Xuanhe Zhao

53.1k total citations · 45 hit papers
211 papers, 43.6k citations indexed

About

Xuanhe Zhao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuanhe Zhao has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 43.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 62 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 45 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xuanhe Zhao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (97 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (52 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (44 papers). Xuanhe Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (97 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (52 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (44 papers). Xuanhe Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Xuanhe Zhao's co-authors include Hyunwoo Yuk, Zhigang Suo, Shaoting Lin, German Alberto Parada, Yoonho Kim, Baoyang Lu, Xinyue Liu, David Mooney, Joost J. Vlassak and Ruike Renee Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Xuanhe Zhao

208 papers receiving 43.0k citations

Hit Papers

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels 2007 2026 2013 2019 2012 2018 2018 2019 2013 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels
    2012 4.6k citations Xuanhe Zhao, David Mooney et al. Nature profile →
  2. Printing ferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials
    2018 1.8k citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Nature profile →
  3. Hydrogel bioelectronics
    2018 1.7k citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Xuanhe Zhao et al. profile →
  4. Dry double-sided tape for adhesion of wet tissues and devices
    2019 1.2k citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Claudia E. Varela et al. Nature profile →
  5. Multi-scale multi-mechanism design of tough hydrogels: building dissipation into stretchy networks
    2013 1.0k citations Xuanhe Zhao Soft Matter profile →
  6. Ferromagnetic soft continuum robots
    2019 984 citations German Alberto Parada, Xuanhe Zhao et al. profile →
  7. Tough bonding of hydrogels to diverse non-porous surfaces
    2015 973 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Shaoting Lin et al. Nature Materials profile →
  8. Skin-inspired hydrogel–elastomer hybrids with robust interfaces and functional microstructures
    2016 866 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, German Alberto Parada et al. Nature Communications profile →
  9. Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water
    2017 848 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Shaoting Lin et al. Nature Communications profile →
  10. Pure PEDOT:PSS hydrogels
    2019 848 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Shaoting Lin et al. Nature Communications profile →
  11. Soft Materials by Design: Unconventional Polymer Networks Give Extreme Properties
    2021 840 citations Xuanhe Zhao, Xiaoyu Chen et al. profile →
  12. Hydrogel machines
    2020 838 citations Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin et al. profile →
  13. A theory of coupled diffusion and large deformation in polymeric gels
    2007 835 citations Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo et al. profile →
  14. 3D printing of conducting polymers
    2020 813 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  15. 3D Printing of Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels into Complex, Cellularized Structures
    2015 744 citations Shaoting Lin, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  16. Multifunctionality and control of the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene
    2013 717 citations Jianfeng Zang, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Nature Materials profile →
  17. Graded intrafillable architecture-based iontronic pressure sensor with ultra-broad-range high sensitivity
    2020 674 citations Jue Deng, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  18. Stretchable Hydrogel Electronics and Devices
    2015 603 citations Shaoting Lin, Hyunwoo Yuk et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  19. Electrical bioadhesive interface for bioelectronics
    2020 567 citations Jue Deng, Hyunwoo Yuk et al. Nature Materials profile →
  20. Magnetic Soft Materials and Robots
    2022 563 citations Xuanhe Zhao et al. profile →
  21. Soft wall-climbing robots
    2018 555 citations Guoying Gu, Xuanhe Zhao et al. profile →
  22. Active scaffolds for on-demand drug and cell delivery
    2010 531 citations Xuanhe Zhao, Jaeyun Kim et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  23. Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels
    2019 513 citations Shaoting Lin, Xinyue Liu et al. Science Advances profile →
  24. Muscle-like fatigue-resistant hydrogels by mechanical training
    2019 499 citations Shaoting Lin, Ji Liu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  25. Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines
    2022 455 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Jingjing Wu et al. profile →
  26. Matrix elasticity of void-forming hydrogels controls transplanted-stem-cell-mediated bone formation
    2015 447 citations Nathaniel Huebsch, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Nature Materials profile →
  27. Mechanics of hard-magnetic soft materials
    2018 435 citations Xuanhe Zhao et al. profile →
  28. Multifunctional “Hydrogel Skins” on Diverse Polymers with Arbitrary Shapes
    2018 417 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, German Alberto Parada et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  29. Highly Stretchable, Strain Sensing Hydrogel Optical Fibers
    2016 400 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  30. 3D printable high-performance conducting polymer hydrogel for all-hydrogel bioelectronic interfaces
    2023 392 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Jingjing Wu et al. Nature Materials profile →
  31. Bioadhesive ultrasound for long-term continuous imaging of diverse organs
    2022 375 citations Chonghe Wang, Xiaoyu Chen et al. profile →
  32. Ultrasound-triggered disruption and self-healing of reversibly cross-linked hydrogels for drug delivery and enhanced chemotherapy
    2014 367 citations Nathaniel Huebsch, Cathal J. Kearney et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  33. 3D Printing of Living Responsive Materials and Devices
    2017 333 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Shaoting Lin et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  34. Fatigue-resistant adhesion of hydrogels
    2020 318 citations Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin et al. Nature Communications profile →
  35. A soft neuroprosthetic hand providing simultaneous myoelectric control and tactile feedback
    2021 312 citations Guoying Gu, Ningbin Zhang et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
  36. Instant tough bioadhesive with triggerable benign detachment
    2020 307 citations Xiaoyu Chen, Hyunwoo Yuk et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  37. Telerobotic neurovascular interventions with magnetic manipulation
    2022 271 citations Xuanhe Zhao et al. profile →
  38. Rapid and coagulation-independent haemostatic sealing by a paste inspired by barnacle glue
    2021 267 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Jingjing Wu et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
  39. A strain-programmed patch for the healing of diabetic wounds
    2022 246 citations Georgios Theocharidis, Hyunwoo Yuk et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
  40. Adaptive and multifunctional hydrogel hybrid probes for long-term sensing and modulation of neural activity
    2021 227 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  41. An off-the-shelf bioadhesive patch for sutureless repair of gastrointestinal defects
    2022 158 citations Jingjing Wu, Hyunwoo Yuk et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  42. Microfluidic bioprinting of tough hydrogel-based vascular conduits for functional blood vessels
    2022 151 citations Hyunwoo Yuk, Xuanhe Zhao et al. Science Advances profile →
  43. Bioadhesive Technology Platforms
    2023 109 citations Xuanhe Zhao et al. profile →
  44. Adhesive anti-fibrotic interfaces on diverse organs
    2024 70 citations Jingjing Wu, Jue Deng et al. Nature profile →
  45. Wearable bioadhesive ultrasound shear wave elastography
    2024 64 citations Hsiao‐Chuan Liu, Yushun Zeng et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xuanhe Zhao United States 93 29.2k 12.5k 9.1k 7.6k 6.8k 211 43.6k
Zhigang Suo United States 132 36.8k 1.3× 16.7k 1.3× 9.4k 1.0× 9.8k 1.3× 6.3k 0.9× 510 63.4k
Jian Ping Gong Japan 91 17.0k 0.6× 9.7k 0.8× 17.2k 1.9× 6.8k 0.9× 10.2k 1.5× 556 36.7k
Jennifer A. Lewis United States 98 28.6k 1.0× 12.3k 1.0× 796 0.1× 6.1k 0.8× 4.7k 0.7× 309 47.3k
David Mooney United States 152 51.4k 1.8× 4.6k 0.4× 18.2k 2.0× 4.0k 0.5× 34.9k 5.1× 656 102.1k
Ali Khademhosseini United States 154 60.8k 2.1× 4.1k 0.3× 11.5k 1.3× 3.6k 0.5× 28.7k 4.2× 759 89.4k
Feng Zhou China 100 12.7k 0.4× 10.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.2× 6.4k 0.8× 3.9k 0.6× 1.0k 41.6k
Hyunwoo Yuk United States 40 11.7k 0.4× 4.4k 0.4× 2.8k 0.3× 4.1k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 64 17.4k
Joost J. Vlassak United States 63 9.6k 0.3× 5.2k 0.4× 4.1k 0.4× 2.9k 0.4× 2.8k 0.4× 193 21.4k
Jan Genzer United States 61 8.7k 0.3× 4.0k 0.3× 1.5k 0.2× 3.1k 0.4× 2.8k 0.4× 311 20.8k
Yoshihito Osada Japan 60 7.6k 0.3× 3.9k 0.3× 8.5k 0.9× 3.5k 0.5× 4.6k 0.7× 351 18.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuanhe Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xuanhe Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xuanhe Zhao 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 Xuanhe Zhao. Xuanhe Zhao 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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Wang, Shu, et al.. (2025). The Loop-Opening Model for the Intrinsic Fracture Energy of Elastomers. Macromolecules. 58(13). 6709–6717. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Shu, et al.. (2025). Scaling Law for Intrinsic Fracture Energy of Diverse Stretchable Networks. Physical Review X. 15(1). 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Jingjing, Jue Deng, Georgios Theocharidis, et al.. (2024). Adhesive anti-fibrotic interfaces on diverse organs. Nature. 630(8016). 360–367. 70 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Hsiao‐Chuan, Yushun Zeng, Chen Gong, et al.. (2024). Wearable bioadhesive ultrasound shear wave elastography. Science Advances. 10(6). eadk8426–eadk8426. 64 indexed citations breakdown →
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Varela, Claudia E., Jue Deng, Hyunwoo Yuk, et al.. (2024). SmartSleeve: A sutureless, soft robotic epicardial device that enables switchable on-off drug delivery in response to epicardial ECG sensing. Device. 2(9). 100419–100419. 4 indexed citations
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Singh, Manisha, Debbie Lin Teodorescu, Sophie X. Wang, et al.. (2024). A Tunable Soft Silicone Bioadhesive for Secure Anchoring of Diverse Medical Devices to Wet Biological Tissue (Adv. Mater. 3/2024). Advanced Materials. 36(3). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Shu, et al.. (2024). A Loop-Opening Model for the Intrinsic Fracture Energy of Polymer Networks. Macromolecules. 57(13). 6069–6075. 9 indexed citations
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Wu, Jingjing, Xiaoyu Chen, Tiffany L. Sarrafian, et al.. (2024). A bioadhesive pacing lead for atraumatic cardiac monitoring and stimulation in rodent and porcine models. Science Translational Medicine. 16(752). eado9003–eado9003. 25 indexed citations
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Liu, Xinyue, Siyuan Rao, Weixuan Chen, et al.. (2023). Fatigue-resistant hydrogel optical fibers enable peripheral nerve optogenetics during locomotion. Nature Methods. 20(11). 1802–1809. 61 indexed citations
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Tu, Yaodong, Jiawei Zhou, Shaoting Lin, et al.. (2023). Plausible photomolecular effect leading to water evaporation exceeding the thermal limit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(45). e2312751120–e2312751120. 63 indexed citations
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Singh, Manisha, Debbie Lin Teodorescu, Sophie X. Wang, et al.. (2023). A Tunable Soft Silicone Bioadhesive for Secure Anchoring of Diverse Medical Devices to Wet Biological Tissue. Advanced Materials. 36(3). e2307288–e2307288. 22 indexed citations
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Lin, Shaoting, et al.. (2023). An elastomer with ultrahigh strain-induced crystallization. Science Advances. 9(50). eadj0411–eadj0411. 53 indexed citations
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Gu, Guoying, Ningbin Zhang, Haipeng Xu, et al.. (2021). A soft neuroprosthetic hand providing simultaneous myoelectric control and tactile feedback. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 7(4). 589–598. 312 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rothemund, Philipp, et al.. (2021). Shaping the future of robotics through materials innovation. Nature Materials. 20(12). 1582–1587. 106 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jiawei, Shaoting Lin, Hongxia Zeng, et al.. (2020). Dynamic intermolecular interactions through hydrogen bonding of water promote heat conduction in hydrogels. Materials Horizons. 7(11). 2936–2943. 54 indexed citations
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Liu, Ji, Shaoting Lin, Xinyue Liu, et al.. (2020). Fatigue-resistant adhesion of hydrogels. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1071–1071. 318 indexed citations breakdown →
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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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Lin, Shaoting, Xinyue Liu, Ji Liu, et al.. (2019). Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels. Science Advances. 5(1). eaau8528–eaau8528. 513 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huebsch, Nathaniel, Cathal J. Kearney, Xuanhe Zhao, et al.. (2014). Ultrasound-triggered disruption and self-healing of reversibly cross-linked hydrogels for drug delivery and enhanced chemotherapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(27). 9762–9767. 367 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Xuanhe. (2013). Multi-scale multi-mechanism design of tough hydrogels: building dissipation into stretchy networks. Soft Matter. 10(5). 672–687. 1040 indexed citations breakdown →

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