Yikun Pan
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Yikun Pan is a materials scientist whose research lies at the intersection of soft matter, optics, and 2D materials, with a particular focus on engineering transparent hydrogels for advanced optical and biomedical applications. Their most cited work, "A 2D material–based transparent hydrogel with engineerable interference colours" (2022, 97 citations), introduced a groundbreaking approach to creating hydrogels with large, tunable optical anisotropy. By incorporating 2D materials, Pan enabled these soft, transparent gels to exhibit vivid, engineerable interference colours—a property previously difficult to achieve in hydrogels. This innovation opens new possibilities for contact lenses, imperceptible soft robotics, and invisible wearable devices, where both transparency and birefringence-based functions are critical. Pan’s work bridges the gap between material design and functional optics, offering a platform for next-generation smart materials. Their contributions are highly cited and recognized for pushing the boundaries of what hydrogels can achieve, making them a rising figure in the field of responsive and adaptive soft materials.
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