Xiawa (Eva) Wu, Ph.D.

Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Bonding Structure and Property Relationships at the Interface Between Cellulose Nanocrystals and Glass Fibers, Proceedings of the American Society for Composites (ASC) 39th Technical Conference - January, 2026

Multiscale Mechanics of Calcium-Mediated Reinforcement within Pectin-Cellulose Composite via Integrated MD and Experimental Approach, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces - December, 2025
Collaborators: Kiyana Saeedian, Primary Author; Anamika Prasad, Corresponding Author

Configurational Stability of Pectin with Absorbed Water: a Molecular Dynamics Study, MRS Advances - October 3, 2025
Collaborator: Anamika Prasad, Co-Author

Fundamental Interactions Between Pectin and Cellulose Nanocrystals: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Cellulose - June 18, 2025
Collaborator: Anamika Prasad, Co-Author

A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Effects of Silane and Cellulose Nanocrystals at a Glass Fiber and Epoxy Interphase, Cellulose - September 11, 2024
Collaborators: Ejaz Haque, Primary Author; Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, Co-Author

Hierarchical Multiscale Approach for Modeling the Deformation and Failure of Epoxy-based Polymer Matrix Composites, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B - December 31, 2020
Collaborators: Amin Aramoon, Co-Author; Jaafar El-Awady, Corresponding Author

Multiscale Modeling of Epoxies and Epoxy-based Composites - April 1, 2020
Collaborator: Jaafar El-Awady, Corresponding Author

Evaluation of Reactive Force Fields for Prediction of the Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Iβ, Computational Materials Science - November 1, 2015
Collaborators: Fernando Dri, Primary Author; Robert Moon, Co-Author; Ashlie Martini, Co-Author; Pablo Zavattieri, Corresponding Author

Thermal Conductivity in Nanostructured Films: From Single Cellulose Nanocrystals to Bulk Films, Biomacromolecules - November 10, 2014
Collaborators: Jairo Diaz, Primary Author; Zhijiang Ye, Co-Author; Arden Moore, Co-Author; Robert Moon, Co-Author; Ashlie Martini, Co-Author; Dylan Boday, Co-Author; Jeffrey Youngblood, Corresponding Author

Tensile Strength of Iβ Crystalline Cellulose Predicted by Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Cellulose - August 1, 2014
Collaborators: Robert Moon, Co-Author; Ashlie Martini, Corresponding Author

Atomistic Simulation of Frictional Sliding between Cellulose Iβ Nanocrystals, Tribology Letters - December 1, 2013
Collaborators: Robert Moon, Co-Author; Ashlie Martini, Corresponding Author

Atomic Roughness Enhanced Friction on Hydrogenated Graphene, Nanotechnology - August 21, 2013
Collaborators: Yalin Dong, Primary Author; Ashlie Martini, Corresponding Author

Thermal Expansion of Self-organized and Shear-oriented Cellulose Nanocrystal Films, Biomacromolecules - August 12, 2013
Collaborators: Jairo Diaz, Primary Author; Ashlie Martini, Co-Author; Jeffrey Youngblood, Co-Author; Robert Moon, Corresponding Author

Atomistic Simulation of Nanoscale Indentation on Cellulose Nanocrystals - June 1, 2013
Collaborators: Robert Moon, Co-Editor; Ashlie Martini, Corresponding Author

Crystalline Cellulose Elastic Modulus Predicted by Atomistic Models of Uniform Deformation and Nanoscale Indentation, Cellulose - February 1, 2013
Collaborators: Robert Moon, Co-Author; Ashlie Martini, Corresponding Author

Modeling Atomic-scale Indentation of Crystalline Cellulose, TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials 2011 - December 1, 2011
Collaborators: Ashlie Martini, Primary Author; Robert Moon, Co-Author

Calculation of Single Chain Cellulose Elasticity Using Fully Atomistic Modeling, Tappi Journal - April 1, 2011
Collaborators: Robert Moon, Co-Author; Ashlie Martini, Corresponding Author

Anisotropic Elasticity of Crystalline Cellulose: Atomistic Modeling & Experiments, International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry 2010 - December 1, 2010
Collaborators: Ashlie Martini, Primary Author; Ryan Wagner, Co-Author; Arvind Raman, Co-Author; Robert Moon, Co-Author

Elastic Deformation Mechanics of Cellulose Nanocrystals, TMS 2010 - 139th Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Supplemental Proceedings - May 28, 2010
Collaborators: Ryan Wagner, Co-Author; Arvind Raman, Co-Author; Robert Moon, Co-Author; Ashlie Martini, Corresponding Author