The research ONLINE – From light fueled self-oscillators to light communicating material networks merges the contemporary hot research topics of responsive materials and soft robotics. In his research Zeng provides a general design route for all kinds of responsive materials to obtain their communication. This project is based on a physics concept of self-oscillation feedback, which can be generalized to other materials or chemical systems. Herein, this research offers a general route to materials communication and will increase the cross-talk across scientific borders.
Hao Zeng works as an Academy Research Fellow at Materials Science and Environmental Engineering unit. He’s also a leader of a group called Light Robots, in which the project will be executed. The group studies light-weight robotic systems that are driven and communicated by light. The group is synergistically powered by the multi-disciplinary research activities from Smart Photonic Materials group.