Desheng Yao

1.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Desheng Yao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Desheng Yao has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Desheng Yao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers), Cellular and Composite Structures (5 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Desheng Yao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers), Cellular and Composite Structures (5 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Desheng Yao collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Desheng Yao's co-authors include Xiaoyu Zheng, Huachen Cui, Ryan Hensleigh, Zhenpeng Xu, Prashant Kumar, Deepam Maurya, Min‐Gyu Kang, Shashank Priya, John D. Berrigan and Zhenyu Kong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Desheng Yao

11 papers receiving 1.0k 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. Three-dimensional printing of piezoelectric materials with designed anisotropy and directional response
    2019 383 citations Huachen Cui, Ryan Hensleigh et al. Nature Materials profile →
  2. Rapid inverse design of metamaterials based on prescribed mechanical behavior through machine learning
    2023 208 citations Chan Soo Ha, Desheng Yao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Design and printing of proprioceptive three-dimensional architected robotic metamaterials
    2022 204 citations Huachen Cui, Desheng Yao et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desheng Yao United States 6 659 489 273 148 137 12 1.1k
Ryan Hensleigh United States 13 924 1.4× 562 1.1× 626 2.3× 227 1.5× 242 1.8× 21 1.6k
Jianxiang Cheng China 18 1.0k 1.5× 657 1.3× 551 2.0× 181 1.2× 125 0.9× 28 1.7k
Ravi Tutika United States 13 797 1.2× 384 0.8× 110 0.4× 284 1.9× 273 2.0× 21 1.1k
Zhixiang Cai Hong Kong 11 395 0.6× 385 0.8× 221 0.8× 88 0.6× 154 1.1× 14 775
Zhiwei Jiao China 16 487 0.7× 296 0.6× 132 0.5× 120 0.8× 127 0.9× 67 842
Kunhao Yu United States 16 649 1.0× 347 0.7× 202 0.7× 120 0.8× 67 0.5× 30 1.2k
Zhenpeng Xu United States 14 377 0.6× 431 0.9× 261 1.0× 262 1.8× 228 1.7× 30 1.0k
Lichen Fang United States 10 582 0.9× 934 1.9× 182 0.7× 89 0.6× 72 0.5× 11 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Desheng Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Desheng Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Desheng Yao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Desheng Yao. The network helps show where Desheng Yao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desheng Yao

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Lin, Qiyin, Chen Wang, Tao Wang, et al.. (2025). Intelligent Design Method for Thermal Conductivity Topology Based on a Deep Generative Network. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 38(1).
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Hassen, Ahmed Arabi, Nikhil Garg, Deepak Kumar Pokkalla, et al.. (2025). Property optimized energy absorber for automotive bumpers utilizing multi-material and structural design strategies. Materials & Design. 253. 113724–113724. 4 indexed citations
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Maurizi, M, Desheng Yao, Seokpum Kim, et al.. (2025). Multi-objective automatic discovery of optimized metamaterials for varying velocity impact protection. Materials & Design. 258. 114657–114657. 1 indexed citations
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Maurizi, M, Derek Xu, Yu-tong Wang, et al.. (2025). Designing metamaterials with programmable nonlinear responses and geometric constraints in graph space. Nature Machine Intelligence. 7(7). 1023–1036. 4 indexed citations
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Ha, Chan Soo, Desheng Yao, Zhenpeng Xu, et al.. (2023). Rapid inverse design of metamaterials based on prescribed mechanical behavior through machine learning. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5765–5765. 208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cui, Huachen, Desheng Yao, Ryan Hensleigh, et al.. (2022). Design and printing of proprioceptive three-dimensional architected robotic metamaterials. Science. 376(6599). 1287–1293. 204 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gerard, Nikhil JRK, Mourad Oudich, Zhenpeng Xu, et al.. (2021). Three-Dimensional Trampolinelike Behavior in an Ultralight Elastic Metamaterial. Physical Review Applied. 16(2). 19 indexed citations
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Cui, Huachen, et al.. (2020). Three-dimensional printing of piezoelectric materials with designed anisotropy and their applications in underwater transducers. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Hensleigh, Ryan, Huachen Cui, Zhenpeng Xu, et al.. (2020). Charge-programmed three-dimensional printing for multi-material electronic devices. Nature Electronics. 3(4). 216–224. 141 indexed citations
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Cui, Huachen, Ryan Hensleigh, Desheng Yao, et al.. (2019). Three-dimensional printing of piezoelectric materials with designed anisotropy and directional response. Nature Materials. 18(3). 234–241. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yao, Desheng, et al.. (2019). Achieving the Upper Bound of Piezoelectric Response in Tunable, Wearable 3D Printed Nanocomposites. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(42). 106 indexed citations
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