Yu Research Group
Smart Medical Analysis and Soft Bioelectronics Lab
(21) Y. Yu, J. Li, S. Solomon, J. Min, J. Tu, W. Guo, C. Xu, Y. Song, W. Gao*, All-printed soft human-machine interface for robotic physicochemical sensing, Science Robotics. 2022, 7, eabn0495. [pdf]
Featured on Journal Cover of June issue.
Highlighted in Daily Beast.
(20) Y. Yu, J. Nassar, C. Xu, Y. Yang, A. Dai, R. Doshi, A. Huang, J. Min, R. Gehlhar, A. Ames, W. Gao*, Biofuel-powered Soft Electronic Skin with Multiplexed and Wireless Sensing for Human-Machine Interfaces, Science Robotics, 2020, 5, eaaz7946. [pdf]
Highlighted in "Electronic skins sweat it out", Editor's Research Highlight, Nat. Electron., 2020, 3, 235.
Hot Paper (top 0.1%) in Web of Science; Most cited article of Science Robotics published in 2020.
Highlighted in Caltech News: “Electronic Skin Fully Powered by Sweat Can Monitor Health, Serve as Human-Machine Interface”.
Highlighted in Yahoo News, The Engineer, SF Gate, CNET, Inside Science, Sina Tech, Tencent news and more.
(19) A. Talkhooncheh, Y. Yu, A. Agarwal, W. Kuo, K. C. Chen, M. Wang, G. Hoskuldsdottir, W. Gao, A. Emami, A Fully-Integrated Biofuel-Cell-Based Energy Harvester with 86% Peak Efficiency and 0.25V Minimum Input Voltage Using Source-Adaptive MPPT, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), 2021, 56, 715-728.
Best student paper award in IEEE Custon Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2020
(18) Y. Song, J. Min, Y. Yu, H. Wang, Y. Yang, H. Zhang, W. Gao*, Wireless Battery-free Wearable Sweat Sensor Powered by Human Motion, Science Advances, 2020, 6, eaay9842.
Highly cited paper in Web of Science.
Highlighted in Caltech News: “New Device Powers Wearable Sensors Through Human Motion”.
(17) H. Lukas, C. Xu, Y. Yu, W. Gao*, Emerging Telemedicine Tools for Remote COVID-19 Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Management, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 16180-16193.
Highlighted in ACS Virtual Issue on “Advances in COVID-19 Testing”.
(16) R. Torrente-Rodríguez, J. Tu, Y. Yang, J. Min, M. Wang, Y. Song, Y. Yu, C. Xu, C. Ye, W. IsHak, W. Gao*, Investigation of Cortisol Dynamics in Human Sweat Using a Graphene-Based Wireless mHealth System, Matter, 2020, 2, 921-937.
Highly cited paper in Web of Science.
Highlighted in Caltech News: “Sweat Sensor Detects Stress Levels; May Find Use in Space Exploration”
Highlighted in Physics World, Xinhua, Yahoo News and more.
(15) Y. Yu, H. Nyein, W. Gao*, A. Javey*, Flexible electrochemical bioelectronics: the rise of in situ bioanalysis, Advance Materials, 2019, 1902083.
Featured on Journal Frontispiece of Special Issue: Flexible Hybrid Electronics.
(14) H. Zhang, Y. Yu, L. Zhang, S. Dong*, Water/oxygen circulation System‐based Fuel‐free Biophotoelectrochemical Cells by integrating a Ni:FeOOH/BiVO4 photoanode, Angew. Chem. Int., 2018, 6,1563-1567
(13) Y. Han, Y. Yu, L. Zhang, L. Huang, J. Zhai, S. Dong*, Facile synthesis of Ni based metal-organic frameworks wrapped MnO2 nanowires with high performance toward electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction, Talanta, 2018, 15, 154-161
(12) X. Zhang, Y. Jing, Q. Zhai, Y. Yu, H. Xing, J. Li*, E. Wang*, Point-of-Care Diagnoses: Flexible Patterning Technique for Self-Powered Wearable Sensors, Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90, 20, 11780-11784.
(11) M. Xu, L. Huang, Y. Fang, L. Han, Y. Yu, S. Dong*, The unified ordered mesoporous carbon supported Co-based electrocatalysts for full water splitting, Electrochimica Acta, 2018, 20, 412-420
(10) Y. Yu, J. Zhai, Y. Xia, S. Dong*, Single wearable sensing energy device based on photoelectric biofuel cells for simultaneous analysis of perspiration and illuminance, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 11846 – 11850.
(9) Y. Yu, Y. Han, M. Xu, L. Zhang, S. Dong*, Automatic illumination compensation device based on a photoelectrochemical biofuel cell driven by visible light, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 9004-9008.
(8) Y. Yu, M. Xu, S. Dong*, Photoenergy storage and power amplification strategy in membrane-less photoelectrochemical biofuel cells, Chemical Communication, 2016, 52, 6716-6719.
(7) Y. Yu, Y. Han, B. Lou, L. Zhang, L. Han, S. Dong*, A miniature origami biofuel cell based on a consumed cathode, Chemical Communication, 2016, 52, 13499-13502.
Highlighted by RSC Chemistry World as “Soft drinks power origami cell”
(6) Y. Yu, M. Xu, L. Bai, L. Han, S. Dong*, Recoverable hybrid enzymatic biofuel cell with molecular oxygen-independence, Biosensors Bioelectronics, 2016, 75, 23–279.
(5) H. Zhang, Y. Yu, L. Zhang, Y. Zhai, S, Dong*, Self-powered fluorescence display devices based on a fast self-charging/recharging battery (Mg/Prussian blue). Chemical Science, 2016, 7, 6721-6727
(4) L. Han, M. Xu, Y. Han, Y. Yu, S. Dong*, Core–Shell-Structured Tungsten Carbide Encapsulated within Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Spheres for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 2784-2787.
(2) M. Xu, L. Han, Y. Han, Y. Yu, J. Zhai, S. Dong*, Porous CoP concave polyhedron electrocatalysts synthesized from metal–organic frameworks with enhanced electrochemical properties for hydrogen evolution. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 21471-21477.
(2) H. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. Han, Y. Yu, M. Xu, X. Zhang, L. Huang, S. Dong*, RGO/Au NPs/N-doped CNTs supported on nickel foam as an anode for enzymatic biofuel cells. Biosensors Bioelectronics, 2017, 97, 34-40.
(1) X. Zhang, B. Lou, D. Li, W. Hong, Y. Yu, J. Li*, E. Wang*, A universal method for the preparation of functional ITO electrodes with ultrahigh stability, Chemical Communication, 2015,51, 6788-6791.