Publications and Presentations

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Publications in peer-reviewed journals  

1. Ye, H.; Wang, K.; Zhao, J.; Lu, Q.; Wang, M.; Sun, B.; Shen, Y.; Liu, H*.; Pané, S.; Chen, X. Z.*; He, Z.*; Sun, J.*; In situ sprayed nanovaccine suppressing exosomal PD-L1 by Golgi apparatus destruction for post-surgical melanoma immunotherapy, ACS Nano Accepted.

2. Vukomanović, M.;  Gazvoda, L.;  Kurtjak, M.;  Maček‐Kržmanc, M.;  Spreitzer, M.;  Tang, Q.;  Wu, J.;  Ye, H.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Mattera, M.;  Puigmartí‐Luis, J.; Pane, S. V., Filler‐Enhanced Piezoelectricity of Poly‐L‐Lactide and Its Use as a Functional Ultrasound‐Activated Biomaterial. Small 2023, 2301981. 

3. Llacer-Wintle, J.;  Renz, J.;  Hertle, L.;  Veciana, A.;  Arx, D. v.;  Wu, J.;  Vukomanovic, M.;  Puigmartí-Luis, J.;  Nelson, B. J.;  Chen, X. Z.*; Pané, S.*, The magnetopyroelectric effect: Heat-mediated magnetoelectricity in magnetic nanoparticle-ferroelectric polymer composites. Materials Horizons 2023, Accepted

4. Kim, D.;  Kim, M.;  Reidt, S.;  Han, H.;  Baghizadeh, A.; Zeng, P.; Choi, H.;  Puigmartí-Luis, J.;  Trassin, M.;  Nelson, B. J.;  Chen, X. Z.*; Pané, S.*, Shape-memory effect in twisted ferroic nanocomposites. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 750. 

5. Kim, M.;  Kim, D.;  Aktas, B.;  Choi, H.;  Puigmartí‐Luis, J.;  Nelson, B. J.;  Pané, S.*; Chen, X. Z.*, Strain‐Sensitive Flexible Magnetoelectric Ceramic Nanocomposites. Advanced Materials Technologies 2023, 2202097.

6. Sanchis‐Gual, R.;  Ye, H.;  Ueno, T.;  Landers, F. C.;  Hertle, L.;  Deng, S.;  Veciana, A.;  Xia, Y.;  Franco, C.;  Choi, H.;  Puigmartí‐Luis, J.;  Nelson, B. J.;  Chen, X. Z.*; Pané, S.*, 3D Printed Template‐Assisted Casting of Biocompatible Polyvinyl Alcohol‐Based Soft Microswimmers with Tunable Stability. Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 2212952.

7. Tang, Q.;  Wu, J.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Sanchis-Gual, R.;  Veciana, A.;  Franco, C.;  Kim, D.;  Surin, I.;  Pérez-Ramírez, J.;  Mattera, M.;  Terzopoulou, A.;  Qin, N.;  Vukomanovic, M.;  Nelson, B. J.;  Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Pané, S., Tuning oxygen vacancies in Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets to boost piezo-photocatalytic activity. Nano Energy 2023, 108, 108202. 

8. Song, H.;  Kim, D.-i.;  Abbasi, S. A.;  Latifi Gharamaleki, N.;  Kim, E.;  Jin, C.;  Kim, S.;  Hwang, J.;  Kim, J.-y.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Nelson, B.;  Pané, S.; Choi, H., Multi-target Cell Therapy Using a Magnetoelectric Microscale Biorobot for Targeted Delivery and Selective Differentiation of SH-SY5Y Cells via Magnetically Driven Cell Stamping. Materials Horizons 2022, 9 (12), 3031-3038.

9. Wu, J.;  Folio, D.;  Zhu, J.;  Jang, B.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Feng, J.;  Gambardella, P.;  Sort, J.;  Puigmartí-Luis, J.;  Ergeneman, O.;  Ferreira, A.; Pané, S., Motion Analysis and Real‐Time Trajectory Prediction of Magnetically Steerable Catalytic Janus Micromotors. Advanced Intelligent Systems 2022, 2200192.

10. de la Asuncion-Nadal, V.;  Franco, C.;  Veciana, A.;  Ning, S.;  Terzopoulou, A.;  Sevim, S.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Gong;  Cai, J.;  Wendel-Garcia, P. D.;  Jurado-Sanchez, B.;  Escarpa, A.;  Puigmarti-Luis, J.; Pane, S., MoSBOTs: Magnetically Driven Biotemplated MoS2 -Based Microrobots for Biomedical Applications. Small 2022, 18 (33), e2203821.

11. Tang, Q.;  Wu, J.;  Kim, D.;  Franco, C.;  Terzopoulou, A.;  Veciana, A.;  Puigmartí‐Luis, J.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Enhanced Piezocatalytic Performance of BaTiO3 Nanosheets with Highly Exposed {001} Facets. Advacned Functional Materials 2022, 2202180.

12. Kim, D.;  Efe, I.;  Torlakcik, H.;  Terzopoulou, A.;  Picazo, A. V.;  Siringil, E.;  Mushtaq, F.;  Franco, C.;  von Arx, D.;  Sevim, S.;  Puigmartí-Luis, J.;  Nelson, B.;  Spaldin, N. A.;  Gattinoni, C.*;  Chen, X.-Z.*; Pané, S.*, Magnetoelectric effect in hydrogen harvesting: magnetic field as a trigger of catalytic reactions. Advanced Materials 2022, 34 (19), 2110612.

13. Lu, Y.;  Wu, C.;  Yang, Y.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Ge, F.;  Wang, J.; Deng, J., Inhibition of tumor recurrence and metastasis via a surgical tumor-derived personalized hydrogel vaccine. Biomaterials Science 2022, 10 (5), 1352-1363.

14. Mushtaq, F.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Veciana, A.;  Hoop, M.;  Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Magnetoelectric reduction of chromium(VI) to chromium(III). Applied Materials Today 2022, 26, 101339.

15. Terzopoulou, A.;  Palacios‐Corella, M.;  Franco, C.;  Sevim, S.;  Dysli, T.;  Mushtaq, F.;  Romero‐Angel, M.;  Martí‐Gastaldo, C.;  Gong, D.;  Cai, J.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Pumera, M.;  deMello, A. J.;  Nelson, B. J.;  Pané, S.; Puigmartí‐Luis, J., Biotemplating of Metal–Organic Framework Nanocrystals for Applications in Small‐Scale Robotics. Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 2107421.

16. Mattmann, M.; De Marco, C.; Briatico, F.; Tagliabue, S.; Colusso, A.; Chen, X. Z.; Lussi, J.; Chautems, S; Pané, S.; Nelson, B.; Thermoset Shape Memory Polymer Variable Stiffness 4D Robotic Catheters, Advanced Science 2022, 9, 2103277.

17. Pané, S.;  Wendel-Garcia, P.;  Belce, Y.;  Chen, X. Z.; Puigmartí-Luis, J., Powering and Fabrication of Small-Scale Robotics Systems. Current Robotics Reports 2021, 2, 427-440. 

18. Llacer Wintle, J.; Rivas-Dapena, A.; Chen, X. Z.*; Pellicer, E.; Nelson, B.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Pané, S.*; Biodegradable Small-Scale Swimmers for Biomedical Applications. Advanced Materials 2021, 33, 2102049

19. Rahimi, E.;  Offoiach, R.;  Deng, S.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Pané, S.;  Fedrizzi, L.; Lekka, M., Corrosion mechanisms of magnetic microrobotic platforms in protein media. Applied Materials Today 2021, 24, 101135.

20. Kim, D.; Rossell, M. D.; Campanini, M.; Erni, R.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Chen, X. Z.*; Pané, S.; Magnetoelectric coupling in micropatterned BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 epitaxial thin film structures: augmentation and site-dependency. Applied Physics Letters 2021,119, 012901.

21. Wu, J.; Jang, B.; Harduf, Y.; Lehner, T.; Avci, B.; Chen, X. Z.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Ergeneman, O.; Nelson, B.J.; Or, Y.; Pané, S., Helical Klinotactic Locomotion of Two-Link Nanoswimmers with Dual-Function Drug-Loaded Soft Polysaccharide Hinges. Advanced Science, 2021, 8, 2004458.

22. Gervasoni, S.; Terzopoulou, A.; Franco, C.; Veciana, A.; Pedrini, N.; Burri, J. T.; de Marco, C.; Siringil, E. C.; Chen, X. Z.*; Nelson, B. J.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.*; Pane, S.*, CANDYBOTS: A New Generation of 3D-Printed Sugar-Based Transient Small-Scale Robots. Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, e2005652.

23. Terzopoulou, A.; Nicholas, J. D.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.; Puigmartí-Luis, J., Metal–Organic Frameworks in Motion. Chemical Reviews, 2020, 120, 11175-11193.

24. Mushtaq, F.; Chen, X. Z.; Torlakcik, H.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Enhanced catalytic degradation of organic pollutants by multi-stimuli activated multiferroic nanoarchitectures. Nano Research, 2020, 13 (8), 2183-2191.

25. Terzopoulou, A.; Wang, X.; Chen, X. Z.*; Palacios-Corella, M.; Pujante, C.; Herrero-Martín, J.; Qin, X.-H.; Sort, J.; deMello, A. J.; Nelson, B. J.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.*; Pané, S., Biodegradable Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Microrobots (MOFBOTs). Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2020, 9, 2001031.

26. Sevim, S.; Franco, C.; Chen, X. Z.; Sorrenti, A.; Rodríguez-San-Miguel, D.; Pané, S.; deMello, A. J.; Puigmartí-Luis, J., SERS Barcode Libraries: A Microfluidic Approach. Advanced Science, 2020, 7, 1903172. 

27. Fernández-Barcia, M.; Jang, B.; Alcântara, C. C. J.; Wolff, U.; Gebert, A.; Uhlemann, M.; Chen, X. Z.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Sort, J.; Pellicer, E.; Pané, S., Exploiting electrolyte confinement effects for the electrosynthesis of two-engine micromachines. Applied Materials Today, 2020, 19, 100629.

28. Dong, M.; Wang, X.; Chen, X. Z.*; Mushtaq, F.; Deng, S.; Zhu, C.; Torlakcik, H.; Terzopoulou, A.; Qin, X.-H.; Xiao, X.; Puigmarti-Luis, J.; Choi, H.; Pêgo, A.; Shen, Q.-D.*; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.*, 3D-printed Soft Magnetoelectric Microswimmers for Delivery and Differentiation of Neuron-like Cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30, 1910323.

29. Zhou, Z.; Zhang, Q.; Yang, R.; Wu, H.; Zhang, M.; Qian, C.; Chen, X. Z.; Sun, M., ATP-Charged Nanoclusters Enable Intracellular Protein Delivery and Activity Modulation for Cancer Theranostics. iScience, 2020, 23, 100872.

30. Nicolenco, A.; Gómez, A.; Chen, X. Z.; Menéndez, E.; Fornell, J.; Pané, S.; Pellicer, E.; Sort, J., Strain gradient mediated magnetoelectricity in Fe-Ga/P(VDF-TrFE) multiferroic bilayers integrated on silicon. Applied Materials Today, 2020, 19, 100579.

31. Cui, J.; Huang, T.-Y.; Luo, Z.; Testa, P.; Gu, H.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Heyderman, L. J., Nanomagnetic Encoding of Shape-morphing Micromachines. Nature, 2019, 575 (7781), 164-168.

32. Mushtaq, F.*; Chen, X. Z.*; Staufert, S.; Torlakcik, H.; Wang, X.; Hoop, M.; Gerber, A.; Li, X.; Cai, J.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., On-the-fly catalytic degradation of organic pollutants using magneto-photoresponsive bacteria-templated microcleaners. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7 (43), 24847-24856.

33. Terzopoulou, A.; Hoop, M.; Chen, X. Z.*; Hirt, A. M.; Charilaou, M.; Shen, Y.; Mushtaq, F.; Pérez del Pino, A.; Logofatu, C.; Simonelli, L.; deMello, A. J.; Doonan, C. J.; Nelson, B. J.; sort, J.; Pané, S.*; Puigmartí-Luis, J.*, Mineralization-inspired synthesis of magnetic zeolitic imidazole frameworks. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 13550-13555.

34. Chen, X. Z.; Liu, J.-H.; Dong, M.; Müller, L.; Chatzipirpiridis, G.; Hu, C.; Terzopoulou, A.; Torlakcik, H.; Wang, X.; Mushtaq, F.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Shen, Q.-D.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Magnetically Driven Piezoelectric Soft Microswimmers for Neuron-like Cell Delivery and Neuronal Differentiation. Materials Horizons, 2019, 6 (7), 1512-1516.

35. Mushtaq, F.; Torlakcik, H.; Vallmajo-Martin, Q.; Siringil, E.; Zhang, J.; Röhrig, C.; Shen, Y.; Yu, Y.; Chen, X. Z.*; Müller, R.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Magnetoelectric 3D Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering. Applied Materials Today, 2019, 16, 290-300.

36. de Marco, C.; Alcântara, C. C. J.; Kim, S.; Briatico, F.; Kadioglu, A.; de Bernardis, G.; Chen, X. Z.; Marano, C.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Indirect 3D and 4D Printing of Soft Robotic Microstructures. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019, 1900332.

37. Bernasconi, R.; Carrara, E.; Hoop, M.; Mushtaq, F.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.; Credi, C.; Levi, M.; Magagnin, L., Magnetically Navigable 3D Printed Multifunctional Microdevices for Environmental Applications. Additive Manufacturing, 2019, 28, 127-135.

38. Wang, X.; Chen, X. Z.; Alcantara, C.; Sevim, S.; Hoop, M.; Terzopoulou, A.; de Marco, C.; Hu, C.; deMello, A. J.; Falcaro, P.; Furukawa, S.; Nelson, B. J.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Pané, S., MOFBOTS: Metal–Organic Framework-based Biomedical Microrobots. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1901592.

39. Mushtaq, F.*; Chen, X. Z.*; Torlakcik, H.; Steuer, C.; Hoop, M.; Siringil, E. C.; Marti, X.; Limburg, G.; Stipp, P.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.*, Magnetoelectrically driven catalytic degradation of organics. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1901378.

40. Sevim, S.; Franco, C.; Liu, H.; Roussel, H.; Rapenne, L.; Rubio-Zuazo, J.; Chen, X. Z.; Pané, S.; Muñoz-Rojas, D.; deMello, A. J.; Puigmartí-Luis, J., In-Flow MOF Lithography. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019, 4, 1800666.

41. Mushtaq, F.*; Torlakcik, H.; Hoop, M.; Jang, B.; Carlson, F.; Grunow, T.; Läubli, N.; Ferreira, A.; Chen, X. Z.*; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Motile Piezoelectric Nanoeels for Targeted Drug Delivery. Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29, 1808135.

42. Pané, S.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Bergeles, C.; Chen, X. Z.; Pellicer, E.; Sort, J.; Počepcová, V; Ferreira, A.; Nelson, B. J., Imaging Technologies for Biomedical Micro- and Nano-swimmers. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019, 4, 1800575.

43. Wang, X.; Qin, X.-H.; Hu, C.; Terzopoulou, A.; Chen, X. Z.; Huang, T.-Y.; Maniura-Weber, K.; Pané, S.; Nelson, B. J., 3D Printed Enzymatically Biodegradable Soft Helical Microswimmers. Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1804107.

44. Mushtaq, F.*; Chen, X. Z.*; Hoop, M.; Torlakcik, H.; Pellicer, E.; Sort, J.; Gattinoni, C.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Piezoelectrically Enhanced Photocatalysis with BiFeO3 Nanostructures for Efficient Water Remediation. iScience, 2018, 4, 236-246.

45. Wang, X.; Hu, C.; Schurz, L.; De Marco, C.; Chen, X. Z.; Pane, S.; Nelson, B. J., Surface Chemistry-Mediated Control of Individual Magnetic Helical Microswimmers in a Swarm. ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 6210–6217.

46. Bernasconi, R.; Cuneo, F.; Carrara, E.; Chatzipirpiridis, G.; Hoop, M.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.; Credi, C.; Levi, M.; Magagnin, L., Hard-magnetic cell microscaffolds from electroless coated 3D printed architectures. Materials Horizons, 2018, 5, 699-707.

47. Chen, X. Z.; Jang, B.; Ahmed, D.; Hu, C.; De Marco, C.; Hoop, M.; Mushtaq, F.; Nelson, B. J.; Pane, S., Small-Scale Machines Driven by External Power Sources. Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1705061.

48. Hoop, M.; Walde, C. F.; Riccò, R.; Mushtaq, F.; Terzopoulou, A.; Chen, X. Z.; deMello, A. J.; Doonan, C. J.; Falcaro, P.; Nelson, B. J.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Pané, S., Biocompatibility characteristics of the metal organic framework ZIF-8 for therapeutical applications. Applied Materials Today, 2018, 11, 13-21.

49. Hoop, M.; Ribeiro, A. S.; Rösch, D.; Weinand, P.; Mendes, N.; Mushtaq, F.; Chen, X. Z.; Shen, Y.; Pujante, C. F.; Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Paredes, J.; Nelson, B. J.; Pêgo, A. P.; Pané, S., Mobile Magnetic Nanocatalysts for Bioorthogonal Targeted Cancer Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1705920.

50. Hu, C.; Aeschlimann, F.; Chatzipirpiridis, G.; Pokki, J.; Chen, X. Z.; Puigmarti-Luis, J.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Spatiotemporally controlled electrodeposition of magnetically driven micromachines based on the inverse opal architecture. Electrochemistry Communications, 2017, 81, 97-101. 

51. Hoop, M.; Chen, X. Z.*; Ferrari, A.*; Mushtaq, F.; Ghazaryan, G.; Tervoort, T. A.; Poulikakos, D.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.*, Ultrasound-mediated piezoelectric differentiation of neuron-like PC12 cells on PVDF membranes. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, 4028.

52. Chen, X. Z.; Hoop, M.; Mushtaq, F.; Siringil, E.; Hu C. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Recent developments in magnetically driven micro- and nanorobots. Applied Materials Today, 2017, 9, 37-48.

53. Chen, X. Z.; Hoop, M.; Shamsudhin, N.; Huang, T.; Özkale, B.; Li, Q.; Siringil, E.; Mushtaq, F.; Tizio, L. D.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., HybridMagnetoelectric Nanowires for Nanorobotic Applications: Fabrication, Magnetoelectric Coupling and Magnetically-assisted In Vitro Targeted Drug Delivery. Advanced Materials, 2017, 29, 1605458.

54. Jang, B.; Wang, W.; Wiget, S.; Petruska, A. J.; Chen, X. Z.; Hu, C.; Hong, A.; Folio, D.; Ferreira, A.; Pané, S.; Nelson, B. J., Catalytic Locomotion of Core−ShellNanowire Motors. ACS Nano, 2016, 10 (11), 9983-9991.

55. Mushtaq, F.; Asani, A.; Hoop, M.; Chen, X. Z.*; Ahmed D., Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.*, Highly Efficient Coaxial TiO2-PtPd Tubular Nanomachines for Photocatalytic Water Purification with Multiple Locomotion Strategies. Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26 (38), 6995-7002.

56. Hoop, M.; Mushtaq, F.; Hurter, C.; Chen, X. Z.*; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.*, A smart multifunctional drug delivery nanoplatform for targeting cancer cells. Nanoscale, 2016, 8 (25), 12723-12728. (This article is part of themed collection: 2016 Nanoscale HOT Article Collection)

57. Chen, X. Z.; Shamsudhin, N.; Hoop, M.; Pieters, R.; Siringil, E.; Sakar, M. S.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Magnetoelectric Micromachines with Wirelessly Controlled Navigation and Functionality. Materials Horizons, 2016, 3 (2), 113-118. (This work has been showcased in renowned channels such as The Times, Mirror Online, ETH News, Phys.org, Youtube, etc)

58. Hoop, M.; Shen, Y.; Chen, X. Z.*; Mushtaq, F.; Sakar, M. S.; Petruska, A.; Loessner, M. J.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S.*, Magnetically driven silver-coated helical nanorobots for efficient bacterial contact killing. Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26 (7), 1063-1069.

59. Mushtaq, F.; Guerrero, M.; Sakar, M. S.; Hoop, M.; Lindo, A.; Sort, J.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pellicer, E.; Pané, S., Magnetically Driven Bi2O3/BiOCl-Based Hybrid Microrobots for Photocatalytic Water Remediation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3 (47), 23670-23676.

60. Jang, B.; Chen, X. Z.*; Siegfried, R.; Montero Montero, J. M.; Özkale, B.; Nielsch, K.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Silicon-supported aluminum oxide membranes with ultrahigh aspect ratio nanopores. RSC Advances 2015, 5 (114), 94283-94289.

61. Ozkale, B.; Shamsudhin, N.; Chatzipirpiridis, G.; Hoop, M.; Gramm, F.; Chen, X. Z.; Marti, X.; Sort, J.; Pellicer E.; Pane S., Multisegmented FeCo/Cu Nanowires: Electrosynthesis, Characterization, and Magnetic Control of Biomolecule Desorption. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2015, 7(13): 7389-7396.

62. Chen, X.; Tang, X.; Chen, X. Z.; Chen, Y. L.; Guo X.; Ge, H. X.; Shen, Q. D., Nonvolatile data storage using mechanical force-induced polarization switching in ferroelectric polymer. Applied Physics Letters 2015, 106 (4), 042903.

63. Chen, X. Z.; Chen, X.; Guo, X.; Cui, Y. S.; Shen, Q. D.; Ge, H. X.,  Ordered Arrays of Defect-Modified Ferroelectric Polymer for Non-volatile Memory with Minimized Energy Consumption. Nanoscale 2014, 6 (22), 13945-13951.

64. Jang, B.; Pellicer, E.; Guerrero, M.; Chen, X. Z.; Choi, H.; Nelson, B. J.; Sort, J.; Pané, S., Fabrication of Segmented Au/Co/Au Nanowires: Insights in the Quality of Co/Au Junctions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2014, 6 (16), 14583-14589.

65. Chen, X. Z.; Li, X. Y.; Qian, X. S.; Wu, S.; Lin, M. R.; Shen, Q. D.; Zhang, Q. M., A nanocomposite approach to tailor electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric polymer. Polymer 2013, 54 (20), 5299-5302.

66. Chen, X. Z.; Cheng, Z. X.; Liu L.; Yang X. D.; Shen, Q. D.; Hu W. B.; Li, H. T., Evolution of nano-polar phases, interfaces and increased dielectric energy storage capacity in photoinitiated cross-linked Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-based copolymers. Colloid and Polymer Science 2013, 291 (8), 1989-1997.

67. Chen, X. Z.; Li, Q.; Chen, X.; Guo, X.; Ge, H. X.; Liu, Y.; Shen, Q. D., Nano-Imprinted Ferroelectric Polymer Nanodot Arrays for High Density Data Storage. Advanced Functional Materials 2013, 23 (24), 3124-3129.

68. Chen, X. Z.; Li, X. Y.; Qian, X. S.; Wu, S.; Lu, S. G.; Gu, H. M.; Lin, M. R.; Shen, Q. D.; Zhang, Q. M., A polymer blend approach to tailor the ferroelectric responses in P(VDF-TrFE) based copolymers. Polymer 2013, 54 (9), 2373-2381.

69. Chen, X.; Liu, L.; Liu, S. Z.; Cui, Y. S.; Chen, X. Z.; Ge, H. X.; Shen, Q. D., P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) terpolymer thin-film for high performance nonvolatile memory.Applied Physics Letters 2013, 102 (6), 063103.

70. Li, X. Y.; Lu, S. G.; Chen, X. Z.; Gu, H. M.; Qian, X. S.; Zhang, Q. M., Pyroelectric and electrocaloric materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2013, 1 (1), 23-37.

71. Wu, S.; Shao, M.; Burlingame, Q.; Chen, X. Z.; Lin, M. R.; Xiao, K.; Zhang, Q. M., A high-K ferroelectric relaxor terpolymer as a gate dielectric for organic thin film transistors. Applied Physics Letters 2013, 102 (1), 013301.

72. Chen, X. Z.; Qian, X. S.; Li, X. Y.; Lu, S. G.; Gu, H. M.; Lin, M. R.; Shen, Q. D.; Zhang, Q. M., Enhanced electrocaloric effect in poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene)-based terpolymer/copolymer blends. Applied Physics Letters 2012, 100 (22), 222902.

73. Erste, A.; Chen, X. Z.; Jia, C. L.; Shen, Q. D.; Bobnar, V., Dielectric Investigations of Relaxor Reduced Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride-Trifluoroethylene) Copolymer in DC Bias Electric Field. Ferroelectrics 2012, 427, 157-162.

74. Erste, A.; Chen, X. Z.; Cheng, Z. X.; Shen, Q. D.; Bobnar, V., Structural and dielectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride)--based terpolymer/copolymer blends developed on aluminum foil. Journal of Applied Physics 2012, 112 (5), 053505.

75. Li, X. Y.; Qian, X. S.; Gu, H. M.; Chen, X. Z.; Lu, S. G.; Lin, M. R.; Bateman, F.; Zhang, Q. M., Giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers near a first-order ferroelectric transition. Applied Physics Letters 2012, 101 (13), 132903.

76. Chen, X. Z.; Li, Z. W.; Cheng, Z. X.; Zhang, J. Z.; Shen, Q. D.; Ge, H. X.; Li, H. T., Greatly Enhanced Energy Density and Patterned Films Induced by Photo Cross-Linking of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene). Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2011, 32 (1), 94-99.

77. Bobnar, V.; Erste, A.; Chen, X. Z.; Shen, Q. D., Glassy Dielectric Processes in Reduced Poly(VinylideneFluoride-Trifluoroethylene) Copolymer System.Ferroelectrics 2011, 419, 59-65.

78. Li, H. T.; Xia, Y. D.; Xu, H. N.; Liu, L. F.; Li, X. F.; Tang, Z. J.; Chen, X. Z.; Li, A. D.; Yin, J.; Liu, Z. G., Redox-controlled memristive switching in the junctions employing Ti reactive electrodes. AIP Advances 2011, 1 (3), 032141.

79. Bobnar, V.; Erste, A.; Chen, X. Z.; Jia, C. L.; Shen, Q. D., Influence of dc bias electric field on Vogel-Fulcher dynamics in relaxor ferroelectrics. Physical Review B 2011, 83 (13), 132105.

80. Erste, A.; Filipic, C.; Levstik, A.; Bobnar, V.; Chen, X. Z.; Jia, C. L.; Shen, Q. D., Contributions of distinctive dynamic processes to dielectric response of a relaxorlike reduced poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer. Physical Review B 2010, 81 (21), 214103.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings 

1. Chen, X. Z.; Qian, X. S.; Li, X.; Lu, S. G.; Gu, H.; Lin, M; Shen, Q. D.; Zhang, Q. M., Enhanced Electrocaloric Effect in Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)-based Composites, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Materials Research Soc, Boston, 2013, pp. 235-240. LINK

2. Zahertar, S.; Wu, J. ; Chen, X. Z.; Pane, S.; Ergeneman, O.; Fu, Y.Q.; Torun, H.; An Integrated Flexible Platform of Electromagnetic Metamaterials and Acoustofluidics on Kapton, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 2021, pp. 1-4. LINK

3. Mattmann, M.;  Boehler, Q.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Pané, S.; Nelson, B. J. In Shape memory polymer variable stiffness magnetic catheters with hybrid stiffness control, 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022.

Book Chapters

1. Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Pellicer, E.; Jang, B.; Chatzipirpiridis, G.; Sevim, S.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Magnetically and chemically propelled nanowire-based swimmers. In Magnetic Nano- and Microwires, Elsevier, 2020; pp 777-799.

2. Baraban, L.;  Huang, T.;  Chen, X. Z.;  Restrepo, R. S. H.;  Mullol, J. I.;  Puigmartí-Luis, J.; Pané, S., Curvilinear Magnetic Architectures for Biomedical Engineering. In Curvilinear Micromagnetism, Springer-Nature: 2022.

Patents

1. Mushtaq, F.; Pané, S.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J., A method for treating water containing pollutants, water cleaning reactors, and water cleaning assemblies, WO2020089672A1.

Presentations

1. Chen, X. Z.; Hybrid magnetoelectric microrobots for targeted therapeutics, Nanjing Forestory University, May 07, 2022 (Invited Talk)

2. Kim, D; Kim, M; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Electrically controllable kirigami structures in free-standing ferroelectric thin films. 2022 MRS Spring Meeting, Honolulu, United States, 2022 (Oral)

3. Chen, X. Z., Anticancer therapies using magnetoelectric materials. BeMAGIC Winter School: Magnetoelectricy in biomedicine: healthcare for the 21st century, Zurich, Switzerland, 2021. (Invited Talk)

4. Chen, X. Z., Mushtaq, F., Torlakçik H., Terzopoulou A., Kim D., Nelson B., Pané S., Piezoelectric and Magnetoelectric Materials for Biomedical Applications. 10th International Forum on Advanced Material Science and Technology and The first Materials Conference in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Great Bay Area, Shenzhen, China, 2019. (Invited Talk) 

5. Chen, X. Z., Mushtaq, F., Torlakçik H., Nelson B., Pané S., Piezoelectric and Magnetoelectric Microrobots for Targeted Neuron-like Cell Delivery and Neuronal Differentiation. 7th International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities Conference 2019. Dublin, Ireland, 2019 (Oral). 

6. Chen, X. Z., Integration of ferroelectric materials in microdevices for biomedical application. IEEE International Conferences on Manipulation, Manufacturing, and Measurement at the Nanoscale (IEEE-3M Nano 2019), Zhenjiang, China, 2019 (Invited Talk, Special Session Organizer). 

7. Chen, X. Z., Mushtaq, F., Torlakçik H., Nelson B., Pané S.*, Magnetically Driven Ferroelectric Micromachines for Delivery and Remote Electrical Stimulation of Neuronal Cells. 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC 2019), Berlin, Germany, 2019. (Invited Talk)

8. Kim, D; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Enhanced Magnetoelectric Coupling from Reduced Substrate-Clamping effect. IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (IEEE-ISAF 2019), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2019. (Poster)

9. Chen, X. Z.; Mushtaq, F.; Torlakcik, H.; Terzopoulou, A.; Kim, D; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Hybrid magnetoelectric microrobots for targeted therapeutics. IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (IEEE-ISAF 2019), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2019. (Oral)

10. Chen, X. Z., Microdevices based on piezoelectric materials for wireless cell delivery and differentiation. 17th National Congress on Dielectric Physics, Materials, and Applications, Guangzhou, China, 2018 (Invited Talk, Session Chair). 

11. Chen, X. Z., Piezoelectric swimmers for cell delivery and wireless stimulation. IEEE International Conferences on Cyborg and Bionic Systems (IEEE-CBS 2018), Shenzhen, China, 2018 (Invited Talk). 

12. Chen, X. Z., Integration of ferroelectric materials in microdevices for cell stimulation. IEEE International Conferences on Manipulation, Manufacturing, and Measurement at the Nanoscale (IEEE-3M Nano 2018), Hangzhou, China, 2018 (Invited Talk, Special Session Organizer). 

13. Grundbacher, R.; Ju. R; Eltes F.; Chen, X. Z.; HfZrO2 Deposited by ALD using TEMAH and ZrCMMM Precursors. 18th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition, Incheon, South Korea, 2018 (Poster)

14. Chen, X. Z.; Magnetically driven microdevices: From material development to applications in environmental small-scale robotics . International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales  (IEEE-MARSS 2018), Nagoya, Japan, 2018. (Invited Talk) 

15. Chen, X. Z.; Hoop, M.; Mushtaq, F.; Torlakcik, H.; Liu J. H.; Shen, Q.D.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Microdevices based on piezoelectric polymers for wireless cell stimulation. IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (IEEE-ISAF 2018), Hiroshima, Japan, 2018. (Oral)

16. Wang, X.; Qin, X. H.; Hu, C.; Chen, X. Z.; Pané, S.; Maniura-Weber, K.; Nelson, B. J., Synthesis of biodegradable microrobots for biomedical applications, Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, London, United Kingdom, 2018 (Poster)

17. Chen, X. Z.; Hoop M.; Mushtaq, F.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané S., Magnetoelectric Microrobots for Biomedical Applications. 2017 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, United States, 2017 (Oral)

18. Chen, X. Z., Integration of Ferroelectric Materials In Micro- And Nanorobots For Chemical And Biomedical Application. IEEE International Conferences on Manipulation, Manufacturing, and Measurement at the Nanoscale (IEEE-3M Nano 2017), Shanghai, China, 2017 (Invited Talk, Special Session Organizer). 

19. Chen, X. Z.; Hoop, M.; Mushtaq, F.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Piezoelectric Scaffolds for Wireless Cell Stimulation. European Materials Research Society Meeting (E-MRS 2017), Warsaw, Poland, 2017. (Oral)

20. Chen, X. Z.; Hoop, M.; Mushtaq, F.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Magnetoelectric Micro- and Nanorobots. International Union of Materials Research Societies-International Conference on Electronic Materials (IUMRS-ICEM 2016),  Singapore, 2016 (Oral).

21. Chen, X. Z.; Hoop, M.; Chatzipirpiridis, G.; Mushtaq, F.; Ferrari, A.; Poulikakos, D.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Piezoelectric polymers for nerve tissue engineering applications. Nature Conferences on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine,  Guangzhou, China, 2016 (Poster).

22. Mushtaq, F.; Asani A.; Chen, X. Z.; Hoop M.; Ahmed D.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané S., Coaxial Tubular TiO2-PtPd Nanomachines for Efficient Water Purification under Sunlight. 2016 MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, 2016 (Oral)

23. Hoop M.; Mushtaq, F.; Hurter C.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané S., A novel Multifunctional Nanodevice for Targeted Cancer Therapy. 2016 MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, 2016 (Oral)

24. Hoop, M.; Chen, X. Z.; Yang, S.; Sakar, M. S.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Silver coated antibacterial magnetically manipulated helical nanoswimmers. eastForum: Progress in Functional and sustainable Surface technology, Lund, Sweden, 2015 (Oral).

25. Mushtaq, F.; Guerrero, M.; Sakar, S.; Lindo, A. M.; Zeeshan, M. A.; Sort, J.; Chen, X. Z.; Nelson, B. J.; Pellicer, E.; Pané S., 3D template‐ assisted electrodeposition of hybrid magnetic microrobots for photocatalytic targeted water cleaning. eastForum: Progress in Functional and sustainable Surface technology, Lund, Sweden, 2015 (Oral).

26. Özkale, B.; Shamsudhin, N.; Chatzipirpiridis, G.; Hoop, M.; Chen, X. Z.; Gramm, F.; Sort, J.; Nelson, B. J.; Pellicer, E.; Pané, S.; On-Demand Magnetically Triggered Drug Release with Segmented Nanowires. 2015 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 2015 (Oral)

27. Pané, S.; Chatzipirpiridis, G.; Peters Christian; Shamsudhin, N.; Ergeneman O; Chen, X. Z.; Hierold C.; Nelson, B. J., Magnetic microrobots with programmed magnetic properties. 2015 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 2015 (Oral)

28. Chen, X. Z.; Shamsudhin, N.; Hoop, M.; Pieters, R.; Siringil, E.; Sakar, M. S.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Magnetoelectric Microdevices. 11th International Workshop on Electrodeposited Nanostructures (EDNANO-11),  Balatonfüred, Hungary, 2015, IV-1 (Oral).

29. Jang, B.; Siegfried, R.; Chen X. Z.; Özkale, B.; Nelson, B. J.; Pané, S., Supported thick porous anodic alumina membrane on silicon. 11th International Workshop on Electrodeposited Nanostructures (EDNANO-11), Balatonfüred, Hungary, 2015. (Oral)

30. Chen, X.; Tang, X.; Han, X.; Chen, X. Z.; Shen, Q. D., Ferroelectric Polymers for Organic Electronics Devices. 29th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Chengdu, China, 2012, 05-P-099 (Poster)

31. Chen, X. Z.; Qian, X. S.; Li, X.; Lu, D. S. G.; Gu, H.; Lin, M.; Shen, Q.D.; Zhang Q. M., Enhanced Electrocaloric Effect in Poly (vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)-based Composites. 2012 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, United States, 2012, B06 (Poster).

32. Chen, X.; Chen, X. Z.; Shen, Q. D.; Guo, X.; Ge, H. X., High-Density Ferroelectric Polymer Film Arrays by Nanoimprint Technology. 28th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Chengdu, China, 2012, 05-P-078 (Poster)

33.  Liu, L.; Cheng, Z. X.; Chen, X. Z.; Shen, Q. D., Isothermal Crystallizationand Melting of VDF Based Ferroelectric Polymers for High-Energy-DensityCapacitors. 28th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Chengdu, China, 2012, 05-P-099 (Poster)

34. Cheng, Z. X.; Chen, X.; Chen, X. Z.; Shen, Q. D., Structure Evolution and Properties of Stretched and Nano-imprinted Ferroelectric Polymers. 28th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Chengdu, China, 2012, 07-O-002 (Oral)

35. Chen, X. Z.; Chen, X.; Shen, Q. D.; Guo, X.; Xia, D. F.; Ge, H. X., Manipulating structures and properties of ferroelectric polymers through micro- and nano-fabrication. 2011 Annual Meeting of Polymer Division of Chinese Chemical Society, Dalian, China, 2011, C-O-13 (Oral)

36. Cheng, Z. X.; Chen, X. Z.; Shen, Q. D., Structure Evolution and Properties of Stretched Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymers. 2011 Annual Meeting of Polymer Division of Chinese Chemical Society, Dalian, China, 2011, B-P-167 (Poster)

37. Chen, X. Z.; Cheng, Z. X.; Shen, Q. D., Ferroelectric Polymers: Toward Organic Electronic Microdevices. 1st RSC-Unilever International symposium on Functional Materials Science, Shanghai, China, 2010 (Best Poster Award)

38. Chen, X. Z.; Cheng, Z. X.; Shen, Q. D., Largely Enhanced Energy Density in Electroactive Polymers for Super-capacitor via Photo-crosslinking Method. 27th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Xiamen, China, 2010, 05-O-012 (Oral)

39. Chen, X. Z.; Cheng, Z. X.; Shen, Q. D., Micro- and Nano-Fabrication and its influence of Electroactive Fluoropolymers. 7th National Conference on Functional Materials and applications, Changsha, China, 2010, RA6 (Oral)

40. Chen, X. Z.; Tao, C.; Shen, Q. D., Pattern of Ferroelectric Polymer Film by Nanofabrication and Photo-crosslink. 2009 Annual Meeting of Polymer Division of Chinese Chemical Society, Tianjin, China, 2009, D-O-017 (Oral)