Zhigang Suo

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Zhigang Suo is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhigang Suo has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhigang Suo's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (5 papers), Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (3 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (3 papers). Zhigang Suo is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (5 papers), Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques (3 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (3 papers). Zhigang Suo collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Zhigang Suo's co-authors include Baohong Chen, Jiawei Yang, Ruobing Bai, Teng Li, Joyelle Jones, S. Wagner, Stéphanie P. Lacour, Xuxu Yang, Junjie Liu and Xi Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Zhigang Suo

10 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Hydrogel Adhesion: A Supramolecular Synergy of Chemistry, Topology, and Mechanics

2019 849 citations Jiawei Yang, Ruobing Bai et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Stretchable Interconnects for Elastic Electronic Surfaces

2005 508 citations Stéphanie P. Lacour, Joyelle Jones et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhigang Suo United States	8	1.2k	415	397	375	315	11	1.8k
Quansan Yang United States	14	1.3k 1.1×	424 1.0×	450 1.1×	232 0.6×	418 1.3×	22	2.2k
Yongsen Zhou China	18	965 0.8×	466 1.1×	343 0.9×	244 0.7×	177 0.6×	24	1.9k
Yingjie Du United States	17	1.2k 1.1×	491 1.2×	396 1.0×	542 1.4×	408 1.3×	28	2.4k
Guodong Nian China	19	1.3k 1.1×	417 1.0×	164 0.4×	682 1.8×	473 1.5×	35	2.0k
William Whyte United States	11	1.1k 0.9×	226 0.5×	444 1.1×	245 0.7×	290 0.9×	15	2.0k
Xinyue Liu China	9	912 0.8×	283 0.7×	216 0.5×	393 1.0×	460 1.5×	21	1.7k
Mohammad Vatankhah‐Varnosfaderani United States	18	896 0.8×	611 1.5×	431 1.1×	435 1.2×	513 1.6×	25	2.1k
Junsoo Kim South Korea	22	1.1k 0.9×	498 1.2×	204 0.5×	573 1.5×	531 1.7×	63	2.5k
Ziguang Zhao China	18	1.0k 0.9×	430 1.0×	205 0.5×	585 1.6×	455 1.4×	27	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhigang Suo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhigang Suo

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhigang Suo. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhigang Suo. The network helps show where Zhigang Suo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhigang Suo

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Zhan, Xiaoning, Yucheng Jin, Bin Han, et al.. (2025). 2D Phthalocyanine-based covalent organic frameworks for infrared light-mediated photocatalysis. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 69. 271–281. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhixin, Rong Jiang, Qingmei Xu, et al.. (2025). Redox‐Active Planar Ge(IV)O ₄ Linkers in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Anodic Na ⁺ Storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(49). e202514225–e202514225.

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Zhang, Guogao, Zheqi Chen, Christine Heera Ahn, & Zhigang Suo. (2023). Conducting Polymer Coatings Prepared by Mixed Emulsions Are Highly Conductive and Stable in Water. Advanced Materials. 36(13). e2306960–e2306960. 11 indexed citations

4.

Chen, Baohong & Zhigang Suo. (2021). Optoionic Sensing. Small. 18(3). e2103882–e2103882. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Jiawei, Ruobing Bai, Baohong Chen, & Zhigang Suo. (2019). Hydrogel Adhesion: A Supramolecular Synergy of Chemistry, Topology, and Mechanics. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(2). 849 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Hang, Chenghai Li, Meng Yang, et al.. (2019). Printing Hydrogels and Elastomers in Arbitrary Sequence with Strong Adhesion. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(27). 123 indexed citations

7.

Yao, Xi, Junjie Liu, Canhui Yang, et al.. (2019). Hydrogel Paint. Advanced Materials. 31(39). e1903062–e1903062. 219 indexed citations

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Chen, Baohong, Jiawei Yang, Ruobing Bai, & Zhigang Suo. (2019). Molecular Staples for Tough and Stretchable Adhesion in Integrated Soft Materials. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 8(19). e1900810–e1900810. 29 indexed citations

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Lacour, Stéphanie P., Joyelle Jones, S. Wagner, Teng Li, & Zhigang Suo. (2005). Stretchable Interconnects for Elastic Electronic Surfaces. Proceedings of the IEEE. 93(8). 1459–1467. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Yanfei & Zhigang Suo. (2003). Guided self-assembly of molecular dipoles on a substrate surface. Journal of Applied Physics. 93(7). 4276–4282. 16 indexed citations

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Sturm, James C., Scott Miller, H. Glesková, et al.. (2000). Three-Dimensional Electronic Surfaces. MRS Proceedings. 636. 2 indexed citations

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