Optoelectronics
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Optoelectronics is a branch of electronics that involves devices and systems which generate, detect, or control light through the interaction of optical and electronic phenomena. This includes technologies such as LEDs, photodetectors, laser diodes, electroluminescent films, and photonic sensors. In robotics and AI, optoelectronics plays a critical role across multiple domains: flexible electroluminescent skins enable robots to signal and sense touch simultaneously, piezoelectric nanowire LED arrays provide high-resolution pressure visualization, and advanced optical components like metalens arrays and soliton microcombs support perception systems including light-field imaging and laser-based range measurement for autonomous navigation. Optoelectronics also underpins wearable health monitoring devices and human-machine interfaces that respond to physical stimuli with light-based feedback. Its importance stems from the ability to bridge mechanical, electrical, and optical domains in a single platform, enabling highly integrated, multifunctional systems. As robots increasingly require rich sensory capabilities and compact perception hardware, optoelectronic technologies offer lightweight, conformable, and energy-efficient solutions that are essential for next-generation intelligent machines.
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Rodney A. Brooks
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Daniela Rus
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Michael T. Tolley
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Sadao Kawamura
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Darren J. Lipomi
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Michael Vosgueritchian
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Benjamin C. K. Tee
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Sondra Hellstrom
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Jennifer A. Lee
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Courtney H. Fox
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Top Cited Papers
Skin-like pressure and strain sensors based on transparent elastic films of carbon nanotubes
Darren J. Lipomi, Michael Vosgueritchian, Benjamin C. K. Tee, Sondra Hellstrom, Jennifer A. Lee, Courtney H. Fox, Zhenan Bao
Citations: 3147 • 2011
Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array
Sihong Wang, Jie Xu, Weichen Wang, Ging‐Ji Nathan Wang, Reza Rastak, Francisco Molina‐Lopez, Jong Won Chung, Simiao Niu, Vivian R. Feig, Jeffrey Lopez, Ting Lei, Soon‐Ki Kwon, Yeongin Kim, Amir M. Foudeh, Anatol Ehrlich, Andrea Gasperini, Youngjun Yun, Boris Murmann, Jeffrey B.‐H. Tok, Zhenan Bao
Citations: 2162 • 2018
Printing ferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials
Yoonho Kim, Hyunwoo Yuk, Ruike Renee Zhao, Shawn A. Chester, Xuanhe Zhao
Citations: 2128 • 2018
Flexible polymer transistors with high pressure sensitivity for application in electronic skin and health monitoring
Gregor Schwartz, Benjamin C. K. Tee, Jianguo Mei, Anthony L. Appleton, Do Hwan Kim, Huiliang Wang, Zhenan Bao
Citations: 2027 • 2013
Printing soft matter in three dimensions
Ryan L. Truby, Jennifer A. Lewis
Citations: 1576 • 2016
Ultralow-power organic complementary circuits
Hagen Klauk, Ute Zschieschang, Jens Pflaum, Marcus Halik
Citations: 1402 • 2007
Conformable, flexible, large-area networks of pressure and thermal sensors with organic transistor active matrixes
Takao Someya, Yusaku Kato, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Shingo Iba, Yoshiaki Noguchi, Yousuke Murase, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Takayasu Sakurai
Citations: 1383 • 2005
Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing
Chris Larson, Bryan Peele, Shuo Li, Sanlin S. Robinson, Massimo Totaro, Lucia Beccai, Barbara Mazzolai, Robert F. Shepherd
Citations: 1374 • 2016
High performance piezoelectric devices based on aligned arrays of nanofibers of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene)
Luana Persano, Canan Dağdeviren, Yewang Su, Yihui Zhang, Salvatore Girardo, Dario Pisignano, Yonggang Huang, John A. Rogers
Citations: 1234 • 2013
User-interactive electronic skin for instantaneous pressure visualization
Chuan Wang, David Hwang, Zhibin Yu, Kuniharu Takei, Junwoo Park, Teresa C. Chen, Biwu Ma, Ali Javey
Citations: 1156 • 2013
Wearable and Highly Sensitive Graphene Strain Sensors for Human Motion Monitoring
Yan Wang, Li Wang, Tingting Yang, Xiao Li, Xiaobei Zang, Miao Zhu, Kunlin Wang, Dehai Wu, Hongwei Zhu
Citations: 1071 • 2014
An organic-inorganic perovskite ferroelectric with large piezoelectric response
Yu‐Meng You, Wei‐Qiang Liao, Dewei Zhao, Heng‐Yun Ye, Yi Zhang, Qionghua Zhou, Xianghong Niu, Jinlan Wang, Peng‐Fei Li, Da‐Wei Fu, Zhe‐Ming Wang, Song Gao, Kunlun Yang, Jun‐Ming Liu, Jiangyu Li, Yanfa Yan, Ren‐Gen Xiong
Citations: 1062 • 2017
Making waves in a photoactive polymer film
Anne Hélène Gelebart, Dirk J. Mulder, Michael Varga, Andrew Konya, Ghislaine Vantomme, E. W. Meijer, Robin L. B. Selinger, Dirk J. Broer
Citations: 1035 • 2017
Theory of dielectric elastomers
Zhigang Suo
Citations: 1017 • 2010
Wearable multifunctional sensors using printed stretchable conductors made of silver nanowires
Shanshan Yao, Yong Zhu
Citations: 1012 • 2013
Two-photon direct laser writing of ultracompact multi-lens objectives
Timo Gissibl, Simon Thiele, Alois Herkommer, Harald Gießen
Citations: 898 • 2016
Structural control of mixed ionic and electronic transport in conducting polymers
Jonathan Rivnay, Sahika Inal, Brian A. Collins, Michele Sessolo, Eleni Stavrinidou, Xenofon Strakosas, Christopher J. Tassone, Dean M. DeLongchamp, George G. Malliaras
Citations: 898 • 2016
Giant Tunneling Piezoresistance of Composite Elastomers with Interlocked Microdome Arrays for Ultrasensitive and Multimodal Electronic Skins
Jonghwa Park, Youngoh Lee, Jaehyung Hong, Minjeong Ha, Hyuneui Lim, Sung Youb Kim, Hyunhyub Ko
Citations: 894 • 2014
Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography
Jungwook Kim, James Hanna, Myunghwan Byun, Christian D. Santangelo, Ryan C. Hayward
Citations: 872 • 2012
Fast-moving soft electronic fish
Tiefeng Li, Guorui Li, Yiming Liang, Tingyu Cheng, Jing Dai, Xuxu Yang, Bangyuan Liu, Zedong Zeng, Zhilong Huang, Yingwu Luo, Tao Xie, Wei Yang
Citations: 862 • 2017