Journal Publications

Journal Publications

The following are the papers published in recent years.

Stenus-inspired, swift, and agile untethered insect-scale soft propulsors

Synergistical Mechanical Design and Function Integration for Insect-Scale On-Demand Configurable Multifunctional Soft Magnetic Robots

Micro/Nano Soft Film Sensors for Intelligent Plant Systems : Materials , Fabrications , and Applications

Programmable and reprocessable multifunctional elastomeric sheets for soft origami robots

Hydroprinted Liquid-Alloy-Based Morphing Electronics for Fast-Growing/Tender Plants: From Physiology Monitoring to Habit Manipulation

Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping

2023

Xingxing Ke, Haochen Yong, Fukang Xu, Han Ding & Zhigang Wu. Stenus-inspired, swift, and agile untethered insect-scale soft propulsors." Nature Communications, 2024. [pdf]

2023

Yi Xu, Jiaqi Zhu, Han Chen, Haochen Yong, and Zhigang Wu. A Soft Reconfigurable Circulator Enabled by Magnetic Liquid Metal Droplet for Multifunctional Control of Soft Robots." Advanced Science, 2023. [pdf]

Jiaqi Zhu, Han Chen, Zhiping Chai, Han Ding, and Zhigang Wu. A Dual-Modal Hybrid Gripper with Wide Tunable Contact Stiffness Range and High Compliance for Adaptive and Wide-Range Grasping Objects with Diverse Fragilities." Soft Robotics, 2023. [pdf]

Qin Jiang, Zhitong Hu, Kefan Wu, Wenjun Wu, Shuo Zhang, Han Ding, and Zhigang Wu. Squid-Inspired Powerful Untethered Soft Pumps via Magnetically Induced Phase Transitions." Soft Robotics, 2023. [pdf]

Haochen Yong, Xingxing Ke, Fukang Xu, Shuo Zhang, Han Ding, and Zhigang Wu. Bioinspired Synergy Strategies Empower Small-ScaleRobots with Higher Performance." Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023. [pdf]

蒲萌浩,徐富康,柴治平,夏志生,丁汉,吴志刚. 软体技术在机器人化制造中的应用与展望." 机器人, 2023. [pdf]

柯星星, 柴治平, 雍昊臣, 丁汉，吴志刚*. 结构约束型可编程柔性跃变结构蒙皮设计." 中国科学：物理学力学天文学, 2023. [pdf]

Xingxing Ke, Haochen Yong, Fukang Xu, Zhiping Chai, Jiajun Jiang, Xiang Ni, and Zhigang. Wu*. Synergistical Mechanical Design and Function Integration for Insect-Scale On-Demand Configurable Multifunctional Soft Magnetic Robots." Soft Robotics, 2023. [pdf]

Qin Jiang, Zhiping Chai, Zisheng Zong, Zhitong Hu, Shuo Zhang, Zhigang Wu*. Micro/Nano Soft Film Sensors for Intelligent Plant Systems : Materials , Fabrications , and Applications." Chemosensors, 2023. [pdf]

Zisheng Zhong, Shuo Zhang, Zhigang Wu*. Anisotropic Contraction in a Magnetically Hard but Mechanically Ultra-Soft Foam for Precise Drug Delivery." Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023. [pdf]

2022

Shuo Zhang, Xingxing Ke, Qin Jiang, Zhiping Chai, Zhigang Wu*, Han Ding*,. Fabrication and Functionality Integration Technologies for Small‐scale Soft Robots." Advanced Materials, 2022. [pdf]

Shuo Zhang, Zisheng Zong, Chuanfei Guo, Han Ding, Zhigang Wu*. Partial Liquid Alloy Microdroplet Sedimentation Induced a Gradient Porous Structured Elastomer with a Tunable Property for an Anisotropic Robotic Bulk." Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022. [pdf]

Qin Jiang, Zhitong Hu, Yaping Xie, Kefan Wu, Shuo Zhang*, Zhigang Wu*. Liquid-Metal-Based Magnetic Controllable Soft Microswitch with Rapid and Reliable Response for Intelligent Soft Systems." Micromachines, 2022. [pdf]

Jiaqi Zhu, Menghao Pu, Han Chen, Yi Xu, Han Ding, Zhigang Wu*. Pneumatic and tendon actuation coupled muti-mode actuators for soft robots with broad force and speed range." Science China Technological Sciences, 2022. [pdf]

Zhiping Chai, Liangxiong Lyu, Menghao Pu, Xianwen Chen, Jiaqi Zhu, Huageng Liang, Han Ding, Zhigang Wu*. An Individually Controlled Multitined Expandable Electrode Using Active Cannula-Based Shape Morphing for On-Demand Conformal Radiofrequency Ablation Lesions." Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022. [pdf]

Jiajun Jiang, Wenjie Fei, Menghao Pu, Zhiping Chai, Zhigang Wu* A Facile Liquid Alloy Wetting Enhancing Strategy on Super‐Hydrophobic Lotus Leaves for Plant‐Hybrid System Implementation ." Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022. [pdf]

Jiajun Jiang, Wenjie Fei, Menghao Pu, Zhigang Wu* Wireless liquid-alloy-based induction heating for soft devices by alternating magnetic field: From characterization to application ." Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022. [pdf]

Bingkang Huang, Zhiping Chai, Jiaqi Zhu, Zhigang Wu* One‐Step Soft Templated Selective Milling‐Based Circuit Patterning for Eco‐Friendly and High‐Throughput Manufacturing of Flexible Electronics ." Advanced Materials Technologies, 2022. [pdf]

Jiaqi Zhu, Zhiping Chai, Haochen Yong, Han Chen, Yi Xu, Chuan Fei Guo, Han Ding, Zhigang Wu* Bioinspired Multimodal Multipose Hybrid Fingers for Wide-Range Force, Compliant, and Stable Grasping ." Soft Robotics, 2022. [pdf]

2021

Zhiping Chai, Xingxing Ke, Han Chen, Jiaqi Zhu, Haochen Yong, Jiajun Jiang, Shuo Zhang, Chuan Fei Guo, Zhigang Wu* Anisotropic Shear-Sensitive Tactile Sensors with Programmable Elastomers for Robotic Manipulations." ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021. [pdf]

Bei Wang, Junjun Gao, Jiajun Jiang, Zenghui Hu, Klas Hjort, Zheng Guo, Zhigang Wu* Liquid Metal Microscale Deposition enabled High Resolution and Density Epidermal Microheater for Localized Ectopic Expression in Drosophila." Advanced Materials Technologies, 2021. [pdf]

Shuo Zhang, Wenjie Fei, Qin Jiang, Jiajun Jiang, Kui Shi, Longjian Xue, Zhigang Wu* Facile fabrication of sensitivity-tunable strain sensors based on laser-patterned micro-nano structures." Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2021. [pdf]

Xingxing Ke, Jiajun Jang, Zhiping Chai, Haochen Yong, Jiaqi Zhu,Han Chen,Chuan Fei Guo,Han Ding, and Zhigang Wu* Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation ." Soft Robotics, 2021. [pdf]

Jiaqi Zhu, Liangxiong Lyu, Yi Xu, Huageng Liang, Xiaoping Zhang, Han Ding, Zhigang Wu*. Intelligent Soft Surgical Robots for Next-Generation Minimally Invasive Surgery ." Advanced Intelligent systems, 2021. [pdf]

Yi Xu, Pan Deng, Guang Yu, Xingxing Ke, Yongqing Lin, Xiaorong Shu, Yaping Xie,Shuo Zhang, Ruqiong Nie, Zhigang Wu*, Thrombogenicity of microfluidic chip surface manipulation: Facile, one-step, none-protein technique for extreme wettability contrast micropatterning." Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,2021. [pdf]

Shuo Zhang, Xingxing Ke, Qin Jiang, Han Ding*, Zhigang Wu* " Programmable and reprocessable multifunctional elastomeric sheets for soft origami robots." Science Robotics, 2021. [pdf]

Shuo Zhang, Jiajun Jiang, Qin Jiang, Wenjie Fei, Chuan Fei Guo, and Zhigang Wu. " Dynamically Conformal Mask Printing of Liquid Alloy Circuits on Morphing Objects." Advanced Material Technologies, 2021.

Qin Jiang, Shuo Zhang, Jiajun Jiang, Wenjie Fei, and Zhigang Wu. " Pneumatic Enabled Vertical Interconnect Access of Liquid Alloy Circuits toward Highly Integrated Stretchable Electronics." Advanced Materials Technologies, 2021.

2020

Xingxing Ke, Shuo Zhang, Zhiping Chai, Jiajun Jiang, Yi Xu, Bo Tao, Han Ding,Zhigang Wu. " Flexible Discretely-Magnetized Configurable Soft Robots via Laser-tuned Selective Transfer Printing of Anisotropic Ferromagnetic Cells." Materials Today Physics, 2020.

Junlong Yang, Tianzeng Hong, Jue Deng, Yan Wang, Fan Lei, Jianming Zhang, Bo Yu, Zhigang Wu, Xinzheng Zhang and Chuan Fei Guo*. " Stretchable, transparent and imperceptible supercapacitors based on Au@MnO2 nanomesh electrodes." Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020.

Jun Huang, Liu Wang, Yuming Jin, Peng Lu, Lin-Lin Wang, Ningning Bai, Gang Li,Pang Zhu, Yan Wang, Jianming Zhang, Zhigang Wu, and Chuan Fei Guo*. " Tuning the Rigidity of Silk Fibroin for the Transfer of Highly Stretchable Electronics." Advanced Functional Materials, 2020.

Jiajun Jiang, Shuo Zhang, Bei Wang, Han Ding, and Zhigang Wu*. " Hydroprinted Liquid-Alloy-Based Morphing Electronics for Fast-Growing/Tender Plants: From Physiology Monitoring to Habit Manipulation." Small, 2020.

Shuo Zhang, Qin Jiang, Yi Xu, Chuan Fei Guo and Zhigang Wu*. " Facile Fabrication of Self-Similar Hierarchical Micro-Nano Structures for Multifunctional Surfaces via Solvent-Assisted UV-Lasering." micromachines, 2020.

2019

M. D. Perez1, S. H. Jeong1, S. Raman4, D. Nowinski2, Z. Wu1,3, S. M. S. Redzwan1, J. Velander1, Z. Peng5, K. Hjort1 and R. Augustine. " Head-Compliant Microstrip Split Ring Resonator for Non-Invasive Healing Monitoring After Craniosynostosis-Based Surgery." Healthcare Technology Letters, 2019.

Hongbin An , Liangzhou Chen *, Xiaojun Liu , Bin Zhao, Hong Zhang , Zhigang Wu. " Microfluidic contact lenses for unpowered, continuous and non-invasive intraocular pressure monitoring." Sensors and Actuators, 2019.

J. Yang a, b, 1, Q. Liu a, c, 1, Z. Deng a, M. Gong a, F. Lei a, J. Zhang a, d, X. Zhang b, Q. Wang c,Y. Liu e, Z. Wu a, f, C.F. Guo a, *. " Ionic liquideactivated wearable electronics." Materials Today Physics, 2019.

Gang Li,† Zhiguang Qiu,† Yan Wang,† Ying Hong,† Yongbiao Wan,† Jianming Zhang,† Junlong Yang,†Zhigang Wu,†,‡ Wei Hong,§ and Chuan Fei Guo*. " PEDOT:PSS/Grafted-PDMS Electrodes for Fully Organic and Intrinsically Stretchable Skin-like Electronics." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019.

Liang Xiong Lyu †, Fen Li†, Kang Wu†, Pan Deng, Seung Hee Jeong‡,Zhigang Wu ∗ and Han Ding∗. " Bio-inspired untethered fully soft robots in liquid actuated by induced energy gradients." National Science Review, 2019.

Bei Wang,* Kang Wu,* Klas Hjort, Chuanfei Guo, and Zhigang Wu. " High-Performance Liquid Alloy Patterning of Epidermal Strain Sensors for Local Fine Skin Movement Monitoring." Soft Robotics, 2019.

Kang Wu , Qifeng Zhou , Huaping Zou, Kangmin Leng , Yifan Zeng and Zhigang Wu *. " High Precision Thermoforming 3D-Conformable Electronics with a Phase-Changing Adhesion Interlayer." micromachines, 2019.

Shuo Zhang,† Bei Wang,†,‡ Jiajun Jiang,† Kang Wu,† Chuan Fei Guo,§ and Zhigang Wu*. " High-Fidelity Conformal Printing of 3D Liquid Alloy Circuits for Soft Electronics." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019.

Bei Wang,†,‡,⊥ Wenci Xin,†,⊥ Klas Hjort,‡ Chuanfei Guo,§ and Zhigang Wu*. " Sandwiched Polyethylene Shrink Film Masking with Tunable Resolution and Shape for Liquid Alloy Patterning." ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2019.

2018

Yongbiao Wan, Zhiguang Qiu, Ying Hong, Yan Wang, Jianming Zhang, Qingxian Liu,Zhigang Wu, and Chuan Fei Guo*. " A Highly Sensitive Flexible Capacitive Tactile Sensor with Sparse and High-Aspect-Ratio Microstructures." Advanced Electronic Materials, 2018.

Zhiguang Qiu, Yongbiao Wan, Wohua Zhou, Jingyi Yang, Junlong Yang, Jun Huang, Jianming Zhang, Qingxian Liu, Siya Huang, Ningning Bai, Zhigang Wu, Wei Hong,Hong Wang, and Chuan Fei Guo*. " Ionic Skin with Biomimetic Dielectric Layer Templated from Calathea Zebrine Leaf." Advanced Functional Materials, 2018.

Yongbiao Wan, Zhiguang Qiu, Jun Huang, Jingyi Yang, Qi Wang, Peng Lu, Junlong Yang, Jianming Zhang, Siya Huang, Zhigang Wu, and Chuan Fei Guo*. " Natural Plant Materials as Dielectric Layer for Highly Sensitive Flexible Electronic Skin." small, 2018.

Qingxian Liu,† Jun Huang,† Jianming Zhang,† Ying Hong,† Yongbiao Wan,† Qi Wang,† Mingli Gong,† Zhigang Wu,†,‡ and Chuan Fei Guo*,†. " Thermal, Waterproof, Breathable, and Antibacterial Cloth with a Nanoporous Structure." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018.

Pan Deng, Cheng-Jie Fu * and Zhigang Wu *. " High purity and viability cell separation of a bacterivorous jakobid flagellate based on a steep velocity gradient induced soft inertial force†." Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018.

Kang Wu ,†, Pan Zhang ,†, Fen Li , Chuanfei Guo and Zhigang Wu ,*. " On-Demand Multi-Resolution Liquid Alloy Printing Based on Viscoelastic Flow Squeezing." Polymers, 2018.

Peng Peng, Kang Wu, Liangxiong Lv, Chuan Fei Guo, and Zhigang Wu*. " One-Step Selective Adhesive Transfer Printing for Scalable Fabrication of Stretchable Electronics." Advanced Materials Technologies, 2018.

Bei Wang,†,‡,⊥ Wenci Xin,†,⊥ Klas Hjort,‡ Chuanfei Guo,§ and Zhigang Wu*,†,‡. " Sandwiched Polyethylene Shrink Film Masking with Tunable Resolution and Shape for Liquid Alloy Patterning." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018.

Zhigang Wu a, b, *, Shuo Zhang a, Alexey Vorobyev b, Kristofer Gamstedt b, Kang Wu a, Chuanfei Guo c, Seung Hee Jeong a, b, **. " Seamless modulus gradient structures for highly resilient, stretchable system integration." Materialstoday Physics, 2018.

Kangmin Leng 1, Chuanfei Guo 2, Kang Wu 1,* and Zhigang Wu 1,*. " Tunnel Encapsulation Technology for Durability Improvement in Stretchable Electronics Fabrication." micromachines, 2018.

Hongbin An1, Liangzhou Chen1 , Xiaojun Liu1, Bin Zhao1, Donglin Ma2 and Zhigang Wu1,3. " A method of manufacturing microfluidic contact lenses by using irreversible bonding and thermoforming." Journal of Micromachines and Microengineering, 2018.

2017

J Cruz1, S Hooshmand Zadeh1, T Graells1,2,3, M Andersson1, J Malmström1, Z G Wu1,4 and K Hjort1. " High pressure inertial focusing for separating and concentrating bacteria at high throughput." Journal of Micromachines and Microengineering, 2017.

Seung Hee Jeong,*,† Francisco Javier Cruz,† Si Chen,‡ Laurent Gravier,§ Johan Liu,‡ Zhigang Wu,†, Klas Hjort,† Shi-Li Zhang,† and Zhi-Bin Zhang*,†. " Stretchable Thermoelectric Generators Metallized with Liquid Alloy." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017.

Qingxian Liu,† Jun Huang,† Jianming Zhang,† Ying Hong,† Yongbiao Wan,† Qi Wang,† Mingli Gong,† Zhigang Wu,†,‡ and Chuan Fei Guo*,†. " Thermal, Waterproof, Breathable, and Antibacterial Cloth with a Nanoporous Structure." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017.

2016

Zhenhua Liu 1, Wenchao Xu 1, Zining Hou 1 and Zhigang Wu 1,2,*. " A Rapid Prototyping Technique for Microfluidics with High Robustness and Flexibility." micromachines, 2016.

Bo Chang 1,2,*, Quan Zhou 3, Zhigang Wu 1,4, Zhenhua Liu 4, Robin H. A. Ras 2 and Klas Hjort 1. " Capillary Self-Alignment of Microchips on Soft Substrates." micromachines, 2016.

Chaoqun Wu1 · Kai Tang1 · Bing Gu2 · Jie Deng3 · Zhenhua Liu3 · Zhigang Wu3. " Concentration‑dependent viscous mixing in microfluidics: modelings and experiments." Microfluid Nanofluid, 2016.

Seung Hee Jeong , Shuo Zhang , Klas Hjort , Jöns Hilborn , and Zhigang Wu*. " PDMS-Based Elastomer Tuned Soft, Stretchable, and Sticky for Epidermal Electronics." Advanced Materials, 2016.

Bo Chang, Quan Zhou, Robin H. A. Ras, Ali Shah, Zhigang Wu, and Klas Hjort. " Sliding droplets on hydrophilic/superhydrophobic patterned surfaces for liquid deposition." Applied Physics Letters, 2016.

Wenchao Xu1 · Zining Hou1 · Zhenhua Liu1 · Zhigang Wu1,2. " Viscosity‑difference‑induced asymmetric selective focusing for large stroke particle separation." Microfluid Nanofluid, 2016.

2015

Zhigang Wu. " Entangled sciences: the art of microfluidic mixing and separation." Journal of Micromachines and Microengineering, 2015.

Zhigang Wu1,2, Magnus Jobs2, Anders Rydberg2 and Klas Hjort2. " Hemispherical coil electrically small antenna made by stretchable conductors printing and plastic thermoforming." Journal of Micromachines and Microengineering, 2015.

Seung Hee Jeong1, Si Chen2, Jinxing Huo1, Erik Kristofer Gamstedt1, Johan Liu2, Shi-Li Zhang1, Zhi-Bin Zhang1, Klas Hjort1 & Zhigang Wu1,3. " Mechanically Stretchable and Electrically Insulating Thermal Elastomer Composite by Liquid Alloy Droplet Embedment." Scientific Reports, 2015.

Klas Hjort, Zhigang Wu. " Microfluidic mixing and separation." Journal of Micromachines and Microengineering, 2015.

Zhigang Wu, Klas Hjort, Seung Hee Jeong. " Microfluidic Stretchable Radio-Frequency Devices." Contributed Paper, 2015.

Seung Hee Jeong1 and Zhigang Wu1,2*. " STRETCHABLE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER WITH A LIQUID ALLOY COIL." Mems, 2015.

Seung Hee Jeong1, Klas Hjort1 & Zhigang Wu1,2. " Tape Transfer Atomization Patterning of Liquid Alloys for Microfluidic Stretchable Wireless Power Transfer." Scientific Reports, 2015.