Manmatha Mahato
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Creative Research
Papers
17
Total Citations
683
H-Index
11
About
Manmatha Mahato is an emerging materials scientist and robotics engineer whose research sits at the dynamic intersection of smart materials, soft actuators, and bioinspired robotics. His work focuses primarily on developing next-generation electro-ionic artificial muscles, MXene-based functional materials, and stimuli-responsive actuator systems for applications in soft robotics, wearable electronics, and prosthetics. Mahato's highly cited 2020 review on MXene-based actuators (207 citations) established him as a key voice in the rapidly growing 2D materials community, while his pioneering work on covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and metal-organic framework (MOF)-MXene nanoarchitectures has introduced novel electrode platforms that dramatically improve actuator speed, stability, and responsiveness. His contributions span an impressive breadth—from knot-architectured fabric actuators for wearable robotics and cooling-accelerated nitinol hybrid muscles for prosthetic hands, to multi-stimuli-responsive systems integrating electrical, magnetic, and photothermal actuation. Collectively accumulating over 600 citations, Mahato's body of work reflects both technical innovation and practical vision, pushing the boundaries of what soft robotic systems can achieve and offering meaningful pathways toward advanced human-machine interfaces and biomimetic devices.
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Top Papers
- 1Stimuli‐Responsive MXene‐Based Actuators207 citations · 2020
- 2CTF-based soft touch actuator for playing electronic piano92 citations · 2020
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- 6Functionally antagonistic polyelectrolyte for electro-ionic soft actuator36 citations · 2024
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- 8Knot‐Architectured Fabric Actuators Based on Shape Memory Fibers35 citations · 2022
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