Highly Cited Papers
Highly Cited Papers of materials science/chemistry/physics articles
The following are/were rated among the Highly Cited Papers of materials science/chemistry/physics articles over the past decade by Essential Science Indicators of Clarivate Analystics (formerly the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters).
- Zhi Jian Wang, Jian Ping Gong
“Mechanochemistry for On-Demand Polymer Network Materials”
Macromolecules, 58(1), 4-17 (2025) - Zhi Jian Wang, Wei Li, Xueyu Li, Tasuku Nakajima, Michael Rubinstein, Jian Ping Gong
“Rapid self-strengthening in double-network hydrogels triggered by bond scission”
Nature Materials, 24, 607-614 (2025) - Hongguang Liao, Sheng Hu, Hu Yang, Lei Wang, Shinya Tanaka, Ichigaku Takigawa, Wei Li, Hailong Fan, Jian Ping Gong
“Data-driven de novo design of super-adhesive hydrogels”
Nature, 644, pages-95 (2025) - Bin Xue, Xu Han, Haoqi Zhu, Qingtai Li, Yu Zhang, Ming Bai, Ying Li, Yiran Li, Meng Qin, Tasuku Nakajima, Wei Wang, Jian Ping Gong, Yi Cao
“Hydrogels with Prestressed Tensegrity Structures”
Nature Communications, 16, 3637 (2025) - Xueyu Li, Jian Ping Gong
“Design principles for strong and tough hydrogels”
Nature Reviews Materials, 9, 380-398, (2024) - Yiran Li, Bin Xue, Jiahui Yang, Julong Jiang, Jing Liu, Yanyan Zhou, Junsheng Zhang, Mengjiao Wu, Yuan Yuan, Zhenshu Zhu, Zhi Jian Wang, Yulan Chen, Yu Harabuchi, Tasuku Nakajima, Wei Wang*, Satoshi Maeda, Jian Ping Gong, Yi Cao
“Azobenzene as a photoswitchable mechanophore”
nature chemistry, 16, 446–455, (2023) - Hailong Fan, Jiahui Wang, Jian Ping Gong
“Barnacle Cement Proteins‐Inspired Tough Hydrogels with Robust, Long‐Lasting, and Repeatable Underwater Adhesion”
Advanced Functional Materials, 31(11), 2009334 (8pages) (2021) - Zi Wang, Xujun Zheng, Tetsu Ouchi, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Haley K. Beech, Sarah Av-Ron, Takahiro Matsuda, Brandon H. Bowser, Shu Wang, Jeremiah A. Johnson*, Julia A. Kalow*, Bradley D. Olsen, Jian Ping Gong, Michael Rubinstein*, Stephen L. Craig
“Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands”
Science, 374(6564), 193-196 (2021) - Hailong Fan, Jian Ping Gong
“Bioinspired Underwater Adhesives”
Advanced Materials, 33(44), 2102983 (2021). - Rong Long, Chung-Yuen Hui, Jian Ping Gong, Eran Bouchbinder
“The Fracture of Highly Deformable Soft Materials: A Tale of Two Length Scales”
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 12(1), 71-94 (2021). - Hailong Fan, Jian Ping Gong
“Fabrication of Bioinspired Hydrogels: Challenges and Opportunities”
Macromolecules, 53(8), 2769-2782 (2020). - Hailong Fan, Jiahui Wang, Zhen Tao, Junchao Huang, Ping Rao, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong
“Adjacent Cationic-Aromatic Sequences Yield Strong Electrostatic Adhesion of Hydrogels in Seawater”
Nature Communications, 10, 5127 (8 pages) (2019) - Takahiro Matsuda, Runa Kawakami, Ryo Namba, Tasuku Nakajima, Jian Ping Gong
“Mechanoresponsive Self-growing Hydrogels Inspired by Muscle Training”
Science, 363(6426), 504-508 (2019). - Ping Rao, Tao Lin Sun, Liang Chen, Riku Takahashi, Gento Shinohara, Hui Guo, Daniel R. King, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong
“Tough Hydrogels with Fast, Strong, and Reversible Underwater Adhesion Based on a Multi-Scale Design”
Advanced Materials, 30(32), 1801884 (2018) - Md. Tariful Islam Mredha, Takayuki Nonoyama, Tasuku Nakajima, Yun Zhou Guo, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong
“A Facile Method to Fabricate Anisotropic Hydrogels with Perfectly Aligned Hierarchical Fibrous Structures”
Advanced Materials, 30(9), 1704937 (2018) - Hui Jie Zhang, Tao Lin Sun, Ao Kai Zhang, Yumihiko Ikura, Tasuku Nakajima, Takayuki Nonoyama, Takayuki Kurokawa, Osamu Ito, Hiroyuki Ishitobi, Jian Ping Gong
“Tough Physical Double-Network Hydrogels Based on Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers”
Advanced Materials, 28(24), 4884-4890 (2016). - Feng Luo, Tao Lin Sun, Tasuku Nakajima, Takayuki Kurokawa, Yu Zhao, Koshiro Sato, Abu Bin Ihsan, Xufeng Li, Honglei Guo, Jian Ping Gong
“Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes Form Tough, Self-healing and Rebuildable Hydrogels”
Advanced Materials, 27(17), 2722-2727(2015). - Tao Lin Sun, Takayuki Kurokawa, Shinya Kuroda, Abu Bin Ihsan, Taigo Akasaki, Koshiro Sato, Md. Anamul Haque, Tasuku Nakajima, Jian Ping Gong
“Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity”
Nature Materials, 12(10), 932-937(2013). - Md. Anamul Haque, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong
“Super tough double network hydrogels and their application as biomaterials”
Polymer, 53(9), 1805-1822 (2012). - Jian Ping Gong
“Why are double network hydrogels so tough?”
Soft Matter, 6(12), 2583-2590(2010). - J. P. Gong, Y. Katsuyama, T. Kurokawa, Y. Osada
“Double Network Hydrogels with Extremely High Mechanical Strength”
Advanced Materials, 15(14), 1155-1158(2003).
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