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Haiwen Luan is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Engineering, with a focus on Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Mechanical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's work covers a variety of advanced topics, including:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Micro and Nano Robotics

Haiwen Luan has contributed to multiple research articles, with some recent papers being:

  • "Three-dimensional, multifunctional neural interfaces for cortical spheroids and engineered assembloids," 2021, Science Advances
  • "A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin," 2022, Nature Electronics
  • "Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues," 2021, Nature Materials
  • "Three-dimensional electronic microfliers inspired by wind-dispersed seeds," 2021, Nature
  • "Miniaturized electromechanical devices for the characterization of the biomechanics of deep tissue," 2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Haiwen Luan include:

  • Yonggang Huang
  • John A. Rogers
  • Yoonseok Park
  • Hyoyoung Jeong

The venues where Haiwen Luan often publishes reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work. These include:

  • Science Advances
  • Advanced Materials
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nature Electronics

Best Publications

  • Skin-integrated wireless haptic interfaces for virtual and augmented reality.

    Xinge Yu;Zhaoqian Xie;Yang Yu;Yang Yu;Jungyup Lee

  • Soft network composite materials with deterministic and bio-inspired designs.

    Kyung In Jang;Ha Uk Chung;Sheng Xu;Chi Hwan Lee

  • A mechanically driven form of Kirigami as a route to 3D mesostructures in micro/nanomembranes.

    Yihui Zhang;Zheng Yan;Kewang Nan;Dongqing Xiao

  • Three-dimensional piezoelectric polymer microsystems for vibrational energy harvesting, robotic interfaces and biomedical implants

    Mengdi Han;Heling Wang;Yiyuan Yang;Cunman Liang;Cunman Liang

  • Morphable 3D mesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics

    Haoran Fu;Kewang Nan;Wubin Bai;Wen Huang

  • A nonlinear mechanics model of bio-inspired hierarchical lattice materials consisting of horseshoe microstructures.

    Qiang Ma;Huanyu Cheng;Kyung In Jang;Haiwen Luan

  • Controlled Mechanical Buckling for Origami-Inspired Construction of 3D Microstructures in Advanced Materials

    Zheng Yan;Fan Zhang;Jiechen Wang;Fei Liu

  • A wireless haptic interface for programmable patterns of touch across large areas of the skin

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  • Compliant and stretchable thermoelectric coils for energy harvesting in miniature flexible devices

    Kewang Nan;Stephen Dongmin Kang;Stephen Dongmin Kang;Kan Li;Ki Jun Yu

  • Three-dimensional, multifunctional neural interfaces for cortical spheroids and engineered assembloids

    Yoonseok Park;Colin K. Franz;Colin K. Franz;Hanjun Ryu;Hanjun Ryu;Haiwen Luan

  • Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues.

    Quansan Yang;Tong Wei;Rose T. Yin;Mingzheng Wu

  • Three-dimensional electronic microfliers inspired by wind-dispersed seeds.

    Bong Hoon Kim;Kan Li;Kan Li;Jin-Tae Kim;Yoonseok Park

  • Wireless, battery-free, fully implantable multimodal and multisite pacemakers for applications in small animal models.

    Philipp Gutruf;Philipp Gutruf;Rose T. Yin;K. Benjamin Lee;Jokubas Ausra

  • Freestanding 3D Mesostructures, Functional Devices, and Shape-Programmable Systems Based on Mechanically Induced Assembly with Shape Memory Polymers

    Xueju Wang;Xueju Wang;Xiaogang Guo;Jilong Ye;Ning Zheng

  • A Generic Soft Encapsulation Strategy for Stretchable Electronics

    Kan Li;Xu Cheng;Feng Zhu;Feng Zhu;Linze Li

  • Mechanically active materials in three-dimensional mesostructures

    Xin Ning;Xinge Yu;Heling Wang;Rujie Sun

  • Miniaturized electromechanical devices for the characterization of the biomechanics of deep tissue

    Enming Song;Enming Song;Zhaoqian Xie;Wubin Bai;Wubin Bai;Haiwen Luan

  • Remote control of muscle-driven miniature robots with battery-free wireless optoelectronics

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  • A Skin-Interfaced, Miniaturized Microfluidic Analysis and Delivery System for Colorimetric Measurements of Nutrients in Sweat and Supply of Vitamins Through the Skin

    Joohee Kim;Yixin Wu;Haiwen Luan;Da Som Yang

  • Dissolution of Monocrystalline Silicon Nanomembranes and Their Use as Encapsulation Layers and Electrical Interfaces in Water-Soluble Electronics

    Yoon Kyeung Lee;Ki Jun Yu;Enming Song;Enming Song;Amir Barati Farimani

  • Differential cardiopulmonary monitoring system for artifact-canceled physiological tracking of athletes, workers, and COVID-19 patients.

    Hyoyoung Jeong;Jong Yoon Lee;Kun Hyuck Lee;Youn J. Kang

  • Elasticity of fractal inspired interconnects

    Yewang Su;Yewang Su;Shuodao Wang;Yong An Huang;Yong An Huang;Haiwen Luan

  • Buckling and twisting of advanced materials into morphable 3D mesostructures.

    Hangbo Zhao;Kan Li;Mengdi Han;Feng Zhu;Feng Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University
Yihui Zhang
Yihui Zhang Tsinghua University
Zhaoqian Xie
Zhaoqian Xie Dalian University of Technology
Mengdi Han
Mengdi Han Peking University
Yeguang Xue
Yeguang Xue Northwestern University
Sung Soo Kwak
Sung Soo Kwak Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Xinge Yu
Xinge Yu City University of Hong Kong
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan University of Missouri
Xue Feng
Xue Feng Tsinghua University

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