Ping Rao

1.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ping Rao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping Rao has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 7 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ping Rao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (10 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (7 papers). Ping Rao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (10 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (7 papers). Ping Rao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Ping Rao's co-authors include Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong, Jiahui Wang, Hailong Fan, Junchao Huang, Zhen Tao, Hui Guo, Tao Lin Sun, Riku Takahashi and Gento Shinohara and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ping Rao

20 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Tough Hydrogels with Fast, Strong, and Reversible Underwater Adhesion Based on a Multiscale Design

2018 313 citations Ping Rao, Tao Lin Sun et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Adjacent cationic–aromatic sequences yield strong electrostatic adhesion of hydrogels in seawater

2019 306 citations Hailong Fan, Jiahui Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Mechanically Robust and UV‐Curable Shape‐Memory Polymers for Digital Light Processing Based 4D Printing

2021 271 citations Biao Zhang, Honggeng Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ping Rao China	12	609	334	298	282	207	20	1.1k
Zhigang Suo United States	8	1.2k 1.9×	397 1.2×	415 1.4×	375 1.3×	315 1.5×	11	1.8k
Riku Takahashi Japan	15	628 1.0×	264 0.8×	189 0.6×	362 1.3×	426 2.1×	32	1.1k
Changyou Yan China	17	596 1.0×	233 0.7×	139 0.5×	372 1.3×	100 0.5×	23	1.0k
Ying Ma China	23	603 1.0×	232 0.7×	290 1.0×	276 1.0×	111 0.5×	61	1.8k
Yimeng Ni China	14	981 1.6×	293 0.9×	426 1.4×	150 0.5×	105 0.5×	24	1.3k
Xiaohu Zhou China	20	1.4k 2.3×	194 0.6×	510 1.7×	527 1.9×	297 1.4×	39	1.9k
Tenghao Yin China	19	921 1.5×	109 0.3×	382 1.3×	482 1.7×	374 1.8×	34	1.5k
Zhongying Ji China	23	886 1.5×	141 0.4×	309 1.0×	538 1.9×	141 0.7×	63	1.6k
Menghao Wang China	8	964 1.6×	150 0.4×	437 1.5×	193 0.7×	183 0.9×	16	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping Rao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Xuechuan, Xiangyu You, Ping Rao, et al.. (2025). Super stretchable gelatin/poly (ionic liquid) hydrogel enabled by weak hydrogen bonds and microphase separation towards multifunctional and self-powered sensors. Nano Energy. 138. 110875–110875. 13 indexed citations

Xiao, Longya, Yiwan Huang, Shijun Long, et al.. (2025). Skin-like soft yet robust hydrogels with rapid mechanical and electronic responses. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160657–160657. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Jing, et al.. (2024). Enhancing moisture-resistance in polyimide aerogels: A novel hydrophobic modification approach with ortho-positioned long-chain barriers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 678(Pt C). 977–986. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Bingyuan, Zequn Wang, Yi Chen, et al.. (2024). Mineral Tanning‐Inspired Metal Ions Coordination Hydrogels with Outstanding Mechanical Strength and Toughness for Flexible Force Sensors. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(21). 27 indexed citations

Li, Yao, Xincheng Zhang, Da Shi, et al.. (2024). Tough Porous Hydrogels for Ultrasensitive Naked-Eye and Fluorescence Dual-Mode Detection of Iron(III). ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 6(23). 14548–14556. 1 indexed citations

Dai, Lu, et al.. (2024). Mechanical Behaviors of Copolymer Elastomers: Experimental Characterization and Constitutive Modeling. International Journal of Applied Mechanics. 16(6). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Hui Jie, et al.. (2024). Lignin‐Based Ultrathin Hydrogel Coatings with Strong Substrate Adhesion Enabled by Hydrophobic Association. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(3). 27 indexed citations

Yang, Hua, Danming Zhong, Ping Rao, & Shaoxing Qu. (2024). Molecular simulation-guided and physics-informed constitutive modeling of highly stretchable hydrogels with dynamic ionic bonds. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 187. 105641–105641. 7 indexed citations

Rao, Ping, et al.. (2023). Chemically identical gels I – under-crosslinked networks. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 175. 105278–105278. 12 indexed citations

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Lin, Xinxing, Xiaolin Wang, Ping Rao, et al.. (2023). Hydrogels with ultra-highly additive adjustable toughness under quasi-isochoric conditions. Materials Horizons. 10(3). 993–1004. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xincheng, et al.. (2023). Tough, Eu³⁺‐Induced Luminescent Hydrogel as Flexible Chemosensor for Real‐Time Quantitative Detection of Zn²⁺ Ion. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 44(17). e2300170–e2300170. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Qi, Weixuan Liu, Canhui Yang, et al.. (2022). Kirigami-inspired adhesion with high directional asymmetry. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 169. 105053–105053. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Wentao, Liangpeng Zeng, Ping Li, et al.. (2022). Convenient hydrogel adhesion with crystalline zones. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 117. 103–108. 7 indexed citations

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He, Yuan, Xin Zhao, Ping Rao, et al.. (2022). Saline tolerant tough-yet-strong fiber-reinforced gel-nacre for soft actuator. Chemical Engineering Journal. 446. 137091–137091. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Biao, Honggeng Li, Jianxiang Cheng, et al.. (2021). Mechanically Robust and UV‐Curable Shape‐Memory Polymers for Digital Light Processing Based 4D Printing. Advanced Materials. 33(27). e2101298–e2101298. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Biao, Honggeng Li, Jianxiang Cheng, et al.. (2021). Shape‐Memory Polymers: Mechanically Robust and UV‐Curable Shape‐Memory Polymers for Digital Light Processing Based 4D Printing (Adv. Mater. 27/2021). Advanced Materials. 33(27). 7 indexed citations

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Guo, Honglei, Wei Hong, Takayuki Kurokawa, et al.. (2019). Internal Damage Evolution in Double-Network Hydrogels Studied by Microelectrode Technique. Macromolecules. 52(18). 7114–7122. 18 indexed citations

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Rao, Ping, Tiefeng Li, Zi Liang Wu, et al.. (2019). Ductile “Ice”: Frozen hydrogels with high ductility and compressive yielding strength. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 28. 43–49. 12 indexed citations

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Fan, Hailong, Jiahui Wang, Zhen Tao, et al.. (2019). Adjacent cationic–aromatic sequences yield strong electrostatic adhesion of hydrogels in seawater. Nature Communications. 10(1). 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rao, Ping, Tao Lin Sun, Liang Chen, et al.. (2018). Tough Hydrogels with Fast, Strong, and Reversible Underwater Adhesion Based on a Multiscale Design. Advanced Materials. 30(32). e1801884–e1801884. 313 indexed citations breakdown →

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