Publications
Upcoming
- Wenpeng Xu, Ning Zhang, Hao Xu*, Liuchao Jin*, Xiaoya Zhai, Jingchao Jiang. (2024). Stress-Guided Shell Design and Optimization for 3D-Printed Sacrificial Molds. Materials & Design.
- Kang Zhang, Jingchao Jiang, Liuchao Jin, Qiang Gao, Xiaoya Zhai, Sicong Zhou, Jifan Li, Wei-Hsin Liao*. (2024). Stiffness variable polyurethane/low-melting-point alloy auxetic composite foam with enhanced specific energy dissipation, thermal conductivity and shape memory effect. Smart Materials and Structures.
- Wenbo Xue, Bingcong Jian*, Liuchao Jin, Rong Wang, Qi Ge*. (2025). Origami Robots: Design, Actuation, and 3D Printing Methods. Advanced Materials Technologies.
- Wenbo Xue†, Liuchao Jin†, Qi Ge*. (2025). Crayfish-inspired soft-rigid-coupled pneumatic actuator modules for soft robots with high load capacity, fast actuation, and precise control. Nature Communications.
- Ojo Philip Bodunde, Shiming Gao, Shuo Qu, Liuchao Jin, Xu Song, Wei-Hsin Liao*. (2024). Compositional optimisation for hybridizing NiTi shape memory alloy to improve fretting wear and fatigue resistance. International Journal of Fatigue.
2025
 | Machine learning powered inverse design of strain fields of hierarchical architectures. Liuchao Jin, Jianxiang Cheng, Shouyi Yu, Zhigang Liu, Kang Zhang, Sicong Zhou, Xiangnan He, Guoquan Xie, Mahdi Bodaghi, Qi Ge*, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Composites Part B: Engineering, 2025. |
 | Finite element analysis, machine learning, and digital twins for soft robots: state-of-arts and perspectives. Liuchao Jin, Xiaoya Zhai, Wenbo Xue, Kang Zhang, Jingchao Jiang, Mahdi Bodaghi, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Smart Materials and Structures, 2025. |
 | Origami-based flexible robotic grippers via hard-soft coupled multi-material 3D printing. Wenbo Xue, Liuchao Jin, Bingcong Jian*, Qi Ge*. Soft Robotics, 2025. |
 | INPR-Connector: Interlocking Negative Poisson's Ratio Connectors Design for Deployable Energy Absorption Structures. Wenpeng Xu, Mengyu Zhang, Hao Xu, Menglin Yu, Liuchao Jin*, Xiaoya Zhai*, Jingchao Jiang. Composites Part B: Engineering, 2025. |
 | Efficient data driven optimization framework for designing B-spline honeycombs with excellent energy absorption. Sicong Zhou, Kang Zhang, Liuchao Jin, Qiang Gao, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Thin-Walled Structures, 2025. |
 | Advances in Intelligent Design of Metamaterials. Tielin Dai, Liuchao Jin, Chen Shang, Xiaoya Zhai*, Xiao-Ming Fu, Ligang Liu. Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics, 2025. |
2024
 | Machine learning driven forward prediction and inverse design for 4D printed hierarchical architecture with arbitrary shapes. (Cover Paper) Liuchao Jin, Shouyi Yu, Jianxiang Cheng, Haitao Ye, Xiaoya Zhai, Jingchao Jiang, Kang Zhang, Bingcong Jian, Mahdi Bodaghi, Qi Ge*, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Applied Materials Today, 2024. |
 | Big data, machine learning, and digital twin assisted additive manufacturing: A review. (Cover Paper, Top Cited, Top Downloaded) Liuchao Jin, Xiaoya Zhai, Kang Wang, Kang Zhang, Dazhong Wu, Aamer Nazir, Jingchao Jiang*, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Materials & Design, 2024. |
 | Optimizing stimuli-based 4D printed structures: a paradigm shift in programmable material response. Liuchao Jin, Xiaoya Zhai, Jingchao Jiang, Kang Zhang, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, 2024. |
 | Unlocking the potential of low-melting-point alloys integrated extrusion additive manufacturing: insights into mechanical behavior, energy absorption, and electrical conductivity. Liuchao Jin, Xiaoya Zhai, Kang Zhang, Jingchao Jiang*. Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 2024. |
 | 3D printing soft robots integrated with low-melting-point alloys. Liuchao Jin, Xiaoya Zhai, Kang Zhang, Jingchao Jiang*, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing, 2024. |
 | Spider web-inspired additive manufacturing: Unleashing the potential of lightweight support structures. Liuchao Jin, Xiaoya Zhai, Kang Zhang, Jingchao Jiang*, Wei-Hsin Liao*. MATEC Web of Conferences, 2024. |
 | Achieving rapid actuation in liquid crystal elastomers. Changyue Liu, Liuchao Jin, Wei-Hsin Liao, Zhijian Wang*, Qiguang He*. National Science Open, 2024. |
 | High energy dissipation and self-healing auxetic foam by integrating shear thickening gel. Kang Zhang, Qiang Gao, Jingchao Jiang, Meishan Chan, Xiaoya Zhai, Liuchao Jin, Jiangfan Zhang, Jifan Li*, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Composites Science and Technology, 2024. |
2023
 | Low-melting-point alloys integrated extrusion additive manufacturing. Jingchao Jiang, Xiaoya Zhai, Kang Zhang, Liuchao Jin, Qitao Lu, Zhichao Shen, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Additive Manufacturing, 2023. |
 | On technical issues for underwater charging of robotic fish schools using ocean renewable energy. Liuchao Jin, Weicheng Cui*. Ships and Offshore Structures, 2023. |
 | Isogeometric topology optimization of auxetic materials based on moving morphable components method. Xiaoya Zhai, Yundong Gai*, Liuchao Jin, Wei-Hsin Liao*, Falai Chen, Ping Hu. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2023. |
 | Design for reversed additive manufacturing low-melting-point alloys. Jingchao Jiang, Xiaoya Zhai, Liuchao Jin, Kang Zhang, Jun Chen, Qitao Lu, Wei-Hsin Liao*. Journal of Engineering Design, 2023. |
 | A novel strategy to fabricate low-melting-point alloy and its composite parts using extrusion additive manufacturing. Jingchao Jiang, Liuchao Jin, Xiaoya Zhai, Kang Zhang, Jun Chen, Wei-Hsin Liao*. The 50th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, 2023. |
2022
 | The unified tracking controller for a tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle based on the dual quaternion. Liuchao Jin, Yuchen Lou, Lu-An Chen, Qi Lu*. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS), 2022. |
 | A survey of additive manufacturing reviews. Xiaoya Zhai, Liuchao Jin, Jingchao Jiang*. Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing, 2022. |