Hedan Bai

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Hedan Bai is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hedan Bai has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hedan Bai's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (6 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (5 papers). Hedan Bai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (6 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (5 papers). Hedan Bai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and China. Hedan Bai's co-authors include Robert F. Shepherd, Shuo Li, Clifford R. Pollock, Jose Barreiros, Itai Cohen, James H. Pikul, Roger T. Hanlon, Huichan Zhao, Meredith N. Silberstein and Zheng Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hedan Bai

18 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Stretchable distributed fiber-optic sensors

2020 363 citations Hedan Bai, Shuo Li et al. Science profile →
Digital light processing of liquid crystal elastomers for self-sensing artificial muscles

2021 202 citations Shuo Li, Hedan Bai et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hedan Bai United States	9	888	556	232	202	169	18	1.2k
Wenbo Pang China	15	825 0.9×	528 0.9×	173 0.7×	171 0.8×	188 1.1×	22	1.1k
Michelle C. Yuen United States	21	1.2k 1.3×	527 0.9×	211 0.9×	236 1.2×	155 0.9×	43	1.4k
Yuzhen Chen China	17	948 1.1×	570 1.0×	197 0.8×	330 1.6×	231 1.4×	54	1.4k
Hritwick Banerjee Singapore	18	1.2k 1.4×	469 0.8×	227 1.0×	187 0.9×	313 1.9×	38	1.5k
Junghwan Byun South Korea	19	1.2k 1.4×	498 0.9×	416 1.8×	434 2.1×	350 2.1×	41	1.5k
Dylan Shah United States	17	1.4k 1.6×	715 1.3×	381 1.6×	280 1.4×	265 1.6×	33	1.8k
Ningbin Zhang China	16	1.4k 1.6×	532 1.0×	246 1.1×	141 0.7×	442 2.6×	30	1.8k
Eric Acome United States	11	1.6k 1.8×	753 1.4×	198 0.9×	177 0.9×	453 2.7×	18	1.9k
Hangbo Zhao United States	21	1.0k 1.1×	521 0.9×	137 0.6×	408 2.0×	230 1.4×	42	1.6k
Xu Cheng China	26	1.2k 1.4×	906 1.6×	295 1.3×	508 2.5×	247 1.5×	61	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hedan Bai

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

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18 of 18 papers shown

Li, Yang, Haochen Yang, Muchun Liu, et al.. (2025). From Molecules to Machines: A Multiscale Roadmap to Intelligent, Multifunctional Soft Robotics. Chemical Reviews. 125(17). 8123–8245. 1 indexed citations

Bai, Hedan, et al.. (2024). The new material science towards sustainable robotics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(33). 12721–12733. 3 indexed citations

Bai, Hedan, Ziying Hu, & John A. Rogers. (2023). Hybrid materials approaches for bioelectronics. MRS Bulletin. 48(11). 1125–1139. 5 indexed citations

Lao, Lihong, Hedan Bai, & Jintu Fan. (2023). Water Responsive Fabrics with Artificial Leaf Stomata. Advanced Fiber Materials. 5(3). 1076–1087. 17 indexed citations

Bai, Hedan, et al.. (2022). Autonomous self-healing optical sensors for damage intelligent soft-bodied systems. Science Advances. 8(49). eabq2104–eabq2104. 54 indexed citations

Xu, Artemis, Anand Kumar Mishra, Hedan Bai, et al.. (2022). Measurement of Parachute Canopy Textile Deformation Using Mechanically Invisible Stretchable Lightguides. Advanced Materials Technologies. 7(12). 4 indexed citations

Li, Shuo, Hedan Bai, Zheng Liu, et al.. (2021). Digital light processing of liquid crystal elastomers for self-sensing artificial muscles. Science Advances. 7(30). 202 indexed citations breakdown →

Bai, Hedan, Shuo Li, & Robert F. Shepherd. (2021). Elastomeric Haptic Devices for Virtual and Augmented Reality. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(39). 72 indexed citations

Keller, Nathan, et al.. (2021). Reducing Metabolic Cost During Planetary Ambulation Using Robotic Actuation. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance. 92(7). 570–578. 6 indexed citations

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Keller, Nathan, et al.. (2021). An Overview of the SmartSuit Architecture. ThinkTech (Texas Tech University). 2 indexed citations

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Bai, Hedan & Robert F. Shepherd. (2021). The new material science of robots. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 25(2). 100894–100894. 6 indexed citations

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Bai, Hedan, et al.. (2020). Stretchable distributed fiber-optic sensors. Science. 370(6518). 848–852. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Shuo, Hedan Bai, Robert F. Shepherd, & Huichan Zhao. (2019). Bioinspiriertes Design und additive Fertigung von weichen Materialien, Maschinen, Robotern und haptischen Schnittstellen. Angewandte Chemie. 131(33). 11300–11324. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Shuo, Hedan Bai, Robert F. Shepherd, & Huichan Zhao. (2019). Bio‐inspired Design and Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials, Machines, Robots, and Haptic Interfaces. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(33). 11182–11204. 154 indexed citations

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Li, Shuo, Hedan Bai, Yusuke Hibi, et al.. (2019). Simple Synthesis of Elastomeric Photomechanical Switches That Self‐Heal. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 40(4). e1800815–e1800815. 27 indexed citations

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Xu, Artemis, Anand Kumar Mishra, Hedan Bai, et al.. (2019). Optical lace for synthetic afferent neural networks. Science Robotics. 4(34). 68 indexed citations

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Li, Shuo, Hedan Bai, Yusuke Hibi, et al.. (2019). Simple Synthesis of Elastomeric Photomechanical Switches That Self‐Heal. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 40(4). 7 indexed citations

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Pikul, James H., Shuo Li, Hedan Bai, et al.. (2017). Stretchable surfaces with programmable 3D texture morphing for synthetic camouflaging skins. Science. 358(6360). 210–214. 253 indexed citations

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