Yunteng Cao

3.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Yunteng Cao is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunteng Cao has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomaterials, 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yunteng Cao's work include Silk-based biomaterials and applications (11 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (6 papers). Yunteng Cao is often cited by papers focused on Silk-based biomaterials and applications (11 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (6 papers). Yunteng Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Yunteng Cao's co-authors include Changyong Cao, Benedetto Marelli, Yaokun Pang, Yu‐Hui Fang, Masoud Derakhshani, Heyu Yin, Andrew J. Mason, Guiyin Xu, Meifang Zhu and Chenyang Dang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yunteng Cao

46 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Soil Sensors and Plant Wearables for Smart and Precision Agriculture

2021 325 citations Yunteng Cao, Benedetto Marelli et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Bistable Structures for Advanced Functional Systems

2021 166 citations Yunteng Cao, Changyong Cao et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Structure integration and architecture of solar-driven interfacial desalination from miniaturization designs to industrial applications

2024 113 citations Chenyang Dang, Yunteng Cao et al. profile →
Recycling of LiFePO4 cathode materials: From laboratory scale to industrial production

2024 72 citations Minghui Shan, Chenyang Dang et al. Materials Today profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunteng Cao United States	23	1.0k	640	529	337	291	47	2.4k
Cheng Zhang China	31	1.4k 1.4×	914 1.4×	788 1.5×	177 0.5×	509 1.7×	130	3.7k
Rafael Libanori Switzerland	19	1.3k 1.3×	557 0.9×	315 0.6×	926 2.7×	364 1.3×	35	2.5k
Xiaojun Yan China	28	863 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	710 1.3×	121 0.4×	214 0.7×	188	3.3k
Wen Wang China	29	1.2k 1.2×	961 1.5×	592 1.1×	234 0.7×	391 1.3×	107	3.1k
Run Wang China	24	1.3k 1.3×	798 1.2×	431 0.8×	166 0.5×	409 1.4×	66	2.1k
Yang He China	25	725 0.7×	946 1.5×	259 0.5×	363 1.1×	874 3.0×	124	2.9k
Joo‐Hyung Kim South Korea	31	955 0.9×	355 0.6×	1.2k 2.3×	695 2.1×	576 2.0×	194	3.4k
Francesca Nanni Italy	34	975 1.0×	604 0.9×	544 1.0×	610 1.8×	579 2.0×	127	3.3k
Tianqi Liu China	30	1.4k 1.4×	822 1.3×	448 0.8×	553 1.6×	504 1.7×	115	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yunteng Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yunteng Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunteng Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yunteng Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yunteng Cao 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 Yunteng Cao. Yunteng Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Xu, Yaping, Rui Liu, Yu X. Xu, et al.. (2025). Hierarchically Structured Hollow Fiber Membranes for Efficient, Selective, and Scalable Mercury Ion Removal from Water. Advanced Materials. 37(34). e2507014–e2507014. 2 indexed citations

Grome, Michael W., Kyle Mohler, Shenqi Wang, et al.. (2025). Engineering a genomically recoded organism with one stop codon. Nature. 639(8054). 512–521. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Tao, Xiaoqing Zhu, Zhixin Xue, et al.. (2025). Electron displacement polarization of high-dielectric constant fiber separators enhances interface stability. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4867–4867. 7 indexed citations

Cao, Yunteng, Doyoon Kim, Zheng Li, et al.. (2025). Nanofabrication of silk microneedles for high-throughput micronutrient delivery and continuous sap monitoring in plants. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(8). 1142–1151. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Jia, Zhongxiu Liu, Chenyang Dang, et al.. (2025). From lab to industry: High-safety separators for lithium-ion/-metal batteries. Matter. 8(6). 102101–102101. 3 indexed citations

Han, Yangyang, Chunhong Li, Yunteng Cao, et al.. (2025). Precise Delivery of Physiological Doses of Melatonin in Planta to Control Postharvest Physiology and Extend Shelf Life Outside the Cold Chain. Nano Letters. 25(22). 8859–8868.

Xu, Yaping, Chenyang Dang, Xiangkun Elvis Cao, et al.. (2024). Artificial phytoremediation solar interface evaporator for efficient heavy metal salt separation and saline soil remediation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(4). 113114–113114. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Yilin, Hui Sun, Michael R. Martinez, et al.. (2024). High Aspect Ratio Polymer Nanocarriers for Gene Delivery and Expression in Plants. Nano Letters. 25(2). 681–690. 4 indexed citations

Islam, Md. Shariful, et al.. (2024). Flexible Biosensors for Food Pathogen Detection. Advanced Electronic Materials. 10(8). 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yilin, Yunteng Cao, Qingquan Ma, et al.. (2024). Polymeric Nanocarriers Autonomously Cross the Plant Cell Wall and Enable Protein Delivery for Stress Sensing. Advanced Materials. 36(41). e2409356–e2409356. 9 indexed citations

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Shan, Minghui, Chenyang Dang, Yunteng Cao, et al.. (2024). Recycling of LiFePO4 cathode materials: From laboratory scale to industrial production. Materials Today. 73. 130–150. 72 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Yangyang, Vaishnavi Amarr Reddy, Mervin Chun‐Yi Ang, et al.. (2024). Chromatic covalent organic frameworks enabling in-vivo chemical tomography. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9300–9300. 6 indexed citations

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Shan, Minghui, Yunteng Cao, Bing Han, et al.. (2024). Rapid Regeneration of Graphite Anodes via Self‐Induced Microwave Plasma. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(48). 8 indexed citations

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Han, Yangyang, Yunteng Cao, Gajendra Singh, et al.. (2023). Design of Biodegradable, Climate-Specific Packaging Materials That Sense Food Spoilage and Extend Shelf Life. ACS Nano. 17(9). 8333–8344. 41 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhen, Yunteng Cao, Yujie Chen, et al.. (2023). Bio-inspired anisotropic hydrogels and their applications in soft actuators and robots. Matter. 6(11). 3803–3837. 65 indexed citations

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Cao, Yunteng, Yangyang Han, Doyoon Kim, et al.. (2022). Drug Delivery in Plants Using Silk Microneedles. Advanced Materials. 35(2). e2205794–e2205794. 32 indexed citations

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Dang, Chenyang, Hua Wang, Yunteng Cao, et al.. (2022). Ultra salt-resistant solar desalination system via large-scale easy assembly of microstructural units. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(12). 5405–5414. 88 indexed citations

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Cao, Changyong, Yihao Zhou, Stephen M. Ubnoske, et al.. (2019). Carbon Nanotubes: Highly Stretchable Supercapacitors via Crumpled Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests (Adv. Energy Mater. 22/2019). Advanced Energy Materials. 9(22). 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhitao, Shaoqing Zhang, Yunteng Cao, et al.. (2018). Silk Materials: Engineering the Future of Silk Materials through Advanced Manufacturing (Adv. Mater. 33/2018). Advanced Materials. 30(33). 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Liangliang, et al.. (2017). Architectures of soft robotic locomotion enabled by simple mechanical principles. Soft Matter. 13(25). 4441–4456. 27 indexed citations

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