Gel electronics
Gels, versatile materials ranging from soft jelly to resilient solids, are popular in skincare, beauty, and medicine. Gels have been rarely made into electronics. WISE pioneers gel electronics for bioelectronic medicine, creating various e-gels that form sensors, circuits, and batteries. By combining interdisciplinary expertise in microelectronics, electrochemistry, and materials science, we innovate in gel electronics, developing new technologies for diverse (extreme) applications and future translation.
Research interest: gel electronics, gel iontronics, gel electrochemistry, gel adhesion, gel mechanics, gel biocompatibility, extreme gels.
Here, we use new materials for AI: smart hydrogels for Neuromorphic computing. AI for new materials: smart hydrogels.
AI for Hydrogels, hydrogels for AI
AI for hydrogels: Embodied Hydrogel Wearables. The rise of AIand large language models (LLMs) has transformed various fields. However, integrating AI with wearable hardware for real-time health data collection remains a challenge. Embedding AI and LLMs into wearables is crucial for enabling edge-computing and real-time decision-making. AI-embedded wearables, like stretchable e-skins, can also find new applications such as enhanced proprioception and cognitive functions in soft robotics.
We focus on hydrogel materials research to create novel wearable hardware such as e-skins that are integratable AI and LLMs, expanding applications in various wearable sectors.
Read more: Nature Machine Intelligence
Hydrogels for AI: Brain-Inspired Chemical Computing. The brain computes electrochemically, unlike silicon electronics, which rely solely on electrons. We aim to develop an “artificial brain” using hydrogel-based hardware for chemical computing, moving beyond traditional electron-based systems. Typically, chemical computing occurs in liquid media, but we are advancing our hydrogel semiconducting materials to enable a shift to solid-state chemical computing. These neuron-like systems mimic biological processes with enhanced energy efficiency, paving the way for soft intelligence that replicates the behavior of living organisms.
Read more: Nature Electronics.