至今已获得授权的中国发明专利6项、美国发明专利3项，出版学术专著1部，发表学术论文160余篇，其中以通讯作者在《Science》、《Nature》、《Nature Materials》、《Nature Electronics》、《Nature Reviews Materials》、《Nature Communications》、《Science Robotics》、《Science Advances》、《PNAS》、《JMPS》、《Advanced Materials》、《ACS Nano》等期刊发表高水平学术论文90余篇。十余篇论文被《Science》、《Nature》、《Nature Materials》、《Nature Electronics》、《Nature Reviews Materials》、《Science Advances》等期刊选为封面文章。这些研究成果被《Nature》、《Science》、《Nature Materials》、《Nature Reviews Materials》、《PNAS》等期刊在Research Highlights、Perspectives或News & Views/Opinions专栏中焦点报道，同时得到ASME News、Chemistry Views、IOP Physics World、Materials Views、MIT Technology Review、Royal Society of Chemistry等专业机构追踪，还多次受到BBC、Discovery、Fox、Wall Street Journal、参考消息、新华网、人民网等国内外重要媒体报道。
代表性论文包括（*表示通讯作者；+表示并列第一作者）：
[1]Cheng X+, Fan Z+, Yao S, Jin T, Lv Z, Lan Y, Bo R, Chen Y, Zhang F, Shen Z, Wan H, Huang Y, Zhang YH*. Programming 3D Curved Mesosurfaces using Microlattice Designs. Science, 2023, 379: 1225-1232
--- Highlighted by Nature (2023, 616: 10), “Microstructures mimic life’s endless forms”.
[2]Shuai Y+, Zhao J+, Bo R, Lan Y, Lv Z, Zhang YH*. A wrinkling-assisted strategy for controlled interface delamination in mechanically-guided 3D assembly. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2023, 173: 105203
[3]Pang W+, Xu S+, Wu J, Bo R, Jin T, Xiao Y, Liu Z, Zhang F, Cheng X, Bai K, Song H, Xue Z, Wen L, Zhang YH*. A soft microrobot with highly deformable 3D actuators for climbing and transitioning complex surfaces. PNAS, 2022, 119: e2215028119
[4]Xue Z+, Jin T+, Xu S, Bai K, He Q, Zhang F, Cheng X, Ji Z, Pang W, Shen Z, Song H, Zhang YH*. Assembly of complex 3D structures and electronics on curved surfaces. Science Advances, 2022, 8: eabm6922
--- Featured on the cover of August 12, 2022 issue of Science Advances
--- Highlighted by Nature Reviews Materials (2022, 7: 681), “Pop-up shapes”.
--- Highlighted on the homepage of Science website
[5]Han M+, Guo X+, Chen X+, Liang C, Zhao H, Zhang Q, Bai W, Zhang F, Wei H, Wu C, Cui Q, Yao S, Sun B, Yang Y, Yang Q, Wu C, Ma Y, Xue Z, Kwak JW, Jin T, Tu Q, Song E, Tian Z, Mei Y, Fang D, Zhang H, Huang Y*, Zhang YH*, Roger JA*. Sub-millimeter scale multi-material terrestrial robots. Science Robotics, 2022, 7: eabn0602
--- Highlighted on the homepage of Science Robotics website
[6]Song H+, Luo G+, Ji Z, Bo R, Xue Z, Yan D, Zhang F, Bai K, Liu J, Cheng X, Pang W, Shen Z, Zhang YH*. Highly-integrated, miniaturized, stretchable electronic systems based on stacked multilayer network materials. Science Advances, 2022, 8: eabm3785
--- Featured on the cover of March 18, 2022 issue of Science Advances
[7]Cheng X, Zhang F, Bo R, Shen Z, Pang W, Jin T, Song H, Xue Z, Zhang YH*. An anti-fatigue design strategy for 3D ribbon-shaped flexible electronics. Advanced Materials, 2021, 33: 2102684
--- Featured on the Back Cover of Sep 16, 2021 issue of Advanced Materials
[8]Liu J+ Yan D+, Pang W, Zhang YH*. Design, Fabrication and Applications of Soft Network Materials. Materials Today, 2021, 49: 324-350
--- Featured on the inner cover of October 2021 issue of Materials Today
[9]Kim BH+, Li K+, Kim JT+, Park Y+, Jang H, Wang X, Xie Z, Won SM, Yoon HJ, Lee G, Jang WJ, Lee KH, Chung TS, Jung YH, Heo SY, Lee Y, Kim J, Cai T, Kim Y, Prasopsukh P, Yu Y, Yu X, Avila R, Luan H, Song H, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Chen L, Han SH, Kim J, Oh SJ, Lee H, Lee CH, Huang Y*, Chamorro LP*, Zhang YH*, Rogers JA*. Three-Dimensional Electronic Microfliers Inspired by Wind-Dispersed Seeds. Nature, 2021, 597: 503-510
--- Featured on the cover of Sep 23, 2021 issue of Nature
--- Highlighted by Nature (Vol 597, 2021, 480-481), “Seed-inspired vehicles take flight”.
[10]Zhang H, Wu J, Fang DN*, Zhang YH*. Hierarchical mechanical metamaterials built with scalable tristable elements for ternary logic operation and amplitude modulation. Science Advances, 2021, 7: eabf1966
[11]Wu J, Yao S, Zhang H, Man W, Bai Z, Zhang F, Wang X, Fang DN*, Zhang YH*. Liquid crystal elastomer metamaterials with giant biaxial thermal shrinkage for enhancing skin regeneration. Advanced Materials, 2021, 33: 2106175
--- Featured as Editor’s Choice
[12]Liu J, Yan D, Zhang YH*. Mechanics of unusual soft network materials with rotatable structural nodes. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2021, 146: 104210
--- 被选为北京市科协“首都前沿学术成果”（力学学科）
[13]Guo X+, Ni X+, Li J+, Zhang H, Zhang F, Yu H, Wu J, Bai Y, Lei H, Huang Y, Rogers JA*, Zhang YH*. Designing mechanical metamaterials with kirigami-inspired, hierarchical constructions for giant positive and negative thermal expansion. Advanced Materials, 2021, 33: 2004919
--- Featured on the Front Cover of Jan 21, 2021 issue of Advanced Materials
[14]Bai K, Cheng X, Xue Z, Song H, Sang L, Liu F, Zhang F, Luo X, Huang W, Huang Y, Zhang YH*. Geometrically reconfigurable 3D mesostructures and electromagnetic devices through a rational bottom-up design strategy. Science Advances, 2020, 6: eabb7417
[15]Yan D+, Chang J+, Zhang H, Liu J, Song H, Xue Z, Zhang F, Zhang YH*. Soft Three-Dimensional Network Materials with Rational Bio-mimetic Designs. Nature Communications, 2020, 11: 1180
[16]Pang W, Cheng X, Zhao H, Guo X, Ji Z, Li G, Liang Y, Xue Z, Song H, Zhang F, Xu Z, Sang L, Huang W, Li T, Zhang YH*. Electro-mechanically controlled assembly of reconfigurable 3D mesostructures and electronic devices based on dielectric elastomer platforms. National Science Review, 2020, 7: 342-354
[17]Fan Z+, Yang Y+, Zhang F, Xu Z, Zhao H, Wang T, Song H, Huang Y*, Rogers JA*, Zhang YH*. Inverse design strategies for 3D surfaces formed by mechanically guided assembly. Advanced Materials, 2020, 32: 1908424
[18]Liu Y+, Wang X+, Xu Y, Xue Z, Zhang Y, Ning X, Cheng X, Xue Y, Lu D, Zhang Q, Zhang F, Liu J, Guo X, Hwang KC, Huang Y*, Rogers JA*, Zhang YH*. Harnessing the interface mechanics of hard films and soft substrates for 3D assembly by controlled buckling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019, 116: 15368-15377
[19]Cheng X, Zhang YH*. Micro/Nanoscale 3D Assembly by Rolling, Folding, Curving and Buckling Approaches. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31: 1901895
--- Featured on the Inside Front Cover of Sep 6, 2019 issue of Advanced Materials
[20]Luo G+, Fu H+, Cheng X, Bai K, Shi L, He X, Rogers JA, Huang Y, Zhang YH*. Mechanics of bistable cross-shaped structures through loading-path controlled 3D assembly. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2019, 129: 261-277
[21]Han M+, Wang H+, Yang Y, Liang C, Bai W, Yan Z, Li H, Xue Y, Wang X, Akar B, Zhao H, Luan H, Lim J, Kandela I, Ameer GA, Zhang YH*, Huang Y*, Rogers JA*. Three-dimensional piezoelectric polymer microsystems for vibrational energy harvesting, robotic prosthetic interfaces, and biomedical implants. Nature Electronics, 2019, 2: 26-35
--- Featured on the cover of January issue of Nature Electronics
--- Highlighted by Nature Electronics (Vol 2, 2019, 15-16), “3D piezoelectric microsystems pop up”.
[22]Zhang H, Guo X, Wu J, Fang DN*, Zhang YH*. Soft Mechanical Metamaterials with Unusual Swelling Behavior and Tunable Stress-strain curves. Science Advances, 2018, 4, eaar8535
[23]Fu H+, Nan K+, Bai W, Huang W, Bai K, Lu L, Zhou C, Liu YP, Liu F, Wang J, Han M, Yan Z, Luan H, Zhang YJ, Zhang YT, Zhao J, Cheng X, Li M, Lee JW, Liu Y, Fang D, Li X, Huang YG*, Zhang YH*, Rogers JA*. Morphable 3D Mesostructures and Microelectronic Devices by Multistable Buckling Mechanics. Nature Materials, 2018, 17: 268-276
--- Featured on the cover of March 2018 issue of Nature Materials
[24]Fan Z, Hwang KC*, Rogers JA, Huang YG, Zhang YH*. A double perturbation method of postbuckling analysis in 2D curved beams for assembly of 3D ribbon-shaped structures. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2018, 111: 215-238
[25]Zhang YH*, Zhang F, Yan Z, Ma Q, Li XL, Huang YG, Rogers JA*. Printing, Folding and assembly methods for forming 3D mesostructures in advanced materials. Nature Reviews Materials, 2017, 2: 17019
--- Featured on the cover of April 2017 issue of Nature Reviews Materials
[26]Ma Q, Cheng H, Jang KI, Luan H, Hwang KC, Rogers JA, Huang YG, Zhang YH*. A nonlinear mechanics model of bio-inspired hierarchical lattice materials consisting of horseshoe microstructures. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2016, 90: 179-202
--- 被选为北京市科协“北京地区广受关注学术论文”（力学学科）
[27]Ma Q, Zhang YH*. Mechanics of fractal-inspired horseshoe microstructures for applications in stretchable electronics. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2016, 83: 111008
--- Awarded the ASME Melville Medal, the highest ASME honor for the best original paper which has been published in the ASME Transactions during the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the award
[28]Xu S+, Yan Z+, Jang KI, Huang W, Fu HR, Kim JH, Wei ZJ, Flavin M, McCracken J, Wang RH, Badea A, Liu Y, Xiao DQ, Zhou GY, Lee JW, Chung HU, Cheng HY, Ren W, Banks A, Li XL, Paik U, Nuzzo RG, Huang YG*, Zhang YH*, Rogers JA*. Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling. Science, 2015, 347: 154-159
--- Featured on the Cover of Jan 9, 2015 issue of Science
--- Highlighted by Science (Vol 347, 2015, 130-131), “Three-dimensional nanostructures pop up”.
--- Highlighted by Nature (Vol 517, 2015, 247), “Silicon buckles to form 3D shapes”.
[29]Zhang YH+, Yan Z+, Nan KW, Xiao DQ, Liu YH, Luan HW, Fu HR, Wang XZ, Yang QL, Wang JC, Ren W, Si HZ, Liu F, Yang LH, Li HJ, Wang JT, Guo XL, Luo HY, Wang L, Huang YG*, Rogers JA*. A mechanically driven form of Kirigami as a route to 3D mesostructures in micro/nanomembranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015, 112, 11757-11764
[30]Xu S+, Zhang YH+, Jia L+, Mathewson KE+, Jang KI, Kim JH, Fu HR, Huang X, Chava P, Wang RH, Bhole S, Wang LZ, Na YJ, Guan Y, Flavin M, Han ZS, Huang YG*, Rogers JA*. Soft Microfluidic Assemblies of Sensors, Circuits and Radios for the Skin. Science, 2014, 344: 70-74
--- This work was highlighted as an item and feature image in the News of the Week on the Science website.
