Journal Publications

† Equal Contribution
* Corresponding Author

2026

1. M. W. M. Tan†, G. Nian†, Z. Chen, X. Bao, Y. Kutsovsky, & Z. Suo*. Amplifying toughness in silica reinforced natural rubber by preserving long chains, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123, e2530834123 (2026).

Before 2026

1. C. Li†, M. W. M. Tan†, X. Bao, G. Nian, Y. Kutsovsky, & Z. Suo*. Resolving toughness-modulus conflict in carbon black reinforced natural rubber by preserving long chains. Soft Matter, 22, 518-531 (2025).

2. G. Nian†, Z. Chen†, X. Bao†, M. W. M. Tan, Y. Kutsovsky, & Z. Suo*. Natural rubber with high resistance to crack growth. Nature Sustainability, 8, 692–701 (2025).

3. X. Bao†, Z. Chen†, G. Nian†, M. W. M. Tan, C. H. Ahn, Y. Kutsovsky, & Z. Suo*. Unusually long polymers crosslinked by domains of physical bonds. Nature Communications, 16, 4749 (2025).

4. M. W. M. Tan, P. M. Thornton, G. Thangavel, H. Bark, R. Dauskardt* & P. S. Lee*, Toughening Self-healing Elastomers with Chain Mobility. Advanced Science, 11,  2308154 (2024).

5. M. W. M. Tan, H. Wang, D. Gao, P. Huang & P. S. Lee*, Towards high performance and durable soft tactile actuators. Chemical Society Reviews, 53, 3485-3535 (2024).

6. P. Huang, H. Fu, M. W. M. Tan, Y. Jiang & P. S. Lee*, Digital Light Processing 3D‐Printed Multilayer Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Vibrotactile Device. Advanced Materials Technologies, 9, p.2301642 (2024).

7. N. Al-Shamery, X. Gong, C. Dosche, A. Gupta, M. W. M. Tan, J. W. Phua & P. S. Lee*, Sustainable organic electrodes using black soldier fly-derived melanin for zinc-ion hybrid capacitors. Communications Materials, 5, p.156. (2024).

8. D. Gao, J. P. Lee, J. Chen, L. S. Tay, Y. Xin, K. Parida, M. W. M. Tan, P. Huang, K. H. Kong* & P. S. Lee*, A wearable pneumatic-piezoelectric system for quantitative assessment of skeletomuscular biomechanics. Device. 2, 100288 (2024).

9. H. Wang, M. W. M. Tan, W. C. Poh, D. Gao, W. Wu, & P. S. Lee*, A highly stretchable, self-healable, transparent and solid-state poly (ionic liquid) filler for high-performance dielectric elastomer actuators. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11, 14159-14168 (2023).

10. X. Guo, S. Chen, W. C. Poh, J. Chen, F. Jiang, M. W. M. Tan, & P. S. Lee*, Solid‐State and Flexible Black Electrochromic Devices Enabled by Ni‐Cu Salts Based Organohydrogel Electrolytes. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10, 2300061 (2023).

11. M. W. M. Tan, H. Bark, G. Thangavel, X. Gong & P. S. Lee*, Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots. Nature Communications, 13, 1-11 (2022).

12. M. W. M. Tan†, G. Thangavel† & P. S. Lee*, Rugged Soft Robots using Tough, Stretchable, and Self‐Healable Adhesive Elastomers. Advanced Functional Materials, 31, 2103097 (2021).

13. S. Chen†, M. W. M. Tan†, X. Gong, & P. S. Lee*. Low-Voltage Soft Actuators for Interactive Human–Machine Interfaces. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4, 2100075 (2021).

14. H. Bark, M. W. M. Tan, G. Thangavel, & P. S. Lee*, Deformable High Loading Liquid Metal Nanoparticles Composites for Thermal Energy Management. Advanced Energy Materials, 11, 2101387 (2021).

15. C. S. X. Ng, M. W. M. Tan, C. Xu, Z. Yang, P. S. Lee, & G. Z. Lum*, Locomotion of Miniature Soft Robots. Advanced Materials, 33, 2003558 (2020).

16. H. Kongcharoen, B. Coester, F. Yu, I. Aziz, W. C. Poh, M. W. M. Tan, P. Tonanon, J. H. Ciou, B. Chan, R. D. Webster, W. S. Lew & P. S. Lee*, Magnetically Directed Co-nanoinitiators for Cross-Linking Adhesives and Enhancing Mechanical Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 57851–57863 (2021).

17. J. Lv†, G. Thangavel†, Y. Li,  J. Xiong, D. Gao, J. Ciou, M. W. M. Tan, I. Aziz, S. Chen, J. Chen, X. Zhou, W. C. Poh & P. S. Lee, Printable elastomeric electrodes with sweat-enhanced conductivity for wearables. Science Advances, 7, eabg8433 (2021).

18. J. Lee†, M. W. M. Tan†, K. Parida†, G. Thangavel, S. A. Park, T. Park*, & P. S. Lee*, Water‐Processable, Stretchable, Self‐Healable, Thermally Stable, and Transparent Ionic Conductors for Actuators and Sensors. Advanced Materials, 32, 1906679 (2020).

19. M. W. M. Tan, G. Thangavel & P. S. Lee*, Enhancing dynamic actuation performance of dielectric elastomer actuators by tuning viscoelastic effects with polar crosslinking. NPG Asia Materials, 11, 1-10 (2019).

20. G. Thangavel, M. W. M. Tan & P. S. Lee*. Advances in self-healing supramolecular soft materials and nanocomposites. Nano convergence, 6, 1-18 (2019).