Selected Publications
Journal paper:
[2025]
62. Dong, Le, Mengjie Zhang, and Dong Wang. 2025. 'Modeling and design of 3D printed hyperelastic lattice metamaterials with bionic S-shaped stress–strain behaviors', Materials Horizons.
61. Fan, Xiru, Mengjie Zhang, Liguo Hu, Le Dong, Qinghua Yu, Biao Zhang, Kun Zhou, and Dong Wang. 2025. 'Modeling and spatio-temporal optimization of grayscale digital light processing 3D-printed structures with photobleaching resins', Additive Manufacturing, 99: 104659.
60. He, Jian, Yaohui Wang, Hubocheng Tang, Guoquan Zhang, Ke Dong, Dong Wang, Liang Xia, and Yi Xiong. 2025. 'Customizable bistable units for soft-rigid grippers enable handling of multi-feature objects via data-driven design', Materials Horizons.
59. Zhang, Ningbin, Peiwei Zhou, Xinyu Yang, Fengjie Shen, Jieji Ren, Tengyu Hou, Le Dong, Rong Bian, Dong Wang, Guoying Gu, and Xiangyang Zhu. 2025. 'Biomimetic rigid-soft finger design for highly dexterous and adaptive robotic hands', Science Advances, 11: eadu2018.
[2024]
58. Dong, Le, Kun Zhou, and Dong Wang. 2024. 'Programmable nonreciprocal Poynting effect enabled by lattice metamaterials', Science Advances, 10: eadl5774.
57. Li, Xinlei, and Dong Wang. 2024. 'Feedback Control of a Dielectric-Elastomer Soft Robot Using Modified Dubins Path Planning', IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.
56. Wan, Xue, Zhongmin Xiao, Yujia Tian, Mei Chen, Feng Liu, Dong Wang, Yong Liu, Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo, Chunze Yan, and Yusheng Shi. 2024. 'Recent Advances in 4D Printing of Advanced Materials and Structures for Functional Applications', Advanced Materials: 2312263.
55. Wang, Ruichen, Jinqiang Wang, Zixiao Zhu, and Dong Wang. 2024. 'Multimodal Magnetic Soft Robots Enabled by Bistable Kirigami Patterns', IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.
54. Zhang, Mengjie, Xiru Fan, Le Dong, Chengru Jiang, Oliver Weeger, Kun Zhou, and Dong Wang. 2024. 'Voxel Design of Grayscale DLP 3D‐Printed Soft Robots', Advanced Science: 2309932.
53. Zhang, Youchao, Xiaoyang Zhu, Huangyu Chen, Ruichen Wang, Siqi Qiu, Houchao Zhang, Hongke Li, Zhenghao Li, Rui Wang, Fan Zhang, Guangming Zhang, Yuan-Fang Zhang, Dong Wang, and Hongbo Lan. 2024. 'Integrated 3D printing of reconfigurable soft machines with magnetically actuated crease-assisted pixelated structures', Additive Manufacturing, 94: 104513.
[2023]
52.Wang, D., Jiang, C., & Gu, G. (2023). Modeling and Design of Lattice-Reinforced Pneumatic Soft Robots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
51.Hou, Y., Gao, M., Gao, J., Zhao, L., Teo, E. H. T., Wang, D., ... & Zhou, K. (2023). 3D printed conformal strain and humidity sensors for human motion prediction and health monitoring via machine learning. Advanced Science, 10(36), 2304132.
50. Wang, J., Wang, R., Zhu, Z., Zhou, K., & Wang, D. (2023). Untethered kirigami soft robots with programmable locomotion. Applied Physics Reviews, 10(4). Scilight "Using an ancient art form to improve robotic technology" of the article was published online at https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0022169
49. Wang, J., Wang, D., Dong, L., Zhang, M., & Gu, G. (2023). Analytical Modeling and Inverse Design of Centimeter-Scale Hard-Magnetic Soft Robots. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.
48. Wang, D., Zhao, B., Li, X., Dong, L., Zhang, M., Zou, J., & Gu, G. (2023). Dexterous electrical-driven soft robots with reconfigurable chiral-lattice foot design. Nature Communications, 14(1), 5067.
47. Fan, X., Valenzuela, C., Zhao, W., Chen, Z., Wang, D., & Mentzer, S. J. (2023). Stochastic simulations of self-organized elastogenesis in the developing lung. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(6), e1011219.
46. Dong, L., Wang, J., & Wang, D. (2023). Modeling and design of three-dimensional voxel printed lattice metamaterials. Additive Manufacturing, 103532.
45. Wen, X., Wang, D., Chen, Z., Yang, F., Jiang, C., & Liu, Y. (2023). Dynamic kirigami structures for wake flow control behind a circular cylinder. Physics of Fluids, 35(1), 011707. (共同一作)
44. Wang, D., Wang, J., Shen, Z., Jiang, C., Zou, J., Dong, L., Fang, N. X., & Gu, G. (2023). Soft actuators and robots enabled by Additive Manufacturing. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 6(1).
43. Wang, Dong, Le Dong, and Guoying Gu. "3D Printed Fractal Metamaterials with Tunable Mechanical Properties and Shape Reconfiguration." Advanced Functional Materials 33.1 (2023): 2208849.
[2022]
42. Dong, Le, and Dong Wang. "Optimal Design of Three-Dimensional Voxel Printed Multimaterial Lattice Metamaterials via Machine Learning and Evolutionary Algorithm." Physical Review Applied 18.5 (2022): 054050.
41. Zhang, W., Wang, H., Tan, A. T., Sargur Ranganath, A., Zhang, B., Wang, H., Chan, J. Y., Ruan, Q., Liu, H., Ha, S. T., Wang, D., Ravikumar, V. K., Low, H. Y., & Yang, J. K. (2022). Stiff shape memory polymers for high-resolution reconfigurable nanophotonics. Nano Letters, 22(22), 8917–8924.
40. Zhao, B., Zhang, M., Dong, L., & Wang, D. (2022). Design of grayscale digital light processing 3D printing block by machine learning and evolutionary algorithm. Composites Communications, 36, 101395.
39. Dong, Le, Dong Wang, Jinqiang Wang, Chengru Jiang, Hui Wang, Biao Zhang, Mao See Wu, and Guoying Gu. "Modeling and Design of Periodic Polygonal Lattices Constructed from Microstructures with Varying Curvatures." Physical Review Applied 17, no. 4 (2022): 044032. (共同通訊)
38. Du, F.H., Zhang, L., Tang, Y.C., Li, S.Q., Huang, Y., Dong, L., Li, Q., Liu, H., Wang, D. and Wang, Y., 2022. Low‐Temperature Synthesis of Amorphous Silicon and Its Ball‐in‐Ball Hollow Nanospheres as High‐Performance Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9(9), p.2102158. (共同通訊)
[2021]
37. Jiang, Chengru, Dong Wang, Baowen Zhao, Zhongkun Liao, and Guoying Gu. "Modeling and inverse design of bio-inspired multi-segment pneu-net soft manipulators for 3D trajectory motion." Applied Physics Reviews 8, no. 4 (2021): 041416. (共同通訊)
36. Dong, L., Jiang C.R., Wang J.Q., & Wang, D., (2021). Design of Shape Reconfigurable, Highly Stretchable Honeycomb Lattice With Tunable Poisson's Ratio. Frontiers in Materials.
35. Zhang, B., Serjouei, A., Zhang, Y. F., Wu, J., Li, H., Wang, D., ... & Ge, Q. (2021). Dual-stage thermosetting photopolymers for advanced manufacturing. Chemical Engineering Journal, 411, 128466.
[2020]
34. Wang, J., Dai, N., Jiang, C., Mu, X., Zhang, B., Ge, Q., & Wang, D. (2020). Programmable shape-shifting 3D structures via frontal photopolymerization. Materials & Design, 109381.
33. Wan, G., Cai, Y., Liu, Y., Jin, C., Wang, D., Huang, S., ... & Chen, Z. (2020). Bistability in popper-like shells programmed by geometric defects. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 101065.
32. Gu, G., Wang, D., Ge, L., & Zhu, X. (2020). Analytical Modeling and Design of Generalized Pneu-Net Soft Actuators with Three-Dimensional Deformations. Soft Robotics.
31. Wang, D., Li, L., Zhang, B., Zhang, Y. F., Wu, M. S., Gu, G., & Ge, Q. (2020). Effect of temperature on the programmable helical deformation of a reconfigurable anisotropic soft actuator. International Journal of Solids and Structures.
30.Wang, D., Xu, H., Wang, J., Zhu, X., Ge, Q., & Gu, G. (2020). Design of 3D printed programmable horseshoe lattice structures based on a phase-evolution model. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
29.Wang, D., Xiong, Y., Zhang, B., Zhang, Y. F., Rosen, D., & Ge, Q. (2020). Design Framework for Mechanically Tunable Soft Biomaterial Composite Enhanced by Modified Horseshoe Lattice Structures. Soft Matter.
28.Wang, F., Yuan, C., Wang, D., Rosen, D. W., & Ge, Q. (2020). A phase evolution based constitutive model for shape memory polymer and its application in 4D printing. Smart Materials and Structures, 29(5), 055016.
27. Ge, L., Chen, F., Wang, D., Zhang, Y., Han, D., Wang, T., & Gu, G. (2020). Design, Modeling, and Evaluation of Fabric-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Wearable Assistive Gloves. Soft Robotics.
[2019]
26. Yuan, C., Kowsari, K., Panjwani, S., Chen, Z., Wang, D., Zhang, B., ... & Ge, Q. (2019). Ultrafast Three-Dimensional Printing of Optically Smooth Microlens Arrays by Oscillation-Assisted Digital Light Processing. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11(43), 40662-40668.
25. Lee, W. L., Wang, D., Wu, J., Ge, Q., & Low, H. Y. (2019). Injection Molding of Superhydrophobic Sub-micrometer Surface Topography on Macroscopically Curved Objects: Experimental and Simulation Studies. ACS Applied Polymer Materials.
24. Wang, D., & Wu, M. S. (2019). Elastic buckling analysis of an embedded infinitely long rod under combined axial and torsional loads. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 1081286519856062.
23. Wang, L., Wang, D., Huang, S., Guo, X., Wan, G., Fan, J., & Chen, Z. (2019). Controllable Shape Changing and Tri-stability of Bilayer Composite. ACS applied materials & interfaces. (共同一作)
22. Xiong, Y., Duong, P. L. T., Wang, D., Park, S. I., Ge, Q., Raghavan, N., & Rosen, D. W. (2019). Data-Driven Design Space Exploration and Exploitation for Design for Additive Manufacturing. Journal of Mechanical Design, 1-46.
21. Zhang, Y. F., Zhang, N., Hingorani, H., Ding, N., Wang, D., Yuan, C., ... & Ge, Q. (2019). Fast‐Response, Stiffness‐Tunable Soft Actuator by Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing. Advanced Functional Materials, 1806698.
[2018]
20. Sun, L., Yu, H., Wang, D., Jiang, J., Kim, D., Kim, H., ... & Yang, H. (2018). Selective growth of monolayer semiconductors for diverse synaptic junctions. 2D Materials, 6(1), 015029.
19. Wang, D., Hu, N., Huang, S., Nasab, A. M., Yang, K., Abate, M. C., ... & Chen, Z. (2018). Buckling and post-buckling of an elastic rod embedded in a bilayer matrix. Extreme Mechanics Letters.
18. Kowsari, K., Akbari, S., Wang, D., Fang, N. X., & Ge, Q. (2018). High-Efficiency High-Resolution Multimaterial Fabrication for Digital Light Processing-Based Three-Dimensional Printing. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 5(3), 185-193.
17. Wang, D., Li, L., Serjouei, A., Dong, L., Weeger, O., Gu, G., & Ge, Q. (2018). Controllable helical deformations on printed anisotropic composite soft actuators. Applied Physics Letters, 112(18), 181905.
16. Ge, L., Dong, L., Wang, D., Ge, Q., & Gu, G. (2018). A digital light processing 3D printer for fast and high-precision fabrication of soft pneumatic actuators. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 273, 285-292.
15. Hu, N., Chen, D., Wang, D., Huang, S., Trase, I., Grover, H. M., ... & Chen, Z. (2018). Stretchable Kirigami Polyvinylidene Difluoride Thin Films for Energy Harvesting: Design, Analysis, and Performance. Physical Review Applied, 9(2), 021002.
[2017]
14. Wang, D., & Tan, D. S. (2017). An investigation of the effect of aspect and compression ratios on sediment dispersion using discrete element modelling. AIP Advances, 7(12), 125227.
13. Du, F. H., Ni, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, D., Ge, Q., Chen, S., & Yang, H. Y. (2017). Green Fabrication of Silkworm Cocoon-like Silicon-Based Composite for High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries. ACS nano, 11(9), 8628-8635.
12. Nasab, A. M., Wang, D., Chen, Z., & Shan, W. (2017). Buckling shape transition of an embedded thin elastic rod after failure of surrounding elastic medium. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 15, 51-56.
11. Yu, X., Zhang, L., Hu, N., Grover, H., Huang, S., Wang, D., & Chen, Z. (2017). Shape formation of helical ribbons induced by material anisotropy. Applied Physics Letters, 110(9), 091901.
10. Valenzuela, C. D., Wagner, W. L., Bennett, R. D., Ysasi, A. B., Belle, J. M., Molter, K., Straub, B.K., Wang, D., Chen, Z., Ackermann, M., Tsuda, A., Mentzer, S. J. (2017). Extracellular Assembly of the Elastin Cable Line Element in the Developing Lung.
[2016]
9. Wang, D., Ho-Minh, D., & Tan, D. S. (2016). Discrete element modelling of sediment falling in water. The European Physical Journal E, 39(11), 112.
[2015]
8. Wang, D. and Wu, M.S. (2015). Generalized shear of a bilayer. Mechanics of Materials 83, 122-135.
7. Wu, M.S. and Wang, D. (2015). Nonlinear effects in composite cylinders: relations and dependence on inhomogeneities. International Journal of Engineering Science 90, 27-43.
[2014]
6. Wang D. and Wu, M.S. (2014). Generalized shear of a soft rectangular block. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 70: 297-313.
5. Wang, D. and Wu, M.S. (2014). Poynting and axial force-twist effects in nonlinear elastic mono- and bi-layered cylinders: Torsion, axial and combined loadings. International Journal of Solids and Structures 51(5): 1003-1019.
[2013]
4. G. Z. Sun, D. Wang, J. H. L. Pang, J. Liu and L. X. Zheng (2013). Nonlinear stress-strain behavior of carbon nanotube fibers subject to slow sustained strain rate. Applied Physics Letters 103 (131902).
3. Wang, D. and Wu, M.S. (2013). Stress and displacement fields in soft cylindrical multilayers. International Journal of Solids and Structures 50(3-4): 511-518.
2. Wang, D. and Wu, M.S. (2013). Second-order elasticity of soft multilayer capsules: Universal relations and parametric studies. International Journal of Engineering Science 73: 17-32.
1. Wang, D. and Wu, M.S. (2013). Analytical solutions for bilayered spherical hydrogel subjected to constant dilatation. Mechanics of Materials 58: 12-22.
Book Chapters:
1. Akbari, S., Zhang, Y. F., Wang, D., & Ge, Q. (2019). 4D Printing and Its Biomedical Applications. 3D and 4D Printing in Biomedical Applications: Process Engineering and Additive Manufacturing, 343-372.
Conference papers:
5. Wang, J., & Wang, D. (2023, July). A Lightweight Jumping Robot with Untethered Actuation. In International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (pp. 71-82). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
4. Yu, Q., Zhu, Z., Fan, X., & Wang, D. (2023, July). Integrated DLP and DIW 3D Printer for Flexible Electronics. In International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (pp. 45-52). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
3. Wang, D., Li, L., Serjouei, A., Dong, L., Gu, G., Ge, Q., (2017) Fabrication and Design of Multilayer Anisotropic Composites Based Soft Actuators (ICCM21) Xi’an, China.
2. Wang D., Wu M.S. Relations between the Poynting and axial force-twist effects (ICCM 2014) Cambrdige, UK.
1. Wu, M. S. and D. Wang (2011). "Analysis of Dilatation in a Multilayered Spherical Hydrogel." 11th International Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Icm11) 10: 1627-1632.
