Shengqiang Cai

Title(s)	Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School	Vc-academic Affairs
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Enhancing Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Liquid Crystal Elastomers through Chain Entanglements. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2025 May 06. Agrawal D, Dong G, Cai S. PMID: 40329598.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Bio Biotechnology
Low Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity at High Temperatures Using Stable High-Entropy Spinel Oxide Nanoparticles. Adv Mater. 2025 Feb; 37(6):e2406732. Chung KM, Adapa SR, Pei Y, Yeerella RH, Chen L, Shivakumar S, Huang W, Liu Z, Cai S, Luo J, Chen R. PMID: 39726354.

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Bio Biophysics Che Chemistry
Liquid Crystal Elastomer for Compression Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater. 2025 Jan; 14(3):e2402881. Dong G, Zhao F, Gao Z, Cai S. PMID: 39632359; PMCID: PMC11773120.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Tec Technology
Translation:Humans
Modeling nematic phase main-chain liquid crystal elastomer synthesis, mechanics, and thermal actuation via coarse-grained molecular dynamics. Soft Matter. 2024 Nov 27; 20(46):9219-9231. Herard N, Annapooranan R, Henry T, Kröger M, Cai S, Boechler N, Sliozberg Y. PMID: 39539115.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Mechanically Robust and Biodegradable Electrospun Membranes Made from Bioderived Thermoplastic Polyurethane and Polylactic Acid. ACS Appl Polym Mater. 2024 Oct 25; 6(20):12528-12537. Chambers RJ, Rajput BS, Scofield GB, Reindel J, O'Shea K, Li RJ, Simkovsky R, Mayfield SP, Burkart MD, Cai S. PMID: 39479343; PMCID: PMC11519836.

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Soft elasticity enabled adhesion enhancement of liquid crystal elastomers on rough surfaces. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct 22; 121(43):e2412635121. Annapooranan R, Yeerella RH, Chambers RJ, Li C, Cai S. PMID: 39405355; PMCID: PMC11513982.

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Sci Science
Asymmetric toughening in the lap shear of metamaterial structural adhesives. Soft Matter. 2024 Aug 22; 20(33):6568-6581. Li C, Guo Q, Chambers R, Cai S. PMID: 39129439.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Temperature- and Rate-Dependent Fracture in Disulfide Vitrimers. ACS Macro Lett. 2024 Aug 20; 13(8):994-999. Song Z, Dong G, Vernerey FJ, Cai S. PMID: 39052484.

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Che Chemistry
Fracture mechanics modeling of aortic dissection. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2024 Aug; 23(4):1377-1391. Yeerella RH, Cai S. PMID: 38658479; PMCID: PMC11341663.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Humans
Ultrasensitive and robust mechanoluminescent living composites. Sci Adv. 2023 10 20; 9(42):eadi8643. Li C, Schramma N, Wang Z, Qari NF, Jalaal M, Latz MI, Cai S. PMID: 37862415; PMCID: PMC10588950.

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Sci Science
Translation:Animals
Electrowetting of a Soft Elastic Gel. ACS Macro Lett. 2023 Jun 20; 12(6):828-834. Wang Z, Dong Y, Zheng Y, Wang Y, Li C, Hu Y, Cai S. PMID: 37288761.

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Che Chemistry
Liquid Crystal Elastomer Based Dexterous Artificial Motor Unit. Adv Mater. 2023 Apr; 35(17):e2211283. Wang Y, He Q, Wang Z, Zhang S, Li C, Wang Z, Park YL, Cai S. PMID: 36806211.

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Bio Biophysics Che Chemistry
Dynamic compression of soft layered materials yields tunable and spatiotemporally evolving surface patterns. Phys Rev E. 2023 Mar; 107(3-2):035002. MacNider B, Liang X, Hoang S, Ghanem MA, Cai S, Boechler N. PMID: 37072976.

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Bio Biophysics Phy Physics Sta Statistics as Topic
A wearable cardiac ultrasound imager. Nature. 2023 01; 613(7945):667-675. Hu H, Huang H, Li M, Gao X, Yin L, Qi R, Wu RS, Chen X, Ma Y, Shi K, Li C, Maus TM, Huang B, Lu C, Lin M, Zhou S, Lou Z, Gu Y, Chen Y, Lei Y, Wang X, Wang R, Yue W, Yang X, Bian Y, Mu J, Park G, Xiang S, Cai S, Corey PW, Wang J, Xu S. PMID: 36697864; PMCID: PMC9876798.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Magnetic vitrimer-based soft robotics. Soft Matter. 2022 Oct 12; 18(39):7604-7611. Dong G, He Q, Cai S. PMID: 36165714.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Highly robust and soft biohybrid mechanoluminescence for optical signaling and illumination. Nat Commun. 2022 07 07; 13(1):3914. Li C, He Q, Wang Y, Wang Z, Wang Z, Annapooranan R, Latz MI, Cai S. PMID: 35798737; PMCID: PMC9263131.

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Bio Biology Sci Science
Highly Durable and Tough Liquid Crystal Elastomers. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Jan 12; 14(1):2006-2014. Annapooranan R, Wang Y, Cai S. PMID: 34978801.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Bio Biotechnology
Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator. Sci Robot. 2021 08 25; 6(57). He Q, Wang Z, Wang Y, Wang Z, Li C, Annapooranan R, Zeng J, Chen R, Cai S. PMID: 34433656.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Tec Technology
Force-dependent bond dissociation explains the rate-dependent fracture of vitrimers. Soft Matter. 2021 Jul 14; 17(27):6669-6674. Song Z, Shen T, Vernerey FJ, Cai S. PMID: 34179917.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
3D Printing of Electrically Responsive PVC Gel Actuators. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021 May 26; 13(20):24164-24172. Wang Z, Wang Y, Wang Z, He Q, Li C, Cai S. PMID: 33973764.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Bio Biotechnology
Nonlinear elasticity of biological basement membrane revealed by rapid inflation and deflation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 03 16; 118(11). Li H, Zheng Y, Han YL, Cai S, Guo M. PMID: 33836598; PMCID: PMC7980462.

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Sci Science
Soft pumps for soft robots. Sci Robot. 2021 02 17; 6(51). He Q, Cai S. PMID: 34043531.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Tec Technology
Printing Multi-Material Organic Haptic Actuators. Adv Mater. 2021 May; 33(19):e2002541. Zhai Y, Wang Z, Kwon KS, Cai S, Lipomi DJ, Ng TN. PMID: 33135205.

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Bio Biophysics Che Chemistry
Three-dimensional printing of functionally graded liquid crystal elastomer. Sci Adv. 2020 Sep; 6(39). Wang Z, Wang Z, Zheng Y, He Q, Wang Y, Cai S. PMID: 32978149; PMCID: PMC7518867.

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Sci Science
Recent progress in dynamic covalent chemistries for liquid crystal elastomers. J Mater Chem B. 2020 08 12; 8(31):6610-6623. Wang Z, Cai S. PMID: 32555841.

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Bio Biochemistry Bio Biotechnology Nan Nanotechnology
Recyclable and Self-Repairable Fluid-Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuator. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Aug 05; 12(31):35464-35474. He Q, Wang Z, Wang Y, Song Z, Cai S. PMID: 32658448.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Bio Biotechnology
3D printing of a biocompatible double network elastomer with digital control of mechanical properties. Adv Funct Mater. 2020 Apr 03; 30(14). Wang P, Berry DB, Song Z, Kiratitanaporn W, Schimelman J, Moran A, He F, Xi B, Cai S, Chen S. PMID: 33071708; PMCID: PMC7566974.

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Electrically controlled liquid crystal elastomer-based soft tubular actuator with multimodal actuation. Sci Adv. 2019 10; 5(10):eaax5746. He Q, Wang Z, Wang Y, Minori A, Tolley MT, Cai S. PMID: 31646178; PMCID: PMC6788870.

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Sci Science
Fracture modes and hybrid toughening mechanisms in oscillated/twisted plywood structure. Acta Biomater. 2019 06; 91:284-293. Song Z, Ni Y, Cai S. PMID: 31028909.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Programmable actuation of liquid crystal elastomers via"living" exchange reaction. Soft Matter. 2019 Apr 07; 15(13):2811-2816. Wang Z, He Q, Wang Y, Cai S. PMID: 30882126.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
A Light-Powered Ultralight Tensegrity Robot with High Deformability and Load Capacity. Adv Mater. 2019 Feb; 31(7):e1806849. Wang Z, Li K, He Q, Cai S. PMID: 30575156.

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Bio Biophysics Che Chemistry
Light or Thermally Powered Autonomous Rolling of an Elastomer Rod. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2018 Aug 01; 10(30):25689-25696. Ahn C, Li K, Cai S. PMID: 29990426.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Bio Biotechnology
Fracture mechanics modeling of popping event during daughter cell separation. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2018 Aug; 17(4):1131-1137. Jiang Y, Liang X, Guo M, Cao Y, Cai S. PMID: 29748837.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering
Translation:Cells
Translucent soft robots driven by frameless fluid electrode dielectric elastomer actuators. Sci Robot. 2018 04 25; 3(17). Christianson C, Goldberg NN, Deheyn DD, Cai S, Tolley MT. PMID: 33141742.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Tec Technology
Biomechanics of osteochondral impact with cushioning and graft Insertion: Cartilage damage is correlated with delivered energy. J Biomech. 2018 05 17; 73:127-136. Su AW, Chen Y, Dong Y, Wailes DH, Wong VW, Chen AC, Cai S, Bugbee WD, Sah RL. PMID: 29628132; PMCID: PMC5932244.

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Phy Physiology
Translation:Animals
Porous double network gels with high toughness, high stretchability and fast solvent-absorption. Soft Matter. 2017 Oct 04; 13(38):6852-6857. Sun B, Wang Z, He Q, Fan W, Cai S. PMID: 28837202.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Cavitation to fracture transition in a soft solid. Soft Matter. 2017 Sep 27; 13(37):6372-6376. Kang J, Wang C, Cai S. PMID: 28868551.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Impact insertion of osteochondral grafts: Interference fit and central graft reduction affect biomechanics and cartilage damage. J Orthop Res. 2018 01; 36(1):377-386. Su AW, Chen Y, Wailes DH, Wong VW, Cai S, Chen AC, Bugbee WD, Sah RL. PMID: 28682003; PMCID: PMC5756525.

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Ort Orthopedics
Translation:Animals Cells
Fluid-like Surface Layer and Its Flow Characteristics in Glassy Nanotubes. Nano Lett. 2016 12 14; 16(12):7545-7550. Wingert MC, Kwon S, Cai S, Chen R. PMID: 27798834.

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Nan Nanotechnology
Creasing of an everted elastomer tube. Soft Matter. 2016 Sep 20; 12(37):7726-7730. Liang X, Tao F, Cai S. PMID: 27722731.

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Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
Bending a beam by a generalized ideal elastomeric gel. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci. 2015 Mar 08; 471(2175):20140919. Cai S. PMID: 25792965; PMCID: PMC4353056.

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