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Xiang-Zhong Chen

Xiang-Zhong Chen

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
43
Citations
6868
World Ranking
6215
National Ranking
96

Overview

Xiang-Zhong Chen is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on biomedical engineering, condensed matter physics, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Prominent recent publications by Xiang-Zhong Chen include:

  • 3D-Printed Soft Magnetoelectric Microswimmers for Delivery and Differentiation of Neuron-Like Cells, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Tuning oxygen vacancies in Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets to boost piezo-photocatalytic activity, 2023, Nano Energy
  • Biodegradable Metal-Organic Framework-Based Microrobots (MOFBOTs), 2020, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Enhanced Piezocatalytic Performance of BaTiO3 Nanosheets with Highly Exposed {001} Facets, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks in Motion, 2020, Chemical Reviews

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Salvador Pané
  • Josep Puigmartí-Luis
  • Bradley J. Nelson
  • Andrea Veciana
  • Carlos Franco

Publication venues where they have contributed multiple papers include:

  • Advanced Materials (13 publications)
  • Advanced Functional Materials (6 publications)
  • Advanced Science (6 publications)
  • Nature Communications (5 publications)
  • Small (4 publications)

Chen's body of work is heavily concentrated in engineering fields, with 98 publications classified broadly under engineering and 49 under materials science. Their contributions in subfields such as biomedical engineering and materials chemistry reflect a multidisciplinary approach combining physical sciences with engineering principles.

Best Publications

  • Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

    Jizhai Cui;Jizhai Cui;Tian-Yun Huang;Zhaochu Luo;Zhaochu Luo;Paolo Testa;Paolo Testa

  • 3D Printed Enzymatically Biodegradable Soft Helical Microswimmers

    Xiaopu Wang;Xiao-Hua Qin;Chengzhi Hu;Anastasia Terzopoulou

  • Recent developments in magnetically driven micro- and nanorobots

    Xiang-Zhong Chen;Marcus Hoop;Fajer Mushtaq;Erdem Siringil

  • Piezoelectrically enhanced photocatalysis with BiFeO3 nanostructures for efficient water remediation

    Fajer Mushtaq;Xiangzhong Chen;Marcus Hoop;Harun Torlakcik

  • Biocompatibility characteristics of the metal organic framework ZIF-8 for therapeutical applications

    Marcus Hoop;Claudio F. Walde;Raffaele Riccò;Fajer Mushtaq

  • Hybrid Magnetoelectric Nanowires for Nanorobotic Applications: Fabrication, Magnetoelectric Coupling, and Magnetically Assisted In Vitro Targeted Drug Delivery.

    Xiang-Zhong Chen;Marcus Hoop;Naveen Shamsudhin;Tianyun Huang

  • Small-Scale Machines Driven by External Power Sources.

    Xiang-Zhong Chen;Bumjin Jang;Daniel Ahmed;Chengzhi Hu

  • Pyroelectric and electrocaloric materials

    Xinyu Li;Sheng Guo Lu;Xiang Zhong Chen;Xiang Zhong Chen;Haiming Gu

  • 3D‐Printed Soft Magnetoelectric Microswimmers for Delivery and Differentiation of Neuron‐Like Cells

    Mei Dong;Xiaopu Wang;Xiang‐Zhong Chen;Fajer Mushtaq

  • MOFBOTS: Metal-Organic-Framework-Based Biomedical Microrobots.

    Xiaopu Wang;Xiang Zhong Chen;Carlos C.J. Alcântara;Semih Sevim

  • Ultrasound-mediated piezoelectric differentiation of neuron-like PC12 cells on PVDF membranes

    Marcus Hoop;Xiang-Zhong Chen;Aldo Ferrari;Fajer Mushtaq

  • Surface-Chemistry-Mediated Control of Individual Magnetic Helical Microswimmers in a Swarm.

    Xiaopu Wang;Chengzhi Hu;Lukas Schurz;Carmela De Marco

  • Magnetoelectrically Driven Catalytic Degradation of Organics

    Fajer Mushtaq;Xiangzhong Chen;Harun Torlakcik;Christian Steuer

  • Highly Efficient Coaxial TiO2‐PtPd Tubular Nanomachines for Photocatalytic Water Purification with Multiple Locomotion Strategies

    Fajer Mushtaq;Agim Asani;Marcus Hoop;Xiang-Zhong Chen

  • Mobile Magnetic Nanocatalysts for Bioorthogonal Targeted Cancer Therapy

    Marcus Hoop;Ana Sofia Ribeiro;Ana Sofia Ribeiro;Daniel Rösch;Philipp Weinand

  • Magnetically driven piezoelectric soft microswimmers for neuron-like cell delivery and neuronal differentiation

    Xiang-Zhong Chen;Jia-Hao Liu;Mei Dong;Lucas Müller

  • Imaging Technologies for Biomedical Micro- and Nanoswimmers

    Salvador Pané;Josep Puigmartí-Luis;Christos Bergeles;Xiang-Zhong Chen

  • Magnetically Driven Silver-Coated Nanocoils for Efficient Bacterial Contact Killing

    Marcus Hoop;Yang Shen;Xiang-Zhong Chen;Fajer Mushtaq

  • Biodegradable Metal-Organic Framework-Based Microrobots (MOFBOTs)

    Anastasia Terzopoulou;Xiaopu Wang;Xiang‐Zhong Chen;Mario Palacios‐Corella

  • Giant electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymers near a first-order ferroelectric transition

    Xinyu Li;Xiao Shi Qian;Haiming Gu;Xiangzhong Chen

  • Magnetically driven Bi2O3/BiOCl-based hybrid microrobots for photocatalytic water remediation

    Fajer Mushtaq;Miguel Guerrero;Mahmut Selman Sakar;Marcus Hoop

Frequent Co-Authors

Salvador Pané
Salvador Pané ETH Zurich
Jordi Sort
Jordi Sort Autonomous University of Barcelona
Eva Pellicer
Eva Pellicer Autonomous University of Barcelona
Qiming Zhang
Qiming Zhang Pennsylvania State University
Paolo Falcaro
Paolo Falcaro Graz University of Technology
Antoine Ferreira
Antoine Ferreira Centre Val de Loire
Shuhei Furukawa
Shuhei Furukawa Kyoto University
Christian J. Doonan
Christian J. Doonan University of Adelaide

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