Canhui Yang

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Canhui Yang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Medicine and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Canhui Yang has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 24 papers in Molecular Medicine and 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Canhui Yang's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (42 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (24 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (20 papers). Canhui Yang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (42 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (24 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (20 papers). Canhui Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Canhui Yang's co-authors include Zhigang Suo, Xi Yao, Qihan Liu, Tenghao Yin, Yunfeng He, Shaoxing Qu, Guodong Nian, Chuan Fei Guo, Joost J. Vlassak and Zhengjin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Canhui Yang

61 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Hydrogel ionotronics

2018 1.5k citations Canhui Yang, Zhigang Suo profile →
Highly stable flexible pressure sensors with a quasi-homogeneous composition and interlinked interfaces

2022 328 citations Yuan Zhang, Junlong Yang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Creep-free polyelectrolyte elastomer for drift-free iontronic sensing

2024 123 citations Yunfeng He, Cheng Yu et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Canhui Yang China	25	3.5k	1.3k	967	948	698	64	4.6k
German Alberto Parada United States	17	4.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	1.4k 1.5×	451 0.6×	21	6.4k
Lu Han China	35	4.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.6×	776 0.8×	986 1.0×	994 1.4×	75	6.1k
Stephan Handschuh‐Wang China	34	2.9k 0.8×	987 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	298 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	97	4.5k
Ruobing Bai United States	25	2.3k 0.7×	830 0.6×	906 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	372 0.5×	63	4.1k
Shuwang Wu China	32	2.6k 0.7×	933 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	967 1.0×	704 1.0×	51	5.1k
Zhouyue Lei China	33	3.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	809 0.8×	483 0.5×	868 1.2×	57	5.2k
Shaoxing Qu China	48	4.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	3.4k 3.5×	1.0k 1.1×	883 1.3×	258	8.8k
Yong Mei Chen China	39	3.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	653 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	940 1.3×	111	6.1k
Marc in het Panhuis Australia	48	4.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	981 1.4×	179	8.2k
Jiawei Yang China	25	2.2k 0.6×	743 0.6×	655 0.7×	981 1.0×	248 0.4×	71	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Canhui Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Canhui Yang

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All Works

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Zeng, Yijin, et al.. (2025). Prolonged fracture resistance of hydrogels through spontaneous network reconfiguration. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 75. 102298–102298. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Ping, et al.. (2025). Resolving hyperelasticity-adhesiveness conflict in polymer networks by in situ constructing mechanical heterogeneities. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6094–6094. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Yuan, et al.. (2025). Polyelectrolyte Elastomer‐Based Ionotronic Electro‐Mechano‐Optical Devices. Small. 21(42). e2502225–e2502225.

Adibeig, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2024). Effects of network structure on the viscoelastic creep and delayed fracture of polyelectrolyte elastomers. Polymer. 305. 127104–127104. 2 indexed citations

Yin, Qianfeng, et al.. (2024). Interfacial fatigue fracture of pressure sensitive adhesives. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 72. 102248–102248. 3 indexed citations

He, Yunfeng, Cheng Yu, Canhui Yang, & Chuan Fei Guo. (2024). Creep-free polyelectrolyte elastomer for drift-free iontronic sensing. Nature Materials. 23(8). 1107–1114. 123 indexed citations breakdown →

Shao, Yan, Chunzhong Li, Kaimin Wang, et al.. (2024). A universal packaging substrate for mechanically stable assembly of stretchable electronics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6106–6106. 28 indexed citations

Ma, Jie, Siyang Li, Shufen Dai, et al.. (2023). Low-water-content polyelectrolyte hydrogels inspired by human epidermal stratum corneum. Cell Reports Physical Science. 4(12). 101741–101741. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Canhui, et al.. (2023). Experimental characterization of elastocapillary and osmocapillary effects on multi-scale gel surface topography. Soft Matter. 19(45). 8698–8705. 7 indexed citations

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Rao, Ping, et al.. (2023). Chemically identical gels I – under-crosslinked networks. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 175. 105278–105278. 12 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jianxiang, et al.. (2023). Polyelectrolyte elastomer-based ionotronic sensors with multi-mode sensing capabilities via multi-material 3D printing. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4853–4853. 83 indexed citations

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Li, Qi, et al.. (2022). Fatigue of amorphous hydrogels with dynamic covalent bonds. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 53. 101679–101679. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ping, et al.. (2022). Stretchable Heterogeneous Polymer Networks of High Adhesion and Low Hysteresis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(43). 49264–49273. 17 indexed citations

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He, Yunfeng, et al.. (2022). Strong Interfaces Enable Efficient Load Transfer for Strong, Tough, and Impact-Resistant Hydrogel Composites. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(29). 33797–33805. 24 indexed citations

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Yang, Canhui, et al.. (2022). Harnessing osmotic swelling stress for robust hydrogel actuators. Soft Matter. 18(28). 5177–5184. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuan, Junlong Yang, Xingyu Hou, et al.. (2022). Highly stable flexible pressure sensors with a quasi-homogeneous composition and interlinked interfaces. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1317–1317. 328 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wan, Xiaodong, Yunfeng He, & Canhui Yang. (2021). Simulation of the peel of hydrogels with stiff backing. Soft Matter. 18(2). 272–281. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Canhui, Sibo Cheng, Xi Yao, et al.. (2020). Ionotronic Luminescent Fibers, Fabrics, and Other Configurations. Advanced Materials. 32(47). e2005545–e2005545. 94 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ping, et al.. (2020). Biomimetic Hydrophilic Islands for Integrating Elastomers and Hydrogels of Regulable Curved Profiles. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 3(2). 668–675. 14 indexed citations

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Cheng, Sibo, Yashraj Narang, Canhui Yang, Zhigang Suo, & Robert D. Howe. (2019). Stick‐On Large‐Strain Sensors for Soft Robots. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 6(20). 102 indexed citations

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