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Kai Yu is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and materials science, with a substantial body of work related to polymers and plastics, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering. Their expertise also extends into organic chemistry and automotive engineering.

Their work explores various advanced topics, including polymer composites and self-healing materials, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and the mechanics and applications of advanced materials. They have contributed significantly to additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, photopolymerization techniques and applications, innovations in concrete and construction materials, and manufacturing process optimization.

Frequent collaborators include Martin L. Dunn, Chaoqian Luo, Christopher M. Yakacki, Yuchen Ding, and Christopher Chung. These long-term partnerships have supported multidisciplinary investigations in their fields of study.

They have published extensively in several prominent scientific journals. Notable venues with multiple publications include ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Materials Today Sustainability, Advanced Materials, arXiv (Cornell University), and Nature Communications.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Kai Yu include:

  • Liquid-Crystal-Elastomer-Based Dissipative Structures by Digital Light Processing 3D Printing (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Recyclable and malleable thermosets enabled by activating dormant dynamic linkages (2022, Nature Chemistry)
  • Soft-Elasticity Optimises Dissipation in 3D-Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • 3D printing of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoset composites (2021, Additive manufacturing)
  • 3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Foams for Enhanced Energy Dissipation Under Mechanical Insult (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)

Best Publications

  • Heat- or water-driven malleability in a highly recyclable covalent network polymer.

    Philip Taynton;Kai Yu;Richard K. Shoemaker;Yinghua Jin

  • Repairable Woven Carbon Fiber Composites with Full Recyclability Enabled by Malleable Polyimine Networks.

    Philip Taynton;Huagang Ni;Huagang Ni;Chengpu Zhu;Kai Yu

  • Sequential Self-Folding Structures by 3D Printed Digital Shape Memory Polymers

    Yiqi Mao;Kai Yu;Michael S. Isakov;Jiangtao Wu

  • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoset Composite with Near 100% Recyclability

    Kai Yu;Qian Shi;Martin L. Dunn;Tiejun Wang

  • Recyclable 3D printing of vitrimer epoxy

    Qian Shi;Kai Yu;Kai Yu;Xiao Kuang;Xiaoming Mu

  • Liquid crystal elastomers: an introduction and review of emerging technologies

    Sabina W. Ula;Nicholas A. Traugutt;Ross H. Volpe;Ravi R. Patel

  • 3D printed reversible shape changing soft actuators assisted by liquid crystal elastomers

    Chao Yuan;Chao Yuan;Devin J. Roach;Conner K. Dunn;Quanyi Mu;Quanyi Mu

  • Reduced time as a unified parameter determining fixity and free recovery of shape memory polymers

    Kai Yu;Qi Ge;H. Jerry Qi

  • Long Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers with Large Reversible Actuation Strains for Smart Textiles and Artificial Muscles.

    Devin J. Roach;Chao Yuan;Chao Yuan;Xiao Kuang;Vincent Chi-Fung Li

  • Reprocessing and recycling of thermosetting polymers based on bond exchange reactions

    Kai Yu;Kai Yu;Philip Taynton;Wei Zhang;Martin L. Dunn

  • Mechanisms of multi-shape memory effects and associated energy release in shape memory polymers

    Kai Yu;Tao Xie;Jinsong Leng;Yifu Ding

  • Controlled Sequential Shape Changing Components by 3D Printing of Shape Memory Polymer Multimaterials

    Kai Yu;Alexander Ritchie;Yiqi Mao;Martin L. Dunn

  • Liquid-Crystal-Elastomer-Based Dissipative Structures by Digital Light Processing 3D Printing.

    Nicholas A. Traugutt;Devesh Mistry;Chaoqian Luo;Kai Yu

  • Solvent Assisted Pressure-Free Surface Welding and Reprocessing of Malleable Epoxy Polymers

    Qian Shi;Kai Yu;Martin L. Dunn;Tiejun Wang

  • Recyclable and malleable thermosets enabled by activating dormant dynamic linkages.

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  • Influence of stoichiometry on the glass transition and bond exchange reactions in epoxy thermoset polymers

    Kai Yu;Philip Taynton;Wei Zhang;Martin L. Dunn

  • From plastic waste to wealth using chemical recycling: A Review

    Jie Jiang;Ke Shi;Xiangnan Zhang;Kai Yu

  • Shape memory polymer/CNT composites and their microwave induced shape memory behaviors

    Kai Yu;Yanju Liu;Jinsong Leng

  • Interfacial welding of dynamic covalent network polymers

    Kai Yu;Qian Shi;Hao Li;Hao Li;John Jabour

  • Soft elasticity optimises dissipation in 3D-printed liquid crystal elastomers.

    D. Mistry;D. Mistry;N. A. Traugutt;B. Sanborn;R. H. Volpe

  • Electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer

    Jinsong Leng;Liwu Liu;Yanju Liu;Kai Yu

  • 3D printing of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoset composites

    Xu He;Yuchen Ding;Zepeng Lei;Sam Welch

  • Mechanical and shape-memory behavior of shape-memory polymer composites with hybrid fillers

    Haibao Lu;Kai Yu;Shouhua Sun;Yanju Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Jerry Qi
H. Jerry Qi Georgia Institute of Technology
Jinsong Leng
Jinsong Leng Harbin Institute of Technology
Yanju Liu
Yanju Liu Harbin Institute of Technology
Liwu Liu
Liwu Liu Harbin Institute of Technology
Christopher M. Yakacki
Christopher M. Yakacki Lockheed Martin (United States)
Qi Ge
Qi Ge Southern University of Science and Technology
Martin L. Dunn
Martin L. Dunn University of Colorado Denver
Yong Qing Fu
Yong Qing Fu Northumbria University
Tiejun Wang
Tiejun Wang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xiao Kuang
Xiao Kuang University of Wisconsin–Madison

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