Abstract:

Soft electronics have attracted tremendous attention due to their broad applications in individual health-monitoring, human–machine interfaces, robotics, sports and therapeutics. Thanks to its outstanding transport and mechanical properties, carbon-based materials in particular are considered among the most suitable candidates as soft electronics. This presentation briefly introduces soft electronics made of 1D fibrous, 2D planar and 3D cellular interconnected carbon-based architectures for wearable applications. The challenges and potential opportunities for novel applications are revealed to offer new insights into future prospects in this field.

About the Speaker:

Prof. Zheng received his Ph.D. degree from Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2011. Prior to joining The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHKSZ) as an Assistant Professor in 2019, he held various academic positions worldwide, including Research Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at HKUST and Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany. Prof Zheng has received many awards including National High-Level Young Talent, Presidential Young Fellow of CUHKSZ, Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials, Junior Fellow of the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship of Germany.

Prof. Zheng’s research focuses on advanced carbon materials, ranging from nanocomposites with graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers and 2D materials, to nanostructured materials for various wearable applications. He has published more than 70 peer reviewed papers in top-ranked scientific journals such as Progress in Materials Science, Materials Today, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, Small, Materials Horizons, Nanoscale Horizon, and Carbon, with a total Web of Science citations of 5000+ and an H-index of 38.