Publications:

At Purdue:

1. M. Lee, M. Sotzing, J. Wang, A. Chortos, "Hybrid 3D printing of bio-inspired artificial slowly adapting type II afferents", Nat. Commun. 16, 8513 (2025)

2. Z. Ma, J. Wang, L. Qin, A. Chortos, "3D printing in biofabrication: From surface textures to biological engineering", Chem. Eng. J. 500, 156477 (2024)

3. J. Wang, D. Sarkar, J. Suo, A. Chortos, "Harnessing Deep Learning of Point Clouds for Morphology Mimicking of Universal 3D Shape-Morphing Devices", Adv. Intell. Syst. 2400550 (2024).

4. J. Wang, A. Chortos, "Performance metrics for shape-morphing devices", Nat. Rev. Mater. 9, 738–751 (2024).

5. D. Sarkar, J. Wang, A. Chortos, "Crosstalk Analysis in Passively Addressed Soft Resistive Heating Arrays", IEEE J. Multiscale Multiphys. Comput. Tech. 9, 353–385 (2024).

6.J. Wang, D. Sarkar, A. Mohan, M. Lee, Z. Ma, A. Chortos, "Deep learning for strain field customization in bioreactor with dielectric elastomer actuator array", Cyborg Bionic Syst. 5, 0155 (2024).

7.V. Pecunia, [...], A. Chortos, [...], W.L. Leong, "Roadmap on printable electronic materials for next-generation sensors", Nano Futures 8, 032001 (2024).

8. M. Firoozan, M. Baniassadi, M. Baghani, A. Chortos, "In silico optimization of aligned fiber electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators", Sci. Rep. 14, 4703 (2024).

9. J. Wang, A. Chatterjee, C. Zigan, M. Alborn, D.D. Chan, A. Chortos, "Pneumatic non-equibiaxial cell stretching device with live-cell imaging", IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 71, 820–830 (2023).

10. J. Wang, M. Sotzing, M. Lee, A. Chortos, "Passively addressed robotic morphing surface (PARMS) based on machine learning", Sci. Adv. 9, eadg8019 (2023).

11. Y. Luo, [...], A. Chortos, [...], X. Chen, "Technology roadmap for flexible sensors", ACS Nano 17, 1970–2056 (2023).

12. N.M. Larson, J. Mueller, A. Chortos, Z.S. Davidson, D.R. Clarke, J.A. Lewis, "Rotational multimaterial printing of filaments with subvoxel control", Nature 613, 682–688 (2023).

13. A. Chortos, "High current hydrogels: Biocompatible electromechanical energy sources", Cell 185, 2653–2654 (2022).

14. J. Wang, A. Chortos, "Control strategies for soft robot systems", Adv. Intell. Syst. 4, 2100165 (2022).

15. A. Chortos, "Extrusion 3D printing of conjugated polymers", J. Polym. Sci. 60, 486–503 (2022).

16. K. Cheng, A. Chortos, J.A. Lewis, D.R. Clarke, "Photoswitchable covalent adaptive networks based on thiol–ene elastomers", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 14, 4552–4561 (2022).

17. J. Wang, J. Suo, A. Chortos, "Design of fully controllable and continuous programmable surface based on machine learning", IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett. 7, 549–556 (2021).

Before Purdue:

1. A. Chortos, J. Mao, J. Mueller, E. Hajiesmaili, J.A. Lewis, D.R. Clarke, "Printing reconfigurable bundles of dielectric elastomer fibers", Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2010643 (2021).

2. L. Jin, A. Chortos, F. Lian, E. Pop, C. Linder, Z. Bao, W. Cai, "Microstructural origin of resistance–strain hysteresis in carbon nanotube thin film conductors", Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 118, e2103608118 (2021).

3. A. Chortos, E. Hajiesmaili, J. Morales, D.R. Clarke, J.A. Lewis, "3D printing of interdigitated dielectric elastomer actuators", Adv. Funct. Mater. 30, 1907375 (2020).

4. E. Hajiesmaili, E. Khare, A. Chortos, J. Lewis, D.R. Clarke, "Voltage-controlled morphing of dielectric elastomer circular sheets into conical surfaces", Extreme Mech. Lett. 30, 100504 (2019).

5. C.M. Boutry, M. Negre, M. Jorda, O. Vardoulis, A. Chortos, O. Khatib, Z. Bao, "A hierarchically patterned, bioinspired e-skin able to detect the direction of applied pressure for robotics", Sci. Robot. 3, eaau6914 (2018).

6. Y. Kim, A. Chortos, W. Xu, Y. Liu, J.Y. Oh, D. Son, J. Kang, A.M. Foudeh, C. Zhu, Y. Lee, S. Niu, J. Liu, R. Pfattner, Z. Bao, T.-W. Lee, "A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve", Science 360, 998–1003 (2018).

7. C.M. Boutry, Y. Kaizawa, B.C. Schroeder, A. Chortos, A. Legrand, Z. Wang, J. Chang, P. Fox, Z. Bao, "A stretchable and biodegradable strain and pressure sensor for orthopaedic application", Nat. Electron. 1, 314–321 (2018).

8. C. Zhu, A. Chortos, Y. Wang, R. Pfattner, T. Lei, A.C. Hinckley, I. Pochorovski, X. Yan, J.W.-F. To, J.Y. Oh, J.B.-H. Tok, Z. Bao, B. Murmann, "Stretchable temperature-sensing circuits with strain suppression based on carbon nanotube transistors", Nat. Electron. 1, 183–190 (2018).

9. L. Jin, A. Chortos, F. Lian, E. Pop, C. Linder, Z. Bao, W. Cai, "Microstructural origin of resistance–strain hysteresis in carbon nanotube thin film conductors", Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 115, 1986–1991 (2018).

10. A.D. Valentine, T.A. Busbee, J.W. Boley, J.R. Raney, A. Chortos, A. Kotikian, J.D. Berrigan, M.F. Durstock, J.A. Lewis, "Hybrid 3D printing of soft electronics", Adv. Mater. 29, 1703817 (2017).

11. N. Liu, A. Chortos, T. Lei, L. Jin, T.R. Kim, W.-G. Bae, C. Zhu, S. Wang, R. Pfattner, X. Chen, R. Sinclair, Z. Bao, "Ultratransparent and stretchable graphene electrodes", Sci. Adv. 3, e1700159 (2017).

12. A. Chortos, C. Zhu, J.Y. Oh, X. Yan, I. Pochorovski, J.W.-F. To, N. Liu, U. Kraft, B. Murmann, Z. Bao, "Investigating limiting factors in stretchable all-carbon transistors for reliable stretchable electronics", ACS Nano 11, 7925–7937 (2017).

13. A. Chortos, I. Pochorovski, P. Lin, G. Pitner, X. Yan, T.Z. Gao, J.W.F. To, T. Lei, J.W. Will III, H.-S.P. Wong, Z. Bao, "Universal selective dispersion of semiconducting carbon nanotubes from commercial sources using a supramolecular polymer", ACS Nano 11, 5660–5669 (2017).

14. J.Y. Oh, S. Rondeau-Gagné, Y.-C. Chiu, A. Chortos, F. Lissel, G.-J.N. Wang, B.C. Schroeder, T. Kurosawa, J. Lopez, T. Katsumata, J. Xu, C. Zhu, X. Gu, W.-G. Bae, Y. Kim, L. Jin, J.W. Chung, J.B.-H. Tok, Z. Bao, "Intrinsically stretchable and healable semiconducting polymer for organic transistors", Nature 539, 411–415 (2016).

15. A. Chortos, J. Liu & Z. Bao, "Pursuing prosthetic electronic skin", Nat. Mater. 15, 937–950 (2016).

16. D. Kong, R. Pfattner, A. Chortos, C. Lu, A. C. Hinckley, C. Wang, W.-Y. Lee, J. W. Chung & Z. Bao,
"Capacitance characterization of elastomeric dielectrics for applications in intrinsically stretchable thin film transistors", Adv. Funct. Mater. 26, 4680–4686 (2016).

17. A. Chortos, G. I. Koleilat, R. Pfattner, D. Kong, P. Lin, R. Nur, T. Lei, H. Wang, N. Liu, Y.-C. Lai, M.-G. Kim, J. W. Chung, S. Lee & Z. Bao, "Mechanically durable and highly stretchable transistors employing carbon nanotube semiconductor and electrodes", Adv. Mater. 28, 4441–4448 (2016).

18. Y.-L. Rao, A. Chortos, R. Pfattner, F. Lissel, Y.-C. Chiu, V. Feig, J. Xu, T. Kurosawa, X. Gu, C. Wang, M. He, J. W. Chung & Z. Bao, "Stretchable self-healing polymeric dielectrics cross-linked through metal–ligand coordination", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 6020–6027 (2016).

19. C. M. Boutry, A. Nguyen, Q. O. Lawal, A. Chortos, S. Rondeau-Gagné & Z. Bao, "A sensitive and biodegradable pressure sensor array for cardiovascular monitoring", Adv. Mater. 27, 6954–6961 (2015).

20. C. M. Boutry, A. Nguyen, Q. O. Lawal, A. Chortos & Z. Bao, "Fully biodegradable pressure sensor, viscoelastic behavior of PGS dielectric elastomer upon degradation", Proc. IEEE Sensors 1–4 (2015).

21. B. C.-K. Tee, A. Chortos, A. Berndt, A. K. Nguyen, A. Tom, A. McGuire, Z. C. Lin, K. Tien, W.-G. Bae, H. Wang, P. Mei, H.-H. Chou, B. Cui, K. Deisseroth, T. N. Ng & Z. Bao, "A skin-inspired organic digital mechanoreceptor", Science 350, 313–316 (2015).

22. H.-H. Chou, A. Nguyen, A. Chortos, J. W.-F. To, C. Lu, J. Mei, T. Kurosawa, W.-G. Bae, J. B.-H. Tok & Z. Bao, "A chameleon-inspired stretchable electronic skin with interactive colour changing controlled by tactile sensing", Nat. Commun. 6, 8011 (2015).

23. C. Pang, J. H. Koo, A. Nguyen, J. M. Caves, M.-G. Kim, A. Chortos, K. Kim, P. J. Wang, J. B.-H. Tok & Z. Bao, "Highly skin-conformal microhairy sensor for pulse signal amplification", Adv. Mater. 27, 634–640 (2015).

24. L. Y. Chen, B. C.-K. Tee, A. L. Chortos, G. Schwartz, V. Tse, D. J. Lipomi, H.-S. P. Wong, M. V. McConnell & Z. Bao, "Continuous wireless pressure monitoring and mapping with ultra-small passive sensors for health monitoring and critical care", Nat. Commun. 5, 5028 (2014).

25. B. C.-K. Tee, A. Chortos, R. R. Dunn, G. Schwartz, E. Eason & Z. Bao, "Tunable flexible pressure sensors using microstructured elastomer geometries for intuitive electronics", Adv. Funct. Mater. 24, 5427–5434 (2014).

26. A. Chortos & Z. Bao, "Skin-inspired electronic devices", Mater. Today 17, 321–331 (2014).

27. H.-C. Wu, S. J. Benight, A. Chortos, W.-Y. Lee, J. Mei, J. W.-F. To, C. Lu, M. He, J. B.-H. Tok, W.-C. Chen & Z. Bao, "A rapid and facile soft contact lamination method: evaluation of polymer semiconductors for stretchable transistors", Chem. Mater. 26, 4544–4551 (2014).

28. A. Chortos, J. Lim, J. W.-F. To, M. Vosgueritchian, T. J. Dusseault, T.-H. Kim, S. Hwang & Z. Bao, "Highly stretchable transistors using a microcracked organic semiconductor", Adv. Mater. 26, 4253–4259 (2014).

29. L. Pan, A. Chortos, G. Yu, Y. Wang, S. Isaacson, R. Allen, Y. Shi, R. Dauskardt & Z. Bao, "An ultra-sensitive resistive pressure sensor based on hollow-sphere microstructure induced elasticity in conducting polymer film", Nat. Commun. 5, 3002 (2014).

30. M. L. Hammock, A. Chortos, B. C-K. Tee, J. B-H. Tok & Z. Bao, "25th anniversary article: the evolution of electronic skin (e-skin): a brief history, design considerations, and recent progress", Adv. Mater. 25, 5997–6038 (2013).