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D-Index
75
Citations
24885
World Ranking
3408
National Ranking
1095

Tao Xie publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tao Xie sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 184 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Tao Xie D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tao Xie sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tao Xie is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science.

Their work spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Frequent publication venues for Tao Xie include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • World Neurosurgery
  • Nature

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Tao Xie are:

  • Qian Zhao
  • Ning Zheng
  • Binjie Jin
  • Jingjun Wu
  • Guancong Chen

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: A Molecular Platform for Designing Functions beyond Chemical Recycling and Self-Healing (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench (2021, Nature)
  • Shape memory polymer with programmable recovery onset (2023, Nature)
  • Stretchable, dynamic covalent polymers for soft, long-lived bioresorbable electronic stimulators designed to facilitate neuromuscular regeneration (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Tumor extravasation and infiltration as barriers of nanomedicine for high efficacy: The current status and transcytosis strategy (2020, Biomaterials)

Best Publications

  • Tunable polymer multi-shape memory effect

    Tao Xie

  • Recent progress in shape memory polymer: New behavior, enabling materials, and mechanistic understanding

    Qian Zhao;H. Jerry Qi;Tao Xie

  • Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: A Molecular Platform for Designing Functions beyond Chemical Recycling and Self-Healing.

    Ning Zheng;Yang Xu;Qian Zhao;Tao Xie

  • Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: from Old Chemistry to Modern Day Innovations.

    Weike Zou;Jiante Dong;Yingwu Luo;Qian Zhao

  • Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench

    Guorui Li;Xiangping Chen;Fanghao Zhou;Yiming Liang

  • Recent advances in polymer shape memory

    Tao Xie

  • Fast-moving soft electronic fish

    Tiefeng Li;Guorui Li;Yiming Liang;Tingyu Cheng

  • Thermoset Shape-Memory Polyurethane with Intrinsic Plasticity Enabled by Transcarbamoylation.

    Ning Zheng;Zizheng Fang;Weike Zou;Qian Zhao

  • Shape memory polymer network with thermally distinct elasticity and plasticity

    Qian Zhao;Weike Zou;Yingwu Luo;Tao Xie

  • Facile tailoring of thermal transition temperatures of epoxy shape memory polymers

    Tao Xie;Ingrid A. Rousseau

  • Aspects of the Chemical Degradation of PFSA Ionomers used in PEM Fuel Cells

    J. Healy;C. Hayden;T. Xie;K. Olson

  • Ultrafast Digital Printing toward 4D Shape Changing Materials.

    Limei Huang;Ruiqi Jiang;Jingjun Wu;Jizhou Song

  • Two Fuel Cell Cars In Every Garage

    Mark F. Mathias;Rohit Makharia;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Jason J. Conley

  • Programming a crystalline shape memory polymer network with thermo- and photo-reversible bonds toward a single-component soft robot

    Binjie Jin;Huijie Song;Ruiqi Jiang;Jizhou Song

  • Biomimetic Architectured Graphene Aerogel with Exceptional Strength and Resilience.

    Miao Yang;Nifang Zhao;Ying Cui;Weiwei Gao

  • Climbing-inspired twining electrodes using shape memory for peripheral nerve stimulation and recording

    Yingchao Zhang;Ning Zheng;Yu Cao;Fengle Wang

  • Revealing Triple-Shape Memory Effect by Polymer Bilayers

    Tao Xie;Xingcheng Xiao;Yang-Tse Cheng

  • Catalyst-Free Thermoset Polyurethane with Permanent Shape Reconfigurability and Highly Tunable Triple-Shape Memory Performance

    Ning Zheng;Jingjing Hou;Yang Xu;Zizheng Fang

  • Healable, Reconfigurable, Reprocessable Thermoset Shape Memory Polymer with Highly Tunable Topological Rearrangement Kinetics

    Zizheng Fang;Ning Zheng;Qian Zhao;Tao Xie

  • Stretchable, dynamic covalent polymers for soft, long-lived bioresorbable electronic stimulators designed to facilitate neuromuscular regeneration.

    Yeon Sik Choi;Yuan-Yu Hsueh;Jahyun Koo;Quansan Yang

  • Supramolecular Lego Assembly Towards Three‐Dimensional Multi‐Responsive Hydrogels

    Chunxin Ma;Tiefeng Li;Qian Zhao;Xuxu Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Qian Zhao
Qian Zhao Zhejiang University
Xingcheng Xiao
Xingcheng Xiao General Motors (United States)
Yingwu Luo
Yingwu Luo Zhejiang University
Hao Bai
Hao Bai Zhejiang University
Xue Feng
Xue Feng Tsinghua University
Mark W. Verbrugge
Mark W. Verbrugge General Motors (United States)
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Yang-Tse Cheng
Yang-Tse Cheng University of Kentucky
Weiwei Gao
Weiwei Gao University of California, San Diego
Pengju Pan
Pengju Pan Zhejiang University

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