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Bowen Zhu is a researcher affiliated with Monash University in Australia. Their work spans multiple fields primarily within engineering and materials science, focusing largely on electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics including advanced memory and neural computing, advancements in battery materials, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, CCD and CMOS imaging sensors, thin-film transistor technologies, and analytical chemistry and sensors.

Zhu's recent notable papers include:

  • Fully Printed Optoelectronic Synaptic Transistors Based on Quantum Dot-Metal Oxide Semiconductor Heterojunctions (2022, ACS Nano)
  • A Skin-Inspired Artificial Mechanoreceptor for Tactile Enhancement and Integration (2021, ACS Nano)
  • Enabling low-drift flexible perovskite photodetectors by electrical modulation for wearable health monitoring and weak light imaging (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Realizing nearly-zero dark current and ultrahigh signal-to-noise ratio perovskite X-ray detector and image array by dark-current-shunting strategy (2023, Nature Communications)
  • A Soft Resistive Acoustic Sensor Based on Suspended Standing Nanowire Membranes with Point Crack Design (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)

Frequent co-authors in Zhu's research include:

  • Dingwei Li, with 43 collaborations
  • Huihui Ren, with 35 collaborations
  • Yitong Chen, with 28 collaborations
  • Kun Liang, with 27 collaborations
  • Yingjie Tang, with 25 collaborations

Zhu has been published frequently in several venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • IEEE Electron Device Letters (6 publications)
  • Small (5 publications)
  • ACS Nano (4 publications)
  • Advanced Functional Materials (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)

The researcher's focus on advanced memory and neural computing overlaps with contributions to thin-film transistor technologies and analytical chemistry and sensors, reflecting interdisciplinary expertise across materials and electronic device engineering.

Best Publications

  • Aptamer–field-effect transistors overcome Debye length limitations for small-molecule sensing

    Nako Nakatsuka;Kyung-Ae Yang;John M. Abendroth;Kevin M. Cheung

  • Microstructured Graphene Arrays for Highly Sensitive Flexible Tactile Sensors

    Bowen Zhu;Zhiqiang Niu;Hong Wang;Wan Ru Leow

  • All-solid-state flexible ultrathin micro-supercapacitors based on graphene.

    Zhiqiang Niu;Li Zhang;Lili Liu;Bowen Zhu

  • Silk Fibroin for Flexible Electronic Devices

    Bowen Zhu;Hong Wang;Wan Ru Leow;Yurong Cai

  • Highly Stretchable, Integrated Supercapacitors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films with Continuous Reticulate Architecture

    Zhiqiang Niu;Haibo Dong;Bowen Zhu;Jinzhu Li

  • Disruptive, Soft, Wearable Sensors.

    Yunzhi Ling;Yunzhi Ling;Tiance An;Tiance An;Lim Wei Yap;Lim Wei Yap;Bowen Zhu;Bowen Zhu

  • A Mechanically and Electrically Self-Healing Supercapacitor

    Hua Wang;Bowen Zhu;Wencao Jiang;Yun Yang

  • Thickness-Gradient Films for High Gauge Factor Stretchable Strain Sensors.

    Zhiyuan Liu;Dianpeng Qi;Peizhi Guo;Yan Liu

  • Suspended Wavy Graphene Microribbons for Highly Stretchable Microsupercapacitors

    Dianpeng Qi;Zhiyuan Liu;Yan Liu;Wan Ru Leow

  • Fully Printed Optoelectronic Synaptic Transistors Based on Quantum Dot-Metal Oxide Semiconductor Heterojunctions.

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  • Skin-Inspired Haptic Memory Arrays with an Electrically Reconfigurable Architecture.

    Bowen Zhu;Hong Wang;Yaqing Liu;Dianpeng Qi

  • Local Crack-Programmed Gold Nanowire Electronic Skin Tattoos for In-Plane Multisensor Integration.

    Shu Gong;Shu Gong;Lim Wei Yap;Lim Wei Yap;Bowen Zhu;Bowen Zhu;Qingfeng Zhai;Qingfeng Zhai

  • Flexible Piezoelectric Nanocomposite Generators Based on Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoparticles

    Ran Ding;He Liu;Xiaoli Zhang;Juanxiu Xiao

  • Configurable Resistive Switching between Memory and Threshold Characteristics for Protein‐Based Devices

    Hong Wang;Hong Wang;Yuanmin Du;Yingtao Li;Bowen Zhu

  • Hierarchically Structured Vertical Gold Nanowire Array-Based Wearable Pressure Sensors for Wireless Health Monitoring.

    Bowen Zhu;Bowen Zhu;Yunzhi Ling;Yunzhi Ling;Lim Wei Yap;Lim Wei Yap;Mingjie Yang;Mingjie Yang

  • Softening gold for elastronics

    Bowen Zhu;Bowen Zhu;Shu Gong;Shu Gong;Wenlong Cheng;Wenlong Cheng

  • Physically Transient Resistive Switching Memory Based on Silk Protein.

    Hong Wang;Hong Wang;Bowen Zhu;Xiaohua Ma;Yue Hao

  • Programmable Photo‐Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Based on Multi‐Segmented CdS‐Au Nanorod Arrays

    Xiaotian Wang;Chihao Liow;Dianpeng Qi;Bowen Zhu

  • A Synergistic Capture Strategy for Enhanced Detection and Elimination of Bacteria

    Yong-Qiang Li;Bowen Zhu;Yuangang Li;Wan Ru Leow

  • Resistive Switching Memory Devices Based on Proteins

    Hong Wang;Fanben Meng;Bowen Zhu;Wan Ru Leow

  • Urine for Plasmonic Nanoparticle-Based Colorimetric Detection of Mercury Ion

    Jianjun Du;Bowen Zhu;Xiaodong Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaodong Chen
Xiaodong Chen Nanyang Technological University
Wenlong Cheng
Wenlong Cheng Monash University
Shu Gong
Shu Gong Monash University
Wan Ru Leow
Wan Ru Leow A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Lim Wei Yap
Lim Wei Yap Monash University
Yan Wang
Yan Wang Hefei University of Technology
Dianpeng Qi
Dianpeng Qi Harbin Institute of Technology
Zhiyuan Liu
Zhiyuan Liu Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Wenchao Huang
Wenchao Huang Monash University
Mingkui Wang
Mingkui Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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