Enjian He
Papers
5
Total Citations
116
H-Index
3
About
Enjian He is a pioneering researcher in the field of soft matter and smart materials, with a primary focus on liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) for advanced soft robotics and autonomous systems. His major contributions center on overcoming fundamental limitations of LCEs—specifically, controlling actuation temperature, enabling self-growth without external energy, and achieving stable, reversible actuation through dynamic covalent chemistry. He’s work on tunable isotropization temperature (2023, 78 citations) provides a foundational method to tailor LCE actuation for diverse applications. His breakthrough on self-growing LCEs (2024, 26 citations) marks a paradigm shift, demonstrating the first polymer capable of autonomous elongation at room temperature, a critical step toward untethered soft robotics. More recently, He introduced thermally gated covalent adaptivity (2025, 8 citations) for stable actuation and developed non-radical photocured 3D printing of LCEs (2025, 3 citations), enabling complex, energy-dissipative architectures. With a rapidly growing citation record and innovations that address key challenges in actuation stability, programmability, and fabrication, Enjian He is establishing himself as a leading voice in next-generation smart materials and soft robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1Enabling liquid crystal elastomers with tunable actuation temperature78 citations · 2023
- 2Rejuvenating liquid crystal elastomers for self-growth26 citations · 2024
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- 4Non‐Radical Photocured 3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers3 citations · 2025
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