PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PAPERS

[69] Ting Wang, Chenbo Fu, Michel Potier-Ferry, Fan Xu*. Morphomechanics of growing curled petals and leaves. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 184: 105534-1–105534-12, 2024.

[68] Ruiyang Li, Yu Cong*, Fan Xu*. Tunable Tail Swing of Nanomillipedes. Nano Letters, 23: 10879–10883, 2023. (Cover)

[67] Yifan Yang, Maoyuan Li, Fan Xu*. A solid-shell model of hard-magnetic soft materials. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 271: 109129-1–109129-14, 2024.

[66] Junting Liu, Yifan Yang, Maoyuan Li, Fan Xu*. A 3D meshfree model of hard-magnetic soft materials (in Chinese). Sci. Sin. - Phys. Mech. Astron., accepted.

[65] Yafei Wang#, Yangkun Du#, Fan Xu*. Strain stiffening retards growth instability in residually stressed biological tissues. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 178: 105360-1–105360-17, 2023.

[64] Junting Liu#, Yifan Yang#, Maoyuan Li, Fan Xu*. A meshfree model of hard-magnetic soft materials. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 258: 108566-1–108566-9, 2023.

[63] Liyuan Wang#, Fang Wan#, Yifan Xu#, Songlin Xie#, Tiancheng Zhao#, Fan Zhang#, Han Yang, Jiajun Zhu, Jingming Gao, Xiang Shi, Chuang Wang, Linwei Lu, Yifan Yang, Xiaoye Yu, Shiyi Chen*, Xuemei Sun*, Jiandong Ding, Peining Chen*, Chen Ding*, Fan Xu, Hongbo Yu, Huisheng Peng*. Hierarchical helical carbon nanotube fibre as a bone-integrating anterior cruciate ligament replacement. Nature Nanotechnology, 18: 1085–1093, 2023.

[62] Xiaoliang Zhang#, Yifan Yang#, Fan Xu*. A combined finite-discrete element model for elasto-capillary phenomena. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 251: 108305-1–108305-9, 2023.

[61] Qian Zhang#, Ranming Niu#, Ying Liu, Jiaxi Jiang, Fan Xu, Xuan Zhang, Julie M. Cairney, Xianghai An*, Xiaozhou Liao*, Huajian Gao*, Xiaoyan Li*. Room-temperature super-elongation in high-entropy alloy nanopillars. Nature Communications, 14: 7469, 2023.

[60] Jin Li, Xiaoliang Zhang, Zhilong Su, Tiantian Li, Zehong Wang, Shilong Dong, Fan Xu*, Xiaodong Ma, Jie Yin, Xuesong Jiang*. Self-wrinkling coating for impact resistance and mechanical enhancement. Science Bulletin, 68: 2200–2209, 2023.

[59] Shizhe Feng#, Wenxiang Wang#, Shijun Wang, Xuwei Cui, Yifan Yang, Fan Xu*, Luqi Liu*, Zhiping Xu*. Controlling and visualizing fracture of 2D crystals by wrinkling. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 174: 105253-1–105253-14, 2023.

[58] Ting Wang, Zhijun Dai, Michel Potier-Ferry, Fan Xu*. Curvature-Regulated Multiphase Patterns in Tori. Physical Review Letters, 130: 048201-1–048201-6, 2023.

• This work has been selected for a Synopsis (How Nature’s Donuts Get Their Wrinkles) in Physics 16, s5.

• Highlighted by Nature 614, 10 (2023) (A chilli’s wrinkles and a cherry’s dimples explained).
• Highlighted by PhysOrg (
• A model that predicts wrinkle patterns on the surface of toroidal structures as they expand or contract
).

[57] Wenzhi Qiu, Yiwei Xu, Fan Xu*, Yongzhong Huo*. Programmable electric-field-induced bending shapes of dielectric liquid crystal elastomer sheets. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 60: 101982-1–101982-9, 2023.

[56] Fan-Fan Wang#, Ting Wang#, Xiaoliang Zhang, Yangchao Huang, Ivan Giorgio, Fan Xu*. Wrinkling of twisted thin films. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 262-263: 112075-1–112075-9, 2023.

[55] Yafei Wang#, Wei Zhao#, Yangkun Du#, Zhijun Dai, Yanju Liu*, Fan Xu*. Substantial curvature effects on compliant serpentine mechanics. Mechanics of Materials, 184: 104732-1–104732-13, 2023. (Editor invited article)

[54] Yujia Wang, Fan Xu, Huajian Gao*, Xiaoyan Li*. Elastically Isotropic Truss-Plate-Hybrid Hierarchical Microlattices with Enhanced Modulus and Strength. Small, 2206024-1–2206024-10, 2023. (Inside back cover)

[53] Enping Liu, Lele Li, Juanjuan Wang, Xue Han, Fan Xu*, Yanping Cao*, Conghua Lu*. Light-Induced in-situ Dynamic Ordered Wrinkling with Arbitrarily Tailorable Wrinkling Orientation for Photoresponsive Soft Photonics. Advanced Functional Materials, 33: 2300182-1–2300182-14, 2023.

[52] Fan Xu*, Yangchao Huang, Shichen Zhao, Xi-Qiao Feng*. Chiral topographic instability in shrinking spheres. Nature Computational Science, 2: 632–640, 2022.

• This work has been selected as a Cover of Nature Comput. Sci., vol. 2, issue 10.

• This work has been highlighted as News & Views (Bio-inspired adaptive grasper by chiral wrinkling) by Nature Comput. Sci., 2: 624–625, 2022.

[51] Ruiyang Li, Fan Xu*. Competition between sliding and peeling of graphene nanoribbons under horizontal drag. Materials, 15: 3284-1–3284-10, 2022. (Editor's choice)

[50] Maoyuan Li, Yifan Yang, Zhe Cheng, Fan Xu*. A model of hard-magnetic soft curved beams at large deformation. Chinese Science Bulletin, 67: 4080–4091, 2022. (Invited paper in Chinese)

[49] Yifan Yang, Maoyuan Li, Fan Xu*. A 3D hard-magnetic rod model based on co-rotational formulations. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 38: 222085-1–222085-10, 2022. (Invited paper as Distinguished Young Scholars)

[48] Ting Wang, Yifan Yang, Fan Xu*. Mechanics of tension-induced film wrinkling and restabilization: a review. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 478: 20220149-1–20220149-22, 2022. (Cover)

[47] Enping Liu#, Xiaoliang Zhang#, Haipeng Ji, Qifeng Li, Lele Li, Shixiong Yu, Juanjuan Wang, Xue Han, Fan Xu*, Yanping Cao*, Conghua Lu*. Polarization-dependent ultrasensitive dynamic surface wrinkling on floating films induced by photo-orientation of azopolymer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61: e202203715, 2022. (hot paper)

[46] Lele Li#, Yang Zheng#, Enping Liu, Juanjuan Wang, Xue Han, Shichun Jiang, Fan Xu*, Yanping Cao*, Conghua Lu*. Ultrafast dynamic response of waterproof stretchable strain sensors based on wrinkle-templated microcracking. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10: 16297–16308, 2022.

[45] Chenbo Fu#, Yifan Yang#, Ting Wang#, Fan Xu*. A consistent finite-strain plate model for wrinkling of stretched anisotropic hyperelastic films. Thin-Walled Structures, 179: 109643-1–109643-10, 2022.

[44] Chenbo Fu#, Zhe Cheng#, Ting Wang#, Fan Xu*. An asymptotic modeling and resolution framework for morphology evolutions of multiple-period post-buckling modes in bilayers. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 27: 1397–1411, 2022. (Invited paper in memory of Prof. Hui-Hui Dai)

[43] Ting Wang#, Yifan Yang#, Chenbo Fu#, Fan Xu*. Competition between Mullins and curvature effects in the wrinkling of stretched soft shells. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 241: 111473-1–111473-9, 2022.

[42] Lele Li#, Yang Zheng#, Enping Liu, Xiaoxin Zhao, Shixiong Yu, Juanjuan Wang, Xue Han, Fan Xu*, Yanping Cao*, Conghua Lu*, Huajian Gao. Stretchable and ultrasensitive strain sensor based on a bilayer wrinkle-microcracking mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal, 437: 135399-1–135399-13, 2022.

[41] Diandian Gu, Hui-Hui Dai, Fan Xu*. Buckling of an elastic layer based on implicit constitution: Incremental theory and numerical framework. International Journal of Engineering Science, 169: 103568-1–103568-17, 2021.

[40] Fan Xu*, Yifan Yang, Ting Wang. Curvature-affected instabilities in membranes and surfaces: A review. Advances in Mechanics, 51(2): 342–363, 2021. (Invited review in Chinese)

[39] Chenbo Fu, Hui-Hui Dai, Fan Xu*. Computing wrinkling and restabilization of stretched sheets based on a consistent finite-strain plate theory. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 384: 113986-1–113986-17, 2021.

[38] Ting Wang#, Fei Liu#, Chenbo Fu#, Xiaoliang Zhang, Kui Wang, Fan Xu*. Curvature tunes wrinkling in shells. International Journal of Engineering Science, 164: 103490-1–103490-20, 2021.

• This work has been highlighted (Mathematically exploring wrinkle evolution) by Nature Computational Science 1, 388 (2021).

[37] Mingda Ding, Fan Xu*, Ting Wang, Chenbo Fu. Nanosleeves: Morphology transitions of infilled carbon nanotubes. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 152: 104398-1–104398-19, 2021.

[36] Fan Xu*, Xi-Qiao Feng, Michel Destrade. Foreword to the Special Issue on Instability and Bifurcation in Materials and Structures. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 129: 103663, 2021.

[35] Shichen Zhao#, Fan Xu#*, Chenbo Fu#, Yongzhong Huo*. Oblique wrinkling patterns on liquid crystal polymer core-shell cylinders under thermal load. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 208-209: 181–193, 2021.

[34] Zhe Cheng, Fan Xu*. Intricate evolutions of multiple-period post-buckling patterns in bilayers. SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 64: 214611-1–214611-10, 2021.

[33] Mingda Ding, Yu Cong, Ruiyang Li, Fan Xu*. Effect of surface topography on anisotropic friction of graphene layers. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 40: 100988-1–100988-11, 2020.

[32] Yifan Yang, Chenbo Fu, Fan Xu*. A finite strain model predicts oblique wrinkles in stretched anisotropic films. International Journal of Engineering Science, 155: 103354-1–103354-14, 2020.

[31] Fan Xu*, Shichen Zhao. Thermal wrinkling of liquid crystal polymer shell/core spheres. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 40: 100860-1–100860-11, 2020.

[30] Fan Xu*, Ting Wang, Yifan Yang. Wrinkling of stretched films: A review. Chinese Quarterly of Mechanics, 41(2): 207–220, 2020. (Invited review in Chinese)

[29] Limin Xu, Xuemei Fu, Fei Liu, Xiang Shi, Xufeng Zhou, Meng Liao, Chuanrui Chen, Fan Xu, Bingjie Wang, Bo Zhang, Huisheng Peng*. A perovskite solar cell textile that works at -40 to 160 oC. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8: 5476–5483, 2020.

[28] Fan Xu*, Shichen Zhao, Conghua Lu, Michel Potier-Ferry. Pattern selection in core-shell spheres. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 137: 103892-1–103892-14, 2020.

[27] Fan Xu*, Chenbo Fu, Yifan Yang. Water affects morphogenesis of growing aquatic plant leaves. Physical Review Letters, 124: 038003-1–038003-6, 2020.

• This work has been selected as Cover of PRL, vol. 124, issue 3.
• This work has been selected for an Editors’ Suggestion and a Focus (Explaining the Ruffles of Lotus Leaves) in Physics 13, 8, featured in Physics Buzz (How water can shape lotus leaves), PhysOrg (Improved mathematical model helps explain different lotus leaf types) and PhysicsWorld (Energy efficiency guides lotus leaf growth).

• This work has been highlighted by Nature 578, 10 (2020) (Rubber ‘leaves’ reveal the physics of the floating lotus).

[26] Shixiong Yu, Lele Li, Juanjuan Wang, Enping Liu, Jingxin Zhao, Fan Xu*, Yanping Cao*, Conghua Lu*. Light-boosting highly sensitive pressure sensors based on bioinspired multiscale surface structures. Advanced Functional Materials, 30: 1907091-1–1907091-11, 2020.

[25] Liyuan Wang#, Songlin Xie#, Zhiyuan Wang#, Fei Liu, Yifan Yang, Chengqiang Tang, Xiaoying Wu, Peng Liu, Yongjing Li, Hexige Saiyin, Shuang Zheng, Xuemei Sun*, Fan Xu*, Hongbo Yu*, Huisheng Peng*. Functionalized helical fibre bundles of carbon nanotubes as electrochemical sensors for long-term in vivo monitoring of multiple disease biomarkers. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 4: 159–171, 2020. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

• This work has been highlighted as News & Views (Soft and fibrous multiplexed biosensors) by Nature Biomedical Engineering 4, 135–136 (2020).

[24] Ting Wang#, Yifan Yang#, Chenbo Fu#, Fei Liu, Kui Wang, Fan Xu*. Wrinkling and smoothing of a soft shell. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 134: 103738-1–103738-20, 2020.

[23] Fei Liu, Fan Xu*, Chenbo Fu. Orientable wrinkles in stretched orthotropic films. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 33: 100579-1–100579-9, 2019.

[22] Shichen Zhao#, Fan Xu#*, Chenbo Fu#, Yongzhong Huo*. Controllable wrinkling patterns on liquid crystal polymer film/substrate systems by laser illumination. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 30: 100502-1–100502-12, 2019.

[21] Juanjuan Wang#, Yang Zheng#, Lele Li, Enping Liu, Chuanyong Zong, Jingxin Zhao, Jixun Xie, Fan Xu, Tobias A.F. Konig, Marina Grenzer Saphiannikova, Yanping Cao*, Andreas Fery*, Conghua Lu*. All-optical reversible azo-based wrinkling patterns with high aspect ratio and polarization-independent orientation for light-responsive soft photonics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11: 25595–25604, 2019.

[20] Luke Bao, Xiaojie Xu, Yong Zuo, Jing Zhang, Fei Liu, Yifan Yang, Fan Xu, Xuemei Sun*, Huisheng Peng*. Piezoluminescent devices by designing array structures. Science Bulletin, 64: 151–157, 2019.

[19] Lei Ye#, Meng Liao#, Hao Sun, Yifan Yang, Chengqiang Tang, Yang Zhao, Lie Wang, Yifan Xu, Lijian Zhang, Bingjie Wang, Fan Xu, Xuemei Sun, Ye Zhang*, Hongjie Dai, Peter G. Bruce, Huisheng Peng*. Stabilizing lithium into cross-stacked nanotube sheets with ultra-high specific capacity for lithium oxygen batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58: 2437–2442, 2019. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

[18] Ting Wang, Chenbo Fu, Fan Xu*, Yongzhong Huo, Michel Potier-Ferry. On the wrinkling and restabilization of highly stretched sheets. International Journal of Engineering Science, 136: 1–16, 2019.

[17] Chenbo Fu, Ting Wang, Fan Xu*, Yongzhong Huo*, Michel Potier-Ferry. A modeling and resolution framework for wrinkling in hyperelastic sheets at finite membrane strain. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 124: 446–470, 2019.

[16] Yifan Yang, Hui-Hui Dai, Fan Xu*, Michel Potier-Ferry. Pattern transitions in a soft cylindrical shell. Physical Review Letters, 120: 215503-1–215503-5, 2018.

• This work has been highlighted as Picture Story (Roll up your sleeves) by Nature Physics 14, 534 (2018).

[15] Ting Wang, Fan Xu*, Yongzhong Huo, Michel Potier-Ferry. Snap-through instabilities of pressurized balloons: Pear-shaped bifurcation and localized bulging. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 98: 137–144, 2018.

[14] Chenbo Fu, Fan Xu*, Yongzhong Huo*. Photo-controlled patterned wrinkling of liquid crystalline polymer films on compliant substrates. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 132-133: 264–277, 2018.

[13] Fan Xu*, Michel Potier-Ferry. Quantitative predictions of diverse wrinkling patterns in film/substrate systems. Scientific Reports, 7: 18081-1–18081-10, 2017.

[12] Fan Xu*, Ting Wang, Chenbo Fu, Yu Cong, Yongzhong Huo, Michel Potier-Ferry. Post-buckling evolution of wavy patterns in trapezoidal film/substrate bilayers. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 96: 46–55, 2017.

[11] Fan Xu*, Radhi Abdelmoula, Michel Potier-Ferry. On the buckling and post-buckling of core-shell cylinders under thermal loading. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 126-127: 17–36, 2017.

[10] Qiuyang Qu, Yiwei Xu, Fan Xu, Yongzhong Huo*. Effect of electric and mechanical loading and initial alignment on uniform deformation behavior of liquid crystal gel membranes. Chinese Quarterly of Mechanics, 38(4): 648–657, 2017. (in Chinese)

[9] Chenbo Fu, Yiwei Xu, Fan Xu*, Yongzhong Huo*. Light-induced bending and buckling of large-deflected liquid crystalline polymer plates. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 8(7): 1640007-1–1640007-23, 2016.

[8] Fan Xu*, Michel Potier-Ferry. On axisymmetric/diamond-like mode transitions in axially compressed core-shell cylinders. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 94: 68–87, 2016.

[7] Fan Xu*, Michel Potier-Ferry. A multi-scale modeling framework for instabilities of film/substrate systems. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 86: 150–172, 2016.

[6] Michel Potier-Ferry, Foudil Mohri, Fan Xu, Noureddine Damil, Bouazza Braikat, Khadija Mhada, Heng Hu, Qun Huang, Saeid Nezamabadi. Cellular instabilities analyzed by multi-scale Fourier series: A review. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems – Series S, 9(2): 585–597, 2016. (Invited review)

[5] Fan Xu*, Yao Koustawa, Michel Potier-Ferry, Salim Belouettar. Instabilities in thin films on hyperelastic substrates by 3D finite elements. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 69-70: 71–85, 2015.

[4] Fan Xu*, Michel Potier-Ferry, Salim Belouettar, Heng Hu. Multiple bifurcations in wrinkling analysis of thin films on compliant substrates. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 76: 203–222, 2015.

[3] Fan Xu*, Michel Potier-Ferry, Salim Belouettar, Yu Cong. 3D finite element modeling for instabilities in thin films on soft substrates. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51(21-22): 3619–3632, 2014.

[2] Fan Xu*, Heng Hu, Michel Potier-Ferry, Salim Belouettar. Bridging techniques in a multi-scale modeling of pattern formation. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51(18): 3119–3134, 2014.

[1] Fan Xu*, Xin Li, Gilles Régnier, Denis Defauchy. Coalescence modeling and experimental validation of sintering of thermoplastic polyamide fibers. Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, 29(3): 177–181, 2013. (in Chinese)

Ph.D. THESIS

Numerical study of instability patterns of film-substrate systems. Université de Lorraine, France, 2014.