Publications

19 peer-reviewed journal articles: 7 as first author and 12 as a co-author, covering finite-strain growth mechanics, multiphysics modelling, computational morphoelasticity and the shape programming of soft structures. The complete record is available through Google Scholar.

Contribution and qualitative significance: My research has progressed from analytical inverse design of growth-driven plates and shells, through mixed finite-element multiphysics modelling, to 3D magneto-mechanical growth. I have also carried out experimental work and model validation and developed a parameterised algorithm for shell shape transformations, connecting analytical and computational advances with experimentally tested shape programming. Co-authored outputs broaden this base to robust discretisation, multilayer and hard-magnetic mechanics, conformal programming and active-material applications. Related research code is summarised under Open Science.

First- or Corresponding-Author Publications

1. Growth-based shape control of hyperelastic plates under body forces

   Zhanfeng Li, Xiaohu Yao, Mokarram Hossain, and Jiong Wang.

   International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 313, 111329 (2026).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2026.111329 · Details · PDF

2. General shape transformations of thin hyperelastic shells through stress-free differential growth

   Zhanfeng Li and Jiong Wang.

   International Journal of Engineering Science, 213, 104266 (2025).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2025.104266 · Details

3. Coupled magneto-mechanical growth in hyperelastic materials: Surface patterns modulation and shape control in bio-inspired structures

   Zhanfeng Li, Yafei Wang, Zuodong Wang, Chennakesava Kadapa, Mokarram Hossain, Xiaohu Yao, and Jiong Wang.

   Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 200, 106089 (2025).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106089 · Details

4. A numerical framework for the simulation of coupled electromechanical growth

   Zhanfeng Li, Chennakesava Kadapa, Mokarram Hossain, and Jiong Wang.

   Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 414, 116128 (2023).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2023.116128 · Details

5. A general theoretical scheme for shape-programming of incompressible hyperelastic shells through differential growth

   Zhanfeng Li, Jiong Wang, Mokarram Hossain, and Chennakesava Kadapa.

   International Journal of Solids and Structures, 265-266, 112128 (2023).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112128 · Details

6. Analytical study on growth-induced axisymmetric deformations and shape-control of circular hyperelastic plates

   Zhanfeng Li, Qiongyu Wang, Ping Du, Chennakesava Kadapa, Mokarram Hossain, and Jiong Wang.

   International Journal of Engineering Science, 170, 103594 (2022).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2021.103594 · Details

7. A Diffusion–Reaction Continuum Damage Model for the Oxidation Behaviors of High-Cr Steels in Supercritical Water

   Zhanfeng Li and Jiong Wang.

   Oxidation of Metals, 94(1-2), 5-25 (2020).

   DOI: 10.1007/s11085-020-09975-6

Co-authored Publications

1. An energy-based variational-asymptotic shell model for bending and snap-through of hard-magnetic soft material shells

   Zuodong Wang, Zhanfeng Li, Xiang Yu, and Jiong Wang.

   Thin-Walled Structures, 232, 115687 (2027). Published online in 2026.

   DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2026.115687

2. Nonreciprocal transition waves in active lattices

   Yao Zhang, Chengxuan Zhai, Zhanfeng Li, Jiahao Li, Guangjin Mou, Lizichen Chen, Yangkun Du, Michel Destrade, Changguo Wang, and Yafei Wang.

   Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 215, 106697 (2026).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2026.106697

3. On a simplified multi-layered plate model of hard-magnetic soft material: Asymptotic analyses and numerical implementation

   Zuodong Wang and Zhanfeng Li.

   Thin-Walled Structures, 225, 114797 (2026).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2026.114797

4. Analytical study on the magneto-mechanical behaviors of hard-magnetic soft material shells based on a finite-strain shell model

   Zuodong Wang, Jiong Wang, Zhanfeng Li, Jianbin Wu, and Weicheng Cai.

   Thin-Walled Structures, 222, 114579 (2026).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2026.114579

5. A Variational Continuum Model for Variant Reorientation of Ni–Mn–Ga Alloys Under Dynamic Mechanical Loading

   Jiong Wang, Yongtao Liang, Zhanfeng Li, Chengkai Fan, and Jianbin Wu.

   Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 39, 1322–1334 (2026).

   DOI: 10.1007/s10338-025-00693-7

6. Asymptotic analyses on field-induced bending deformations of multi-layered hard-magnetic soft material plates

   Zuodong Wang, Zhanfeng Li, and Jiong Wang.

   International Journal of Solids and Structures, 310, 113217 (2025).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113217

7. Electroactive differential growth and delayed instability in accelerated healing tissues

   Yafei Wang, Zhanfeng Li, Xingmei Chen, Yun Tan, Fucheng Wang, Yangkun Du, Yunce Zhang, Yipin Su, Fan Xu, Changguo Wang, Weiqiu Chen, and Ji Liu.

   Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 193, 105867 (2024).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105867

8. Realization of planar and surface conformal mappings through stress-free growth of hyperelastic plates: Analytical formulas and numerical calculations

   Jiong Wang, Zili Jin, and Zhanfeng Li.

   Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 190, 105727 (2024).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105727 · Details

9. A general multi-layered hyperelastic plate theory for growth-induced deformations in soft material samples

   Ping Du, Zhanfeng Li, Xiaoyi Chen, and Jiong Wang.

   Applied Mathematical Modelling, 115, 300-336 (2023).

   DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2022.10.045

10. A theoretical scheme for shape-programming of thin hyperelastic plates through differential growth

    Jiong Wang, Zhanfeng Li, and Zili Jin.

    Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 27(8), 1412-1428 (2022).

    DOI: 10.1177/10812865221089694 · Details

11. On a finite-strain plate theory for growth-induced plane-strain deformations and instabilities of multi-layered hyperelastic plates

    Ping Du, Jiong Wang, Zhanfeng Li, and Weicheng Cai.

    International Journal of Solids and Structures, 236-237, 111348 (2022).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111348

12. On the advantages of mixed formulation and higher-order elements for computational morphoelasticity

    Chennakesava Kadapa, Zhanfeng Li, Mokarram Hossain, and Jiong Wang.

    Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 148, 104289 (2021).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104289 · Details