Wang group’s research has been highlighted by more than 200 news reports, including news in prestigious media such as Nature, Science, Washington Post, Discovery, NBC News, NASA Briefs, Materials Today, Physics Today, and NSF News.
50. An Xin^#, Yipin Su^#, Shengwei Feng, Minliang Yan^, Kunhao Yu^, Zhangzhengrong Feng^, Kyung Hoon Lee^, Lizhi Sun, Qiming Wang*, Growing living composites with ordered microstructures and exceptional mechanical properties, Advanced Materials, 2006946, 2021.
- Nature: Microbial makers help humans to build tough stuff
- USC Viterbi news: Can Bacteria Make Stronger Armor, Cars and Airplanes?
- Wired: The Mantis Shrimp Inspires a New Material—Made by Bacteria
- Chemistry Views: Growing Living Composites
- EurekAlert!: Can Bacteria Make Stronger Armor, Cars and Airplanes?
- Phy.org: Can Bacteria Make Stronger Armor, Cars and Airplanes?
- Nano Werk: Can bacteria make stronger cars, airplanes and armor?
- Science Daily: Can bacteria make stronger cars, airplanes and armor?
- Science Times: Bacteria Regeneration May Be Key to Building Stronger Cars, Airplanes, and Armors
- Nano Werk: Using living bacteria to design self-growing engineering materials
- Samachar central: Can bacteria make stronger cars, airplanes and armor?
- Bioengineer: Can bacteria make stronger cars, airplanes and armor?
- MIRAGE: Can bacteria make better crack-resistant materials?
49. Kunhao Yu^#, Zhangzhengrong Feng^#, Haixu Du^, An Xin^, Kyung Hoon Lee^, Ketian Li^, Yipin Su^, Qiming Wang*, Nicholas X Fang*, Chiara Daraio*, Photosynthesis Assisted Remodeling of Three-Dimensional Printed Structures, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, 3, 2021. [news]
- USC Viterbi news: Even machines need their greens
- NSF news: Even machines need their greens
- Phy.org: Even machines need their greens
- EurekAlert: Even machines need their greens
- SCIENMAG: Even machines need their greens
- News Atlas: Photosynthetic printing material gets stronger with exposure to light
- News break: Even machines need their greens
- Digital creed: Scientists Learn from Trees and Photosynthesis to Make Strong Living Material
- Science Daily: Chloroplast-fortified 3D-printer ink may strengthen products
- Southern Peninsula Online: Even machines need their greens
- Labroots: Photosynthetic bio-ink becomes six times its original strength
- Psych news daily: 3D printing now makes materials stronger by feeding them spinach
- 3D printing Progress: 3D Printer Ink Infused with Living Material
- Horti Daily: 3D Printer Ink Infused with Living Material
- Q news hub: Chloroplast-fortified 3D-printer ink may strengthen products
45. Kunhao Yu^, Haixu Du^, An Xin^, Kyung Hoon Lee^, Zhangzhengrong Feng^, Sami F. Masri, Yong Chen, Guoliang Huang, Qiming Wang*, Healable, Memorizable, and Transformable Lattice Structures Made of Stiff Polymers, NPG Asia Materials, 12, 26, 2020.
- USC Viterbi news: What If Airplanes Could Repair Their Own Damage?
- Phys.org: What if airplanes could repair their own damage?
44. Kyung Hoon Lee^, Kunhao Yu^, Hasan Al Ba’ba’a^, An Xin^, Zhangzhengrong Feng^, Qiming Wang*, Sharkskin-Inspired Magnetoactive Reconfigurable Acoustic Metamaterials, Research, 4825185, 2020. [news]
- USC Viterbi news: A Future Sound “Computer”?
- Phys.org: Researchers create a new acoustic smart material inspired by shark skin
- Eurek alert: Researchers create a new acoustic smart material inspired by shark skin
- Science Daily: New acoustic smart material inspired by shark skin
- SciTech Daily: Future Sound “Computer” Using New Acoustic Smart Material Inspired by Shark Skin
- Ars Technica: Scientists draw inspiration from shark skin for novel new smart material
- Free News: Scientists have created smart material inspired by the skin of sharks
- Lab Manager: Researchers Create a New Smart Material Inspired by Shark Skin
- Technology Times: Researchers create a new acoustic smart material inspired by shark skin
- Market Research News: Future Sound “Computer” Using New Acoustic Smart Material Inspired by Shark Skin
- Knowridge Science Report: Scientists create new acoustic smart material inspired by shark skin
- Trueviralnews: Scientists draw inspiration from shark skin for novel new smart material
41. Kunhao Yu^, An Xin^, Haixu Du^, Ying Li, Qiming Wang*, Additive Manufacturing of Self-Healing Elastomers, NPG Asia Materials, 11, 7, 2019. [news]
- Selected as Front Featured Article of NPG Asia Materials.
- USC Viterbi news: Broke your shoe? What if it could repair itself? by Ashleen Knutsen
- USC Annenberg Media: Viterbi professor and students develop materials for self-repairing shoes, by Diamond Jones and Kaidi Yuan
- USC ATVN Newscast: news on Feb 6, 2019 (Video news)
- USC Daily Trojan: Scientists develop self-repairing materials, by Michael Tseng
- Washington Post: A sneaker that fixes itself? It could be coming soon, by Lela nargi
- NASA Tech Briefs: 3D-printed Rubber Repairs Itself, by Billy Hurley.
- Materials Today: Breakthrough in 3D-printed self-healing soft materials, by Laurie Donaldson
- Physics World: Broken shoes and tyres could be history thanks to new materials that repair themselves, by Alex Petkov
- Market Business News: 3D printed self-repairing rubber developed by scientists, by David Jones
- Design News: USC Researchers Develop 3D Printed Self-Healing Silicone Rubber, by Tracey Schelmetic
- Science Daily: 3D printed tires and shoes that self-repair, by Ashleen Knutsen
- EurekAlert: 3D printed tires and shoes that self-repair, by Ashleen Knutsen
- Phys.org: 3-D printed tires and shoes that self-repair, by Ashleen Knutsen
- New Altlas: 3D-printed objects repair themselves after being cut in half, by Paul Ridden
- TMR Research Blog: A New 3D Printed Self-Healing Rubber Material, by Rohit Bhisey
- Slash Gear: New 3D printed rubber material can repair itself with no outside help, by Shane Mcglaun
- Siliconrepublic: Incredible self-healing 3D-printed rubber could revolutionise manufacturing, by Colm Gorey
- Engadget: Self-repairing shoes may be a reality thanks to 3D-printed rubber, by Jon Fings
- Thomas Net: New 3D Printed Material Could Self-Repair Shoes, Tires, by Anna Wells
- 3D Printing Industry: Broken shoes? USC’s self-healing 3D printer material Can help it repair itself, by Anas Essop
- Engineering: 3D Print Self-Healing Rubber Into Objects that Fix Themselves, by Mahan Brown
- Interesting Engineering: 3D Printed Self-Repairing Shoes and Tires Coming Soon, by Loukia Papadopoulos
- Verdict: Self-healing rubber could be game-changing for soft robotics, by Lucy Ingham
- Newelectronics: New kind of healing material, by Bethan Grylls
- E&T Magzine: Self-repairing 3D-printed rubber material developed, by Siobhan Doyle
- The Times of India: 3D-printed rubber for self-healing tires, shoes, by PTI
- 3D Printing: 3D Printed Rubber Automatically Repairs Itself, by Rawal Ahmed
- Engineering 360: Researchers create self-healing 3D-printed material, by Marie Donlon
- 3D Natives: Broken Shoe? This new 3D printing material repairs itself, by Carlota V.
- World Industrial Reporter: 3D Printed Ruber Material Self-Heals and Repairs Itself, by Aruna Urs
- Others recreated based on the above: Uconn Today, The Free Press Journal, European Rubber Journal, Rubber World, True Median, R&D Magzine, 3ders, Nanowerk, Innovation Toronto, Devdiscourse, Dailyheralds, ScienMag, TodayChan, World News Buz, News Wise, News Beezer, Remonews, Vaaju, Tech2, Parallel State, DailyExcelsior, The Engineer, The Financial Express, Design Products&applications, ChemEurope, and Express Computer.
- Reports in Chinese: Cankaoxiaoxi, cnBeta, 3Ddayin, Huanqiu, and Eastday.
38. KunhaoYu^, Nicholas Fang, Guoliang Huang, Qiming Wang*, Magnetoactive Acoustic Metamaterials, Advanced Materials, 1706348, 2018. [news]
- Viterbi news: 3-D printed active metamaterials for sound and vibration control.
- Highlighted in NSF news: [link]
- EurekAlert: 3-D printed active metamaterials for sound and vibration control
- All3dp news: Researchers Develop 3D Printed Metamaterials That Can Control Vibration and Sound
- ScienceDaily: 3-D printed active metamaterials for sound and vibration control
- R&D Magazine: New Metamaterial block out sound
- Designboom: 3D printed acoustic metamaterials can be switched on and off to block out sound
- 3Ders: 3D printed metamaterials can be switched on and off remotely for sound and vibration control
- 3D Natives: 3D printed metamaterials to control sounds and vibrations
- Design News: Researchers Can Tune Acoustic Metamaterials on Demand
32. Qiming Wang*, Julie A. Jackson, QiGe, Jonathan B. Hopkins, Christopher M. Spadaccini, Nicholas X. Fang, Lightweight Mechanical Metamaterials with Tunable Negative Thermal Expansion, Physical Review Letters, 117, 175901, 2016. [news]
- Selected as PRL Editor’s Suggestion.
- Highlighted in APS Physics Focus: 3D Structure Shrinks When Heated.
- Highlighted in Science:New, star-shaped structures could mean longer lasting dental fillings and circuit boards.
- USC Viterbi news: Beating the Heat.
- USC news: Can you make a material that doesnot react to heat? USC research team thinks so, and is proving it.
- MIT news: 3D-printed structures shrink when heated.
- LLNL news: 3D printed metamaterial shrinks when heated.
- Chinese Xinhua News: Spotlight: When materials have zero thermal expansion — gateway to a safer future.
- Phys.org: 3-D printed metamaterial shrinks when heated
- Tech Times: This 3D-Printed Material Shrinks When Heated
31. YanhuiJiang^, Qiming Wang*, Highly-stretchable 3D-architected Mechanical Metamaterials, Scientific Reports, 6, 34147, 2016. [news]
- Viterbi news: New material could revolutionize flexible electronics.
- USC news: A world with bendable cellphones may not be that far off.
- Materials science: Flexible electronic structures built using 3D printers.
27. Qiming Wang, XuanheZhao, A Three-Dimensional Phase Diagram of Growth-Induced Surface Instabilities, Scientific Reports, 5, 8887 (2015).
- MIT news: The secret of wrinkling, folding, and creasing.
- AZO materials: MIT Researchers Develop Unified Model of how Multilayer Materials Form Patterned Surfaces.
- Smithsonian: The Rules of Wrinkling, From Brain Folds to Pumpkin Ridges.
25. Qiming Wang, Gregory R. Gossweiler, Stephen L. Craig, XuanheZhao, Cephalopod-inspired Design of Electro-mechano-chemically Responsive Elastomers for On-demand Fluorescent Patterning, Nature Communications, 5, 4899 (2014).
- Selected to win Arthur K. Doolittle Award, 2014 246th ACS National Meeting.
- Selected to win MRS graduate student award, 2014 MRS fall meeting
- Feature on Nature: Squid skin inspires colourful display.
- MIT news: How to hide like an octopus. [MIT today’s spotlight]
- Washington Post: Camouflage that changes color and texture instantly, thanks to squid skin.
- The Slate: The Octopus Race.
- Gizmodo: This Synthetic Material Changes Colour And Texture Like Octopus Skin.
- IFLScience: Two New Materials Mimic Octopus-Like Camouflage.
24. Vrad Levering#, Qiming Wang#, Phanindhar Shivapooja, Xuanhe Zhao, and Gabriel P. Lopez, Soft Robotic Concepts in Catheter Design: an On-demand Fouling-release Urinary Catheter, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 3. 1588-1596 (2014). (# equal contribution)
- Duke Pratt news: Catheter Innovation Destroys Dangerous Biofilms.
- MedGadget: Urinary Catheter Can Flush Itself to Prevent Biofilm Infections.
- Plastics today: Duke engineers shake up catheter biofilm research.
- The scientist: Next Generation: Biofilm-Busting Catheter.
17. PhanindharShivapooja#, Qiming Wang#, Beatriz Orihuela, Daniel Rittschof, Gabriel P. Lopez, Xuanhe Zhao, Bioinspired Surfaces with Dynamic Topography for Active Control of Biofouling, Advanced Materials, 25, 1430 (2013). (# equal contribution)
- Selected as shortlist for Ship Technology Global Innovation in Energy Efficiency Awards 2013.
- Discovery: Twitchy Coating Shakes Off Ship Scum, Barnacles.
- NBC news: Material will allow ships to shake off scum.
- Duke Pratt news: Novel Materials Shake Ship Scum.
- Duke Magazine: Cleaning up the scum.
- MRS Materials 360: Marine Anti-Fouling Method Shakes Off the Barnacles.
- Tribology & Lubrication Technology: New approach to dealing with biofilms and biofouling.
- Raleigh News & Observer: Duke researchers create polymer coating to keep bacteria, barnacles at bay.
- Polymer Solution: Polymer Rids Surfaces of Biofilm.
- MaterialsViews: Novel Materials Knock Bacteria Away.
- Science Recorder: Material wrinkles to allow ships to shake off scum, say researchers.
15. JianfengZang, Seunghwa Ryu, Nicola Pugno, Qiming Wang, Qing Tu, Markus J. Buehler Xuanhe Zhao, Multifunctionality and Control of the Crumpling and Unfolding of Large-Area Graphene, Nature Materials, 12, 321 (2013).
- Discovery: Top 10 Uses for the World’s Strongest Material.
- Duke Pratt news: Controlled Crumpling Key to Artificial Muscle.
- ScienceWorld Report: Switched Crumpling of Graphene Could Lead to Nano-Muscles.
- AzoNano: Graphene in Artificial Muscles.
- MRS Materials 360: Reversible Crumpling of Graphene Mimics Muscle Contraction.
13. Qiming Wang, ZhigangSuo, Xuanhe Zhao, Bursting Drops in Solid Dielectrics Caused by High Voltages, Nature Communications, 3, 1157 (2012).
- Selected as Featured Image of Nature Communications.
- Duke Pratt news: Droplet Response to Electric Voltage In Solids Exposed.
- Physics Today: Watching Droplets Deform in Solid.
- MRS Materials 360: Deformation of Water Drop in Solid Captured on Film.
12. Qiming Wang, MukarramTahir, Jianfeng Zang, and Xuanhe Zhao, Dynamic Electrostatic Lithography: Multiscale On-demand Patterning on Large-Area Curved Surfaces, Advanced Materials, 24, 1947-1951 (2012).
- Highlighted in Advanced Materials Frontispiece.
- Duke Pratt news: Process Makes Polymers Truly Plastic.
- BBC Focus: Spy gloves could leave false prints.
- MRS Materials 360: On-Off Patterning of Soft Polymers.
- Polymer Solutions: Altering the Texture of Polymers on Demand.
- The Chronicle: Researchers create method to alter polymers in plastics.
- MIT Technology Review Chinese: On-demand alter plastic texture.
9. Qiming Wang, Lin Zhang, XuanheZhao, Creasing to Cratering instability in polymers under ultrahigh electric fields, Physical Review Letters, 106, 118301 (2011).
- Duke Pratt news: Creasing To Cratering: Voltage Breaks Down Plastic.
- Polymer Solutions: Plastic Deformation Caught In Action.
- Cambridge University Science Magazine: Polymer Failure.
