Hui Ying Yang

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Hui Ying Yang is a leading researcher at the forefront of soft robotics and advanced manufacturing, with a focus on multimaterial 3D printing and micro/nanoscale fabrication. Her most impactful work, "Miniature Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Robots by High‐Resolution Multimaterial 3D Printing" (2019, 152 citations), pioneered a generic process flow for printing miniature soft actuators, enabling robots to navigate confined spaces and manipulate microscale objects with unprecedented safety and deformability. She has also advanced 4D printing through two-photon polymerization (2023, 86 citations), pushing the boundaries of micro/nanostructure fabrication beyond the diffraction limit. More recently, Yang has explored multilayer dielectric elastomer actuators for artificial muscles and optoelectronic synapses for neuromorphic computing, demonstrating her versatility in merging materials science with intelligent systems. Her work, published in top venues like *Advanced Materials Technologies*, has garnered over 250 citations, reflecting its influence on soft robotics, biomedical devices, and smart materials. Yang’s contributions are shaping the future of adaptive, miniaturized robotic systems.

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1. 1
   Miniature Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Robots by High‐Resolution Multimaterial 3D Printing

   152 citations · 2019
2. 2
   Two-photon polymerization-based 4D printing and its applications

   86 citations · 2023
3. 3
   3D printed multilayer dielectric elastomer actuators

   9 citations · 2023
4. 4
   Logical Perception of Artificial Vision Based on Nonlinear Neuromorphic Responses of Optoelectronic Synapses

   5 citations · 2024
5. 5
   Soft Robotics: Miniature Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Robots by High‐Resolution Multimaterial 3D Printing (Adv. Mater. Technol. 10/2019)

   2 citations · 2019

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