D. Hardman, B. Dai, Q. Guan, A. Georgopoulou, F. Iida, J. Hughes. "Automated benchmarking of variable-property soft robotic fingertips to enable task-optimized sensor selection." Advanced Science, accepted (2026). (IF=14.1)

Y. Gao, Z. Sun, X. Luo, D. Hu, B. Dai, Y. Zheng, Y. Ying, L. Xie. “Design, Characterization, and Application of a Continuously Tunable Wavelength Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging System for Measuring the Optical Properties of Fruits.” Engineering, 60, 49–64 (2026). (IF=12.2)

A. Georgopoulou, B. Dai, KS. Yu Chow, J. Hughes, E. Amstad. “Adhesive Double‐Network Granular Organogel E‐Skin.” Advanced Materials Technologies , 11, e02608 (2026). (IF=6.0)

Q.Guan*, B. Dai*, H. Cheng, J. Hughes. “Lattice structure musculoskeletal robots: Harnessing programmable geometric topology and anisotropy.” Science Advances, 11, eadu9856 (2025). (Cover paper, IF=13.9)

B. Dai, M. Lavergne, C. Moccand, F. Dionisi, J. Hughes. “BabyBot: Robot with infant-like feeding behaviours and developmental oral skills.” npj Robotics, 3, 10 (2025). (Nature portfolio, Heading paper)

B. Dai*, Y. Zheng*, Y. Qian, X. Hu, Z. Sun, Z. Ma, G. Bao, H. Wu, J. Hughes, X. Liu, Y. Ying, L. Xie. “An optical/electronic artificial skin extends the robotic sense to molecular sensing.” npj Flexible Electronics, 9, 87 (2025). (Nature portfolio, IF=15.4)

L. Xie*, C. Criollo*, R. Zhou*, M. Zhang, B. Dai, J. Doumani, E. Kritzell, J. Yin, W. Geng, Y. Ying, A. Baydin, J. Kono. “Carbon nanomaterials enabled terahertz technology.” Nature Reviews Physics, 7, 487–501 (2025). (Nature portfolio, Cover paper, IF=46.6)

Q. Guan, B. Dai, H. Sonar, J. Hughes. "Inverse Co-Design of Mechanical and Sensory Properties in Soft Lattice Foams for Multifunctional Wearables." Advanced Science, accepted (2025). (IF=14.1)

A. Georgopoulou, S. Lee, B. Dai, F. Bono, J. Hughes, E. Amstad. “3D printing of self-healing longevous multi-sensory e-skin.” Communications Materials, 6, 121 (2025). (Nature portfolio, IF=9.1)

Q. Guan, H. Cheng, B. Dai, J. Hughes. “Control the soft robot arm with its physical twin.” IROS, accepted (2025).

Y. Wang*, B. Dai*, C. Ma, Q. Zhang, K. Huang, X. Luo, X. Liu, Y. Ying, L. Xie. “Cross-wavelength hierarchical metamaterials enabled for trans-scale molecules detection simultaneously.” Advanced Science, 9, 2105477 (2022). (IF=14.1)

B. Dai, R. Zhou, J. Ping, Y. Ying, L. Xie. “Recent advances in carbon nanotube-based biosensors for biomolecular detection.” Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 154, 116658 (2022). (IF=13.5)

L. Xie, B. Dai, Y. Hong, Y. Ying. “Design and test of detecting system for impurities in walnut based on full convolutional neural network algorithm.” Transactions of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery, 53(5): 385-391 (2022).