[1] Yifan Yang#, Zhijun Dai#, Yuzhen Chen#, Fan Xu*. Active twisting for adaptive droplet collection. Nature Computational Science, 5: 313–321, 2025. (Cover) 

[2] Yifan Yang, Fan Xu*. Research briefing: Xeric plants inspire adaptable liquid crystal elastomers for water collection. Nature Computational Science, 5: 275–276, 2025. 

[3] Yifan Yang, Fan Xu*. Computational morphology and morphogenesis for empowering soft-matter engineering. Nature Computational Science, 4: 388–390, 2024. 

[4] Ting Wang, Zhijun Dai, Michel Potier-Ferry, Fan Xu*. Curvature-Regulated Multiphase Patterns in Tori. Physical Review Letters, 130: 048201-1–048201-6, 2023. • This work has been selected for a Synopsis (How Nature’s Donuts Get Their Wrinkles) in Physics 16, s5. • Highlighted by Nature 614, 10 (2023) (A chilli’s wrinkles and a cherry’s dimples explained). 

[5] Fan Xu*, Yangchao Huang, Shichen Zhao, Xi-Qiao Feng*. Chiral topographic instability in shrinking spheres. Nature Computational Science, 2: 632–640, 2022. (Cover) • This work has been highlighted as News & Views (Bio-inspired adaptive grasper by chiral wrinkling) by Nature Comput. Sci., 2: 624–625, 2022. 

[6] Fan Xu*, Chenbo Fu, Yifan Yang. Water affects morphogenesis of growing aquatic plant leaves. Physical Review Letters, 124: 038003-1–038003-6, 2020. (Cover) • This work has been selected for an Editors’ Suggestion and a Focus (Explaining the Ruffles of Lotus Leaves) in Physics 13, 8. • This work has been highlighted by Nature 578, 10 (2020) (Rubber ‘leaves’ reveal the physics of the floating lotus). 

[7] Liyuan Wang#, Songlin Xie#, Zhiyuan Wang#, Fei Liu, Yifan Yang, Chengqiang Tang, Xiaoying Wu, Peng Liu, Yongjing Li, Hexige Saiyin, Shuang Zheng, Xuemei Sun*, Fan Xu*, Hongbo Yu*, Huisheng Peng*. Functionalized helical fibre bundles of carbon nanotubes as electrochemical sensors for long-term in vivo monitoring of multiple disease biomarkers. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 4: 159–171, 2020. (ESI Highly Cited Paper) • This work has been highlighted as News & Views (Soft and fibrous multiplexed biosensors) by Nature Biomedical Engineering 4, 135–136 (2020). 

[8] Yifan Yang, Hui-Hui Dai, Fan Xu*, Michel Potier-Ferry. Pattern transitions in a soft cylindrical shell. Physical Review Letters, 120: 215503-1–215503-5, 2018. • This work has been highlighted as Picture Story (Roll up your sleeves) by Nature Physics 14, 534 (2018). 

[9] Ting Wang, Michel Potier-Ferry, Fan Xu*. A nonlinear toroidal shell model for surface morphologies and morphogenesis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 200: 106135-1–106135-16, 2025. 

[10] Zhijun Dai#, Ya Wen#, Zhiang Chen, Yijian Chen, Yifan Yang, Mengdi Gao, Yuzhen Chen, Fan Xu*. Unusual stretching-twisting of liquid crystal elastomer bilayers. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 198: 106066-1–106066-17, 2025.

[1] Yifan Yang#, Zhijun Dai#, Yuzhen Chen#, Fan Xu*. Active twisting for adaptive droplet collection. Nature Computational Science, 5: 313–321, 2025. (Cover) 

[2] Yifan Yang, Fan Xu*. Research briefing: Xeric plants inspire adaptable liquid crystal elastomers for water collection. Nature Computational Science, 5: 275–276, 2025. 

[3] Yifan Yang, Fan Xu*. Computational morphology and morphogenesis for empowering soft-matter engineering. Nature Computational Science, 4: 388–390, 2024. 

[4] Ting Wang, Zhijun Dai, Michel Potier-Ferry, Fan Xu*. Curvature-Regulated Multiphase Patterns in Tori. Physical Review Letters, 130: 048201-1–048201-6, 2023. • This work has been selected for a Synopsis (How Nature’s Donuts Get Their Wrinkles) in Physics 16, s5. • Highlighted by Nature 614, 10 (2023) (A chilli’s wrinkles and a cherry’s dimples explained). 

[5] Fan Xu*, Yangchao Huang, Shichen Zhao, Xi-Qiao Feng*. Chiral topographic instability in shrinking spheres. Nature Computational Science, 2: 632–640, 2022. (Cover) • This work has been highlighted as News & Views (Bio-inspired adaptive grasper by chiral wrinkling) by Nature Comput. Sci., 2: 624–625, 2022. 

[6] Fan Xu*, Chenbo Fu, Yifan Yang. Water affects morphogenesis of growing aquatic plant leaves. Physical Review Letters, 124: 038003-1–038003-6, 2020. (Cover) • This work has been selected for an Editors’ Suggestion and a Focus (Explaining the Ruffles of Lotus Leaves) in Physics 13, 8. • This work has been highlighted by Nature 578, 10 (2020) (Rubber ‘leaves’ reveal the physics of the floating lotus). 

[7] Liyuan Wang#, Songlin Xie#, Zhiyuan Wang#, Fei Liu, Yifan Yang, Chengqiang Tang, Xiaoying Wu, Peng Liu, Yongjing Li, Hexige Saiyin, Shuang Zheng, Xuemei Sun*, Fan Xu*, Hongbo Yu*, Huisheng Peng*. Functionalized helical fibre bundles of carbon nanotubes as electrochemical sensors for long-term in vivo monitoring of multiple disease biomarkers. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 4: 159–171, 2020. (ESI Highly Cited Paper) • This work has been highlighted as News & Views (Soft and fibrous multiplexed biosensors) by Nature Biomedical Engineering 4, 135–136 (2020). 

[8] Yifan Yang, Hui-Hui Dai, Fan Xu*, Michel Potier-Ferry. Pattern transitions in a soft cylindrical shell. Physical Review Letters, 120: 215503-1–215503-5, 2018. • This work has been highlighted as Picture Story (Roll up your sleeves) by Nature Physics 14, 534 (2018). 

[9] Ting Wang, Michel Potier-Ferry, Fan Xu*. A nonlinear toroidal shell model for surface morphologies and morphogenesis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 200: 106135-1–106135-16, 2025. 

[10] Zhijun Dai#, Ya Wen#, Zhiang Chen, Yijian Chen, Yifan Yang, Mengdi Gao, Yuzhen Chen, Fan Xu*. Unusual stretching-twisting of liquid crystal elastomer bilayers. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 198: 106066-1–106066-17, 2025.