Zhen Wen, Professor
Education and Work Experience
2023.07~Now Professor in Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
2022.07~2023.06 Research Professor in Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
2018.09~2022.06 Research Associate Professor in Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
2016.09~2018.08 Research Assistant 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] 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.
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] 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, 47, 2406235.
[5] 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, 2415386.
[6] Ningning Zhai, Zhen Wen*, Xiaoping Chen, Aimin Wei, Mo Sha, Jingjing Fu, Yina Liu, Jun Zhong* and Xuhui Sun*. Blue Energy Collection toward All-Hours Self-Powered Chemical Energy Conversion. Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10(33), 2001041.
[7] Xinkai Xie, Qinan Wang, Chun Zhao*, Jiayou Huang, Junyan Li, Xin Tu, Baoqing Nie, Xuhui Sun, Yina Liu, Qilei Sun, Eng Gee Lim, Zhen Wen* and Zhong Lin Wang*. Neuromorphic-Computing-Assisted Triboelectric-Capacitive-Coupled Tactile Sensor Array for Wireless Mixed Reality Interaction. ACS Nano, 2024, 18(26), 17041-17052.
[9] Hao Lei, Yixin Cao, Guoxuan Sun, Peihao Huang, Xiyin Xue, Bohan Lu, Jiawei Yan, 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] Haicheng Gu, Bohan Lu, Zhenqiu Gao, Shaokuan Wu, Liming Zhang, Lingjie Xie, Jixin Yi, Yina Liu, Baoqing Nie, Zhen Wen* and Xuhui Sun*. A Battery-Free Wireless Tactile Sensor for Multimodal Force Perception. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34 (52), 2410661.
[10] Hao Shen, Hao Lei, Mingwei Gu, Sheng Miao, Zhenqiu Gao, Xuhui Sun, Lining Sun, Guanyu Chen, Haibo Huang*, Liguo Chen* and Zhen Wen*. A Wearable Electrowetting on Dielectrics Sensor for Real-time Human Sweat Monitor by Triboelectric Field Regulation. Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32(34), 2204525
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
