Papers
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Total Citations
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About
Dr. Hongyun So is a leading researcher at the frontier of smart materials and additive manufacturing, with a focus on developing multifunctional soft materials for flexible electronics, sensors, and soft robotics. His major contributions include pioneering anisotropic gels that exhibit directional electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties—enabling stable operation across a wide temperature range—and creating reversible thermo-responsive composites using PLA/paper bilayers, where he systematically investigated the effect of 3D printing raster angle on actuation behavior. Dr. So has also advanced noncontact thermal mapping through deep neural network regression, offering a novel approach for precise temperature sensing. His work on physiologically compatible, self-healed ionic hydrogels incorporating MWCNTs has led to breathable, wearable smart strain sensors, while his modeling of anisotropic hyperelasticity in 3D-printed PDMS polymers has enhanced understanding of surface-patterned soft materials. Most recently, his design of polypyrrole/PDMS sponge-based pressure sensors with programmable gradient pore density achieved high sensitivity and a wide detection range. With over 130 citations across his top-cited papers, Dr. So’s research is widely recognized for its impact on next-generation flexible devices and intelligent robotics.
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