Research thrust · 02

Microneedles and Wearable Biosensing

Sample & Sense Body Fluids

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Platforms and enabling science

Minimally invasive structures fabricated for interstitial-fluid access, integrated sensing, and controlled delivery.

Electrode and interface architectures that convert biochemical interactions in sweat or interstitial fluid into measurable signals.

Ocular devices that integrate microfluidics, sensing, and compact wireless functions.

Selective chemistry and controlled transport used to distinguish targets within complex, low-volume samples.

Experimental approach: Microneedles incorporating interdigitated electrodes for in situ impedimetric VEGF sensing.
Key result: The paper reports the integrated microneedle-electrode sensing architecture and its experimental response.
Scope and limitations: Target, matrix, calibration, and biological setting determine how the result can be interpreted.

Flagship paper

Establishes an integrated platform connecting wearable actuation, fluid sampling, and sensing. Advanced Materials, 2023.

A Hydrophilic Hollow Microneedle Platform for Sampling Interstitial Fluid and On-Site Biomarker DetectionSupports surface and fluid-access design · Advanced Materials Technologies, 2025
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Microneedles with Interdigitated Electrodes for In Situ Impedimetric VEGF SensingSupports integrated molecular sensing · AMI, 2025
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Paper integrated microfluidic contact lens for colorimetric glucose detectionSupports ocular sampling and readout · Sensors & Diagnostics, 2024
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