*corresponding author; #equal contribution

2025

• Qu, C., Carpick, R.* (2025). Mechanochemistry at Nanoscale Metallic Contacts: How Stress and Voltage Drive Tribopolymerization. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17(40), 56593. (Front cover)
• Qu, C., Fang, L., Carpick, R.* (2025). Contact Mechanics Correction of Activation Volume in Mechanochemistry. Physical Review B, 111(19), 195405.
• Capaldi, L.N., Yuan, L., Qu, C., Sánchez, D.A., Carpick, R.W.* and Tertuliano, O.A.*, (2025). HighThroughput Formation of 3D van der Waals Auto-Kirigami. Nano Letters, 25(10), 3964.
• Peng, D., Wang, Y., Li, H., Wu, Z., Yang, X., Huang, X., Xiang, X., Nie, J., Qu, C., Cao, W., Wu, M., Ouyang, W., Liu, Z., Ma, M., Ding, F., Liu, Y., Xu, Z.*, Zheng, Q.* (2025). Structural superlubric slidevices. Device. (Published online)

2023

• Yang, D., Qu, C.*, Gongyang, Y., Zheng, Q.* (2023). Manipulation and Characterization of Submillimeter Shearing Contacts in Graphite by the Micro-Dome Technique. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(37), 44563.

2022

• Qu, C.*, Shi, D., Chen, L., Wu, Z., Wang, J., Shi, S., Gao, E., Xu, Z., Zheng, Q.* (2022). Anisotropic Fracture of Graphene Revealed by Surface Steps on Graphite. Physical Review Letters, 129(2), 026101.
• Wang, K., He, Y., Cao, W., Wang, J., Qu, C., Chai, M., Liu, Y., Zheng, Q., Ma, M.* Structural superlubricity with a contaminant-rich interface. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 169, 105063 (2022).

2021

• Jia, X., Shao, Q., Xu, Y., Li, R., Huang, K., Guo, Y., Qu, C., Gao, E.* (2021). Elasticity-BasedExfoliability Measure for High-Throughput Computational Exfoliation of Two-Dimensional Materials. npj Computational Materials, 7 (1), 211.
• He, Y., Li, H., Qu, C., Cao, W.*, & Ma, M.* (2021). Recent understanding of solid-liquid friction in ionic liquids. Green Chemical Engineering, 2(2), 145–157.
• He, Y., Shi, D., Qu, C., Xu, Z., Chen, L., Wang, Y., Yu, Z., & Ma, M.* (2021). Diffusion Induced Different Distributions of Sulfur Clusters on Suspended and Supported Graphene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125(21).

2020

• Qu, C., Wang, K., Wang, J., Gongyang, Y., Carpick, R., Urbakh, M., Zheng, Q.* (2020). Origin of Friction in Superlubric Graphite Contacts. Physical Review Letters, 125(12), 126102.
• Wang, K., Qu, C.*, Wang, J., Quan, B., Zheng, Q.* (2020). Characterization of a Microscale Superlubric Graphite Interface. Physical Review Letters, 125(2), 026101. (Editors’ suggestion)
• Qu, C., Xiang, X., Ma, M., Zheng, Q.* (2020). Controlled Movements in Superlubric MEMS. Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series), 27(3), 45.
• Zhao, S., Shi, S., Xia, K., Wang, T., Chai, M., Zhang, Y., Qu, C. *, Zheng, Q*. (2020). Scratching of Graphene-Coated Cu Substrates Leads to Hardened Cu Interfaces with Enhanced Lubricity. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3(2), 1992.
• Peng, D., Wu, Z., Shi, D., Qu, C., Jiang, H., Song, Y., Ma, M., Aeppli, G., Urbakh, M., Zheng, Q.* (2020). Load-induced dynamical transitions at graphene interfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(23) 12618.
• Song, Y., Qu, C., Ma, M.* & Zheng, Q. (2020). Structural Superlubricity Based on Crystalline Materials. Small. 16(15), 1903018.
• Liu, B., Wang, J., Zhao, S., Qu, C., Liu, Y., Ma, L., Zhang, Z., Liu, K., Zheng, Q., Ma, M.* (2020). Negative friction coefficient in microscale graphite/mica layered heterojunctions. Science Advances, 6(16), eaaz6787.
• Gongyang, Y., Ouyang*, W., Qu, C., Urbakh, M., Quan, B., Ma, M.*, & Zheng, Q. (2020). Temperature and velocity dependent friction of a microscale graphite-DLC heterostructure. Friction, 8(2), 462–470.

2019

• Qu, C., Shi, S., Ma, M., Zheng, Q.* (2019). Rotational Instability in Superlubric Joints. Physical Review Letters, 122(24), 246101. (Highlighted by Nature Materials)
• Qu, C., Cao, W., Liu, B., Wang, A., Xie, F., Ma, M., Shan, W., Urbakh, M., Zheng, Q.* (2019). Direct Measurement of Adhesions of Liquid on Graphite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(18), 11671.
• Wang, K., Qu, C., Wang, J., Ouyang, W., Ma, M.*, Zheng, Q.* (2019). Strain Engineering Modulates Graphene Interlayer Friction by Moiré Patterns Evolution. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 36169.
• Wang, J., Cao, W., Song, Y., Qu, C., Zheng, Q., Ma, M.* (2019). Generalized Scaling Law of Structural Superlubricity. Nano Letters. 19, 7735.

2018

• Qu, C., Liu, B., Ma, M., Zheng, Q.* (2018). Design and Optimization of the Diamagnetic Lateral Force Calibration Method. Review of Scientific Instruments, 89(11), 113704.
• Gongyang, Y., Qu, C., Zhang, S., Ma, M.*, & Zheng, Q.* (2018). Eliminating delamination of graphite sliding on diamond-like carbon. Carbon, 132, 444.
• Liu, B., Wang, J., Peng, X., Qu, C., Ma, M.*, & Zheng, Q. (2018). Direct fabrication of graphite-mica heterojunction and in situ control of their relative orientation. Materials & Design, 160, 371–376.

2014

• Shan, S., Kang, S. H., Wang, P., Qu, C., Shian, S., Chen, E. R., Bertoldi, K.* (2014). Harnessing multiple folding mechanisms in soft periodic structures for tunable control of elastic waves. Advanced Functional Materials, 24(31), 4935.