CAI Research Group
Our research is focused on the mechanics and chemistry of soft materials including both synthesized polymers and biological tissues. We aim to understand and model large deformation, instabilities, fracture, fatigue, chemo-mechanical coupling, electro-mechanical coupling in diverse soft materials. We also explore engineering applications of soft materials, such as artificial muscle, soft robots, soft machines and biomedical devices.
Our research is focused on the mechanics and chemistry of soft materials including both synthesized polymers and biological tissues. We aim to understand and model large deformation, instabilities, fracture, fatigue, chemo-mechanical coupling, electro-mechanical coupling in diverse soft materials. We also explore engineering applications of soft materials, such as artificial muscle, soft robots, soft machines and biomedical devices.
Recently, we have interests in the following specific areas:
Recently, we have interests in the following specific areas:
Deformation, fracture , fatigue, and time-dependent mechanical behaviors of polymers
Chemo-mechanics, electro-mechanics, thermo-mechanics of soft materials
Instabilities of materials and structures
Processing of polymers and polymer composites
Design, fabrication and mechanical analysis of medical devices and soft robotics
Biomechanics
Erosion and degradation of polymers
Vitrimers, hydrogels, liquid crystal elastomers, green polymers
Electrospinning of polymer fibersÂ