Yan Xu

2.0k citations
138 papers · 1.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 24

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Papers in

Yan Xu

120 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Yan Xu's Hit Papers

Weaving liquid crystal elastomer fiber actuators for multifunctional soft robotics 2025 · 49 citations
490Years since publication10203040

Peers

Yan Xu
Comparison fields: 5 of 136
  • Civil and Structural Engineering 401
  • Mechanical Engineering 561
  • Architecture 14
  • Biomedical Engineering 382
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 150
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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xu

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Yan Xu, 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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1 202390
2 202478
3 200958
4 202357
5 201256
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Weaving liquid crystal elastomer fiber actuators for multifunctional soft robotics
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202549
7 201249
8 200348
9 200947
10 201346
11 201242
12 201838
13 201436
14 202136
15 201535
16 201232
17 202132
18 201931
19 202130
20 202029

About Yan Xu

Yan Xu is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 138 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (20 papers), Structural Analysis and Optimization (20 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (10 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (7 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (6 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (5 papers) and Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Civil and Structural Engineering (401 citations), Mechanical Engineering (561 citations), Architecture (14 citations), Biomedical Engineering (382 citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (150 citations). Yan Xu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Frequent co-authors include C.-M. Lee, Yao Zheng, Baihong Chen, Hanqing Jiang, Xian Xu, Chao Zhang, He Huang, Jianjun Chen, Yi Zhuang and Jingjing Gu. Their work appears in journals such as Acta Astronautica, Natural Hazards, Metals, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics and Electrochimica Acta.

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