Papers
14
Total Citations
913
H-Index
11
About
Yen Wei is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics and stimuli-responsive materials, with a focus on liquid-crystalline elastomers (LCEs), ferrofluids, and vitrimers. His major contributions include developing untethered recyclable tubular actuators for soft continuum robots (189 citations) and seamless multimaterial 3D LCE actuators for next-generation entirely soft robots (165 citations). Wei also created a liquid gripper based on phase transitional metallic ferrofluid (119 citations) and promoted color-changing luminescent hydrogels for biomimetic skin applications (105 citations). His work on vitrimer-based soft actuators with multiple responsiveness and self-healing ability (90 citations) and tunable actuation temperature in LCEs (78 citations) has advanced the field significantly. Notable achievements include merging interfaces of different shape-shifting polymers using hybrid exchange reactions (43 citations) and discovering that elastomers can grow into actuators (35 citations). His recent work on reprogrammable 3D LCE actuators with stepwise actuation (31 citations) and rejuvenating LCEs for self-growth (26 citations) demonstrates ongoing innovation. With over 900 total citations across his top papers, Wei's research is highly influential, offering transformative solutions for untethered autonomous soft robotics and biomimetic systems.
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- 3A Liquid Gripper Based on Phase Transitional Metallic Ferrofluid119 citations · 2021
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- 6Enabling liquid crystal elastomers with tunable actuation temperature78 citations · 2023
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- 8Elastomers Grow into Actuators35 citations · 2023
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- 10Rejuvenating liquid crystal elastomers for self-growth26 citations · 2024