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Publications

Journal Articles

(* indicates the corresponding author, # indicates equal contribution)

  1. Y. T. Tang, Y. Zhang, L. Wan, N. Kuek, E. Alabort, R. C. Reed, Architected superalloys: A pathway to lightweight high temperature materials, Scripta Materialia, 260, 2025.
  1. P. S. Dasika, Y. Zhang, T. N. Sullivan, S. Tavares, M. A. Meyers, P. D. Zavattieri, Mechanistic Insights into Hydration-driven Shape Memory Response in Keratinous Avian Feather Structures,
    Acta Biomaterialia, 2025.
  1. Z. Wang, Y. Zhang, K. Liogas, J. Chen, G. Vaughan, R. Kocich, L. Kunčická, F. Uzun, Z. You, A. M. Korsunsky, “In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction analysis of two-way shape memory effect in Nitinol”, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2023.
  1. W. Pollalis, P. Shah, Y. Zhang, N. Mankame, P. Zavattieri, S. Pujol, “Dynamic response of a Single-Degree-of-Freedom system containing Phase Transforming Cellular Materials”, Engineering Structures, 2023.
  1. X. Yao, M. Chen, J. Zhao, Y. Zhang*, N. Hu*, “Tailoring plastic deformation of metallic architected materials toward multi-stage energy dissipations”, Materials & Design, 2022.
  1. Y. Zhang, J. Yang, M. Liu, and D. Vella, “Shape-morphing structures based on perforated kirigami”, Extreme Mechanics Letter, 2022.
  1. J. Yang, Y. Zhang, M. Chatzis, and Z. You, “Data for “Folding and Deploying Identical Thick Panels with Spring-loaded Hinges”, Data in Brief, 2022.
  1. J. Yang, Y. Zhang, M. Chatzis, and Z. You, “Folding and Deploying Identical Thick Panels with Spring-loaded Hinges”, Extreme Mechanics Letter, 2022.
  1. Y. Zhang, M. Velay, D. Restrepo, N. Mankame, and P. Zavattieri, “Architected Material Analogs for Shape Memory Alloys”, Matter, 2021.
  1. D. Goswami, Y. Zhang, P. Zavattieri, S. Liu, and M. Martinez, Mechanical metamaterials with programmable compression-twist coupling”, Smart Materials and Structures, 2020.
  1. Y. Zhang, D. Restrepo, M. Velay, N. Mankame, and P. Zavattieri, “Energy Dissipation in Functionally Two-dimensional Phase Transforming Cellular Materials”, Scientific Report, 2019.
  1. T. Sullivan, Y. Zhang, P. Zavattieri, and M. A. Meyers, “ Hydration-Induced Shape and Strength Recovery of the Feather”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018.

Patents

  1. Y. Zhang, Y. Yang, J. Chang, and Z. You, “Ocular Implant, Kit for Deploying Implant, Method of Deploying Implant”, N424562GB.
  2. Y. Yang, Y. Zhang,  J. Chang, and Z. You, “Ocular Implant, Kit, Method of Deploying”, N424561GB.

Simulation Tools

  1. Y. Zhang, C. Enebechi, K. Hector, N. Mankame, and P. Zavattieri, “Phase Transforming Cellular Materials Simulator”, https://nanohub.org/resources/pxcm, 2018.