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Mechanics and physics of smart materials and soft matter

  • Multi-physics coupling behaviours in smart materials
  • Energy conversion behaviours in smart materials
  • Instability behaviours in soft materials
  • Multi-scale modelling for material behaviours
  • Design and development of novel smart materials and structures for energy applications
  • Design, modelling and optimization of smart-materials-based flexible devices

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  • Characterization on thermal hysteresis of shape memory alloys via macroscopic interface propagation, Zhang, C., Chen, X., Hubert, O., He, Y. 1 Mar 2024, In: Materialia
  • Tough, waterproofing, and sustainable bio-adhesive inspired by the dragonfly wing, Zhou, Y., Luo, J., Jing, Q., Ge, S., Chen, S., Guo, Z., Li, J., Liu, Z., He, P., He, X., Xu, B. 23 Apr 2024, In: Advanced Functional Materials
  • Compatibility effect on stress-free two-way memory of Ni-Mn-Ga single crystal, Qin, G., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Chen, X., He, Y. 15 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Hysteresis effect on austenite-martensite interface in Ni-Mn-Ga single crystal, Zhang, C., Qin, G., Zhang, S., Chen, X., He, Y. 1 Jan 2023, In: Scripta Materialia
  • Mechanics of Micropattern-Guided Formation of Elastic Surface Instabilities on the Polydimethylsiloxane Bilayer, Qin, Z., Xu, W., Wang, D., Jiang, Y., Zhu, L., Chen, X., Li, Y., Zhang, X., Jia, C., Xu, B. 1 Oct 2023, In: Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials
  • 3D-Printing Enabled Reconfigurable Shape-Morphing Polyelectrolyte Systems For Smart Ocular Devices, Sun, A., Sridhar, S., Chen, S., Li, Y., Xu, B. 24 Mar 2022, ACS Spring 2022
  • A Structural Gel Composite Enabled Robust Underwater Mechanosensing Strategy with High Sensitivity, Wang, Z., Zhou, H., Liu, D., Chen, S., Wang, D., Dai, S., Chen, F., Xu, B. 17 Jun 2022, In: Advanced Functional Materials
  • Conformally Anodizing Hierarchical Structure in a Deformed Tube towards Energy-saving Liquid Transportation, Li, W., Zhou, H., Zhao, K., Jin, J., Chen, X., Shahzad, M., Jiang, Y., Matar, O., Dai, S., Xu, B., Sun, L. 1 Mar 2022, In: Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Thermo-magnetic loading effects on high-frequency dynamic behaviour of magnetic shape memory alloys, Omotosho, E., Qin, Z., Birkett, M., Chen, S., Xu, B. 1 Nov 2022, In: European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids
  • A Highly Controlled Fabrication of Porous Anodic Aluminium Oxide Surface with Versatile Features by Spatial Thermo-anodization, Zhang, Z., Sridhar, S., Wei, G., Yu, Y., Zhang, Z., Jiang, L., Yang, Y., Shahzad, M., Chen, X., Xu, B. 25 Feb 2021, In: Surface and Coatings Technology

Emmanuel Omotosho Studies on dynamic behaviours of magnetic shape memory alloys for actuator application Start Date: 01/10/2019 End Date: 01/10/2023

  • Engineering PhD June 18 2014
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEA 2018

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