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Zhengtao Zhu is affiliated with the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with an emphasis on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomaterials, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. The scientist's work addresses a diverse range of topics related to advanced functional materials and their applications.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following main topics:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Zhu's frequent co-authors include Xin Jin and Wenyu Wang, each with ten joint publications, followed by Obiora Onyilagha and Chao Zhao with five collaborations each, and Yeren Li with four joint works.

Recent publications cover various intersections of materials science and engineering:

  • "Synergy of Porous Structure and Microstructure in Piezoresistive Material for High-Performance and Flexible Pressure Sensors," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Three-dimensional monolithic porous structures assembled from fragmented electrospun nanofiber mats/membranes: Methods, properties, and applications," 2020, Progress in Materials Science
  • "A porous and air gap elastomeric dielectric layer for wearable capacitive pressure sensor with high sensitivity and a wide detection range," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • "Efficient Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG) Output Management for Improving Charge Density and Reducing Charge Loss," 2021, ACS Applied Electronic Materials
  • "Improved Anticorrosion Properties of Polyurethane Nanocomposites by Ti3C2Tx MXene/Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Corrosion Protection Coatings," 2023, ACS Applied Nano Materials

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, with four publications, followed by Science China Materials with two, and single publications in Progress in Materials Science, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, and ACS Applied Electronic Materials.

Best Publications

  • Pattern Transfer Printing by Kinetic Control of Adhesion to an Elastomeric Stamp

    Ralph G. Nuzzo;John A. Rogers;Etienne Menard;Keon Jae Lee

  • Method and device for manufacturing and assembling printable semiconductor element

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  • Humidity sensors based on pentacene thin-film transistors

    Zheng-Tao Zhu;Jeffrey T. Mason;Rüdiger Dieckmann;George G. Malliaras

  • Electrospun polyimide nanofibers and their applications

    Yichun Ding;Yichun Ding;Haoqing Hou;Yong Zhao;Zhengtao Zhu

  • Highly bendable, transparent thin-film transistors that use carbon-nanotube-based conductors and semiconductors with elastomeric dielectrics

    Qing Cao;Seung Hyun Hur;Zheng Tao Zhu;Yugang Sun

  • Printable semiconductor structures and related methods of making and assembling

    Ralph G. Nuzzo;John A. Rogers;Etienne Menard;Keon Jae Lee

  • Recent Advances in Flexible and Wearable Pressure Sensors Based on Piezoresistive 3D Monolithic Conductive Sponges.

    Yichun Ding;Tao Xu;Obiora Onyilagha;Hao Fong

  • Free-standing and mechanically flexible mats consisting of electrospun carbon nanofibers made from a natural product of alkali lignin as binder-free electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors

    Chuilin Lai;Zhengping Zhou;Lifeng Zhang;Xiaoxu Wang

  • Controlled buckling structures in semiconductor interconnects and nanomembranes for stretchable electronics

    John A. Rogers;Matthew Meitl;Yugang Sun;Heung Cho Ko

  • Flexible and Compressible PEDOT:PSS@Melamine Conductive Sponge Prepared via One-Step Dip Coating as Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for Human Motion Detection.

    Yichun Ding;Jack Yang;Charles R. Tolle;Zhengtao Zhu

  • Synergy of Porous Structure and Microstructure in Piezoresistive Material for High-Performance and Flexible Pressure Sensors.

    Wei Li;Xin Jin;Xing Han;Yeran Li

  • High-speed mechanically flexible single-crystal silicon thin-film transistors on plastic substrates

    Jong-Hyun Ahn;Hoon-Sik Kim;Keon Jae Lee;Zhengtao Zhu

  • Mechanically flexible thin-film transistors that use ultrathin ribbons of silicon derived from bulk wafers

    S. Mack;M. A. Meitl;A. J. Baca;Z.-T. Zhu

  • A simple poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)/poly(styrene sulfonic acid) transistor for glucose sensing at neutral pH.

    Zheng-Tao Zhu;Jeffrey T. Mabeck;Changcheng Zhu;Nathaniel C. Cady

  • Transparent flexible organic thin-film transistors that use printed single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes

    Qing Cao;Zheng Tao Zhu;Maxime G. Lemaitre;Ming Gang Xia

  • Composite of TiO2 nanofibers and nanoparticles for dye-sensitized solar cells with significantly improved efficiency

    Prakash Joshi;Lifeng Zhang;Daren Davoux;Zhengtao Zhu

  • Spin on dopants for high-performance single-crystal silicon transistors on flexible plastic substrates

    Z.-T. Zhu;E. Menard;K. Hurley;R. G. Nuzzo

  • Scalable and Facile Preparation of Highly Stretchable Electrospun PEDOT:PSS@PU Fibrous Nonwovens toward Wearable Conductive Textile Applications

    Yichun Ding;Wenhui Xu;Wenyu Wang;Hao Fong

  • Three-dimensional monolithic porous structures assembled from fragmented electrospun nanofiber mats/membranes: Methods, properties, and applications

    Tao Xu;Yichun Ding;Zhipeng Liang;Hongli Sun

  • Preparation, characterization, and encapsulation/release studies of a composite nanofiber mat electrospun from an emulsion containing poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid).

    Yiliang Liao;Lifeng Zhang;Yi Gao;Zheng-Tao Zhu

  • A porous and air gap elastomeric dielectric layer for wearable capacitive pressure sensor with high sensitivity and a wide detection range

    Wei Li;Xin Jin;Yide Zheng;Xudong Chang

  • Bendable integrated circuits on plastic substrates by use of printed ribbons of single-crystalline silicon

    Jong Hyun Ahn;Hoon Sik Kim;Etienne Menard;Keon Jae Lee

  • One-Step Preparation of Highly Hydrophobic and Oleophilic Melamine Sponges via Metal-Ion-Induced Wettability Transition.

    Yichun Ding;Wenhui Xu;Ying Yu;Haoqing Hou

Frequent Co-Authors

Hao Fong
Hao Fong South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Yugang Sun
Yugang Sun Temple University
Ralph G. Nuzzo
Ralph G. Nuzzo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tong Lin
Tong Lin Tianjin Polytechnic University
Lifeng Zhang
Lifeng Zhang North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Keon Jae Lee
Keon Jae Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Matthew A. Meitl
Matthew A. Meitl Durham University
Etienne Menard
Etienne Menard HeliosLite
Jong Hyun Ahn
Jong Hyun Ahn Yonsei University

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