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  • 2018 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Ximin He is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a notable emphasis on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes multiple publications, such as:

  • Strong tough hydrogels via the synergy of freeze-casting and salting out, 2021, Nature
  • Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels with Broad-Range Tunable Mechanical Properties via the Hofmeister Effect, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Superhydrophobic photothermal icephobic surfaces based on candle soot, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A Roadmap Review of Thermally Conductive Polymer Composites: Critical Factors, Progress, and Prospects, 2023, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel, 2021, Science Robotics

Ximin He frequently collaborates with a set of coauthors, including:

  • Yusen Zhao
  • Shuwang Wu
  • Yousif Alsaid
  • Yichen Yan
  • Zixiao Liu

Their work appears often in several publication venues where they hold multiple contributions. The most frequent venues include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Matter
  • Science Advances
  • Materials Today

The main topics covered in Ximin He's research are as follows:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

Ximin He was awarded the Hellman Fellow designation in 2018, recognizing their work within the scientific community. Their research output and collaborations indicate a multidisciplinary approach to engineering and materials research, combining fundamental studies with applications in biomedical engineering and advanced materials science.

Best Publications

  • Strong tough hydrogels via the synergy of freeze-casting and salting out

    Mutian Hua;Shuwang Wu;Shuwang Wu;Yanfei Ma;Yusen Zhao

  • Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels with Broad-Range Tunable Mechanical Properties via the Hofmeister Effect.

    Shuwang Wu;Shuwang Wu;Mutian Hua;Yousif Alsaid;Yingjie Du

  • Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

    Ximin He;Michael Aizenberg;Olga Kuksenok;Lauren D. Zarzar

  • Superhydrophobic photothermal icephobic surfaces based on candle soot.

    Shuwang Wu;Yingjie Du;Yousif Alsaid;Dong Wu

  • Gold Nanoparticle‐Based Fluorometric and Colorimetric Sensing of Copper(II) Ions

    X. He;H. Liu;Y. Li;S. Wang

  • Formation of Nanopatterned Polymer Blends in Photovoltaic Devices

    Ximin He;Feng Gao;Guoli Tu;David Hasko

  • Somatosensory actuator based on stretchable conductive photothermally responsive hydrogel.

    Yusen Zhao;Chiao-Yueh Lo;Lecheng Ruan;Chen-Huan Pi

  • Bioinspired Hydrogel Interferometer for Adaptive Coloration and Chemical Sensing.

    Meng Qin;Mo Sun;Ruobing Bai;Yiqi Mao

  • Artificial phototropism for omnidirectional tracking and harvesting of light.

    Xiaoshi Qian;Yusen Zhao;Yousif Alsaid;Xu Wang

  • Tough Hydrogel Electrolytes for Anti‐Freezing Zinc‐Ion Batteries

    Unknown

  • Bioinspired Multifunctional Anti-icing Hydrogel

    Zhiyuan He;Zhiyuan He;Chenyang Wu;Mutian Hua;Shuwang Wu;Shuwang Wu

  • Highly stretchable self-sensing actuator based on conductive photothermally-responsive hydrogel

    Chiao Yueh Lo;Yusen Zhao;Cheolgyu Kim;Yousif Alsaid

  • Hierarchically Structured Stretchable Conductive Hydrogels for High-Performance Wearable Strain Sensors and Supercapacitors

    Yusen Zhao;Bozhen Zhang;Bowen Yao;Yu Qiu

  • Tunable Sponge-Like Hierarchically Porous Hydrogels with Simultaneously Enhanced Diffusivity and Mechanical Properties.

    Yousif Alsaid;Shuwang Wu;Dong Wu;Yingjie Du

  • A double droplet trap system for studying mass transport across a droplet-droplet interface

    Yunpeng Bai;Ximin He;Dingsheng Liu;Santoshkumar N. Patil

  • An aptamer-functionalized chemomechanically modulated biomolecule catch-and-release system

    Ankita Shastri;Lynn M. McGregor;Ya Liu;Valerie Harris

  • Bioinspired high-power-density strong contractile hydrogel by programmable elastic recoil.

    Yanfei Ma;Yanfei Ma;Mutian Hua;Shuwang Wu;Shuwang Wu;Yingjie Du

  • Cephalopod-Inspired Chromotropic Ionic Skin with Rapid Visual Sensing Capabilities to Multiple Stimuli

    Yunpeng Wang;Xianfei Cao;Jie Cheng;Bowen Yao

  • Photonic Vitrimer Elastomer with Self‐Healing, High Toughness, Mechanochromism, and Excellent Durability based on Dynamic Covalent Bond

    Wenbin Niu;Xianfei Cao;Yunpeng Wang;Bowen Yao

  • Exploiting the superior protein resistance of polymer brushes to control single cell adhesion and polarisation at the micron scale.

    Julien E. Gautrot;Britta Trappmann;Fabian Oceguera-Yanez;John Connelly

  • Controlling nanoscale morphology in polymer photovoltaic devices

    Joanna E. Slota;Ximin He;Wilhelm T.S. Huck;Wilhelm T.S. Huck

  • Formation of Well‐Ordered Heterojunctions in Polymer:PCBM Photovoltaic Devices

    Ximin He;Feng Gao;Guoli Tu;David G. Hasko

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna Aizenberg
Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
Wilhelm T. S. Huck
Wilhelm T. S. Huck Radboud University
Anna C. Balazs
Anna C. Balazs University of Pittsburgh
Xinyuan Zhu
Xinyuan Zhu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qibing Pei
Qibing Pei University of California, Los Angeles
Zhigang Suo
Zhigang Suo Harvard University
Hanqing Jiang
Hanqing Jiang Westlake University
Richard H. Friend
Richard H. Friend University of Cambridge
Neil C. Greenham
Neil C. Greenham University of Cambridge
Ullrich Steiner
Ullrich Steiner University of Freiburg

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