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2025

[25]  Rui Guo, Runquan Liu, Hao Liu, Lei Zuo, Quan Zhang *, Kai Zhang *

Tunable Metamaterial Lens for Ultra-Broadband Hydroacoustic Focusing,

accepted for publication in Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the ASME.

[24]  Quan Zhang *, Stephan Rudykh,

Topological State Switches in Hard-Magnetic Meta-Structures,

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 196, 106001 (2025).

[23]  Quan Zhang *, Stephan Rudykh,

Magnetically Tunable Topological States in Translational-Rotational Coupling Metamaterials,

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 285, 109826 (2025).

2024

[22]  Muhammad Gulzari *, Quan Zhang, Eoin King, Lihong Tong, SK Lai,

Valley Edge States with Opposite Chirality in Temperature Dependent Acoustic Media,

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 57, 345303 (2024).

[21]  Quan Zhang *, Stephan Rudykh,

Propagation of Solitary Waves in Origami-Inspired Metamaterials,

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 187, 105626 (2024).

[20]  Wenlong Liu, Quan Zhang, Lingling Wu, Jingbo Sun, Ji Zhou *,

Design of Quasi-Zero Stiffness Metamaterials with High Reliability via Metallic Architected Materials,

Thin-Walled Structures 198, 111686 (2024).

 

[19]  Quan Zhang *, Gengkai Hu, Stephan Rudykh,

Magnetoactive Asymmetric Mechanical Metamaterial for Tunable Elastic Cloaking,

International Journal of Solids and Structures 289, 112648 (2024).

2023

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[18]  Lina Yang, Quan Zhang, Gengkai Hu, Nuo Yang *,

Deformation Insensitive Thermal Conductance of the Designed Si Metamaterial, 

Applied Physics Letters 123, 062201 (2023).

[17]  Quan Zhang *, Andrei V. Cherkasov, Chen Xie, Nitesh Arora, Stephan Rudykh,

Nonlinear Elastic Vector Solitons in Hard-Magnetic Soft Mechanical Metamaterials,

International Journal of Solids and Structures 280, 112396 (2023).

[16]  Quan Zhang *, Andrei V. Cherkasov, Nitesh Arora, Gengkai Hu, Stephan Rudykh,

Magnetic Field-Induced Asymmetric Mechanical Metamaterials,

Extreme Mechanics Letters  59, 101957 (2023).

[15]  Dongwei Wang, Quan Zhang, Gengkai Hu *,

Low Frequency Waterborne Sound Insulation Based on Sandwich Panels with Quasi-Zero-Stiffness Truss Core,

Journal of Applied Mechanics 90, 031006 (2023).

2022

[14]  Quan Zhang, Stephan Rudykh *,

Magneto-Deformation and Transverse Elastic Waves in Hard-Magnetic Soft Laminates,

Mechanics of Materials 169, 104325 (2022).

[13]  Dengke Guo, Quan Zhang, Gengkai Hu *,

Rational Design of Hyperelastic Semi-Linear Material and Its Application to Elastic Wave Control,

Mechanics of Materials 166, 104237 (2022).

2021

[12]  Quan Zhang, Dengke Guo, Gengkai Hu *,

Tailored Mechanical Metamaterials with Programmable Quasi-Zero-Stiffness Features for Full-Band Vibration Isolation,

Advanced Functional Materials 31, 2101428 (2021).

[11]  Yi Chen *, Tobias Frenzel, Quan Zhang, Muamer Kadic, Martin Wegener,

Cubic Metamaterial Crystal Supporting Broadband Isotropic Chiral Phonons,

Physical Review Materials 5, 025201 (2021).

[10]  Jingyi Zhang, Yiwen Li, Tianyu Zhao, Quan Zhang, Lei Zuo, Kai Zhang *,

Machine-Learning Based Design of Digital Materials for Elastic Wave Control,

Extreme Mechanics Letters 48, 101372 (2021).

[9]   Yi Chen †, Quan Zhang †, Yafei Zhang, Baizhann Xia, Xiaoning Liu, Xiaoming Zhou,

Changqing Chen, Gengkai Hu *,

Research Progress of Elastic Topological Materials,

Advances in Mechanics 51(2), 189-256 (2021).

2020

[8]   Li-Hua Shao *, Boxuan Zhao, Quan Zhang, Yufeng Xing, Kai Zhang *,

4D Printing Composite with Electrically Controlled Local Deformation,

Extreme Mechanics Letters 39, 100793 (2020).

[7]   Quan Zhang, Yi Chen, Kai Zhang *, Gengkai Hu *,

Dirac Degeneracy and Elastic Topological Valley Modes Induced by Local Resonant States,

Physical Review B 101, 014101 (2020).

2019

[6]   Huan Liu, Quan Zhang, Kai Zhang *, Huiling Duan *,

Designing 3D Digital Metamaterial for Elastic Waves: From Elastic Wave Polarizer to Vibration Control,

Advanced Science 6, 1900401 (2019).

[5]   Quan Zhang, Yi Chen, Kai Zhang, Gengkai Hu *,

Programmable Elastic Valley Hall Insulator with Tunable Interface Propagation Routes,

Extreme Mechanics Letters 28, 76 (2019).

2018

[4]   Quan Zhang, Kai Zhang *, Gengkai Hu,

Tunable Fluid-Solid Metamaterials for Manipulation of Elastic Wave Propagation in Broad Frequency Range,

Applied Physics Letters 112, 221906 (2018).

2016

[3]   Ziwei Wang, Quan Zhang, Kai Zhang *, Gengkai Hu,

Tunable Digital Metamaterial for Broadband Vibration Isolation at Low Frequency,

Advanced Materials 28, 9857 (2016).

[2]   Quan Zhang, Kai Zhang *, Gengkai Hu,

Smart Three-Dimensional Lightweight Structure Triggered from a Thin Composite Sheet via 3D Printing Technique,

Scientific Reports 6, 22431 (2016).

2015

[1]   Quan Zhang, Dong Yan, Kai Zhang *, Gengkai Hu,

Pattern Transformation of Heat-Shrinkable Polymer by Three-Dimensional (3D) Printing Technique,

Scientific Reports 5, 8936 (2015).

​​School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland. 
E-mail: zhangquanbit@gmail.com; quan.zhang@universityofgalway.ie
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