ZHENG, Yong

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ZHENG, Yong
Postdoctoral Fellow
(Affiliated until Feb. 29, 2024)
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zhengyong atmark icredd.hokudai.ac.jp

GONG, Jian Ping Group
Principal Investigator
Faculty Members
Postdoctoral Fellows
Research Collaborators
Staff
  • HANE, Yukiko

About the Research

Research Theme

Exploring the mechanisms of chemical reactions in soft materials

Keyword

Polymer gels, Functional materials, Fracture mechanisms

Research Outline

Before joining ICReDD, I focused on the fracture mechanisms of soft and tough double network (DN) materials mainly from the perspective of polymer physics and fracture mechanics. Now one of my research interests is to understand the mechanisms of special chemical reactions in gel materials combining computational and experimental results.

Representative Research Achievements

Nanophase Separation in Immiscible Double Network Elastomers Induces Synergetic Strengthening,
Toughening, and Fatigue Resistance       
Y. Zheng, R. Kiyama, T. Matsuda, K. P. Cui, X. Y. Li, W. Cui, Y. Z. Guo, T. Nakajima, T. Kurokawa,
J. P. Gong, Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 3321-3334
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00512

Tiny yet tough: Maximizing the toughness of fiber-reinforced soft composites in the absence of a
fiber-fracture mechanism
W. Cui, Y. Huang, L. Chen, Y. Zheng, Y. Saruwatari, C. Y. Hui, T. Kurokawa, D. R. King, J. P. Gong,
Matter, 2021, published online
DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.08.013

Facile preparation of cellulose hydrogel with Achilles tendon-like super strength through aligning
hierarchical fibrous structure
Y. Z. Guo, T. Nakajima, Md. T. l. Mredha and H. L. Guo, K. P. Cui, Y. Zheng, W. Cui, T. Kurokawa,
J. P. Gong, Chem. Eng. J., 2022, 428, 132040
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.132040

Related Research

Publications

2024

  • Tensile Behaviors of Double Network Hydrogels with Varied First Network Topological and Chemical Structures
    F. Lu, T. Nakajima, Y. Zheng, H. Fan, J. Gong, Macromolecules, 2024, ,
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02087
  • Unique Stick-Slip Crack Dynamics of Double-Network Hydrogels under Pure-Shear Loading
    Y. Zheng, Y. Wang, F. Tian, T. Nakajima, C. Hui, J. Gong, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024, 121 (30), e2322437121
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2322437121
  • Rate-Dependent Fracture Behaviors of Agar-Based Hybrid Double-Network Hydrogels
    H. Y. Yin, M. You, H. Yu, X. L. Si, Y. Zheng, W. Cui, L. Zhu, Q. Chen, Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 4024-4033
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02605
  • Effect of Predamage on the Fracture Energy of Double-Network Hydrogels
    Y. Zheng, Y. R. Wang, T. Nakajima, J. P. Gong, ACS Macro Lett., 2024, ,
    DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00702

2023

  • Role of Hierarchy Structure on the Mechanical Adaptation of Self-Healing Hydrogels under Cyclic Stretching
    X. Y. Li, K. P. Cui, Y. Zheng, Y. N. Ye, C. T. Yu, W. Q. Yang, T. Nakajima, J. P. Gong, Science Advances, 2023, 9, 51,
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj6856
  • Fractographic Mirror Law for Brittle Fracture of Nonlinear Elastic Soft Materials
    R. Kiyama, Y. Zheng, T. Nonoyama, J. P. Gong, Soft Matter, 2023, ,
    DOI: 10.1039/D3SM00879G
  • Swelling Effect on the Yielding, Elasticity, and Fracture of Double-Network Hydrogels with an Inhomogeneous First Network
    Y. Zheng, T. Nakajima, W. Cui, C. Y. Hui, J. P. Gong, Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 11, 3962-3972
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00354
  • In Situ and Real-Time Visualization of Mechanochemical Damage in Double-Network Hydrogels by Prefluorescent Probe via Oxygen- Relayed Radical Trapping
    Y. Zheng, J. L. Jiang, M. Jin, D. Miura, F. X. Lu, K. Kubota, T. Nakajima, S. Maeda, H. Ito, J. P. Gong, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 7376-7389
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13764
  • Metal-Coordinated Dynamics and Viscoelastic Properties of Double-Network Hydrogels
    S. L. Zhu, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, L. Chen, F. B. Zhu, Y. A. Ye, Y. Zheng, W. W. Yu, Q. Zheng, Gels, 2023, 9(2), 145
    DOI: 10.3390/gels9020145
  • Enhanced Rupture Force in a Cut-Dispersed Double-Network Hydrogel
    S. L. Zhu, D. D. Yan, L. Chen, Y. Wang, F. B. Zhu, Y. A. Ye, Y. Zheng, W. W. Yu, Q. Zheng, Gels, 2023, 9(2), 158
    DOI: 10.3390/gels9020158

2022

  • Rate-Independent Self-Healing Double Network Hydrogels Using a Thixotropic Sacrificial Network
    T. Yasui, Y. Zheng, T. Nakajima, E. Kamio, H. Matsuyama, J. P. Gong, Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 21, 9547–9557
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01425
  • Strong Tough Conductive Hydrogels via the Synergy of Ion-Induced Cross-Linking and Salting-Out
    W. Cui, Y. Zheng, R. J. Zhu, Q. F. Mu, X. Y. Wang, Z. S. Wang, S. Q. Liu, M. Li, R. Ran, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, ,
    DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202204823