Xiaoyue Ni | Scholars@Duke

Xiaoyue Ni
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

The Ni group aims to realize human-oriented materials intelligence through the combination of soft electronics and digital metamaterials—the materials can sense human signals, transform and adapt their functional properties according to human actions or status. The technical approach embraces epidermal electronics for advanced sensing of body mechanics, and micro/nanomechanics for closed-loop programmable matter. Our research focuses on creating digital-physical interfaces for dynamic control over materials properties via a full spectrum of mechanical and acoustic processes.

Current Research Interests

Flexible electronics, precision measurement, non-destructive testing, deformation physics of random media, mechanical metamaterials, robotic materials and smart structures, machine learning

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2020
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2020

Contact Information

182 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
xiaoyue.ni@duke.edu
Ni Lab

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 2018
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2020
Recognition
In the News
- NOV 1, 2022 Pratt School of Engineering
  
  Artificial Soft Surface Autonomously Mimics Shapes From Nature
- OCT 13, 2020 Pratt School of Engineering
  
  Xiaoyue Ni: Designing Smart Materials and Wearable Technologies to Improve Health
Expertise
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Research
External Relationships
- US Patent
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Kim, Jin-Tae, Wei Ouyang, Hanul Hwang, Hyoyoung Jeong, Soohyeon Kang, Sanjeeb Bose, Sung Soo Kwak, et al. “Dynamics of plosive consonants via imaging, computations, and soft electronics.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119, no. 46 (November 2022): e2214164119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214164119.
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  - Bai, Yun, Heling Wang, Yeguang Xue, Yuxin Pan, Jin-Tae Kim, Xinchen Ni, Tzu-Li Liu, et al. “A dynamically reprogrammable surface with self-evolving shape morphing.” Nature 609, no. 7928 (September 2022): 701–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05061-w.
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  - Ni, Xinchen, Haiwen Luan, Jin-Tae Kim, Sam I. Rogge, Yun Bai, Jean Won Kwak, Shangliangzi Liu, et al. “Soft shape-programmable surfaces by fast electromagnetic actuation of liquid metal networks.” Nature Communications 13, no. 1 (September 2022): 5576. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31092-y.
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  - Ding, W., A. H. Alavi, F. Fioranelli, G. Li, X. Ni, and L. Song. “Sensing, processing, computing and networking for the era of wearables.” Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal 125 (June 15, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2022.103569.
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  - Ni, Xiaoyue, Yun Bai, Heling Wang, Yeguang Xue, Yuxin Pan, Jin-Tae Kim, Xinchen Ni, et al. “A dynamically reprogrammable metasurface with self-evolving shape morphing (Accepted).” Nature, December 9, 2021. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1120720/v1.
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  - Wang, Z., J. Li, Y. Jin, J. Wang, F. Yang, G. Li, X. Ni, and W. Ding. “Sensing beyond itself: Multi-functional use of ubiquitous signals towards wearable applications.” Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal 116 (September 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2021.103091.
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  - Wu, Changsheng, Alina Y. Rwei, Jong Yoon Lee, Wei Ouyang, Lauren Jacobson, Haixu Shen, Haiwen Luan, et al. “A Wireless Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Device for Flap Monitoring: Proof of Concept in a Porcine Musculocutaneous Flap Model.” Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, August 17, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1732426.
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  - Jeong, Hyoyoung, Jong Yoon Lee, KunHyuck Lee, Youn J. Kang, Jin-Tae Kim, Raudel Avila, Andreas Tzavelis, et al. “Differential cardiopulmonary monitoring system for artifact-canceled physiological tracking of athletes, workers, and COVID-19 patients.” Science Advances 7, no. 20 (May 2021): eabg3092. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg3092.
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  - Ni, Xiaoyue, Wei Ouyang, Hyoyoung Jeong, Jin-Tae Kim, Andreas Tzaveils, Ali Mirzazadeh, Changsheng Wu, et al. “Automated, multiparametric monitoring of respiratory biomarkers and vital signs in clinical and home settings for COVID-19 patients.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118, no. 19 (May 2021): e2026610118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026610118.
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  - Chun, Keum San, Youn J. Kang, Jong Yoon Lee, Morgan Nguyen, Brad Lee, Rachel Lee, Han Heul Jo, et al. “A skin-conformable wireless sensor to objectively quantify symptoms of pruritus.” Science Advances 7, no. 18 (April 2021): eabf9405. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf9405.
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  - Guo, Xiaogang, Xiaoyue Ni, Jiahong Li, Hang Zhang, Fan Zhang, Huabin Yu, Jun Wu, et al. “Designing Mechanical Metamaterials with Kirigami‐Inspired, Hierarchical Constructions for Giant Positive and Negative Thermal Expansion.” Advanced Materials, December 2, 2020, 2004919–2004919. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202004919.
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  - Lee, KunHyuck, Xiaoyue Ni, Jong Yoon Lee, Hany Arafa, David J. Pe, Shuai Xu, Raudel Avila, et al. “Mechano-acoustic sensing of physiological processes and body motions via a soft wireless device placed at the suprasternal notch.” Nature Biomedical Engineering 4, no. 2 (February 2020): 148–58. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-019-0480-6.
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  - Prokhorov, L. G., V. P. Mitrofanov, B. Kamai, A. Markowitz, Xiaoyue Ni, and R. X. Adhikari. “Measurement of mechanical losses in the carbon nanotube black coating of silicon wafers.” Classical and Quantum Gravity 37, no. 1 (January 9, 2020): 015004–015004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ab5357.
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  - Ni, Xiaoyue, Xiaogang Guo, Jiahong Li, Yonggang Huang, Yihui Zhang, and John A. Rogers. “2D Mechanical Metamaterials with Widely Tunable Unusual Modes of Thermal Expansion.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 31, no. 48 (November 2019): e1905405. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201905405.
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  - Bai, Wubin, Jiho Shin, Ruxing Fu, Irawati Kandela, Di Lu, Xiaoyue Ni, Yoonseok Park, et al. “Bioresorbable photonic devices for the spectroscopic characterization of physiological status and neural activity.” Nature Biomedical Engineering 3, no. 8 (August 2019): 644–54. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-019-0435-y.
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  - Ni, Xiaoyue, Haolu Zhang, Danilo B. Liarte, Louis W. McFaul, Karin A. Dahmen, James P. Sethna, and Julia R. Greer. “Yield Precursor Dislocation Avalanches in Small Crystals: The Irreversibility Transition.” Physical Review Letters 123, no. 3 (July 2019): 035501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.035501.
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  - Sethna, James P., Matthew K. Bierbaum, Karin A. Dahmen, Carl P. Goodrich, Julia R. Greer, Lorien X. Hayden, Jaron P. Kent-Dobias, et al. “Deformation of Crystals: Connections with Statistical Physics.” Annual Review of Materials Research 47, no. 1 (July 3, 2017): 217–46. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-070115-032036.
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  - Ni, Xiaoyue, Stefanos Papanikolaou, Gabriele Vajente, Rana X. Adhikari, and Julia R. Greer. “Probing Microplasticity in Small-Scale FCC Crystals via Dynamic Mechanical Analysis.” Physical Review Letters 118, no. 15 (April 14, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.118.155501.
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  - Ni, Xiaoyue, Julia R. Greer, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Richard D. James, and Xian Chen. “Exceptional Resilience of Small-Scale Au₃₀Cu₂₅Zn₄₅ under Cyclic Stress-Induced Phase Transformation.” Nano Letters 16, no. 12 (December 2016): 7621–25. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03555.
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  - Vajente, G., E. A. Quintero, X. Ni, K. Arai, E. K. Gustafson, N. A. Robertson, E. J. Sanchez, J. R. Greer, and R. X. Adhikari. “An instrument to measure mechanical up-conversion phenomena in metals in the elastic regime.” The Review of Scientific Instruments 87, no. 6 (June 2016): 065107. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953114.
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