Zixiao Liu

About

Zixiao Liu’s research interests include bio-inspired materials based on stimuli-responsive polymers, mechanics of soft materials, dynamics of complex systems, and wearable electronics. Zixiao has published over 15 peer-reviewed articles in worldwide reputable journals, including Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Mechanics of Materials, AIAA Journal, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Controls, and Dynamics, and Aerospace Science and Engineering.

Employment

• University of California, Los Angeles

Education

• University of California Los Angeles PhD
  2020 - Present

Projects & Funding

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Publications (19)

• Twirlbot: Tumbleweed-inspired Rolling Robot
  Science Advances 2026 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeb8948
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• High salinity brine zero liquid discharge enabled by fabric-based evaporator with heterogeneous ion diffusion
  Separation and Purification Technology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.133870
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• Magnetic Field-Enhanced Vertical Integration Enables Embodied Intelligence in Untethered Soft Robots
  Science Advances 2025 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv9572
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• Launching by cavitation
  Science 2025 DOI: 10.1126/science.adu8943
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• Air plastron-enabled heat management for enhanced photothermal actuation in underwater soft robots
  Science Advances 2025 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adx7189
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• Bio-inspired multimodal soft actuator with environmental self-adaptation
  Nature Communications 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62328-2
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• Author Correction: Antagonistic-contracting high-power photo-oscillators for multifunctional actuations
  Nature Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02218-6
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• Advancing physical intelligence for autonomous soft robots
  Science Robotics 2025 DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.ads1292
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• Flexible Pyroelectric Energy Harvesters from Nanocomposites of Liquid Crystal Elastomers/Lead Zirconate Titanate Nanoparticles
  Science Advances 2025 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt6136
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• Antagonistic-contracting high-power photo-oscillators for multifunctional actuations
  Nature Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-02035-3
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• Antagonistic-contracting-enabled high-power-output, wide-spectrum photo-oscillator for multifunctional actuations
  2024 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3846099/v1
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• Painting on programmable reconfigurable metastructures
  Nature Materials 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01668-0
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• Sunlight-powered self-excited oscillators for sustainable autonomous soft robotics
  Science Robotics 2023 DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adf4753
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• Flutter Mechanism Analysis for Circular Solar Sail
  AIAA Journal 2023 DOI: 10.2514/1.J061994
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• Panel flutter mechanism of rectangular solar sails based on traveling mode analysis
  Aerospace Science and Technology 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2021.107015
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• An ultrathin rechargeable solid-state zinc ion fiber battery for electronic textiles
  Science Advances 2021 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl3742
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• Research on the optimization of welding parameters in high-frequency induction welding pipeline
  Journal of Manufacturing Processes 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.10.021
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• Novel Subharmonic Resonance Periodic Orbits of a Solar Sail in Earth–Moon System
  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 2019 DOI: 10.2514/1.g004377
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• Circular trajectory weaving welding control algorithm based on space transformation principle
  Journal of Manufacturing Processes 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmapro.2019.08.027
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