Papers
15
Total Citations
1,724
H-Index
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About
Ying-Chih Lai is a leading researcher in soft and stretchable electronics, energy harvesting, and self-powered sensing systems. His work focuses on developing intelligent materials and devices that can mimic or surpass the capabilities of natural skin and biological systems. Lai’s major contributions include pioneering the first transformable smart energy harvester using shape memory polymers (359 citations), creating highly sensitive triboelectric proximity- and pressure-sensing skins for soft robots (343 citations), and developing ultrasoft liquid metal elastomer foams for tactile sensing (231 citations). He has also advanced self-healing, transparent, and superstretchable triboelectric nanogenerators (179 citations) and cloth-based electronic skins with extraordinary sensitivity (159 citations). His research has been widely recognized, with several papers accumulating hundreds of citations, reflecting significant impact in the fields of wearable electronics, soft robotics, and human-machine interfaces. Notable achievements include his work on deformable triboelectric nanogenerators from recycled coffee waste and synergistic hybrid nanogenerators for ambient energy harvesting. Lai’s innovative approaches are shaping the future of autonomous, self-powered electronic skins and responsive soft robots.
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- 4Energy Harvesting and Storage with Soft and Stretchable Materials190 citations · 2021
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- 8Triboelectric nanogenerators enabled sensing and actuation for robotics92 citations · 2019
- 9Highly Stretchable Label‐like Random Laser on Universal Substrates36 citations · 2016
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