Research

Bioelectronics (Neural interfaces)

3D multifunctional frameworks, as flexible as a single strand of silk, modulate and measure neural activity of brain spheroids.

Three dimensional, multifunctional neural interfaces for cortical spheroids and engineered assembloids Science Advances, 7. eabf9153, (2021) (featured as cover).

Magnetic Soft Materials and Robots

Integrating magnetic materials into robotic systems opens up exciting new possibilities for robot movement and control.

Reprogrammable, Recyclable Origami Robots controlled by Magnetic Fields, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2400082 (2024).

Bio-inspired electronics and 3D microsystems

Bioinspired 3D electronic microfliers - inspired by wind-dispersed seeds.

Three-Dimensional Electronic Microfliers With Designs Inspired by Wind-Dispersed Seeds, Nature, 597, 503 (2021) (featured as cover).

Integrating transient materials into 3D structures, which serves as the basis for an attractive route to transformable 3D architectures and functional electronic devices.

Transformable, Freestanding 3D Mesostructures Based on Transient Materials and Mechanical Interlocking, Advanced Functional Materials 29, 1903181 (2018) (featured as Frontispiece).

Healthcare devices (3D pressure sensor)

Soft, wireless sensors monitor the temperature and interface pressure of the patient’s skin for compression therapy. 

Wireless, epidermal biomedical sensor for monitoring compression therapy for venous leg ulcers, Science Advances 6. eabe1655 (2020)

Soft, full Wheatstone bridge 3D pressure sensors for cardiovascular monitoring, npj Flexible Electronics, 8, 6 (2024)