MEMSDUKEPRATT School of engineering


publications by Xuanhe Zhao.

Papers Published

  1. Xuanhe Zhao, Wei Hong, Zhigang Suo, Stretching and polarizing a dielectric gel immersed in a solvent, International Journal of Solids and Structures, (2008), 4021,
  2. Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, Electromechanical instability in semicrystalline polymers. Applied, Applied Physics Letters, (2009),
  3. 2. Soo Jin Adrian Koh, Xuanhe Zhao, and Zhigang Suo, Maximal energy that can be converted by a dielectric elastomer generator, Applied Physics Letters, (2009),
  4. Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, Method to analyze programmable deformation of dielectric elastomer layers, Applied Physics Letters, (2008),
  5. Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, Electrostriction in elastic dielectrics undergoing large deformation, Journal of Applied Physics, (2008),
  6. Wei Hong, Xuanhe Zhao, Jinxiong Zhou and Zhigang Suo, A theory of coupled diffusion and large deformation in polymeric gels, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, (2008), 1779-1793,
  7. Xuanhe Zhao, Wei Hong and Zhigang Suo, Stretching and polarizing a dielectric gel immersed in a solvent, International Journal of Solids and Structures, (2008), 4021-4031,
  8. Xuanhe Zhao, Wei Hong, Zhigang Suo, Inhomogeneous and anisotropic equilibrium state of a swollen hydrogel containing a hard core, Applied Physics Letters, (2008),
  9. Wei Hong, Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, Drying-induced bifurcation in a hydrogel-actuated nanostructure., Journal of Applied Physics, (2008),
  10. Zhigang Suo, Xuanhe Zhao and William H. Greene, A nonlinear field theory of deformable dielectrics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, (2008), 467-286,
  11. Xuanhe Zhao, Z. Suo, Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers, Applied Physics Letters, (2007),
  12. Xuanhe Zhao, Wei Hong and Zhigang Suo, Electromechanical coexistent states and hysteresis in dielectric elastomers, Physical Review B, (2007),

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