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E-Skin That Changes Color Like a Chameleon
Our work on pressure-sensitive, color-changing E-skin was featured on the Daily Beast.


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Stretchable Carbon Nanotube Transistors Are Put to the Test
Our work on robust carbon nanotube devices was featured on the MRS Bulletin.


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Microscopic Rake Doubles Efficiency of Low-cost Solar Cells
Our work on fluid-enhanced solution shearing for solar cells was featured by the Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).


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Carbon-60 and graphene for vertical transistors
Our work on C60 and graphene for vertical transistors was featured on nanotechweb.org.


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New "designer carbon" from Stanford boosts battery performance
Our work on designer carbon for batteries was featured on the Stanford Report.


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Former group members build world's thinnest flexible OLED display
Our former group members' work on thin flexible OLED displays was featured on PR Newswire.


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Stanford engineers make flexible carbon nanotube circuits more reliable and efficient
Our work on flexible carbon nanotube circuits was featured on the Stanford Report.


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Polymer Pressure Sensor is More Sensitive than Human Skin
Our work on polymer pressure sensors was featured on Materials 360.


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Polymer Sorts Carbon Nanotubes
Our work carbon nanotube sorting using polymers was featured on Nanotechweb.


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Engineers Make World’s Fastest Organic Transistor
Our work on transparent organic transistors was featured on Stanford Engineering News and Materials Today.


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Welcome to Bao Research Group

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esearch areas in the Bao Group include synthesis of functional organic and polymer materials, organic electronic device design and fabrication, and applications development for organic electronics. Our approach is multidisciplinary, involving concepts and expertise from chemistry, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, materials science and engineering, physics, and electrical engineering. The devices of current interest are organic and carbon nanotube thin film transistors, organic photovoltaic cells, chemical/biological sensors and molecular switches. These devices are used as characterization tools for fundamental charge transport and photophysics studies. They are also of practical interest for nano-scale electronics, alternative energy sources, low cost and large area flexible plastic circuits, displays, and disposable sensors.

News Feature: Electronic Skin May Someday Restore Touch - ABC


See our recent review on The Evolution of Electronic Skin (E-Skin): A Brief History, Design Considerations, and Recent Progress.

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Group Announcements

  • Clementine Boutry wins Best Student Paper at the IEEE SENSORS 2015 Conference

     

     


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  • Sean Andrews wins Best Poster at Oak Ridge National Lab

     


     


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  • Gino wins the CHESS Student Paper Prize for his work published in Nature Communications



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  • Amanda Nguyen receives the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship





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  • Ben Naab receives an award from the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry

     


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  • Sophie Miller receives the 2015 Churchill Scholarship


     

     


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  • Evan Wang wins the 2014 Fall MRS Graduate Student Gold Award


     

     

     


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  • Professor Bao named the 2014 Pearson Lecturer by the University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Chemical Engineering

     

     


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