Ren Hao Soon

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ren Hao Soon is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ren Hao Soon has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ren Hao Soon's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (9 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (8 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Ren Hao Soon is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (9 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (8 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (5 papers). Ren Hao Soon collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Türkiye. Ren Hao Soon's co-authors include Metin Sitti, Wenqi Hu, Chwee Teck Lim, Jiachen Zhang, Ziyu Ren, Zemin Liu, Ramanathan Vaidyanathan, Kuan Jiang, Pan Zhang and Menglin Shang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ren Hao Soon

16 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly

2021 223 citations Jiachen Zhang, Ziyu Ren et al. Science Robotics profile →
Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Based Magnetic Composite Films for Reconfigurable Shape‐Morphing Soft Miniature Machines

2021 193 citations Jiachen Zhang, Yubing Guo et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ren Hao Soon Switzerland	12	917	584	488	157	136	17	1.3k
Tianlu Wang China	23	601 0.7×	436 0.7×	291 0.6×	497 3.2×	62 0.5×	71	1.7k
Eunpyo Choi South Korea	34	2.2k 2.4×	654 1.1×	978 2.0×	305 1.9×	40 0.3×	142	3.0k
Joong Yull Park South Korea	28	1.7k 1.9×	244 0.4×	110 0.2×	377 2.4×	138 1.0×	79	2.3k
Jayoung Kim South Korea	20	980 1.1×	143 0.2×	185 0.4×	308 2.0×	28 0.2×	75	1.7k
Yingze Li China	18	471 0.5×	441 0.8×	198 0.4×	102 0.6×	26 0.2×	52	1.2k
Wang Xi China	18	1.2k 1.3×	422 0.7×	705 1.4×	116 0.7×	51 0.4×	36	1.8k
Miriam Filippi Switzerland	19	718 0.8×	99 0.2×	106 0.2×	182 1.2×	39 0.3×	39	1.2k
Afaque Manzoor Soomro South Korea	16	499 0.5×	90 0.2×	61 0.1×	127 0.8×	86 0.6×	36	915
K. Jimmy Hsia Singapore	22	539 0.6×	422 0.7×	64 0.1×	186 1.2×	13 0.1×	62	1.2k
Moxiao Li China	19	715 0.8×	239 0.4×	86 0.2×	102 0.6×	12 0.1×	44	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ren Hao Soon

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17 of 17 papers shown

Jahanshahi, Ali, Mertcan Han, Gaurav Gardi, et al.. (2025). Wireless nonresonant stimulation of neurons on a magnetoelectric film surface. Science Advances. 11(42). eadx6829–eadx6829.

Dogan, Nihal Olcay, Paul Wrede, Jelena Lazović, et al.. (2024). Immune Cell‐Based Microrobots for Remote Magnetic Actuation, Antitumor Activity, and Medical Imaging. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(23). e2400711–e2400711. 10 indexed citations

Soon, Ren Hao, Yin Zhen, Nihal Olcay Dogan, et al.. (2023). Pangolin-inspired untethered magnetic robot for on-demand biomedical heating applications. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3320–3320. 84 indexed citations

Soon, Ren Hao, Ziyu Ren, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2022). On-demand anchoring of wireless soft miniature robots on soft surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(34). e2207767119–e2207767119. 18 indexed citations

Li, Mingtong, Yichao Tang, Ren Hao Soon, et al.. (2022). Miniature coiled artificial muscle for wireless soft medical devices. Science Advances. 8(10). eabm5616–eabm5616. 70 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiachen, Ren Hao Soon, Zihan Wei, Wenqi Hu, & Metin Sitti. (2022). Liquid Metal‐Elastomer Composites with Dual‐Energy Transmission Mode for Multifunctional Miniature Untethered Magnetic Robots. Advanced Science. 9(31). e2203730–e2203730. 29 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiachen, Ziyu Ren, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2021). Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly. Science Robotics. 6(53). 223 indexed citations breakdown →

Ren, Ziyu, Rongjing Zhang, Ren Hao Soon, et al.. (2021). Soft-bodied adaptive multimodal locomotion strategies in fluid-filled confined spaces. Science Advances. 7(27). 150 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiachen, Yubing Guo, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2021). Smart Actuators: Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Based Magnetic Composite Films for Reconfigurable Shape‐Morphing Soft Miniature Machines (Adv. Mater. 8/2021). Advanced Materials. 33(8). 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiachen, Yubing Guo, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2021). Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Based Magnetic Composite Films for Reconfigurable Shape‐Morphing Soft Miniature Machines. Advanced Materials. 33(8). e2006191–e2006191. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

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Soon, Ren Hao, Longteng Yu, & Chwee Teck Lim. (2020). A Soft Sensorized Microfluidic Tubular Actuating Gripper. Advanced Materials Technologies. 5(5). 10 indexed citations

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Shang, Menglin, Ren Hao Soon, Chwee Teck Lim, Bee Luan Khoo, & Jongyoon Han. (2019). Microfluidic modelling of the tumor microenvironment for anti-cancer drug development. Lab on a Chip. 19(3). 369–386. 183 indexed citations

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Shang, Menglin, Ren Hao Soon, Chwee Teck Lim, Bee Luan Khoo, & Jongyoon Han. (2019). Functionalizing the Tumor Microenvironment with Microfluidics for Anti-cancer Drug Development. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Longteng, et al.. (2019). Dual-Core Capacitive Microfiber Sensor for Smart Textile Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(36). 33347–33355. 37 indexed citations

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Yu, Longteng, Chen Shi, Wang Xi, et al.. (2018). Streaming Current Based Microtubular Enzymatic Sensor for Self‐Powered Detection of Urea. Advanced Materials Technologies. 4(1). 11 indexed citations

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Yu, Longteng, et al.. (2018). Highly Stretchable, Weavable, and Washable Piezoresistive Microfiber Sensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(15). 12773–12780. 86 indexed citations

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Vaidyanathan, Ramanathan, Ren Hao Soon, Pan Zhang, Kuan Jiang, & Chwee Teck Lim. (2018). Cancer Diagnosis: From Tumor to Liquid Biopsy and Beyond. Lab on a Chip. 19(1). 11–34. 202 indexed citations

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