Yaoye Hong

1.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yaoye Hong is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaoye Hong has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Yaoye Hong's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (15 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (9 papers). Yaoye Hong is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (15 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (9 papers). Yaoye Hong collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and China. Yaoye Hong's co-authors include Jie Yin, Yanbin Li, Yao Zhao, Yinding Chi, Yichao Tang, Shu Yang, Shuang Wu, Yong Zhu, Qiuting Zhang and Hao Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yaoye Hong

20 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Bistable and Multistable Actuators for Soft Robots: Struc... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2022 2023 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. Bistable and Multistable Actuators for Soft Robots: Structures, Materials, and Functionalities
    2022 355 citations Yinding Chi, Yanbin Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Twisting for soft intelligent autonomous robot in unstructured environments
    2022 175 citations Yao Zhao, Yinding Chi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Caterpillar-inspired soft crawling robot with distributed programmable thermal actuation
    2023 152 citations Shuang Wu, Yaoye Hong et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers

Yaoye Hong
Yinding Chi United States
Lishuai Jin United States
Sophie Leanza United States
Yichuan Wu China
Aniket Pal United States
Jize Dai United States
Zirui Zhai China
Arthur A. Evans United States
Yuzhe Wang Singapore
Mihai Duduta United States
Yinding Chi United States
Yaoye Hong
Citations per year, relative to Yaoye Hong Yaoye Hong (= 1×) peers Yinding Chi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yaoye Hong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaoye Hong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yaoye Hong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yaoye Hong 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 Yaoye Hong. Yaoye Hong 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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Hong, Yaoye, et al.. (2025). Reprogrammable snapping morphogenesis in ribbon-cluster meta-units using stored elastic energy. Nature Materials. 24(11). 1793–1801.
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Hong, Yaoye, et al.. (2025). Multistable thin-shell metastructures for multiresponsive reconfigurable metabots. Science Advances. 11(42). eadx4359–eadx4359. 1 indexed citations
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Chi, Yinding, Yaoye Hong, Zongsu Han, et al.. (2025). Chemical Construction of Molecular Truss Lattices with Tunable Topologies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(42). 38711–38719.
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Chi, Yinding, et al.. (2024). Spontaneous snapping-induced jet flows for fast, maneuverable surface and underwater soft flapping swimmer. Science Advances. 10(49). eadq4222–eadq4222. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Yanbin, et al.. (2024). Defected twisted ring topology for autonomous periodic flip–spin–orbit soft robot. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(3). e2312680121–e2312680121. 40 indexed citations
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Chi, Yinding, et al.. (2024). Fully 3D‐Printed Miniature Soft Hydraulic Actuators with Shape Memory Effect for Morphing and Manipulation. Advanced Materials. 36(36). e2402517–e2402517. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Yanbin, Shuangyue Yu, Yaoye Hong, et al.. (2024). Reprogrammable and reconfigurable mechanical computing metastructures with stable and high-density memory. Science Advances. 10(26). eado6476–eado6476. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yao, et al.. (2023). Physically intelligent autonomous soft robotic maze escaper. Science Advances. 9(36). eadi3254–eadi3254. 38 indexed citations
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Chen, Ting‐Hsuan, Yaoye Hong, Ankita Nandi, et al.. (2023). A kirigami-enabled electrochromic wearable variable-emittance device for energy-efficient adaptive personal thermoregulation. PNAS Nexus. 2(6). pgad165–pgad165. 27 indexed citations
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Hong, Yaoye, Yao Zhao, Yinding Chi, et al.. (2023). Angle-programmed tendril-like trajectories enable a multifunctional gripper with ultradelicacy, ultrastrength, and ultraprecision. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4625–4625. 38 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yao, et al.. (2023). Self‐Sustained Snapping Drives Autonomous Dancing and Motion in Free‐Standing Wavy Rings (Adv. Mater. 7/2023). Advanced Materials. 35(7). 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Shuang, Yaoye Hong, Yao Zhao, Jie Yin, & Yong Zhu. (2023). Caterpillar-inspired soft crawling robot with distributed programmable thermal actuation. Science Advances. 9(12). eadf8014–eadf8014. 152 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chi, Yinding, Yao Zhao, Yaoye Hong, Yanbin Li, & Jie Yin. (2023). A Perspective on Miniature Soft Robotics: Actuation, Fabrication, Control, and Applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 34 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yao, Yinding Chi, Yaoye Hong, et al.. (2022). Twisting for soft intelligent autonomous robot in unstructured environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(22). e2200265119–e2200265119. 175 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chi, Yinding, Yaoye Hong, Yao Zhao, Yanbin Li, & Jie Yin. (2022). Snapping for high-speed and high-efficient butterfly stroke–like soft swimmer. Science Advances. 8(46). eadd3788–eadd3788. 84 indexed citations
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Chi, Yinding, Yanbin Li, Yao Zhao, et al.. (2022). Bistable and Multistable Actuators for Soft Robots: Structures, Materials, and Functionalities. Advanced Materials. 34(19). 355 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hong, Yaoye, Yinding Chi, Shuang Wu, et al.. (2022). Boundary curvature guided programmable shape-morphing kirigami sheets. Nature Communications. 13(1). 530–530. 93 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yao, et al.. (2022). Self‐Sustained Snapping Drives Autonomous Dancing and Motion in Free‐Standing Wavy Rings. Advanced Materials. 35(7). e2207372–e2207372. 51 indexed citations
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Li, Yanbin, Yao Zhao, Yinding Chi, Yaoye Hong, & Jie Yin. (2021). Shape-morphing materials and structures for energy-efficient building envelopes. Materials Today Energy. 22. 100874–100874. 51 indexed citations
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Li, Yanbin, Qiuting Zhang, Yaoye Hong, & Jie Yin. (2021). 3D Transformable Modular Kirigami Based Programmable Metamaterials. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(43). 56 indexed citations

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