Huajian Gao
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Huajian Gao is a Chinese-American mechanician who is widely known for his contributions to the field of solid mechanics, particularly on the micro- and nanomechanics of thin films, hierarchically structured materials, and cell-nanomaterial interactions. He is a professor at Tsinghua University, a Distinguished University Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Walter H. Annenberg Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Brown University. He is the editor-in-chief of Journal of
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Huajian Gao is a Chinese-American mechanician who is widely known for his contributions to the field of solid mechanics, particularly on the micro- and nanomechanics of thin films, hierarchically structured materials, and cell-nanomaterial interactions. He is a professor at Tsinghua University, a Distinguished University Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Walter H. Annenberg Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Brown University. He is the editor-in-chief of Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.
Affiliation
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Top Publications
- Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity (1998) - 4,423 citations
- Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity— I. Theory (1999) - 2,280 citations
- Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale: Lessons from nature (2003) - 1,926 citations
- Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors (2023) - 1,391 citations
- A review on mechanics and mechanical properties of 2D materials—Graphene and beyond (2017) - 1,370 citations
At a glance
- Full name
- Huajian Gao
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-8656-846X
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5001073146
Research interests
- Microstructure and mechanical properties, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Fatigue and fracture mechanics, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Elasticity and Wave Propagation
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- Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity ↗1998 · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids4,423OpenAlex citations
- Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity— I. Theory ↗1999 · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids2,280OpenAlex citations
- Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale: Lessons from nature ↗2003 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1,926OpenAlex citations
- Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors ↗2023 · ACS Nano1,391OpenAlex citations
- A review on mechanics and mechanical properties of 2D materials—Graphene and beyond ↗2017 · Extreme Mechanics Letters1,370OpenAlex citations
Recent linked publications
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- Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity ↗1998 · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
- Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity— I. Theory ↗1999 · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
- Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale: Lessons from nature ↗2003 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors ↗2023 · ACS Nano
- A review on mechanics and mechanical properties of 2D materials—Graphene and beyond ↗2017 · Extreme Mechanics Letters
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