Tian‐Yun Huang

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Tian‐Yun Huang is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tian‐Yun Huang has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 19 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tian‐Yun Huang's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (19 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (15 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (12 papers). Tian‐Yun Huang is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (19 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (15 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (12 papers). Tian‐Yun Huang collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and United States. Tian‐Yun Huang's co-authors include Bradley J. Nelson, Xiangzhong Chen, Hongri Gu, Salvador Pané, Huiling Duan, Qianying Chen, Jianyong Huang, Li Zhang, Jizhai Cui and Paolo Testa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Tian‐Yun Huang

40 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 2020 100 200 300
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. Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines
    2019 380 citations Jizhai Cui, Tian‐Yun Huang et al. Nature profile →
  2. 3D Printed Enzymatically Biodegradable Soft Helical Microswimmers
    2018 301 citations Xiangzhong Chen, Tian‐Yun Huang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  3. Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves
    2020 259 citations Hongri Gu, Quentin Boehler et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tian‐Yun Huang China 17 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 222 146 44 2.3k
Kirstin Petersen United States 17 2.1k 1.4× 874 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 171 0.8× 132 0.9× 51 3.1k
Filip Ilievski United States 15 3.5k 2.3× 1.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.4× 274 1.2× 214 1.5× 60 4.3k
Johannes T. B. Overvelde Netherlands 21 2.9k 1.9× 673 0.5× 2.4k 1.9× 174 0.8× 120 0.8× 47 4.1k
Haojian Lu China 22 1.3k 0.9× 836 0.6× 920 0.7× 205 0.9× 235 1.6× 120 2.3k
Massimo Mastrangeli Netherlands 20 2.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 354 1.6× 465 3.2× 85 3.3k
Aaron D. Mazzeo United States 21 4.2k 2.8× 1.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.5× 179 0.8× 404 2.8× 39 4.8k
Guo Zhan Lum Singapore 17 3.4k 2.3× 2.4k 1.7× 3.1k 2.4× 284 1.3× 206 1.4× 30 4.7k
Stefano Palagi Italy 16 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 200 0.9× 125 0.9× 40 2.1k
Hamidreza Marvi United States 19 1.4k 0.9× 635 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 115 0.5× 63 0.4× 55 2.1k
Jun Shintake Japan 25 4.2k 2.8× 679 0.5× 1.9k 1.5× 342 1.5× 262 1.8× 88 4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Tian‐Yun Huang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tian‐Yun Huang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tian‐Yun Huang. 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 Tian‐Yun Huang. The network helps show where Tian‐Yun Huang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tian‐Yun Huang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tian‐Yun Huang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tian‐Yun Huang 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 Tian‐Yun Huang. Tian‐Yun Huang 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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Shi, Jiaqi, Wei Wang, Tian‐Yun Huang, et al.. (2025). Bacteria Flagella‐Mimicking Polymer Multilayer Magnetic Microrobots. Small Methods. 9(4). e2401558–e2401558.
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Huang, Tian‐Yun, et al.. (2024). An improved flocking control algorithm to solve the effect of individual communication barriers on flocking cohesion in multi-agent systems. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 137. 109110–109110. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Linlin, et al.. (2024). 4D Direct Laser Writing for Intelligent Micromachines. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(14). 5 indexed citations
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Huang, Tian‐Yun, Zhuoyuan Zhang, Xin Tao, et al.. (2024). Structural and functional basis of bacteriophage K64-ORF41 depolymerase for capsular polysaccharide degradation of Klebsiella pneumoniae K64. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 265(Pt 2). 130917–130917. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Linlin, et al.. (2024). Bioinspired Microhinged Actuators for Active Mechanism‐Based Metamaterials. Advanced Science. 12(2). e2407231–e2407231. 9 indexed citations
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Huang, Tian‐Yun, Hongri Gu, & Bradley J. Nelson. (2022). Increasingly Intelligent Micromachines. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 5(1). 279–310. 74 indexed citations
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Chen, Qianying, Tian‐Yun Huang, Pengyu Lv, Jianyong Huang, & Huiling Duan. (2021). Programmable Self‐Locking Micromachines with Tunable Couplings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(10). 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Qianying, Pengyu Lv, Jianyong Huang, Tian‐Yun Huang, & Huiling Duan. (2021). Intelligent Shape-Morphing Micromachines. Research. 2021. 9806463–9806463. 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Tian‐Yun, Hen‐Wei Huang, Dongdong Jin, et al.. (2020). Four-dimensional micro-building blocks. Science Advances. 6(3). eaav8219–eaav8219. 124 indexed citations
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Gu, Hongri, Quentin Boehler, Haoyang Cui, et al.. (2020). Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2637–2637. 259 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cui, Jizhai, Tian‐Yun Huang, Zhaochu Luo, et al.. (2019). Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines. Nature. 575(7781). 164–168. 380 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Hen‐Wei, Mark W. Tibbitt, Tian‐Yun Huang, & Bradley J. Nelson. (2018). Matryoshka-Inspired Micro-Origami Capsules to Enhance Loading, Encapsulation, and Transport of Drugs. Soft Robotics. 6(1). 150–159. 31 indexed citations
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Huang, Tian‐Yun, et al.. (2016). Magnetic micro-/nanoscale swimmers: Current status and potential applications. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 62(2-3). 136–151. 5 indexed citations
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Mathis-Ullrich, Franziska, Famin Qiu, Juho Pokki, et al.. (2016). Swimming characteristics of helical microrobots in fibrous environments. 470–475. 19 indexed citations
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Liu, Jun, et al.. (2015). Micro/nano-robotics in biomedical applications and its progresses. 376–380. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Tian‐Yun. (2011). Moving object detection and tracking in video sequences.
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Huang, Tian‐Yun, et al.. (2011). Thinking in emergence control for complex system. 265–269.
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Huang, Tian‐Yun. (2010). Region of interest extraction and adaptation in scalable video coding. 2010 Seventh International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery. 3. 2320–2323. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Tian‐Yun. (2008). Energy-Aware Multi-Path Streaming of MPEG-4 FGS Video over Wireless. 29. 431–436. 5 indexed citations

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