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Skin-inspired sensing and actuating technologies: from cephalopod camouflage to human tactile perception

Professional Education


  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of California Irvine (2020)
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, Materials Science and Engineering (2020)

Stanford Advisors


All Publications


  • High-brightness all-polymer stretchable LED with charge-trapping dilution. Nature Zhang, Z., Wang, W., Jiang, Y., Wang, Y., Wu, Y., Lai, J., Niu, S., Xu, C., Shih, C., Wang, C., Yan, H., Galuska, L., Prine, N., Wu, H., Zhong, D., Chen, G., Matsuhisa, N., Zheng, Y., Yu, Z., Wang, Y., Dauskardt, R., Gu, X., Tok, J. B., Bao, Z. 2022; 603 (7902): 624-630

    Abstract

    Next-generation light-emitting displays on skin should be soft, stretchable and bright1-7. Previously reported stretchable light-emitting devices were mostly basedon inorganic nanomaterials, such as light-emitting capacitors, quantum dots or perovskites6-11. They either require high operating voltage or have limited stretchability and brightness, resolution or robustness under strain. On the other hand, intrinsically stretchable polymer materials hold the promise of good strain tolerance12,13. However, realizing high brightness remains a grand challenge for intrinsically stretchable light-emitting diodes. Here we report a material design strategy and fabrication processes to achieve stretchable all-polymer-based light-emitting diodes with high brightness (about 7,450candela per square metre), current efficiency (about 5.3candela per ampere) and stretchability (about 100per cent strain). We fabricate stretchable all-polymer light-emitting diodes coloured red, green and blue, achieving both on-skin wireless powering and real-time displaying of pulse signals. This work signifies a considerable advancement towards high-performance stretchable displays.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-022-04400-1

    View details for PubMedID 35322250

  • Long-Range Proton Transport in Films from a Reflectin-Derived Polypeptide ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Xu, C., et al 2021; 13 (18): 20938-20946

    View details for DOI 10.1021/acsami.0c18929

  • Stretchable Cephalopod‐Inspired Multimodal Camouflage Systems Advanced Materials Xu, C., Colorado Escobar, M., Gorodetsky, A. A. 2020; 32 (16)

    View details for DOI 10.1002/adma.201905717

  • Adaptive infrared-reflecting systems inspired by cephalopods Science Xu, C., Stiubianu, G. T., Gorodetsky, A. A. 2018; 359 (6383): 1495-1500

    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aar5191