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Total Citations
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About
Van Hiep Nguyen is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics and smart materials, with a distinguished focus on electroactive artificial muscles, MXene-based actuators, and bioinspired robotic systems. His work has fundamentally advanced the field of electro-ionic soft actuators, engineering novel electrode architectures that deliver exceptional bending performance at remarkably low voltages. His landmark 2019 study on MXene artificial muscles using Ti₃C₂Tₓ electrodes—cited 238 times—demonstrated ultrafast response times, large bending strains of up to 1.37%, and extraordinary cyclic stability exceeding 18,000 cycles, setting new benchmarks for soft robotic performance. His comprehensive 2020 review on stimuli-responsive MXene-based actuators, with over 200 citations, has become an essential reference across the 2D materials community. Nguyen has further expanded the frontier by integrating metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and shape memory alloys into actuator designs, enabling multiresponsive and biomimetic capabilities. His cumulative citation count across ten papers exceeds 975, reflecting deep and sustained influence on next-generation wearable electronics, prosthetics, and soft robotic interfaces.
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- 2Stimuli‐Responsive MXene‐Based Actuators207 citations · 2020
- 3CTF-based soft touch actuator for playing electronic piano92 citations · 2020
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- 9Functionally antagonistic polyelectrolyte for electro-ionic soft actuator36 citations · 2024
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