Burak Aksak

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Burak Aksak is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Burak Aksak has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Burak Aksak's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (15 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Burak Aksak is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (15 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Burak Aksak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Norway. Burak Aksak's co-authors include Metin Sitti, Michael Murphy, Seok Kim, Korhan Şahin, Qiao Lin, Bozhi Yang, Chung‐Yuen Hui, Luciano Castillo, Todd C. Mowry and James F. Hoburg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Burak Aksak

29 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Gecko‐Inspired Directional and Controllable Adhesion

2008 397 citations Michael Murphy, Burak Aksak et al. Small profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Burak Aksak United States	16	1.1k	547	522	441	416	31	1.6k
Dirk‐Michael Drotlef Germany	10	594 0.6×	599 1.1×	658 1.3×	401 0.9×	124 0.3×	12	1.3k
Nicholas Glassmaker United States	17	1.2k 1.1×	521 1.0×	495 0.9×	392 0.9×	586 1.4×	28	1.6k
Michele Scaraggi Italy	25	1.3k 1.2×	330 0.6×	343 0.7×	1.1k 2.4×	237 0.6×	62	2.0k
A. A. Zhukov Russia	8	671 0.6×	482 0.9×	370 0.7×	227 0.5×	353 0.8×	16	1.1k
Daniel Santos United States	7	1.0k 1.0×	312 0.6×	583 1.1×	453 1.0×	448 1.1×	8	1.4k
Richard E. Groff United States	16	526 0.5×	228 0.4×	658 1.3×	277 0.6×	305 0.7×	53	1.3k
Elmar Kroner Germany	17	796 0.8×	459 0.8×	409 0.8×	274 0.6×	270 0.6×	33	1.1k
Luciano Afferrante Italy	26	1.5k 1.4×	235 0.4×	157 0.3×	975 2.2×	403 1.0×	88	1.8k
Matt Wilkinson United States	11	754 0.7×	299 0.5×	198 0.4×	216 0.5×	425 1.0×	16	971
Shou-Wen Yu China	22	1.1k 1.0×	191 0.3×	276 0.5×	259 0.6×	83 0.2×	69	1.7k

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Gale, Richard, et al.. (2023). The Orientation Dependence of the Fingerprint Effect for Slip Speed Estimation and Control. IEEE Sensors Journal. 23(5). 5437–5447. 1 indexed citations

Gale, Richard, et al.. (2022). The Relationship Between Incremental Changes in Orientation and Slip Speed Estimation Using the Fingerprint Effect. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 4271–4278.

Aksak, Burak, et al.. (2020). Bioinspired fibrillar adhesives with shape-controlled off-center caps for switchable and directional adhesion. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 15(5). 56007–56007. 6 indexed citations

Gale, Richard, et al.. (2020). A Multidirectional Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester With Direction-Dependent Dual Resonance. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 68(5). 1844–1853. 6 indexed citations

Hamed, Ali M., et al.. (2019). On the large- and small-scale motions in a separated, turbulent-boundary-layer flow. Journal of Turbulence. 20(9). 563–576. 1 indexed citations

Hamed, Ali M., et al.. (2018). Flow modulation by a mushroom-like coating around the separation region of a wind-turbine airfoil section. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 10(4). 8 indexed citations

Hamed, Ali M., et al.. (2018). Engineered bio-inspired coating for passive flow control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(6). 1210–1214. 31 indexed citations

Aksak, Burak, et al.. (2018). The effect of flexible joint-like elements on the adhesive performance of nature-inspired bent mushroom-like fibers. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 9. 2893–2905. 7 indexed citations

Watkins, Scott E., et al.. (2018). Flow Around an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle With Bio-Inspired Coating. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Aksak, Burak, et al.. (2017). Sticking to rough surfaces using functionally graded bio-inspired microfibres. Royal Society Open Science. 4(6). 161105–161105. 22 indexed citations

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Aksak, Burak, et al.. (2016). Holographic microscopy and microfluidics platform for measuring wall stress and 3D flow over surfaces textured by micro-pillars. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28753–28753. 30 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhonglue, et al.. (2015). Patterning of metallic glasses using polymer templates. Scripta Materialia. 108. 15–18. 21 indexed citations

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Aksak, Burak, Korhan Şahin, & Metin Sitti. (2014). The optimal shape of elastomer mushroom-like fibers for high and robust adhesion. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 5. 630–638. 57 indexed citations

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Tortora, Giuseppe, et al.. (2012). Investigation of bioinspired gecko fibers to improve adhesion of HeartLander surgical robot. PubMed. 8. 908–911. 5 indexed citations

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Aksak, Burak, Chung‐Yuen Hui, & Metin Sitti. (2011). The effect of aspect ratio on adhesion and stiffness for soft elastic fibres. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 8(61). 1166–1175. 36 indexed citations

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Yoon, Jeong Ae, Sidi A. Bencherif, Burak Aksak, et al.. (2010). Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Scaffolds with Tailored Hydrophilic Pores. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 6(1). 128–136. 39 indexed citations

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Murphy, Michael, Burak Aksak, & Metin Sitti. (2008). Gecko‐Inspired Directional and Controllable Adhesion. Small. 5(2). 170–175. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aksak, Burak, Michael Murphy, & Metin Sitti. (2008). Gecko inspired micro-fibrillar adhesives for wall climbing robots on micro/nanoscale rough surfaces. 3058–3063. 121 indexed citations

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Kim, Seok, Burak Aksak, & Metin Sitti. (2007). Enhanced friction of elastomer microfiber adhesives with spatulate tips. Applied Physics Letters. 91(22). 85 indexed citations

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Kirby, Brian T., Jason Campbell, Burak Aksak, et al.. (2005). Catoms: moving robots without moving parts. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 32(15-16). 1730–1731. 15 indexed citations

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