Health & Medical Technologies

Our research in Health and Medical Technologies focuses on harnessing materials innovation to improve human health and well-being. From smart biomedical implants and diagnostic devices to wearable sensors and precision drug delivery systems, we are developing cutting-edge solutions that enable earlier detection, more personalised treatments, and better patient outcomes. By integrating materials science with healthcare needs, our work supports the advancement of next-generation medical technologies that are more responsive, effective, and accessible.

Medical Materials

Biomedical Devices:

Designing smart implants and diagnostic tools for improved patient outcomes.

Health and Medical Technologies

Sensing and Flexible Electronics:

Developing wearable sensors for real-time health monitoring and diagnostics.

Drug/Payload Delivery Systems

Drug/Payload Delivery Systems:

Engineering precision materials to deliver therapeutics with higher efficacy and control.

Related Faculty

Prof Ali Miserez
Prof Atul N. Parikh
Prof Chen Xiaodong
Prof Cho Nam‑Joon
Asst Prof Czarny Bertrand
Assoc Prof Dalton Tay Chor Yong
Prof Lee Pooi See
Prof Loo Say Chye Joachim
Prof Ng Kee Woei
Asst Prof Prashant Kumar
Asst Prof Ronghui Wu
Assoc Prof Terry W.J. Steele

Related Publications

One-step engineering of multifunctional ZIF-8/PES membrane for synergistic separation of selected proteins, dyes and antibiotics
Authors: Yanan Song, Rui Zhang*, Baoyuan Dong, Yuan Liu, 
Mingming Zhang, Xiaoxue Hu, Jiake Li, Jianxian Zeng*, 
Kaipeng Cheng, Lelin Zeng, and Jie Shen

Bioarchitectonics-Inspired Soft Grippers with Cutaneous Slip Perception

Authors: Jiangtao Su, Joel Ming Rui Tan, Jiajun Liu, Ke He, Dong Wu, Wenjie Lai, Jinwei Cao, Soo Jay Phee*, Shlomo Magdassi*, and Xiaodong Chen*

 

Peptide Coacervates as Intracellular Delivery Vehicles for Synergistic Cancer Photothermal- and Chemo-Therapies

Authors: Congxi Huang, Sushanth Gudlur, Syed Maricar, Zilin Chen, Anastasia Shebanova, Yue Sun, Valentin Saliba, Cheng Xu, Yiming Zou, Jianghong Zhang, Souhir Boujday, and Ali Miserez*

Polyethylene-Glycol-Conjugated Peptide Coacervates with Tunable Size for Intracellular mRNA Delivery

Authors: Yue Sun, Xi Wu, Kimberle Shen, Ke Guo, Daryl Shern Lim, Wei Leong Chew, Jing Yu*, and Ali Miserez*