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18. Wei Sun, Wanyin Zheng, Xiangyu Wei, David A. Czaplewski, Ronald N. Miles, Jian Zhou*, A validated lumped-element model for bioinspired acoustic flow sensing toward the performance limit, arXiv.2511.10830 (2025).

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17. Jian Zhou*, Nicolaie Moldovan, Liliana Stan, Wei Sun, Daniel Lopez, David Czaplewski*, Nanometer-thick ultraflat cantilever resonators. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 35, 075001 (invited article, Emerging Leaders 2025).

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16. Jian Zhou†, Richard Huang†, Nicolaie Moldovan, Liliana Stan, Jianguo Wen, Dafei Jin, David R. Nelson, Andrej Košmrlj, David A. Czaplewski, and Daniel López. Rippled metamaterials with scale-dependent tailorable elasticity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (12), e2425200122 (2025).​

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15.  Hoover Pantoja-Sánchez, Brian C. Leavell, Bianca Rendon, W. A. Priyanka P. de-Silva, Richa Singh, Jian Zhou, Gil Menda, Ronald R. Hoy, Ronald N. Miles, Neil D. Sanscrainte, Ximena E. Bernal, Tiny spies: mosquito antennae are sensitive sensors for eavesdropping on frog calls. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226 (24), jeb245359 (2023). 

2023 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize

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14. Jian Zhou, Junpeng Lai, Ronald R. Hoy, Ronald N. Miles, Orb-weaving spiders can hear using their webs. TheScienceBreaker (2023) (invited paper).

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13. Peco Myint, Miaoqi Chu, Ashish Tripathi, Michael J. Wojcik, Jian Zhou, Mathew J. Cherukara, Suresh Narayanan, Jin Wang, Zhang Jiang, Multislice forward modeling of coherent surface scattering imaging on surface and interfacial structures. Optics Express, 31(7), pp.11261-11273 (2023).

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12. Jian Zhou†*, Junpeng Lai†, Gil Menda, Jay A. Stafstrom, Carol I. Miles, Ronald R. Hoy*, and Ronald N. Miles*, Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that uses its web as an auditory sensor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(14), e2122789119 (2022).

Featured by PNAS, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Cornell News, Binghamton News.

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11. Jie Zhang, Yingjie Li, Siyi Cheng, Jian Zhou*, Shuo Wang, Dongyuan Zhao, Chao Shi, Fuying Ma, Xiaoming Chen*, Jinyou Shao. Orb-Web-Inspired Polymer-Carbon Nanocomposite Mesh Film for Acoustic Sensing. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(10), pp.14654-14662 (2022).

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10. Jian Zhou†, Jinxing Jiang†, Donald A. Walko, Dafei Jin, Daniel López, David A. Czaplewski, Jin Wang, On-chip picosecond synchrotron pulse shaper. arXiv:2211.03567 (2022).

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9. Donald A. Walko, Jinxing Jiang, Jian Zhou, Burak Guzelturk, Xiaoyi Zhang, David A. Czaplewski, Jin Wang, Measuring the x-ray flux from MEMS devices for timing applications. Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components XVII, 12240, pp. 71-76. SPIE (2022).

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8. Jian Zhou*, Nicolaie Moldovan, Liliana Stan, Haogang Cai, David A. Czaplewski, Daniel López*, Approaching the strain-free limit in ultrathin nanomechanical resonators. Nano Letters, 20(8), pp.5693-5698 (2020).

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7. Jian Zhou, Boxiao Li, Jian Liu, Wayne E. Jones, Ronald N. Miles, Highly-damped nanofiber mesh for ultrasensitive broadband acoustic flow detection. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 28(9), p.095003 (2018).

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6. Jian Zhou, Ronald N. Miles, Directional sound detection by sensing acoustic flow. IEEE Sensors Letters, 2 (2), pp.1-4 (2018).

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5. Ronald N. Miles, Jian Zhou, Sound-induced motion of a nanoscale fiber. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 140, 011009 (2018). 

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4. Jian Zhou†, Ronald N. Miles†, Sensing fluctuating airflow with spider silk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (46), pp.12120-12125 (2017). 

Highlighted by Nature Physics: Spidey sense (2017).

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3. Jian Zhou, Ronald N. Miles, Shahrzad Towfighian, A novel capacitive sensing principle for microdevices. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 57113, p. V004T09A024 (2014).

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2. Jian Zhou, Tao Jiang, Jiwei Jiao, Ming Wu, Design and fabrication of a micromachined gyroscope with high shock resistance. Microsystem Technologies, 20, pp.137-144 (2014).

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1. Tao Jiang, Jian Zhou, Fei Feng, Study on designs of stoppers for MEMS devices in shock environment. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 184, pp. 510-515 (2012).