Yingdan Wu

715 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 515 citations indexed

About

Yingdan Wu is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingdan Wu has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 515 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Yingdan Wu's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (11 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (7 papers) and Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (7 papers). Yingdan Wu is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (11 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (7 papers) and Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (7 papers). Yingdan Wu collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Yingdan Wu's co-authors include Metin Sitti, Chunxiang Wang, Xiaoguang Dong, Jae‐Kang Kim, Michael Varenberg, Milena Armacki, Michael J. Leamy, Ziyu Ren, Mingchao Zhang and Wenqi Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yingdan Wu

23 papers receiving 503 citations

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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.

Wireless soft millirobots for climbing three-dimensional surfaces in confined spaces

2022 159 citations Yingdan Wu, Xiaoguang Dong et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yingdan Wu Germany	11	318	277	222	88	38	23	515
Jiang Zou China	2	505 1.6×	300 1.1×	144 0.6×	50 0.6×	65 1.7×	4	566
Amir Mohammadi Nasab United States	13	580 1.8×	457 1.6×	152 0.7×	131 1.5×	79 2.1×	21	807
Elias Knubben China	4	468 1.5×	254 0.9×	90 0.4×	51 0.6×	144 3.8×	6	562
Ilse M. Van Meerbeek United States	5	527 1.7×	257 0.9×	91 0.4×	17 0.2×	48 1.3×	9	612
Bo Hao China	10	260 0.8×	211 0.8×	225 1.0×	14 0.2×	38 1.0×	23	426
Tieshan Zhang China	10	203 0.6×	177 0.6×	168 0.8×	13 0.1×	38 1.0×	47	370
Kitty Kumar United States	8	563 1.8×	303 1.1×	141 0.6×	20 0.2×	47 1.2×	10	670
Simone Gervasoni Switzerland	10	383 1.2×	310 1.1×	389 1.8×	12 0.1×	27 0.7×	16	600
Connor McMahan United States	6	404 1.3×	539 1.9×	120 0.5×	22 0.3×	24 0.6×	7	624
Yuanxi Zhang China	12	381 1.2×	409 1.5×	200 0.9×	21 0.2×	11 0.3×	29	620

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yingdan Wu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wu, Yingdan, Che Wang, Ziyu Ren, et al.. (2024). Wireless flow-powered miniature robot capable of traversing tubular structures. Science Robotics. 9(88). eadi5155–eadi5155. 14 indexed citations

Qiao, Jing, et al.. (2024). Broadband Sound Absorption and High Damage Resistance in a Turtle Shell‐Inspired Multifunctional Lattice: Neural Network‐Driven Design and Optimization. Small. 20(42). e2403254–e2403254. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Mingchao, et al.. (2024). Artificial-goosebump-driven microactuation. Nature Materials. 23(4). 560–569. 33 indexed citations

Wang, Tianlu, et al.. (2024). Clinical translation of wireless soft robotic medical devices. Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 2(6). 470–485. 29 indexed citations

Sun, Mengmeng, Yingdan Wu, Jianhua Zhang, et al.. (2024). Versatile, modular, and customizable magnetic solid-droplet systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2405095121–e2405095121. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Mengmeng, Bonan Sun, Shihao Yang, et al.. (2024). Individual and collective manipulation of multifunctional bimodal droplets in three dimensions. Science Advances. 10(29). eadp1439–eadp1439. 19 indexed citations

Kim, Jae‐Kang, et al.. (2023). Bioinspired Microstructured Adhesives with Facile and Fast Switchability for Part Manipulation in Dry and Wet Conditions. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(38). 22 indexed citations

Wang, Chunxiang, Yingdan Wu, Xiaoguang Dong, Milena Armacki, & Metin Sitti. (2023). In situ sensing physiological properties of biological tissues using wireless miniature soft robots. Science Advances. 9(23). eadg3988–eadg3988. 73 indexed citations

Dayan, Cem Balda, Donghoon Son, Amirreza Aghakhani, et al.. (2023). Machine Learning‐Based Shear Optimal Adhesive Microstructures with Experimental Validation. Small. 20(2). e2304437–e2304437. 6 indexed citations

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Ren, Ziyu, Che Wang, Mingtong Li, et al.. (2022). Magnetically actuated gearbox for the wireless control of millimeter-scale robots. Science Robotics. 7(69). eabo4401–eabo4401. 59 indexed citations

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Kim, Jae‐Kang, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Flexible Mold Lifetime for Roll‐to‐Roll Scaled‐Up Manufacturing of Adhesive Complex Microstructures. Advanced Materials. 35(2). e2207257–e2207257. 24 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingdan, Xiaoguang Dong, Jae‐Kang Kim, Chunxiang Wang, & Metin Sitti. (2022). Wireless soft millirobots for climbing three-dimensional surfaces in confined spaces. Science Advances. 8(21). eabn3431–eabn3431. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Yingdan, et al.. (2021). Table Tennis: Effect of Humidity on Racket Rubber Tribology. Tribology Letters. 69(2). 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingdan, Michael J. Leamy, & Michael Varenberg. (2019). Belt-Drive Mechanics: Friction in the Absence of Sliding. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 86(10). 9 indexed citations

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Qiao, Jing, Yingdan Wu, & Longqiu Li. (2019). Effect of filler content on the stress relaxation behavior of fly ash/polyurea composites. Polymer Testing. 81. 106168–106168. 10 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingdan, Michael Varenberg, & Michael J. Leamy. (2018). Experimental Exploration of Schallamach Waves and Self-Excitation in a Belt-Drive System. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaohui, Jing Qiao, Guangyu Zhang, et al.. (2017). Tunable acoustic metamaterial based on piezoelectric ceramic transducer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10164. 1016411–1016411. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingdan, Michael Varenberg, & Michael J. Leamy. (2017). Experimental Exploration of Schallamach Waves in a Multibody Belt-Drive Dynamical System. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingdan, Michael J. Leamy, & Michael Varenberg. (2017). Schallamach waves in rolling: Belt drives. Tribology International. 119. 354–358. 16 indexed citations

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Luo, Shupin, Yingdan Wu, Zhengwen Zhang, Yang Yu, & Song Zhu. (2007). An experimental study on magnetic belt drive. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 221(5). 579–587. 1 indexed citations

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