Rubbery Electronics: Electronics Fully Made of Stretchy Rubber Materials
橡胶电子：全部由弹性橡胶材料制成的电子器件与系统
Cunjiang Yu（余存江）
ABSRACT
Seamlessly merging electronics with biology is of imminent importance in addressing grand societal challenges in health and joy of living. However, the main challenge lies in the huge mechanical mismatch between the current form of rigid electronics and the soft nature of biology. This talk will present a new type of electronics, namely “rubbery electronics”, with tissue-like softness and stretchability, which is constructed all based on elastic, rubbery electronic materials. The hope is that rubbery electronics could ultimately solve the challenge in seamless integration between biology and electronics. The innovations in rubbery electronic materials and devices set the foundation for rubbery electronics and integrated system. The presentation will feature our recent results in rubbery semiconductors, fully rubbery transistors, logic gates, integrated electronics, sensors, smart skins, neurologically integrated function systems，medical implants, etc.
电子与生物二者共融对于解决医疗和生活品质相关的重大挑战有举足轻重的意义。然而电子与生物共融的最大难题在于二者机械特性的迥然差异。传统电子是硬质的，而生物体是柔软的。本报告将介绍课题组近期的橡胶电子的工作。橡胶电子是一种全部由橡胶材料制成的各类电子器件。由于所有材料都具有弹性可拉伸的机械特性的优势，橡胶电子非常柔软可拉伸。该橡胶电子以期能够解决电子与生物共融的技术难题。本报告将介绍有关橡胶电子的近期进展，包括橡胶半导体材料的开发，橡胶晶体管，逻辑门电路，柔性集成电子系统，传感器，智能皮肤，集成人工神经系统，医疗植入生物电子，等等。
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Cunjiang Yu is the Bill Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston, with joint appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University in 2010 and was trained as a postdoc at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before joining the University of Houston in 2013. Dr. Yu is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award, ONR Young Investigator Award, MIT Technology Review Inaugural Chinese Top Innovators, SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, AVS Young Investigator Award, ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Award, 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, etc.
余存江博士现为美国休斯敦大学机械工程系Bill Cook副教授，并兼任于电子与计算机工程以及生物医学工程系。分别于2004, 2007年获得东南大学机械工程学院本科与电子科学与工程学院硕士学位。2010年获得亚利桑那州立大学机械工程博士学位。2010-2013年于美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校材料科学与工程系John Rogers教授课题组做博士后研究。自2013年起任职于休斯敦大学。课题组目前开展的研究包括柔性、可延展性电子，生物电子，大规模微纳制造。余博士获得美国自然科学基金NSF CAREER奖，海军总署 ONR YIP杰出青年科学家奖，MIT 科技评论中国区首届创新者，美国真空学会青年科学家奖，美国化学学会石油基金会青年科学家奖，北美制造工程协会杰出青年制造工程师奖，休斯敦大学工程学院杰出研究奖，休斯敦大学以及工程学院杰出研究奖, 等等。