Xiao Kuang

12.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
117 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Xiao Kuang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiao Kuang has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 43 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 42 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiao Kuang's work include Polymer composites and self-healing (34 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (31 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (29 papers). Xiao Kuang is often cited by papers focused on Polymer composites and self-healing (34 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (31 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (29 papers). Xiao Kuang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Xiao Kuang's co-authors include H. Jerry Qi, Devin J. Roach, Jiangtao Wu, Dujin Wang, Kaijuan Chen, Craig M. Hamel, Conner K. Dunn, Xia Dong, Zeang Zhao and Tiejun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xiao Kuang

109 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

Advances in 4D Printing: Materials and Applications 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 2019 2018 2019 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. Advances in 4D Printing: Materials and Applications
    2018 818 citations Xiao Kuang, Devin J. Roach et al. profile →
  2. Colorless, Transparent, Robust, and Fast Scratch‐Self‐Healing Elastomers via a Phase‐Locked Dynamic Bonds Design
    2018 596 citations Xiao Kuang et al. profile →
  3. Magnetic Shape Memory Polymers with Integrated Multifunctional Shape Manipulation
    2019 595 citations Xiao Kuang, Janet Wong et al. profile →
  4. 3D Printing of Highly Stretchable, Shape-Memory, and Self-Healing Elastomer toward Novel 4D Printing
    2018 440 citations Xiao Kuang, Conner K. Dunn et al. profile →
  5. Grayscale digital light processing 3D printing for highly functionally graded materials
    2019 433 citations Xiao Kuang, Jiangtao Wu et al. profile →
  6. Fused filament fabrication of polymer materials: A review of interlayer bond
    2020 314 citations Xiao Kuang et al. Additive manufacturing profile →
  7. Integrating digital light processing with direct ink writing for hybrid 3D printing of functional structures and devices
    2021 177 citations Xiao Kuang, Devin J. Roach et al. Additive manufacturing profile →
  8. Microfluidic bioprinting of tough hydrogel-based vascular conduits for functional blood vessels
    2022 151 citations Xiao Kuang, Yu Shrike Zhang et al. profile →
  9. 3D-printable colloidal photonic crystals
    2022 133 citations Carlos Ezio Garciamendez‐Mijares, Xiao Kuang et al. profile →

Peers

Xiao Kuang
Qi Ge China
Kai Yu United States
Shaoting Lin United States
Leonid Ionov Germany
Liwu Liu China
Hyunwoo Yuk United States
Zi Liang Wu China
Marc in het Panhuis Australia
Mahdi Bodaghi United Kingdom
Yanju Liu China
Qi Ge China
Xiao Kuang
Citations per year, relative to Xiao Kuang Xiao Kuang (= 1×) peers Qi Ge

Countries citing papers authored by Xiao Kuang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiao Kuang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiao Kuang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiao Kuang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiao Kuang 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 Xiao Kuang. Xiao Kuang 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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Kuang, Xiao, et al.. (2026). 4D printing through vat photopolymerization of two-stage UV-curable liquid crystal elastomers. Nature Communications. 17(1). 1671–1671.
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Bernal, Paulina Núñez, Sammy Florczak, Xiao Kuang, et al.. (2025). The road ahead in materials and technologies for volumetric 3D printing. Nature Reviews Materials. 10(11). 826–841. 18 indexed citations
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Kuang, Xiao, Qiangzhou Rong, Nanchao Wang, et al.. (2025). Sonicated inks and focused-ultrasound writing enable deep-penetration acoustic volumetric printing. Nature Protocols.
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Garciamendez‐Mijares, Carlos Ezio, et al.. (2025). Acoustic Bioprinting: A Glimpse Into an Emerging Field. Small Methods. 10(3). e2500733–e2500733. 4 indexed citations
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Kuang, Xiao, et al.. (2024). Multimaterial coextrusion (bio)printing of composite polymer biomaterial ink and hydrogel bioink for tissue fabrication. Composites Part B Engineering. 275. 111337–111337. 14 indexed citations
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Garciamendez‐Mijares, Carlos Ezio, et al.. (2024). Design considerations for digital light processing bioprinters. Applied Physics Reviews. 11(3). 31314–31314. 13 indexed citations
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Kuang, Xiao, Qiangzhou Rong, Tri Vu, et al.. (2023). Self-enhancing sono-inks enable deep-penetration acoustic volumetric printing. Science. 382(6675). 1148–1155. 88 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiang, Shayuan Weng, Craig M. Hamel, et al.. (2021). Design for the reduction of volume shrinkage-induced distortion in digital light processing 3D printing. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 48. 101403–101403. 65 indexed citations
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Kuang, Xiao & Yu Shrike Zhang. (2021). Leveraging synthesis-swelling relationship to precisely engineer synthetic hydrogels. Matter. 4(8). 2676–2678. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong, Xiao Kuang, Li Li, et al.. (2020). How Can Alternative Exercise Traditions Help Against the Background of the COVID-19 in Cancer Care? An Overview of Systematic Reviews. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Roach, Devin J., Janet Wong, Xiao Kuang, et al.. (2020). Surface modification of fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printed substrates by inkjet printing polyimide for printed electronics. Additive manufacturing. 36. 101544–101544. 42 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jian, et al.. (2020). Anti‐tumour effects of Keratin 6A in lung adenocarcinoma. The Clinical Respiratory Journal. 14(7). 667–674. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhiqiang, Meng Yang, Qian Shi, et al.. (2019). Recycling Waste Circuit Board Efficiently and Environmentally Friendly through Small-Molecule Assisted Dissolution. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 17902–17902. 53 indexed citations
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Zou, Yunfeng, Xiaohong Chen, Jun Liu, et al.. (2017). Serum IL-1β and IL-17 levels in patients with COPD: associations with clinical parameters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Mu, Quanyi, Lei Wang, Conner K. Dunn, et al.. (2017). Digital light processing 3D printing of conductive complex structures. Additive manufacturing. 18. 74–83. 350 indexed citations
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Nicolais, L., et al.. (1996). Thermodynamic Investigation of the Aluminum Carbide Formation in Al-SiC Composite by Image Analysis. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials. 5(1). 17–26. 1 indexed citations

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