Robotics/Terradynamics/Smart Materials

 2018

1. A Wheeled Robot Driven by a Liquid Metal Droplet, Jian Wu, Shi-Yang Tang*, Tao Fang, Weihua Li, Xiangpeng Li*,and Shiwu Zhang*Advanced Materials Volume30, Issue51 December 20, 2018 1805039
 

2. Unconventional Locomotion of Liquid Metal Droplets Driven by Magnetic Fields,Jian Shu, Shi-Yang Tang*, Zhihua Feng, Weihua Li, Xiangpeng Li* and Shiwu Zhang*Soft Matter 14, 7113 - 7118, 2018



3. A Fish-Like Magnetically Propelled Microswimmer Fabricated by 3D Laser Lithography,Pan Piao, Juanyang Li, S Zhang*, Dong Sun, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 3581-3586



4. Design and modelling analysis of a changeable stiffness robotic leg working with magnetorheological technology , Zijun Jing, Shuaishuai Sun, Yiming Ouyang,Shiwu Zhang*, Weihua Li*, Jinjin Zheng. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and StructuresVol. 29 (19): 3725-3736, 2018




 5. The Viscoelastic Properties of Gallium-Indium Alloy,Yikun Yang, Shuaishuai Sun, Shiyang Tang, Weihua Li*,Shiwu Zhang*,Applied Rheology, 28: 42903, 2018.08



6. Experimental nonlinear vibrations of an MRE sandwich plate.J Zhang, T Yildirim, G Alici, Shiwu Zhang*, W Li*. Smart Structures and Systems. 22 (1), 71-79, 2018





7. Development and evaluation of an MRE-based absorber with two individually controllable natural frequencies, Jian Yang, Shuaishuai Sun*, Jiayu Chi, Donghong Ning, Haiping Du, S.W. Zhang*, Weihua Li, Shixin Mao. Smart Materials and Structures Vol. 27 095002, 2018



8. Development of magnetorheological elastomers–based tuned mass damper for building protection from seismic events, Bin Zhong, Shiwu Zhang*,  Min Xu, Youcheng Zhou, Tao Fang, Weihua Li*, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 23(2) 542-551, 2018



9. A Dual Caudal-fin Miniature Robotic Fish with an Integrated Oscillation and Jet Propulsive Mechanism,  Pan Liao, Shiwu Zhang*, , Dong Sun*. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics13 (3), 036007, 2018



10. On a CPG-based Hexapod Robot: AmphiHex-II with Variable Stiffness Legs, Bin Zhong Shiwu Zhang* , Min Xu, Youcheng Zhou, Tao Fang, Weihua Li*, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 23(2) 542-551, 2018

11. Simple, low-cost fabrication of semi-circular channel using the surface tension of solder paste and its application to microfluidic valves,S. Yan, Y. Li, Y. Zhu, M. Liu, Q. Zhao, D. Yuan, G. Yun, Shiwu Zhang* , W. Wen, SY. Tang, W. Li, Electrophoresis.39(12):1460-1465. 2018

12. A rapid, maskless 3D prototyping for fabrication of capillary circuits: towards urinary protein detection Yan, S., Zhu, Y., Tang, S. Y., Li, Y., Zhao, Q., Yuan, D. Yun G. Shiwu Zhang*& Li, W. Electrophoresis, 39(7): 957-964. 2018.

13. Versatile Microfluidic Platforms Enabled by Novel Magnetorheological Elastomer Microactuators,  Shi-Yang Tang, Xuchun Zhang, Shuaishuai Sun, Dan Yuan, Qianbin Zhao, Sheng Yan, Lei Deng, Guolin Yun, Jun Zhang, Shiwu Zhang*  and Weihua Li, Advanced Functional Materials, 28(8):1705484, 2018

14. Experimental nonlinear model identification of a highly nonlinear resonator, T Yildirim, J Zhang, S Sun, G Alici, Shiwu Zhang* W Li. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 140(3), 034502, 2018



 
 

Multimodal imaging/Medical Devices


2018

1. A modular, open-source, slide-scanning microscope for diagnostic applications in resource-constrained settings ,  Q Lu, G Liu, C Xiao, C Hu,S.W. Zhang*,  RX Xu, K Chu, Q Xu, ZJ Smith, PLOS ONE, 13 (3), e0194063, 2018



2. Benchtop and animal validation of a portable fluorescence microscopic imaging system for potential use in cholecystectomy, J Ye, G Liu, P Liu,, S.W. Zhang*, P Shao, ZJ Smith, C Liu, RX Xu. Journal of biomedical optics 23 (2), 020504 2018