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Google Scholar, H-index = 40 and i10-index = 54
† denotes equal contribution, * denotes corresponding author
Underline: Graduate/Undergraduate Student or Postdoc Advised
23. Diffusion and Release of Molecules in Swelling Polymer Networks [PDF]
T. H. Wong†, J. Ma†, A. Sherburne, S. Lin*, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 84, 102466 (2026)
22. Tissue-adhesive hydrogel–MXene biosensor for in situ intraoral TNF-α detection [PDF] [SI]
T. H. Wong†, W. Liu†, J. Li, J. Ma, Y. Cheng, R. Lu, K, J. Koster, J. D. Cirillo, X. Liu, H, Sasaki, C. Wu*, S. Lin*, Science Advances, 12, eady9180 (2026)
21. An Elastocaloric Polymer with Ultra-High Solid-State Cooling via Defect Engineering [PDF] [SI]
Z. Yu†, D. Xu†, Z. Usmanova†, C. Ye, A. Swarnkar, E. Scott, S. Huang, S. Rao, X. Liu, S. V. Boriskina*, R. Bai*, S. Lin*, Advanced Science, 13, e18106 (2026)
20. Capturing Water from Air in an Economical and Stable Way: Atmospheric Water Harvesting [PDF]
J. Liu, S. Lin*, Nature Water, 3, 640-641 (2025)
19. Mechano-Diffusion of Particles in Stretchable Hydrogels [PDF] [SI]
C. Ye†, C. Wei†, J. Liu†, T. H. Wong†, X. Liu, Z. Song, C. Wu*, Z. Li*, S. Lin*, Soft Matter, 21, 2230-2241 (2025)
Selection of Inside Front Cover
18. Hot and Cold Hydrogel with Still Water [PDF]
Z. Yu, S. Lin*, Science, 387, 6737 (2025)
17. Torsion-Mediated Instabilities in Confined Elastic Layers [PDF]
T. K. Venkatadri†, C. Ye†, T. Cohen*, S. Lin*, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 198, 106064 (2025)
16. Anisotropic Hydrogel Microelectrodes for Intraspinal Neural Recordings in Vivo [PDF]
S. Huang, R. Xiao, S. Lin, Z. Wu, C. Lin, G. Jang, E. Hong, S. Gupta, F. Lu, B. Chen, X. Liu, A. Sahasrabudhe, Z. Zhang, Z. He, A. J. Crosby, K. Sumaria, T. Liu, Q. Wang*, S. Rao*, Nature Communication, 16, 1127 (2025)
15. Hydrogel-Gated MXene-Graphene Field-Effect Transistor for Selective Detection and Screening of SARS-CoV-2 and E. coli Bacteria [PDF]
J. Li, J. Liu, C. Wei, X. Liu, S. Lin, C. Wu*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 2 (2025)
14. Pressure-Sensitive In-situ Underwater Adhesives [PDF] [SI]
J. Liu, P. Singh, T. H. Wong, S. Lin*, Communication Physics, 8, 6 (2025)
Selection of Feature Article for Journal Homepage
13. Fatigue-Resistant Mechanoresponsive Color-Changing Hydrogels for Vision-Based Tactile Robots [PDF] [SI]
J. Liu, W. Li, Y. She, B. Sean, S. Lin*, Advanced Materials, 2407925 (2024)
Selection as Inside Back Cover
12. Electrical Tissue Adhesive for Strain-insensitive In-situ Biosensing [PDF] [SI]
T. H. Wong, J. Liu, Y. Cheng, Y. Xie, C. Anway, R. Lu, C. Ye, Z. Yu, Y. Wang, X. Liu*, S. Lin*, Advanced Intelligent System, 2400697 (2024)
11. Extreme Mechanics of Hydrogels Toward In Situ Hydrogel Bioelectronics [PDF]
T. H. Wong, X. Zhao, S. Lin*, Mechanics of Flexible and Stretchable Electronics, Chapter 1 (2024)
10. How do stretch rate, temperature, and solvent exchange affect elastic network rupture? [PDF]
A. Y. Siavoshani, Z. Fan. M. Yang, S. Liu, M. Wang, J. Liu, W. Xu, J. Wang, S. Lin, S. Wang*, Soft Matter, 20, 7657-7667 (2024)
9. A Mechano-diffusion Characterization Platform for Probing Strain-programmable Nanoparticle Diffusion in Hydrogels [PDF] [SI]
C. Ye, S. Lin*, MRS Communications, (2024)
Early Career Materials Researcher Method Letter
8. Reversible Two-way Tuning of Thermal Conductivity in an End-linked Star-shaped Thermoset [PDF] [SI]
C. M. Hartquist†, B. Li†, J. H. Zhang†, Z. Yu, G. Lv, J. Shin, S. V. Borikina, G. Chen*, X. Zhao*, S. Lin*, Nature Communications, 15, 5590 (2024)
7. Strain-Engineered Particle Diffusion in Uniaxially Deformed Polymer Networks [PDF]
J. Liu, S. Lin*, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 191, 105732 (2024)
6. Control of Polymer's Amorphous-Crystalline Transition Enables Miniaturization and Multifunctional Integration for Hydrogel Bioelectronics [PDF]
S. Huang, X. Liu, S. Lin, C. Glynn, K. Felix, A. Sahasrabudhe, C. Maley, J. Xu, W. Chen, E. Hong, A. J. Crosby, Q. Wang*, S. Rao*, Nature Communications, 15, 1 (2024)
5. An Elastomer with Ultrahigh Strain-induced Crystallization [PDF] [SI]
C. M. Hartquist†, S. Lin†, J. H. Zhang, S. Wang, M. Rubinstein, X. Zhao, Science Advances, 9, eadj0411 (2023)
4. Fatigue-resistant Hydrogel Optical Fiber Enables Peripheral Nerve Optogenetics during Locomotion [PDF]
X. Liu, S. Rao, W. Chen, K. Felix, J. Ni, A. Sahasrabudhe, S. Lin, Q. Wang, Y. Liu, Z. He, J. Xu, S. Huang, E. Hong, T. Yau, P. Anikeeva*, X. Zhao*, Nature Method, 2023
3. 3D-Printed Conducting Polymer Hydrogel-based DC Generator for Self-powered Electromechanical Sensing [PDF]
R. Yang, Z. Guo, Z. Yu, F. Du, V. G. N. Thyagaraja, L. Lin, R. Y. Dylan, P. Xu, J. N. Armstrong, S. Lin, C. Zhou*, J. Liu*, Nano Energy, 117, 108857 (2023)
2. Unusual Temperature Dependence of Water Sorption in Semi-crystalline Hydrogels [PDF] [SI]
X. Liu, L. Zhang, B. E. Fil, C. D. Diaz-Marin, Y. Zhong, X. Li, S. Lin*, E. N. Wang*, Advanced Materials, 35, 2211763 (2023)
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1. Smart Steering Sleeve (S3): A Non-Intrusive and Integrative Sensing Platform for Driver Physiological Monitoring [PDF]
C. Ye, W. Li, Z. Li*, G. Maguluri, J. Grimble, J. Bonatt, J. Miske, N. Lftimia, S. Lin, M. Grimm, Sensor, 22, 7296 (2022)
21. Pausible photomolecular effect leading to water evaporation exceeding the thermal limit [PDF]
Y. Tu, J. Zhou, S. Lin, M. Alshrah, X. Zhao, G. Chen, PNAS, 120, e2312751120 (2023)
20. Converging-diverging shock-driven instabilities along soft hydrogel surfaces [PDF]
D. Pickard, D. Martynowych, J. Lem, A. Koshakji, S. Lin, X. Zhao, K. Nelson, B. Giovanardi, R. Radovitzky, Physical Review E, 107, L022601 (2023)
19. Nanostructured artificial-muscle fibres [PDF]
S. Lin, X. Zhao*, Nature Nanotechnology, (2022)
18. Fracture and fatigue of entangled and unentangled polymer networks [PDF]
D. Zheng†, S. Lin†, J. Ni, X. Zhao*, Extreme Mechanics Letter, 51, 101608 (2021)
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17. Stretchable anti-fogging tape for diverse transparent materials [PDF]
S. Lin†*, Y. Yang†, J. Ni†, T. Yoichiro, X. Liu, B. Lu, Y. Tu, J. Zhou, X. Zhao*, G. Chen*, Advanced Functional Materials, 31, 2103551 (2021)
16. Fracture and fatigue of ideal polymer networks [PDF]
S. Lin, J. Ni, D. Zheng, X. Zhao*, Extreme Mechanics Letter, 48, 101399 (2021)
15. Strong fatigue-resistant nanofibrous hydrogels inspired by lobster underbelly [PDF]
J. Ni†, S. Lin†, Z. Qin†, D. Veysset, X. Liu, Y. Sun, A. J. Hsieh, R. Radovitzky, K. A. Nelson, X. Zhao*, Matter, 4, 6 (2021)
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14. Soft materials by design: unconventional polymer networks give extreme properties [PDF]
X. Zhao*, X. Chen†, H Yuk†, S Lin†, X. Liu, G. Parada, Chemical Reviews, 121, 8 (2021)
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13. Soft elastic hydrogel couplants for ultrasonography [PDF]
L. Chen†, G. Zeng†, D. Guo, J. Liu, X. Zhang*, S. Lin*, K. Zhang*, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 119, 111609 (2021)
12. Fracture of polymer networks with topological defects [PDF]
S. Lin, X. Zhao, Physical Review E, 102, 052503 (2020)
11. Fatigue-resistant hydrogel adhesions [PDF]
J. Liu†, S. Lin†, X. Liu†, Z. Qin†, Y. Yang, J. Zang*, X. Zhao*, Nature Communications 11, 1071 (2020)
ESI Highly Cited Paper, 2020 Top 50 Chemistry and Materials Science Articles
10. Muscle-like fatigue-resistant hydrogels by mechanical training [PDF]
S. Lin†, J. Liu†, X. Liu, X. Zhao*, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 10244-10249 (2019)
9. Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels [PDF]
S. Lin†, X. Liu†, J. Liu†, H. Yuk, H.-C. Loh, G. A. Parada, C. Settens, J. Song, A. Masic, G. H. McKinley, X. Zhao*, Science Advances, 5, eaau8528 (2019)
ESI Highly Cited Paper
8. Ingestible hydrogel device [PDF]
X. Liu†, C. Steiger†, S. Lin†, G. A. Parada, J. Liu, H. F. Chan, H. Yuk, N. V. Phan, J. Collins, S. Tamang, G. Traverso, X. Zhao*, Nature Communications, 10, 493 (2019)
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7. Material-stiffening suppresses elastic fingering and fringe instabilities [PDF]
S. Lin†, Y. Mao, H. Yuk, X. Zhao*, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 139-140, 96-104 (2018)
6. Instabilities in confined elastic layers under tension: fringe, fingering, and cavitation [PDF]
S. Lin†, Y. Mao†, R. Radovitzky, X. Zhao*, Journal of the Mechanics Physics of Solids, 106, 229-256 (2017)
5. Fringe instability in constrained soft elastic layers [PDF]
S. Lin†, T. Cohen†, T. Zhang†, H. Yuk, R. Abeyaratne, X. Zhao*, Soft Matter, 12, 8899-8906 (2016)
4. Stretchable hydrogel electronics and devices [PDF]
S. Lin†, H. Yuk†, T. Zhang†, G. A. Parada, H. Koo, C. Yu, X. Zhao*, Advanced Materials, 28, 4497-4505 (2016)
ESI Highly Cited Paper
3. Predicting fracture energies and crack-tip fields of soft tough materials [PDF]
T. Zhang†, S. Lin†, H. Yuk, X. Zhao*, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 4, 1-8 (2015)
2. Designing extremely resilient and tough hydrogels via delayed dissipation [PDF]
S. Lin†, Y. Zhou†, X. Zhao*, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 1, 70-75 (2014)
1. Design of stiff, tough and stretchy hydrogel composites via nanoscale hybrid crosslinking and macroscale fiber reinforcement [PDF]
S. Lin, C. Cao, Q. Wang, M. Gonzalez, J. E. Dolbow, X. Zhao#, Soft Matter, 10, 7519-7527 (2014)