Quanzi Yuan is a full professor at the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). His main research interest lies in the field of surface and interface mechanics. He has published over 60 SCI-indexed papers in journals including JMPS/JFM (mechanics), PRL (physics), JACS (chemistry), and NSR/NC (multidisciplinary sciences), which have been cited over 2000 times by others in the SCI database. In 2014 he was awarded the second class prize of the National Natural Science Award (2/5). He was selected for the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program (YESS) by China Association of Science and Technology in 2015, the Excellent Young Scholars by the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2017, the Excellent Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association by the CAS in 2018, the Chief of CAS Young Interdisciplinary Team in 2024. Prof. Yuan is a member of the Professional Committee on physical mechanics and the Working Group on micro-/nano-mechanics of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM), and is also the deputy director of the YESS committee, CSTAM. He is an editorial board member of journals including: Advances in Mechanics, Scientific Reports, MechanoEngineering, Appllied Mathematics and Mechanics, Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, Chinese Physics Letters, Acta Physica Sinica, etc.

Physical Mechanics, Micro and Nano Mechanics, Surface and Interface Mechanics

2006.09-2011.06        Institute of Mechancis, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD

2001.09-2006.06        Tongji University, bachelor's degree

2017-now       Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor

2013-2017      Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

2011-2013      Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor

Published over 60 SCI papers in journals including JMPS/JFM (mechanics), PRL (physics), JACS (chemistry), NSR/NC (comprehensive journals), and etc.

64. Chen WT, Yuan QZ*. Achieving high specific strength in metamaterials via initial stress implantation with preserved structure. in revision

63. Chen WT, Yuan QZ*. Inextensible membranes under configuration-dependent loading: mechanical isoperimetric problems. in revision

62. Wang FS, Yuan QZ*, Shi XH*. Sandgrouse feather-inspired multiscale hierarchical microstructured surfaces via IICSA for controlled liquid regulation. Small Methods. in press (2026)

61. Xu MZ, Wang XH, Huang XF*, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP*. Reconstruction of realistic kerogen's molecular models in shale oil and gas reservoirs: the physico-mechanical inversion method. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. in press (2026)

60. Xu MZ, Yuan QZ*, Huang XF*. Machine learning-driven coarse-grained molecular dynamics of supercritical fluid displacement in nanoconfined pores. Acta Mechanica Sinica. 42 (9): 360250 (2026)

59. Liu L, Yuan QZ*. Unveiling the atomic mechanisms of dissolution-stress coupling in cleavage cracks. Corrosion Science. 264: 113738 (2026)

58. Zhang MR, Chen WT, Yuan QZ*. Thermomechanically coupled defromation of pressurized spherical shells with initial stress. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 318: 111553 (2026)

57. Peng JM, Huang XF*, Yuan QZ*. Unified 1/2 scaling laws for droplet impact dynamics: from rigid to flexible thin films. Droplet. 5 (1): e70032 (2026)

56. Xue RB, Chen WT*, Yuan QZ*, Huang XF*. Hyperelastic inclusions in a linear elastic and isotropic material matrix. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 315: 111389 (2026)

55. Wu PC, Yuan QZ*. Contrasting effects of hydrophobic and hydrophilic soft surfaces on ice nucleation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Phyiscs. 28 (18): 11198-11206 (2026)

54. Wang FS, Yuan QZ*, Shi XH*. Instability-induced crystal self-assembly in film-substrate system for the construction of large-area micro- and nano-chiral structures. Nature Communications. 16 (1): 5463 (2025)

53. Yin JJ, Huang XF, Yuan QZ*. Stress redistribution and toughness enhancement in chemo-mechanical mode II fracture. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 297-298: 110360 (2025)

52. Tian SH, Qin H, Yuan QZ*. Shape optimization of nanopores by dissolutive flow. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17 (9): 14726-14735 (2025)

51. Chen XD, Yuan QZ*. Liquid-diode microtubes sculpted by dissolution. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17 (42): 58846-58856 (2025)

50. Chen WT, Yuan QZ*. Tug-of-war between liquids and membranes. International Journal of Engineering Science. 217: 104395 (2025)

49. Zhang MR, Chen WT, Huang XF, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP*. Hyperelastic constitutive relations for porous materials with initial stress. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 193: 105886 (2024)

48. Yin JJ, Yuan QZ*. Mechanism of crack evolution and strength failure in chemo-mechanical induced fracture. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 183: 105525 (2024) 

47. Chen WT, Huang XF, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP. Initially stressed strain gradient elasticity: a constitutive model incorporates size effects and initial stresses. International Journal of Engineering Science. 205: 104166 (2024)

46. Liu L, Yuan QZ*. Atomic insights into the ductile-brittle competition of cracks under dissolution. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 73: 102256 (2024)

45. Ma YH, Luo RC, Tian SH, Ji YJ, Pennycook SJ, Liu YY, Yuan QZ*, Zhou W*. Atomic fracture mechanism in suspended 2D transition metal dichalcogenides. Advanced Functional Materials. 34: 2409839 (2024)

44. Qin H, Yuan QZ*. Dissolution of porous media with disordered geometry. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 701: 134891 (2024)

43. Miao WN, Tian SH, Yuan QZ*, Tian Y*, Jiang L*. Direct observation of spreading precursor liquids in a corner. National Science Review. 10: nwad119 (2023)

42. Tian SH, Chen XD, Yuan QZ*. Shape optimization of a meniscus-adherent nanotip. Nanoscale. 15 (26): 11099-11106 (2023)

41. Yang JH, Yuan QZ*. Flow and solute transport in dissolutive wetting. Physics of Fluids. 35: 053329 (2023)

40. Miao Q, Yuan QZ*. Machine learning coarse-grained models of dissolutive wetting: a droplet on soluble surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25 (10): 7487-7495 (2023)

39. Chen XD, Yuan QZ*. Capillary adhesion around the shapes optimized by dissolution. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10 (13): 2202380 (2023)

38. Wang FS, Yuan QZ*. Evaporation-induced fractal patterns: a bridge between uniform pattern and coffee ring. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 637: 522-532 (2023)

37. Yang JH, Yuan QZ*. Moving contact line instability on soluble fibers. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9 (34): 2201248 (2022)

36. Ji WJ, Lan D*, Li WB, Yuan QZ*, Wang YR. Wall-confined spreading dynamics on the surface of surfactant solution. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13: 4315-4320 (2022)

35. Wang FS, Tian SH, Yuan QZ*. Evaporation-induced crystal self-assembly (EICSA) of salt drops regulated by trace of polyacrylamide. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 644: 128856 (2022)

34. Wang LZ, Huang XF, Yuan QZ, Chen LQ*, Yu YS*. Dilute sodium dodecyl sulfate droplets impact on micropillar-arrayed non-wetting surfaces. Physics of Fluids. 33: 107103 (2021)

33. Ma HZ, Yuan QZ*. Control of viscous fingering: from the perspective of energy evolution. Physical Review Fluids. 6: 023901 (2021)

32. Zhao WJ, Ma HZ, Ji WJ, Li WB, Wang J*, Yuan QZ*, Wang YR, Lan D*. Marangoni-driven instability patterns of an n-hexadecane drop triggered by assistant solvent. Physics of Fluids. 33: 024104 (2021)

31. Miao Q, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP*. Shape evolution and scaling analysis of soluble cylinders in dissolutive flow. Physics of Fluids. 32: 102103 (2020)

30. Wang FS, Wu MM, Man XK, Yuan QZ*. Formation of deposition patterns induced by the evaporation of the restricted liquid. Langmuir. 36: 8520-8526 (2020)

29. Li B, Lin SJ, Wang YL, Yuan QZ, et al. Promoting rebound of impinging viscoelastic droplets on heated superhydrophobic surfaces. New Journal of Physics. 22: 123001 (2020)

28. Yang JH, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP*. Solute transport and interface evolution in dissolutive wetting. Science China - Physics, Mechanics,  Astronomy. 62: 124611 (2019)

27. Miao Q, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP*. Dissolutive flow in nanochannels: transition between plug-like and Poiseuille-like. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 22: 141 (2018)

26. Miao Q, Yang JH, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP. Dynamics of dissolutive wetting: physical mechanics investigations. Chinese Science Bulletin. 63: 2985-2993 (2018)

25. Chen EH, Yuan QZ, Zhao YP*. Topography-induced symmetry transition of droplets on quasi-periodically patterned surfaces. Soft Matter. 14: 6198-6205 (2018) 封面文章

24. Yang JH, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP*. Evolution of the interfacial shape in dissolutive wetting: coupling of wetting and dissolution. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 118: 201-207 (2018)

23. Yuan QZ*, Yang JH, Sui Y, Zhao YP*. Dynamics of dissolutive wetting: a molecular dynamics study. Langmuir. 33: 6464-6470 (2017)

22. Lin K, Yuan QZ, Zhao YP*. Using graphene to simplify the adsorption of methane on shale in MD simulations. Computational Materials Science. 133: 99-107 (2017)

21. Lin K, Yuan QZ*, Zhao YP* and Cheng CM. Which is the most efficient candidate for the recovery of confined methane: water, carbon dioxide or nitrogen? Extreme Mechanics Letters. 9: 127-138 (2016)

20. Yuan QZ, Shen WH, Zhao YP*. Physical mechanics investigations of moving contact lines. Advances in Mechanics. 46: 201608 (2016)

19. Chen EH, Yuan QZ, Huang XF and Zhao YP*. Dynamic polygonal spreading of a droplet on a lyophilic pillar-arrayed surface. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 30: 2265-2276 (2016)

18. Zhao YP*, Chen JC, Yuan QZ and Cheng CM. Microcrack connectivity in rocks: a real-space renormalization group approach for 3D anisotropic bond percolation. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. 1: 013205 (2016)

17. Yuan QZ, Zhu XY, Lin K and Zhao YP*. Molecular dynamics simulations of enhanced recovery of confined methane with carbon dioxide. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17: 31887-31893 (2015)

16. Yuan QZ* and Zhao YP*. Statics and dynamics of electrowetting on pillar-arrayed surfaces at nanoscale. Nanoscale. 7: 2561-2567 (2015)

15. Yuan QZ, Huang XF and Zhao YP*. Dynamic spreading on pillar-arrayed surfaces: viscous resistance versus molecular friction. Physics of Fluids. 26: 092104 (2014)

14. Zhu XY, Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Phase transitions of water overlayer on charged graphene: from electromelting to electrofreezing. Nanoscale. 6: 5432-5437 (2014)

13. Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Multiscale dynamic wetting of a droplet on a lyophilic pillar-arrayed surface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 716: 171-188 (2013)

12. Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Wetting on flexible hydrophilic pillar-arrays. Scientific Reports, 3: 1944 (2013)

11. Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Topology-dominated dynamic wetting of the precursor chain in a hydrophilic interior corner. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 468: 310-322 (2012)

10. Zhu XY, Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Capillary wave propagation during the delamination of graphene by the precursor films in electro-elasto-capillarity. Scientific Reports. 2: 927 (2012)

9. Cao H, Yuan QZ, Zhu XF, Zhao YP*, Liu MH*. Hierarchical self-assembly of achiral amino acid derivatives into dendritic chiral nanotwists. Langmuir. 28: 15410-15417 (2012)

8. Cun HY, et al. Tuning structural and mechanical properties of two-dimensional molecular crystals: the roles of carbon side chains. Nano Letters. 12: 1229-1234 (2012)

7. Qin XC, Yuan QZ, Zhao YP, Xie SB, Liu ZF*. Measurement of the rate of water translocation through carbon nanotubes. Nano Letters. 11: 2173-2177 (2011)

6. Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Precursor film in dynamic wetting, electrowetting and electro-elasto-capillarity. Physical Review Letters. 104: 246101 (2010) 封面文章

5. Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Hydroelectric voltage generation based on water-filled single-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131: 6374-6376 (2009)

4. Yuan QZ, Zhao YP*, Li LM and Wang TH. Ab initio study of ZnO based gas sensing mechanisms: surface reconstruction and charge transfer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113: 6107-6113 (2009)

3. Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Transport properties and induced voltage in the structure of water-filled single-walled boron-nitrogen nanotubes. Biomicrofluidics. 3, 022411 (2009)

2. Zang JL, Yuan QZ, Wang FC and Zhao YP*. A comparative study of Young's modulus of single-walled carbon nanotube by CPMD, MD, and first principle simulations. Computational Materials Science. 46: 621-625 (2009)

1. Wang BB, Xie JJ, Yuan QZ and Zhao YP*. Growth mechanism and joint structure of ZnO tetrapods. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 41: 102005 (2008)

1. Yuan QZ, Yang JH, Zhao YP, Huang XF. ZL202010558297.9 (2021-04-16)

2. Huang XF, Liu ZW, Yuan QZ, Zhao YP.  ZL202310248059.1 (2023-03-15)     

3. Yuan QZ, Qin H, Huang XF, Zhao YP.  ZL202410401196.9 (2024-10-31)