light scattering measurements”, Rev. Sci. Instr. , 2001 , 72 , 2679.

2000

Yang, S.; Wang, J.; Ogino, K.; Valiyaveettil , S.; Ober, C. K. “Low-surface-energy fluoromethacrylate block copolymers with patternable elements”, Chem. Mater. 2000 , 12, 33. DOI
Sundararajan, N.; Yang, S.; Ogino, K.; Valiyaveettil, S.; Wang, J.; Zhou, X.; Ober, C. K.; Obendorf, S. K.; Allen, R. D. “Supercritical CO 2 processing for submicron imaging of fluoropolymers”, Chem. Mater. 2000 , 12, 41. DOI

1999

Crane L.; Torres-Filho, A.; Ober, C. K.; Yang, S.; Chen, J.; Johnson, R. W. “Development of reworkable underfills, materials, reliability and processing”, IEEE Trans. Compon., Packag. Technol. 1999 , 22 (2) , 163.

1998

Yang, S. ; Chen, J.-S.; Körner, H.; Breiner, T.; Ober, C. K. and Poliks, M. D. “ Reworkable Epoxies: Thermosets with thermally cleavable groups for controlled network breakdown”, Chem. Mater. 1998 , 10 , 1475. DOI

Invited Reviews

Moon, J.* and Yang, S.*, "Chemical Aspects of Three-dimensional Photonic Crystals", Chem. Rev., 2010,110 (1), 547–574. DOI
Yang, S. and Aizenberg, J. “ Microlens Arrays with Integrated Pores”, Nano Today, 2005, 8 (12), Suppl. 1 , 40. (invited review ). Link
Yang, S.“ Low k dielectric materials from inorganic-organic hybrids”, Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology-Updates , Elsevier Science, 2004 .
Yang, S. “ Linking photonic band gaps”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed . 2002 , 41 , 2419.

Book Edited

Sanchez, C.; Laine, R.M.; Yang, S. ; Brinker, C.J., eds, Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials—2002, MRS Proceedings Vol. 726.
Yang, S., Xia, Y. N.; Liu, J. and Lakeman , C., eds, Nontraditional Approaches to Patterning , MRS proceedings Vol. EXS-2