Publications

• R. Xiao, G. Ghazaryan, T. A. Tervoort, T. D. Nguyen (2017) “Modeling the Energy Storage and Structural Evolution during Finite Viscoplastic Deformation of Glassy Polymers”, Physical Review E, 95:063001. [Link].
• R. Xiao, C.M. Yakacki, J. Guo, C. P. Frick, T. D. Nguyen (2016) “A predictive parameter for the shape memory behavior of thermoplastic polymers”, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 54:1405-1414, DOI:10.1002/polb.23981.[Link].
• R. Xiao, T. D. Nguyen (2016) “A Thermodynamic Modeling Approach for Dynamic Softening in Glassy Amorphous Polymers”,  Extreme Mechanics Letters, 8:70-77, DOI:10.1016/j.eml.2016.03.005, [Link].
• R. Xiao,  J. Guo, and T. D. Nguyen (2015) “Modeling the multiple shape memory  effect and temperature memory effect in amorphous polymers”, RSC Advances,5, 416-423, [Link].
• J. C. Breger, C. Yoon, R. Xiao, H. R. Kwag, M. O.  Wang, J. P. Fisher, T. D. Nguyen, D. Gracias (2015) “Self-folding thermo-magnetically responsive soft-microgrippers”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7, 3398–3405 [Link].
• R. Xiao, J. Guo, D. L. Safranski,  T. D. Nguyen (2015) “Solvent-driven temperature memory and multiple shape memory effects”, Soft Matter, in press [Link].
• R. Xiao and T. D. Nguyen (2015) “Thermo-mechanics of Amorphous Shape-memory Polymers ”, Procedia IUTAM, 12, 154–161  [Link].
• R. Xiao and T. D. Nguyen (2015) “An Effective Temperature Theory for the Nonequilibrium Behavior of Amorphous Polymers”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 82:62–81 [Link].
• J. Guo, R. Xiao, H. S. Park, and T. D. Nguyen (2015) “The Temperature-Dependent Viscoelastic Behavior of Dielectric Elastomers”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 82:091009 [Link].
• C. Yoon, R. Xiao, J. Park, J. Cha, T. D. Nguyen, D. Gracias (2014) “Functional stimuli responsive hydrogel devices by self-folding”, Smart Materials and Structures  23, 094008 [Link].
• R. Xiao, N. Lakhera, J. Choi, C.P Frick, C.M Yakacki, T. D. Nguyen (2013) “Modeling the Glass Transition of Amorphous Networks for Shape-Memory Behavior ”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 61, 1612-1635. [Link]
• M. Jamal, S. S. Kadam, R. Xiao, F. Jivan, T. M. Onn, R. Fernandez, T. D. Nguyen, D. H. Gracias (2013) “Bio-origami with photocrosslinked PEG hydrogel bilayers”, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2, 1142-1150  [Link].
• S. Alexander, R. Xiao, T. D. Nguyen (2013) “Modeling the thermoviscoelastic properties and recovery behavior of shape memory polymer composites”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 81, 041003  [Link].
• R. Xiao and T. D. Nguyen (2013) “Modeling the solvent-driven shape-memory effect in polymers”, Soft Matter, 9, 9455 – 9464 [Link].
• J. Choi, A.M. Ortega R. Xiao, C.M. Yakacki, T. D. Nguyen (2012) “Effect of Physical Aging on the Recovery Response of Amorphous Shape-Memory Polymers ”, Polymer, 53, 2453-2464. [Link]
• C. M. Yakacki, A. M. Ortega, C. P. Frick, N. Lakhera, R. Xiao, T. D. Nguyen (2012) “Unique Recovery Behavior in Amorphous Shape-Memory Polymer Networks ”, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 297,1160-1166. [Link]