Elisabeth Smela

8.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
139 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Elisabeth Smela is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisabeth Smela has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 52 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Elisabeth Smela's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (53 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (51 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (37 papers). Elisabeth Smela is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (53 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (51 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (37 papers). Elisabeth Smela collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Denmark. Elisabeth Smela's co-authors include Olle Inganäs, Edwin W. H. Jager, Ingemar Lundström, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Benjamin R. Mattes, Wen Lu, Pamela Abshire, Benjamin Shapiro, Bavani Balakrisnan and Xuezheng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Elisabeth Smela

135 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Use of Ionic Liquids for ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2002 2003 2000 1995 250 500 750
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. Use of Ionic Liquids for π-Conjugated Polymer Electrochemical Devices
    2002 995 citations Wen Lu, Elisabeth Smela et al. profile →
  2. Conjugated Polymer Actuators for Biomedical Applications
    2003 988 citations Elisabeth Smela profile →
  3. Microfabricating Conjugated Polymer Actuators
    2000 783 citations Elisabeth Smela et al. profile →
  4. Controlled Folding of Micrometer-Size Structures
    1995 463 citations Elisabeth Smela et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elisabeth Smela United States 37 4.5k 3.8k 2.1k 1.3k 971 139 7.1k
Kinji Asaka Japan 47 5.5k 1.2× 2.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 285 0.2× 1.4k 1.4× 249 7.2k
Klas Tybrandt Sweden 35 2.6k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 668 0.5× 239 0.2× 82 5.5k
Keun Hyung Lee South Korea 33 2.2k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 2.3k 1.1× 394 0.3× 195 0.2× 88 4.8k
Edwin W. H. Jager Sweden 36 3.5k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 616 0.5× 915 0.9× 112 5.2k
Xuemei Sun China 59 6.0k 1.3× 4.0k 1.1× 5.2k 2.5× 284 0.2× 1.7k 1.7× 185 12.3k
K. West Denmark 36 1.3k 0.3× 2.6k 0.7× 3.0k 1.5× 480 0.4× 257 0.3× 100 4.9k
Hidenori Okuzaki Japan 35 3.3k 0.7× 2.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 445 0.3× 756 0.8× 120 5.3k
Jeong Min Baik South Korea 41 3.8k 0.8× 2.8k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 364 0.3× 827 0.9× 165 6.0k
Peter C. Innis Australia 34 2.2k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 417 0.3× 250 0.3× 97 4.0k
Se Hyun Kim South Korea 45 2.7k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 5.7k 2.8× 517 0.4× 207 0.2× 261 7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Elisabeth Smela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elisabeth Smela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elisabeth Smela

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smela, Elisabeth. (2022). EIT for tactile sensing: considering artefacts in hyperparameter selection. Engineering Research Express. 4(3). 35057–35057. 1 indexed citations
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Dandin, Marc, et al.. (2019). Correlation of Capacitance and Microscopy Measurements Using Image Processing for a Lab-on-CMOS Microsystem. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. 13(6). 1214–1225. 8 indexed citations
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Datta, Timir, Elisabeth Smela, & Pamela Abshire. (2016). System-on-Chip Considerations for Heterogeneous Integration of CMOS and Fluidic Bio-Interfaces. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. 10(6). 1129–1142. 25 indexed citations
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Chen, Ying, et al.. (2015). Thermal imaging using polymer nanocomposite temperature sensors. physica status solidi (a). 212(10). 2239–2245. 18 indexed citations
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Lim, Hyuneui, et al.. (2015). Microbumpers maintain superhydrophobicity of nanostructured surfaces upon touch. Applied Surface Science. 349. 705–714. 11 indexed citations
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Smela, Elisabeth, et al.. (2013). Stable electroosmotically driven actuators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8687. 86872C–86872C. 4 indexed citations
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Smela, Elisabeth, et al.. (2012). A novel surface modification technique for forming porous polymer monoliths in poly(dimethylsiloxane). Biomicrofluidics. 6(1). 16506–1650610. 15 indexed citations
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Smela, Elisabeth, et al.. (2008). Parasitic trap cancellation using multiple frequency dielectrophoresis, demonstrated by loading cells into cages. Lab on a Chip. 8(4). 550–550. 25 indexed citations
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Dandin, Marc, Pamela Abshire, & Elisabeth Smela. (2007). Optical filtering technologies for integrated fluorescence sensors. Lab on a Chip. 7(8). 955–955. 135 indexed citations
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Smela, Elisabeth, et al.. (2007). Multiple frequency dielectrophoresis. Electrophoresis. 28(18). 3145–3155. 61 indexed citations
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Prakash, S., et al.. (2006). A CMOS Potentiostat for Control of Integrated MEMS Actuators. 5555–5558. 9 indexed citations
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Dandin, Marc, et al.. (2006). Integrated Fluorescence Sensing for Lab-on-a-chip Devices. 1–2. 10 indexed citations
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Delille, Rémi, et al.. (2006). Benchtop Polymer MEMS. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 15(5). 1108–1120. 31 indexed citations
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Smela, Elisabeth, Wen Lu, & Benjamin R. Mattes. (2005). Polyaniline actuators. Synthetic Metals. 151(1). 25–42. 98 indexed citations
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Liu, Yingkai, et al.. (2005). Improving adhesion of polypyrrole to gold for long-term actuation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5759. 396–396. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Yingkai, et al.. (2005). Polypyrrole/gold bilayer characterization. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5759. 292–292. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Wen, Elisabeth Smela, & Benjamin R. Mattes. (2001). Electrochemical actuation of gilded polyaniline bilayers in aqueous acid solutions. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4329. 505–505. 6 indexed citations
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Smela, Elisabeth, Hans Kariis, Zhongping Yang, et al.. (1998). Thiol-Modified Pyrrole Monomers:  2. As-Deposited Monolayers of 1-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole and 3-(2-Thioethyl)pyrrole. Langmuir. 14(11). 2976–2983. 6 indexed citations
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Martı́nez-Miranda, L. J., Elisabeth Smela, & He Liu. (1994). Structure of liquid crystals in a confined geometry.. Proc SPIE. 2175. 49–58. 2 indexed citations
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Smela, Elisabeth & L. J. Martı́nez-Miranda. (1993). X-ray study of substrate-induced alignment of a smectic A liquid crystal. Liquid Crystals. 14(6). 1877–1883. 10 indexed citations

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