Kaichen Xu

5.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
96 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Kaichen Xu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaichen Xu has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kaichen Xu's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (43 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (19 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (12 papers). Kaichen Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (43 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (19 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (12 papers). Kaichen Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Kaichen Xu's co-authors include Kuniharu Takei, Yuyao Lu, Minghui Hong, Rui Zhou, Geng Yang, Takayuki Arie, Seiji Akita, Huayu Luo, Satoko Honda and Huayong Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kaichen Xu

86 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Toward Flexible Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Sensors for Point‐of‐Care Diagnostics

2019 520 citations Kaichen Xu, Rui Zhou et al. Advanced Science profile →
Multifunctional Skin‐Inspired Flexible Sensor Systems for Wearable Electronics

2019 512 citations Kaichen Xu, Yuyao Lu et al. profile →
Stretchable graphene–hydrogel interfaces for wearable and implantable bioelectronics

2023 283 citations Yuyao Lu, Geng Yang et al. profile →
Multifunctional Flexible Humidity Sensor Systems Towards Noncontact Wearable Electronics

2022 223 citations Yuyao Lu, Geng Yang et al. profile →
Ferroelectrically modulate the Fermi level of graphene oxide to enhance SERS response

2023 196 citations Kaichen Xu et al. Opto-Electronic Advances profile →
A Wearable Body Condition Sensor System with Wireless Feedback Alarm Functions

2021 176 citations Kaichen Xu, Yuyao Lu et al. profile →
Machine Learning‐Enabled Tactile Sensor Design for Dynamic Touch Decoding

2023 103 citations Yuyao Lu, Geng Yang et al. Advanced Science profile →
Toward Integrated Multifunctional Laser-Induced Graphene-Based Skin-Like Flexible Sensor Systems

2024 60 citations Kaichen Xu, Huayu Luo et al. ACS Nano profile →
Manufacturing high-performance flexible sensors via advanced patterning techniques

2025 24 citations Kaichen Xu et al. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kaichen Xu	3.1k	1.4k	953	819	692	96	4.4k
Xiaozhi Wang	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	768 0.8×	879 1.1×	386 0.6×	164	4.1k
Lim Wei Yap	4.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	733 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	60	4.9k
Limei Tian	4.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	460 0.7×	81	6.1k
Bingpu Zhou	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	391 0.4×	680 0.8×	852 1.2×	127	3.8k
Dapeng Wei	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	672 0.7×	2.0k 2.5×	549 0.8×	99	4.6k
Zhengchun Peng	2.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	423 0.4×	1.5k 1.8×	796 1.2×	150	5.2k
Wei Yuan	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	714 0.7×	705 0.9×	515 0.7×	152	4.7k
Jürgen Kosel	3.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	595 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	478 0.7×	281	5.4k
Zhihong Li	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	424 0.4×	553 0.7×	760 1.1×	120	4.1k
Xue Wang	3.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	661 0.7×	884 1.1×	764 1.1×	159	5.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhu, Benyuan, Hao Zhou, Yibo Li, Xiaozheng Wang, & Kaichen Xu. (2025). Recent Advances in Laser‐Induced Phase Separation of PEDOT:PSS for Bioelectronics. Advanced Photonics Research. 6(10). 2 indexed citations

Song, Hao, Chujun Ni, Ha Uk Chung, et al.. (2025). Ingestible electronic capsules for in situ sensing of diverse biomarkers. Device. 3(11). 100935–100935.

Ye, Zhiqiu, Chao Zhang, Gaoyang Pang, et al.. (2025). Ion‐Electron Fusion Transparent Film for Interactive Soft Robotics. Advanced Science. 13(8). e16816–e16816.

Yuan, Hong, et al.. (2025). Superacid-catalysed α-deuteration of ketones with D ₂ O. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(24). 5758–5762.

Xie, Haibo, et al.. (2025). A laser-induced wide-range thin-film temperature sensor without additional anti-oxidative encapsulations. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. 7(6). 65508–65508. 1 indexed citations

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.

Li, Jinling, Zhenguo Zhang, Teck‐Peng Loh, & Kaichen Xu. (2025). Advances in Chemical Conjugation of Natural Cysteine: Techniques and Applications. Synlett. 36(13). 1847–1867.

Xu, Kaichen, Seung Hwan Ko, & Jun Chen. (2024). Advances in wearable and implantable bioelectronics for precision medicine. Bio-Design and Manufacturing. 7(4). 383–387. 20 indexed citations

Xu, Kaichen, et al.. (2024). Laser perforated porous electrodes in conjunction with interdigitated flow field for mass transfer enhancement in redox flow battery. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 224. 125313–125313. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, Junchi Ma, Kaichen Xu, et al.. (2024). A mixed-coordination electron trapping-enabled high-precision touch-sensitive screen for wearable devices. Bio-Design and Manufacturing. 7(4). 413–427. 6 indexed citations

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Kim, Youngchan, et al.. (2024). Recent developments in selective laser processes for wearable devices. Bio-Design and Manufacturing. 7(4). 517–547. 21 indexed citations

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Lu, Yuyao, Depeng Kong, Huayu Luo, et al.. (2023). Laser direct writing of Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/liquid metal-based flexible humidity sensors. Opto-Electronic Advances. 6(7). 220172–220172. 55 indexed citations

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Xu, Kaichen, Rui Zhou, Kuniharu Takei, & Minghui Hong. (2019). Toward Flexible Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Sensors for Point‐of‐Care Diagnostics. Advanced Science. 6(16). 1900925–1900925. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Kaichen, Huangping Yan, Chuan Fu Tan, et al.. (2018). Hedgehog Inspired CuO Nanowires/Cu₂O Composites for Broadband Visible‐Light‐Driven Recyclable Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering. Advanced Optical Materials. 6(7). 87 indexed citations

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Xu, Kaichen, Zuyong Wang, Chuan Fu Tan, et al.. (2017). Uniaxially Stretched Flexible Surface Plasmon Resonance Film for Versatile Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Diagnostics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(31). 26341–26349. 94 indexed citations

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Xu, Kaichen, Jiagen Wu, Chuan Fu Tan, et al.. (2017). Ag–CuO–ZnO metal–semiconductor multiconcentric nanotubes for achieving superior and perdurable photodegradation. Nanoscale. 9(32). 11574–11583. 100 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiao‐Qiao, Chuan Fu Tan, Kwok Hoe Chan, et al.. (2017). Nanophotonic-Engineered Photothermal Harnessing for Waste Heat Management and Pyroelectric Generation. ACS Nano. 11(10). 10568–10574. 79 indexed citations

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Xu, Kaichen, et al.. (2017). Hybrid metal-insulator-metal structures on Si nanowires array for surface enhanced Raman scattering. Guangdian gongcheng. 44(2). 185–191. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Kaichen. (2014). On the Mechanical Properties of Ceramic Recycled Coarse Aggregate Concrete. Journal of Experimental Mechanics. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Kaichen. (2013). Research on impact of steel tube inner surface roughness on interfacial bonding behavior of CFST. Jianzhu jiegou xuebao. 5 indexed citations

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