Zhuoyue Chen

State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, Nanjing Library

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Total Citations

1,042

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About

Zhuoyue Chen is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of biohybrid robotics, living materials, and biomimetic hydrogels. Her work has fundamentally advanced the design of soft robots that integrate living cells—particularly cardiomyocytes—with synthetic structures to create self-actuating, color-changing systems. Chen’s most influential paper, "Bioinspired living structural color hydrogels" (577 citations), introduced a groundbreaking platform where living cells drive structural color changes, enabling real-time, intrinsic feedback for future biohybrid robots. She further developed biohybrid soft robots inspired by caterpillars and snakes, using asymmetric cardiomyocyte drivers to achieve locomotion (142 citations). Her 2020 review on biohybrid robotics with living cell actuation (196 citations) has become a key reference in the field. Chen also created a "heart-on-a-chip" microfluidic device by integrating these hydrogels, demonstrating practical biomedical applications. Notably, her work on cardiomyocyte-driven structural color actuation in anisotropic inverse opals (127 citations) showcased a novel compound actuator with self-driven motion and dynamic color response. With over 1,000 total citations, Chen’s research bridges materials science, tissue engineering, and robotics, offering transformative tools for soft robotics, biosensing, and organ-on-a-chip technologies.