Zhenan Bao

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
• 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
• 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
• 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For synthesis, design, and application of organic semiconductors for flexible electronics.
• 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
• 2014 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
• 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
• 2009 - Beilby Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 2008 - SPIE Fellow
• 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Evaluation of Solution-Processed Reduced Graphene Oxide Films as Transparent Conductors

  Héctor A. Becerril;Jie Mao;Zunfeng Liu;Randall M. Stoltenberg

  3779
  Citations

• Skin-like pressure and strain sensors based on transparent elastic films of carbon nanotubes

  Darren J. Lipomi;Michael Vosgueritchian;Benjamin C. K. Tee;Sondra L. Hellstrom

  3501
  Citations

• Highly sensitive flexible pressure sensors with microstructured rubber dielectric layers

  Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld;Benjamin C. K. Tee;Randall M. Stoltenberg;Christopher V. H. H. Chen

  3446
  Citations

• Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries

  Jun Liu;Zhenan Bao;Yi Cui;Eric J. Dufek

  3176
  Citations

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

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

  2547
  Citations

• 25th Anniversary Article: The Evolution of Electronic Skin (E-Skin): A Brief History, Design Considerations, and Recent Progress

  Mallory L. Hammock;Alex Chortos;Benjamin C.‐K. Tee;Jeffrey B.‐H. Tok

  2538
  Citations

• Pursuing prosthetic electronic skin.

  Alex Chortos;Jia Liu;Zhenan Bao

  2357
  Citations

• Soluble and processable regioregular poly(3‐hexylthiophene) for thin film field‐effect transistor applications with high mobility

  Zhenan Bao;Ananth Dodabalapur;Andrew J. Lovinger

  2336
  Citations

• Flexible polymer transistors with high pressure sensitivity for application in electronic skin and health monitoring

  Gregor Schwartz;Benjamin C.-K. Tee;Jianguo Mei;Anthony L. Appleton

  2159
  Citations

• The rise of plastic bioelectronics

  Takao Someya;Zhenan Bao;George G. Malliaras

  1782
  Citations

• An ultra-sensitive resistive pressure sensor based on hollow-sphere microstructure induced elasticity in conducting polymer film

  Lijia Pan;Alex Chortos;Guihua Yu;Yaqun Wang

  1598
  Citations

• Large-scale complementary integrated circuits based on organic transistors

  B. Crone;Ananth Dodabalapur;Y. Y. Lin;R. W. Filas

  1597
  Citations

• Electronic Skin: Recent Progress and Future Prospects for Skin‐Attachable Devices for Health Monitoring, Robotics, and Prosthetics

  Jun Chang Yang;Jaewan Mun;Se Young Kwon;Seongjun Park

  1548
  Citations

• Integrated materials design of organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors

  Jianguo Mei;Ying Diao;Anthony L. Appleton;Lei Fang

  1547
  Citations

• A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

  Cheng-Hui Li;Chao Wang;Chao Wang;Christoph Keplinger;Jing-Lin Zuo

  1497
  Citations

• An electrically and mechanically self-healing composite with pressure- and flexion-sensitive properties for electronic skin applications

  Benjamin C. K. Tee;Chao Wang;Ranulfo Allen;Zhenan Bao

  1496
  Citations

• Stable Li-ion battery anodes by in-situ polymerization of conducting hydrogel to conformally coat silicon nanoparticles

  Hui Wu;Guihua Yu;Lijia Pan;Lijia Pan;Nian Liu

  1491
  Citations

• Ultra-high mobility transparent organic thin film transistors grown by an off-centre spin-coating method

  Yongbo Yuan;Gaurav Giri;Alexander L. Ayzner;Alexander L. Ayzner;Arjan P. Zoombelt

  1490
  Citations

• Solution-processed graphene/MnO2 nanostructured textiles for high-performance electrochemical capacitors.

  Guihua Yu;Liangbing Hu;Michael Vosgueritchian;Huiliang Wang

  1392
  Citations

• A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve

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

  1383
  Citations

• A review of fabrication and applications of carbon nanotube film-based flexible electronics

  Steve Park;Michael Vosguerichian;Zhenan Bao

  1298
  Citations