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Overview

Rong Long is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a notable focus on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering, and Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Elasticity and Material Modeling, Polymer composites and self-healing, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, and Mechanical Behavior of Composites.

Rong Long has contributed to several significant publications in well-recognized journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • The Fracture of Highly Deformable Soft Materials: A Tale of Two Length Scales (2020) - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
  • Simultaneously Toughening and Stiffening Elastomers with Octuple Hydrogen Bonding (2021) - Advanced Materials
  • Recyclable and malleable thermosets enabled by activating dormant dynamic linkages (2022) - Nature Chemistry
  • From force-responsive molecules to quantifying and mapping stresses in soft materials (2020) - Science Advances
  • Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation (2023) - Nature Materials

Their publication record shows a frequent presence in journals such as the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Extreme Mechanics Letters, Tribology International, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Science Advances.

Rong Long collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Xingwei Yang
  • Mark E. Rentschler
  • Yuan Qi
  • Jaylene Martinez
  • Jason P. Killgore

The areas of study emphasized in Rong Long's research reflect an integration of experimental and theoretical mechanics applied to soft and polymeric materials. By investigating adhesion, friction, and other surface interactions, their work contributes to the understanding of material behavior under deformation and environmental effects.

This scientist's research outputs demonstrate a focus on advanced material properties like self-healing and recyclable polymers, along with material toughness, elasticity, and novel adhesion mechanisms. Their work intersects disciplines that support developments in biomedical devices, sensors, and energy-harvesting technologies.

Best Publications

  • A mechanical metamaterial made from a DNA hydrogel

    Jong Bum Lee;Songming Peng;Dayong Yang;Young Hoon Roh

  • Fracture toughness of hydrogels: measurement and interpretation

    Rong Long;Chung-Yuen Hui

  • The Fracture of Highly Deformable Soft Materials: A Tale of Two Length Scales

    Rong Long;Chung-Yuen Hui;Chung-Yuen Hui;Jian Ping Gong;Eran Bouchbinder

  • Time Dependent Behavior of a Dual Cross-Link Self-Healing Gel: Theory and Experiments

    Rong Long;Koichi Mayumi;Costantino Creton;Tetsuharu Narita

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

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  • Simultaneously Toughening and Stiffening Elastomers with Octuple Hydrogen Bonding.

    Yizhi Zhuo;Zhijie Xia;Yuan Qi;Takashi Sumigawa

  • A statistically-based continuum theory for polymers with transient networks

    Franck J. Vernerey;Rong Long;Roberto Brighenti

  • Crack tip fields in soft elastic solids subjected to large quasi-static deformation — A review

    Rong Long;Chung-Yuen Hui

  • Effects of gel thickness on microscopic indentation measurements of gel modulus

    Rong Long;Matthew S. Hall;Mingming Wu;Chung-Yuen Hui

  • Adhesion, Stiffness, and Instability in Atomically Thin MoS2 Bubbles

    David Lloyd;Xinghui Liu;Narasimha Boddeti;Lauren Cantley

  • Modeling the mechanics of covalently adaptable polymer networks with temperature-dependent bond exchange reactions

    Rong Long;H. Jerry Qi;Martin L. Dunn

  • From force-responsive molecules to quantifying and mapping stresses in soft materials

    Yinjun Chen;C. Joshua Yeh;Yuan Qi;Rong Long

  • Effect of backing layer thickness on adhesion of single-level elastomer fiber arrays

    Seok Kim;Metin Sitti;Chung Yuen Hui;Rong Long

  • Statistical Damage Mechanics of Polymer Networks

    Franck J. Vernerey;Roberto Brighenti;Rong Long;Tong Shen

  • Large deformation adhesive contact mechanics of circular membranes with a flat rigid substrate

    Rong Long;Kenneth R. Shull;Chung Yuen Hui

  • Mechanics of Adhered, Pressurized Graphene Blisters

    Narasimha G. Boddeti;Steven P. Koenig;Rong Long;Jianliang Xiao

  • Toward single cell traction microscopy within 3D collagen matrices.

    Matthew S. Hall;Rong Long;Xinzeng Feng;YuLing Huang

  • Finite strain analysis of crack tip fields in incompressible hyperelastic solids loaded in plane stress

    Rong Long;Venkat R. Krishnan;Chung-Yuen Hui

  • Graphene Blisters with Switchable Shapes Controlled by Pressure and Adhesion

    Narasimha G. Boddeti;Xinghui Liu;Rong Long;Rong Long;Jianliang Xiao

  • An experimental investigation of fracture by cavitation of model elastomeric networks

    Antonella Cristiano;Alba Marcellan;Rong Long;Chung-Yuen Hui

  • Probing in real time the soft crystallization of DNA-capped nanoparticles.

    Wenlong Cheng;Mark R. Hartman;Detlef‐M. Smilgies;Rong Long

  • Tumor cell characterization and classification based on cellular specific membrane capacitance and cytoplasm conductivity.

    Y. Zhao;X.T. Zhao;D.Y. Chen;Y.N. Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Chung-Yuen Hui
Chung-Yuen Hui Cornell University
Jianliang Xiao
Jianliang Xiao University of Colorado Boulder
HengAn Wu
HengAn Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Martin L. Dunn
Martin L. Dunn University of Colorado Denver
Min-Hsien Wu
Min-Hsien Wu Chang Gung University
Christopher N. Bowman
Christopher N. Bowman University of Colorado Boulder
Anand Jagota
Anand Jagota Lehigh University
Yinghua Jin
Yinghua Jin RockyTech
Jian Ping Gong
Jian Ping Gong Hokkaido University

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