Guancong Chen

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 693 citations indexed

About

Guancong Chen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Guancong Chen has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 693 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Guancong Chen's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (20 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (16 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (14 papers). Guancong Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (20 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (16 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (14 papers). Guancong Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Denmark and Italy. Guancong Chen's co-authors include Qian Zhao, Binjie Jin, Tao Xie, Yunpeng Shi, Youqing Shen, Ning Zheng, Jiaqi Liu, Shu Yang, Haijun Feng and Jingjun Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Guancong Chen

26 papers receiving 674 citations

Hit Papers

Multimodal Autonomous Locomotion of Liquid Crystal Elasto... 2024 2026 2025 2024 10 20 30 40 50
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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.

  1. Multimodal Autonomous Locomotion of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Soft Robot
    2024 58 citations Guancong Chen, Binjie Jin et al. Advanced 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
Guancong Chen China 16 429 387 246 100 85 29 693
Shaoshuai Ma China 12 315 0.7× 464 1.2× 177 0.7× 115 1.1× 168 2.0× 28 722
Subi Choi South Korea 10 336 0.8× 315 0.8× 151 0.6× 55 0.6× 100 1.2× 15 494
Ruiqi Jiang China 6 540 1.3× 532 1.4× 367 1.5× 170 1.7× 37 0.4× 9 906
Yunpeng Shi China 10 241 0.6× 215 0.6× 177 0.7× 138 1.4× 64 0.8× 12 501
Laura K. Rivera‐Tarazona United States 8 271 0.6× 294 0.8× 84 0.3× 57 0.6× 58 0.7× 12 478
Chujun Ni China 14 319 0.7× 398 1.0× 349 1.4× 148 1.5× 33 0.4× 25 806
Pengxiang Si China 14 145 0.3× 242 0.6× 169 0.7× 92 0.9× 91 1.1× 31 536
Yahe Wu China 12 638 1.5× 522 1.3× 390 1.6× 100 1.0× 131 1.5× 18 866
Carl J. Thrasher United States 9 178 0.4× 423 1.1× 187 0.8× 100 1.0× 28 0.3× 21 625
Jinkun Sun China 14 347 0.8× 543 1.4× 167 0.7× 140 1.4× 253 3.0× 23 890

Countries citing papers authored by Guancong Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guancong Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guancong Chen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ni, Chujun, Zhenwei Qin, Ke Qiao, et al.. (2025). 4D printing of trigger-free shape-memory hydrogels towards self-adaptive substrates for bioelectronics. Nature Communications. 17(1). 677–677.
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Yang, Bo, Jingjun Wu, Zizheng Fang, et al.. (2025). Circular 3D printing of high-performance photopolymers through dissociative network design. Science. 388(6743). 170–175. 20 indexed citations
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Wen, Xin, Kaihang Zhang, Baoyi Wu, et al.. (2025). Multi-mode geometrically gated encryption with 4D morphing hydrogel. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2830–2830. 8 indexed citations
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Sheng, Yi, Guancong Chen, Jiacheng Huang, et al.. (2025). Geometrically insensitive deform-and-go liquid crystal elastomer actuators through controlled radical diffusion. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7536–7536. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Guancong, et al.. (2025). Thermal performance of heat storage-enhanced PCM energy pipe pile with heat conduction fin. Applied Thermal Engineering. 272. 126407–126407. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Guancong, Linhong Wang, Wei Wang, et al.. (2025). 4D Printed Hydrogel Expanders for Personalized and Accelerated Soft Tissue Regeneration. Advanced Materials. 38(6). e12662–e12662.
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You, Dongqi, Minyi Dong, Yunhong Wu, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in shape memory polymers for biomedical applications: Bridging macro- and micro-scale effects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 240–269. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Guancong, Chen Yang, Di Chen, et al.. (2024). Orthogonal photochemistry toward spatial reprogramming of 3D-printed liquid crystal elastomers. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 157352–157352.
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Chen, Guancong, Binjie Jin, Haijun Feng, et al.. (2024). Multimodal Autonomous Locomotion of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Soft Robot. Advanced Science. 11(23). e2402358–e2402358. 58 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jin, Binjie, Guancong Chen, Yishu Chen, et al.. (2024). Reprogramming Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Elastomer via Force-Directed Evaporation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(13). 16844–16852. 7 indexed citations
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Jin, Binjie, et al.. (2024). Metal‐Ligand Bonds Based Reprogrammable and Re‐Processable Supramolecular Liquid Crystal Elastomer Network. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(44). e202409182–e202409182. 16 indexed citations
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Peng, Wenjun, Xianming Zhang, Binjie Jin, et al.. (2024). Pluralizing actuation behavior of 3D printable liquid crystal elastomers via polymerization sequence control. Science Advances. 10(32). eadp4814–eadp4814. 15 indexed citations
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Jin, Binjie, et al.. (2024). Metal‐Ligand Bonds Based Reprogrammable and Re‐Processable Supramolecular Liquid Crystal Elastomer Network. Angewandte Chemie. 136(44). 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Zizheng, Binjie Jin, Yunpeng Shi, et al.. (2023). Regenerative Living 4D Printing via Reversible Growth of Polymer Networks. Advanced Materials. 35(16). e2209824–e2209824. 29 indexed citations
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Feng, Haijun, Yi Sheng, Guancong Chen, et al.. (2023). Ultratough Yet Dynamic Crystalline Poly(thiourethane) Network Directly from Low Viscosity Precursors. CCS Chemistry. 6(3). 682–692. 16 indexed citations
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Bao, Xiaohua, et al.. (2023). Laboratory Tests and Numerical Simulation of the Thermal–Mechanical Response of a Fiber-Reinforced Phase Change Concrete Pile. Applied Sciences. 13(21). 11853–11853. 5 indexed citations
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Hu, Zhong-Ting, Yue Chen, Siew‐Leng Loo, et al.. (2022). An overview of nanomaterial-based novel disinfection technologies for harmful microorganisms: Mechanism, synthesis, devices and application. The Science of The Total Environment. 837. 155720–155720. 39 indexed citations
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Chen, Guancong, Weike Zou, Binjie Jin, et al.. (2022). Converse two-way shape memory effect through a dynamic covalent network design. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(19). 10350–10354. 22 indexed citations
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Chen, Guancong, Binjie Jin, Qian Zhao, & Tao Xie. (2021). A photo-driven metallo-supramolecular stress-free reversible shape memory polymer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(11). 6827–6830. 36 indexed citations

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