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Conference Introduction

Printed electronics, as a low-cost and green manufacturing technology, has been widely applied in fields such as flexible displays, photovoltaics, and sensors. In the development of printed flexible transparent conductive films, a key enabling material, China has established a globally leading industrial advantage based on technologies including silver nanowires. Meanwhile, printed additive manufacturing and smart packaging technologies are also driving industrial transformation and upgrading in China. Over the past five years, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China has repeatedly supported research projects related to printed displays, printed sensors, and flexible thin-film photovoltaic cells, highlighting the strategic importance of advancing printed electronics technologies.

Since 2010, China has successfully hosted 15 consecutive editions of the Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium. In 2017, the symposium was officially integrated into the global FlexTech conference system led by the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), and launched under the brand name“Flex China”. It has since become an important platform for communication and collaboration among academia, industry, and research institutions, significantly promoting industry–academia–research cooperation and innovation in the field of flexible electronics.

The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium (Flex China 2026) is a flagship event that integrates industry, academia, and research in the field of flexible and printed electronics in China. It is also one of the core branded conferences of CHInano 2026–The 16th China International Nanotechnology Industry Expo. The symposium will be held from October 21–22, 2026, at Suzhou International Expo Centre, under the theme of“Frontier Technologies of Flexible and Printed Electronics for Energy, Bioinformation, and Artificial Intelligence Applications”.The event will bring together experts, scholars, and industry leaders to explore new opportunities and future directions for the development of flexible and printed electronics.

Organization

Host

    • Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Organizer

    • Nanopolis Suzhou Co., Ltd.

Co-organizer

    • SIMI China

Main topics

2026 Agenda Overview

2026 Agenda Overview

Date: Oct. 21
Location: A106-107, Suzhou International Expo Center
Moderator: Director Wenda Zhang of SEMI and Professor Jun Wei
Moderator: Professors Fei Huang and Huipeng Chen
Date: Oct. 22
Location: A106-107, Suzhou International Expo Center
Moderator: Professors Ming Liu and Jianwen Zhao
Moderator: Professors Yuchen Wu and Yali Qiao
Date: Oct. 22
Location: A106-107, Suzhou International Expo Center
Moderator: Professors Zhiyuan Liu and Qiang Peng
Moderator: Professors Yuan Lin and Wei Yan
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
Speaker
Fei Huang
（ Professor of Southern University of Science and Technology）
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
Speaker
Huipeng Chen
（ Professor of Fuzhou University）
Display technologies are evolving toward intelligent displays featuring stereoscopic realism, multi-scenario adaptability, human-machine interaction and real-time perception. This requires timely sensing of massive external information, rapid processing of huge datasets, and real-time interactive rendering. Therefore, hardware for future display technologies will face great challenges in power consumption and energy efficiency. The biological brain boasts high efficiency, parallel computing, integrated memory-computation-display capability and low power consumption, hence, constructing display systems inspired by brain architecture represents one promising strategy to address the power and efficiency bottlenecks of future displays. This talk will mainly present our latest research on neuromorphic materials, devices and systems for display applications.
Huipeng Chen received his B.S. dual degrees in Applied Physics and Electronic Information Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2004. In 2009, he obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Tufts University, USA. He is currently Vice Dean, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou University. He is a recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists (Type A) and a Distinguished Professor under Fujian Minjiang Scholar Program. His research has long focused on semiconductor optoelectronic materials, devices and their applications. In the past five years, he has published more than 100 SCI papers as the corresponding author in top domestic and international journals including Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and IEEE EDL, etc. He presides over major projects such as the Regional Joint Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and research tasks of the National Key R&D Program of China.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Lijian Zuo
（ Professor of Zhejiang University）
Flexible and stretchable organic photovoltaic devices (FS-OPVs) hold great application prospects in wearable energy, the Internet of Things, buildings, and vehicular applications. Achieving synergy between the power conversion efficiency and mechanical flexibility of devices is one of the core issues in this field. This report will introduce the progress made by our research group in the structural and electrode material design of FS-OPVs, mainly including: 1) top-incident device structures and ultrathin, highly flexible organic photovoltaic devices; 2) silver-based electrode design and high-performance stretchable organic photovoltaic devices; and 3) integrated technology combining flexible organic photovoltaic devices with biosensors.
Zuo Lijian is a "Hundred Talents Program" Research Professor in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree and Ph.D. in Materials Science from Zhejiang University in 2009 and 2014, respectively. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at Zhejiang University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Washington. In 2020, he was selected for the National High-Level Young Talents Program and joined Zhejiang University. He has long been engaged in research on organic semiconductors and photovoltaic devices, having published more than 160 papers in journals such as Nature Nanotechnology and applied for over 20 invention patents. He has served as the principal investigator of the Young Scientists Project of the National Key R&D Program, as well as General and International Cooperation Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His honors include the First Prize of the Zhejiang Natural Science Award (2022), the Zhu Daoben Organic Solid Young Innovation Award of the Chinese Chemical Society (2023), and the Top Ten Progress of Young Scholars at Zhejiang University in 2022. He has also been listed as a Global Highly Cited Researcher.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Ming Shao
（ Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology）
Intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells (is-OSCs) represent an ideal power source for next-generation wearable electronics. However, a longterm challenge lies in overcoming the trade-off between power conversion efficiency (PCE) and mechencial stretchability. To adderss this limitation, we report multiple strategies: (1) physical blending active materials with elastomers; (2) incorporation of chemical bonding to effecitvly disspiate internal stress; (3) new molecular design of a series of ductile polymer donors and non-fullerene acceptors exhibiting unique plasticizing effect. As a result, we achieved is-OSCs that simultantously show the high efficiency (PCE>19%) and mechanical stretchability (εᵤ >90%). These robust and efficient stretchable active layers also offer great potential for broader wearable electronics applications, such as polarization-sensitive detection.
Ming Shao received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tennessee, USA. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and later worked at Polyera Corporation, where he conducted research on flexible electronic devices. He is currently a Professor at the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research interests primarily focus on flexible and stretchable optoelectronic devices, including solar cells and photodetectors, wearable devices, spintronics, and the device physics of emerging semiconductors. He has published more than 100 research papers in leading international journals, including Science, Nat. Rev. Methods Primers. Nat. Commun., Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct.Mater., ACS nano, Angew. Chem., Energy Environ. Sci.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Wenchao Huang
（ Professor of Wuhan University of Technology）
Ultrathin flexible organic solar cells (OSCs) with high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and excellent mechanical properties are considered a promising power source for wearable electronic devices. However, simultaneously achieving high efficiency and robust mechanical stability is still challenging. In this study, we demonstrate 3-µm-thick ultra-flexible OSCs that can achieve an efficiency of arppoaching 18% through the control of active layer morphology and interfacial engineering. The ultrathin device exhibits a negligible degradation in its device performance after the cyclic bending and cyclic stretching/compression test. Ultralightweight and ultra-flexible photovoltaic devices that can be conformably adhered to complex curved surfaces are considered promising future power sources for wearable electronic systems. Moreover, the all-solution processed ultrathin photodetector is developed, which exhibits the high resposivity in the near infrared region and enable reliable photoplethysmography (PPG) signal detection.
Prof. Wenchao Huang received his B.E. (with honor) and Ph.D. from Monash University in 2012 and 2016 respectively. After his postdoctoral fellow training at University of California Los Angeles and University of Tokyo and Monash University, he is a professor at Wuhan University of Technology and served as the vice-dean in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. His current research interests include organic optoelectronics, flexible electronics and composite materials. Recognitions for his research include Australian Synchrotron Stephen Wilkins Medal. To date, he has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers in international prestigious journals including Science, Nature, Nat. Phonton., Sci. Adv., Nat. Comm. and Adv. Mater., and received over 13000 citations with a H-index of 50.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Jun Wei
（ Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen）
Flexible Printed Electronics (FPE) is a technology for fabricating and printing functional devices on flexible substrates. The competitive advantages of FPE include direct printing, shortened lead time from design to product, fewer process steps, and material versatility. Environmentally friendly, this technology enables mass production of lightweight, thin, flexible and wearable functional devices of various sizes at low cost. This lecture will focus on the origin, development history and applications of flexible printed electronics, as well as selected research achievements from our team in this field.
Dr. Jun Wei is a Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, national high-level talent, founder of the Key Laboratory of Printed Electronics Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Director of Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, and Director of Flexible Printed Electronics Center, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen). Prior to joining HIT (Shenzhen), Dr. Wei served as Principal Scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore. He also held positions including Programme Director of A*STAR’s Strategic Research Programme on Additive Manufacturing, Deputy Executive Director for Research & International Collaboration, and Head of the Flexible Printed Electronics Lab at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech). His research interests cover flexible printed electronics and additive manufacturing. He has published more than 1,000 papers in international journals and conferences, with over 40,000 citations and an H-index of 101. He holds over 100 inventions and patents. He serves as chair for multiple international conferences and editor for several academic journals.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
Speaker
Jianqi Zhang
（ Professor of National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST)）
Slot-die coating, an roll-to-roll (R2R)-compatible technique, is commonly employed in laboratories for fabricating such devices. Nevertheless, the PCE of flexible large-area modules made via this method remains relatively low. Focusing on the key challenge of minimizing the efficiency loss when scaling from small-area to large-area devices, this report elaborates on strategies for achieving high-performance flexible OSCs. The discussion centers on two primary aspects: the formation of uniform, high-quality large-area active layer films and the reduction of sheet resistance in flexible substrates.
Jianqi Zhang received his Ph. D. degree in polymer physics and chemistry at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of science in 2010. After, he took postdoctoral research at Technische Universität München (TUM). He has been a professor at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) since 2018. His research interests focus on morphology analysis of organic solar cells.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Geng Yang
（ Professor of Zhejiang University）
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Guanghui Li
（ Associate Professor of Nankai University）
This presentation focuses on key challenges in organic spectroscopic photodetection, including response speed, spectral analysis, and system-level integration, and introduces a systematic research framework spanning molecular design, device engineering, and functional integration. By extending the conjugation of molecular central units and regulating intermolecular packing, we establish structure–property relationships linking molecular architecture, charge transport, and high-speed photoresponse. Tunable spectral responses and differential photodetector arrays are then exploited to enable device-level spectral reconstruction, spectral imaging, and wavelength-dependent optical communication. Furthermore, leveraging the intrinsic flexibility, solution processability, and integration compatibility of organic semiconductors, we develop multimodal optoelectronic systems that combine non-contact sensing, information transmission, and secure human–machine interaction. Together, these studies establish an integrated pathway from molecular regulation to spectral information acquisition and functional systems, providing a foundation for miniaturized and chip-integrated organic spectroscopic sensing technologies.
Guanghui Li is an Associate Research Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the College of Chemistry, Nankai University. He received his M.S. degree from the Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2013 under the supervision of Professor Ting Zhang, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Riverside, in 2018 under the supervision of Professor Robert C. Haddon. His research focuses on organic optoelectronic materials and devices, particularly high-performance organic photodetectors, spectral sensing and analysis, flexible optoelectronic sensing, optical wireless communication, and miniaturized spectroscopic systems. His work aims to advance organic optoelectronic devices from materials and performance optimization toward the integration of optical information sensing, analysis, and transmission. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers in journals including Science, JACS, Advanced Materials, and Angewandte Chemie, and has led or participated in multiple research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Program.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Yuchen Wu
（ Professor of Jilin University）
The advanced manufacturing and information technology industry represented by integrated circuits is an important strategic development direction for the country. With the development of nanotechnology in the past decades, a variety of nanomaterials with excellent performance have been produced, but these materials are incompatible with traditional inorganic semiconductor micromachining technology and are difficult to integrate into optoelectronic devices. Solution-processing technology with mild conditions is a key pathway to achieve nanomaterials to optoelectronic functional devices. How to control the macroscopic patterning construction and microscopic orderly assembly of materials during solution processes has become a key technological bottleneck for the industrial development of high-performance optoelectronic functional devices. To this end, the reporter has developed a liquid-bridge-confined micromachining technique from the key medium of solution processing, the interface, by combining the synergy of interface microstructure and chemical modification: in the macroscopic liquid film, modulating the local capillary force gradient distribution induces controlled contraction of the liquid film to form patterned micro-liquid bridges; in the micro-liquid bridge, modulating the dynamic balance of evaporative capillary flow and Marangoni flow is regulated to induce the orderly assembly of structural units, which enables the preparation of large-area, high-precision patterned micro-single crystals and the construction of high-performance optoelectronic devices and functional coupling devices.
Yuchen Wu is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Chemistry, Jilin University. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016. His research focuses on liquid-phase micro/nano manufacturing technology and micro/nano functional devices. Based on the interfacial confinement effect, he proposed a liquid-bridge-confined microcrystal patterning fabrication method, revealed the regulatory principles of “interface-micro/nanofluid-crystallization–device” and developed universal micro/nanofabrication equipment. He has published more than 100 SCI-indexed papers in total, including more than 70 papers as first or corresponding author in international journals such as Nature, Nat. Nanotechnol., Nat. Electron., Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., J. Am. Chem. Soc., and Adv. Mater., with an H-index of 51. He has also been invited to write reviews and perspective articles for journals such as Acc. Chem. Res., J. Am. Chem. Soc., and Adv. Mater. He has applied for more than 30 national invention patents, more than 10 of which have been granted. He has received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of the NSFC, the Chinese Chemical Society Young Chemist Award, the Chinese Chemical Society Nano Chemistry Rising Star Award, the Outstanding Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Special President’s Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His related research results have been featured in journals such as Nature and Nature Electronics. He serves as a member of the Award Recommendation Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society, an Editorial Board Member of SmartMat (Wiley), and an Editorial Board Member of Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Yali Qiao
（ Professor of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) ）
Precision patterning of organic functional materials is essential for device applications, yet achieving controlled assembly and performance modulation near the molecular scale remains a major challenge. Inspired by natural bubble evolution, we have developed a bubble-template printing methodology that leverages dynamic gas–liquid interfacial confinement effects, providing a new pathway to overcome the resolution limits of conventional printing technologies. This presentation will systematically introduce our progress in establishing the bubble-printing methodology and pushing its patterning capability toward the molecular scale: (1) Confinement construction and precision breakthrough: By overcoming multiple non-equilibrium-state challenges during fluid evolution, we have successfully achieved sub-12 nm patterning precision (six molecular layers) and established a quantitative correlation between macroscopic liquid-film evolution and microscopic molecular assembly. (2) Mechanism revelation and structural regulation: We revealed the diffusion-limited aggregation and spatial-confinement mechanisms induced by quasi-one-dimensional dynamic interfaces, enabling precise orientation of asymmetric nanoscale building blocks and the construction of chiral hierarchical structures with photo-tunable spin selectivity. (3) Device verification and system expansion: We precisely fabricated patterned electron-transport layers, enabling perovskite solar cells to reach 25.35% efficiency; we also realized near-quantitative bidirectional photoisomerization (96–98%) and programmable photoresponsive architectures. This concept has been successfully extended to multiphase interfacial confinement systems, demonstrating broad material and system universality. Looking ahead, as this system approaches its physical limit, patterning precision is expected to reach the mono/bilayer scale below 10 nm. These studies not only provide experimental support for exploring the ultimate length scales of chemical self-assembly, but also open a new methodological paradigm for molecular-scale precision manufacturing in frontier fields spanning organic electronics, chiral optoelectronics, and energy devices.
Yali Qiao is a Researcher (Professor) and Ph.D. Supervisor at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS). She earned her Ph.D. from ICCAS in 2011 under the supervision of Academician Daoben Zhu. From 2012 to 2018, she conducted postdoctoral research at the University of South Carolina and Columbia University. In 2018, she joined ICCAS through the "Hundred Talents Program" and has since worked in the group led by Prof. Yanlin Song. Addressing grand challenges in advanced optoelectronics and micro/nano manufacturing, Dr. Qiao is dedicated to molecular-scale precision manufacturing of functional materials and related device research. Inspired by natural bubble evolution, she originally proposed the concept of "Dynamic Interfacial Confinement" and established the bubble printing methodology, breaking through the limitations of conventional fluid interfaces and equilibrium self-assembly in molecular-scale manufacturing. Her work has achieved sub-12 nm ultrahigh-precision molecular patterning, precise control over multi-scale aggregate states, and performance tuning, establishing a new paradigm of molecular-scale manufacturing for frontier applications in optoelectronics, chirality, and energy. To date, she has published over 60 papers in leading journals including Chem. Rev., Sci. Adv., Adv. Mater., JACS, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and Sci. Bull., and has filed/been granted 27 invention patents at home and abroad. She has led or participated in projects funded by the NSFC (including the Innovative Research Group and General Programs) and the CAS Bureau of International Cooperation. She was awarded the 18th China Young Female Scientist Award (Team Prize).
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Junfeng Sun
（ Assistant Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology）
The roll-to-roll (R2R) printing technique has emerged as a promising advanced manufacturing platform for the large-area fabrication of flexible electronic devices, with potential applications in flexible displays, logic circuits, and sensor systems. However, the widespread commercialization of R2R-printed devices remains constrained by several technical challenges, including limited operational stability, threshold voltage variations, relatively low charge carrier mobility (<1 cm²/Vs), and insufficient on/off current ratios. Additionally, achieving high-resolution patterning requires careful selection of printing methodologies tailored to specific electronic inks, as their rheological properties (e.g., viscosity, surface tension, and viscoelasticity) differ significantly during ink formulation and deposition processes. In this work, we developed a hybrid R2R printing system integrating gravure and flexographic printing units, leveraging their respective advantages in cost-effectiveness and process scalability. Based on the developed printing platform, a variety of flexible devices were demonstrated, including thin-film transistor active matrices (TFT-AMs) with resolution enhancement from 10 to 54 pixels per inch (PPI) and array scalability from 12×12 to 64×64 configurations; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) ring oscillators and D-flip-flop logic circuits; and various flexible sensor devices, such as humanoid robot tactile sensors.
Dr. Junfeng Sun is currently a research faculty member in the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where he conducts research and teaching in the field of printed electronics. He earned his Ph.D. in Printed Electronics from Sunchon National University in the Republic of Korea in 2017, during which he joined a globally renowned research group dedicated to roll-to-roll (R2R) gravure-printed flexible electronic devices. Between 2018 and 2020, he served as a research professor at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea, where he conducted research on printed flexible semiconductor integrated circuit devices as part of a Korean Engineering Research Center project, and designed and built high-precision multi-color roll-to-roll manufacturing equipment dedicated to flexible electronics. His research centers on the development of flexible, large-area, and cost-effective printed electronic devices, spanning the entire value chain—from ink formulation and materials characterization to process optimization and device integration. His early contributions focused on the development of inks and processing protocols for fully R2R gravure-printed thin-film transistors (TFTs), with targeted applications in next-generation displays and flexible sensor arrays. As a lead author, he has published high-impact papers in journals including ACS Nano on R2R-printed electrochemical sensors and carbon nanotube active matrices, and holds patents on NFC QR code labels for anti-counterfeiting. His current research focuses on flexible sensing and semiconductor devices based on roll-to-roll manufacturing technology.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Qun Luo
（ Professor of Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), Chinese Academy of Sciences）
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Ming Liu
（ Professor of Xi'an Jiaotong University）
Ferroelectrics are usually inflexible oxides that undergo brittle deformation. We synthesized freestanding single crystalline ferroelectric BTO(BaTiO3), BFO(BiFeO3) and BTO/LSMO bi-layer membranes and with a damage-free lifting-off process. Our ferroelectric membranes can undergo a nearly 180° folding during in-situ bending test, demonstrating a super-elasticity and ultra-flexibility1-3. We found that the origin of the super-elasticity was from the dynamic evolution of ferroelectric nanodomains in BTO and phase change in BFO. High stresses modulate the energy landscape dramatically and allow the dipoles to rotate continuously. A continuous transition zone is formed to accommodate the variant strain and avoid high mismatch stress usually causing fracture. BTO/LSMO shows a self-assembled spring shape due to the lattice mismatch as free-standing in the air. Such spring can undergo up 50% of the length change upon a mechanic forced is loaded. The phenomenon should be possible in other ferroelectrics systems through domain engineering. The ultra-flexible epitaxial ferroelectric membranes could enable many magnetoelectric applications such as flexible sensors, memories and electronic skins. Keywords: Multiferroics, Freestanding membranes, Magnetoelectric coupling 1.Dong, Liu, et al., Science 366, 475-479 (2019) 2.Dong, Liu, et al., Advanced Materials, 2108419. (2022) 3.Tao, Dong, Liu, et al., Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202515834
Ming Liu received his Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University, Boston, USA. He was a Director Postdoctoral Fellow with the Argonne National Laboratory, USA. He is currently serving as a distinguished professor and the Dean of the School of Electronics Science and Engineering in Xi’an Jiaotong University. Dr. Liu has been involved in multidisciplinary research on applied magnetics, including spintronics, STT, SOT, and ME-based MRAM, TMR, and ME-based magnetic field sensors and ME antennas, flexible oxide functional materials and devices, and ferrites, ferroelectrics, and multiferroic materials and devices. He was a recipient of a few prestigious awards, including the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2019-2024), etc. He has published more than 280 papers in top-tier journals with 10000+ citations, including Science, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, etc. His publication has been selected as one of the ten outstanding papers of the decade in Advanced Functional Materials.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Jun Wu
（ Professor of Southeast University）
Driven by the urgent demand for next-generation bioinspired electronic skins in embodied intelligence, this report presents systematic research on polymer thin-film electronic tactile devices. Addressing key challenges including unstable electronic transport under dynamic deformation, insufficient electromechanical conversion efficiency, and the difficulty of decoding complex tactile information, an integrated “electrode-sensing layer-device” research framework is established. By developing strategies for conductive network synergistic reconstruction and interfacial stability regulation, flexible devices with efficient electron transport and long-term operational reliability under large deformation are achieved. The regulatory mechanisms of functional filler-polymer interfacial coupling on mechanical deformation, electrical response, and information conversion are further elucidated, enabling efficient electromechanical conversion and stable tactile signal acquisition. Moreover, collaborative integration strategies for tactile sensing units and information decoupling approaches are proposed to achieve accurate perception of complex tactile information under multi-stimulus environments. This research provides fundamental insights and technological support for the structural design, performance optimization, and development of intelligent tactile perception systems based on polymer thin-film electronic devices.
Jun Wu, Vice Dean of the School of Electronic Science and Engineering at Southeast University, is a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor. He serves as the Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Key Industry–Education Integration Base for Integrated Circuits. His research focuses on flexible integrated devices and intelligent systems for advanced human–machine symbiotic systems. He has led 7 major research projects, including projects supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as 5 key industry collaborative projects. He has published more than 80 research papers in prestigious journals, including Science Advances, Nature Communications, and Advanced Materials. He has been invited to serve as a Co-Chair of international conferences, including IEEE ICEDA and AI Sensors, and currently serves as a Guest Editor for special issues of Research and JMM. He has been granted more than 30 national invention patents, with 5 patents successfully transferred for commercialization.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Ying Wang
（ Professor of Beijing Jiaotong University）
A carbon nanotube heterojunction-gated field-effect transistor is designed with an architecture that decouples photocarrier generation from channel transport. The infrared heterojunction absorbs light and generates a photovoltage that modulates the carbon nanotube channel current, enabling low-noise electrical amplification of short-wave infrared optical signals. This architecture offers high sensitivity, potential for large-format arrays, and flexibility in system design. A 128 × 128-pixel detector array is fabricated through monolithic carbon–silicon integration and investigated for imaging. A bipolar, highly sensitive phototransistor is also designed, with bottom-gate control of photoresponse polarity and amplitude. Programmable weighting of optical signals is explored, and device–readout co-design schemes for detecting light-intensity changes and generating event outputs are discussed.
Ying Wang is a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at Beijing Jiaotong University and concurrently serves as a Research Fellow at the Peking University Chongqing Institute of Carbon-Based Integrated Circuits. She received her Ph.D. from Peking University in 2015 and subsequently worked at the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, as an Assistant Professor and later an Associate Professor. She joined Beijing Jiaotong University in 2019 and took up her concurrent appointment at the Chongqing institute in 2024. Her research focuses on carbon-based optoelectronic sensors and system integration, with an emphasis on developing novel optoelectronic chip technologies for next-generation smart terminals. Her work spans materials preparation, device design, chip integration, and system applications. She has led multiple research projects, including General Program projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, projects under the Basic Research Enhancement Program, and subprojects under integrated projects of the NSFC Major Research Plan. She has published more than 40 papers in journals including Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, and ACS Nano, with an h-index of 27. She serves on the Early-Career Editorial Boards of Nano-Micro Letters and Chip.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Maguang Zhu
（ Associate Professor of Nanjing University）
With the rapid advancement of aerospace engineering, new-generation space missions such as crewed lunar landings and solar system exploration impose more stringent performance requirements on electronic devices. The harsh composite radiation environment in space induced by high-energy particles and cosmic rays, including total ionizing dose (TID), single-event effects (SEE), and displacement damage, constitutes the primary threat to aerospace chips. Existing studies have demonstrated that carbon-based electronic devices possess far superior resistance to total ionizing dose radiation compared with conventional silicon-based devices, enabling them to satisfy the multi-year to multi-decade chip lifetime requirements of deep-space exploration missions. Nevertheless, reports on single-event effects, displacement damage effects, and composite radiation effects in carbon-based devices remain absent, which prevents the systematic evaluation of the overall radiation tolerance of carbon-based devices and integrated circuits. Based on carbon nanotube transistors and static random-access memory (SRAM) cells, this work employs a laser radiation source to characterize the single-event radiation tolerance of carbon-based integrated circuits, a heavy-ion irradiation source to test their resistance to displacement damage, and a Co-60 gamma-ray source to assess their total ionizing dose radiation hardness. This study systematically elucidates the three radiation damage mechanisms (total ionizing dose, single event, and displacement damage) in carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNTFETs) and, for the first time, investigates the comprehensive radiation response of carbon nanotube electronic devices. Experimental results indicate that the fabricated carbon nanotube transistors and SRAM circuits can withstand equivalent laser single-event irradiation of 10⁴ MeV·cm²·mg⁻¹, displacement damage irradiation of 2.8×10¹³ MeV·g⁻¹, and total ionizing dose irradiation of 2 Mrad (Si). Their overall radiation tolerance exceeds that of silicon-based devices by more than fourfold, fully demonstrating the application potential of carbon nanotube electronic devices in radiation-hardened fields.
Zhu Maguang Assistant Professor / Distinguished Research Fellow, School of Integrated Circuits, Nanjing University Jiangsu Shuangchuang Doctor, Gusu Young Innovative Leading Talent. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University. In 2020, he obtained his Doctor of Science degree from the Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, under the supervision of Academician Peng Lianmao. From 2021 to 2022, he worked as a Boya Postdoctoral Fellow in the Zhang Zhiyong–Peng Lianmao Research Group at the Carbon-Based Electronics Research Center, Peking University. His research over the years focuses on original studies covering the fabrication of novel low-dimensional nanomaterials in the post-Moore era, high-performance carbon nanotube integrated circuits, radiation-hardened integrated circuits, and flexible wearable electronic devices. He has published numerous academic papers in journals including Nature Electronics and Advanced Materials (3 papers). One of his research achievements won the First Prize for Excellent Natural Science Academic Papers of Suzhou City for 2020–2021. He has presided over more than 10 projects, including projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, such as the Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Wei Yuan
（ Associate Professor of Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, the University of Science and Technology of China ）
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Yuan Lin
（ Professor of University of Electronic Science And Technology of China）
The rapid advancement of flexible electronics has unlocked ever-growing application potential. Many practical scenarios demand the integration of sophisticated flexible circuits within confined microscale spaces, which requires establishing methodologies for three-dimensional stacking integration of stretchable flexible systems at the circuit level. Through in-depth analysis of the synergistic coupling of multiple stresses during 3D stacking, we propose a strategy to effectively suppress uncontrolled deformation of flexible substrates in interconnection and integration processes. Stable 3D interconnection between multi-layer flexible circuits is thereby achieved, establishing a technical framework for stretchable flexible 3D integration compatible with printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing processes. Meanwhile, by tuning adhesion strength, we have developed conformal transfer printing technology, enabling in-situ integration of multi-layer devices on complex curved surfaces.
Yuan Lin, Professor and PhD Supervisor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. She is a National High-Level Talent and recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. Her research has long centered on the fabrication and modulation of flexible inorganic electronic thin-film materials, construction of stretchable flexible electronic devices, and biomedical applications of stretchable flexible electronics. She has presided over multiple national research projects including National 973 Program projects and National Major Scientific Research Instrument Development Projects. She has published more than 300 SCI papers and authored two academic monographs.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Wei Yan
（ Professor of Donghua University）
The evolution of fibers has been closely intertwined with the progress of human civilization. From the clothes we wear to spacecraft exploring outer space, fibers have served as fundamental and indispensable components. To meet the increasingly complex demands of future intelligent applications, breakthroughs are urgently needed in fiber materials, architectures, and functional integration. In this talk, I will present a novel class of electronic fibers that integrate diverse materials and functional building blocks, including metals, semiconductors, dielectrics, and microchips. Through the construction of sophisticated multiscale architectures, these fibers establish an integrated sensing–memory–computing framework within a one-dimensional form factor, offering unique technological capabilities for applications in healthcare, neuroscience, and advanced engineering systems.
Wei Yan is a Professor in the College of Materials Science and Engineering at Donghua University and Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (Overseas) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). His research focuses primarily on intelligent fiber materials and devices. He has published more than 30 papers as a corresponding or first author in leading journals, including two papers in Nature, as well as papers in Nature Nanotechnology and Nature Electronics. He has served as Principal Investigator of several major research projects, including an NSFC Original Exploratory Program project and its continuation funding, an NSFC Regional Innovation and Development Joint Fund Key Program project, and a CAST Key Innovation Fund project of the China Academy of Space Technology. His honors include the Shangsi Explorer Scholar Award from the Shanghai Shangsi Institute for Natural Sciences, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 China (TR35 China), and the IEEE Nanotechnology Council Early Career Award. He also serves as an editor for National Science Review and Science Bulletin.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Ruiyuan Liu
（ Professor of Soochow University）
Stretchable multimodal tactile electronic skin, which can simultaneously perceive multiple tactile stimuli and conform to dynamic curved surfaces, is highly desirable for wearable electronics, human-machine interaction, and intelligent robotics. However, its development is still limited by stretching-induced deformation, electrostatic interference, and insufficient visual feedback. This report presents an omnidirectional stretchable electrostatic shielding strategy that effectively reduces noise in stretchable tactile sensing arrays and improves signal stability and accuracy. The shielding design is further extended to both sensors and stretchable circuits, enabling large-area, high-precision motion recognition across the whole body. In addition, a hydrogel-based modular integration approach is developed to construct a stretchable electrochromic array, achieving visualized tactile sensing. By integrating noise suppression, whole-body motion recognition, and visual feedback, this work addresses key challenges in stretchable tactile electronic skin and provides a promising solution for high-performance, anti-interference, and visualized sensing, offering new opportunities for smart wearables and human-machine interaction and robotics.
Ruiyuan Liu has been a Distinguished Professor, doctoral supervisor, and group leader at the School of Energy, Soochow University since 2021. From 2015 to 2021, he studied and conducted research successively at the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, RIKEN (Japan), and the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on stretchable functional polymer materials and multimodal tactile electronic skin. Over the past five years, as a corresponding author, he has published more than 30 research papers in journals such as Nature Sensors, Nature Reviews Materials, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, and Chemical Society Reviews. His total citations exceed 7,000, and he has been listed among the world’s top 2% scientists for 2025–2026 (Stanford University–Elsevier). He serves as an academic editorial board member for journals including SmartMat, FlexMat, Iontronics, and Exploration, and has authored one Chinese and one English book chapter.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Songsong Tang
（ Professor of the University of Science and Technology of China ）
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Yixiang Shi
（ Associate Professor of Nanjing Forestry University）
In this talk, the speaker utilizes the orthogonality of coordination bonds and other noncovalent interactions to develop a stepwise self-assembly strategy for supramolecular frameworks driven by coordination bonds. This approach is applied to the precise fabrication of dynamically responsive smart material systems, as well as their applications in energy conversion and energy storage.
Yixiang Shi, Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University. He received his PhD from the College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University in 2019, under the supervision of Professor Jian-Ping Lang. He then conducted postdoctoral research at the Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, CAS (with Principal Investigator Ting Zhang) and the Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong (with Professor Ho Yu Au-Yeung). He joined the College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University in July 2024. His current research focuses on exploiting the orthogonality between coordination bonds and other noncovalent interactions to develop a stepwise self-assembly strategy for supramolecular frameworks driven primarily by coordination bonds. This strategy is applied to the precise construction of functional dynamic-responsive smart material systems, and their applications in stimuli-responsive smart materials and energy conversion are explored. To date, he has published multiple papers as the first or corresponding author in journals including J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chin. Sci. Lett. (2 papers), Sci. Bull. and Chem. Commun. He holds 2 granted invention patents. He was awarded the Jiangsu “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctor” Talent Program (2020), and has led and participated in several national and provincial Natural Science Foundation projects.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Qiang Peng
（ Professor of Sichuan University）
Organic solar cells are a typical representative of third-generation solar cells, and their active layer is mainly prepared by physical blending of organic donor materials and non-fullerene acceptor materials. Therefore, donor materials, acceptor materials, and interface modification materials are key materials for organic solar cells and have always been cutting-edge hot topics in this field. In this report, we will focus on the design work of organic donor materials, non-fullerene acceptor materials, interface materials, and active layer vertical phase separation control for high-efficiency organic solar cell devices in recent years. We will also explore the structural design and controllable preparation of high-efficiency single-layer devices, ternary blend devices, interactive heterojunctions, and integrated devices. Our research findings will provide insights for the design of new molecular and device structures for organic donor materials, acceptor materials, interface materials, and the further development of organic solar cells.
Qiang Peng is now a secondary-level professor at Sichuan University, recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, New Century Excellent Talent by the Ministry of Education, Sichuan Province's "Thousand Talents" Program, Sichuan Provincial Academic and Technical Leader, Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate, and Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University. He has long been engaged in research on organic solar cells, perovskite solar cells, organic electroluminescence, carbon nanomaterials and devices. He has published over 300 academic papers in international journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Advanced Materials, including 2 papers selected as China's Top 100 Most Influential Papers and over 80 papers recognized as ESI highly cited papers. He has authored 3 chapters of academic monographs, edited one textbook, and obtained more than 30 authorized Chinese invention patents. He has led over 30 national and provincial research projects, including the National Key R&D Program, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and National Natural Science Foundation. In 2010, he was awarded the Second Prize of the Jiangxi Natural Science Award (ranked first), in 2021, the First Prize of the Sichuan Natural Science Award (ranked first), and in 2026, the Gold Medal at the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva (ranked first).
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Zhiyuan Liu
（ Professor of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)）
Zhiyuan Liu，Professor at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is a recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s Young Scientists Fund (Category A), an Outstanding Young Scholar in Engineering Frontiers recognized by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a selected fellow of the national Young Thousand Talents Program. He also serves as a Professor at the National Innovation Center for High-Performance Medical Devices, Assistant Director of the State Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging Science and Technology Systems, and Deputy Director of a Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory. He has led research tasks under the National Key R&D Program of China, as well as projects supported by the Shenzhen Peacock Team Program and the CAS Bureau of Major R&D Programs. For more than a decade, he has led his research group in advancing flexible human–machine interface systems and their applications. Focusing on next-generation peripheral nerve and muscle interfaces, the group develops soft electrodes for body-surface and chronic implantation applications, soft–rigid interfaces, and hardware systems, alongside application-specific validation. Its research spans key materials, core devices, and system integration, and extends to soft tactile skin technologies for humanoid robots. Over the past five years, he has published three papers in Nature as a corresponding author, along with multiple papers in Nature Electronics, Nature Chemical Biology, Science Advances, Nature Communications, and Advanced Materials. He is a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials and has been included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list. He has also been recognized as an Outstanding Challenge Leader under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s “Open Competition for Key Technology R&D” initiative. His honors include Second Prize in the Brain–Computer Interface Systems Championship of the 2025 National Disruptive Technology Innovation Competition, the Tengchong Young Scientist Award Nomination Prize—one of only nine recipients nationwide and the sole recipient in his field—and the Zhong Nanshan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award, awarded to only ten recipients nationwide.
Electrodes are essential components of brain–computer interfaces, enabling neural signal recording and electrical neuromodulation. Their electrical performance, mechanical compatibility, and biocompatibility directly influence signal quality and long-term system reliability. This presentation reviews recent advances and key challenges in brain–computer interface electrodes, highlighting design strategies for electrode materials, device architectures, and tissue interfaces. Drawing on our group’s research in flexible human–machine interfaces, it presents efforts in developing soft electrodes for body-surface and chronic implantation applications, soft–rigid interfaces, and integrated hardware systems. Particular attention is given to jointly optimizing electrical conductivity and mechanical compliance, maintaining stable coupling with dynamically deforming tissues, addressing tissue responses to chronic implantation, and ensuring reliable encapsulation and interconnections. The presentation also examines the critical steps linking improvements in material properties to system-level validation. Finally, it discusses future directions toward high-density, minimally invasive, chronically stable, and scalable electrode technologies for reliable flexible neural interfaces.
The 2026 Chinese Flexible and Printed Electronics Symposium
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Yue Li
（ Associate Professor of Hohai University）
Perceiving the degree of slip (early slip, macroslip) and the type of slip (linear slip, rotational slip) is essential for robotic hands to achieve stable grasping. A critical challenge lies in designing flexible tactile sensors that can selectively respond to pressure and static/dynamic friction forces, and accurately establish a mapping relationship between the spatiotemporal signal characteristics of the sensor and the degree and type of slip. This presentation first investigates how the structural design of flexible tactile sensors affects their selective response to static and dynamic friction forces. Focusing on sliding friction, it particularly discusses how to exploit the stick-slip phenomenon in dry friction to distinguish between linear and rotational slips.
Dr. Li Yue is currently a lecturer at the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Hohai University. She is dedicated to the design and manufacturing of flexible multi-functional tactile sensors, as well as the exploration of high-selectivity response sensing mechanisms and their applications in dexterous robotic hands and neural prostheses. Starting from the basic mechanisms such as mechanical deformation and heat transfer processes of the contact interface in the problem of grasping for dexterous robotic hands, she systematically explores the scientific and technical issues related to the structure, materials, devices, and systems of high-selectivity response flexible tactile sensors. In recent years, she has published articles as the first author (including co-first author) in journals such as Research, InfoMat, npj Flexible Electronics, and FlexMat, with 7 SCI papers related to flexible tactile sensors. She has also been awarded a National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund (Class C). She serves as a Young Editor for Advanced Bionics.
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