JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

29. Afshin Anssari-Benam, Zhengxuan Wei, Ruobing Bai, "Modelling the Deformation of Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers as a State of Hyperelasticity". Journal of Elasticity, 2024.

28. Qianfeng Yin, Yilmaz Arin Manav, Yichen Wan, Benyamin Davaji, Ruobing Bai, "Strong and Highly Switchable Soft Sticky Adhesives". Submitted. arXiv preprint.

27. Ying Wang, Zhengxuan Wei, Tongtai Ji, Ruobing Bai, Hongli Zhu, "Highly Ionic Conductive, Stretchable, and Tough Ionogel for Flexible Solid‐State Supercapacitor". Small, 2023, 2307019.

26. Daxian Cao, Tongtai Ji, Zhengxuan Wei, Wentao Liang, Ruobing Bai, Kenneth S. Burch, Michael Geiwitz, and Hongli Zhu, "Enhancing Lithium Stripping Efficiency in Anode-Free Solid-State Batteries through Self-Regulated Internal Pressure". Nano Letters, 2023, 23, 20, 9392–9398.

25. Zhengxuan Wei, Peixun Wang, Ruobing Bai, "Thermomechanical Coupling in Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers". Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2024, 91(2), 021001.

24. Yihang Xiao, Qi Li, Xi Yao, Ruobing Bai, Wei Hong, Canhui Yang, "Fatigue of Amorphous Hydrogels with Dynamic Covalent Bonds". Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2022, 101679.

23. Zhengxuan Wei, Ruobing Bai, "Temperature-Modulated Photomechanical Actuation of Photoactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers". Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2022, 101614.

22. Ruobing Bai, Eric Ocegueda, Kaushik Bhattacharya, "Photochemical-Induced Phase Transitions in Photoactive Semicrystalline Polymers". Physical Review E, 2021, 103, 033003.

21. Mutian Hua, Cheolgyu Kim, Yingjie Du, Dong Wu, Ruobing Bai, Ximin He, "Swaying Gel: Chemo-mechanical Self-Oscillation Based on Dynamic Buckling". Matter, 2021, 4, 3, 1029-1041.

20. Ruobing Bai, Ying Shi Teh, Kaushik Bhattacharya, "Collective Behavior in the Kinetics and Equilibrium of Solid-State Photoreaction". Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021, 43, 101160.

19. Ruobing Bai, Kaushik Bhattacharya, "Photomechanical Coupling in Photoactive Nematic Elastomers". Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2020, 144, 104115.

18. Jiawei Yang, Jason Steck, Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, "Topological Adhesion II. Stretchable Adhesion". Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020, 40, 100891.

17. Baohong Chen, Jiawei Yang, Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, "Molecular Staples for Tough and Stretchable Adhesion in Integrated Soft Materials". Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2019, 1900810.

16. Jiawei Yang, Ruobing Bai, Jianyu Li, Canhui Yang, Xi Yao, Qihan Liu, Joost Vlassak, David J. Mooney, Zhigang Suo, "Design Molecular Topology for Wet-Dry Adhesion". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 27, 24802-24811.

15. Jiawei Yang, Ruobing Bai, Baohong Chen, Zhigang Suo, "Hydrogel Adhesion: A Supramolecular Synergy of Chemistry, Topology, and Mechanics". Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 1901693. First review article on the subject.

14. Ruobing Bai, Jiawei Yang, Xavier P. Morelle, Zhigang Suo, "Flaw-Insensitive Hydrogels under Static and Cyclic Loads". Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2019, 1800883.

13. Ruobing Bai, Baohong Chen, Jiawei Yang, Zhigang Suo, "Tearing a Hydrogel of Complex Rheology". Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2019, 125, 749-761.

12. Ruobing Bai, Jiawei Yang, Zhigang Suo, "Fatigue of Hydrogels". European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 2019, 74, 337-370. First review article on the subject.

11. Mo Sun, Ruobing Bai, Xingyun Yang, Jiaqi Song, Zhigang Suo, Ximin He, "Hydrogel Interferometry for Ultrasensitive and Highly Selective Chemical Detection". Advanced Materials, 2018, 1804916. Inside back cover of Advanced Materials.

10. Xavier P. Morelle, Widusha R. Illeperuma, Kevin Tian, Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, Joost Vlassak, "Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels Below Water Freezing Temperature". Advanced Materials, 2018, 1801541.

9. Zhongtong Wang, Jingda Tang, Ruobing Bai, Wenlei Zhang, Tongda Lian, Tongqing Lu, Tiejun Wang, "A Phenomenological Model for Shakedown of Tough Hydrogels under Cyclic Loads". Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2018, 85(9), 091005-091005-8.

8. Jiawei Yang, Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, "Topological Adhesion of Wet Materials". Advanced Materials, 2018, 1800671.

7. Enrui Zhang, Ruobing Bai, Xavier P. Morelle, Zhigang Suo, "Fatigue Fracture of Nearly Elastic Hydrogels". Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 3563-3571.

6. Meng Qin, Mo Sun, Ruobing Bai, Yiqi Mao, Xiaoshi Qian, Dipika Sikka, Yuan Zhao, Hang Jerry Qi, Zhigang Suo, Ximin He, "Bioinspired Hydrogel Interferometer for Adaptive Coloration and Chemical Sensing". Advanced Materials, 2018, 1800468.

5. Ruobing Bai, Jiawei Yang, Xavier P. Morelle, Canhui Yang, Zhigang Suo, "Fatigue Fracture of Self-Recovery Hydrogels". ACS Macro Letters, 2018, 312-317.

4. Xavier P. Morelle, Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, "Localized Deformation in Plastic Liquids on Elastomers". Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2017, 84 (10), 101002.

3. Ruobing Bai, Quansan Yang, Jingda Tang, Xavier P. Morelle, Joost Vlassak, Zhigang Suo, "Fatigue Fracture of Tough Hydrogels". Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2017, 15, 91-96.

2. Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, "Optomechanics of Soft Materials". Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2015, 82 (7), 071011.

1. Yingjie Liu, Pengyu Lv, Jun Ma, Ruobing Bai, Hui Ling Duan, "Stress Fields in Hollow Core–Shell Spherical Electrodes of Lithium Ion Batteries". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science, 2014, 470 (2172).

PATENTS

1. Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, Jiawei Yang, “Topological Adhesion of Materials”. U.S. Patent Application No. 17/048,803, 2021.