Rational material design, optimization,
synthesis, test and more
synthesis, test and more
OUR PROCESS |
Fundamental design of structural materials with
lightweight and bio-inspired functionality
Develop multiscale modeling and experimental tools to reveal the nanoscopic mechanisms in governing the large scale behavior of biological materials, specifically for their multiple advanced material functions (e.g., thermal, electromagnetic, biological, optical, tunable mechanics and acoustic) over engineering materials.
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Develop high-throughput computational algorithms to enable design and optimization of bio-inspired composite materials by using nanoscopic building blocks. Integrate computational designs with customized additive manufacturing and make structural materials suitable for advanced mechanical, energy, electronic, biomedical or multiple of these applications.
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Laboratory for Multiscale Material Modeling, Syracuse UniversityResearch interests:
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Design of sustainable materials with energy efficiency
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Recent Work From the groupFor engineering applications, protocols to build stronger materials with less material consumtion are crucial to build reliable, energy efficient and environmentally friendly products. Our recent work focuses on developing advanced computational modeling methods, using them to study fundamental mechanical properties of biological materials and applying the knowledge to design new materials of advanced mechanical, thermal and eletronic functions. We are working toward making materials that have significantly better performance but of lower energy and environmental cost than conventional materials for wide applications.
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, Recent papers: Multiscale understanding in fracture resistance of bamboo skin J Cui, M Jiang, M Nicola, A Masic, Z Qin Extreme Mechanics Letters (2021), 49, 101480 Design of lightweight and ultrastrong nanoarchitected carbon by a coarse-grained model S Liu, Y Hu, Z Qin Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing (2022), 161, 107066 The design of strongly bonded nanoarchitected carbon materials for high specific strength and modulus, S Liu, K Duan, J Feng, L Li, X Wang, Y Hu, Z Qin, Carbon (2022), 195, 387-394 Material Function of Mycelium Based Bio-composite: A Review L Yang, D Park, Z Qin, Frontiers in Materials (2021), 8, 374 |