Welcome Academician Xiaodong Chen from Nanyang University of Technology to visit!

On September 10, 2023, at the invitation of Professor Xingyu Jiang from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Academician Xiaodong Chen from Nanyang University of Technology visited our department to give a lecture at the Southern University of Science and Technology. After the meeting, at the invitation of Associate Professor Kai Xiao, Academician Xiaodong Chen visited the laboratory of the research group and conducted scientific research discussions.

Professor Xiaodong Chen is currently the President's Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, and also serves as a Professor of Chemistry and Medicine. The main research directions include nanobiological interfaces, flexible electronic technology, digital sensing, and carbon reduction technology. Professor Chen has made outstanding contributions in the field of science and has won many awards, including the Singapore Presidential Science Award, the National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellowship Award and NRF Prize, the Friedrich William Bessel Research Award, and the Dan Medan Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Award. He is an academician of the National Academy of Sciences in Singapore, an academician of the Singapore Academy of Engineering, a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK, and a member of the Chinese Chemical Society. Professor Chen also serves on the editorial advisory board of renowned international journals, including Advanced Materials and Small. Currently, he is the editor in chief of ACS Nano, an important journal in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

The main content of this lecture is that emerging nanobiological interfaces create new opportunities for developing advanced sensing technologies with unparalleled sensitivity and specificity. In this speech, I will introduce the development of conformal nanobiological interfaces, which allow for seamless integration of nanoelectronic interfaces into biological systems to achieve digital perception and maintain functionality even in a deformed state. In addition, I will discuss the latest developments in biphasic nanodispersion (BIND) interfaces, which can reliably connect soft components, rigid components, and packaging modules. This interface is used to create stretchable devices for in vivo neuromodulation and recording of skin electromyography. Module integration improves signal quality and electrode performance, simplifying and accelerating the development of skin and implantable stretchable devices.