Fangming Li

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Fangming Li is pioneering the next generation of soft, self-powered fluid control systems, with research at the intersection of triboelectric nanogenerators, microfluidics, and soft robotics. Their most cited work introduces a **self-powered triboelectric-electrohydrodynamic pump** (2025, 27 citations), a breakthrough that eliminates external power supplies by harvesting mechanical energy to drive fluid flow—a critical step toward untethered wearable and biomedical devices. Complementing this, Li’s **structural superlubrication-based microvalve** (2025, 12 citations) achieves zero leakage and ultralong lifespan while integrating intrinsic opening sensing, overcoming the wear and inefficiency that plague traditional mechanical valves in air-driven systems. Together, these contributions address fundamental barriers in soft robotics and advanced fluid control: power autonomy and component durability. By merging triboelectric energy harvesting with superlubricious interfaces, Li is enabling a new class of maintenance-free, sensor-integrated microfluidic platforms. With both papers published in 2025, their work is rapidly gaining recognition for its practical impact on implantable drug delivery, lab-on-a-chip devices, and autonomous soft robots.