Huanyu Cheng
Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
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307D Earth and Engineering Sciences
University Park, PA - huc24@psu.edu
- 814-865-4971
Most Recent Publications
Thermoelectric porous laser-induced graphene-based strain-temperature decoupling and self-powered sensing
Li Yang, Xue Chen, Ankan Dutta, Hui Zhang, Zihan Wang, Mingyang Xin, Shuaijie Du, Guizhi Xu, Huanyu Cheng, 2025, Nature Communications
Electrochemical Self-Sacrificial Label Conversion Coupled with DNA Framework Nanomachine Mediated Serotonin Sensing with Highly Minimized Background Noise
Baoting Dou, Yan Chen, Qiumei Feng, Huanyu Cheng, Po Wang, 2025, Analytical Chemistry on p. 157-165
A chemically modified DNAzyme-based electrochemical sensor for binary and highly sensitive detection of reactive oxygen species
Baoting Dou, Hui Shen, Zhimin Li, Huanyu Cheng, Po Wang, 2025, Chemical Science
Highly stable scalable production of porous graphene-polydopamine nanocomposites for drug molecule sensing
Xiaohong Ding, Ruiqiang Chen, Jie Xu, Jiapeng Hu, Zhixuan Zhao, Cheng Zhang, Longhui Zheng, Huanyu Cheng, Zixiang Weng, Lixin Wu, 2025, Talanta
Facile Design of Highly Stretchable and Conductive Crumpled Graphene/NiS<sub>2</sub> Films for Multifunctional Applications
Kangwei Weng, Qiji Jing, Jindong Gao, Weiguo Wang, Chen Zhang, Jun Wang, Huanyu Cheng, Cheng Zhang, 2025, Small Methods
Corrigendum to “Monolayer, open-mesh, pristine PEDOT:PSS-based conformal brain implants for fully MRI-compatible neural interfaces” [Biosens. Bioelectron. 260 (2024) 116446] (Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2024) 260, (S0956566324004512), (10.1016/j.bios.2024.116446))
Jung Hoon Hong, Ju Young Lee, Ankan Dutta, Sol Lip Yoon, Young Uk Cho, Kyubeen Kim, Kyowon Kang, Hyun Woo Kim, Dae Hee Kim, Jaejin Park, Myeongki Cho, Kiho Kim, Jong Bin An, Hye Lan Lee, Dosik Hwang, Hyun Jae Kim, Yoon Ha, Hye Yeong Lee, Huanyu Cheng, Ki Jun Yu, 2024, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Stretchable Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Liquid Metal with Varying Phases
Li Yang, Langang Guo, Zihan Wang, Chuizhou Meng, Jinrong Wu, Xue Chen, Abdullah Abu Musa, Xiaoqi Jiang, Huanyu Cheng, 2024, Advanced Science
Materials and Designs for Extremely Efficient Encapsulation of Soft, Biodegradable Electronics
Gwan Jin Ko, Heeseok Kang, Won Bae Han, Ankan Dutta, Jeong Woong Shin, Tae Min Jang, Sungkeun Han, Jun Hyeon Lim, Chan Hwi Eom, So Jeong Choi, Yelynn Ryu, Woon Hong Yeo, Huanyu Cheng, Suk Won Hwang, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials
Monolayer, open-mesh, pristine PEDOT:PSS-based conformal brain implants for fully MRI-compatible neural interfaces
Jung Hoon Hong, Ju Young Lee, Ankan Dutta, Sol Lip Yoon, Young Uk Cho, Kyubeen Kim, Kyowon Kang, Hyun Woo Kim, Dae Hee Kim, Jaejin Park, Myeongki Cho, Kiho Kim, Jong Bin An, Hye Lan Lee, Dosik Hwang, Hyun Jae Kim, Yoon Ha, Hye Yeong Lee, Huanyu Cheng, Ki Jun Yu, 2024, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Stretchable and biodegradable self-healing conductors for multifunctional electronics
Tae Min Jang, Won Bae Han, Seungkeun Han, Ankan Dutta, Jun Hyeon Lim, Taekyung Kim, Bong Hee Lim, Gwan Jin Ko, Jeong Woong Shin, Rajaram Kaveti, Heeseok Kang, Chan Hwi Eom, So Jeong Choi, Amay J. Bandodkar, Kyu Sung Lee, Eunkyoung Park, Huanyu Cheng, Woon Hong Yeo, Suk Won Hwang, 2024, Science advances
Most-Cited Papers
Bioresorbable silicon electronic sensors for the brain
Seung Kyun Kang, Rory K.J. Murphy, Suk Won Hwang, Seung Min Lee, Daniel V. Harburg, Neil A. Krueger, Jiho Shin, Paul Gamble, Huanyu Cheng, Sooyoun Yu, Zhuangjian Liu, Jordan G. McCall, Manu Stephen, Hanze Ying, Jeonghyun Kim, Gayoung Park, R. Chad Webb, Chi Hwan Lee, Sangjin Chung, Dae Seung Wie, Amit D. Gujar, Bharat Vemulapalli, Albert H. Kim, Kyung Mi Lee, Jianjun Cheng, Younggang Huang, Sang Hoon Lee, Paul V. Braun, Wilson Z. Ray, John A. Rogers, 2016, Nature on p. 71-76
Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling
Sheng Xu, Zheng Yan, Kyung In Jang, Wen Huang, Haoran Fu, Jeonghyun Kim, Zijun Wei, Matthew Flavin, Joselle McCracken, Renhan Wang, Adina Badea, Yuhao Liu, Dongqing Xiao, Guoyan Zhou, Jungwoo Lee, Ha Uk Chung, Huanyu Cheng, Wen Ren, Anthony Banks, Xiuling Li, Ungyu Paik, Ralph G. Nuzzo, Yonggang Huang, Yihui Zhang, John A. Rogers, 2015, Science on p. 154-159
Large-area graphene-nanomesh/ carbon-nanotube hybrid membranes for ionic and molecular nanofiltration
Yanbing Yang, Xiangdong Yang, Ling Liang, Yuyan Gao, Huanyu Cheng, Xinming Li, Mingchu Zou, Anyuan Cao, Renzhi Ma, Quan Yuan, Xiangfeng Duan, 2019, Science on p. 1057-1062
Soft network composite materials with deterministic and bio-inspired designs
Kyung In Jang, Ha Uk Chung, Sheng Xu, Chi Hwan Lee, Haiwen Luan, Jaewoong Jeong, Huanyu Cheng, Gwang Tae Kim, Sang Youn Han, Jung Woo Lee, Jeonghyun Kim, Moongee Cho, Fuxing Miao, Yiyuan Yang, Han Na Jung, Matthew Flavin, Howard Liu, Gil Woo Kong, Ki Jun Yu, Sang Il Rhee, Jeahoon Chung, Byunggik Kim, Jean Won Kwak, Myoung Hee Yun, Jin Young Kim, Young Min Song, Ungyu Paik, Yihui Zhang, Yonggang Huang, John A. Rogers, 2015, Nature Communications
Bioresorbable silicon electronics for transient spatiotemporal mapping of electrical activity from the cerebral cortex
Ki Jun Yu, Duygu Kuzum, Suk Won Hwang, Bong Hoon Kim, Halvor Juul, Nam Heon Kim, Sang Min Won, Ken Chiang, Michael Trumpis, Andrew G. Richardson, Huanyu Cheng, Hui Fang, Marissa Thompson, Hank Bink, Delia Talos, Kyung Jin Seo, Hee Nam Lee, Seung Kyun Kang, Jae Hwan Kim, Jung Yup Lee, Younggang Huang, Frances E. Jensen, Marc A. Dichter, Timothy H. Lucas, Jonathan Viventi, Brian Litt, John A. Rogers, 2016, Nature Materials on p. 782-791
Large-Area Ultrathin Graphene Films by Single-Step Marangoni Self-Assembly for Highly Sensitive Strain Sensing Application
Xinming Li, Tingting Yang, Yao Yang, Jia Zhu, Li Li, Fakhr E. Alam, Xiao Li, Kunlin Wang, Huanyu Cheng, Cheng Te Lin, Ying Fang, Hongwei Zhu, 2016, Advanced Functional Materials on p. 1322-1329
Graphene Reinforced Carbon Nanotube Networks for Wearable Strain Sensors
Jidong Shi, Xinming Li, Huanyu Cheng, Zhuangjian Liu, Lingyu Zhao, Tingting Yang, Zhaohe Dai, Zengguang Cheng, Enzheng Shi, Long Yang, Zhong Zhang, Anyuan Cao, Hongwei Zhu, Ying Fang, 2016, Advanced Functional Materials on p. 2078-2084
Soft, curved electrode systems capable of integration on the auricle as a persistent brain-computer interface
James J.S. Norton, Dong Sup Lee, Jung Woo Lee, Woosik Lee, Ohjin Kwon, Phillip Won, Sung Young Jung, Huanyu Cheng, Jae Woong Jeong, Abdullah Akce, Stephen Umunna, Ilyoun Na, Yong Ho Kwon, Xiao Qi Wang, Zhuang Jian Liu, Ungyu Paik, Yonggang Huang, Timothy Bretl, Woon Hong Yeo, John A. Rogers, Zhenan Bao, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 3920-3925
Biodegradable elastomers and silicon nanomembranes/nanoribbons for stretchable, transient electronics, and biosensors
Suk Won Hwang, Chi Hwan Lee, Huanyu Cheng, Jae Woong Jeong, Seung Kyun Kang, Jae Hwan Kim, Jiho Shin, Jian Yang, Zhuangjian Liu, Guillermo A. Ameer, Yonggang Huang, John A. Rogers, 2015, Nano Letters on p. 2801-2808
Stretchable piezoelectric energy harvesters and self-powered sensors for wearable and implantable devices
Honglei Zhou, Yue Zhang, Ye Qiu, Huaping Wu, Weiyang Qin, Yabin Liao, Qingmin Yu, Huanyu Cheng, 2020, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
News Articles Featuring Huanyu Cheng
Feb 05, 2025
New smart sensor takes the pain out of wound monitoring
Laser-made, ultra-thin material enables precise, self-powered tracking of healing wounds.
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Dec 13, 2024
Old wisdom meets new tech: Traditional Chinese medicine inspires pulse sensors
A team led by Penn State researchers used principles of pulse monitoring in traditional Chinese medicine to design a pressure-sensing platform to identify the optimal pulse signal, which they combined with a machine learning model to also predict blood pressure.
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Apr 10, 2024
Q&A: New technology may help identify neuromotor disease symptoms in infants
A team of researchers led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng tested the use of wearable sensors paired with a “tiny” machine learning algorithm to automatically monitor and evaluate general movements in infants.
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Mar 06, 2024
Q&A: Sensors that monitor neurological conditions in real time
A team of researchers led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng created a highly-sensitive and cost-effective sensor to better monitor the concentration in sweat or urine of dopamine and tyrosine, a neurotransmitter and an amino acid that are present in the brain.
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Jan 30, 2024
$4M grant funds project to make robotic prostheses more like biological limbs
Prosthetic hands that incorporate robotics can perform dexterous self-care tasks, but they are often hard to operate, requiring a user’s constant attention with a limited number of hand functions. With a five-year, $4 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant, Penn State researchers aim to make robotic protheses more useful for people living with amputations.
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Dec 18, 2023
Health data, faster: Wearable stretchy sensor can process, predict health data
Engineering researchers created a machine learning platform that can more efficiently analyze and predict data points collected by wearables.
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Oct 30, 2023
A new wearable sensor can monitor sweat in real time
A team of researchers at Penn State has developed a new wearable patch that can monitor your health by analyzing your sweat
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Sep 27, 2023
New wearable sensor makes continuous analysis of sweat possible, researchers say
A Penn State research team has created a novel wearable patch that may provide the ability fir continuous monitoring of sweat.
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Aug 28, 2023
Penn State receives $3M grant to address insect biodiversity crisis
Penn State researchers have received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to spearhead a new initiative to create novel monitoring systems for insect populations.
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May 16, 2023
Low-cost, waterproof sensors may create new health-monitoring possibilities
Penn State-led team of researchers has literally put pencil to paper to create an accessible, affordable, waterproof and wearable sensor to monitor multiple vital signals.
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Apr 18, 2023
Improved, self-healing medical sensor responds to temperature, adapts to skin
For wearable electronics to live up to their promise for health care monitoring, they need to do at least two things: transform from rigid to soft to accommodate changing structural needs, and heal their own normal wear-and-tear.
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Apr 12, 2023
Standalone sensor system uses human movement to monitor health and environment
For mere dollars, a Penn State-led international collaboration has fabricated a self-powered, standalone sensor system capable of monitoring gas molecules in the environment or in human breath.
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Mar 22, 2023
New soil sensor may improve efficiency of crop fertilization
Measuring temperature and nitrogen levels in soil is important for agriculture systems but detecting them apart from one another is difficult to do.
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Feb 22, 2023
Superhydrophobic biosensor could measure sweat vapors on the body
Sweat contains biomarkers that help doctors make health diagnoses. Wearable sensors can be used to monitor a person’s perspiration rate and provide information about the skin, nervous system activity and underlying health conditions.
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Feb 08, 2023
Scientists Have Created A Smart Diaper That Sends Mobile Alerts To Parents When Their Baby Needs to Changing
The advancements in technology have started to hit the absolute daily life matter “smart diaper” has been developed with enough technology to send a mobile alert to the parent’s phone that their baby needs a change.
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Feb 08, 2023
No need for checking: Smart diapers will let you know when babies need changing
A team of researchers from Penn State University has developed a groundbreaking new solution for parents: smart diapers.
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Feb 06, 2023
Researchers Developed A "Smart Diaper" That Sends Notifications To Parents’ Phones
The future is here! Parents might not even have to look at their kids’ diapers to see if they need a changing now that a “smart diaper” has been developed with enough technology to send a mobile alert to a caregiver’s phone that their baby needs a change.
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Feb 06, 2023
2022 Penn State Cancer Research Day: An event for trainees, by trainees
On Oct. 15, the Penn State Cancer Institute’s (PSCI) Cancer Research Day enjoyed its greatest attendance in the event’s five-year history, with 117 attendees including faculty, staff and primarily trainees consisting of undergraduate, graduate and medical students and postdoctoral scholars.
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Feb 03, 2023
No more crying babies! Scientists develop a smart NAPPY that sends an alert to your smartphone when it needs changing
Whether it's through sense of touch or the fear-inducing sniff test, every new parent will have their own way of working out whether a nappy needs changing.
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Feb 02, 2023
New sensor enables 'smart diapers,' range of other health monitors
Waaahhh! While babies have a natural mechanism for alerting their parents that they need a diaper change, a new sensor developed by researchers at Penn State could help workers in daycares, hospitals and other settings provide more immediate care to their charges.
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Jan 30, 2023
Journal selects researcher as emerging investigator, publishes review paper
The journal Nanoscale selected Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State, as one of its 2023 Emerging Investigators.
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Jan 20, 2023
Pop-up electrode device could help with 3D mapping of the brain
Understanding the neural interface within the brain is critical to understanding aging, learning, disease progression and more.
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Jan 19, 2023
In-place manufacturing method improves gas sensor capabilities, production time
When used as wearable medical devices, stretchy, flexible gas sensors can identify health conditions or issues by detecting oxygen or carbon dioxide levels in the breath or sweat.
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Dec 09, 2022
Combination of two materials creates high-performance, stretchy nanogenerator
The popularity of wearable electronics has induced demand for their parts, including power sources such as triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs).
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Aug 01, 2022
New options for health, environmental monitoring with water-resistant gas sensor
Accurate, continuous monitoring of nitrogen dioxide and other gases in humid environments is now possible, thanks to a new water-resistant gas sensor developed by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, the James L. Henderson Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and his team.
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