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Journals:
  1. Y. Zhu, Q. Qin, Y. Gu and Z.L. Wang, “Friction and Shear Strength at the Nanowire-Substrate Interfaces,” Nanoscale Research Letters, accepted, DOI: 10.1007/s11671-009-9478-4, 2009.
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  2. Y. Zhu, F. Xu, Q. Qin, W.Y. Fung and W. Lu, “Mechanical Properties of Vapor-Liquid-Solid Synthesized Silicon Nanowires,” Nano Letters, vol. 9, pp. 3934-3939, 2009.
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  3. Y. Zhu, K.M. Liechti and K. Ravi-Chandar, “Direct extraction of rate-dependent traction-separation laws for polyurea/steel interfaces,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 46, pp. 31-51, 2009.
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  4. M. Locascio, B. Peng, P. Zapol, Y. Zhu, S. Li, T. Belytschko, and H.D. Espinosa, “Tailoring the Load Carrying Capacity of MWCNTs Through Inter-shell Atomic Bridging,” Experimental Mechanics, vol. 49, pp. 169-182, 2009.
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  5. B. Peng, Y. Zhu, I. Petrov and H.D. Espinosa, “A microelectromechanical system for nano-scale testing of one dimensional nanostructures,” Sensor Letters, vol. 6, pp. 76-87, 2008.

  6. A. Corigliano, L. Domenella, H.D. Espinosa and Y. Zhu, “Electro-thermal actuator for on-chip nanoscale tensile tests: Analytical modelling and multi-physics simulations,” Sensor Letters, vol. 5, pp. 592-607, 2008.

  7. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu and N. Moldovan, “Design and operation of a MEMS-based nanoscale material testing system,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, pp. 1219-1231, 2007.
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  8. Y. Zhu, C.H. Ke and H.D. Espinosa, “Experimental techniques for mechanical characterization of one-dimensional nanostructures,” Experimental Mechanics, vol. 47, pp. 7-24, 2007.
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  9. Y. Zhu, A. Corgliano and H.D. Espinosa, “Thermal actuator for nanoscale tensile tests: design and characterization,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 16, pp. 242-253, 2006.
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  10. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “An electro-mechanical material testing system for in-situ electron microscopy and applications,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, vol. 102, pp. 14503-14508, 2005.
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    [Science  Daily] [Nanotechweb] [ComPaMED, Germany]
  11. Y. Zhu, N. Moldovan and H.D. Espinosa, “A microelectromechanical load sensor used for in-situ electron and x-ray microscopy tensile testing of nanostructures,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, pp. 013506, 2005.
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  12. Z.P. Bazant, Z. Guo, H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu and B. Peng, “Epitaxially influenced boundary layer model for size effect in thin metallic films,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 97, pp. 073506, 2005.
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  13. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “Effect of temperature on capacitive RF MEMS switch performance – a coupled-field analysis,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 14, pp. 1270-1279, 2004.
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  14. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “Reliability of capacitive RF MEMS switches at high and low temperatures,” International Journal of RF and Microwave computer-aided engineering, vol. 14, pp. 317-328, 2004.
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  15. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, M. Fischer and J.W. Hutchinson, “An experimental/computational approach to identify moduli and residual stress in MEMS radio-frequency switches,” Experimental Mechanics, vol. 43, pp. 309-316, 2003.
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Book-Chapters:
  1. B. Peng, Y.G. Sun, Y. Zhu, H.-H. Wang, and H.D. Espinosa, “Nanoscale Testing of One-Dimensional Nanostructures,” in Micro and Nano Mechanical Testing of Materials and Devices, edited by F. Yang and J.C.M. Li, Springer, 2008.
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  2. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, B. Peng and O. Loh “Nanoscale testing of nanowires and carbon nanotubes using a microelectromechanical system,” in Advances in Multiphysics Simulation of MEMS and NEMS, edited by N. Aluru, C. Cercignani, A. Frangi and S. Mukherjee, Imperial College Press, 2007.
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  3. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, and N. Moldovan, “MEMS-based material testing systems,” in Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, edited by Patrick Veyssière, Elsevier, pp. 1-10, 2006.
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  4. B.C. Prorok, Y. Zhu, H.D. Espinosa, Z.Y. Guo, Z.P. Bazant, Y.F. Zhao, and B.I. Yakobson, “Micro- and nano- mechanics,” in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, edited by H.S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, vol. 5, pp. 555-600, 2004.
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Conference Papers and Presentations:
  1. Q. Qin, F. Xu and Y. Zhu, “Adhesion and Friction at the Nanowire-Substrate Interfaces,” in SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Indianapolis, IN, Jun. 2010.
  2. C.H. Guan and Y. Zhu, “A new electrothermal microactuator with Z-shaped beams,” in SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Indianapolis, IN, Jun. 2010.
  3. Y. Zhu, “Elasticity and fracture of semiconductor nanowires,” in The 3rd International Conference on One-dimensional Nanomaterials 2009, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 2009.
  4. F. Xu, Q. Qin, Y. Zhu and W. Lu, “Size effects in the mechanical properties of Si nanowires,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, FL, Nov. 2009.
  5. F. Xu and Y. Zhu, “Mechanics of semiconductor nanowires,” in SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, Jun. 2009.
  6. Y. Zhu and C.H. Guan, “MEMS Instrumentation for Characterizing Individual and Interfacial Properties of 1-D Nanostructures,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, MA, Nov. 2008.
  7. Y. Zhu, K.M. Liechti, and K. Ravi-Chandar, “Characterization of materials and interfaces under blast loading,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2007.
  8. Y. Zhu, K.M. Liechti, and K. Ravi-Chandar, “On the propagation of one-dimensional finite deformation wave in polyureas,” in ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, Austin, TX, Jun. 2007.
  9. Y. Zhu, H. Zhang, V. Chakrapati, K.M. Liechti, and K. Ravi-Chandar, “Adhesion of polyureas to steel,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2006.
  10. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “A nanoscale material testing system and in-situ SEM/TEM testing of nanostructures,” in Gordon conference on Thin Film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior, Waterville, ME, Jul. 2006. (Poster)
  11. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “In-situ SEM and TEM mechanical testing of Pd nanowires and carbon nanotubes,” in Materials Research Society 2005 Fall meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 2005.
  12. H.D. Espinosa and Y. Zhu, “Mechanical characterization of thin films and one-dimensional nanostructures,” in Int. Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, India, Nov. 2005.
  13. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “A universal nanoscale material testing system,” in SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Portland, OR, Jun. 2005.
  14. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “A novel in-situ mechanical testing device and its application to the testing of nanowires,” in Materials Research Society 2004 Fall meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 2004.
  15. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “Design of radio-frequency (RF) MEMS switches – modeling,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Washington, D. C., Nov. 2003.
  16. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, and N. Moldovan, “A MEMS device for in-situ scanning probe and electron microscopy testing of nanomaterials,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Washington, D. C., Nov. 2003.
  17. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “Investigation of RF MEMS switch reliability,” in ASME Mechanics and Materials Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, Jun. 2003.
  18. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa. "Electromechanical Modeling and Simulation of RF MEMS Switch," in SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Charlotte, NC, Jun. 2003.
  19. Y. Zhu, F. Barthelat, P.E. Labossiere, N. Moldovan, and H.D. Espinosa, "Nanoscale displacement and strain measurement," in SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Charlotte, NC, Jun. 2003.
  20. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, B. Peng. "A MEMS Device for In Situ TEM/AFM/SEM/STM Testing of Nano Structures," in SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jun. 2002.
  21. H.D. Espinosa, B.C. Prorok, Y. Zhu and M. Fischer, "An investigation of plasticity in MEMS materials," in Proceedings of InterPACK'01, Kauai, HI, Jul. 2001.
  22. H.D. Espinosa, M. Fischer, Y. Zhu, and S. Lee, "3-D Computational Modeling of RF MEMS Switches," in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, vol. 4, pp. 402-405, Hilton Head Island, SC, Mar. 2001.