Paul Brochu

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Paul Brochu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Brochu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 7 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Paul Brochu's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (28 papers), Dielectric materials and actuators (25 papers) and Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (9 papers). Paul Brochu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (28 papers), Dielectric materials and actuators (25 papers) and Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (9 papers). Paul Brochu collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Paul Brochu's co-authors include Qibing Pei, Xiaofan Niu, Hristiyan Stoyanov, Zhibin Yu, Sungryul Yun, Wei Yuan, HU Wei-li, Liangbing Hu, G. Grüner and Wei Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Applied Physics Letters and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Paul Brochu

29 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

2009 1.2k citations Paul Brochu, Qibing Pei Macromolecular Rapid Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Brochu United States	16	2.1k	772	530	457	219	29	2.2k
Zicai Zhu China	25	1.8k 0.9×	470 0.6×	444 0.8×	462 1.0×	101 0.5×	108	2.0k
Ronald Pelrine United States	12	2.4k 1.2×	988 1.3×	501 0.9×	276 0.6×	469 2.1×	22	2.6k
Navid Kazem United States	11	1.5k 0.7×	480 0.6×	670 1.3×	445 1.0×	141 0.6×	14	2.0k
Young Huang United States	6	1.4k 0.7×	404 0.5×	774 1.5×	464 1.0×	111 0.5×	10	1.9k
Guggi Kofod Germany	33	3.7k 1.8×	1.7k 2.2×	675 1.3×	502 1.1×	808 3.7×	70	4.0k
Byeongmoon Lee South Korea	22	1.2k 0.6×	327 0.4×	351 0.7×	442 1.0×	116 0.5×	51	1.6k
Collin Ladd United States	11	1.2k 0.6×	368 0.5×	434 0.8×	201 0.4×	115 0.5×	13	1.7k
Guolin Yun Australia	20	1.2k 0.6×	296 0.4×	358 0.7×	288 0.6×	101 0.5×	35	1.6k
Bongkyun Jang South Korea	18	1.2k 0.6×	598 0.8×	270 0.5×	461 1.0×	86 0.4×	39	1.8k
Taylor V. Neumann United States	14	857 0.4×	337 0.4×	322 0.6×	211 0.5×	116 0.5×	17	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Brochu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Brochu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Brochu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Moissac, Danielle de, et al.. (2021). Sense of Belonging and Social Climate in an Official Language Minority Post-Secondary Setting. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 51(4). 26–39. 6 indexed citations

Stoyanov, Hristiyan, Paul Brochu, Xiaofan Niu, et al.. (2013). Long lifetime, fault-tolerant freestanding actuators based on a silicone dielectric elastomer and self-clearing carbon nanotube compliant electrodes. RSC Advances. 3(7). 2272–2272. 64 indexed citations

Goudar, Vishwa, Zhi Ren, Paul Brochu, Qibing Pei, & Miodrag Potkonjak. (2013). Optimizing the configuration and control of a novel human-powered energy harvesting system. 69. 75–82. 3 indexed citations

Niu, Xiaofan, Alireza Kargar, Ke Sun, et al.. (2013). Tactile Feedback Display with Spatial and Temporal Resolutions. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 24 indexed citations

Brochu, Paul, Hristiyan Stoyanov, Ryan Chang, et al.. (2013). Capacitive Energy Harvesting Using Highly Stretchable Silicone–Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrodes. Advanced Energy Materials. 4(3). 32 indexed citations

Brochu, Paul, Hristiyan Stoyanov, Xiaofan Niu, & Qibing Pei. (2013). All-silicone prestrain-locked interpenetrating polymer network elastomers: free-standing silicone artificial muscles with improved performance and robustness. Smart Materials and Structures. 22(5). 55022–55022. 44 indexed citations

Niu, Xiaofan, Paul Brochu, Hristiyan Stoyanov, et al.. (2012). Bistable Large‐Strain Actuation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks. Advanced Materials. 24(48). 6513–6519. 69 indexed citations

Yun, Sungryul, Zhibin Yu, Xiaofan Niu, et al.. (2012). Compliant composite electrodes and large strain bistable actuation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8340. 834012–834012. 1 indexed citations

Yun, Sungryul, Xiaofan Niu, Zhibin Yu, et al.. (2012). Compliant Silver Nanowire‐Polymer Composite Electrodes for Bistable Large Strain Actuation. Advanced Materials. 24(10). 1321–1327. 192 indexed citations

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Stoyanov, Hristiyan, Paul Brochu, Xiaofan Niu, Enrico Della Gaspera, & Qibing Pei. (2012). Dielectric elastomer transducers with enhanced force output and work density. Applied Physics Letters. 100(26). 35 indexed citations

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Niu, Xiaofan, et al.. (2012). Synthesizing a new dielectric elastomer exhibiting large actuation strain and suppressed electromechanical instability without prestretching. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 51(3). 197–206. 120 indexed citations

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Brochu, Paul. (2012). Dielectric Elastomers for Actuation and Energy Harvesting. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 9 indexed citations

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Niu, Xiaofan, et al.. (2011). Refreshable tactile displays based on bistable electroactive polymer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7976. 797610–797610. 15 indexed citations

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Brochu, Paul, Xiaofan Niu, & Qibing Pei. (2011). Acrylic interpenetrating polymer network dielectric elastomers for energy harvesting. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7976. 797606–797606. 2 indexed citations

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Brochu, Paul, Huafeng Li, Xiaofan Niu, & Qibing Pei. (2010). Factors influencing the performance of dielectric elastomer energy harvesters. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7642. 76422J–76422J. 23 indexed citations

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Brochu, Paul & Qibing Pei. (2009). Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 31(1). 10–36. 1186 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yuan, Wei, et al.. (2009). Dielectric oil coated single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes for stable, large-strain actuation with dielectric elastomers. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 155(2). 278–284. 42 indexed citations

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Yuan, Wei, et al.. (2009). Long lifetime dielectric elastomer actuators under continuous high strain actuation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7287. 72870O–72870O. 12 indexed citations

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Hu, Liangbing, Wei Yuan, Paul Brochu, G. Grüner, & Qibing Pei. (2009). Highly stretchable, conductive, and transparent nanotube thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 94(16). 147 indexed citations

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Yuan, Wei, et al.. (2009). Broadening the Actuation Temperature Range for Acrylic Dielectric Elastomers. 283–287. 1 indexed citations

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