Dongliang Fan
Papers
10
Total Citations
234
H-Index
8
About
Dongliang Fan is pioneering the next generation of soft robotics by merging bio-inspired design with advanced fabrication techniques. His research focuses on origami-inspired actuators, flexible electronics, and variable-stiffness structures that allow robots to seamlessly transition between compliance and rigidity. Fan’s most cited work, the “Origami-Inspired Soft Twisting Actuator” (80 citations), addresses a critical gap by enabling torsional motion in soft robots, expanding their degrees of freedom for delicate manipulation and confined-space inspection. He also developed a femtosecond laser-activated deposition method for flexible metal electrodes (38 citations), a low-cost, mask-free technique that advances human–machine interfaces. His “Soft Robots for Cluttered Environments” (37 citations) introduces an origami anisotropic stiffness structure inspired by the desert iguana, achieving rapid stiffness switching without high energy costs. Fan’s contributions extend to microchannel fabrication via self-shrinking soft demoulding (31 citations), enabling complex high-aspect-ratio channels for soft robotics and wearable sensors. With over 230 total citations, his work is shaping the future of adaptive, multifunctional soft systems.
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Top Papers
- 1Origami-Inspired Soft Twisting Actuator80 citations · 2022
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- 4Self-shrinking soft demoulding for complex high-aspect-ratio microchannels31 citations · 2022
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