Huanyu Cheng

Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Huanyu Cheng

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Most Recent Publications

Wireless, Multifunctional System-Integrated Programmable Soft Robot

Sungkeun Han, Jeong Woong Shin, Joong Hoon Lee, Bowen Li, Gwan Jin Ko, Tae Min Jang, Ankan Dutta, Won Bae Han, Seung Min Yang, Dong Je Kim, Heeseok Kang, Jun Hyeon Lim, Chan Hwi Eom, So Jeong Choi, Huanyu Cheng, Suk Won Hwang, 2025, Nano-Micro Letters

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

Highly sensitive and fast response/recovery ammonia sensor based on PANI/LIG at room temperature

Li Yang, Longbiao Mao, Shuaijie Du, Zihan Wang, Wenyuan Fu, Chengpeng Yao, Luxiang Xu, Hui Zhang, Huanyu Cheng, 2025, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

Thermoelectric Composites Based on Porous Laser-Induced Graphene and Ion Hydrogel

Hui Zhang, Houze Yang, Mingyang Xin, Zihan Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Ankan Dutta, Huanyu Cheng, Li Yang, 2025, ACS applied materials & interfaces on p. 21773-21784

Stretchable, Rechargeable, Multimodal Hybrid Electronics for Decoupled Sensing toward Emotion Detection

Yangbo Yuan, Hongcheng Xu, Libo Gao, Huanyu Cheng, 2025, Nano Letters on p. 5220-5230

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 on p. 3470-3478

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

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

Laser-Induced Graphene-Assisted Patterning and Transfer of Silver Nanowires for Ultra-Conformal Breathable Epidermal Electrodes in Long-Term Electrophysiological Monitoring

Jiuqiang Li, Senhao Zhang, Jun Zhong, Benkun Bao, Kai Guo, Yingying Zhang, Kerong Yang, Yao Tong, Donghai Qiu, Hongbo Yang, Huanyu Cheng, 2025, Advanced Functional Materials

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

Apr 23, 2025

Forget "mood" rings, this invention just identified human emotions with nearly 90% accuracy

Penn State University scientists have invented a sticker that successfully identifies human emotions with nearly 90% accuracy.

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Apr 22, 2025

This sticker reads emotions (even the ones you try to hide)

The wearable device analyzes the tiny changes in physical responses to predict how a person is feeling.

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Apr 21, 2025

High-tech sticker can identify real human emotions

A team led by scientists at Penn State has created a stretchable, rechargeable sticker that can detect real emotions — by measuring things like skin temperature and heart rate — even when users put on a brave face.

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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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