Papers
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Total Citations
174
H-Index
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About
Yuzhan Li is an emerging materials scientist whose research sits at the dynamic intersection of liquid crystal science, polymer chemistry, and soft robotics. His work focuses primarily on liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) and related functional networks, where he has made significant contributions to both their fundamental design and practical applications in actuators, sensors, and reconfigurable robotic systems. Li's most impactful contribution, "Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Based on Click Chemistry" (2022, 65 citations), established click chemistry as a powerful and versatile platform for engineering LCEs with precise molecular control. Building on this foundation, his research into semicrystalline LCEs (37 citations) addressed longstanding limitations in mechanical performance, while his work on liquid crystalline epoxy networks (27 citations) expanded the materials design toolkit for thermally and mechanically robust composites. More recently, Li has pioneered exchangeable LCE systems featuring dynamic covalent bonds, enabling on-demand reprogramming of shape and actuation behavior — a critical advance for next-generation soft robotics. His 2025 work on ultra-high work capacity actuators and orthogonal light- and heat-induced exchanges demonstrates a clear trajectory toward real-world deployment. With over 170 cumulative citations, Li represents a compelling voice in the rapidly growing field of stimuli-responsive smart materials.
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- 1Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Based on Click Chemistry65 citations · 2022
- 2Programmable Shape Change in Semicrystalline Liquid Crystal Elastomers37 citations · 2022
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