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PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications    — First-authored — 
Journal Publications    — Co-authored — 

15. Ting Yang, Zian Jia, Ziling Wu, Hongshun Chen, Zhifei Deng, Liuni Chen, Yunhui Zhu and Ling Li, Echinoderm stereom: A strong and damage-tolerant biological ceramic foam. under review (2022) 

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14. E. Soh, H. Astier, D. Daniel, J. Qing, I. Chua, A. Miserez, Zian Jia, L. Li, S. Shea, H. Bhaskaran, N. Tomczak, and C. A. Nijhuis. EGaIn droplet probe AFM technique to achieve controlled micron-sized contact area. under review (2022). 

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13. Ting Yang^, Hongshun Chen^, Zian Jia, Zhifei Deng, Liuni Chen, Emily Peterman, James Weaver and Ling Li, A damage-tolerant, dual-scale, single-crystalline microlattice in nature. Science, 375, 647 (2022). Cover

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12. Zhifei Deng, Zian Jia, and Ling Li, Mineralized biological materials as model systems for structural composites: intrinsic properties. Invited review paper, Advanced Sciences. in press (2022)

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11. Zhifei Deng, Hyun-Chae Loh, Zian Jia, Cayla A. Stifler, Admir Masic, Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert, Ron Shahar, and Ling Li, Black Drum Fish Teeth: Built for Crushing Mollusk Shells. Acta Biomaterialia 137, 147-161 (2022) 

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10. Ling Li, Carl Goodrich, Haizhao Yang, Katherine R Phillips, Zian Jia, Hongshun Chen, Lifeng Wang, Jinjin Zhong, Anhua Liu, Jianfeng Lu, Jianwei Shuai, Michael P Brenner, Frans Spaepen and Joanna Aizenberg, Microscopic origins of the crystallographically preferred growth in evaporation-induced colloidal crystals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 38 (2021) 

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9. Fan Liu, Tiantian Li, Xihang Jiang, Zian Jia, Zhiping Xu and Lifeng Wang, The effect of material mixing on interfacial stiffness and strength of multi-material additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing 36 (2020): 101502.

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8. Zhifei Deng, Hongshun Chen, Ting Yang, Zian Jia, James C Weaver, Pavel D Shevchenko, Francesco De Carlo, Reza Mirzaeifar and Ling Li, Strategies for simultaneous strengthening and toughening via nanoscopic intracrystalline defects in a biogenic ceramic. Nature communications (2020) 11.1  

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7. Fan Liu, Tiantian Li, Zian Jia and Lifeng Wang, Combination of stiffness, strength, and toughness in 3D printed interlocking nacre-like composites. Extreme Mechanics Letters 35 (2020): 100621 

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6. Olivia McGee, Huan Jiang, Feng Qian, Zian Jia, Lifeng Wang, Han Meng, Dimitrios Chronopoulos, Yanyu Chen and Lei Zuo, 3D printed architected hollow sphere foams with low-frequency phononic band gaps. Additive Manufacturing 30 (2019): 100842 

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5. Zhen Wang, Zian Jia, Lifeng Wang, Byung Kyu Park, Woo Lee, and David J.Hwang, Laser-assisted fabrication of thermally insulating syntactic foams. (2019) 

 

4. Seungkuk Kuk, Zhen Wang, Zian Jia, Tao Zhang, JaeMyung Choi, Lifeng Wang, Jeung-hyun Jeong and David J.Hwang, Effect of nanosecond laser beam shaping on CIGS thin film solar cell scribing. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2.7 (2019): 5057-5065

 

3. Shaoyu Hou, Tiantian Li, Zian Jia, and Lifeng Wang, Mechanical properties of sandwich composites with 3D-printed auxetic and non-auxetic lattice cores under low velocity impact. Materials and Design 160, 1305-1321 (2018)


2. Yanyu Chen, Tiantian Li, Zian Jia, Fabrizio Scarpa, Chunwei Yao, and Lifeng Wang, 3D printed hierarchical honeycombs with shape integrity under large compressive deformations. Materials and Design 137, 226-234 (2018)


1. Yanyu Chen, Zian Jia, and Lifeng Wang, Hierarchical honeycomb lattice metamaterials with improved thermal resistance and mechanical properties. Composite Structures 152, 395-402 (2016)
 

16. Zian Jia, Zhifei Deng, and Ling LiBiomineralized materials as model systems for structural composites: 3D architecture. Advanced Materials, 2106259 (2022)[pdf]

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15. Zian Jia, Fan Liu, Ling Li and Lifeng WangMultifunctional hollow sphere foam: direction-sensitive mechanical properties and complete band gap. (2022)under review

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14. Edward Lee, Zian Jia, Ting Yang and Ling LiMultiscale mechanical design of the lightweight, stiff, and energy dissipative cuttlebone: a computational study. (2022)under review

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13. Zian Jia, Zhifei Deng, Leigh Kadlec, Mary C. Stoddard and Ling LiMechanics of a tough and easily breakable structure in biology: defect and soft membrane engineering in eggshells. (2021). in submission [Manuscript]

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12. Zian Jia, Matheus Fernandes, Zhifei Deng, Ting Yang, Qiuting Zhang, Alfie Lethbridge, Jie Yin, Jae-Hwang Lee, Lin Han, James Weaver, Katia Bertoldi, Joanna Aizenberg, Mathias Kolle, Pete Vukusic and Ling LiMicrostructural design to achieve mechanical-optical multifunctionality in the cuticle of flower beetle Torynorrhina flammea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, 25 (2021) [pdf]

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11.Ting Yang^, Zian Jia^, Hongshun Chen, Zhifei Deng, Wenkun Liu, Liuni Chen and Ling LiMechanical design of the highly porous cuttlebone: A bioceramic hard buoyancy tank for cuttlefish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, 38 (2020): 23450-23459 . [pdf] [PNAS in this issue] [vt news] [phys.org]

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10. Zian Jia, Fan Liu, Xihang Jiang and Lifeng Wang, Engineering lattice metamaterials for extreme property, programmability, and multifunctionality. Journal of Applied Physics 127, 15 (2020):150901. [invited perspective paper] [pdf]

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9. Zian Jia and Lifeng Wang, Instability-triggered triply negative mechanical metamaterial. Physical Review Applied 12, 2 (2019): 024040. [pdf]

 

8. Zian Jia and Lifeng Wang, 3D mechanical metamaterials with stiffness and Poisson’s ratio approaching negative infinity. arXiv:1903.00523 (2019). [preprint] [movies] [post]

 

7. Zian Jia and Lifeng Wang, 3D printing of biomimetic composites with improved fracture toughness. Acta materialia 173 (2019): 61-73 . [pdf[movies] 

 

6. Zian Jia, Yang Yu, and Lifeng Wang, Learning from nature: using material architecture to break dynamic performance tradeoffs. Materials & Design (2019): 107650. [pdf] 

 

5. Zian Jia, Yang Yu, Shaoyu Hou, and Lifeng Wang. Biomimetic architected materials with improved dynamic performance. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 125 (2019): 178-197. [pdf] [movies] 

 

4. Zian Jia, Yanyu Chen, Haoxiang Yang, and Lifeng Wang. Designing phononic crystals with wide and robust band gaps. Physical Review Applied 9, 4 (2018): 044021. [pdf] [post]

 

3. Zian Jia, Wang Zhen, David Hwang, and Lifeng Wang. Prediction of the effective thermal conductivity of hollow sphere foams. ACS Applied Energy Materials 1,3 (2018): 1146-1157. [pdf] [post]

 

2. Zian Jia, Tiantian Li, Fu-pen Chiang, and Lifeng Wang. An experimental investigation of the temperature effect on the mechanics of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites. Composites Science and Technology 154 (2018): 53-63. [pdf] [movies] [post]

 

1. Zian Jia, Chenan Zhang, Kemu Wang, and Famin Wang. Longitudinal static stability analysis of hypersonic waveriders. Scientia Sinica Technologica 44, 10 (2014): 1114-1122. 

Conference Proceedings & Presentations

11. Zian Jia*Matheus Fernandes, Zhifei Deng, Ting Yang, Qiuting Zhang, Alfie Lethbridge, Jie Yin, Jae-Hwang Lee, Lin Han, James Weaver, Katia Bertoldi, Joanna Aizenberg, Mathias Kolle, Pete Vukusic and Ling Li, “The role of material architecture to achieve functional hierarchy in the cuticle of the flower beetle, Torynorrhina flammea,” APS March Meeting, online, Mar. 2021. [slides]

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10. Hongshun Chen*, Zian Jia and Ling Li, “Understanding the multifunctional design of glass skeleton of Euplectella Aspergillum sponge,” APS March Meeting, online, Mar. 2021.

 

9. Mary Stoddard*, Zian Jia, Zhifei Deng, James Weaver and Ling Li, “Evolution and engineering of avian eggs,” APS March Meeting, online, Mar. 2021.

 

8. Zian Jia*, Zhifei Deng, Leigh Kadlec, Mary Caswell Stoddard and Ling Li, “Enhancing the toughness and structural safety of eggshells: effects of defects and soft membrane,” MRS fall meeting, online, Nov. 2020. [video] 

 

7. Mary Stoddard*, Zhifei Deng, Zian Jia, Ling Li and James Weaver, “The avian eggshell: evolution and engineering of a tough, lightweight biological material,” APS March Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA. Mar. 2020.

 

6. Zian Jia*, Yang Yu, and Lifeng Wang, “Bioinspired architected materials breaking the performance tradeoffs in conventional bulk materials,” ASME IMECE 2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Nov. 2018.

 

5. Zian Jia, Yanyu Chen, Haoxiang Yang, and Lifeng Wang*, “Engineering lattice metamaterials with broad and robust phononic band gaps”, USNC/TAM 2018, Evanston, Illinois, USA, Jun. 2018.

 

4. Zian Jia* and Lifeng Wang, “A theoretical model to estimate the effective thermal conductivity of hollow sphere foams,” ASME IMECE 2017, Tampa, Florida, USA, Nov. 2017. [slides]

 

3. Zian Jia* and Lifeng Wang, “Experiments and XFEM simulations on the fracture and failure of co-continuous composites,” ASME IMECE 2016, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Nov. 2016. [slides] [video]

 

2. Yanyu Chen, Zian Jia*, and Lifeng Wang, “Vibration mitigation in hierarchically architected metamaterials,” ASME IMECE 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Nov. 2016.

 

1. Zian Jia*, Chenan Zhang, and Famin Wang. “Tail Shape Design of a Hypersonic Waverider” 17th National Hypersonic Aerodynamics/Heat Academic Exchange Conference, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, Oct. 2014.

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