Evaluating the Usability and Ergonomic Impact of Paper-Based Wearable Electronics in Construction.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2025 69(1), 940-942 (2025)
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A record of soft machines, wearable systems, diagnostics, nanomanufacturing, and translational inventions from The FlexiLab.
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Two decades of research and invention.
Explore The FlexiLab's peer-reviewed publications and intellectual property across soft robotics, flexible and wearable electronics, nanomanufacturing, biomedical devices, and functional materials. Publications are shown newest first.
57Publications
15Patents
2005-2025Publication span
Application of Paper-Based Wearable Electronics (PBWE) for Objective Assessment of Fatigue in Lower Back of Construction Workers.
Construction Research Congress 2024, 832-842 (2024)
Open publicationCan e-textiles make their way into mass production?
Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, 1, 4-5 (2024)
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Cross-scale design of energy dissipative composites using self-repairing interfaces based on sacrificial bonds.
Materials & Design, 233, 112283 (2023)
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StretchAR: Exploiting Touch and Stretch as a Method of Interaction for Smart Glasses Using Wearable Straps.
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 6(3), 1-26 (2022)
Open publicationSoft Robotic Industrial Systems.
In Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services, Huang, C-H., Yoon, S-W., Eds.-in-Chief; Springer Nature: Switzerland AG (2022)
Wearables, e-Textiles, and Soft Robotics for Personalized Medicine.
In Springer Handbook of Automation, 2nd ed; Nof, S. Y. Ed.-in-Chief; Springer, Cham, Switzerland (2022)
Washable, breathable, and strechable e-textiles wirelessly powered by omniphobic silk-based coils.
Nano Energy, 87, 106155 (2021)
Open publicationThe Jig is Up for Small Soft Machines.
Science Robotics, eabi4666 (2021)
Bioinspired Fabrication of Reconfigurable Elastomeric Cementitious Structures using Self-Healing Mechanical Adhesives Interfaces.
Materials & Design, 109691 (2021)
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Exploiting Mechanical Instabilities in Soft Robotics: Control, Sensing, and Actuation.
Advanced Materials, 2006939 (2021)
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Mechanical Metamaterials with Programmable Compression-Twist Coupling.
Smart Materials and Structures, 30, 015005 (2021)
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Moisture-insensitive, self-powered paper-based flexible electronics.
Nano Energy, 78, 105301 (2020)
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Quantitative phase-mode electrostatic force microscopy on silicon oxide nanostructures.
Journal of Microscopy, 280, 252-269 (2020)
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Time-dependent Mechanical Response at the Nanoscale.
Mechanics of Materials, 148, 103443 (2020)
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The Influence of Airway Closure Technique for Right Pneumonectomy on Wall Tension during Positive Pressure Ventilation: An Experimental Study.
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 32, 1076-1084 (2020)
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Conformal, waterproof electronic decals for wireless monitoring of sweat and vaginal pH at the point-of-care.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 160, 112206 (2020)
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Elastic Energy Storage Enables Rapid and Programmable Actuation in Soft Machines.
Advanced Functional Materials, 30, 1906603 (2020)
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Engineered protein-based functional nanopatterned materials for bio-optical devices.
Nanoscale Advances, 1, 3980-3991 (2019)
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Waterproof, Breathable, and Antibacterial Self-Powered e-Textiles Based on Omniphobic Triboelectric Nanogenerators.
Advanced Functional Materials, 29, 1904350 (2019)
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3D-Architected Soft Machines with Topologically Encoded Motion.
Advanced Functional Materials, 29, 1808713 (2019)
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Simultaneous Electrophysiological Recording and Self-powered Biosignal Monitoring using Epidermal, Nanotexturized, Triboelectronic Devices.
Nanotechnology, 30, 274003 (2019)
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Wearable and Implantable Epidermal Paper-based Electronics.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, 31061–31068 (2018)
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Rapid Fabrication of Epidermal Paper-Based Electronic Devices Using Razor Printing.
Micromachines, 9, 420 (2018)
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Portable and power-free serodiagnosis of Chagas disease using magnetic levitating microbeads.
Analyst, 143, 4379-4386 (2018)
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Early detection and monitoring of chronic wounds using low-cost, omniphobic paper-based smart bandages.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 117, 696-705 (2018)
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Roll-to-roll Nanoforming of Metals using Laser-induced Superplasticity.
Nano Letters, 18, 3616–3622 (2018)
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Self-Powered, Paper-Based Electrochemical Devices for Sensitive Point-of-Care Testing.
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2, 1700130 (2017)
Open publicationFabrication of Silicon Nanobelts and Nanopillars by Soft Lithography for Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Photonic Surfaces.
Nanomaterials, 7, 109 (2017)
Open publicationPhase-transforming and switchable metamaterials.
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 6, 1-9 (2016)
Open publicationLarge-scale nanoshaping of ultrasmooth 3D crystalline metallic structures.
Science, 346, 1352–1356 (2014)
Open publicationMiniature objective lens with variable focus for confocal endomicroscopy.
Biomedical Optics Express, 5, 4350-4361 (2014)
Open publicationFabrication of Low-Cost Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices by Embossing or Cut-and-Stack Methods.
Chemistry of Materials, 26, 4230–4237 (2014)
Open publicationSoft Actuators and Robots that Are Resistant to Mechanical Damage.
Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 3003–3010 (2014)
Open publicationNanoskiving Core-Shell Nanowires: A New Fabrication Method for Nano-optics.
Nano Letters, 14, 524–531 (2014)
Open publicationMagnetic Assembly of Soft Robots with Hard Components.
Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 2180-2187 (2014)
Open publicationOmniphobic "RF Paper" Produced by Silanization of Paper with Fluoroalkyltrichlorosilanes.
Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 60-70 (2014)
Open publicationRapid Fabrication of Pressure-driven Open-Channel Microfluidic Devices in Omniphobic RF Paper.
Lab on a Chip, 13, 2922-2930 (2013) Chosen as Lab on a Chip Hot Article. Top 10 Most Accessed Articles in September 2013.
Open publicationMiniature Grating for Spectrally-Encoded Endoscopy.
Lab on a Chip, 13, 1810-1816 (2013)
Open publicationRobotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers.
Advanced Materials, 25, 205-212 (2013) [Selected highlights and press: Materials Views, PhysOrg, New Scientist, The Economist, PopSci, Engadget].
Open publicationElastomeric Origami: Programmable Paper-Elastomer Composites as Pneumatic Actuators.
Advanced Functional Materials, 22, 1376-1384 (2012) [Selected highlights and press: Materials Views, PhysOrg, Wired, IEEE Spectrum, New Scientist, SmartPlanet]. [Top 10 Most Accessed Articles in February and March 2012]
Open publicationSoft Lithographic Approaches to Nanofabrication.
Nanostructured Polymer Materials and Thin Films; Kumacheva, E. and Russell, T.P. Vol. Eds., In Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference ; Matyjaszewski, K., Möller, M., Eds.-in-Chief; Elsevier: Amsterdam. 7, 211-231 (2012)
Open publicationSeparation of Nanoparticles in Aqueous Multiphase Systems through Centrifugation.
Nano Letters, 12, 4060-4064 (2012)
Open publicationNanopatterning of Ferritin Molecules and the Controlled Size Reduction of Their Magnetic Cores.
Small, 7, 2914-2920 (2011)
Open publicationUse of Thin Sectioning (Nanoskiving) to Fabricate Nanostructures for Electronic and Optical Applications.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50, 8566-8583 (2011)
Open publicationPatterning the Tips of Optical Fibers with Metallic Nanostructures Using Nanoskiving.
Nano letters, 11, 632-636 (2011)
Open publicationSilicon Nanowire Circuits Fabricated by AFM Oxidation Nanolithography.
Nanotechnology, 21, 245301 (2010)
Open publicationLarge-scale Nanopatterning of Single Proteins used as Carriers of Magnetic Nanoparticles.
Advanced Materials, 22, 588-591 (2010)
Open publicationSurvey of Materials for Nanoskiving and Influence of the Cutting Process on the Nanostructures Produced.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2, 2503-2514 (2010)
Open publicationNanopatterning of Carbonaceous Structures by Field-induced Carbon Dioxide Splitting with a Force Microscope.
Applied Physics Letters, 96, 143110 (2010)
Open publicationSplitting CO2 with Electric Fields: A Computational Investigation.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1, 3256-3260 (2010)
Open publicationSilicon Nanowire Transistors with a Channel Width of 4 nm Fabricated by Atomic Force Microscope Nanolithography.
Nano Letters, 8, 3636-3639 (2008)
Open publicationSequential and Parallel Patterning by Local Chemical Nanolithography.
Nanotechnology, 18, 084021 (2007)
Open publicationPatterning Polymeric Structures with 2 nm Resolution at 3 nm Half Pitch in Ambient Conditions.
Nano Letters, 7, 1846-1850 (2007)
Open publicationNanoscale Deposition of Single-Molecule Magnets onto SiO2 Patterns.
Advanced Materials, 19, 291-295 (2007)
Open publicationNano-chemistry and Scanning Probe Nanolithographies.
Chemical Society Reviews, 35, 29-38 (2006)
Open publicationNanolithography Based on the Formation and Manipulation of Nanometer-size Organic Liquid Menisci.
Nano Letters, 5, 1161-1164 (2005)
Open publicationContinuous Laser Nanoforming Device (Patent Number: US 12,005,522 B2).
Inventors: Ramses V. Martinez, and Debkalpa Goswami.
Filed: March 05, 2020
Issued: June 11, 2024
Materials And Methods Of Manufacturing Fluid Resistant, Breathable, And Antibacterial Triboelectric Nanogenerators And Electronic Textiles (Patent Number: US 11,843,328 B2).
Inventors: Ramses V. Martinez, and Marina Sala de Medeiros.
Filed: December 12, 2023
Issued: June 06, 2024
Flexible robotic actuators (Patent Number: US 9,981,377 B2).
Inventors: Stephen A. Morin, Robert F. Shepherd, Adam Stokes, Filip Ilievski, Ramses V. Martinez, Jamie L. Branch, Carina R. Fish, Lihua Jin, Rui M. D. Nunes, Zhigang Suo, and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: September 8, 2014
Issued: May 29, 2018
System and Method for Fabrication of Miniature Endoscope using Nanoimprint Lithography (Provisional International Patent Application Number: PCT/US15/13853 [USA, China, Korea, and Japan]).
Inventors: Ramses V. Martinez and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: January 30, 2016
Phase-transforming and Switchable Metamaterials (United States Patent Application No. 62/200,466).
Inventors: Katia Bertoldi, Lihua Jin, Ramses V. Martinez, Zhigang Suo, George M. Whitesides and Dian Yang.
Filed: August 3, 2015
Flexible Electronic Strain-Limiting Layer for Soft Actuators (Provisional Application Serial Number: 62/040,905).
Inventors: Joshua Aaron Lessing, Ramses V. Martinez, Alok S. Tayi, Jason Ming Ting, and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: August 22, 2014
Apparatus, System, and Method for Providing Fabric Elastomer Composites as Pneumatic Actuators (European Patent Application No. 13711184.5; Provisional International Patent Application Number: PCT/US13/28250; USA, Europe, China, and Korea).
Inventors: Ramses V. Martinez and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: February 28, 2013
Systems and Methods for Providing Flexible Robotic Actuators (Provisional International Patent Application Number: PCT/US13/32297; USA, China, Korea, and Japan).
Inventors: George M. Whitesides, Carina R. Fish, Filip Ilievski, Lihua Jin, Ramses V. Martinez, Stephen Morin, Rui Nunes, Robert Foster Shepherd, Zhigang Suo, and Adam A. Stokes.
Filed: March 15, 2013
Omniphobic Paper Devices (Provisional Application Serial Number: 61/792,455)
Inventors: Ana C. Glavan, Ramses V. Martinez, and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: March 15, 2013
System, Method, and Computer-Accessible Medium for Fabrication of Miniature Endoscope using Soft Lithography (International Patent Application No. PCT/US13/55982; International Publication Number WO 2014/031748 A1).
Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Dongkyun Kang, Ramses V. Martinez, Brett E. Bouma, and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: August 21, 2013
Microfluidic Devices Formed from Hydrophobic Paper (Provisional Application Serial Number: 61/654,639).
Inventors: Martin Mwangi Thuo, Xinyu Liu, Jean-Francis Bloch, Ana C. Glavan, Ramses V. Martinez, Wenije Lan, and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: June 1, 2012
Systems and Methods for Providing Soft Tentacles (Provisional Application Serial Number: 61/698,436).
Inventors: Ramses V. Martinez, Jamie L. Branch, Carina R. Fish, Lihua Jin, Robert F. Shepherd, Rui M. D. Nunes, Zhigang Suo, and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: September 7, 2012
Programmable Paper-Elastomer Composites as Pneumatic Actuators (Provisional Application Serial Number: 61/604,727).
Inventors: Ramses V. Martinez and George M. Whitesides.
Filed: February 28, 2012
Soft Robotic Actuators (Patent Number: WO2012148472 A3).
Inventors: Filip Ilievski, Xin Chen, Aaron D. Mazzeo, George M. Whitesides, Robert Shepherd, Ramses V. Martinez, Won Jae Choi, Sen W. Kwok, Stephen Morin, Adam Stokes, and Zhihong Nie.
Filed: November 21, 2011
Issued: July 25, 2013
Ultrafast and Ultrasensitive Novel Photodetectors (Patent Number: 8154063).
Inventors: Jin Young Kim, Ramses V. Martinez, Francesco Stellacci, Javier Martinez, and Ricardo Garcia.
Filed: March 2, 2010
Issued: April 10, 2012
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