
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Total citation = 4942, h-index = 27
Please see the full publication list on Dr. Zhao's Google Scholar
First-authored or co-first-authored papers (#equal contribution)
1. Chuanzhen Zhao#, Qianhe Liu#, Jia-Yuan Chang, Aditri Patil, Lukas Michalek, Yilei Wu, Yujia Yuan, Rachael K Mow, Yuran Shi, Yating Yao, Kuang-Jung Hsu, Yu Zheng, Zhenan Bao, "Biofunctionalized polymer semiconductors toward soft and stretchable transistor-based biosensors", Science Advances 8, eaec2641 (2026)
2. Yujia Yuan#, Chuanzhen Zhao#, Margherita Ronchini, Yuya Nishio, Donglai Zhong, Can Wu, Hyukmin Kweon, Zehao Sun, Rachael K. Mow, Yuran Shi, Lukas Michalek, Haotian Wu, Qianhe Liu, Weichen Wang, Yating Yao, Zelong Yin, Junyi Zhao, Zihan He, Ke Chen, Ruiheng Wu, Jiuyun Shi, Jian Pei, and Zhenan Bao, "A monolithic fabrication platform for intrinsically stretchable polymer transistors and complementary circuits", Device 4, 101204 (2026)
3. Chuanzhen Zhao, Jaeho Park, Desirée Maulà, Yujia Yuan, Donglai Zhong, Weichen Wang, Qianhe Liu, Changhao Xu, Yu Zheng, Rachael K. Mow, Ying Jiang, Chengyi Xu, Hao Lyu, Lukas Michalek, Arielle Berman, Yuanwen Jiang, Shiyuan Wei, Chenxin Zhu, Can Wu, Alex Abramson, Eunyoung Kim, Xiaozhou Ji, Zhiao Yu, Jiuyun Shi, Muhammad Khatib, Baiyu Shi, and Zhenan Bao, "Skin-like drift-free biosensors with stretchable diode-connected organic field-effect transistors", Nature Electronics 8, 981 (2025)
4. Chuanzhen Zhao, Jaeho Park, Samuel E. Root, and Zhenan Bao, "Skin-inspired soft bioelectronic materials, devices, and systems", Nature Reviews Bioengineering 2, 671 (2024)
5. Chuanzhen Zhao, Tianxing Man, Yan Cao, Paul S. Weiss, Harold G. Monbouquette, and Anne M. Andrews, "Flexible and implantable polyimide aptamer-field-effect transistor biosensors", ACS Sensors, 7, 3644–3653 (2022)
6. Bo Wang#, Chuanzhen Zhao#, Zhaoqing Wang, Kyung-Ae Yang, Xuanbing Cheng, Wenfei Liu, Wenzhuo Yu, Shuyu Lin, Yichao Zhao, Kevin M. Cheung, Haisong Lin, Hannaneh Hojaiji, Paul S. Weiss, Milan N. Stojanovic, A. Janet Tomiyama, Anne M. Andrews, Sam Emaminejad, “Wearable aptamer-field-Effect transistor sensing system for noninvasive cortisol monitoring”, Science Advances 8, eabk0967 (2022)
7. Chuanzhen Zhao, Kevin M. Cheung, I-Wen Huang, Hongyan Yang, Nako Nakatsuka, Wenfei Liu, Yan Cao, Tianxing Man, Paul S. Weiss, Harold G. Monbouquette, and Anne M. Andrews, “Implantable aptamer field-effect transistor neuroprobes for in vivo neurotransmitter monitoring”, Science Advances 7, eabj7422 (2021)
8. Chuanzhen Zhao, Qingzhou Liu, Kevin M. Cheung, Wenfei Liu, Qing Yang, Xiaobin Xu, Anne M. Andrews, Chongwu Zhou, and Paul S. Weiss, “Narrower nanoribbon biosensors fabricated by chemical lift-off lithography show higher sensitivity”, ACS Nano, 15, 904–915 (2021)
9. Chuanzhen Zhao, Tianxing Man, Xiaobin Xu, Qing Yang, Wenfei Liu, Steven J. Jonas, Michael A. Teitell, Pei-Yu Chiou, and Paul S. Weiss, “Photothermal intracellular delivery using gold nanodisk arrays”, ACS Materials Letters, 2, 1475–1483 (2020)
10. Qingzhou Liu#, Chuanzhen Zhao#, Mingrui Chen, Yihang Liu, Zhiyuan Zhao, Fanqi Wu, Zhen Li, Paul S. Weiss, Anne M. Andrews, and Chongwu Zhou, “Flexible multiplexed In2O3 nanoribbon aptamer-field-effect transistor for biosensing”, iScience, 23, 101469 (2020)
11. Chuanzhen Zhao, Xiaobin Xu, Abdul Rahim Ferhan, Naihao Chiang, Joshua A. Jackman, Qing Yang, Wenfei Liu, Anne M. Andrews, Nam-Joon Cho, and Paul S. Weiss, “Scalable fabrication of quasi-one-dimensional Au nanoribbons for plasmonic sensing”, Nano Letters 20, 1747–1754 (2020)
12. Chuanzhen Zhao, Xiaobin Xu, Sang-Hoon Bae, Qing Yang, Wenfei Liu, Jason N. Belling, Kevin M. Cheung, You Seung Rim, Yang Yang, Anne M. Andrews, and Paul S. Weiss, “Large-area, ultrathin metal oxide semiconductor nanoribbon arrays fabricated by chemical lift-off lithography”, Nano Letters 18, 5590–5595 (2018)
13. Chuanzhen Zhao, Xiaobin Xu, Qing Yang, Tianxing Man, Steven J. Jonas, Jeffrey J. Schwartz, Anne M. Andrews, and Paul S. Weiss, “Self-collapse lithography”, Nano Letters 17, 5035–5042 (2017)
14. Chuanzhen Zhao, Zelong Bai, Xiangyou Liu, Yijia Zhang, Bingsuo Zou, and Haizheng Zhong “Small GSH-capped CuInS2 quantum dots: MPA-assisted aqueous phase transfer and bio-imaging applications”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7, 17623–17629 (2015)













