CAN WU

Appointment

Postdoc, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, CA, USA 2021/8 - present

Advisor: Zhenan Bao

Research topic: soft, stretchable, large-area electronics for human-machine/biomedical interface

News

• 2025/3/12 Today I learned our work was discussed as a frontier flexible technology in a lecture at Stanford EE240 course. I call this a milestone, cheers!

• 2024/10 Our invited paper, entitled "Skin-Inspired Sensors and Integrated Circuits for Wearables and Implantables", will appear in 2024 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Focus Session on Advanced Neurotechnologies and Human-Machine Interfaces.

• 2024/7 I am invited to give a talk at 31st International Workshop on Active-Matrix Flat-panel Displays and Devices, entitled "Enabling High Performance and Strain Insensitivity in Intrinsically Stretchable Carbon-Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors". 

• 2024/3 Our work, on intrinsically stretchable carbon-nanotube thin-film transistors, is published in Nature. For the first time, the performance of stretchable transistors rivals that of conventional flexible ones. This work paves the way for next-generation large-scale, biocompatible electrophysiology sensing tools.

The work is featured in Nature Review Electrical Engineering, IEEE Spectrum, Stanford News, Tech Explore, EurekAlert, Bioengineer, Nature Asia, Mirage News.

• 2024/3 Our paper, entitled "Strain-Induced Performance Variation in Stretchable Carbon-Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors and the Solution through a Circular Channel Design", is published in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (special issue). We develop a simple but effective geometry design to mitigate strain effect on stretchable transistors.

• 2023/11 I present a poster in the System X conference at Stanford University, on our recent development of stretchable electronics for human-cyber interfaces.

• 2023/10 Our paper, entitled "A Monolithic-Integrable Reconfigurable Antenna based on Large-Area Electronics" is published in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC).

• 2023/9 Our paper, entitled "A Device Design Approach to Mitigate Strain Impact on Stretchable Carbon-Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors" is accepted to 2023 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM). It is among top ranked student papers!

• 2023/8 Our proposal on development of  a high-density sEMG sensing array is funded.

• 2023/3 I share my perspective on future intelligent sensing as a panelist at the Open House on Nano/Microelectronics workshop at SLAC National Lab.

• 2022/11 I give a joint talk at the System X conference at Stanford University, on our recent development of stretchable devices a circuits for human-machine interface.

• 2021/11 I give a talk at Westlake University, entitled “Large-Area Electronics for Wireless-Sensing Applications".

• 2021/10 A News & Views article in Nature Electronics, entitled "Oxide electronics for 5G and 6G", reviews our work on a gigahertz large area electronics-based phased array.

• 2021/10 Our work on a gigahertz large-area electronics-based phased array is published online in Nature Electronics.

• 2021/8 I join Stanford University as a postdoc. My research will focus on developing stretchable electronic for electrophysiological-sensing tools for human-machine interface applications.

• 2021/7 I give a talk at Peking University, entitled "Device, Circuit, and System Co-Designs for Gigahertz Large-Area Electronics".

• 2021/7 I defend my Ph.D. !

• 2021/7 I am invited to give a talk at 28th International Workshop on Active-Matrix Flat-panel Displays and Devices, entitled "Gigahertz Large-Area Electronic Devices and Circuits for Wireless Applications". 

• 2021/3 Our work on REITS, a wireless system to improve radar-signal reflections for enhancing self-driving vehicle safety, is reported on NewScientist.

• 2020/12 I present our work on gigahertz large-area electronics RF switch and its application to reconfigurable antennas at IEEE International Electron Devices Conference (IEDM).