Surface Mechancis
Finite Element Method
Contact Mechanics
Computational Mechanics
C.-Y. Hui, A. Jagota, Z. Liu, How the geometry of patterned surfaces affects the thickness distribution of the oxidized silica layer on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) after ultraviolet/ozone treatment. Soft Matter 20, 89–93 (2024).
J. Ju, G. E. Sanoja, M. Y. Nagazi, L. Cipelletti, Z. Liu, C.-Y. Hui, M. Ciccotti, T. Narita, C. Creton, Real-Time Early Detection of Crack Propagation Precursors in Delayed Fracture of Soft Elastomers. Phys. Rev. X. 13, 021030 (2023).
Z. Liu, H. Dong, A. Jagota, C.-Y. Hui, Lubricated soft normal elastic contact of a sphere: a new numerical method and experiment. Soft Matter. 18, 1219–1227 (2022).
X. Shi, Z. Liu, L. Feng, T. Zhao, C.-Y. Hui, S. Zhang, Elastocapillarity at Cell-Matrix Contacts. Phys. Rev. X. 12, 021053 (2022).
Z. Liu, C.-Y. Hui, A. Jagota, Energetics of cracks and defects in soft materials: The role of surface stress. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 48, 101424 (2021).
Z. He, Z. Liu, M. Li, C.-Y. Hui, A. Jagota, Meso-scale dislocations and friction of shape-complementary soft interfaces. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 18, 20200940 (2021).
Z. Liu, C.-Y. Hui, A. Jagota, J. P. Gong, R. Kiyama, A surface flattening method for characterizing the surface stress, drained Poisson’s ratio and diffusivity of poroelastic gels. Soft Matter. 17, 7332–7340 (2021).
C.-Y. Hui, Z. Liu, N. Bain, A. Jagota, E. R. Dufresne, R. W. Style, R. Kiyama, J. P. Gong, How surface stress transforms surface profiles and adhesion of rough elastic bodies. Proc. R. Soc. A. 476, 20200477 (2020).
Z. Liu, M. Zakoworotny, J. Guo, A. T. Zehnder, C.-Y. Hui, Energy release rate of a single edge cracked specimen subjected to large deformation. International Journal of Fracture. 226, 71–79 (2020).
I. Ang, Z. Liu, J. Kim, C.-Y. Hui, N. Bouklas, Effect of elastocapillarity on the swelling kinetics of hydrogels. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 145, 104132 (2020).
Z. Liu, A. Jagota, C.-Y. Hui, Modeling of surface mechanical behaviors of soft elastic solids: theory and examples. Soft Matter. 16, 6875–6889 (2020).
Z. Liu, N. Bouklas, C.-Y. Hui, Coupled flow and deformation fields due to a line load on a poroelastic half space: effect of surface stress and surface bending. Proc. R. Soc. A. 476, 20190761 (2020).
J. Y. Kim, Z. Liu, B. M. Weon, T. Cohen, C.-Y. Hui, E. R. Dufresne, R. W. Style, Extreme cavity expansion in soft solids: Damage without fracture. Sci Adv. 6, eaaz0418 (2020).
T. Liu, Z. Liu, A. Jagota, C.-Y. Hui, Droplets on an elastic membrane: Configurational energy balance and modified Young equation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 138, 103902 (2020).
C.-Y. Hui, Z. Liu, S. L. Phoenix, D. R. King, W. Cui, Y. Huang, J. P. Gong, Mechanical behavior of unidirectional fiber reinforced soft composites. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 35, 100642 (2020).
Z. Liu, K. E. Jensen, Q. Xu, R. W. Style, E. R. Dufresne, A. Jagota, C.-Y. Hui, Effects of strain-dependent surface stress on the adhesive contact of a rigid sphere to a compliant substrate. Soft Matter. 15, 2223–2231 (2019).
Z. Liu, H. Minsky, C. Creton, M. Ciccotti, C.-Y. Hui, Mechanics of zero degree peel test on a tape — effects of large deformation, material nonlinearity, and finite bond length. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 32, 100518 (2019).
N. Lapinski, Z. Liu, S. Yang, C.-Y. Hui, A. Jagota, A surface with stress, extensional elasticity, and bending stiffness. Soft Matter. 15, 3817–3827 (2019).
C.-Y. Hui, Z. Liu, S. L. Phoenix, Size effect on elastic stress concentrations in unidirectional fiber reinforced soft composites. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 33, 100573 (2019).
H. Wu, Z. Liu, A. Jagota, C.-Y. Hui, Effect of large deformation and surface stiffening on the transmission of a line load on a neo-Hookean half space. Soft Matter. 14, 1847–1855 (2018).
C.-Y. Hui, Z. Liu, H. Minsky, C. Creton, M. Ciccotti, Mechanics of an adhesive tape in a zero degree peel test: effect of large deformation and material nonlinearity. Soft Matter. 14, 9681–9692 (2018).
C.-Y. Hui, Z. Liu, A. Jagota, The effect of surface bending and surface stress on the transmission of a vertical line force in soft materials. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 23, 9–16 (2018).
C.-Y. Hui, Z. Liu, A. Jagota, Effect of surface bending and stress on the transmission of line force to an elastic substrate. Proc. R. Soc. A. 474, 20170775 (2018).
S. Yuan, Z. Liu, Q. Xing, Self-adaptive fem analysis for 2D variational inequality problems. Engineering Mechanics. 33, 11–17 (2016).
S. Yuan, Z. Liu, Q. Xing, A new approach to self-adaptive fem for one- dimensional variational inequality problems. Engineering Mechanics. 32, 11–16 (2015).