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Citations
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World Ranking
90
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11

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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70
Citations
35867
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National Ranking
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Overview

Simiao Niu is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States and focuses their research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The research topics frequently addressed by Simiao Niu cover a broad range of advanced materials and biological interactions. Key topics include:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Simiao Niu has published extensively, with frequent publication venues featuring:

  • Science
  • Nature
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Nano
  • MRS Bulletin

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Niu include:

  • Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors, 2023, ACS Nano
  • Neuromorphic sensorimotor loop embodied by monolithically integrated, low-voltage, soft e-skin, 2023, Science
  • Topological supramolecular network enabled high-conductivity, stretchable organic bioelectronics, 2022, Science
  • Wireless, closed-loop, smart bandage with integrated sensors and stimulators for advanced wound care and accelerated healing, 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • High-brightness all-polymer stretchable LED with charge-trapping dilution, 2022, Nature

Niu's research network includes frequent collaborations with several scientists, reflecting interdisciplinary partnerships. Notable coauthors include:

  • Zhenan Bao
  • Yuanwen Jiang
  • Jeffrey B.-H. Tok
  • Artem A. Trotsyuk
  • Geoffrey C. Gurtner

Best Publications

  • Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array.

    Sihong Wang;Jie Xu;Weichen Wang;Ging-Ji Nathan Wang

  • Piezoelectricity of single-atomic-layer MoS2 for energy conversion and piezotronics.

    Wenzhuo Wu;Lei Wang;Yilei Li;Fan Zhang

  • Theoretical study of contact-mode triboelectric nanogenerators as an effective power source

    Simiao Niu;Sihong Wang;Long Lin;Ying Liu

  • Theoretical systems of triboelectric nanogenerators

    Simiao Niu;Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

  • A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve

    Yeongin Kim;Alex Chortos;Wentao Xu;Wentao Xu;Yuxin Liu

  • Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors.

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  • Freestanding triboelectric-layer-based nanogenerators for harvesting energy from a moving object or human motion in contact and non-contact modes.

    Sihong Wang;Yannan Xie;Simiao Niu;Long Lin

  • Standards and figure-of-merits for quantifying the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators

    Yunlong Zi;Simiao Niu;Jie Wang;Zhen Wen

  • Biodegradable and flexible arterial-pulse sensor for the wireless monitoring of blood flow

    Clementine M Boutry;Levent Beker;Yukitoshi Kaizawa;Christopher Vassos

  • Theory of Sliding‐Mode Triboelectric Nanogenerators

    Simiao Niu;Ying Liu;Sihong Wang;Long Lin

  • Sliding-Triboelectric Nanogenerators Based on In-Plane Charge- Separation Mechanism

    Sihong Wang;Long Lin;Yannan Xie;Qingshen Jing

  • High-resolution electroluminescent imaging of pressure distribution using a piezoelectric nanowire LED array

    Caofeng Pan;Caofeng Pan;Lin Dong;Lin Dong;Guang Zhu;Simiao Niu

  • Soft and elastic hydrogel-based microelectronics for localized low-voltage neuromodulation

    Yuxin Liu;Jia Liu;Shucheng Chen;Ting Lei

  • Theoretical Investigation and Structural Optimization of Single-Electrode Triboelectric Nanogenerators

    Simiao Niu;Ying Liu;Sihong Wang;Long Lin

  • A universal self-charging system driven by random biomechanical energy for sustainable operation of mobile electronics

    Simiao Niu;Xiaofeng Wang;Xiaofeng Wang;Fang Yi;Yu Sheng Zhou

  • Topological supramolecular network enabled high-conductivity, stretchable organic bioelectronics

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  • Neuromorphic sensorimotor loop embodied by monolithically integrated, low-voltage, soft e-skin

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  • Triboelectric Active Sensor Array for Self-Powered Static and Dynamic Pressure Detection and Tactile Imaging

    Long Lin;Yannan Xie;Sihong Wang;Wenzhuo Wu

  • Maximum surface charge density for triboelectric nanogenerators achieved by ionized-air injection: methodology and theoretical understanding.

    Sihong Wang;Yannan Xie;Simiao Niu;Long Lin

  • Networks of triboelectric nanogenerators for harvesting water wave energy: a potential approach toward blue energy.

    Jun Chen;Jin Yang;Jin Yang;Zhaoling Li;Xing Fan

  • Quadruple H-Bonding Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymeric Materials as Substrates for Stretchable, Antitearing, and Self-Healable Thin Film Electrodes

    Xuzhou Yan;Zhiyuan Liu;Qiuhong Zhang;Qiuhong Zhang;Jeffrey Lopez

  • Grating‐Structured Freestanding Triboelectric‐Layer Nanogenerator for Harvesting Mechanical Energy at 85% Total Conversion Efficiency

    Yannan Xie;Yannan Xie;Sihong Wang;Simiao Niu;Long Lin

  • Segmentally structured disk triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting rotational mechanical energy.

    Long Lin;Sihong Wang;Yannan Xie;Qingshen Jing

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology
Long Lin
Long Lin Georgia Institute of Technology
Sihong Wang
Sihong Wang University of Chicago
Yunlong Zi
Yunlong Zi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ying Liu
Ying Liu Peking University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University
Yu Sheng Zhou
Yu Sheng Zhou Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhenan Bao
Zhenan Bao Stanford University
Youfan Hu
Youfan Hu Peking University
Qingshen Jing
Qingshen Jing University of Cambridge

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