Bolin An

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Bolin An is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Bolin An has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Bolin An's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (6 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (5 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Bolin An is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (6 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (5 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Bolin An collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Bolin An's co-authors include Chao Zhong, Yuan‐Yuan Huang, Timothy K. Lu, Tzu‐Chieh Tang, Yanyi Wang, Jiahua Pu, Xiaoyu Jiang, Mengkui Cui, Yan‐Yi Wang and Xinyu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bolin An

27 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Materials design by synthetic biology 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Materials design by synthetic biology
    2020 268 citations Tzu‐Chieh Tang, Bolin An et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bolin An China 17 472 464 361 139 117 29 1.2k
Noémie‐Manuelle Dorval Courchesne Canada 17 388 0.8× 585 1.3× 361 1.0× 145 1.0× 70 0.6× 39 1.3k
Tzu‐Chieh Tang United States 14 458 1.0× 943 2.0× 256 0.7× 156 1.1× 71 0.6× 19 1.7k
Jiahua Pu China 14 404 0.9× 313 0.7× 229 0.6× 79 0.6× 73 0.6× 17 892
Anna Duraj‐Thatte United States 13 612 1.3× 539 1.2× 291 0.8× 131 0.9× 33 0.3× 20 1.5k
Juno Lee South Korea 18 409 0.9× 619 1.3× 542 1.5× 357 2.6× 341 2.9× 32 1.6k
Pei Kun R. Tay United States 8 412 0.9× 270 0.6× 214 0.6× 67 0.5× 33 0.3× 9 771
Dong Gyun Kang South Korea 20 406 0.9× 201 0.4× 199 0.6× 167 1.2× 226 1.9× 42 1.3k
Yuan‐Yuan Huang China 16 301 0.6× 353 0.8× 154 0.4× 479 3.4× 30 0.3× 52 1.4k
Elisabetta Bini United States 19 561 1.2× 192 0.4× 634 1.8× 105 0.8× 84 0.7× 30 1.2k
Beom Jin Kim South Korea 23 486 1.0× 542 1.2× 500 1.4× 370 2.7× 212 1.8× 63 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Bolin An

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bolin An

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bolin An

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bolin An. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bolin An based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bolin An. Bolin An is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Yifan, et al.. (2025). 3D Bioprinting for Tendon-Bone Interface Regeneration. International Journal of Bioprinting. 0(0). 8411–8411.
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Wang, Liying, Qi Wu, Dan Lu, et al.. (2024). Genetically Designed Living Bacteria with Melanogenesis for Tumor‐Specific Pigmentation and Therapeutic Intervention. Advanced Science. 11(31). e2402709–e2402709. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Liping, et al.. (2024). Hybridized and engineered microbe for catalytic generation of peroxynitrite and cancer immunotherapy under sonopiezo initiation. Science Advances. 10(44). eadp7540–eadp7540. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Yihao, Yurong Chen, Sergio Martín‐Saldaña, et al.. (2024). Fast Recoverable Shape Memory Cryogels Engineered with Surfactant‐Stabilized Bubbles and Vermiculite for Non‐Compressible Hemostasis. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(4). 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuan‐Yuan, Jie Wang, Siyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Accelerating the design of pili-enabled living materials using an integrative technological workflow. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(2). 201–210. 13 indexed citations
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An, Bolin, et al.. (2022). Genetically engineered probiotics as catalytic glucose depriver for tumor starvation therapy. Materials Today Bio. 18. 100515–100515. 12 indexed citations
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An, Bolin, Yan‐Yi Wang, Yuan‐Yuan Huang, et al.. (2022). Engineered Living Materials For Sustainability. Chemical Reviews. 123(5). 2349–2419. 143 indexed citations
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Li, Ke, et al.. (2022). Photocatalyst-mineralized biofilms as living bio-abiotic interfaces for single enzyme to whole-cell photocatalytic applications. Science Advances. 8(18). eabm7665–eabm7665. 59 indexed citations
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An, Bolin, et al.. (2021). Encapsulation of bacterial cells in cytoprotective ZIF-90 crystals as living composites. Materials Today Bio. 10. 100097–100097. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanyi, Bolin An, Bin Xue, et al.. (2020). Living materials fabricated via gradient mineralization of light-inducible biofilms. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(3). 351–359. 107 indexed citations
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Pu, Jiahua, Yi Liu, Jicong Zhang, et al.. (2020). Virus Disinfection: Virus Disinfection from Environmental Water Sources Using Living Engineered Biofilm Materials (Adv. Sci. 14/2020). Advanced Science. 7(14). 1 indexed citations
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An, Bolin, Yanyi Wang, Xiaoyu Jiang, et al.. (2020). Programming Living Glue Systems to Perform Autonomous Mechanical Repairs. Matter. 3(6). 2080–2092. 55 indexed citations
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Tang, Tzu‐Chieh, Bolin An, Yuan‐Yuan Huang, et al.. (2020). Materials design by synthetic biology. Nature Reviews Materials. 6(4). 332–350. 268 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mao, Xiuhai, Ke Li, Mengmeng Liu, et al.. (2019). Directing curli polymerization with DNA origami nucleators. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1395–1395. 26 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chen, Jiaofang Huang, Jicong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Engineered Bacillus subtilis biofilms as living glues. Materials Today. 28. 40–48. 93 indexed citations
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Cui, Mengkui, Xinyu Wang, Bolin An, et al.. (2019). Exploiting mammalian low-complexity domains for liquid-liquid phase separation–driven underwater adhesive coatings. Science Advances. 5(8). eaax3155–eaax3155. 77 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan‐Yi, Jiahua Pu, Bolin An, Timothy K. Lu, & Chao Zhong. (2018). Emerging Paradigms for Synthetic Design of Functional Amyloids. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(20). 3720–3734. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinyu, Jiahua Pu, Bolin An, et al.. (2018). Dynamic Self‐Assembly: Programming Cells for Dynamic Assembly of Inorganic Nano‐Objects with Spatiotemporal Control (Adv. Mater. 16/2018). Advanced Materials. 30(16). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinyu, Jiahua Pu, Bolin An, et al.. (2018). Programming Cells for Dynamic Assembly of Inorganic Nano‐Objects with Spatiotemporal Control. Advanced Materials. 30(16). e1705968–e1705968. 48 indexed citations
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An, Bolin, Xinyu Wang, Mengkui Cui, et al.. (2017). Diverse Supramolecular Nanofiber Networks Assembled by Functional Low-Complexity Domains. ACS Nano. 11(7). 6985–6995. 43 indexed citations

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