Qualifications:
PhD Chemisty UoW, Australia
MSc ICT, UoW, Australia
BSc Biochemistry, UoA, China
Research interests:
Artificial muscles using inherently conducting polymers – exploiting the combined advantages of the convenience of electrical energy input, control and the wet and soft nature of inherently conducting polymers
Mechanical sensors using inherently conducting polymers – investigating their novel signal-generation mechanism and appropriate applications
BIOTXT project -- the integration of biochemical sensors into wearables and the development of microfluidic devices, which aims at developing at developing dedicated biochemical-sensing techniques to monitor body fluids via sensors distributed on a textile substrate. The textile itself becomes the sensor and can be integrated into suitable apparel. This is challenging but it provides numerous health benefits by allowing remote monitoring of vitals signs and early diagnosis of illness or metabolic disorders. The initial work is to develop a textile based colorimetric sensor to monitor the pH of sweat.
Affiliations:
Postdoctoral fellow, Adaptive Information Cluster, Dublin City University, Ireland
Memberships:
RACI member
Publications:
Wu, Y.; Alici, G.; Spinks, G. M.; Wallace, G. G., Fast trilayer polypyrrole bending actuators for high speed applications. Synthetic Metals, 2006, 156, 1017-22
Wu, Y., K. Lau, G. Spinks, D. Diamond, G.G. Wallace, Inherently Conducting Polymers for Microfluidics, The International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, Ireland, 2006
Wu, Y., D. Zhou, G.M. Spinks, P.C. Innis, and G.G. Wallace, TITAN: A Conducting Polymer Based Microfluidic Pump. Smart Marterials and Structures, (2005), 14(6), 1511-16
Wu, Y., S.E. Moulton, C.O. Too, G.G. Wallace, and D. Zhou, Use of Inherently Conducting Polymers and Pulsed Amperometry in Flow Injection Analysis to Detect Oligonucleotides. Analyst, 2004. 129: p. 585-588
Wu, Y., D. Zhou, G.G. Wallace, G.M. Spinks, R. Cowan, and C. Newbold. Polypyrrole/PVDF Laminates as Mechanical Sensors. 26th Australasian Polymer Symposium, 2003
Email address: yanzhe@uow.edu.au
phone number : 02 4221 3478
office number: 41A. 347
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Dr Yanzhe (Richard) Wu
Mechanical Sensor
Artificial Muscle actuator
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