Shitai Cao

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Shitai Cao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shitai Cao has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Shitai Cao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (19 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (9 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (9 papers). Shitai Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (19 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (9 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (9 papers). Shitai Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Shitai Cao's co-authors include Desheng Kong, Shuxuan Feng, Jiaxue Zhang, Hangyu Zhu, Yanyan Li, Yunlei Zhou, Shaolei Wang, Yurui Xu, Xinghai Ning and Jiachen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, ACS Nano and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Shitai Cao

20 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Intrinsically stretchable electronics with ultrahigh deformability to monitor dynamically moving organs

2022 193 citations Shaolei Wang, Yuanyuan Nie et al. Science Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shitai Cao China	16	963	427	413	263	161	20	1.1k
Abid Ameen United States	11	1.0k 1.1×	402 0.9×	310 0.8×	334 1.3×	129 0.8×	15	1.2k
Qiuna Zhuang Hong Kong	13	1.1k 1.1×	558 1.3×	499 1.2×	305 1.2×	228 1.4×	17	1.4k
Jinrong Huang China	15	1.1k 1.1×	432 1.0×	562 1.4×	343 1.3×	193 1.2×	34	1.3k
Renxiao Xu United States	15	943 1.0×	345 0.8×	331 0.8×	232 0.9×	272 1.7×	31	1.1k
Matthew T. Flavin United States	7	948 1.0×	326 0.8×	325 0.8×	297 1.1×	168 1.0×	13	1.1k
Jiean Li China	16	817 0.8×	491 1.1×	361 0.9×	174 0.7×	122 0.8×	35	1.2k
Kyungsik Do South Korea	6	1.3k 1.4×	632 1.5×	647 1.6×	377 1.4×	171 1.1×	8	1.6k
Hachul Jung South Korea	9	934 1.0×	325 0.8×	396 1.0×	354 1.3×	104 0.6×	17	1.1k
Minsik Kong South Korea	17	865 0.9×	523 1.2×	375 0.9×	191 0.7×	236 1.5×	28	1.2k
Seulah Lee South Korea	13	853 0.9×	282 0.7×	417 1.0×	207 0.8×	187 1.2×	38	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shitai Cao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fang, Ting, Jiaxue Zhang, Shitai Cao, et al.. (2025). Hybrid Liquid Metal/Ionic Nanocomposite Transparent Electrodes for Highly Stretchable Electroluminescent Matrix Displays. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(13). 8 indexed citations

Yang, Cheng, Wei‐Xi Huang, Yong Lin, et al.. (2024). Stretchable MXene/Carbon Nanotube Bilayer Strain Sensors with Tunable Sensitivity and Working Ranges. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(23). 30274–30283. 15 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaotong, Shitai Cao, Yong Lin, et al.. (2023). Stretchable and Skin‐Attachable Electronic Device for Remotely Controlled Wearable Cancer Therapy. Advanced Science. 10(10). e2205343–e2205343. 51 indexed citations

Zhou, Yunlei, Yanyan Li, Tao Ma, et al.. (2023). Ultrastretchable alternating current electroluminescent panels for arbitrary luminous patterns. Applied Materials Today. 31. 101764–101764. 11 indexed citations

Li, Yanyan, Kerong Chen, Jiaxue Zhang, et al.. (2023). Multifunctional Microneedle Patches via Direct Ink Drawing of Nanocomposite Inks for Personalized Transdermal Drug Delivery. ACS Nano. 17(20). 19925–19937. 35 indexed citations

Li, Yanyan, Shaolei Wang, Jiaxue Zhang, et al.. (2022). A Highly Stretchable and Permeable Liquid Metal Micromesh Conductor by Physical Deposition for Epidermal Electronics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(11). 13713–13721. 54 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiaxue, et al.. (2022). Highly Permeable and Ultrastretchable Liquid Metal Micromesh for Skin-Attachable Electronics. ACS Materials Letters. 4(4). 634–641. 55 indexed citations

Wang, Shaolei, Yuanyuan Nie, Hangyu Zhu, et al.. (2022). Intrinsically stretchable electronics with ultrahigh deformability to monitor dynamically moving organs. Science Advances. 8(13). eabl5511–eabl5511. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

Lin, Yong, Lin Wang, Tao Ma, et al.. (2022). Highly Conductive and Compliant Silver Nanowire Nanocomposites by Direct Spray Deposition. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(51). 57290–57298. 18 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunlei, et al.. (2021). A Printable and Conductive Yield-Stress Fluid as an Ultrastretchable Transparent Conductor. Research. 2021. 9874939–9874939. 9 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunlei, Shitai Cao, Jiaxue Zhang, et al.. (2021). Ultrastretchable and Washable Conductive Microtextiles by Coassembly of Silver Nanowires and Elastomeric Microfibers for Epidermal Human–Machine Interfaces. ACS Materials Letters. 3(7). 912–920. 79 indexed citations

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Feng, Shuxuan, Xin Wang, Menglu Wang, et al.. (2021). Crumpled MXene Electrodes for Ultrastretchable and High-Area-Capacitance Supercapacitors. Nano Letters. 21(18). 7561–7568. 79 indexed citations

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Li, Yanyan, Shuxuan Feng, Shitai Cao, Jiaxue Zhang, & Desheng Kong. (2020). Printable Liquid Metal Microparticle Ink for Ultrastretchable Electronics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(45). 50852–50859. 86 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunlei, et al.. (2020). Fully Screen-Printed, Multicolor, and Stretchable Electroluminescent Displays for Epidermal Electronics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(42). 47902–47910. 64 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunlei, Jiachen Wang, Yanzhen Li, et al.. (2019). Stretchable High-Permittivity Nanocomposites for Epidermal Alternating-Current Electroluminescent Displays. ACS Materials Letters. 1(5). 511–518. 107 indexed citations

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Wang, Yifan, Jing Wang, Shitai Cao, & Desheng Kong. (2019). A stretchable and breathable form of epidermal device based on elastomeric nanofibre textiles and silver nanowires. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(31). 9748–9755. 49 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiachen, Xiangyu Cao, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2019). Omnidirectional Printing of Soft Elastomer for Liquid-State Stretchable Electronics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(20). 18590–18598. 38 indexed citations

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Feng, Shuxuan, et al.. (2019). Laser Sintering of Zn Microparticles and Its Application in Printable Biodegradable Electronics. Advanced Electronic Materials. 5(3). 39 indexed citations

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Feng, Shuxuan, et al.. (2019). Maskless Patterning of Biodegradable Conductors by Selective Laser Sintering of Microparticle Inks and Its Application in Flexible Transient Electronics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(49). 45844–45852. 42 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunlei, Shitai Cao, Jing Wang, et al.. (2018). Bright Stretchable Electroluminescent Devices based on Silver Nanowire Electrodes and High-k Thermoplastic Elastomers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(51). 44760–44767. 96 indexed citations

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