Michael C. Cao

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 985 citations indexed

About

Michael C. Cao is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael C. Cao has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 985 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Structural Biology, 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Michael C. Cao's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (6 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Michael C. Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (6 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Michael C. Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and China. Michael C. Cao's co-authors include David A. Muller, Itai Cohen, Paul L. McEuen, Qingkun Liu, Michael Reynolds, Marc Z. Miskin, Alejandro J. Cortese, Kyle Dorsey, Edward Esposito and Yimo Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michael C. Cao

27 papers receiving 973 citations

Hit Papers

Electronically integrated, mass-manufactured, microscopic... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Electronically integrated, mass-manufactured, microscopic robots
    2020 261 citations Marc Z. Miskin, Alejandro J. Cortese et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael C. Cao United States 12 378 354 315 294 185 28 985
J. Hoffmann Germany 17 416 1.1× 150 0.4× 163 0.5× 260 0.9× 325 1.8× 60 1.0k
Elvira Paz Portugal 23 231 0.6× 357 1.0× 147 0.5× 138 0.5× 733 4.0× 71 1.5k
Oleksii M. Volkov Germany 15 162 0.4× 512 1.4× 129 0.4× 241 0.8× 196 1.1× 29 956
Matthew T. Cole United Kingdom 26 1.3k 3.5× 703 2.0× 57 0.2× 87 0.3× 899 4.9× 102 2.1k
M. R. Falvo United States 12 1.5k 3.9× 591 1.7× 273 0.9× 97 0.3× 298 1.6× 24 2.1k
Mathias Rommel Germany 19 371 1.0× 508 1.4× 68 0.2× 30 0.1× 947 5.1× 141 1.4k
Yi Chou Taiwan 15 362 1.0× 218 0.6× 557 1.8× 31 0.1× 199 1.1× 26 1.0k
A. Lebib France 17 342 0.9× 1.0k 2.9× 76 0.2× 215 0.7× 713 3.9× 33 1.8k
Xianghe Meng China 14 75 0.2× 301 0.9× 118 0.4× 191 0.6× 162 0.9× 43 628
Kundan Chaudhary United States 15 388 1.0× 465 1.3× 69 0.2× 131 0.4× 202 1.1× 27 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael C. Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael C. Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael C. Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael C. Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael C. Cao 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 Michael C. Cao. Michael C. Cao 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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Liu, Qingkun, Wei Wang, Jason Z. Kim, et al.. (2024). Electronically configurable microscopic metasheet robots. Nature Materials. 24(1). 109–115. 20 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Kayla X., Yi Jiang, Michael C. Cao, et al.. (2023). Transferring orbital angular momentum to an electron beam reveals toroidal and chiral order. Physical review. B.. 107(20). 4 indexed citations
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Bao, Nanqi, Qingkun Liu, Michael Reynolds, et al.. (2023). Gas-phase microactuation using kinetically controlled surface states of ultrathin catalytic sheets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(19). e2221740120–e2221740120. 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Michael C., et al.. (2023). Experimental observation of geometric effect on the electron diffraction of quasi-one-dimensional nanostructures. Materials Today Physics. 33. 101048–101048. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Qingkun Liu, Michael Reynolds, et al.. (2022). Cilia metasurfaces for electronically programmable microfluidic manipulation. Nature. 605(7911). 681–686. 91 indexed citations
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Shi, Chuqiao, Michael C. Cao, Sang‐Hoon Bae, et al.. (2022). Uncovering material deformations via machine learning combined with four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy. npj Computational Materials. 8(1). 29 indexed citations
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Cao, Michael C., Zhen Chen, Yi Jiang, & Yimo Han. (2022). Automatic parameter selection for electron ptychography via Bayesian optimization. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 12284–12284. 17 indexed citations
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Han, Yimo, Chuqiao Shi, Michael C. Cao, & Yi Jiang. (2022). Assisting 4D-STEM Data Processing with Unsupervised Machine Learning. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 28(S1). 414–417. 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Michael C., et al.. (2022). Rotten apples spoil the bunch. 1919–1931. 9 indexed citations
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Jinno, Riena, Celesta S. Chang, Takeyoshi Onuma, et al.. (2021). Crystal orientation dictated epitaxy of ultrawide-bandgap 5.4- to 8.6-eV α-(AlGa) 2 O 3 on m-plane sapphire. Science Advances. 7(2). 107 indexed citations
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Liu, Qingkun, Wei Wang, Michael Reynolds, et al.. (2021). Micrometer-sized electrically programmable shape-memory actuators for low-power microrobotics. Science Robotics. 6(52). 95 indexed citations
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Shi, Chuqiao, Michael C. Cao, David A. Muller, & Yimo Han. (2021). Rapid and Semi-Automated Analysis of 4D-STEM data via Unsupervised Learning. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 27(S1). 58–59. 4 indexed citations
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Miskin, Marc Z., Robert J. Lang, Michael C. Cao, et al.. (2020). Bidirectional Self-Folding with Atomic Layer Deposition Nanofilms for Microscale Origami. Nano Letters. 20(7). 4850–4856. 12 indexed citations
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Miskin, Marc Z., Alejandro J. Cortese, Kyle Dorsey, et al.. (2020). Electronically integrated, mass-manufactured, microscopic robots. Nature. 584(7822). 557–561. 261 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cao, Michael C., et al.. (2020). On benign features in malware detection. 1234–1238. 5 indexed citations
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Han, Yimo, Kayla X. Nguyen, Michael C. Cao, et al.. (2018). Strain Mapping of Two-Dimensional Heterostructures with Subpicometer Precision. Nano Letters. 18(6). 3746–3751. 84 indexed citations
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Han, Yimo, Saien Xie, Kayla X. Nguyen, et al.. (2017). Picometer-Precision Strain Mapping of Two-Dimensional Heterostructures using an Electron Microscope Pixel Array Detector (EMPAD). Microscopy and Microanalysis. 23(S1). 1712–1713. 2 indexed citations
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Muller, David A., Kayla X. Nguyen, Mark W. Täte, et al.. (2016). An Electron Microscope Pixel Array Detector as a Universal STEM Detector. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 22(S3). 478–479. 3 indexed citations
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Chang, Celesta S., Kayla X. Nguyen, Michael C. Cao, & David A. Muller. (2016). Quantitative Imaging of Probability Current Flow in Real and Momentum Space. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 22(S3). 1414–1415.
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Kim, Kyungnam, Michael C. Cao, Shankar Rao, et al.. (2011). Multi-object detection and behavior recognition from motion 3D data. 18. 37–42. 3 indexed citations

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