The Research Group of Prof. Huajian Gao: Publications

Publications
2006
1) S. Chen and H. Gao, "Non-slipping Adhesive Contact of an Elastic Cylinder on Stretched Substrates," 2006, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, Vol. 462, pp. 211–228. Link to PDF file
2) J. Qian and H. Gao, "Scaling effects of wet adhesion in biological attachment systems," 2006, Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 2, pp. 51-58. Link to PDF file
3) M.J. Buehler, Y. Kong, H. Gao and Y. Huang, "Self-Folding and Unfolding of Carbon Nanotubes," 2006, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 128, pp. 3-10. Link to PDF file
4) C.S. Han, A. Hartmaier, H. Gao and Y. Huang, "Discrete dislocation dynamics simulations of surface induced size effects in plasticity," 2006, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 415, pp. 225-233. Link to PDF file
5) M.J. Buehler and H. Gao, "Dynamical fracture instabilities due to local hyperelasticity at crack tips," 2006, Nature, Vol. 439, pp. 307-310. Link to PDF file
6) J. Wang, X. Fan and H. Gao, "Stretching of short DNAs in electrolytes," 2006, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics, Vol. 3(1): 13-20. Link to PDF file
7) J. Zou, B. Ji, X. Feng and H. Gao, "Self-Assembly of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes into Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Water: Molecular Dynamics Simulations," 2006, Nano Letters, Vol. 6(3), pp. 430-434. Link to PDF file
8) H. Yao and H. Gao, "Mechanics of robust and releasable adhesion in biology: bottom-up designed hierarchical structures of gecko," 2006, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 54(6), pp 1120-1146. Link to PDF file
9) H. Yao and H. Gao, "Optimal shapes for adhesive binding between two elastic bodies," 2006, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 298(2), pp. 564-572. Link to PDF file
10) S. Chen and H. Gao, "Non-slipping adhesive contact between mismatched elastic spheres: a model of adhesion mediated deformation sensor," 2006, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol 54(8), pp. 1548-1567. Link to PDF file
11) S. Chen and H. Gao, "Generalized Maugis-Dugdale model of an elastic cylinder in non-slipping adhesive contact with a stretched substrate," 2006, International Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 97, pp. 584-593. Link to PDF file
12) H. Gao, "Application of fracture mechanics concepts to hierarchical biomechanics of bone and bone-like materials," 2006, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 138, pp. 101–137. Link to PDF file
13) M.J. Buehler, H. Yao, H. Gao and B. Ji, "Cracking and adhesion at small scales: atomistic and continuum studies of flaw tolerant nanostructures," 2006, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 14(5), pp. 799-816. Link to PDF file
14) B. Liu, L. Zhang and H. Gao, "Poisson ratio can play a crucial role in mechanical properties of biocomposites," 2006, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 38(12), pp. 1128–1142. Link to PDF file
15) J. Zou, B. Ji, X. Feng and H. Gao, "Molecular-Dynamic Studies of Carbon–Water–Carbon Composite Nanotubes," 2006, Small, Vol. 2(11), pp. 1348–1355. Link to PDF file
16) L.Y. Jiang, Y. Huang, H. Jiang, G. Ravichandran, H. Gao, K.C. Hwang and B. Liu, "A Cohesive Law For Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Interfaces based on the Van Der Waals Force," 2006, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 54(11), pp. 2436-2452. Link to PDF file
17) W. Shi, X. Q. Feng and H. Gao, "Two-Dimentional Model of Vesicle Adhesion on Curved Substrates," 2006, Acta Mech. Sin., Vol. 22, pp. 529-535. Link to PDF file
18) N.C. Broedling, A. Hartmaier and H. Gao, "A combined dislocation-cohesive zone model for fracture in a confined ductile layer," 2006, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 140(1-4), pp. 169-181. Link to PDF file
19) B. Ji and H. Gao, "Elastic properties of nanocomposite structure of bone," 2006, Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 66(9), pp. 1212-1218. Link to PDF file
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2005
1) H. Gao, X. Wang, H. Yao, S. Gorb and E. Arzt, "Mechanics of hierarchical adhesion structure of gecko," 2005, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 37(2-3), pp. 275-285. Link to PDF file
2) T.M. Michelitsch, J. Wang, H. Gao and V.M. Levin, "On the retarded potentials of inhomogeneous ellipsoids and sources of arbitrary shapes in the three-dimensional infinite space," 2005, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 42(1), pp. 51-67. Link to PDF file
3) J. Wang, T.M. Michelitsch, H. Gao and V.M. Levin, "On the solution of the dynamic Eshelby problem for inclusions of various shapes," 2005, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 42(2), pp. 353-363. Link to PDF file
4) M.E. Kassner, S. Nemat-Nasser, Z. Suo, G. Bao, J.C. Barbour, L.C. Brinson, H. Espinosa, H. Gao, S. Granick, P. Gumbsch, K.S. Kim, W. Knauss, L. Kubin, J. Langer, B.C. Larson, L. Mahadevan, A. Majumdar, S. Torquato and F. van Swol, "New directions in mechanics," 2005, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 37(2-3), pp. 231-259. Link to PDF file
5) T. D. Nguyen, S. Govindjee , P. A. Klein and H. Gao, "A material force method for inelastic fracture mechanics," 2005, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 53(1), pp. 91-121. Link to PDF file
6) R. Spolenak, S. Gorb, H. Gao and E. Arzt, "Effects of contact shape on the scaling of biological attachments," 2005, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, Vol. 461(2054), pp. 305-319. Link to PDF file
7) B.N. Cox, H. Gao, D. Gross and D. Rittel, "Modern topics and challenges in dynamic fracture," 2005, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 53(3), pp. 565-596. Link to PDF file
8) D. Cui, F.R. Tian, C.S.Ozkan, Mao Wang and H. Gao, "Effect of single wall carbon nanotubes on human HEK293 cells," 2005, Toxicology Letters, Vol. 155, pp. 73-85. Link to PDF file
9) W. Guo and H. Gao, "Optimized Bearing and Interlayer Friction in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes," 2005, Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, Vol. 7(1), pp. 19-34. Link to PDF file
10) A. Hartmaier, M. J. Buehler and H. Gao, "Multiscale Modeling of Deformation in Polycrystalline Thin Metal Films on Substrates," 2005, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 7(3), pp. 165-169. Link to PDF file
11) C.S. Han, H. Gao, Y. Huang and W.D. Nix, "Mechanism-Based Strain Gradient Crystal Plasticity—I. Theory," 2005, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 53(5), pp. 1188–1203. Link to PDF file
12) C.S. Han, H. Gao, Y. Huang and W.D. Nix, "Mechanism-Based Strain Gradient Crystal Plasticity—II. Analysis," 2005, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 53(5), pp. 1204–1222. Link to PDF file
13) F. Kauffmann, B. Ji, G. Dehm, H. Gao and E. Arzt, "A quantitative study of the hardness in a superhard nanocrystalline titanium nitride/silicon nitride coating," 2005, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 52(12), pp. 1269-1274. Link to PDF file
14) M.J. Buehler, A. Hartmaier, H. Gao, M.A. Duchaineau and F.F. Abraham, "The dynamical complexity of work-hardening: a large-scale molecular dynamics simulation," 2005, Acta Mechanica Sinica, Vol. 21(2), pp. 103 – 111. Link to PDF file
15) H. Gao, W. Shi and L. B. Freund, "Mechanics of receptor-mediated endocytosis," 2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, Vol. 102(27), pp. 9469-9474 (from the cover). Link to PDF file
16) X. Shi, Y. Kong, Y. Zhao and H. Gao, "Molecular dynamics simulation of peeling a DNA molecule on substrate," 2005, Acta Mechanica Sinica, Vol. 21, pp. 249–256. Link to PDF file
17) A. Hartmaier, M. J. Buehler and H. Gao, "Two-dimensional discrete dislocation models of deformation in polycrystalline thin metal films on substrates," 2005, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 400–401, pp. 260–263. Link to PDF file
18) H. Gao and S. Chen, "Flaw Tolerance in a Thin Strip under Tension," 2005, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 72(5), pp. 732-737. Link to PDF file
19) J. Wang and H. Gao, "A generalized bead-rod model for Brownian dynamics simulations of wormlike chains under strong confinement," 2005, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 123, 084906. Link to PDF file
20) J. Wang and H. Gao, "A simplified formula of Laplace inversion based on wavelet theory," 2005, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 21, 527–530. Link to PDF file
21) K.Y. Volokh and H. Gao, "On the Modified Virtual Internal Bond Method," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 72, 969-971. Link to PDF file
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