Sulin Zhang

Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics


Sulin Zhang

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Most Recent Publications

3D-printed flexible neural probes for recordings at single-neuron level

Marzia Mornin, Luyi Feng, Sulin Zhang, Tao Zhou, Device (Cell press)

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, 2024, Device

Stack Pressure Enhanced Size Threshold of Si Anode Fracture in All-Solid-State Batteries

Menglin Li, Dingchuan Xue, Zhaoyu Rong, Ruyue Fang, Bo Wang, Yali Liang, Xuedong Zhang, Qiao Huang, Zhenyu Wang, Lingyun Zhu, Liqiang Zhang, Yongfu Tang, Sulin Zhang, Jianyu Huang, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials

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, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials

Agent-based modeling of stress anisotropy driven nematic ordering in growing biofilms

Changhao Li, Japinder Nijjer, Luyi Feng, Qiuting Zhang, Jing Yan, Sulin Zhang, 2024, Soft Matter on p. 3401-3410

Machine learning traction force maps for contractile cell monolayers

Changhao Li, Luyi Feng, Yang Jeong Park, Jian Yang, Ju Li, Sulin Zhang, 2024, Extreme Mechanics Letters

Biofilms as self-shaping growing nematics

Japinder Nijjer, Changhao Li, Mrityunjay Kothari, Thomas Henzel, Qiuting Zhang, Jung Shen B. Tai, Shuang Zhou, Tal Cohen, Sulin Zhang, Jing Yan, 2023, Nature Physics on p. 1936-1944

Physical forces guide curvature sensing and cell migration mode bifurcating

Luyi Feng, Tiankai Zhao, Hongmei Xu, Xuechen Shi, Changhao Li, K. Jimmy Hsia, Sulin Zhang, 2023, PNAS Nexus

Endothelial Cell Selectivity to Nanoparticles Depends on Mechanical Phenotype

Pouria Fattahi, Yin Ting Yeh, Tiankai Zhao, Mousa Younesi, Changjin Huang, Mauricio Terrones, M Terrones Maldonado, S Zheng, Justin L. Brown, Dan Dongeun Huh, Sulin Zhang, Peter Butler, 2023, Advanced Materials Interfaces on p. 13

Morphodynamics of dendrite growth in alumina based all solid-state sodium metal batteries

Lin Geng, Dingchuan Xue, Jingming Yao, Qiushi Dai, Haiming Sun, Dingding Zhu, Zhaoyu Rong, Ruyue Fang, Xuedong Zhang, Yong Su, Jitong Yan, Stephen J. Harris, Satoshi Ichikawa, Liqiang Zhang, Yongfu Tang, Sulin Zhang, Jianyu Huang, 2023, Energy and Environmental Science on p. 2658-2668

Most-Cited Papers

Physical Principles of Nanoparticle Cellular Endocytosis

Sulin Zhang, Huajian Gao, Gang Bao, 2015, ACS Nano on p. 8655-8671

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, 2020, Advanced Materials on p. 1907499

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 Huang, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology on p. 94-98

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, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology on p. 1113-1120

Coupling of electrochemically triggered thermal and mechanical effects to aggravate failure in a layered cathode

Pengfei Yan, Jianming Zheng, Tianwu Chen, Langli Luo, Yuyuan Jiang, Kuan Wang, Manling Sui, Ji Guang Zhang, Sulin Zhang, Chongmin Wang, 2018, Nature Communications

Inward lithium-ion breathing of hierarchically porous silicon anodes

Qiangfeng Xiao, Meng Gu, Hui Yang, Bing Li, Cunman Zhang, Yang Liu, Fang Liu, Fang Dai, Li Yang, Zhongyi Liu, Xingcheng Xiao, Gao Liu, Peng Zhao, Sulin Zhang, Chongmin Wang, Yunfeng Lu, Mei Cai, 2015, Nature Communications

Flexible three-dimensional interconnected piezoelectric ceramic foam based composites for highly efficient concurrent mechanical and thermal energy harvesting

Guangzu Zhang, Peng Zhao, Xiaoshan Zhang, Kuo Han, Tiankai Zhao, Yong Zhang, Chang Kyu Jeong, Shenglin Jiang, Sulin Zhang, Qing Wang, 2018, Energy and Environmental Science on p. 2046-2056

Molecular insights into the complex mechanics of plant epidermal cell walls

Yao Zhang, Jingyi Yu, Xuan Wang, Daniel M. Durachko, Sulin Zhang, Daniel J. Cosgrove, 2021, Science on p. 607-711

Electrochemomechanical degradation of high-capacity battery electrode materials

Sulin Zhang, Kejie Zhao, Ting Zhu, Ju Li, 2017, Progress in Materials Science on p. 479-521

Electrochemically driven mechanical energy harvesting

Sangtae Kim, Soon Ju Choi, Kejie Zhao, Hui Yang, Giorgia Gobbi, Sulin Zhang, Ju Li, 2016, Nature Communications

News Articles Featuring Sulin Zhang

Apr 16, 2026

3D-printed brain sensors may unlock personalized neural monitoring

Soft electrodes designed to perfectly match a person’s brain surface may help advance neural interfaces for neurodegenerative disease monitoring and treatment, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. Neural interfaces are powered by tiny sensors capable of tracking biophysical signals, known as bioelectrodes.

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Dec 07, 2023

Growing biofilms actively alter host environment, study reveals

A recent study led by Penn State researchers reveals exactly how growing biofilms shape their environments and fine-tune their internal architecture to fit their surroundings

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Dec 06, 2023

Growing biofilms actively alter host environment, new study reveals

A new study led by Penn State researchers reveals exactly how growing biofilms shape their environments and fine-tune their internal architecture to fit their surroundings.

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Aug 16, 2022

Researchers to develop scaffolding for nerve regeneration with $2.14M NIH grant

Peripheral nerves are responsible for moving muscles, sensing temperatures and even inhaling and exhaling; yet they comprise fragile fibers vulnerable to disease and injury.

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Jun 11, 2021

New tissue-closure model may aid in promotion of faster wound healing

The observation of a previously undetected biological mechanism for closing gaps in living tissue improves basic understanding of the wound-healing process and may one day inform strategies to speed healing after surgery.

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