List of works by Huajian Gao

A Catalytic Etching-Wetting-Dewetting Mechanism in the Formation of Hollow Graphitic Carbon Fiber

A Jogged Dislocation Governed Strengthening Mechanism in Nanotwinned Metals

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

A Methylazanediyl Bisacetamide Derivative Sensitizes Staphylococcus aureus Persisters to a Combination of Gentamicin And Daptomycin

scientific article published in March 2024

A Plastic Deformation Mechanism by Necklace Dislocations Near Crack-like Defects in Nanotwinned Metals

A Tensegrity Model of Cell Reorientation on Cyclically Stretched Substrates

scientific article published on October 2016

A Universal Law for Cell Uptake of One-Dimensional Nanomaterials

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

A generalized bead-rod model for Brownian dynamics simulations of wormlike chains under strong confinement

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

A mechanochemical model of cell reorientation on substrates under cyclic stretch.

scientific article published on 6 June 2013

A new class of synthetic retinoid antibiotics effective against bacterial persisters.

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

A rate-dependent cohesive continuum model for the study of crack dynamics

A review on mechanics and mechanical properties of 2D materials—Graphene and beyond

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A selective membrane-targeting repurposed antibiotic with activity against persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

A viscoelastic adhesive epicardial patch for treating myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 15 April 2019

Adhesion maps of spheres corrected for strength limit

scientific article published on 18 July 2007

Anomalous Tensile Detwinning in Twinned Nanowires.

scientific article

Atomic Scale Fluctuations Govern Brittle Fracture and Cavitation Behavior in Metallic Glasses

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Atomistic modelling of deformation and failure mechanisms in nanostructured materials

Atomistic simulation for deforming complex alloys with application toward TWIP steel and associated physical insights

Bioinspired Mechano-Sensitive Macroporous Ceramic Sponge for Logical Drug and Cell Delivery

scientific article

Biological and environmental interactions of emerging two-dimensional nanomaterials

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Biomechanical tactics of chiral growth in emergent aquatic macrophytes.

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Biomimetic study of rolling transport through smooth muscle contraction.

scientific article published in September 2014

Brittle versus ductile fracture mechanism transition in amorphous lithiated silicon: From intrinsic nanoscale cavitation to shear banding

Brownian dynamics simulations of charged semiflexible polymers confined to curved surfaces.

scientific article published on 21 November 2010

Cell interaction with graphene microsheets: near-orthogonal cutting versus parallel attachment

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Cell membrane wrapping of a spherical thin elastic shell.

scientific article

Cellular Uptake of Elastic Nanoparticles

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Competing grain-boundary- and dislocation-mediated mechanisms in plastic strain recovery in nanocrystalline aluminum

scholarly article

Computational modeling for cell spreading on a substrate mediated by specific interactions, long-range recruiting interactions, and diffusion of binders.

scientific article published on 5 June 2009

Contact stiffness of regularly patterned multi-asperity interfaces

Controlled Release and Assembly of Drug Nanoparticles via pH-Responsive Polymeric Micelles: A Theoretical Study

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

Cryogenic temperature toughening and strengthening due to gradient phase structure

Cyclic Deformation in Metallic Glasses.

scientific article published on 30 September 2015

Cyclic stretch induces cell reorientation on substrates by destabilizing catch bonds in focal adhesions

scientific article

Cycling of a Lithium-Ion Battery with a Silicon Anode Drives Large Mechanical Actuation

scientific article published on 10 October 2016

Cytotoxicity of graphene: recent advances and future perspective.

scientific article

Defects controlled wrinkling and topological design in graphene

article by Teng Zhang et al published July 2014 in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Deformation characteristics of solid-state benzene as a step towards understanding planetary geology

Deformation mechanisms in nanotwinned metal nanopillars

scientific article published on 15 July 2012

Determining the Gaussian Modulus and Edge Properties of 2D Materials: From Graphene to Lipid Bilayers

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Dislocation nucleation governed softening and maximum strength in nano-twinned metals

scientific article published in Nature

Dynamical fracture instabilities due to local hyperelasticity at crack tips.

scientific article published in January 2006

Effect of loading conditions on the dissociation behaviour of catch bond clusters.

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Effects of Capillary Condensation in Adhesion between Rough Surfaces

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Effects of contact shape on the scaling of biological attachments

scientific article published on 8 February 2005

Employing nanoscale surface morphologies to improve interfacial adhesion between solid electrolytes and Li ion battery cathodes

Energy dissipation in gigahertz oscillators from multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

scientific article

Energy radiation and limiting speeds of fast moving edge dislocations in tungsten

scholarly article by Zhaohui Jin et al published 11 March 2008 in Physical Review B

Evading the strength-ductility trade-off dilemma in steel through gradient hierarchical nanotwins.

scientific article published on April 2014

Flaw Insensitive Fracture in Nanocrystalline Graphene

scientific article published on 13 August 2012

Fracture of graphene: a review

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Fracture toughness of layered structures: Embrittlement due to confinement of plasticity

Fracture, fatigue, and creep of nanotwinned metals

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Gas-like adhesion of two-dimensional materials onto solid surfaces.

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

Gradient plasticity in gradient nano-grained metals

article by Zhi Zeng et al published September 2016 in Extreme Mechanics Letters

Graphene microsheets enter cells through spontaneous membrane penetration at edge asperities and corner sites

scientific article

Hardening and toughening mechanisms in nanotwinned ceramics

History-independent cyclic response of nanotwinned metals

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Hydrogen embrittlement in metallic nanowires

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Hyperelasticity governs dynamic fracture at a critical length scale

scientific article published in Nature

In situ observations of crack arrest and bridging by nanoscale twins in copper thin films

Incorporation of Soft Particles into Lipid Vesicles: Effects of Particle Size and Elasticity

scientific article published on 2 December 2016

Influence of microstructures on mechanical behaviours of SiC nanowires: a molecular dynamics study

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Is stress concentration relevant for nanocrystalline metals?

scientific article

Kinetics and fracture resistance of lithiated silicon nanostructure pairs controlled by their mechanical interaction.

scientific article

Kinetics of receptor-mediated endocytosis of elastic nanoparticles

scientific article published on 9 December 2016

Large anelasticity and associated energy dissipation in single-crystalline nanowires.

scientific article published on 13 July 2015

Li segregation induces structure and strength changes at the amorphous Si/Cu interface.

scientific article published on 10 September 2013

Lifetime and strength of adhesive molecular bond clusters between elastic media.

scientific article published on 8 January 2008

Lifetime and strength of periodic bond clusters between elastic media under inclined loading.

scientific article published on November 2009

Lightweight, flaw-tolerant, and ultrastrong nanoarchitected carbon

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale: lessons from nature

scientific article

Maximum strength for intermolecular adhesion of nanospheres at an optimal size.

scientific article published in November 2008

Mechanical properties and scaling laws of nanoporous gold

Mechanics of hierarchical adhesion structures of geckos

scientific article published in February 2005

Mechanics of receptor-mediated endocytosis

scientific article

Mechanistic Investigation of Electrostatic Field-Enhanced Water Evaporation

scientific article published on 26 July 2021

Metallic nanocrystals with low angle grain boundary for controllable plastic reversibility

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Modeling Active Mechanosensing in Cell-Matrix Interactions

scientific article published on June 2015

Modeling grain size dependent optimal twin spacing for achieving ultimate high strength and related high ductility in nanotwinned metals

article by Linli Zhu et al published August 2011 in Acta Materialia

Molecular dynamics study on DNA oligonucleotide translocation through carbon nanotubes

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Molecular-dynamic studies of carbon-water-carbon composite nanotubes.

scientific article published in November 2006

Mosquito bite prevention through graphene barrier layers

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

Motor force homeostasis in skeletal muscle contraction.

scientific article published on July 2011

Multiscale crack initiator promoted super-low ice adhesion surfaces.

scientific article

Nano to micro structural hierarchy is crucial for stable superhydrophobic and water-repellent surfaces.

scientific article published in April 2010

Nanomechanical mechanism for lipid bilayer damage induced by carbon nanotubes confined in intracellular vesicles

scientific article

Nanoparticle elasticity regulates phagocytosis and cancer cell uptake

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

Nanoscale directional motion towards regions of stiffness.

scientific article published on 7 January 2015

Nanoscale precipitates as sustainable dislocation sources for enhanced ductility and high strength

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Nanotwin-governed toughening mechanism in hierarchically structured biological materials.

scientific article

Nanowire Failure: Long = Brittle and Short = Ductile

scientific article published on 10 January 2012

Negative Thermophoresis in Concentric Carbon Nanotube Nanodevices

scientific article (publication date: 12 October 2016)

New directions in mechanics

On optimal hierarchy of load-bearing biological materials.

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Optimal shapes for adhesive binding between two elastic bodies

scientific article published on 19 January 2006

Packing of flexible nanofibers in vesicles

Phase diagrams and morphological evolution in wrapping of rod-shaped elastic nanoparticles by cell membrane: a two-dimensional study

scientific article published on 24 June 2014

Physical Principles of Nanoparticle Cellular Endocytosis.

scientific article published on 08 August 2015

Plastic anisotropy and associated deformation mechanisms in nanotwinned metals

Pressure Sensitive Adhesion of an Elastomeric Protein Complex Extracted From Squid Ring Teeth

article by Abdon Pena-Francesch et al published 11 August 2014 in Advanced Functional Materials

Probing mechanical principles of focal contacts in cell-matrix adhesion with a coupled stochastic-elastic modelling framework.

scientific article published on June 2011

Processing effects on fracture toughness of metallic glasses

Recoverable plasticity in penta-twinned metallic nanowires governed by dislocation nucleation and retraction.

scientific article

Regulated Breathing Effect of Silicon Negative Electrode for Dramatically Enhanced Performance of Li-Ion Battery

Role of modulus mismatch on crack propagation and toughness enhancement in bioinspired composites

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Role of nanoparticle geometry in endocytosis: laying down to stand up.

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Rotation-Facilitated Rapid Transport of Nanorods in Mucosal Tissues

scientific article published on 4 October 2016

Scalable Synthesis of 2D Si Nanosheets

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

Scaling effects of wet adhesion in biological attachment systems.

scientific article published on 7 October 2005

Self-assembly of single-walled carbon nanotubes into multiwalled carbon nanotubes in water: molecular dynamics simulations.

scientific article published in March 2006

Self-generated concentration and modulus gradient coating design to protect Si nano-wire electrodes during lithiation.

scientific article published on 13 January 2016

Size and shape effects on diffusion and absorption of colloidal particles near a partially absorbing sphere: implications for uptake of nanoparticles in animal cells.

scientific article published on 16 December 2008

Size and strain rate effects in tensile strength of penta-twinned Ag nanowires

Sliding-induced non-uniform pre-tension governs robust and reversible adhesion: a revisit of adhesion mechanisms of geckos.

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

Soft matrices suppress cooperative behaviors among receptor-ligand bonds in cell adhesion

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Strain-Controlled Switching of Hierarchically Wrinkled Surfaces between Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

Strength gradient enhances fatigue resistance of steels

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Stress effects on lithiation in silicon

Structure-based design of carbon nanotubes as HIV-1 protease inhibitors: Atomistic and coarse-grained simulations

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Surface Wrinkling Patterns on a Core-Shell Soft Sphere

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Surface-structure-regulated penetration of nanoparticles across a cell membrane

scientific article published on 21 May 2012

Temperature- and rigidity-mediated rapid transport of lipid nanovesicles in hydrogels

scientific article published on 05 March 2019

Tension-compression asymmetry in the binding affinity of membrane-anchored receptors and ligands

scientific article published on 18 March 2016

Test sample geometry for fracture toughness measurements of bulk metallic glasses

The dynamical complexity of work-hardening: a large-scale molecular dynamics simulation

Theoretical strength and rubber-like behaviour in micro-sized pyrolytic carbon

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Thermal-Induced Edge Barriers and Forces in Interlayer Interaction of Concentric Carbon Nanotubes

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Three-Dimensional Graphene-Based Microbarriers for Controlling Release and Reactivity in Colloidal Liquid Phases

scientific article published on 17 January 2016

Torsional Detwinning Domino in Nanotwinned One-Dimensional Nanostructures.

scientific article published on 28 July 2015

Trans-phonon effects in ultra-fast nanodevices.

scientific article

Tunable water channels with carbon nanoscrolls.

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Two characteristic regimes in frequency-dependent dynamic reorientation of fibroblasts on cyclically stretched substrates.

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USNCTAM perspectives on mechanics in medicine.

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Ultralight, scalable, and high-temperature-resilient ceramic nanofiber sponges.

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Volumetric deformation of live cells induced by pressure-activated cross-membrane ion transport.

scientific article published on 9 September 2014