Fan Zhang

9.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
195 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Fan Zhang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Zhang has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 71 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fan Zhang's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (58 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (32 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (20 papers). Fan Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (58 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (32 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (20 papers). Fan Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Fan Zhang's co-authors include Yihui Zhang, Yonggang Huang, Tony F. Heinz, Long Lin, Lei Wang, Wenzhuo Wu, James Hone, Daniel Chenet, Zhong Lin Wang and Xian Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Fan Zhang

180 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Piezoelectricity of single-atomic-layer MoS2 for energy conversion and piezotronics

2014 1.9k citations Fan Zhang et al. profile →
Printing, folding and assembly methods for forming 3D mesostructures in advanced materials

2017 532 citations Yihui Zhang, Fan Zhang et al. profile →
Highly-integrated, miniaturized, stretchable electronic systems based on stacked multilayer network materials

2022 171 citations Honglie Song, Ziyao Ji et al. Science Advances profile →
Programming 3D curved mesosurfaces using microlattice designs

2023 134 citations Xu Cheng, Zhichao Fan et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fan Zhang China	40	3.6k	2.2k	1.7k	1.6k	918	195	6.9k
Guoying Gu China	50	5.9k 1.6×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	170	9.4k
Gilles Lubineau Saudi Arabia	50	2.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 2.4×	258	8.6k
Hyouk Ryeol Choi South Korea	42	6.2k 1.7×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	899 1.0×	376	8.3k
Shi‐Yang Tang Australia	46	4.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	545 0.6×	164	6.8k
Huaping Wu China	46	2.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	560 0.6×	249	6.9k
Songlin Zhang China	35	3.7k 1.0×	961 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.9×	143	6.6k
Libo Gao China	33	1.9k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	978 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	690 0.8×	114	4.3k
Jianliang Xiao United States	40	6.3k 1.7×	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	3.2k 2.0×	2.2k 2.4×	91	8.9k
Yu Liu China	47	3.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	318	8.3k
YongAn Huang China	46	5.0k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	952 0.6×	3.4k 2.2×	1.5k 1.7×	210	7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Fan Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fan Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fan Zhang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Yanbin, Xin Cui, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Lubricant infiltration physics and enabling technology in machining: Modeling and machinability. Friction. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Yuxuan, et al.. (2025). Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study on Picosecond Laser Polishing of 4H-SiC Wafer. Micromachines. 16(10). 1163–1163. 1 indexed citations

Xiong, Guangyong, Mingui Sun, Chao Hou, et al.. (2025). AI-embodied multi-modal flexible electronic robots with programmable sensing, actuating and self-learning. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8818–8818.

Yuan, Bin, Qiankun Zhang, Zhen Li, et al.. (2024). Toward Automated Attack Discovery in SDN Controllers Through Formal Verification. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 21(3). 3636–3655. 4 indexed citations

Guo, Dongliang, Wennan Xiong, Yixuan Xu, et al.. (2024). Recrystallization‐Induced Laser Lift‐Off Strategy for Flexible Thermal Sensors with Near‐Limit Sensitivity (Adv. Mater. Technol. 2/2024). Advanced Materials Technologies. 9(2). 1 indexed citations

Shen, Shengchun, Di Tian, Xinyu Shu, et al.. (2024). Selective Control of Electric Charge of Weyl Fermions in Pyrochlore Iridates. Advanced Materials. 36(49). e2403306–e2403306. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Xu, Zhichao Fan, Shenglian Yao, et al.. (2023). Programming 3D curved mesosurfaces using microlattice designs. Science. 379(6638). 1225–1232. 134 indexed citations breakdown →

Gao, Xudong, Zhenzhu Xu, Yupeng Zhu, et al.. (2023). Integrated contra-directionally coupled chirped Bragg grating waveguide with a linear group delay spectrum. Frontiers of Optoelectronics. 16(1). 6–6. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Pengfei, Peng Xie, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2023). All‐Organic Smart Textile Sensor for Deep‐Learning‐Assisted Multimodal Sensing. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(30). 86 indexed citations

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Niu, Xuming, et al.. (2023). A macro-mesoscopic method for forced vibration behavior of SiCf/Ti composite cantilever beam. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines. 52(7). 3611–3631.

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Wang, Min, Hong Chen, Xiaoxia Li, et al.. (2022). An extremely transparent and multi-responsive healable hydrogel strain sensor. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(45). 24096–24105. 26 indexed citations

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Pang, Wenbo, Shiwei Xu, Jun Wu, et al.. (2022). A soft microrobot with highly deformable 3D actuators for climbing and transitioning complex surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(49). e2215028119–e2215028119. 107 indexed citations

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Xue, Zhaoguo, Tianqi Jin, Shiwei Xu, et al.. (2022). Assembly of complex 3D structures and electronics on curved surfaces. Science Advances. 8(32). eabm6922–eabm6922. 74 indexed citations

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Song, Honglie, Ziyao Ji, Renheng Bo, et al.. (2022). Highly-integrated, miniaturized, stretchable electronic systems based on stacked multilayer network materials. Science Advances. 8(11). eabm3785–eabm3785. 171 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Fan, Tianqi Jin, Zhaoguo Xue, & Yihui Zhang. (2022). Recent progress in three-dimensional flexible physical sensors. International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials. 13(1). 17–41. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fan, Qing Yang, Hao Bian, Xun Hou, & Feng Chen. (2021). Rapid Fabrication of Large-Area Concave Microlens Array on ZnSe. Micromachines. 12(4). 458–458. 9 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xu, Zhi Yong Liu, Tianqi Jin, et al.. (2020). Bioinspired design and assembly of a multilayer cage-shaped sensor capable of multistage load bearing and collapse prevention. Nanotechnology. 32(15). 155506–155506. 19 indexed citations

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Yan, Dongjia, Jiahui Chang, Hang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Soft three-dimensional network materials with rational bio-mimetic designs. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1180–1180. 167 indexed citations

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Luan, Haiwen, Xu Cheng, Ao Wang, et al.. (2018). Design and Fabrication of Heterogeneous, Deformable Substrates for the Mechanically Guided 3D Assembly. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(3). 3482–3492. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fan. (2010). EV Driving System Selection and Performance Simulation Based on AVL Cruise.

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