Ron Pelrine

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
59 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Ron Pelrine is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Pelrine has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 14 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ron Pelrine's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (42 papers), Dielectric materials and actuators (41 papers) and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (13 papers). Ron Pelrine is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (42 papers), Dielectric materials and actuators (41 papers) and Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (13 papers). Ron Pelrine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. Ron Pelrine's co-authors include Roy Kornbluh, Qibing Pei, Jose Joseph, Scott Stanford, Richard Heydt, Joseph Eckerle, Seiki Chiba, Harsha Prahlad, Guggi Kofod and Peter Sommer‐Larsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and Materials Science and Engineering C.

In The Last Decade

Ron Pelrine

59 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

High-Speed Electrically Actuated Elastomers with Strain Greater Than 100%

2000 2.7k citations Ron Pelrine, Roy Kornbluh et al. Science profile →
High-field deformation of elastomeric dielectrics for actuators

2000 582 citations Ron Pelrine, Roy Kornbluh et al. profile →
A processable, high-performance dielectric elastomer and multilayering process

2022 199 citations Ron Pelrine, Qibing Pei et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ron Pelrine United States	28	6.6k	2.4k	2.0k	1.2k	674	59	7.1k
Roy Kornbluh United States	33	8.6k 1.3×	3.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	895 1.3×	57	9.6k
Jose Joseph India	15	4.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	848 0.7×	594 0.9×	48	5.2k
Federico Carpi Italy	34	5.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	710 0.6×	782 1.2×	140	6.1k
Samuel Rosset Switzerland	35	4.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	532 0.4×	464 0.7×	140	4.9k
Bo Li China	36	2.8k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	920 0.5×	829 0.7×	387 0.6×	186	3.8k
Choon Chiang Foo Singapore	27	2.9k 0.4×	657 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	761 0.6×	762 1.1×	37	4.0k
Guggi Kofod Germany	33	3.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	675 0.3×	808 0.7×	502 0.7×	70	4.0k
Jian Zhu Singapore	35	4.0k 0.6×	981 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	185 0.3×	76	4.3k
Jongmin Shim United States	22	2.6k 0.4×	497 0.2×	1.9k 1.0×	614 0.5×	558 0.8×	44	4.4k
Shawn A. Chester United States	25	2.9k 0.4×	650 0.3×	2.5k 1.3×	548 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	52	5.0k

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Pelrine, Ron & Allen Hsu. (2024). Advances in Circuit-Driven Milli Robot Systems. 1–8. 2 indexed citations

Hsu, Allen, et al.. (2020). Magnetic Milli-Robot Swarm Platform: A Safety Barrier Certificate Enabled, Low-Cost Test Bed. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(2). 2913–2920. 15 indexed citations

Steager, Edward B., et al.. (2019). Nanoliter Fluid Handling for Microbiology Via Levitated Magnetic Microrobots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 997–1004. 17 indexed citations

Hsu, Allen, Cregg Cowan, Brian McCoy, et al.. (2017). Automated 2D micro-assembly using diamagnetically levitated milli-robots. 1–6. 26 indexed citations

Pelrine, Ron, A. Wong-Foy, Allen Hsu, & Brian McCoy. (2016). Self-assembly of milli-scale robotic manipulators: A path to highly adaptive, robust automation systems. 1–6. 14 indexed citations

Pelrine, Ron, Allen Hsu, A. Wong-Foy, Brian McCoy, & Cregg Cowan. (2016). Optimal control of diamagnetically levitated milli robots using automated search patterns. 7. 1–6. 9 indexed citations

Kornbluh, Roy, Ron Pelrine, Harsha Prahlad, et al.. (2012). Dielectric elastomers: Stretching the capabilities of energy harvesting. MRS Bulletin. 37(3). 246–253. 111 indexed citations

Kornbluh, Roy, Ron Pelrine, Harsha Prahlad, et al.. (2011). From boots to buoys: promises and challenges of dielectric elastomer energy harvesting. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7976. 797605–797605. 133 indexed citations

Kornbluh, Roy, A. Wong-Foy, Ron Pelrine, Harsha Prahlad, & Brian McCoy. (2010). Long-lifetime All-polymer Artificial Muscle Transducers. MRS Proceedings. 1271. 20 indexed citations

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Wissler, Michael, Ron Pelrine, Scott Stanford, et al.. (2008). High electromechanical performance of electroelastomers based on interpenetrating polymer networks. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6927. 69272C–69272C. 21 indexed citations

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Heydt, Richard, Roy Kornbluh, Joseph Eckerle, & Ron Pelrine. (2006). Sound radiation properties of dielectric elastomer electroactive polymer loudspeakers. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6168. 61681M–61681M. 76 indexed citations

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Pei, Qibing, Marcus Rosenthal, Scott Stanford, Harsha Prahlad, & Ron Pelrine. (2004). Multiple-degrees-of-freedom electroelastomer roll actuators. Smart Materials and Structures. 13(5). N86–N92. 213 indexed citations

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Kornbluh, Roy, John Bashkin, Ron Pelrine, Harsha Prahlad, & Seiki Chiba. (2004). Medical Applications of New Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscles. Seikei-Kakou. 16(10). 631–637. 4 indexed citations

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Kornbluh, Roy, Ron Pelrine, Harsha Prahlad, & Seiki Chiba. (2004). MEMS Technologies for Ubiquitous Computing World: Silicon to Silicone: Stretching the Capabilities of Micromachines with Electroactive Polymers. IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines. 124(8). 266–271. 6 indexed citations

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Kofod, Guggi, Peter Sommer‐Larsen, Roy Kornbluh, & Ron Pelrine. (2003). Actuation Response of Polyacrylate Dielectric Elastomers. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 14(12). 787–793. 430 indexed citations

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Pelrine, Ron. (2002). Diamagnetic Levitation: An Unusual Phenomena with Novel Applications. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Kornbluh, Roy, Ron Pelrine, Qibing Pei, et al.. (2002). <title>Electroelastomers: applications of dielectric elastomer transducers for actuation, generation, and smart structures</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4698. 254–270. 209 indexed citations

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Pelrine, Ron, Peter Sommer‐Larsen, Roy Kornbluh, et al.. (2001). Applications of dielectric elastomer actuators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4329. 335–335. 120 indexed citations

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Pelrine, Ron, Roy Kornbluh, Joseph Eckerle, et al.. (2001). Dielectric elastomers: generator mode fundamentals and applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4329. 148–148. 374 indexed citations

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Pelrine, Ron, Roy Kornbluh, Qibing Pei, & Jose Joseph. (2000). High-Speed Electrically Actuated Elastomers with Strain Greater Than 100%. Science. 287(5454). 836–839. 2665 indexed citations breakdown →

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