Liyuan Tan

Liyuan Tan's work spans two distinct areas: the design and fabrication of small-scale soft robotic devices (microswimmers and microrobots made from responsive hydrogels and multi-material structures) for potential biomedical uses, and the engineering of particle accelerator components (such as superconducting wigglers and insertion devices) for synchrotron light sources. Earlier publications also touch on polymer composite materials with enhanced thermal conductivity. This suggests a research trajectory that has moved between materials science, soft micro-robotics, and accelerator physics/instrumentation.

Publication output over the last decade has been irregular rather than steadily growing, with a peak in 2019, quieter years around 2018 and 2021, and a modest, fairly steady pace of about 3 papers per year over the most recent five years.

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