Dielectric materials and actuators
Dielectric materials and actuators is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 19.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in dielectric elastomer materials and their applications, including high permittivity polymer composites, energy storage, ferroelectric polymers, nanocomposites, actuators, artificial muscles, ionic polymer-metal composites, high dielectric constant materials, and flexible and stretchable materials.
- Dielectric Elastomers
- High Permittivity Polymer Composites
- Energy Storage
- Ferroelectric Polymers
- Nanocomposites
- Actuators
- Artificial Muscles
- Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites
- High Dielectric Constant Materials
- Flexible and Stretchable Materials
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +59% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Dielectric materials and actuators research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (3.1k and 575 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.1k works
- 2 India 575 works
- 3 United States 401 works
- 4 South Korea 241 works
- 5 Japan 167 works
- 6 Germany 134 works
- 7 France 117 works
- 8 United Kingdom 113 works
- 9 Russia 111 works
- 10 ?? 92 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Dielectric materials and actuators research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Dielectric materials and actuators research, followed by Sichuan University and Harbin University of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 136 works
- 2 Sichuan UniversityChina 76 works
- 3 Harbin University of Science and TechnologyChina 72 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 66 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 64 works
- 6 Tianjin UniversityChina 57 works
- 7 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 49 works
- 8 Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 43 works
- 9 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 42 works
- 10 South China University of TechnologyChina 41 works
Who are the leading researchers in Dielectric materials and actuators?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Dielectric materials and actuators include Zhong Lin Wang, Seeram Ramakrishna and Zhanhu Guo.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 2 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 5.1k citations
- 3 Zhanhu Guo United States 4.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Dielectric materials and actuators research done?
The largest centres of Dielectric materials and actuators research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saarbrücken and Beijing.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SaarbrückenDE · 21.3 works10×
- Beijing21.6 works8.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dielectric materials and actuators than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Dielectric materials and actuators?
Among universities, judged by research, Donghua University, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology and Xi'an Jiaotong University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donghua UniversityChina | 75.4 | 41.6% | 15.3× | 33 | +327.2% |
| 2 | Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina | 69.7 | 29.0% | 29.6× | 43 | +458.9% |
| 3 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 66.3 | 20.6% | 14.2× | 136 | +92.8% |
| 4 | Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina | 64.2 | 33.0% | 11.5× | 16 | +205.1% |
| 5 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 64.0 | 34.3% | 5.5× | 64 | +198.8% |
| 6 | University of BabylonIraq | 62.7 | 43.8% | 10.6× | 16 | — |
| 7 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 61.4 | 28.6% | 7.5× | 76 | +120.2% |
| 8 | Hubei UniversityChina | 61.4 | 28.9% | 10.3× | 12 | +199.4% |
| 9 | South China University of TechnologyChina | 60.6 | 29.9% | 6.5× | 41 | +235.0% |
| 10 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 60.0 | 21.7% | 10.2× | 49 | +104.2% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Dielectric materials and actuators research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Dielectric materials and actuators.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.