Zhen Wen, Professor
Education and Work Experience
2016.09~Now Professor in Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
2014.09~2016.02 Joint Ph.D. student, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (GT), Atlanta, US.
2011.08~2016.09 Ph.D. Degree, Materials Physical and Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (ZJU), Hangzhou, China.
2007.08~2011.06 B.S. Degree, Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), Xuzhou, China.
Research Interests
flexible electronics, nanogenerators, smart sensors and self-powered systems
Publications
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_AP52WgAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-6876
[1] Lingjie Xie, Bohan Lu, Zhengdi Sima, Yina Liu*, Haifeng Ji, Zhenqiu Gao, Peng Jiang, Harm Van Zalinge, Ivona Z Mitrovic, Xuhui Sun and Zhen Wen*. Mechanical-electric Dual Characteristics Solid-liquid Interfacing Sensor for Accurate Liquid Identification. Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1), 7069.
[2] Xuan Qin, Haoliang Shi, Hongyang Li, Binbin Chu, Jiawei Zhang, Zhen Wen*, Xuhui Sun*, Houyu Wang* and Yao He*. Wearable electrodriven switch actively delivers macromolecular drugs to fundus in non-invasive and controllable manners. Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1), 33.
[3] Weifeng Zhang, Xuan Qin, Gaocai Li, Xingyu Zhou, Hongyang Li, Di Wu, Yu Song, Kangcheng Zhao, Kun Wang, Xiaobo Feng, Lei Tan, Bingjin Wang*, Xuhui Sun*, Zhen Wen* and Cao Yang*. Self-powered triboelectric-responsive microneedles of optogenetically engineered-extracellular vesicle controllable release for intervertebral disc degeneration repair. Nature Communications, 2024, 15(1), 5736.
[4] Chen Chen, Zhen Wen*, Jihong Shi, Xiaohua Jian, Peiyang Li, John T. W. Yeow* and Xuhui Sun*. Micro Triboelectric Ultrasonic Device for Acoustic Energy Transfer and Signal Communication. Nature Communications, 2020, 11(1), 4143.
[5] Lingjie Xie, Hao Lei, Yina Liu*, Bohan Lu, Xuan Qin, Chengyi Zhu, Haifeng Ji, Zhenqiu Gao, Yifan Wang, Yangyang Lv, Chun Zhao, Ivona Z Mitrovic, Xuhui Sun and Zhen Wen*. Ultra-sensitive wearable pressure sensors with stress-concentrated tip-array design for long-term bimodal identification. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(45), 2406235.
[6] Shenjie Zhong, Bohan Lu, Duan-Chao Wang, Brian Arianpour, Shaolei Wang, Haiyu Han, Junyi Yin, Hong Bao, Yina Liu, Zhen Wen* and Yunlei Zhou*. Hierarchical aerogels assembled from hollow microfibers for thermoregulating flexible sensors. Advanced Materials, 2025, 37(38), 2507829.
[7] Zhenqiu Gao, Liming Zhang, Hao Lei, Yina Liu, Haicheng Gu, Lingjie Xie, Bohan Lu, Haifeng Ji, Zhen Wen* and Xuhui Sun*. A Hierarchical Contact–Electrification Interface Based on Gradient Micro-/Nanostructured Hydrogel for Cardiovascular Disease Monitoring. ACS Nano, 2025, 19(19), 18301-18312.
[8] Hao Lei, Yixin Cao, Guoxuan Sun, Peihao Huang, Xiyin Xue, Bohan Lu, Jiawei Yan, Yuxi Wang, Eng Gee Lim, Xin Tu, Yina Liu, Xuhui Sun, Chun Zhao* and Zhen Wen*. Mechano-Graded Contact-Electrification Interfaces to Extend the Highly Sensitive Linear Region of Artificial Mechanoreceptors. ACS Nano, 2025,19 (1), 1478-1489.
[9] Yunchu Shen, Zifan Jiang, Huacheng Huang, Shuai Wang, Shaokuan Wu, Jiayi Wang, Xuhui Sun, Yina Liu* and Zhen Wen*. Advances in Textile-based Triboelectric Sensors for Physiological Signal Monitoring. Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35(37), 2426081.
[10] Hao Lei, Zi-Yi Yin, Peihao Huang, Xu Gao, Chun Zhao, Zhen Wen*, Xuhui Sun* and Sui-Dong Wang*. Intelligent Tribotronic Transistors toward Tactile Near-Sensor Computing. Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35 (21), 2401913.
Contact Information
Office: Room 0113, Building 912, Dushuhu Campus, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Tel: 0512-65882490
E-mail: wenzhen2011@suda.edu.cn
Edited by Juan Yang