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Yujiao Fan is a materials scientist specializing in smart hydrogels and stimuli-responsive polymers. Her most cited work, “Thermal/Light Dual-Activated Shape Memory Hydrogels Composed of an Agarose/Poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) Interpenetrating Network” (2017, 19 citations), introduces a novel hydrogel that can be triggered by both heat and light to “remember” and recover its original shape. This dual-activation mechanism—achieved by photopolymerizing acrylamide and acrylic acid within an agarose network—represents a significant advance in programmable soft materials. By combining thermal and light responsiveness in a single interpenetrating network, Fan’s research opens new possibilities for biomedical devices, actuators, and smart textiles that require precise, on-demand shape changes. Her work has been cited by researchers exploring multi-stimuli hydrogels and has helped establish design principles for materials with independent, orthogonal shape memory pathways. Fan’s contributions are particularly notable for demonstrating how simple polymer chemistry can yield complex, multifunctional behavior, making her a rising voice in the field of intelligent hydrogels.
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