Biography: Lars Samuelson received his PhD in physics in 1977 in the field of experimental and theoretical studies of electron-phonon coupling for deep levels in semiconductors, followed by a post-doc at IBM San José Research Centre in California, there active in the fields of display technology and band structure calculations. In 1981 he became associate professor of physics at Lund University and in 1986 professor of semiconductor physics at Chalmers/University of Gothenburg. In 1988, he returned to a professorship in semiconductor electronics at the Department of Physics at Lund University, when he initiated the interdisciplinary research center Nanometer Structure Consortium, later called NanoLund, which today engages more than 400 researchers. Since 2021, he is employed as Chair Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), in Shenzhen, China, and as the leader of the Institute of Nanoscience and Applications (INA). In 2004 he became a Fellow at the Institute of Physics, UK (FinstP), at the American Physical Society (APS, Materials Physics) in 2009 and in 2020 he became a Fellow International at the Japanese Society for Applied Physics (JSAP). He became a member of the Royal Physiographic Society in 1998, of KVA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Physics Class) in 2006 and of IVA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 2007. In 2008, he was named

Biography:Stephen Y. Chou is the Joseph C. Elgin Professor at Princeton University. He is the founder and founding chairman of the board of three startup companies: Nanonex Corp., NanoOpto Corp., and Essenlix Corp., and a co-founder of BioNano Genomics Inc. Among other awards and honors, he is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering (2007), a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (2013), and a recipient of the IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award (2004), the IEEE Nanotechnology Pioneer Award (2014), and the Nanoimprint Pioneer Award (2015). He is also a Packard Fellow (1990), and a Fellow of the IEEE (2000), the American Vacuum Society (AVS) (2010), the Optical Society of America (OSA, now Optica) (2011), and the International Society for Nanomanufacturing (ISNM) (2010), and an inductee of the New Jersey High Tech Hall of Fame (2004). He was twice recognized by MIT Technology Review for his technologies as one of the

Biography:Xiaodong Chen holds the President's Chair Professorship in Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, with courtesy appointments in both Chemistry and Medicine. His research interests span mechanomaterials science and engineering, flexible electronics technology, sense digitalization, cyber-human interfaces and systems, and carbon-negative technology. Prof. Chen's outstanding scientific contributions have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Singapore President's Science Award, Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigatorship and NRF Fellowship, the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Dan Maydan Prize in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Winner of Falling Walls, and Kabiller Young Investigator. He is an elected member of the Singapore National Academy of Science, the Academy of Engineering Singapore, and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Chinese Chemical Society, and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Prof. Chen also serves on the editorial advisory boards of numerous esteemed international journals, including Advanced Materials, Small, and Nanoscale Horizons. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Nano, a flagship journal in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Abstract: The emerging nano-bio interfaces have created new opportunities for developing advanced sensing technologies with unparalleled sensitivity and specificity. In this talk, I will present the development of conformal nano-bio interfaces that allow for the seamless integration of nanoelectronic interfaces into biological systems for sense digitalization with maintaining function even under deformed states. In addition, I will discuss the recent development of a biphasic, nano-dispersed interface that can reliably connect soft, rigid, and encapsulation modules without the need for pastes. This interface was used to create stretchable devices for in vivo neuromodulation and on-skin electromyography. The modular integration improves signal quality and electrode performance, simplifying and accelerating the development of on-skin and implantable stretchable devices.

Biography: Zhongfan Liu completed his PhD from University of Tokyo in 1990 and postdoctoral study from the same university and Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan. His current research interests include the CVD growth, mass production and equipment manufacturing, and unique applications of graphene. He is the founding Director of Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI) and a BOYA chair professor of Peking University. He is the member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the fellow of TWAS.

Abstract: Super graphene-skinned materials describe a new type of graphene composite materials made by directly depositing continuous graphene layers on traditional materials via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. By growing high-performance graphene “skin”, the traditional materials are given new functionalities. The atomically thin graphene hitches a ride on the traditional material carriers to market. Beyond coating graphene powder on traditional materials, the directly-grown continuous graphene “skin” keeps its intrinsic excellent properties to a great extent, and holds the promise on future applications. Super graphene-skinned material is an innovative pathway for applications of continuous graphene films, which avoids the challenging peeling-transfer process and solves the non-self-supporting issue of ultrathin graphene film. The graphene skin almost has no influence on macroscale morphology of the supporting substrate, which leads to the high process compatibility of super graphene-skinned material in practical application scenarios. Therefore, graphene-skinned materials would exhibit their excellent performance without changing the processing of current engineering materials, and will be pushed to real industrial applications relying on the broad market of current engineering materials.