Breathable Skin Electronics for Biomedical Applications-Seminar by Prof. Yan Wang

Title

Breathable Skin Electronics for Biomedical Applications

Speaker

Prof. Yan Wang (GTIIT, Chemical Engineering), yan.wang@gtiit.edu.cn, https://www.x-mol.com/groups/yanwanglab

Language

English

Location

E310 (Education Building, 3^rd floor)

Abstract

One limitation of commercialized wearables, such as smart watches and bands, is that they cannot form conformable contact with human skin due to their rigid form factor, thereby limiting their monitoring capabilities. Skin bioelectronics, on the other hand, is touted as an ideal platform for personalized health care owing to unique characteristics, such as thinness, lightweight, good biocompatibility, excellent mechanical robustness, and great skin conformability. Dr. Wang’s research interests mainly focus on the development of stretchable optoelectronics for biomedical health monitoring, including stretchable conductors, wearable sensors, and soft energy devices. In today’s talk, she will introduce high-performance skin bioelectronics developed by breathable nanomesh systems, the ultrasoft nanomesh on-skin sensors could measure minus skin deformations and finger touch without disturbing natural skin motions and sensations.

Bio

Dr. Yan Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Israel Institute of Technology, Technion-Guangdong. Dr. Wang completed PhD in 2018 in Monash University majoring in Chemical Engineering, under the supervision of Prof. Wenlong Cheng and Prof. George P. Simon, with a focus on stretchable electronic skin sensors and energy devices. From 2019 to 2021, Dr. Wang worked as postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Takao Someya’s group (a pioneer of soft electronics) in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Information Systems, The University of Tokyo, mainly focusing on ultrasoft nanomesh skin electronics and its application in long-term health monitoring. She joined Technion-Guangdong in November 2021.

In soft electronics field, Dr. Yan Wang has published > 30 peer-reviewed publications in flagship journals like Science, Science Advances, PNAS, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Nano, and Materials Horizons in the last five years. She also applied 1 Chinese patent, 1 US patent, and 2 Japanese patents. Her research works were featured by CNN, Science、 Nature Materials、 Tech Explorist News、 New Atlas、
Innovations Report、 Utokyo focus、 Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun、 Technology Networks、 News Mynavi、 Phys Org、
Nanowerk、 Science Daily、 Newsbeezer、 News Break、 Florida News Times、 Chemical & Engineering News and major Australia medias, such as Herald Sun, Australia SBS evening news, and 9 news.

At GTIIT, she will continue focusing on the materials development and the practical implementation of soft wearables in real-life situations towards ambulatory health care and the Internet of Things.