Prof. JIN, Lishuai

Assistant Professor

Ph.D.,  Tianjin University (Joint program with Harvard University) 2020

B.E., Tianjin University 2014

Office
YEUNG-Y7305
Phone
(+852) 3442 9414
Email
lishuai.jin@cityu.edu.hk
Research Interests

Mechanical Metamaterials

Soft Robotics

Physical Learning

Nonlinear Elasticity

Professional Experience

Oct. 2022- Jun. 2024  Postdoc Fellow, Department of Physics, AMOLF/Leiden University, The Netherlands

Sept. 2020- Aug. 2022  Postdoc Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Sept. 2017- Aug. 2020  Research Fellow, Department of Applied Mechanics, Harvard, USA

Publications

(*Corresponding author; #Co-first author)

  1. Lishuai Jin*, Shu Yang *(2023). Engineering kirigami frameworks toward real-world applications. Advanced Materials, 36.9 (2024): 2308560.
  2. Lishuai Jin, Yueying Yang, Bryan O. Torres Maldonado, Sebastian David Lee, Nadia Figueroa, Robert J. Full and Shu Yang (2023). Ultrafast, Programmable, and Electronics‐Free Soft Robots Enabled by Snapping Metacaps. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5(6), 2300039.
  3. Lishuai Jin, Michael Yeager, Young-Joo Lee, Daniel J O’Brien and Shu Yang (2022). Shape-morphing into 3D curved surfaces with nacre-like composite architectures. Science Advances, 8(41): eabq3248.
  4. Lishuai Jin, Antonio Elia Forte and Katia Bertoldi (2021). Mechanical valves for on-board flow control of inflatable robots. Advanced Science, 8(21): 2101941. 
  5. Lishuai Jin#, Antonio Elia Forte#, Bolei Deng, Ahmad Rafsanjani and Katia Bertoldi (2020). Kirigami-inspired inflatables with programmable shapes. Advanced Materials, 32(33): 2001863. [Back cover]
  6. Lishuai Jin#, Romik Khajehtourian#, Jochen Mueller#, Ahmad Rafsanjani#, Vincent Tournat, Katia Bertoldi and Dennis M Kochmann (2020). Guided transition waves in multistable mechanical metamaterials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(5): 2319-2325. [ESI Top 1% cited paper]
  7. Ahmad Rafsanjani#, Lishuai Jin#, Bolei Deng and Katia Bertoldi (2019). Propagation of pop ups in kirigami shells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(17): 8200-8205.
  8. Lishuai Jin, Yang Liu and Zongxi Cai (2019). Post-buckling analysis on growing tubular tissues: A semi-analytical approach and imperfection sensitivity. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 162: 121-134.  
  9. Lishuai Jin, Yang Liu and Zongxi Cai (2018). Asymptotic solutions on the circumferential wrinkling of growing tubular tissues. International Journal of Engineering Science, 128: 31-43.
  10. Mi Wang#, Lishuai Jin# and Yibin Fu (2022). Axisymmetric necking versus Treloar-Kearsley instability in a hyperelastic sheet under equibiaxial stretching. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 27(8): 1610-1631.  
  11. Jason Jolly Christopher, Binjie Jin, Lishuai Jin, YoungJoo Lee, Tao Xie, Stefano Gonella, Kai Sun, Xiaoming Mao and Shu Yang (2023). Soft mechanical metamaterials with transformable topology protected by stress caching. Advanced Science, 2023, 2302475.
  12. Jong-hyoung Kim, Lishuai Jin, Benjamin C. Schafer, Quan Jiao, Katia Bertoldi, David W. Keith and Joost J. Vlassak (2023). Ultralight and ultra-stiff nano-cardboard panels: mechanical analysis, characterization, and design principles. Acta Materialia: 118782.
  13. Mingzhu Liu, Lishuai Jin, Yuchen Wang, Christopher B. Murray and Shu Yang (2022). Shape morphing directed by spatially encoded, dually responsive liquid crystalline elastomer micro-actuators. Advanced Materials, 2208613.
  14. Mingzhu Liu, Jiemin Fu, Yifan Zhang, Yuchen Wang, Lishuai Jin, Yuchong Gao, Christopher B. Murray and Shu Yang (2022). Janus Microdroplets with Tunable Self-recoverable and Switchable Reflective Structural Colors. Advanced Materials, 2207985.
  15. Yuchen Wang, Rui Yin, Lishuai Jin, Mingzhu Liu, Yuchong Gao, Jordan Raney and Shu Yang (2022). 3D printed photoresponsive liquid crystal elastomer composites for free-form actuation. Advanced Functional Materials, 2210614.
  16. Antonio Elia Forte, Paul Z Hanakata, Lishuai Jin, Emilia Zari, Ahmad Zareei, Matheus C Fernandes, Laura Sumner, Jonathan Alvarez and Katia Bertoldi (2022). Inverse Design of Inflatable Soft Membranes Through Machine Learning. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(16): 2111610.  
  17. Yibin Fu, Lishuai Jin and Alain Goriely (2021). Necking, beading, and bulging in soft elastic cylinders. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 147: 104250.
  18. Meidong Han, Zongxi Cai, Chuanyong Qu and Lishuai Jin (2017). Dynamic numerical simulation of cutter head loads in TBM tunneling. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 70: 286-298.