Weiqiang Ding

Research Intereststs:

• Mechanics of nanostructures
• Micro/nanoscale adhesion
• Mechanics of polymer nanocomposites
  
  

Professional Affiliations:

• American Physical Society
• Materials Research Society
• American Society for Composites
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Society for Engineering Education

Awards:

Royal E. Cabell Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2005

2^nd Prize in the Student Poster Competition of 17^th Annual Technical Conference of American Society for Composites, West Lafayette, IN. Oct. 21-23, 2002

Student Scholarship for 1^st International Conference and School on Nanoscale/Molecular Mechanics, Maui, HI. May 12-17, 2002

Selected Publications:

W. Ding, “Micro/nano-particle manipulation and adhesion studies”, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, accepted (2007)

W. Ding, A.J. Howard, M.D. M. Peri, C. Cetinkaya, “Rolling resistance moment of microsphere on surfaces: contact measurements”, Philosophical Magazine, 87(36), 5685-5696 (2007)

W. Ding, L. Calabri, K. M. Kohlhaas, X. Chen, D. Dikin, R. S. Ruoff, “Modulus, fracture strength, and brittle vs. plastic response of the outer shell of arc-grown multi-wall carbon nanotubes”, Experimental Mechanics, 47(1), 25-36 (2007).

W. Ding, Z. Guo, R. S. Ruoff, “Effect of cantilever nonlinearity in nanoscale tensile test”, Journal of Applied Physics, 101(3), 034316:1-10 (2007).

W. Rong, W. Ding, L. Madler, R. S. Ruoff, S. K. Friedlander, “Mechanical properties of nanoparticle chain aggregates by combined AFM and SEM: isolated aggregates and networks”, Nano Letters, 6(12), 2646-2655 (2006).

L. Calabri, N. Pugno, W. Ding, R. S. Ruoff, “Resonance of curved nanowires”, Journal of Physics -Condensed Matter, 18(33), S2175-2183 (2006)

W. Ding, L. Calabri, X. Chen, K. M. Kohlhaas, R. S. Ruoff, “Mechanics of crystalline boron nanowires”, Composites Science and Technology, 66,1109-1121 (2006).

S. Lu, Z. Guo, W. Ding, R. S. Ruoff, “An analysis of the use of a MEMS testing stage to measure the mechanical properties of nanostructures”, Review of Scientific Instruments, 77(5), 1-4 (2006).

W. Ding, D. Dikin, X. Chen, X. Wang, X. Li, R. Piner, R. S. Ruoff, E. Zussman, “Mechanics of hydrogenated amorphous carbon deposits from electron beam induced deposition of a paraffin precursor”, Journal of Applied Physics, 98 (1), 014905 (2005).

W. Ding, A. Eitan, F. T. Fisher, X. Chen, D. Dikin, R. Andrews, L. C. Brinson, L. S. Schadler, R. S. Ruoff, “Direct observation of polymer sheathing in carbon nanotube-polycarbonate composites”, Nano Letters, 3 (11), 1593-1597 (2003).

D. Dikin, X. Chen, W. Ding, G. Wagner, R. S. Ruoff, “Resonance vibration of amorphous SiO2 nanowires driven by mechanical or electrical field excitation”, Journal of Applied Physics, 93 (1), 226-230 (2003).