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Zequn Cui

Associate Professor

Master tutor

  • zqcui@suda.edu.cn
Educational experience
Dr. Cui received his Ph.D degree in December 2016 from the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) at Soochow University, under the supervision of Professor Lifeng Chi,academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He conducted postdoctoral research from May 2017 to July 2024 at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, under the supervision of Professor Xiaodong Chen, Editor-in-Chief of ACS Nano. In August 2024, he joined the Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials at Soochow University.
Research areas and achievements
Dr. Cui has been focusing on research in atomic force microscopy characterization and flexible electronics, possessing a multidisciplinary background in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials science, and chemistry, as well as interdisciplinary research experience in areas such as nano-characterization, flexible devices, and mechanical equipment. He is a certified expert in scanning probe microscopy, holds one PCT patent (Publication No: WO2022/119502), and has published 31 papers in international academic journals, including Nature Electronics, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Applied Physics Letters etc.. He has received the Third Prize of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Award and serves as a guest editor for Frontiers in Materials and a reviewer for ACS Nano.
Research group
Prof. Lifeng Chi’s Research Group
Research focus and recruitment background
Bionic Flexible Tactile Sensors and the applications in medical and healthcare:

• Flexible and stretchable strain sensors;
• Flexible and stretchable pressure sensors;

Tactile sensors are listed as one of China’s 35 “bottleneck” technologies. Research in this area is of significant importance for breaking foreign technology monopolies and developing core technologies with independent intellectual property rights. Flexible electronics is an application-oriented, cutting-edge interdisciplinary field that integrates disciplines such as science, engineering, and medicine, allowing students from various backgrounds to find their niche. Based on flexible electronics research, we explore the mysteries of nature, developing bionic flexible tactile sensors that can mimic the function of the sense of human touch. This not only aligns with national science and technology development strategies but also promotes advancements in high technology, improving people’s quality of life and providing tangible conveniences in daily life. We warmly welcome students from science, engineering, and medical backgrounds who have a curiosity for nature and science to apply.
Representative papers (共同一作#，通讯作者*)

  1. Z. Cui#, W. Wang#, H. Xia#, C. Wang, J. Tu, S. Ji, J. M. R. Tan, Z. Liu, F. Zhang, W. Li, Z. Lv, Z. Li, W. Guo, N. Y. Koh, K. B. Ng, X. Feng, Y. Zheng*, X. Chen*, Freestanding and Scalable Force-softness Bimodal Sensor Arrays for Haptically Body Feature Identification. Advanced Materials 34, 2207016 (2022). doi.org/10.1002/adma.202207016.

  2. Z. Cui, W. Wang, L. Guo, Z. Liu, P. Cai, Y. Cui, T. Wang, C. Wang, M. Zhu, Y. Zhou, W. Liu, Y. Zheng, G. Deng*, C. Xu*, X. Chen*, Haptically quantifying Young's modulus of soft materials using a self-locked stretchable strain sensor.Advanced Materials 34, 2104078 (2022) (Cover). doi.org/10.1002/adma.202104078.

  3. T. Wang#, Z. Cui# , Y. Liu*, D. Lu, M. Wang, C. Wan, W. R. Leow, C. Wang, L. Pan, X. Cao, Y. Huang, Z. Liu, A. L. Y. Tok, X. Chen*, Mechanically Durable Memristor Arrays Based on a Discrete Structure Design. Advanced Materials 34, 2106212 (2022). doi.org/10.1002/adma.202106212.

  4. Z. Cui, J. Sun, D. Landerer, C. Sprau, R. Thelen, A. Colsmann, H. Hölscher*, W. Ma*, L. Chi*, Seeing down to the bottom: Nondestructive inspection of all-polymer solar cells by Kelvin probe force microscopy.Advanced Materials Interfaces 3, 1600446 (2016) (Cover). doi.org/10.1002/admi.201600446.

  5. Z.-Q. Cui, S. Wang, J.-M. Chen, X. Gao, B. Dong, L.-F. Chi*, S.-D. Wang*, Direct probing of electron and hole trapping into nano-floating-gate in organic field-effect transistor nonvolatile memories. Applied Physics Letters 106, 35-31 (2015). doi.org/10.1063/1.4916511.

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