Shu Wang

Dr. Shu Wang

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 April 2019 in Composites Part B: Engineering
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SWShu Wang
Shu Wang
HNHuiming Ning
Huiming Ning
NHNing Hu
Ning Hu
KHKaiyan Huang
Kaiyan Huang
SWShayuan Weng
Shayuan Weng
ALAlamusi
Alamusi

20 February 2024 in Materials Horizons
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SWShu Wang
Shu Wang
LLLing Lei
Ling Lei
YTYuanhao Tian
Yuanhao Tian
HNHuiming Ning
Huiming Ning
NHNing Hu
Ning Hu
Jie LiuJie Liu
Jie Liu
Soft materials are widely used in tissue engineering, soft robots, wearable electronics, etc. However, it remains a challenge to fabricate soft materials, such as hydrogels, with both high strength and toughness that are comparable to biological tissues. Inspired by the anisotropic structure of biological tissues, a novel solvent–exchange-assisted wet-stretching strategy is proposed to prepare anisotropic polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogels by tuning the macromolecular chain movement and optimizing the polymer network. The reinforcing and toughening mechanisms are found to be “macromolecule crystallization and nanofibril formation”. These hydrogels exhibit excellent mechanical properties, such as extremely high fracture stress (12.8 ± 0.7 MPa) and fracture strain (1719 ± 77%), excellent modulus (4.51 ± 0.76 MPa), high work of fracture (134.47 ± 9.29 MJ m−3), and fracture toughness (305.04 kJ m−2) compared with other strong hydrogels and even natural tendons. In addition, excellent conductivity, strain sensing capability, water retention, freezing resistance, swelling resistance, and biocompatibility can also be achieved. This work provides a new and effective method to fabricate multifunctional anisotropic hydrogels with high tunable strength and toughness with potential applications in the fields of regenerative medicine, flexible sensors, and soft robotics.

20 July 2025 in Advanced Materials
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JPJianyu Pu
Jianyu Pu
YZYuantao Zhang
Yuantao Zhang
HNHuiming Ning
Huiming Ning
YTYuanhao Tian
Yuanhao Tian
CXChenxing Xiang
Chenxing Xiang
SWShu Wang
Shu Wang

1 June 2025 in Nano Materials Science
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SWShu Wang
Shu Wang
JNJiangling Ning
Jiangling Ning
JPJianyu Pu
Jianyu Pu
CWChangjie Wei
Changjie Wei
YYYuping Yuan
Yuping Yuan
NHNing Hu
Ning Hu

12 December 2025 in Langmuir
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SWShengnan Wang
Shengnan Wang
YWYujia Wang
Yujia Wang
YYYanling Yang
Yanling Yang
JLJielong Luo
Jielong Luo
SLShuangyu Li
Shuangyu Li
ZLZhi Li
Zhi Li

30 May 2024 in Polymers
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SWShu Wang
Shu Wang
JPJianyu Pu
Jianyu Pu
SXShuquan Xu
Shuquan Xu
YTYuanhao Tian
Yuanhao Tian
QSQian Shu
Qian Shu
TZTonghua Zhang
Tonghua Zhang
The development of smart protective clothing will help detect injuries from contact sports, traffic collisions, and other accidents. The combination of ecoflex, spacer fabric, and graphene-based aerogel provides a multifunctional composite. It shows a strain sensitivity of 17.71 at the strain range of 40~55%, a pressure sensitivity of 0.125 kPa−1 at the pressure range of 0~15 kPa, and a temperature sensitivity of −0.648 °C−1. After 50 impact tests, its protection coefficient only dropped from 60% to 55%. Additionally, it shows thermal insulation properties. The compression and impact process results of finite element numerical simulation analysis are in good agreement with the experimental results. The ecoflex/aerogel/spacer fabric sensor exhibits a simple structure, large pressure strain, high sensitivity, flexibility, and ease of fabrication, making it a candidate for smart protective clothing resistant to impact loads.