Shengqiang Cai

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
160 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Shengqiang Cai is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shengqiang Cai has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 86 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 24 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Shengqiang Cai's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (70 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (63 papers) and Dielectric materials and actuators (25 papers). Shengqiang Cai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (70 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (63 papers) and Dielectric materials and actuators (25 papers). Shengqiang Cai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Shengqiang Cai's co-authors include Zhigang Suo, Zhijian Wang, Qiguang He, Yang Wang, Kai Li, Chi‐Hyung Ahn, Michael T. Tolley, Jian Zhu, Zijun Wang and Xudong Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Shengqiang Cai

151 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Electrically controlled liquid crystal elastomer–based soft tubular actuator with multimodal actuation

2019 450 citations Qiguang He, Zhijian Wang et al. Science Advances profile →
Electrospun liquid crystal elastomer microfiber actuator

2021 318 citations Qiguang He, Zhijian Wang et al. profile →
Periodic patterns and energy states of buckled films on compliant substrates

2011 277 citations Shengqiang Cai, Alfred J. Crosby et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shengqiang Cai United States	44	4.8k	4.2k	1.1k	1.0k	883	160	7.7k
Wei Hong China	52	6.1k 1.3×	4.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	2.1k 2.3×	175	10.3k
Shaoxing Qu China	48	4.8k 1.0×	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	557 0.5×	2.1k 2.4×	258	8.8k
Alfred J. Crosby United States	56	4.5k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	728 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	207	9.6k
Howon Lee South Korea	31	3.3k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	815 0.8×	472 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	104	7.2k
Ximin He United States	52	5.4k 1.1×	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 1.9×	337 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	139	10.2k
Jinxiong Zhou China	35	3.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	809 0.9×	132	6.7k
Ryan C. Hayward United States	60	5.6k 1.1×	5.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	4.1k 4.7×	180	13.2k
Jie Yin United States	39	3.0k 0.6×	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	730 0.8×	130	6.1k
Shawn A. Chester United States	25	2.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	548 0.5×	650 0.7×	52	5.0k
Leonid Ionov Germany	52	4.7k 1.0×	3.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	137 0.1×	1.5k 1.7×	141	8.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shengqiang Cai

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Guo, Qiang, Long Rong, & Shengqiang Cai. (2025). Numerical study on crack tip fields in liquid crystal elastomers. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 316. 113389–113389.

Pei, Yu, Tianshi Feng, Robert S. Chambers, Shengqiang Cai, & Renkun Chen. (2025). Thermoelectrically elevated hydrogel evaporation for personal cooling under extreme heat. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(9). 102816–102816.

Li, Chenghai, Qiang Guo, Robert S. Chambers, & Shengqiang Cai. (2024). Asymmetric toughening in the lap shear of metamaterial structural adhesives. Soft Matter. 20(33). 6568–6581. 1 indexed citations

Lü, Chaofeng, Chao Sun, & Shengqiang Cai. (2024). Mechanics and physics under supergravity conditions. Acta Mechanica Sinica. 40(6).

Wang, Zijun, et al.. (2023). Electrowetting of a Soft Elastic Gel. ACS Macro Letters. 12(6). 828–834. 6 indexed citations

Chambers, Robert, et al.. (2023). Gripping Aerial Topology Optimized Robot (GATOR). 129. 1–10. 1 indexed citations

Song, Zhaoqiang, et al.. (2023). Tailorable non-linear viscoelastic behavior of hydrogels. Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials. 28(3). 1661–1674. 2 indexed citations

Tian, Hongmiao, Duorui Wang, Tengfei Yuan, et al.. (2023). Electrically active smart adhesive for a perching-and-takeoff robot. Science Advances. 9(43). eadj3133–eadj3133. 29 indexed citations

Li, Hui, Yue Zheng, Yu Long Han, Shengqiang Cai, & Ming Guo. (2021). Nonlinear elasticity of biological basement membrane revealed by rapid inflation and deflation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(11). 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Zijun, Zijun Wang, Zhijian Wang, et al.. (2020). Three-dimensional printing of functionally graded liquid crystal elastomer. Science Advances. 6(39). 211 indexed citations

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Barney, Christopher W., Carey E. Dougan, Yue Zheng, et al.. (2020). Cavitation in soft matter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(17). 9157–9165. 100 indexed citations

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Wang, Pengrui, David B. Berry, Zhaoqiang Song, et al.. (2020). 3D Printing of a Biocompatible Double Network Elastomer with Digital Control of Mechanical Properties. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(14). 44 indexed citations

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Zhai, Yichen, Zhijian Wang, Kye‐Si Kwon, et al.. (2020). Printing Multi‐Material Organic Haptic Actuators. Advanced Materials. 33(19). e2002541–e2002541. 44 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yue, Christopher W. Barney, Carey E. Dougan, et al.. (2020). Seeded laser-induced cavitation for studying high-strain-rate irreversible deformation of soft materials. Soft Matter. 16(39). 9006–9013. 17 indexed citations

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Hu, Jiliang, Yiwei Li, Yukun Hao, et al.. (2019). High stretchability, strength, and toughness of living cells enabled by hyperelastic vimentin intermediate filaments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(35). 17175–17180. 118 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yue, Christopher W. Barney, Alfred J. Crosby, et al.. (2019). Laser-induced Cavitation Dynamics of Polydimethylsiloxane with Varying Cross-Linking Density and Molecular Weight. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Xudong, et al.. (2017). Light induced reversible and irreversible mechanical responses in nanotube-polymer composites. Composites Part B Engineering. 134. 39–45. 12 indexed citations

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Su, Alvin W.Y., Van W. Wong, Shengqiang Cai, et al.. (2017). Impact insertion of osteochondral grafts: Interference fit and central graft reduction affect biomechanics and cartilage damage. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 36(1). 377–386. 9 indexed citations

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Ahn, Chi‐Hyung, Xudong Liang, & Shengqiang Cai. (2015). Inhomogeneous stretch induced patterning of molecular orientation in liquid crystal elastomers. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 5. 30–36. 41 indexed citations

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Cai, Shengqiang & Zhigang Suo. (2011). Mechanics and chemical thermodynamics of a temperature-sensitive hydrogel. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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