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[88] X. Zhang#, X. Lei#, X. Jia#, T. Sun, J. Luo, S. Xu, L. Li, D. Yan, Y. Shao, Z. Yong, Y. Zhang*, X. Wu*, E. Gao*, M. Jian*, J. Zhang*, Carbon nanotube fibers with dynamic strength up to 14 GPa, Science, 2024, 384: 1318-1323.

[87] T. Sun#, E. Gao#, X. Jia#, J. Bian#, Z. Wang, M. Ma, Q. Zheng*, Z. Xu*, Robust structural superlubricity under gigapascal pressures, Nature Communications, 2024, 15:1-9.

[86] J. Huang#, Y. Guo#, X. Lei#, B. Chen#, H. He, J. Luo, T. Sun, M. Jian, E. Gao*, X. Wu*, W. Ma, Y. Shao*, J. Zhang*, Fabricating ultrastrong carbon nanotube fibers via a microwave welding interface, ACS Nano, 2024, 18: 14377-14387.

[85] Z. Hu#, X. Sun#, X. Zhang, X. Jia, X. Feng, M. Cui, E. Gao, L. Qian*, X. Gao*, J. Zhang*, Kinetic modulation of carbon nanotube growth in direct spinning for high-strength carbon nanotube fibers, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146: 11432-11439.

[84] Y. Zhang#, X. Jia#, Y. Liu, E. Gao*, L. Shui*, Waves in elastic bars under axial constant velocity loading, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024, 273: 109230.

[83] E. Gao*, Knowledge and data‐driven exploration of bounds on mechanical properties: A review, Chinese Journal of Solid Mechanics, 2024, 45:170-187 (invited paper, in Chinese).

[82] X. Yuan, E. Gao*, Data-driven discovery of ultraincompressible crystals from a universal correlation between bulk modulus and volumetric cohesive energy, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2024, 36: 105702 (invited paper).

[81] E. Gao, Z. Xu, R. Ding, Z. Liu, H. Zhang, C. Fang, Y. Lu, J. Lv, J. Hong, Y. Guo, K. Cao, Y. Wang, W. Ren, C. Wang, Y. Han, J. Zhou, Y. Shao, Nanotechnologies—Test method for tensile properties of small size nanostructured thin film, GB/T 43251-2023, National Standards of the People’s Republic of China, 2023.

[80] J. Luo, Y. Wen, T. Li, X. Jia, X. Lei, Z. Zhang, Z. Xiao, X. Wu, Z. Gao, E. Gao, K. Jiao*, J. Zhang*, High interfacial shear strength and high tensile strength in heterocyclic aramid fibers with improved interchain interaction, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 37: 2310008.

[79] P. Li, B. Wu, K. Du, Z. Liu, E. Gao, H. Yin*, D. Wang*, Highly stable single-phase FeCoNiMnX (X = Cr, Mo, W) high-entropy alloy catalysts with submicrometer size for efficient oxygen evolution, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023, 11: 14246-14254.

[78] C. Zhang, E. Gao*, Electronegativity force field for prediction of elastic moduli, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2023, 127: 6628-6634.

[77] R. Jin#, X. Yuan#, E. Gao*, Atomic stiffness for bulk modulus prediction and high-throughput screening of ultraincompressible crystals, Nature Communications, 2023, 14: 4258.

[76] Y. Du, X. Li, G. Duan*, Y. Pan, E. Gao, B. Xu*, Sn-based redox cycle mediated microenvironment regulation of Cu sites on poly(ionic liquid) enhance electrocatalytic CO-to-C2+ conversion, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 337: 122969.

[75] L. Zhang#, N. Ma#, X. Jia#, T. Hua, J. Zhu, C. Ding, D. Yang, J. Luo, M. Wang, J. Luo, S. Li, X. Tong, Q. Fan, Z. Xia, Y. Shao, M. Jian, E. Gao*, Y. Shao*, J. Zhang*, Ultra-strong regenerated wool keratin fibers regulating via keratin conformational transition, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33: 2301447.

[74] Y. Liu#, C. Zhang#, H. Yang, E. Gao*, Bounds on the Poisson’s ratios of diamond-like structures, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2023, 90: 101009.

[73] Y. Wang#, Y. Guo#, E. Gao*, Electronic densification and stiffening of diamond, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127: 9931-9938.

[72] Z. Zhang, X. Jia, C. Li, L. Li, Y. Wen, Z. Gao, J. Zhang, E. Gao*, K. Jiao*, J. Zhang*, Simultaneously enhanced interfacial shear strength and tensile strength of heterocyclic aramid fiber by graphene oxide, Nano Research, 2023, 16: 12286-12293 (invited paper).

[71] J. Luo#, Y. Wen#, X. Jia#, X. Lei#, Z. Gao, M. Jian, Z. Xiao, L. Li, J. Zhang, T. Li, H. Dong, X. Wu*, E. Gao*, K. Jiao*, J. Zhang*, Fabricating strong and tough aramid fibers by small addition of carbon nanotubes, Nature Communications, 2023, 14: 3019.

[70] E. Gao*, H. Yang, Y. Guo, S. Nielsen*, R. Baughman*, The stiffest and strongest predicted material: C2N atomic chains approach the theoretical limits, Advanced Science, 2023, 10: 2204884.

[69] M. Zhang, W. Cai, Z. Wang, S. Fang, R. Zhang, H. Lu, A. Aliev, A. Zakhidov, C. Huynh, E. Gao, J. Oh, J. Moon, J. Park, S. Kim, R. Baughman*, Mechanical energy harvesters with tensile efficiency of 17.4% and torsional efficiency of 22.4% based on homochirally plied carbon nanotube yarns, Nature Energy, 2023, 8: 203-213.

[68] K. Du, E. Gao, C. Zhang, Y. Ma, P. Wang, R. Yu, W. Li, K. Zheng, X. Cheng, D. Tang, B. Deng, H. Yin*, D. Wang*, An iron-base oxygen-evolution electrode for high-temperature electrolyzers, Nature Communications, 2023, 14: 253.

[67] X. Jia#, X. Yuan#, H. Shui, E. Gao*, Poisson’s ratio of two-dimensional hexagonal materials under finite strains, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2023, 30: 751-757.

[66] K. Zheng, E. Gao, B. Tian, J. Liang, Q. Liu, E. Xue, Q. Shao*, W. Wu*, Modularized paper actuator based on shape memory alloy, printed heater, and origami, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022, 4: 202200194.

[65] C. Qu, D. Shi, L. Chen, Z. Wu, J. Wang, S. Shi, E. Gao, Z. Xu, Q. Zheng*, Anisotropic fracture of graphene revealed by surface steps on graphite, Physical Review Letters, 2022, 129: 026101.

[64] Y. Guo, Y. Wang, K. Huang, H. Yin*, E. Gao*, Extraordinary mechanical performance in charged carbyne, Chinese Physics B, 2022, 31: 128102 (invited paper).

[63] L. Shui, W. Yan, Y. Zhang, L. Xu, E. Gao, Z. Liu*, Q. Zheng*, Peeling mechanics of film-substrate system with mutually embedded nanostructures in the interface, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2022, 251: 111737.

[62] E. Gao*, X. Yuan, S. Nielsen*, R. Baughman*, Exploring the bounds on the Young’s modulus and gravimetric Young’s modulus, Physical Review Applied, 2022, 18: 014044.

[61] E. Gao, K. Zhou, L. Shi, Z. Xu, Comment on "Anharmonicity and universal response of linear carbon chain mechanical properties under hydrostatic pressure", Physical Review Letters, 2022, 128: 219601.

[60] Z. Wang, T. Mun, F. Machado, J. Moon, S. Fang, A. Aliev, M. Zhang, W. Cai, J. Mu, J. Hyeon, J. Park, P. Conlin, K. Cho, E. Gao, G. Wan, C. Huynh, A. Zakhidov, S. Kim*, R. Baughman*, More powerful twistron carbon nanotube yarn mechanical energy harvesters, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34: 2201826.

[59] E. Gao*, Y. Guo, Z. Wang*, S. Nielsen, R. Baughman*, The strongest and toughest predicted materials: Linear atomic chains without a Peierls instability, Matter, 2022, 5: 1192-1203 (featured on the cover).

[58] X. Jia#, Q. Shao#, Y. Xu#, R. Li, K. Huang, Y. Guo, C. Qu, E. Gao*, Elasticity-based-exfoliability measure for high-throughput computational exfoliation of two-dimensional materials, npj Computational Materials, 2021, 7: 211.

[57] Y. Fan, M. Li, X. Jia, L. Li*, Q. Zhang, E. Gao, D. Geng*, W. Hu*, Self-assembly graphene arrays on liquid Cu-Ag alloy, Chemistry of Materials, 2021, 33: 8649–8655.

[56] J. Deng, E. Gao, F. Wu, Z. You, X. Li, S. Gao, L. Huang*, Generation of atomic hydrogen by Ni-Fe hydroxides: Mechanism and activity for hydrodechlorination of trichloroethylene, Water Research, 2021, 207: 117802.

[55] B. Wu#, Y. Yao#, K. Zhou, Z. Liu*, E. Gao*, Electromechanically actuated MXene nanotubes for tunable mass transport, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125: 25275–25283.

[54] L. Qian, Q. Shao, Y. Yu, W. Liu, S. Wang, E. Gao, J. Zhang*, Spatially confined CVD growth of high-density semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube horizontal arrays, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 32: 2106643.

[53] E. Gao#, B. Wu#, Y. Wang, X. Jia, W. Ouyang, Z. Liu*, Computational prediction of superlubric layered heterojunctions, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, 13: 33600–33608.

[52] Z. Gan, Y. Wang*, M. Wang, E. Gao, F. Huo, W. Ding, H. He*, S. Zhang*, Ionophobic nanopores enhancing the capacitance and charging dynamics in supercapacitors with ionic liquids, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9: 15985-15992.

[51] J. Deng, X. Hu, E. Gao, F. Wu, L. Huang*, D. Dionysiou, Electrochemical reductive remediation of trichloroethylene contaminated groundwater using biomimetic iron-nitrogen-doped carbon, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 419: 126458.

[50] E. Gao, R. Li, S. Fang, Q. Shao*, R. Baughman*, Bounds on the in-plane Poisson’s ratios and the in-plane linear and area compressibilities for sheet crystals, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2021, 152: 104409.

[49] K. Ni#, Q. Peng#, E. Gao#, K. Wang, Q. Shao, H. Huang, L. Xue, Z. Wang*, Core-shell magnetic micropillars for reprogrammable actuation, ACS Nano, 2021, 15: 4747–4758.

[48] Q. Shao#, R. Li#, Z. Yue, Y. Wang, E. Gao*, Data-driven discovery and understanding of ultrahigh-modulus crystals, Chemistry of Materials, 2021, 33: 1276–1284.

[47] G. Wang, Z. Zhang, Y. Wang, E. Gao, X. Jia, Z. Dai, C. Weng, L. Liu*, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang*, Out-of-plane deformations determined mechanics of vanadium disulfide (VS2) sheets, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, 13: 3040-3050.

[46] B. Wu, X. Cai, L. Shui, E. Gao*, Z. Liu, Extraordinary electromechanical actuation of Ti2C MXene, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125: 1060-1068.

[45] Y. Zhang, B. Wu, E. Gao, L. Shui*, Z. Liu*, Observation of speeding growth of metal nanowires by ultra-low frequency micro-vibration assisted superplastic nanomolding, Materials Letters, 2021, 283: 128890.

[44] E. Gao*, X. Jia, L. Shui*, Z. Liu, Tuning the nonlinear mechanical anisotropy of layered crystals via interlayer twist, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2021, 88: 011007.

[43] E. Gao*, C. Zhang, K. Zhou, N. Wei*, Computational study on strain-engineered graphene nanopores for selective gas separation, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020, 3: 11474-11480.

[42] E. Gao*, R. Li, R. Baughman*, Predicted confinement-enhanced stability and extraordinary mechanical properties for carbon nanotube wrapped chains of linear carbon, ACS Nano, 2020, 14: 17071-17079.

[41] K. Yang, T. Zhang, B. Wei, Y. Bai, S. Jia, G. Cao, R. Jiang, C. Zhang, E. Gao, X. Chang, J. Li, S. Li, D. Zhu, R. Tai, H. Zhou, J. Wang, M. Zeng, Z. Wang*, L. Fu*, Ultrathin high-κ antimony oxide single crystals, Nature Communications, 2020, 11: 2502.

[40] C. Zhang, N. Wei, E. Gao*, Q. Sun*, Poisson’s ratio of two-dimensional hexagonal crystals: A mechanics model study, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020, 38: 100748.

[39] B. Wu, H. Deng, X. Jia, L. Shui, E. Gao*, Z. Liu*, High-performance phosphorene electromechanical actuators, npj Computational Materials, 2020, 6: 27.

[38] X. Jia, Z. Liu, E. Gao*, Bio-inspired self-folding strategy to break the trade-off between strength and ductility in carbon-nanoarchitected materials, npj Computational Materials, 2020, 6: 13.

[37] E. Gao*, Measuring the radial elasticity of carbon nanotube yarns, Carbon, 2020, 157: 402-407.

[36] Q. Shao*, E. Gao, T. Mara, H. Hu, T. Liu, A. Makradi, Global sensitivity analysis of solid oxide fuel cells with Bayesian sparse polynomial chaos expansions, Applied Energy, 2020, 260: 114318.

[35] L. Shui*, J. Guo, E. Gao*, Z. Liu, Spatio-temporal modulated composite metamaterials by using switchable mesostructural topology, Composite Structures, 2020, 251: 112601.

[34] G. Han, Y. Wu, W. Yan, L. Shui, X. Jia, E. Gao*, M. Jiang, Z. Liu*, Controlled fabrication of gold nanotip arrays by nanomolding-necking technology, Nanotechnology, 2020, 31: 144001 (invited paper).

[33] R. Li#, Q. Shao#, E. Gao*, Z. Liu, Elastic anisotropy measure for two-dimensional crystals, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020, 34: 100615.

[32] L. Huang, C. Zhou, M. Shen, E. Gao, C. Zhang, X. Hu, Y. Chen*, Y. Xue, Z. Liu*, Persulfate activation by two-dimensional MoS2 confining single Fe atoms: Performance, mechanism and DFT calculations, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 389: 122137.

[31] L. Huang, X. Wei, E. Gao, C. Zhang, X. Hu, Y. Chen*, Z. Liu*, N. Finck, J. Lützenkirchen, D. Dionysiou, Single Fe atoms confined in two-dimensional MoS2 for sulfite activation: A biomimetic approach towards efficient radical generation, Applied Catalysis B, 2019, 268: 118459.

[30] Y. Dou, Z. Wang, W. He, T. Jia, Z. Liu, P. Sun, K. Wen, E. Gao, X. Zhou, X. Hu, J. Li, S. Fang, D. Qian, Z. Liu*, Artificial spider silk from ion-doped and twisted core-sheath hydrogel fibres, Nature Communications, 2019, 10: 5293.

[29] R. Wang#, S. Fang#, Y. Xiao, E. Gao, N. Jiang, Y. Li, L. Mou, Y. Shen, W. Zhao, S. Li, A. Fonseca, D. Galvão, M. Chen, W. He, K. Yu, H. Lu, X. Wang, D. Qian, A. Aliev, N. Li, C. Haines, Z. Liu, J. Mu, Z. Wang, S. Yin, M. Lima, B. An, X. Zhou, Z. Liu*, R. Baughman*, Torsional refrigeration by twisted, coiled, and supercoiled fibers, Science, 2019, 366: 216-221.

[28] E. Gao, X. Jia, H. Shui, R. Li, Bio-inspired graphene-derived membranes. In K. Sattler (Ed.), 21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook (Volume 2), CRC Press, 2019.

[27] B. Wu, X. Jia, Y. Wang, J. Hu, E. Gao*, Z. Liu*, Superflexible C68-graphyne as promising anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7: 17357-17365.

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[25] Y. Wen#, E. Gao#, Z. Hu#, T. Xu, H. Lu, Z. Xu*, C. Li*, Chemically modified graphene films with tunable negative Poisson’s ratios, Nature Communications, 2019, 10: 2446.

[24] S. Wang, E. Gao, Z. Xu*, Interfacial failure boosts mechanical energy dissipation in carbon nanotube films under ballistic impact, Carbon, 2019, 146: 139-146.

[23] R. Hu, E. Gao, Z. Xu, L. Liu*, G. Wang, H. Zhu, Z. Zhang*, Hierarchical-structure-dependent high ductility of electrospun polyoxymethylene nanofibers, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2019, 136: 47086.

[22] E. Gao, S. Wang, C. Duan, Z. Xu*, Microstructural ordering of nanofibers in flow-directed assembly, Science China Technological Sciences, 2019, 62: 1-10.

[21] B. Tang#, E. Gao#, Z. Xiong, B. Dang, Z. Xu*, X. Wang*, Transition of graphene oxide from nanomembrane to nanoscroll mediated by organic solvent in dispersion, Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30: 5951-5960.

[20] E. Gao, W. Lu, Z. Xu*, Strength loss of carbon nanotube fibers explained in a three-level hierarchical model, Carbon, 2018, 138: 134-142.

[19] E. Gao, S. Lin, Z. Qin, M. Buehler, X. Feng, Z. Xu*, Mechanical exfoliation of two-dimensional materials, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2018, 115: 248-262.

[18] X. Cui, Z. Kong, E. Gao, D. Huang, Y. Hao, H. Shen, C. Di , Z. Xu, J. Zheng*, D. Zhu, Rolling up transition metal dichalcogenide nanoscrolls via one drop of ethanol, Nature Communications, 2018, 9: 1301.

[17] J. Mu#, G. Wang#, H. Yan, H. Li, X. Wang, E. Gao, C. Hou, A. Pham, L. Wu, Q. Zhang*, Y. Li, Z. Xu, Y. Guo, E. Reichmanis*, H. Wang*, M. Zhu, Molecular-channel driven actuator with considerations for multiple configurations and color switching, Nature Communications, 2018, 9: 590.

[16] E. Gao*, Z. Xu*, Bio-Inspired graphene-derived membranes with strain-controlled interlayer spacing, Nanoscale, 2018, 10: 8585-8590.

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[14] H. Wang, E. Gao, P. Liu, D. Zhou, D. Geng, X. Xue, L. Wang, K. Jiang*, Z. Xu*, G. Yu*, Facile growth of vertically-aligned graphene nanosheets via thermal CVD: The experimental and theoretical investigations, Carbon, 017, 121: 1-9.

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[12] E. Gao, Y. Cao, Y. Liu*, Z. Xu*, Optimizing interfacial crosslinking in graphene-derived materials, which balances intralayer and interlayer load transfer, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017, 9: 24830–24839.

[11] E. Gao#, Y. Wen#, Y. Yuan, C. Li*, Z. Xu*, Intrinsic mechanical properties of graphene oxide films: Strain characterization and the gripping effects, Carbon, 2017, 118: 467-474.

[10] S. Liu#, J. Li#, X. Shi, E. Gao, Z. Xu, H. Tang, K. Tong, Q. Pei, J. Liang*, Y. Chen, Rollerball-pen-drawing technology for extremely foldable paper-based electronics, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2017, 3: 1700098.

[9] S. Deng, E. Gao, Z. Xu, V. Berry*, Adhesion energy of MoS2 thin films on silicon-based substrates determined via the attributes of a single MoS2 wrinkle, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017, 9: 7812–7818.

[8] B. Luo, E. Gao, D. Geng, J. Xu, H. Wang, Z. Xu*, G. Yu*, Etching-controlled growth of graphene by chemical vapor deposition, Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29: 1022-1027.

[7] D. Geng, E. Gao, H. Wang, J. Xu, Z. Xu, G. Yu*, Large-area growth of five-lobed and triangular graphene grains on textured Cu substrate, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2016, 3: 1600347.

[6] C. Wang, X. Li, E. Gao, M. Jian, K. Xia, Q. Wang, Z. Xu, T. Ren, Y. Zhang*, Carbonized silk fabric for ultrastretchable, highly sensitive and wearable strain sensors, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28: 6640-6648.

[5] S. Deng, E. Gao, Y. Wang, S. Sen, T. S. Sreeprasad, S. Behura, P. Kral, Z. Xu, V. Berry*, Confined, oriented and electrically anisotropic graphene wrinkles on bacteria, ACS Nano, 2016, 10: 8403-8412.

[4] E. Gao, B. Xie, Z. Xu*, Two-dimensional silica: Structural, mechanical properties, and strain-induced band gap tuning,Journal of Applied Physics, 2016, 119: 014301.

[3] E. Gao, Z. Xu*, Thin-shell thickness of two-dimensional materials, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2015, 82: 121012.

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# Co-first authors
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