David Pugal

1.1k total citations
19 papers, 882 citations indexed

About

David Pugal is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pugal has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 882 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Pugal's work include Dielectric materials and actuators (19 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers) and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (8 papers). David Pugal is often cited by papers focused on Dielectric materials and actuators (19 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers) and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (8 papers). David Pugal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Estonia and South Korea. David Pugal's co-authors include Kwang J. Kim, Kinji Asaka, Il‐Kwon Oh, Choonghee Jo, Viljar Palmre, Kam K. Leang, Alvo Aabloo, Woosoon Yim, Sungjun Kim and Hyouk Ryeol Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Progress in Polymer Science and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David Pugal

19 papers receiving 829 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Pugal United States 12 804 287 223 174 79 19 882
Rachel Z. Pytel United States 4 732 0.9× 196 0.7× 343 1.5× 223 1.3× 59 0.7× 5 874
Seajin Oh United States 6 921 1.1× 289 1.0× 399 1.8× 79 0.5× 146 1.8× 8 1.0k
Seiki Chiba Japan 12 1.2k 1.5× 421 1.5× 399 1.8× 131 0.8× 112 1.4× 55 1.3k
Tyler Stalbaum United States 10 340 0.4× 86 0.3× 158 0.7× 99 0.6× 46 0.6× 21 421
Ehsan Hajiesmaili United States 10 918 1.1× 217 0.8× 485 2.2× 107 0.6× 46 0.6× 11 1.1k
Thomas G. McKay New Zealand 11 975 1.2× 284 1.0× 344 1.5× 90 0.5× 83 1.1× 19 1.1k
Dongchang Zheng China 8 292 0.4× 69 0.2× 190 0.9× 117 0.7× 50 0.6× 8 515
Hua Zhai China 11 484 0.6× 95 0.3× 311 1.4× 300 1.7× 133 1.7× 48 769

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Pugal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Pugal

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Stalbaum, Tyler, et al.. (2015). Physics-based modeling of mechano-electric transduction of tube-shaped ionic polymer-metal composite. Journal of Applied Physics. 117(11). 24 indexed citations
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Palmre, Viljar, David Pugal, Kwang J. Kim, et al.. (2014). Nanothorn electrodes for ionic polymer-metal composite artificial muscles. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6176–6176. 64 indexed citations
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Palmre, Viljar, David Pugal, & Kwang J. Kim. (2014). Effects of electrode surface structure on the mechanoelectrical transduction of IPMC sensors. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9056. 905605–905605. 8 indexed citations
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Palmre, Viljar, et al.. (2014). Improving electromechanical output of IPMC by high surface area Pd-Pt electrodes and tailored ionomer membrane thickness. International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials. 5(2). 99–113. 25 indexed citations
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Palmre, Viljar, David Pugal, Kwang J. Kim, & Woosoon Yim. (2013). An electroactive IPMC-based cylindrical robotic platform. 713–714. 4 indexed citations
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Palmre, Viljar, David Pugal, Kam K. Leang, & Kwang J. Kim. (2013). The effects of electrode surface morphology on the actuation performance of IPMC. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8687. 86870W–86870W. 6 indexed citations
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Pugal, David, Alvo Aabloo, & Kwang J. Kim. (2013). Scalable low nDOFhp-FEM model of IPMC actuation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8687. 86870X–86870X. 1 indexed citations
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Jo, Choonghee, David Pugal, Il‐Kwon Oh, Kwang J. Kim, & Kinji Asaka. (2013). Recent advances in ionic polymer–metal composite actuators and their modeling and applications. Progress in Polymer Science. 38(7). 1037–1066. 315 indexed citations
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Palmre, Viljar, et al.. (2013). Monolithic IPMC Fins for Propulsion and Maneuvering in Bioinspired Underwater Robotics. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 39(3). 540–551. 90 indexed citations
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Pugal, David, Taeseon Hwang, Hyouk Ryeol Choi, et al.. (2012). Electromechanically driven variable-focus lens based on transparent dielectric elastomer. Applied Optics. 51(15). 2987–2987. 61 indexed citations
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Palmre, Viljar, David Pugal, & Kwang J. Kim. (2012). Characterization of longitudinal tensile force of millimeter thick IPMCs. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8340. 83402L–83402L. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Kwang J., Xiaobo Tan, Hyouk Ryeol Choi, & David Pugal. (2012). Biomimetic Robotic Artificial Muscles. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Pugal, David, et al.. (2012). A bio-inspired multi degree of freedom actuator based on a novel cylindrical ionic polymer–metal composite material. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 62(1). 53–60. 47 indexed citations
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Palmre, Viljar, et al.. (2012). An IPMC-enabled bio-inspired bending/twisting fin for underwater applications. Smart Materials and Structures. 22(1). 14003–14003. 91 indexed citations
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Pugal, David, Pavel Šolı́n, Kwang J. Kim, & Alvo Aabloo. (2011). Modeling Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites with Space-Time Adaptive Multimeshhp-FEM. Communications in Computational Physics. 11(1). 249–270. 11 indexed citations
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Pugal, David, Kwang J. Kim, & Alvo Aabloo. (2011). An explicit physics-based model of ionic polymer-metal composite actuators. Journal of Applied Physics. 110(8). 63 indexed citations
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Kim, Kwang J., David Pugal, & Kam K. Leang. (2011). A Twistable Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Artificial Muscle for Marine Applications. Marine Technology Society Journal. 45(4). 83–98. 37 indexed citations
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Leang, Kam K., et al.. (2011). Characterization of Sectored-Electrode IPMC-Based Propulsors for Underwater Locomotion. 171–180. 9 indexed citations

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