Mechanics and Actuation of Multifunctional Materials
Selected Publications
Afshin Anssari-Benam, Zhengxuan Wei, Ruobing Bai, "Modelling the Deformation of Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers as a State of Hyperelasticity". Journal of Elasticity, accepted.
Zhengxuan Wei, Peixun Wang, Ruobing Bai, "Thermomechanical Coupling in Polydomain Liquid Crystal Elastomers". Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2024, 91(2), 021001.
Zhengxuan Wei, Ruobing Bai, "Temperature-Modulated Photomechanical Actuation of Photoactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers". Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2022, 101614.
Ruobing Bai, Eric Ocegueda, Kaushik Bhattacharya, “Photochemical-Induced Phase Transitions in Photoactive Semicrystalline Polymers”. Physical Review E, 2021, 103, 033003.
Ruobing Bai, Ying Shi Teh, Kaushik Bhattacharya, ”Collective Behavior in the Kinetics and Equilibrium of Solid-State Photoreaction”. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021, 43, 101160.
Ruobing Bai, Kaushik Bhattacharya, “Photomechanical Coupling in Photoactive Nematic Elastomers”. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2020, 144, 104115.
Modeling, Characterization, Design, and Control of Fracture and Adhesion
Selected Publications
Qianfeng Yin, Yilmaz Arin Manav, Yichen Wan, Benyamin Davaji, Ruobing Bai, "Strong and Highly Switchable Soft Sticky Adhesives". Submitted. arXiv preprint.
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.
Jiawei Yang, Ruobing Bai, Baohong Chen, Zhigang Suo, "Hydrogel Adhesion: A Supramolecular Synergy of Chemistry, Topology, and Mechanics". Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 1901693.
Ruobing Bai, Jiawei Yang, Zhigang Suo, "Fatigue of Hydrogels". European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 2019, 74, 337-370.
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.
Multiphysical Processes in Energy Storage Systems
Selected Publications
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.
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.
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.
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).