Hangbo Zhao

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Hangbo Zhao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hangbo Zhao has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hangbo Zhao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (16 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (10 papers). Hangbo Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (16 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (10 papers). Hangbo Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Hangbo Zhao's co-authors include A. John Hart, Sanha Kim, John A. Rogers, Yonggang Huang, Mengdi Han, Yihui Zhang, Yiyuan Yang, Wubin Bai, Heling Wang and Haiwen Luan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hangbo Zhao

40 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Three-dimensional piezoelectric polymer microsystems for vibrational energy harvesting, robotic interfaces and biomedical implants

2019 396 citations Mengdi Han, Heling Wang et al. Nature Electronics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hangbo Zhao United States	21	1.0k	521	408	230	224	42	1.6k
Kewang Nan United States	22	1.3k 1.3×	757 1.5×	503 1.2×	266 1.2×	438 2.0×	43	2.1k
Zhaoguo Xue China	23	1.2k 1.2×	638 1.2×	469 1.1×	248 1.1×	199 0.9×	38	1.6k
Aaron Lamoureux United States	6	1.0k 1.0×	619 1.2×	271 0.7×	301 1.3×	134 0.6×	7	1.4k
Collin Ladd United States	11	1.2k 1.1×	434 0.8×	694 1.7×	201 0.9×	368 1.6×	13	1.7k
Mingxing Shi China	13	1.1k 1.1×	397 0.8×	435 1.1×	402 1.7×	402 1.8×	26	1.7k
Guolin Yun Australia	20	1.2k 1.2×	358 0.7×	444 1.1×	288 1.3×	296 1.3×	35	1.6k
Yuzhen Chen China	17	948 0.9×	570 1.1×	330 0.8×	231 1.0×	190 0.8×	54	1.4k
Honglie Song China	23	1.6k 1.5×	822 1.6×	461 1.1×	431 1.9×	126 0.6×	42	2.1k
Seung Hee Jeong Sweden	17	1.4k 1.4×	508 1.0×	439 1.1×	369 1.6×	258 1.2×	27	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hangbo Zhao

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Xuan, et al.. (2025). Implantable physical sensors for in vivo organ monitoring. 3(1). 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Baiyu, et al.. (2025). Model-Based 3D Shape Reconstruction of Soft Robots via Distributed Strain Sensing. Soft Robotics. 12(6). 721–731.

Gazzola, Mattia, et al.. (2024). Highly stretchable and customizable microneedle electrode arrays for intramuscular electromyography. Science Advances. 10(18). eadn7202–eadn7202. 39 indexed citations

Suresh, Lakshmi, Jaemin Seo, Yaoxin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Electrohydrodynamically printed solid-state Photo-electro protein micro-capacitors. Energy storage materials. 61. 102839–102839. 6 indexed citations

Nguyen, Tuan‐Khoa, Aditya Ashok, Sharda Yadav, et al.. (2023). Engineering Route for Stretchable, 3D Microarchitectures of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Biomedical Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(34). 16 indexed citations

Mariappan, Dhanushkodi, Sanha Kim, Junjie Zhao, et al.. (2023). Ultrathin High-Mobility SWCNT Transistors with Electrodes Printed by Nanoporous Stamp Flexography. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(7). 5075–5080. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Hangbo, Xu Cheng, Changsheng Wu, et al.. (2022). Mechanically Guided Hierarchical Assembly of 3D Mesostructures. Advanced Materials. 34(12). e2109416–e2109416. 29 indexed citations

Wei, Jiaxing, et al.. (2022). Surge Current Failure Mechanism of 650V Double-Trench SiC MOSFETs. 1–3. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Hangbo, et al.. (2021). Automated Robotic Assembly of 3D Mesostructure via Guided Mechanical Buckling. 2098–2104. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hangbo, Yongdeok Kim, Heling Wang, et al.. (2021). Compliant 3D frameworks instrumented with strain sensors for characterization of millimeter-scale engineered muscle tissues. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(19). 47 indexed citations

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Jeon, Jisoo, Jeong Eun Park, Sei Jin Park, et al.. (2020). Shape-Programmed Fabrication and Actuation of Magnetically Active Micropost Arrays. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(14). 17113–17120. 52 indexed citations

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Park, Yoonseok, Haiwen Luan, Kyeongha Kwon, et al.. (2020). Transformable, Freestanding 3D Mesostructures Based on Transient Materials and Mechanical Interlocking. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(12). 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hangbo, Susmita Dash, Navdeep Singh Dhillon, et al.. (2019). Microstructured Ceramic-Coated Carbon Nanotube Surfaces for High Heat Flux Pool Boiling. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(9). 5538–5545. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hao, Philipp Gutruf, Kathleen Meacham, et al.. (2019). Wireless, battery-free optoelectronic systems as subdermal implants for local tissue oximetry. Science Advances. 5(3). eaaw0873–eaaw0873. 132 indexed citations

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Han, Mengdi, Heling Wang, Yiyuan Yang, et al.. (2019). Three-dimensional piezoelectric polymer microsystems for vibrational energy harvesting, robotic interfaces and biomedical implants. Nature Electronics. 2(1). 26–35. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Hangbo, Sei Jin Park, Brian Solomon, et al.. (2019). Synthetic Butterfly Scale Surfaces with Compliance‐Tailored Anisotropic Drop Adhesion. Advanced Materials. 31(14). e1807686–e1807686. 56 indexed citations

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Li, Yajing, Yinji Ma, Chen Wei, et al.. (2018). Thin, Millimeter Scale Fingernail Sensors for Thermal Characterization of Nail Bed Tissue. Advanced Functional Materials. 28(30). 17 indexed citations

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Dee, Nicholas T., Mostafa Bedewy, A. M. Rao, et al.. (2018). In Situ Mechanochemical Modulation of Carbon Nanotube Forest Growth. Chemistry of Materials. 31(2). 407–418. 8 indexed citations

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Cui, Kehang, et al.. (2018). Tungsten–Carbon Nanotube Composite Photonic Crystals as Thermally Stable Spectral‐Selective Absorbers and Emitters for Thermophotovoltaics. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(27). 77 indexed citations

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Tan, Swee Ching, Hangbo Zhao, & Carl V. Thompson. (2016). Fabrication of high aspect ratio AFM probes with different materials inspired by TEM “lift-out” method. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 34(5). 9 indexed citations

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