Dr. Mingchao Zhang

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsStatistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics,Polymeric and Biogenic Materials and Derived Composites
Keywords3D printing, Biocompatible and multifunctional, Direct ink writing, Magnetically actuated soft robots, Medical applications

Current contact address

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Metin SittiMax-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2021

Programme(s)

2021Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024Mingchao Zhang, Aniket Pal, Xianglong Lyu, Yingdan Wu & Metin Sitti: Artificial-goosebump-driven microactuation. In: Nature Materials, 23, 2024,
2023Mingchao Zhang, Aniket Pal, Zhiqiang Zheng, Gaurav Gardi, Erdost Yildiz, Metin Sitti*: Hydrogel muscles powering reconfigurable micro-metastructures with wide-spectrum programmability. In: Nature Materials, 22, 2023, 1243–1252
2023Mingchao Zhang, Yohan Lee, Zhiqiang Zheng, Muhammad Turab Ali Khan, Xianglong Lyu, Junghwan Byun, Harald Giessen & Metin Sitti*: Micro- and nanofabrication of dynamic hydrogels with multichannel information. In: Nature Communications, 14, 2023,