Zhibin Zhang
Researcher at Department of Electrical Engineering; Integrated Smart Systems Technology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 31 46
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 08 20
- E-mail:
- zhibin.zhang@angstrom.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångström, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 65
751 03 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- Docent in Engineering Science with Specialization in Electronics
Short presentation
Senior Researcher, Docent (Associate Professor) in engineering physics, Research Group Leader of Flexible Electronics & Neuromorphic Engineering (FENE) at the Department of Electrical Engineering. His current research focuses on flexible devices for sensing and energy harvesting, neuromorphic engineering for sygnal processing, and brain-inspired AI for efficient learning for healthcare, homecare and robotic applications.
Biography
He received his MSc in Physics at Lanzhou University, China, and PhD at Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, CAS, China. After getting his PhD, he had worked at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, for eight years before joining UU.
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Publications
Selection of publications
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Spike timing–based coding in neuromimetic tactile system enables dynamic object classification
Part of Science, p. 660-665, 2024
- DOI for Spike timing–based coding in neuromimetic tactile system enables dynamic object classification
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Artificial tactile peripheral nervous system supported by self-power transducers
Part of Nano Energy, 2021
- DOI for Artificial tactile peripheral nervous system supported by self-power transducers
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 6448-6455, 2019
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Part of Nano Energy, p. 89-94, 2018
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Stretchable thermoelectric generators metallized with liquid alloy
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 15791-15797, 2017
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Scalable inkjet printing of shear-exfoliated graphene transparent conductive films
Part of Carbon, p. 51-57, 2016
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A two-in-one process for reliable graphene transistors processed with photolithography
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2015
- DOI for A two-in-one process for reliable graphene transistors processed with photolithography
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Solution-Processed Logic Gates Based On Nanotube/Polymer Composite
Part of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, p. 2542-2547, 2013
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Thermal ageing of electrical conductivity in carbon nanotube/polyaniline composite films
Part of Carbon, p. 270-277, 2013
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Flexible UHF resistive humidity sensors based on carbon nanotubes
Part of IEEE Sensors Journal, p. 2844-2850, 2012
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A graphene field-effect capacitor sensor in electrolyte
Part of Applied Physics Letters, p. 154106, 2012
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SMALL-Hysteresis Thin-Film Transistors Achieved by Facile Dip-Coating of Nanotube/Polymer Composite
Part of Advanced Materials, p. 3633-3638, 2012
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Solution-Processable Nanotube/Polymer Composite for High-Performance TFTs
Part of IEEE Electron Device Letters, p. 1299-1301, 2011
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Morphological development of nanofibrillar composites of polyaniline and carbon nanotubes
Part of Synthetic metals, p. 664-668, 2010
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Part of IEEE Electron Device Letters, p. 1302-1304, 2009
Recent publications
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Part of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2025
- DOI for An Intrinsically Knowledge-Transferring Developmental Spiking Neural Network for Tactile Classification
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Ion-assisted sputter-deposition of superconducting NbN thin films on silicon
Part of Superconductors Science and Technology, 2025
- DOI for Ion-assisted sputter-deposition of superconducting NbN thin films on silicon
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Insights into the surface of mesoporous nickel oxide and its interaction with oxygen and water
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 12762-12773, 2025
- DOI for Insights into the surface of mesoporous nickel oxide and its interaction with oxygen and water
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Efficient Data Compression based on Run-length Coding for Electronic Skins
Part of 2024 IEEE 24th International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), p. 83-87, 2024
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Monolithic Carbon Nanotube Film Thermoelectric Generator
Part of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, p. 1179-1184, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2025
- DOI for An Intrinsically Knowledge-Transferring Developmental Spiking Neural Network for Tactile Classification
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Ion-assisted sputter-deposition of superconducting NbN thin films on silicon
Part of Superconductors Science and Technology, 2025
- DOI for Ion-assisted sputter-deposition of superconducting NbN thin films on silicon
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Insights into the surface of mesoporous nickel oxide and its interaction with oxygen and water
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 12762-12773, 2025
- DOI for Insights into the surface of mesoporous nickel oxide and its interaction with oxygen and water
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Monolithic Carbon Nanotube Film Thermoelectric Generator
Part of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, p. 1179-1184, 2024
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Spike timing–based coding in neuromimetic tactile system enables dynamic object classification
Part of Science, p. 660-665, 2024
- DOI for Spike timing–based coding in neuromimetic tactile system enables dynamic object classification
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Intrinsically stretchable tribotronic mechanoplastic artificial synapse
Part of Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024
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Part of Acta Materialia, 2024
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Part of Small, 2023
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Surfactant-free starch-graphene composite films as simultaneous oxygen and water vapour barriers
Part of npj 2D Materials and Applications, 2022
- DOI for Surfactant-free starch-graphene composite films as simultaneous oxygen and water vapour barriers
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Highly Conductive Films by Rapid Photonic Annealing of Inkjet Printable Starch–Graphene Ink
Part of Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 10517-10525, 2022
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Autogenic electrolysis of water powered by solar and mechanical energy
Part of Nano Energy, 2022
- DOI for Autogenic electrolysis of water powered by solar and mechanical energy
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Surfactant-Free Stabilization of Aqueous Graphene Dispersions Using Starch as a Dispersing Agent
Part of ACS Omega, p. 12050-12062, 2021
- DOI for Surfactant-Free Stabilization of Aqueous Graphene Dispersions Using Starch as a Dispersing Agent
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Artificial tactile peripheral nervous system supported by self-power transducers
Part of Nano Energy, 2021
- DOI for Artificial tactile peripheral nervous system supported by self-power transducers
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 11067-11077, 2021
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Simultaneous exfoliation and colloidal formation of few-layer semiconducting MoS2 sheets in water
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 2035-2038, 2020
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Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2020
- DOI for High thermoelectric power factor of p-type amorphous silicon thin films dispersed with ultrafine silicon nanocrystals
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Nitrogen-doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Hydrogel Achieved via a One-Step Hydrothermal Process
Part of ChemNanoMat, p. 1144-1151, 2019
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Graphene and Flavin Mononucleotide Interaction in Aqueous Graphene Dispersions
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 26282-26288, 2019
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Part of ACS Applied Energy Materials, p. 4234-4243, 2019
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Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 6448-6455, 2019
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High-Conductivity Reduced-Graphene-Oxide/Copper Aerogel for Energy Storage
Part of Nano Energy, p. 760-767, 2019
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Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2019
- DOI for The control of thermal conductivity through coherent and incoherent phonon scattering in 2-dimensional phononic crystals by incorporating elements of self-similarity
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Mechanistic Insights into Solid-State p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 26151-26160, 2019
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Part of Nano Energy, p. 89-94, 2018
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Part of ChemNanoMat, p. 1145-1152, 2018
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Ultrafast dye regeneration in a core-shell NiO-dye-TiO2 mesoporous film
Part of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, p. 36-40, 2018
- DOI for Ultrafast dye regeneration in a core-shell NiO-dye-TiO2 mesoporous film
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Solid state p-type dye sensitized NiO-dye-TiO2 core-shell solar cells
Part of Chemical Communications, p. 3739-3742, 2018
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Protein sensing beyond the Debye Length Using Graphene Field-effect Transistors
Part of IEEE Sensors Journal, p. 6497-6503, 2018
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Re-organized graphene nanoplatelet thin films achieved by a two-step hydraulic method
Part of Diamond and related materials, p. 141-145, 2018
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Part of Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2018
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Ultrastrong translucent glass ceramic with nanocrystalline, biomimetic structure
Part of Nano letters (Print), p. 7146-7154, 2018
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Prominent Electrochromism Achieved Using Aluminum Ion Insertion/Extraction in Amorphous WO3 Films
Part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, p. 19037-19043, 2018
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Mechanistic Insights into the Coloration, Evolution, and Degradation of NiOx Electrochromic Anodes
Part of Inorganic Chemistry, p. 8874-8880, 2018
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Vacancy dependent electrochromic behaviors of NiOx anodes: As a single layer and in devices
Part of Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, p. 193-199, 2018
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Stretchable thermoelectric generators metallized with liquid alloy
Part of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, p. 15791-15797, 2017
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Part of Carbon, p. 77-83, 2017
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Raman spectroscopy of carbon nano-particles synthesized by laser ablation of graphite in water
Part of Revista mexicana de física, p. 71-75, 2017
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Part of Ionics (Kiel), p. 2185-2191, 2017
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On Monolayer Formation of Pyrenebutyric Acid on Graphene
Part of Langmuir, p. 3588-3593, 2017
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Efficient and thermally stable iodine doping of printed graphene nano-platelets
Part of Carbon, p. 240-245, 2017
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Toward synthesis of oxide films on graphene with sputtering based processes
Part of Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 2016
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Defect formation in graphene during low-energy ion bombardment
Part of APL Materials, 2016
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Inkjet printing of electrochemically-exfoliated graphene nano-platelets
Part of Synthetic metals, p. 318-322, 2016
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Scalable inkjet printing of shear-exfoliated graphene transparent conductive films
Part of Carbon, p. 51-57, 2016
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Part of Microwave and optical technology letters (Print), p. 754-759, 2016
- DOI for Antennas on Paper Using Ink-Jet Printing of Nano-Silver Particles for Wireless Sensor Networks in Train Environment
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Scalable residue-free graphene for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Part of Carbon, p. 567-571, 2016
- DOI for Scalable residue-free graphene for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
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Phosphate-induced fluorescence of a tetraphenylethene-substituted tripodal tris(urea) receptor
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 7360-7365, 2016
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2015
- DOI for Mechanically Stretchable and Electrically Insulating Thermal Elastomer Composite by Liquid Alloy Droplet Embedment
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Encapsulation of Halocarbons in a Tetrahedral Anion Cage
Part of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, p. 8658-8661, 2015
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A two-in-one process for reliable graphene transistors processed with photolithography
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2015
- DOI for A two-in-one process for reliable graphene transistors processed with photolithography
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Liquid-phase and solid-phase microwave irradiations for reduction of graphite oxide
Part of Chinese Physics B, p. 128101, 2014
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Part of Synthetic metals, p. 71-76, 2014
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Graphene as a Diffusion Barrier in Galinstan-Solid Metal Contacts
Part of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, p. 2996-3000, 2014
- DOI for Graphene as a Diffusion Barrier in Galinstan-Solid Metal Contacts
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Part of NANO ENERGY, p. 33-41, 2014
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Solution-Processed Logic Gates Based On Nanotube/Polymer Composite
Part of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, p. 2542-2547, 2013
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Ultra-shallow junctions formed using microwave annealing
Part of Applied Physics Letters, p. 122114, 2013
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Thermal ageing of electrical conductivity in carbon nanotube/polyaniline composite films
Part of Carbon, p. 270-277, 2013
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Part of Materials, p. 327-335, 2012
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Formations and morphological stabilities of ultrathin CoSi2 films
Part of Chinese Physics B, 2012
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Phase formation and film morphology of ultrathin Co1-xNixSi2 films
Part of Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A. Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 2012
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An extensive Raman spectroscopic investigation of ultrathin Co1-xNixSi2 films grown on Si(100)
Part of Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A. Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 2012
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Conformal Ni-silicide formation over three-dimensional device structures
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2012
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Flexible UHF resistive humidity sensors based on carbon nanotubes
Part of IEEE Sensors Journal, p. 2844-2850, 2012
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A graphene field-effect capacitor sensor in electrolyte
Part of Applied Physics Letters, p. 154106, 2012
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SMALL-Hysteresis Thin-Film Transistors Achieved by Facile Dip-Coating of Nanotube/Polymer Composite
Part of Advanced Materials, p. 3633-3638, 2012
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Characterization of Ni(Si,Ge) films on epitaxial SiGe(100) formed by microwave annealing
Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2012
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Influence of surface preparation on atomic layer deposition of Pt films
Part of Journal of Semiconductors, 2012
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Ink-jet printed thin-film transistors with carbon nanotube channels shaped in long strips
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, 2011
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On Gate Capacitance of Nanotube Networks
Part of IEEE Electron Device Letters, p. 641-643, 2011
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Solution-Processable Nanotube/Polymer Composite for High-Performance TFTs
Part of IEEE Electron Device Letters, p. 1299-1301, 2011
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Mobility Extraction for Nanotube TFTs
Part of IEEE Electron Device Letters, p. 913-915, 2011
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Charge-Injection-Induced Time Decay in Carbon Nanotube Network-Based FETs
Part of IEEE Electron Device Letters, p. 1098-1100, 2010
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Morphological development of nanofibrillar composites of polyaniline and carbon nanotubes
Part of Synthetic metals, p. 664-668, 2010
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Part of IEEE Electron Device Letters, p. 1302-1304, 2009
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Germanium-induced texture and preferential orientation of NiSi1-xGex layers on Si1-xGex
Part of Physical Review B, p. 235307-1-235307-11, 2004
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Part of Journal of Applied Physics, p. 7179-7182, 2004
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Morphological instability of NiSi1-uGeu on singel-crystal and polycrystalline Si1-xGex
Part of Journal of Applied Physics, p. 1919-1928, 2004
Articles, review/survey
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Graphene related materials for thermal management
Part of 2D Materials, 2020
- DOI for Graphene related materials for thermal management
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Research progress of hydrogen tunneling in two-dimensional materials
Part of Wuli xuebao, 2017
Conference papers
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Efficient Data Compression based on Run-length Coding for Electronic Skins
Part of 2024 IEEE 24th International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), p. 83-87, 2024
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Screen Printed Conductive Composites with Reduced Graphene Oxide and Silver
Part of 2018 IMAPS Nordic Conference on Microelectronics Packaging (NordPac), p. 35-39, 2018
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Part of Optical Micro- And Nanometrology VI, 2016
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Doping effect on the opto-electrical properties of printed graphene transparent conductive films
2016
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Magnetron sputtering of InGaZnO and ZnSnO amorphous oxide semiconductors
Part of E-MRS Spring meeting 2015, May 11-15, Lille, France, 2015
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering of Graphene with and without Residues
2015
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Thermal Elastomer Composites for Soft Transducers
p. 1873-1876, 2015
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Production of transparent and conductive stable graphene ink for inkjet printing method
2015
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Soft Bendable Thermoelectric Generator for Uneven Surface Implementation
Part of 26th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop, 2015
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Ultra-low frequency P(VDF-TrFE) piedoelectric energy harvester on flexible substrate
p. 502-505, 2013
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Part of Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2012, San Francisco, April 9-13, 2012., 2012
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Evaluation of DC and AC performance of junctionless MOSFETs in the presence of variability
p. 1-4, 2011
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Thin-Film Field-Effect Transistors Based onComposites of Semiconducting Polymer andCarbon Nanotubes
2010