Faculty

Sulin Zhang

Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics

411D Earth & Engineering Sciences
University Park, PA

Email suz10@psu.edu
Phone 814-865-7640

Areas of Expertise

Silicon Material Science
Lithiation Keyphrases
Carbon Nanotube Material Science
Lithium Ion Battery Material Science
Nanoparticle Material Science
Lithium Material Science
Graphene Material Science
Nanowire Material Science

Static mechanical stretch induces collective alignment of C2C12 myoblasts
Xuechen Shi, Luyi Feng, Sulin Zhang, Apr 2026, In: Acta Biomaterialia
Date: Apr 2026

Chemomechanical Origin of Morphological Disparity in Lithium Metal Electrodeposition
Yaobin Xu, Ruyue Fang, Dingchuan Xue, Hao Jia, Phung M.L. Le, Ji Guang Zhang, Wu Xu, Sulin Zhang, Chongmin Wang, Mar 17 2026, In: Advanced Materials
Date: Mar 17 2026

Cellular Snowballing
Zaman Ataie, Sina Kheirabadi, Changhao Li, Aneesh Risbud, Aswathy Sebastian, Istvan Albert, Sulin Zhang, Amir Sheikhi, 2026, In: Advanced Science
Date: 2026

3D-Printable, Honeycomb-Inspired Tissue-Like Bioelectrodes for Patient-Specific Neural Interface
Marzia Momin, Luyi Feng, Xiaoai Chen, Salahuddin Ahmed, Basma AlMahmood, Li Pang Huang, Jiashu Ren, Xinyi Wang, Hyunjin Lee, Samuel R. Cramer, Nanyin Zhang, Sulin Zhang, Tao Zhou, 2026, In: Advanced Materials
Date: 2026

Dynamic interplay of dendrite growth and cracking in lithium metal solid-state batteries
Dingchuan Xue, Cole Fincher, Ruyue Fang, Brian W. Sheldon, Long Qing Chen, Sulin Zhang, Sep 2025, In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Date: Sep 2025

Universal state transition from soliton network to soliton-free incommensurate stacking in reconstructed van der Waals bilayers
Baidu Zhang, Linghui He, Sulin Zhang, Yong Ni, Apr 2025, In: 2D Materials
Date: Apr 2025

3D-printed flexible neural probes for recordings at single-neuron level
Marzia Momin, Luyi Feng, Salahuddin Ahmed, Jiashu Ren, Arafat Hossain, Sulin Zhang, Tao Zhou, Dec 20 2024, In: Device
Date: Dec 20 2024

Patterning Bacterial Cells on Quasi-Liquid Surfaces for Biofilm Morphological Control
Fangying Chen, Dylan Boylan, Fabiha Zaheen Khan, Li Shan, Deepak Monga, Philippe E. Zimmern, Sulin Zhang, Kelli Palmer, Xianming Dai, Nov 5 2024, In: Advanced Functional Materials
Date: Nov 5 2024

Machine learning traction force maps for contractile cell monolayers
Changhao Li, Luyi Feng, Yang Jeong Park, Jian Yang, Ju Li, Sulin Zhang, May 2024, In: Extreme Mechanics Letters
Date: May 2024

Agent-based modeling of stress anisotropy driven nematic ordering in growing biofilms
Changhao Li, Japinder Nijjer, Luyi Feng, Qiuting Zhang, Jing Yan, Sulin Zhang, Apr 2 2024, In: Soft matter
Date: Apr 2 2024

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Physical Principles of Nanoparticle Cellular Endocytosis
Sulin Zhang, Huajian Gao, Gang Bao, Sep 22 2015, In: ACS nano
Citations: 1,060

Size-dependent endocytosis of nanoparticles
Sulin Zhang, Ju Li, George Lykotrafitis, Gang Bao, Subra Suresh, Jan 26 2009, In: Advanced Materials
Citations: 985

Anisotropic swelling and fracture of silicon nanowires during lithiation
Xiao Hua Liu, He Zheng, Li Zhong, Shan Huang, Khim Karki, Li Qiang Zhang, Yang Liu, Akihiro Kushima, Wen Tao Liang, Jiang Wei Wang, Jeong Hyun Cho, Eric Epstein, Shadi A. Dayeh, S. Tom Picraux, Ting Zhu, Ju Li, John P. Sullivan, John Cumings, Chunsheng Wang, Scott X. Mao, Zhi Zhen Ye, Sulin Zhang, J..., Aug 10 2011, In: Nano letters
Citations: 764

In situ atomic-scale imaging of electrochemical lithiation in silicon
Xiao Hua Liu, Jiang Wei Wang, Shan Huang, Feifei Fan, Xu Huang, Yang Liu, Sergiy Krylyuk, Jinkyoung Yoo, Shadi A. Dayeh, Albert V. Davydov, Scott X. Mao, S. Tom Picraux, Sulin Zhang, Ju Li, Ting Zhu, Jian Yu Huang, Nov 2012, In: Nature nanotechnology
Citations: 618

An introduction to computational nanomechanics and materials
W. K. Liu, E. G. Karpov, S. Zhang, H. S. Park, May 7 2004, In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Citations: 426

In situ TEM experiments of electrochemical lithiation and delithiation of individual nanostructures
Xiao Hua Liu, Yang Liu, Akihiro Kushima, Sulin Zhang, Ting Zhu, Ju Li, Jian Yu Huang, Jul 2012, In: Advanced Energy Materials
Citations: 395

Highly Stretchable Polymer Composite with Strain-Enhanced Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Effectiveness
Bin Yao, Wei Hong, Tianwu Chen, Zhubing Han, Xinwei Xu, Renchao Hu, Jianyu Hao, Changhao Li, He Li, Steven E. Perini, Michael T. Lanagan, Sulin Zhang, Qing Wang, Hong Wang, Apr 1 2020, In: Advanced Materials
Citations: 390

The role of vacancy defects and holes in the fracture of carbon nanotubes
Steven L. Mielke, Diego Troya, Sulin Zhang, Je Luen Li, Shaoping Xiao, Roberto Car, Rodney S. Ruoff, George C. Schatz, Ted Belytschko, Jun 1 2004, In: Chemical Physics Letters
Citations: 379

Lithium whisker growth and stress generation in an in situ atomic force microscope–environmental transmission electron microscope set-up
Liqiang Zhang, Tingting Yang, Congcong Du, Qiunan Liu, Yushu Tang, Jun Zhao, Baolin Wang, Tianwu Chen, Yong Sun, Peng Jia, Hui Li, Lin Geng, Jingzhao Chen, Hongjun Ye, Zaifa Wang, Yanshuai Li, Haiming Sun, Xiaomei Li, Qiushi Dai, Yongfu Tang, Qiuming Peng, Tongde Shen, Sulin Zhang, Ting Zhu, Jianyu ..., Feb 1 2020, In: Nature nanotechnology
Citations: 370

Progressive growth of the solid–electrolyte interphase towards the Si anode interior causes capacity fading
Yang He, Lin Jiang, Tianwu Chen, Yaobin Xu, Haiping Jia, Ran Yi, Dingchuan Xue, Miao Song, Arda Genc, Cedric Bouchet-Marquis, Lee Pullan, Ted Tessner, Jinkyoung Yoo, Xiaolin Li, Ji Guang Zhang, Sulin Zhang, Chongmin Wang, Oct 2021, In: Nature nanotechnology
Citations: 364

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