• Contact area measurement of micron-sized metal-coated polymer particles under compression 

      Bazilchuk, Molly Strimbeck; Sumigawa, Takashi; Kitamura, Takayuki; Zhang, Zhiliang; Kristiansen, Helge; He, Jianying (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The contact problem of a sphere under compression by a rigid plate is pertinent to understanding electrical contact formation in anisotropic conductive adhesive (ACA) applications. However, no work has experimentally ...
    • Deformation and fracture of micron-sized metal-coated polymer spheres: an in situ study 

      Bazilchuk, Molly Strimbeck; Sumigawa, Takashi; Kitamura, Takayuki; Zhang, Zhiliang; Kristiansen, Helge; He, Jianying (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In situ imaging and analysis of the mechanical behavior of micron‐sized metal‐coated polymer particles under compression is reported. A nanoindentation set‐up mounted in a scanning electron microscope is used to observe ...
    • Simultaneously toughening and stiffening elastomers with octuple hydrogen bonding 

      Zhuo, Yizhi; Xia, Zhijie; Qi, Yuan; Sumigawa, Takashi; Wu, Jianyang; Sestak, Petr; Lu, Yinan; Håkonsen, Verner; Li, Tong; Wang, Feng; Chen, Wei; Xiao, Senbo; Long, Rong; Kitamura, Takayuki; Li, Liangbin; He, Jianying; Zhang, Zhiliang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Current synthetic elastomers suffer from the well-known trade-off between toughness and stiffness. By a combination of multi-scale experiments and atomistic simulations, we demonstrate a transparent unfilled elastomer with ...