Bryan Schubert

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Bryan Schubert is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan Schubert has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Bryan Schubert's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (7 papers) and Dielectric materials and actuators (6 papers). Bryan Schubert is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (7 papers) and Dielectric materials and actuators (6 papers). Bryan Schubert collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Italy. Bryan Schubert's co-authors include Dario Floreano, Jun Shintake, Herbert Shea, Samuel Rosset, Ronald S. Fearing, Carmel Majidi, Jongho Lee, Hyunhyub Ko, Ali Javey and Andrew G. Gillies and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bryan Schubert

17 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Versatile Soft Grippers with Intrinsic Electroadhesion Based on Multifunctional Polymer Actuators
    2015 659 citations Jun Shintake, Samuel Rosset et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Optically- and Thermally-Responsive Programmable Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube-Hydrogel Polymer Composites
    2011 459 citations Xiaobo Zhang, Cary L. Pint et al. Nano Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bryan Schubert 1.7k 945 493 262 255 17 2.2k
Andrew G. Gillies 1.7k 1.0× 524 0.6× 268 0.5× 178 0.7× 158 0.6× 16 2.3k
Massimo Mastrangeli 2.1k 1.3× 1.8k 1.9× 115 0.2× 179 0.7× 153 0.6× 85 3.3k
Daeshik Kang 3.1k 1.9× 499 0.5× 202 0.4× 155 0.6× 135 0.5× 58 3.7k
Rebecca K. Kramer 3.4k 2.1× 1.1k 1.1× 138 0.3× 272 1.0× 77 0.3× 51 4.1k
Philipp Rothemund 3.1k 1.9× 1.6k 1.7× 86 0.2× 88 0.3× 68 0.3× 33 3.8k
Honghui Yu 649 0.4× 399 0.4× 593 1.2× 84 0.3× 157 0.6× 59 1.5k
Arthur A. Evans 1.3k 0.8× 1.9k 2.1× 87 0.2× 40 0.2× 121 0.5× 25 2.4k
Dan Sameoto 1.8k 1.1× 857 0.9× 915 1.9× 535 2.0× 458 1.8× 93 3.0k
Hongmiao Tian 3.6k 2.2× 1.4k 1.5× 627 1.3× 625 2.4× 286 1.1× 154 5.0k
Kai Li 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 2.1× 187 0.4× 47 0.2× 65 0.3× 169 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bryan Schubert

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bryan Schubert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bryan Schubert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bryan Schubert 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 Bryan Schubert. Bryan Schubert is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Shintake, Jun, Samuel Rosset, Bryan Schubert, Dario Floreano, & Herbert Shea. (2016). Polymer Actuators: Versatile Soft Grippers with Intrinsic Electroadhesion Based on Multifunctional Polymer Actuators (Adv. Mater. 2/2016). Advanced Materials. 28(2). 205–205. 6 indexed citations
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Tonazzini, Alice, Stefano Mintchev, Bryan Schubert, et al.. (2016). Variable Stiffness Fiber with Self‐Healing Capability. Advanced Materials. 28(46). 10142–10148. 169 indexed citations
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Tonazzini, Alice, Stefano Mintchev, Bryan Schubert, et al.. (2016). Self‐Healing Materials: Variable Stiffness Fiber with Self‐Healing Capability (Adv. Mater. 46/2016). Advanced Materials. 28(46). 10105–10105. 1 indexed citations
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Shintake, Jun, Samuel Rosset, Bryan Schubert, Dario Floreano, & Herbert Shea. (2015). Versatile Soft Grippers with Intrinsic Electroadhesion Based on Multifunctional Polymer Actuators. Advanced Materials. 28(2). 231–238. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shintake, Jun, Bryan Schubert, Samuel Rosset, Herbert Shea, & Dario Floreano. (2015). Variable stiffness actuator for soft robotics using dielectric elastomer and low-melting-point alloy. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1097–1102. 197 indexed citations
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Shintake, Jun, Samuel Rosset, Bryan Schubert, et al.. (2015). DEA for soft robotics: 1-gram actuator picks up a 60-gram egg. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9430. 94301S–94301S. 28 indexed citations
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Shintake, Jun, Samuel Rosset, Bryan Schubert, Dario Floreano, & Herbert Shea. (2014). A Foldable Antagonistic Actuator. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 20(5). 1997–2008. 56 indexed citations
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Schubert, Bryan, Andrew G. Gillies, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2014). Angled microfiber arrays as low-modulus, low Poisson's ratio compliant substrates. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 24(6). 65016–65016. 3 indexed citations
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Schubert, Bryan, et al.. (2014). Stretchable electroadhesion for soft robots. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 3933–3938. 44 indexed citations
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Schubert, Bryan & Dario Floreano. (2013). Variable stiffness material based on rigid low-melting-point-alloy microstructures embedded in soft poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). RSC Advances. 3(46). 24671–24671. 187 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaobo, Cary L. Pint, Min Hyung Lee, et al.. (2011). Optically- and Thermally-Responsive Programmable Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube-Hydrogel Polymer Composites. Nano Letters. 11(8). 3239–3244. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schubert, Bryan. (2011). Design, Fabrication and Testing of Angled Fiber Suspension for Electrostatic Actuators. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Ko, Hyunhyub, Jongho Lee, Bryan Schubert, et al.. (2009). Hybrid Core−Shell Nanowire Forests as Self-Selective Chemical Connectors. Nano Letters. 9(5). 2054–2058. 53 indexed citations
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Schubert, Bryan, Jongho Lee, Carmel Majidi, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2008). Sliding-induced adhesion of stiff polymer microfibre arrays. II. Microscale behaviour. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 5(25). 845–853. 90 indexed citations
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Lee, Jongho, Carmel Majidi, Bryan Schubert, & Ronald S. Fearing. (2008). Sliding-induced adhesion of stiff polymer microfibre arrays. I. Macroscale behaviour. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 5(25). 835–844. 100 indexed citations
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Schubert, Bryan, Carmel Majidi, Richard E. Groff, et al.. (2007). Towards friction and adhesion from high modulus microfiber arrays. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 21(12-13). 1297–1315. 43 indexed citations
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Majidi, Carmel, Richard E. Groff, Bryan Schubert, et al.. (2006). High Friction from a Stiff Polymer Using Microfiber Arrays. Physical Review Letters. 97(7). 76103–76103. 152 indexed citations

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