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Shu Yang

University of Pennsylvania · US
Area of research
Mechanical Engineering · Biomedical Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, and Photonic Crystals and Applications.
h-index
80
citations
22,390
works
371
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Flexible pyroelectric energy harvesters from nanocomposites of liquid crystal elastomers/lead zirconate titanate nanoparticles
Science Advances 2025cited by 18position: lastdoi
PKM2 crotonylation reprograms glycolysis in VSMCs, contributing to phenotypic switching
Oncogene 2025cited by 10position: middledoi
Encoding Enantiomeric Molecular Chiralities on Graphene Basal Planes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022cited by 12position: middledoi
Encoding Enantiomeric Molecular Chiralities on Graphene Basal Planes
Angewandte Chemie 2022cited by 2position: middledoi
Thickness-independent capacitance of vertically aligned liquid-crystalline MXenes
Nature 2018cited by 1,277position: lastdoi
Better Actuation Through Chemistry: Using Surface Coatings to Create Uniform Director Fields in Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016cited by 23position: lastdoi
Directing the Deformation Paths of Soft Metamaterials with Prescribed Asymmetric Units
Advanced Materials 2015cited by 64position: lastdoi
Static and dynamic elastic properties of fractal-cut materials
Extreme Mechanics Letters 2015cited by 49position: middledoi
Fabrication of All‐Water‐Based Self‐Repairing Superhydrophobic Coatings Based on UV‐Responsive Microcapsules
Advanced Functional Materials 2014cited by 422position: middledoi
Engineering the shape and structure of materials by fractal cut
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014cited by 361position: middledoi
Switching periodic membranes via pattern transformation and shape memory effect
Soft Matter 2012cited by 109position: lastdoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: GCR: Rooted in Nature: Bioinspired Design of Sustainable Seeding Methods to Improve Forest Regeneration
NSF2428642$295,0002024–2029PIRePORTER
Causal Inference with Irregularly Spaced Observation Times
NSF2242776$225,0002023–2026PIRePORTER
Design, synthesis, and assembly of composite liquid crystal elastomer fibers
NSF2104841$462,8322021–2025PIRePORTER
FMRG: Threading High-Performance, Self-Morphing Building Blocks Across Scales Toward a Sustainable Future
NSF2037097$4,638,0002020–2026PIRePORTER
Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Convergence of Scalable and Sustainable Digital Fabrication of Smart Textiles
NSF1937031$100,0002019–2022PIRePORTER
Theory and Methods for Causal Inference in Chronic Diseases
NSF1811245$120,0002018–2022PIRePORTER
EAGER/Collaborative Research: Environmentally Responsive, Water Harvesting and Self-Cooling Building Envelopes
NSF1745912$165,0002017–2020PIRePORTER
INSPIRE Track 2: Discovery and Development of Optimized Photonic Systems for High Volume, Low Surface Area Solar Energy Harvesting: Learning from Giant Clams
NSF1343159$2,999,2872014–2020PIRePORTER
Programmable pattern transformation of reconfigurable polymer membranes
NSF1410253$360,0002014–2017PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Efficient Rare Cell Capturing in Microfluidic Devices via Multiscale Surface Design
NSF1263940$216,2002013–2016PIRePORTER
GOALI: A Multiscale Approach on Interfacial and Structural Interlocking Between Polymer Grafted Shape Memory Pillars
NSF1105208$262,4632011–2014PIRePORTER
EFRI-SEED: Energy Minimization via Multi-Scaler Architectures From Cell Contractility to Sensing Materials to Adaptive Building Skins
NSF1038215$2,100,0002010–2014PIRePORTER
From a Single Micropatterned Elastic Membrane to a Library of Complex Patterns of Nanostructures: an Efficient Nanomanufacturing Route via Harnessing of Elastic Instability
NSF0900468$410,1282009–2013PIRePORTER
Travel Support for Students, Post-Docs, and Young Faculty to Attend the Symposium on Synthesis of Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Soft and Hybrid Materials, April 2009, San Francisco, CA
NSF0839070$4,0002008–2009PIRePORTER
Travel Support for Students, Post-Docs, and Young Faculty to Attend the Symposium on ?(Bio)Polymer-Directed Mineralization? at ACS meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-27, 2007
NSF0714708$4,0002007–2008PIRePORTER
CAREER: Selective Grafting of Responsive Polymer Brushes on Topographically Structured Surfaces: A New Route for Surface and Interface Manipulation
NSF0548070$456,0002006–2011PIRePORTER
Bio-inspired, Multifuctional Microlens Arrays: Novel Synthesis and Dynamic Tuning
NSF0438004$293,9552005–2008PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 3 papers (2014–2015)Ju Li · Zhejiang Chinese Medical University2 papers (2014–2015) · 2 papers (2022–2022) · 2 papers (2022–2022)Yan Huang · Xinjiang University2 papers (2022–2022)Jinping Zhang · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China2 papers (2022–2022)Jingbiao Fan · Xinjiang University2 papers (2022–2022)Wenbin Gong · Nanjing Tech University2 papers (2022–2022)Meihui Wang · Huazhong University of Science and Technology2 papers (2022–2022)Jianxin Geng · The University of Texas at Austin2 papers (2022–2022)Yu Xia · Shanxi University2 papers (2016–2018) · 2 papers (2014–2015) · 2 papers (2014–2015) · 2 papers (2014–2015)David J. Srolovitz · University of Hong Kong2 papers (2014–2015)Rodney S. Ruoff · The University of Texas at Austin2 papers (2022–2022)Hongyu Mi · Xinjiang University2 papers (2022–2022)Yuchen Wang · Shandong University1 papers (2025–2025)Jie Li · Ministry of Education1 papers (2012–2012)Limin Wu · Fudan University1 papers (2014–2014)