Flexible devices, which can accommodate strain and maintain high performance under deformation, enrich lifestyle by providing enchanced smart functions, and also provide health information by monitoring body conditions. However, the crucial aspects toward the advancement of this direction include the development of novel mechanically durable materials, flexible and stretchable substrates, deformable electrodes and circuits, system integration, and so on. In this talk, I will present our latest progress in rational design of structural materials, individual devices development, and integration for fabricating the stretchable functional devices, which include sensors, memory devices and mechanoplasmonic devices.

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Dr. Xiaodong Chen is the Associate Chair in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, and founding Director of Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices at NTU. He received his B.S. degree (Honors) in chemistry from Fuzhou University in 1999, M.S. degree (Honors) in physical chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002, and Ph.D. degree in biochemistry from Univeristy of Muenster (Germany) in 2006. After his postdoctoral fellow working at Northwestern University (USA), he started his independent research career as Nanyang Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University since 2009. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in Sept 2013, then Full Professor in Sept 2016. His research interests include interactive materials and devices, integrated nanobio interface and programmable materials for energy conversion. Currently, he is the Associate Editor of Nanoscale and Scientific Editor of Nanoscale Horizons. In addition, he is the member of editorial advisory board of Advanced Materials, Small Methods, Advanced Materials Technology, et al. He was conferred as the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry in 2016. He was awarded more than ten prestigious awards and fellowships.