Jan. 2024 – Welcome Tianda Fu to join our group as a postdoc!
Dec. 2023 – The picture from our “Bioadhesive semiconductor” paper was selected by the Science Magazine as one of their “favorite Science photos of 2023”. Science News.
Dec. 2023 – Our paper of an intrinsically stretchable power source system for bioelectronics was just published in Device. Congratulations to Ping, Shilei, Youdi, Yang and the co-authors!
Dec. 2023 – Welcome Zhichang, Zhiming, Jin to join our group as Ph.D. students!
Nov. 2023 – Nan won the MRS Graduate Student Gold Award! Congratulations to Nan for receiving this highly prestigious and well-deserved honor!
Nov. 2023 – Yahao got featured by our school PME, for his research efforts and achievements in human-integrated electronics. UChicagoPME News.
Nov. 2023 – Nan successfully defended his PhD dissertation! Congratulations, Dr. Nan Li, for completing this amazing journey! This is also the first doctoral degree from our group!
Oct. 2023 – Welcome Ruizhe to join our group as a postdoc!
Sept. 2023 – Welcome Wonbeom join our group as a visiting Ph.D. student!
Aug. 2023 – Our paper on bioadhesive polymer semiconductor and transistors has been published in Science. Congratulations to Nan and the co-authors！
July 2023 – Our paper on achieving tissue-level softness for stretchable electronics has been published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Yang and the co-authors!
March 2023 – Our paper on stretchable light-emitting polymers has been published in Nature Materials. Congratulations, Wei and Cheng！
March 2023 – Sihong received ACS Polymeric Material Science and Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator Award.
March 2023 – Sihong is selected as a fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM).
Feb. 2023 – Rithvik Papani, an undergraduate student in the Wang Group, is selected as 2022-2023 Quad Undergraduate Research Scholar. Congratulations, Rithvik!
Nov. 2022 – Sihong is named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics again, which has been three years in a row.
Nov. 2022 – Sihong received the NSF CARRER Award.
Nov. 2022 – Shivani Chatterji, an undergraduate student in the Wang Group, is selected as 2022-2023 Quad Undergraduate Research Scholar. Congratulations, Shivani!
Oct. 2022 – Sihong was selected as a recipient for the 2022 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. This award will support our research in developing implantable bioelectronic devices that are designed to prevent rejection by the body. We really appreciate this support. UChicagoPME News. UChicago New.
Oct. 2022 – Our stretchable neuromorphic device paper has been selected by Matter as the cover article for the October issue.
Aug. 2022 – Our paper on stretchable neuromorphic device has been published in Matter. Congratulations, Shilei and Yahao！
June 2022 – Yahao Dai, a graduate student in the Wang Group, receiving the Harper Dissertation Fellowship. Congratulations, Yahao!
May 2022 – Sihong received the Advanced Materials Rising Star award.
May 2022 – Our paper on stretchable redox-active polymer semiconductors has been published in Advanced Materials. Congratulations, Yahao and Shilei！
April 2022 – Shinya Wai, a graduate student in the Wang Group, receiving the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations, Shinya!
March 2022 – Nan Li, a graduate student in the Wang Group, receiving the Windt Graduate Student Travel Award. Congratulations, Nan!
March 2022 – Welcome Max Weires and Sean Sutyak to join our group as Ph.D. students!
Jan. 2022 – Welcome Naisong to join our group as a Ph.D. student!
Dec. 2021 – Sihong received the iCANX Young Scientist Award.
Nov. 2021 – Our paper on a stretchable and strain-unperturbed pressure sensor has been published in Science Advances. The work was reported by PME news: stretchable pressure sensor could lead to better robotics, prosthetics. Congratulations, Qi and Yang！
August 2021 – Our paper on building multifunctional conjugated polymers for human-integrated electronics has been published in Matter. Congratulations, Nan！
August 2021 – Welcome Songsong to join our group as a Postdoc!
May 2021 – Sean Lee, a graduate student in the Wang Group, receiving the PSD TA teaching prize. Congratulations, Sean!
May 2021 – Sihong received the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award.
April 2021 – Our review paper on implantable bioelectronics towards long-term stability and sustainability has been published in Matter. Congratulations to Yang and Nan!
Jan. 2021 – Our paper on strain-insensitive intrinsically stretchable transistors and circuits has been published in Nature Electronics.
Jan. 2021 – In celebration of the 50th year of The Bridge of National Academy of Engineering is publishing 50 essays projecting developments in Engineering. Sihong was invited to contribute one of the essays in this special issue, as “Building the Nexus Between Electronics and the Human Body for Enhanced Health”. We really appreciate the invitation!
Jan. 2021 – Our review paper on stretchable transistors and functional circuits has been published in Nature Electronics. Congratulations to Yahao and Huawei!
Nov. 2020 – Sihong is recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics.
Sept. 2020 – Sihong gave an invited talk in IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered & Molecular Systems. Thanks for the invitation!
Sept. 2020 – Nickolas De Oliveira, an undergraduate researcher in the Wang Group, was recently selected to join the Micro-Metcalf Program. Congratulations, Nick!
Sept. 2020 – Sihong has been invited to serve as an Associate Editor for Biomedical Engineering (BME) Frontiers – a Science Partner Journal.
June 2020 – Sihong gave a remote invited talk on Global Virtual Conference on Flexible Electronics Technology. Thanks for the invitation!
June 2020 – Sihong is named to the 2020 global list of MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35.
April 2020 – Maritha Wang, an undergraduate researcher in the Wang Group, was recently selected to receive two prestigious graduate fellowships: NSF Graduate Student Fellowship, and NDSEG Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations, Maritha!
Feb. 2020 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the Conference on Chemical Sensors for Wearable Devices, which was held at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Thanks for the invitation!
Jan. 2020 – Our research is supported by the Center of Data and Computing of UChicago.
Dec. 2019 – Congratulations to Nan for successfully passing the Ph.D. candidacy exam! Well done!
Nov. 2019 – Welcome Youdi and Cheng to join our group as new Ph.D. students!
Oct. 2019 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the ECS meeting.
Sept. 2019 – Sihong gave a keynote talk in the International Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Conference.
Sept. 2019 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the Macropolis 2019: Chicagoland Soft Matter Symposium. Thanks for the invitation!
August 2019 – We had our first Undergraduate Summer Symposium.
July 2019 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the Mi-Bio Summit on Flexible and Stretchable Bioelectronics at Purdue University. Thanks for the invitation!
June 2019 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the 5th Symposium on Flexible and Stretchable Electronics 2019.
June 2019 – Sihong gave an invited seminar in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
June 2019 – Sihong gave an invited seminar in Tsinghua University, Beijing.
June 2019 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the 4th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems.
April 2019 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the 2019 MRS Spring meeting.
April 2019 – Welcome Hongzhang to join our group as a visiting student!
April 2019 – Welcome Wei to join our group as a Postdoc!
April 2019 – Sihong was invited to present the Molecular Engineering Information Session during the Spring Open House of the University of Chicago.
Mar. 2019 – Welcome Huawei to join our group as a Postdoc!
Feb. 2019 – Welcome Yang to join our group as an incoming PME Ph.D. student!
Jan.2019 – Welcome Alexandra, Nickolas and Tony to join our group as undergraduate researchers!
Nov. 2018 – Welcome our inaugural batch of Ph.D. students, Yahao and Nan, to join our group!
Nov. 2018 – Sihong gave a talk in the 2018 MRS Fall Meeting.
Nov. 2018 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the Xiamen Soft Matter Forum in Xiamen, China.
Sept. 2018 – Sihong joins the Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago as an Assistant Professor.
June 2018 – Sihong gave an invited talk in the 4th International Symposium of Flexible and Stretchable Electronics in Wuhan, China.
Feb. 2018 – Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array (Nature, 2018, 555, 83):
All the skin that’s fit to print. Nature Biotechnology, 2018, 36, 410;
Bio Focus: Stretchable organic electronics on skin monitors health. MRS Bulletin, 2018, 43, 321;
Stanford researchers develop stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics. Stanford News;
U.S. Stanford researchers unveil significant advancement in skin electronics. Xinhua News;
Highly Compliant, Ultra Sensitive Electronic Skin to Give Prostheses a Sense of Touch. Medgadget;
Researchers develop stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics. Tech Xplore;
New stretchable electronic skin sensitive enough to feel ladybug footsteps. United Press International;
The Human Touch: Stretchable Electronic Skin Can “Feel”. Electronic Design;
The Exciting Evolution of Touch Sensitive Electronics. LinkedIn;
Scientists developed stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics. Tech Explorist;
Skin-Like Prosthetic Coverings Closer to Reality with Stanford Breakthrough. The O&P Edge;
Stanford researchers develop stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics. RtoZ.org;
Stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics. Printed Electronics World;
New maximized flexible transistor which can revolutionize wearable technologies. CCT News.
Jan. 2018 – Highly stretchable polymer semiconductor films through the nanoconfinement effect (Science, 2017, 355, 59):
Staying conductive in the stretch. Science, 2017, 355, 24;
Wearable electronics: Stretching the limits. Nature Nanotechnology, 2017, 12, 101;
Electronics That Flex Themselves. Clinical Chemistry, 2017, 63, 1308;
Super stretchy semiconducting polymers. Chemical & Engineering News;
Polymer-based transistors bring fully stretchable devices within reach. Physics Today, 2017, 70, 14;
Stretchable transistor could be a second skin. Physics World;
A transistor that can be stretched to twice its length with minimal loss of conductivity. Phys.org;
A flexible transistor that conforms to skin. ScienceDaily;
A Flexible Transistor That Conforms to Skin. Electronic Component News;
Transistor stretchier than skin for ultra-flexible wearable tech. New Scientist;
Stretchable Transistors are Here, and Cheap to Make for Wearable Electronic Applications. steemit;
Flexible transistors could stretch the limits of wearable electronics. New Atlas.
Aug. 2013 – Triboelectric Active Sensor Array for Self-Powered Static and Dynamic Pressure Detection and Tactile Imaging (ACS Nano, 2013, 7, 8266):
Measuring Pressure with the Help of Static Electricity. Chemical & Engineering News.
Dec. 2012 – Our invention of self-charging power cell is named as one of the TOP 10 Breakthroughs for 2012 by Physics World.
Physics World reveals its top 10 breakthroughs for 2012. Physics World;
CNN interview with Dr. ZL Wang for the Technological Breakthroughs in self-charging power cells. CNN;
Georgia Tech Power Cell Among Top 10 Physical Science Breakthroughs in 2012. Georgia Tech News;
Georgia Tech invention named a Top 10 physical science breakthrough of 2012. Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Nov. 2012 – Pyroelectric Nanogenerators for Driving Wireless Sensors (Nano Letters, 2012, 12, 6408):
Pyroelectric nanogenerator charges Li-ion battery with harvested energy. Phys.org.
Nov. 2012 – Nanoscale-triboelectric-effect enabled energy conversion for sustainably powering of portable electronics (Nano Letters, 2012, 12, 6339):
CNN interview with Dr. ZL Wang for the Technological Breakthroughs in triboelectric nanogenerators. CNN;
How Friction May Someday Charge Your Cell Phone. MIT Technology Review;
A Generator Powered By Motion. Chemical & Engineering News;
Human Energy. The Cutting Edge.
Nov. 2012 – Hybridizing energy conversion and storage in a mechanical-to-electrochemical process for self-charging power cell (Nano Letters, 2012, 12, 5048):
Self-Charging Power Cell Converts and Stores Energy in a Single Unit. Georgia Tech News;
Cells step toward plugless charging. Chemistry World;
Power cell generates and stores energy in one step. Physics World;
Self-charging power cell converts and stores energy. ScienceDaily;
Self-charging battery both generates and stores energy. Phys.org;
Hybrid self-charging power cell by-passes batteries. New Atlas.