Organizers:
- Shanshan Yao, Stony Brook University
- Kaiyan Qiu, Washington State University
Description:
Flexible and stretchable electronics have witnessed remarkable advances over the past decade, evolving from devices with single functionality to integrated systems. Examples include flexible/stretchable sensors, soft actuators, soft displays, wearable energy devices, and soft bio-integrated systems. Soft electronics enable intimate integration of electronics with dynamic nonplanar surfaces (e.g., human skin and robotic surfaces), and thus allow for enhanced robustness under deformations and improved device performance. Soft electronics are quickly emerging and have demonstrated great potential in a broad range of applications.
This mini-symposium aims to provide a forum for showcasing the latest advancements, challenges, and future trends and directions in this fast-growing research field, highlighting the design, manufacturing, mechanics, modeling, analysis, characterization, and device applications of soft electronics. Of particular interest are efforts and strategies for biomedical applications, multifunctional electronic materials interfacing with biology, collaborations toward transformative healthcare technology and innovation, as well as sensors, actuators, and integration strategies for human-machine interaction and soft robotics.
This mini-symposium will also provide a forum for fostering cross-disciplinary interactions and collaborations in the field of soft electronics. This interdisciplinary symposium would bring together emerging and cutting-edge advancements at the intersection of materials science, mechanical engineering, nanotechnology, manufacturing, electrical engineering, and system engineering to shape the future of soft electronics.
Topics of interest:
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following areas:
- Functional soft materials and composites as building blocks for soft electronics;
- Design, mechanics, and modeling of smart structures for soft electronics;
- Material processing and device manufacturing techniques toward flexible/stretchable electronics and systems;
- Materials, design, and fabrication of soft physical, optical, and electrochemical biosensors;
- Materials, design, and fabrication of soft sensors, actuators, energy devices, and other components toward soft robotics;
- Experimental, theoretical, or modeling research toward the novel integration of soft electronics into advanced systems and hybrid electronics with soft electronics and conventional rigid electronics;
- Emerging applications and commercialization of flexible and stretchable devices, such as in healthcare, robotics, human-machine interaction, and entertainment;
- Artificial intelligence in soft sensors, soft actuators, and other soft electronics.