Christopher M. Yakacki

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher M. Yakacki is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher M. Yakacki has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christopher M. Yakacki's work include Polymer composites and self-healing (43 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (27 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (19 papers). Christopher M. Yakacki is often cited by papers focused on Polymer composites and self-healing (43 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (27 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (19 papers). Christopher M. Yakacki collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Christopher M. Yakacki's co-authors include Ken Gall, Robin Shandas, Nicholas A. Traugutt, Thao D. Nguyen, Kai Yu, Mohand O. Saed, Carl P. Frick, Devatha P. Nair, Ross H. Volpe and Christopher N. Bowman and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, PLoS ONE and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Christopher M. Yakacki

76 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Unconstrained recovery characterization of shape-memory polymer networks for cardiovascular applications

2007 476 citations Christopher M. Yakacki, Robin Shandas et al. Biomaterials profile →
Tailorable and programmable liquid-crystalline elastomers using a two-stage thiol–acrylate reaction

2015 467 citations Christopher M. Yakacki, Mohand O. Saed et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Investigating the influence of head kinematics on head injury metrics and factors to consider for football helmet design 2023 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part P Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Amir Hossein Harati Nejad Torbati, R. Dana Carpenter, Peter E. Jenkins, Sourav Poddar, Christopher M. Yakacki	1
2	Effect of intramedullary nail stiffness on load-sharing in tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis: A patient-specific finite element study 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Ravi R. Patel, (unknown), Kenneth M. Dupont, David L. Safranski, Christopher M. Yakacki, (unknown)	1
3	Soft-Elasticity Optimises Dissipation in 3D-Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomers 2021 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Devesh Mistry, Nicholas A. Traugutt, Brett Sanborn, Ross H. Volpe, (unknown), (unknown), Bo Song, Kai Yu, Kevin Long, Christopher M. Yakacki	105
4	Processing and reprocessing liquid crystal elastomer actuators 2021 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Devesh Mistry, Nicholas A. Traugutt, Kai Yu, Christopher M. Yakacki	48
5	The effect of alignment on the rate-dependent behavior of a main-chain liquid crystal elastomer 2020 ·Soft Matter ·(unknown), Nicholas A. Traugutt, Mohand O. Saed, (unknown), Christopher M. Yakacki, Thao D. Nguyen	36
6	Biocompatible liquid-crystal elastomers mimic the intervertebral disc 2020 ·Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials ·(unknown), Daniel R. Merkel, (unknown), (unknown), Ravi R. Patel, Amir Hossein Harati Nejad Torbati, Nick J. Willett, Christopher M. Yakacki, Carl P. Frick	53
7	Design Innovation Incorporating Additive Manufacturing: Creation and Assessment of a Design Tool 2020 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniel Jensen, Christopher M. Yakacki, Kristin L. Wood	0
8	New Guinea bone daggers were engineered to preserve social prestige 2018 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Nathaniel J. Dominy, (unknown), Christopher M. Yakacki, Paul Roscoe, R. Dana Carpenter	8
9	Interbody Spacer Material Properties and Design Conformity for Reducing Subsidence During Lumbar Interbody Fusion 2017 ·Journal of Biomechanical Engineering ·(unknown), Vikas V. Patel, Christopher M. Yakacki, R. Dana Carpenter	58
10	Synthesis of Programmable Main-chain Liquid-crystalline Elastomers Using a Two-stage Thiol-acrylate Reaction 2016 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Mohand O. Saed, Amir Hossein Harati Nejad Torbati, Devatha P. Nair, Christopher M. Yakacki	81
11	Finite element analysis of a pseudoelastic compression-generating intramedullary ankle arthrodesis nail 2016 ·Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials ·Ryan T. Anderson, (unknown), Christopher M. Yakacki, R. Dana Carpenter	19
12	Monotonic and cyclic loading behavior of porous scaffolds made from poly(para-phenylene) for orthopedic applications 2014 ·Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials ·(unknown), Christopher M. Yakacki, Ray S. Fertig, R. Dana Carpenter, Carl P. Frick	15
13	Porous poly(para-phenylene) scaffolds for load-bearing orthopedic applications 2013 ·Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials ·(unknown), Christopher M. Yakacki, (unknown), (unknown), David L. Safranski, (unknown), Carl P. Frick	16
14	Effect of physical aging on the shape-memory behavior of amorphous networks 2012 ·Polymer ·Jin‐Woo Choi, Alicia Moreno-Ortega, Rui Xiao, Christopher M. Yakacki, Thao D. Nguyen	40
15	Pseudoelastic intramedullary nailing for tibio–talo–calcaneal arthrodesis 2011 ·Expert Review of Medical Devices ·Christopher M. Yakacki, Ken Gall, Douglas R. Dirschl, (unknown)	22
16	Modeling the Relaxation Mechanisms of Amorphous Shape Memory Polymers 2010 ·Advanced Materials ·Thao D. Nguyen, Christopher M. Yakacki, (unknown), (unknown)	139
17	Pullout strength of suture anchors: Effect of mechanical properties of trabecular bone 2010 ·Journal of Biomechanics ·(unknown), Christopher M. Yakacki, Robert E. Guldberg, Angela Lin, (unknown), Scott D. Gillogly, Ken Gall	54
18	Bearing area: A new indication for suture anchor pullout strength? 2009 ·Journal of Orthopaedic Research® ·Christopher M. Yakacki, (unknown), (unknown), Ken Gall	26
19	Strong, Tailored, Biocompatible Shape‐Memory Polymer Networks 2008 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Christopher M. Yakacki, Robin Shandas, David L. Safranski, Alicia Moreno-Ortega, (unknown), Ken Gall	298
20	Unconstrained recovery characterization of shape-memory polymer networks for cardiovascular applications breakdown → 2007 ·Biomaterials ·Christopher M. Yakacki, Robin Shandas, Craig Lanning, Bryan Rech, (unknown), Ken Gall	476

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