Papers
11
Total Citations
411
H-Index
8
About
Changhong Linghu is an innovative researcher at the forefront of soft robotics, smart adhesives, and bioinspired materials. His work draws inspiration from natural systems — most notably octopus suckers and soft-bodied crawling animals — to engineer advanced functional materials and robotic structures with unprecedented capabilities. Linghu's most influential contribution, an elastically energy-storing, magnetically actuated octopus-inspired adhesive (2020, 124 citations), demonstrated how passive adhesion limitations could be overcome through intelligent actuation design. His subsequent landmark work on shape-memory polymer adhesives (2023, 110 citations) resolved two fundamental challenges in the field simultaneously: the adhesion paradox and switchability conflict on rough surfaces, representing a significant conceptual breakthrough. His versatile adhesive robotic skin (2025, 51 citations) further extended these principles toward multifunctional electronic-skin platforms for robotic applications. Beyond adhesion, Linghu has pioneered self-sensing architectured particle assemblies, bistable soft actuators, and shape-adaptive metastructures, reflecting a remarkably broad research vision. His growing body of work — spanning over 400 total citations — positions him as an emerging leader shaping the next generation of intelligent, bioinspired soft robotic systems.
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- 3Versatile adhesive skin enhances robotic interactions with the environment51 citations · 2025
- 4A Magnet‐Driven Soft Bistable Actuator37 citations · 2024
- 5Self‐Sensing Robotic Structures from Architectured Particle Assemblies32 citations · 2022
- 6Bioinspired Mechanisms and Actuation of Soft Robotic Crawlers24 citations · 2025
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