{"id":20220,"date":"2026-06-05T16:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/?page_id=20220"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:23:16","slug":"flexible-electronics-and-biomaterials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/flexible-electronics-and-biomaterials\/","title":{"rendered":"FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND BIOMATERIALS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tFLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND BIO MATERIALS\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\tShow me more&#8230;    \u25bc\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-research\"><li id=\"menu-item-20249\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/ai-for-materials\/\">ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MATERIALS<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20245\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/electric-energy-storage\/\">ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20269\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/flexible-electronics-and-biomaterials\/\">FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND BIOMATERIALS<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20271\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/low-carbon-energy-conversion\/\">LOW CARBON ENERGY CONVERSION<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20272\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/low-dimension-quantum-materials\/\">LOW-DIMENSION AND QUANTUM MATERIALS<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20273\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/microelectronics-and-optoelectronics\/\">MICROELECTRONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<p>Functional soft materials such as elastomers, hydrogels and ionic gels that are used in\u00a0wearable electronics to monitor our health, diagnose diseases, or for implant devices have gained importance in our daily life, in particularly, with the increase of\u00a0ageing population. At MSE, our strength lies in physical chemistry of soft materials, materials-biological materials interfaces, sensor and actuator, and devices.<\/p>\n<p>We conduct innovative research in these areas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hyper-elastic, ultra-tough hydrogels \/ionic gels could be used as contact lens, soft or hard tissue replacement.<\/li>\n<li>Highly conductive hydrogels that match the mechanical characteristic of soft tissue could be used for implantable microelectronics for in-situ monitoring.<\/li>\n<li>Soft materials that are safe for human-machine interactions with a high brightness under maximum strain could be used for stretchable optoelectronic, and<\/li>\n<li>Triboelectric nanogenerator with ultrahigh triboelectric charge density could be used for self-powered sensor networks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/tee-chee-keong-benjamin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Tough-Polymer-and-Gels-square-0ea6fd0bb561c4e3dc573a556d44cb44-.jpg\" alt=\"Tough Polymer and Gels\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" title=\"Tough Polymer and Gels\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/tee-chee-keong-benjamin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Tee<\/a><\/h3><p>From Sci-Fi to Reality<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/tee-chee-keong-benjamin\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/andreeva-baeumler-daria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Daria-square-a6616484e714fc9460b2ab95736166a5-.png\" alt=\"Daria\" height=\"524\" width=\"528\" title=\"Daria\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/andreeva-baeumler-daria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daria V. Andreeva<\/a><\/h3><p>2D Organic &#8211; Inorganic Composites, Membranes<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/andreeva-baeumler-daria\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/he-chaobin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/bb-plugin\/cache\/He-Chaobin-square-0c557b0fbca1b51f08448c9a117499c5-.png\" alt=\"Hydrogel\" height=\"446\" width=\"542\" title=\"Hydrogel\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/he-chaobin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He ChaobinN<\/a><\/h3><p>Functional Nanocomposites<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/he-chaobin\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/tural-khudiyev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Tural_Khudiyev-square-3155e9e29396d010920754c15e525258-.png\" alt=\"Tural_Khudiyev\" height=\"622\" width=\"654\" title=\"Tural_Khudiyev\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/tural-khudiyev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tural Khudiyev<\/a><\/h3>Implantable and wearable flexible electronics<br \/>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/tural-khudiyev\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/changsheng-wu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/bb-plugin\/cache\/wu_changsheng-square-588db1a58f08d31b7229151c04ecb2d4-.png\" alt=\"wu_changsheng\" height=\"622\" width=\"654\" title=\"wu_changsheng\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/changsheng-wu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wu Changsheng<\/a><\/h3><p>Adaptive Physical Intelligence<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/changsheng-wu\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/mingchao-zhang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/bb-plugin\/cache\/zhang_mingchao-square-991705b0656fc5322df334ececb7d068-.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"622\" width=\"654\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/mingchao-zhang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zhang Mingchao<\/a><\/h3><p>Advanced Manufacturing and Smart Soft Matter<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/staff\/mingchao-zhang\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND BIO MATERIALS Show me more&#8230; \u25bc ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MATERIALS ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND BIOMATERIALS LOW CARBON ENERGY CONVERSION LOW-DIMENSION AND QUANTUM MATERIALS MICROELECTRONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS Functional soft materials such as elastomers, hydrogels and ionic gels that are used in\u00a0wearable electronics to monitor our health, diagnose diseases, or for implant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20284,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20220\/revisions\/20284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/mse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}