近期主要研究工作（2022-今）：

1. Huang, S. ^#, Zhang, S. ^#, Wei, D. ^#, Song, H., Li, Y., Cheng, J., Zhao, H., Li, L., Li, Z., Shao, S., Zhai, C.* & Xu, M. (2025). Frictional strength regulated by roughness alignment. Science Advances, 11(38), eady6779. (第一通讯作者)
2. Li, Y., Zhang, S., Gu, H., Li, Y., Zhao, H., Huang, S., Feng, X., Zhai, C.* & Xu, M. * (2025). Ultrasensitive piezoelectric-like film with designed cross-scale pores. Science Advances, 11(19), eadt4003. (第一通讯作者)
3. Wei, D., Zhai, C.*, Song, H., Hurley, R., Huang, S., Gan, Y., & Xu, M.* (2024). Frictional contacts between rough grains with fractal morphology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(10), e2023JB028361. (第一通讯作者)
4. Huang, S.^#, Li, Y. ^#, Zhang, S., Zhao, H., Song, S., Zhai, C.*, & Xu, M.*, (2024). Electroadhesion-Driven Friction Enhancement Using Electret Films. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 102270. (第一通讯作者)
5. Zhang, S., Li, Y., Li, Y., Ji, H., Feng, X., Song, S., Li,u K., Zhai, C.*, & Xu, M.* (2024). Ion Identification and Ultralow Concentration Sensing with Liquid Flexoelectricity. Nano Letters, 24(45), 14279-14285. (第一通讯作者)
6. Huang, S. ^#, Wei, D. ^#, Han, W., Song, H., Song, S., Gan, Y., Zhai, C.* & Xu, M.* (2024). In-situ measurements of contact evolution for fractal rough surfaces under normal compression. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 297, 112841. (第一通讯作者)
7. Suo, S., Zhai, C.*, Kamlah, M., & Gan, Y.* (2023). An unexplored regime of binary packing under extreme mixture conditions. Powder Technology, 428, 118802. (第一通讯作者)
8. Zhai, C., Zhang, S., Ji, H., Wei, D., Song, H., Liu, K.*, & Xu, M.* (2023). Flexoelectricity at fractal rough surfaces. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 101997. (第一作者)
9. Gu, H., Ji, H., Zhang, S., Zhai, C.*, & Xu, M.* (2023). Displacement sensing with quasi-zero stiffness structure and flexoelectricity. Smart Materials and Structures, 32(3), 035024. (第一通讯作者)
10. Zhai, C., Albayrak, N., Engqvist, J., Hall, S. A., Wright, J., Majkut, M., ... & Hurley, R. C.* (2022). Quantifying local rearrangements in three-dimensional granular materials: Rearrangement measures, correlations, and relationship to stresses. Physical Review E, 105(1), 014904. (第一作者)

近期其他工作（2022-今）：

1. Wang, X., Zhai, C.*, & Gan, Y.* (2024). Effective Permittivity of Compacted Granular Materials: Effects of Interfacial Polarization and Pore-filling Fluids. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 100525. (第一通讯作者)
2. Huang, S., Song, S., Han, W., Li, C., Zhai, C.*, & Xu, M. (2025). Force sensing by electrical contact resistance between conductive ceramics. International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 13835416251329008. (第一通讯作者)
3. Feng, X. ^#, Zhai, C. ^#, Li, Y., Li, Y., Gu, H., Huang, S., ... & Xu, M.* (2025). Rotational angle detection with torsional quasi-zero stiffness design: precise mechanical sensing for energy harvesting. Energy Materials, 5(1), N-A. (共同一作)
4. Hurle, R. C.*, Zhai, C.*  (2022). Measuring Time-Resolved Force Chain Evolution in 3D Granular Materials. Papers in Physics. (第二通讯作者)
5. Li, Z., Li, L., Zhang, H., Zhao, H., Huang, S., Shao, S., Zhai, C., Wang, Y., Shang, L., Zhang, G. & Xu, M. (2025). Ultra-wide temperature lubricating and wear resistant amorphous carbon films via Si and WC co-doping and cross-scale multilayer designing. Tribology International, 111094.
6. Gu, H., Wang, S., He, S., Su, X., Yang, Y., Zhao, H., Shao, S., Zhai, C. & Xu, M. (2025). Oxygen vacancy engineering in Mn doped PZT-based ceramics enables superior strain memory and low overshoot. Ceramics International.
7. Li, Z., Zhang, H., Li, L., Zhai, C., Shao, S., Song, S., ... & Xu, M. (2025). Improving wear resistance of yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia in air and high vacuum environments by multi-cycle annealing. Wear, 566, 205903.
8. Kou, J., Chen, K.*, Huang, S., Zhai, C., Chiang, C. Y., Wang, S., ... & Wang, Y. D.* (2024). Mapping stress heterogeneity in single-crystal superalloys by novel submicron-resolved X-ray diffraction. Materials Research Letters, 12(6), 450-458.
9. Li, Z., Zhang, H.*, Li, L., Zhai, C., Shao, S., Song, S., & Xu, M.* (2025). Improving wear resistance of yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia in air and high vacuum environments by multi-cycle annealing. Wear, 205903.
10. Zhang, K., Dong, Z., Zhai, C., Wang, C.*, Li, Q., & Wang, X. (2024). Damage analysis of solid propellants with default defects based on macro-microscopic approach. Materials & Design, 245, 113261.
11. Gu, H., Liu, K., Zhang, S., Liang, S., Zhai, C., Shao, S.*, & Xu, M.* (2024). Maintainable displacement regulation of ferroelectric shape memory actuators by controlling stable non-180° domain switching. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 376, 115636.
12. Li, Y., Li, Y., Feng, X., Zhai, C., Zhang, S.*, & Xu, M.* (2024). Enhanced flexoelectricity of liquid with hydrated ions. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 57(41), 41LT01.
13. Han, W., Zhai, C., Shao, S., Tian, Z., Lu, Q., Zhang, S.*, & Xu, M.* (2024). Piezoelectric-based large-angle stroke fast steering mirror with high ratio of output range to resolution and self-sensing capability. Review of Scientific Instruments, 95(8).
14. Li, Y., Li, Y., Gu, H., Zhai, C., Song, S., Zhang, S.*, & Xu, M.* (2024). A stretchable and self-powered strain sensor with elastomeric electret. Smart Materials and Structures, 33(8), 085033.
15. Hurley, R. C.*, Pagan, D. C., Herbold, E. B., & Zhai, C. (2023). Examining the micromechanics of cementitious composites using In-Situ X-ray measurements. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 267, 112162.
16. Kuwik, B. S., Kim, G., Zhai, C., Daud, M., & Hurley, R. C.* (2023). Roughness and humidity effects on contact, friction, and contact plasticity revealed by micromechanical testing and analysis. Tribology International, 178, 108075.
17. Liu, Q., Wei, D.*, Zhang, H., Zhai, C., & Gan, Y.* (2022). A Numerical Investigation on Effective Diffusion in Cement-Based Composites: The Role of Aggregate Shape. Transport in Porous Media, 143(3), 681-702.
18. Shao, Y., Shao, S., Zhai, C., Song, S., Han, W., Xu, M.*, & Ren, B. (2022). Development of a frequency-controlled inertial type piezoelectric locomotion method with nano-scale motion resolution driven by a symmetrical waveform. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 177, 109271.
19. Zhang, S., Zhai, C., Liu, K., Song, S., Ji, H., Shao, S.*, & Xu, M.*  (2022). Quantitative evaluation of energy harvesting capabilities on flexoelectric and piezoelectric materials. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(6), 064101.