Yi Cao

17.4k citations
358 papers · 14.8k · 6 hit papers · h-index 64

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Yi Cao

343 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Yi Cao's Hit Papers

Hydrogels with programmed spatiotemporal mechanical cues for stem cell-assisted bone regeneration 2025 · 43 citations
430+5+10Years since publication4008001.2k

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Yi Cao
Comparison fields: 5 of 120
  • Molecular Medicine 1.7k
  • Biomaterials 1.5k
  • Polymers and Plastics 1.1k
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films 261
  • Biomedical Engineering 1.1k
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Yi Cao, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer
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20161380
2
Designed biomaterials to mimic the mechanical properties of muscles
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2010511
3
Cartilage-like protein hydrogels engineered via entanglement
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2023310
4 2008303
5
Hydrogel tapes for fault-tolerant strong wet adhesion
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2021281
6 2020252
7 2016239
8 2007234
9 2019230
10 2007222
11 2018203
12 2020199
13 2006182
14 2019165
15 2020147
16 2016144
17 2014142
18 2023138
19 2014134
20 2020132

About Yi Cao

Yi Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Biomaterials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Polymers and Plastics and Cell Biology, having authored 358 papers that have together received 14.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (40 papers), Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (38 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (33 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (12 papers), Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (11 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (7 papers) and Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Medicine (1.7k citations), Biomaterials (1.5k citations), Polymers and Plastics (1.1k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (261 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.1k citations). Yi Cao has collaborated with scholars based in China, Canada and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Hongbin Li, Wei Wang, Bin Xue, Meng Qin, Yiran Li, Ying Li, Jian Hua Zhu, Yang Sun, Hai Lei and Qing Yan Jiang. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Biophysical Journal, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Langmuir.

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