Papers
24
Total Citations
1,399
H-Index
16
About
Jian Lin is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of advanced manufacturing, smart materials, and flexible electronics, whose work has garnered significant recognition across the scientific community. His research spans four transformative domains: laser-based fabrication, 4D printing, soft robotics, and wearable electronics, with a particular emphasis on bridging innovative materials science with real-world applications. Lin's most celebrated contribution — gas-permeable on-skin electronics utilizing laser-induced porous graphene — has accumulated 377 citations, underscoring its impact on wearable healthcare technology. His development of laser-reprogrammable magnetic composites for reconfigurable 3D shape-morphing (212 citations) represents a breakthrough in adaptive soft robotics, enabling materials to adopt diverse forms under identical stimuli. His extensive 4D printing portfolio demonstrates his commitment to fabricating self-morphing structures from polyurethane composites and swellable polymers, advancing tissue engineering and flexible electronics simultaneously. Beyond materials fabrication, Lin has embraced artificial intelligence-driven discovery, employing robotic platforms and Bayesian optimization to accelerate metal-organic framework synthesis. His bioinspired actuators, drawing from plant biomechanics, further illustrate his cross-disciplinary creativity. Collectively, Lin's body of work positions him as a leading architect of next-generation intelligent, multifunctional material systems.
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- 44D printing of a self-morphing polymer driven by a swellable guest medium97 citations · 2017
- 54D printing of polyurethane paint-based composites80 citations · 2019
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- 7Direct Freeform Laser Fabrication of 3D Conformable Electronics59 citations · 2022
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- 10Bioinspired Programmable Polymer Gel Controlled by Swellable Guest Medium43 citations · 2017