Kwok Hoe Chan
Papers
7
Total Citations
1,102
H-Index
6
About
Kwok Hoe Chan is a pioneering researcher at the forefront of soft robotics, smart materials, and wearable electronics. His work centers on developing advanced hydrogels and thermoelectric fibers that bridge the gap between biological systems and engineered devices. Chan’s most significant contribution is the invention of direct-ink-write 3D printing for hydrogel-based biomimetic soft robots, a breakthrough that overcomes traditional fabrication limitations and has garnered over 300 citations. He also introduced scalable thermoelectric fibers for textile electronics, enabling energy harvesting and sensing in comfortable wearables—a concept that has attracted more than 200 citations. Chan’s notable achievements include creating somatosensory, light-driven thin-film robots with integrated perception and motility, as well as self-propelled systems that harness low-grade waste heat for multimodal locomotion and electricity generation. His work on fast autonomous healing magnetic elastomers has advanced damage-resilient, recyclable soft robots. With a total of over 1,100 citations across his most-cited papers, Chan’s research is highly impactful, offering transformative solutions for robotics, energy, and wearable technology.
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Top Papers
- 1Direct-Ink-Write 3D Printing of Hydrogels into Biomimetic Soft Robots302 citations · 2019
- 2Scalable thermoelectric fibers for multifunctional textile-electronics219 citations · 2020
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- 7Scalable thermoelectric fibers for multifunctional textile-electronics5 citations · 2020