S. Kuiper

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

S. Kuiper is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Kuiper has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. Kuiper's work include Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (16 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (13 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (8 papers). S. Kuiper is often cited by papers focused on Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (16 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (13 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (8 papers). S. Kuiper collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Finland. S. Kuiper's co-authors include B.H.W. Hendriks, W. Nijdam, C.J.M. van Rijn, Jason Heikenfeld, Michael Curt Elwenspoek, G.J. Veldhuis, Teus Tukker, Manjeet Dhindsa, M. Elwenspoek and M. Elwenspoek and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

S. Kuiper

26 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Variable-focus liquid lens for miniature cameras 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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. Variable-focus liquid lens for miniature cameras
    2004 833 citations S. Kuiper, B.H.W. Hendriks Applied Physics Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Kuiper Netherlands 18 1.4k 1.1k 686 295 138 26 1.9k
B.J. de Gans Netherlands 7 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 119 0.2× 173 0.6× 76 0.6× 10 2.3k
Veronica Vespini Italy 22 1.0k 0.7× 878 0.8× 153 0.2× 223 0.8× 309 2.2× 83 1.6k
Zaichun Chen Singapore 12 419 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 72 0.1× 146 0.5× 477 3.5× 18 1.4k
Sohee Jeon South Korea 23 789 0.6× 992 0.9× 191 0.3× 115 0.4× 282 2.0× 85 2.0k
Munho Kim Singapore 24 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 224 0.3× 91 0.3× 250 1.8× 100 2.8k
Jiang‐Wei Mao China 19 288 0.2× 627 0.6× 373 0.5× 134 0.5× 48 0.3× 27 1.0k
Seung Koo Park South Korea 23 968 0.7× 858 0.8× 252 0.4× 126 0.4× 302 2.2× 104 1.6k
Takuya Ohzono Japan 24 240 0.2× 816 0.7× 967 1.4× 280 0.9× 274 2.0× 83 1.7k
Wulin Zhu China 19 326 0.2× 810 0.7× 452 0.7× 521 1.8× 123 0.9× 29 1.5k
Yanan Li China 16 627 0.4× 722 0.6× 120 0.2× 320 1.1× 293 2.1× 34 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by S. Kuiper

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Kuiper

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by S. Kuiper. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by S. Kuiper. The network helps show where S. Kuiper may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Kuiper

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Kuiper. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Kuiper 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 S. Kuiper. S. Kuiper 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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Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2023). Effects of nozzle design on CFRP print quality using Commingled Yarn. Procedia CIRP. 120. 1492–1497. 2 indexed citations
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Pan, Ming, et al.. (2015). Actuating Fluid–Fluid Interfaces for the Reconfiguration of Light. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 21(4). 444–455. 8 indexed citations
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Kuiper, S., et al.. (2012). Experimental Validation of the Invariance of Electrowetting Contact Angle Saturation. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 26(12-17). 1909–1930. 80 indexed citations
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Kuiper, S.. (2011). Electrowetting-based liquid lenses for endoscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7930. 793008–793008. 7 indexed citations
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Dhindsa, Manjeet, et al.. (2011). Electrowetting without Electrolysis on Self-Healing Dielectrics. Langmuir. 27(9). 5665–5670. 44 indexed citations
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Dhindsa, Manjeet, S. Kuiper, & Jason Heikenfeld. (2010). Reliable and low-voltage electrowetting on thin parylene films. Thin Solid Films. 519(10). 3346–3351. 52 indexed citations
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Megens, Mischa, et al.. (2010). Control of an electrowetting-based beam deflector. Journal of Applied Physics. 107(6). 18 indexed citations
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Deladi, S., Khurram Shahzad, Cees van der Vleuten, et al.. (2010). Miniaturized ultrasound scanner by electrowetting. Applied Physics Letters. 97(6). 5 indexed citations
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Kuiper, S., et al.. (2007). Zoom camera based on liquid lenses. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6466. 64660F–64660F. 25 indexed citations
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Hendriks, Benno H. W., et al.. (2006). Variable liquid lenses for electronic products. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6034. 603402–603402. 14 indexed citations
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Kuiper, S., et al.. (2005). Electrowetting-based optics. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5908. 59080R–59080R. 10 indexed citations
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Hendriks, B.H.W., et al.. (2005). Electrowetting-Based Variable-Focus Lens for Miniature Systems. Optical Review. 12(3). 255–259. 129 indexed citations
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Kuiper, S. & B.H.W. Hendriks. (2004). Variable-focus liquid lens for miniature cameras. Applied Physics Letters. 85(7). 1128–1130. 833 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hendriks, B.H.W. & S. Kuiper. (2004). Through a lens sharply [FluidFocus lens. IEEE Spectrum. 41(12). 32–36. 10 indexed citations
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Brügger, Juergen, et al.. (2000). Resistless patterning of sub-micron structures by evaporation through nanostencils. Microelectronic Engineering. 53(1-4). 403–405. 114 indexed citations
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Kuiper, S., M. de Boer, C.J.M. van Rijn, et al.. (2000). Wet and dry etching techniques for the release of sub-micrometre perforated membranes. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 10(2). 171–174. 21 indexed citations
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Kuiper, S.. (2000). Determination of particle-release conditions in microfiltration: a simple single-particle model tested on a model membrane. Journal of Membrane Science. 180(1). 15–28. 27 indexed citations
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Kuiper, S., et al.. (2000). Fabrication of microsieves with sub-micron pore size by laser interference lithography. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 11(1). 33–37. 52 indexed citations
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Rijn, C.J.M. van, et al.. (1999). Microsieves made with laser interference lithography for micro-filtration applications. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 9(2). 170–172. 51 indexed citations
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Rijn, C.J.M. van, G.J. Veldhuis, & S. Kuiper. (1998). Nanosieves with microsystem technology for microfiltration applications. Nanotechnology. 9(4). 343–345. 64 indexed citations

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