Taiwan professor wins Ta-You Wu award for self-healing semiconductor

台灣教授因自修復半導體榮獲吳大猷先生紀念獎

Technology can be used in electronic skin to monitor inflammation levels


TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) Professor Chiu Yu-cheng (邱昱誠) won the Ta-You Wu award for his research on self-healing semiconductor materials.

According to a Monday (Oct. 14) press release, Chiu combined rubber with semiconductor technology to create a nano self-healing platform. This technology can be used in developing electronic skin for biomedical sensing to monitor body inflammation levels and ionic changes, per CNA.

Electronic skin is crucial for the future of biomedical sensing, and semiconductor materials with stretchable and self-healing properties could play a key role. These materials not only enhance the lifespan of biomedical sensors but also reduce maintenance costs.

Chiu said that current research on electronic skin is developing. In the future, electronic skin could be applied to the brain or specific body parts to monitor inflammation levels and chemical ionic changes. For example, an increase in zinc ion concentration in the brain could raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Chiu has published 80 SCI papers, 44 of which he is the corresponding author, and his work has been cited over 6,400 times on Google Scholar. He has also led 24 research projects and received numerous awards, including the 2023 Lee Chang Yung Academic Research Outstanding Young Professor Award.