Division of Integrative Systems and DesignHKUST

PUBLICATIONS

Research, in the literature.

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  1. 2026

    Non-monotonic magnetic friction from collective rotor dynamics

    Hongri Gu*, Anton Lüders*, Clemens Bechinger*. Nature Materials 25, 767-774.

  2. 2025

    Label-free robotic mitochondrial biopsy

    Yanmei Ma, Weikang Hu, Muyang Ruan, Feixiang Bao, Xingguo Liu, Dong Sun, Hongri Gu*, Chengzhi Hu*. Science Advances 11, eadx4289.

  3. 2025

    Development of electrochemical nanoprobe for real-time intracellular measurements of Fe²⁺ during ferroptosis

    Yanmei Ma, Xinhao Li, Weikang Hu, Muyang Ruan, Ming Yang, Lingqian Chang, Hongri Gu, Chengzhi Hu. Microsystems & Nanoengineering 11, 134.

  4. 2025

    The 2025 motile active matter roadmap

    Gerhard Gompper, Howard Stone, et al. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 37, 143501.

  5. 2024

    Counterfactual rewards promote collective transport using individually controlled swarm microrobots

    Veit-Lorenz Heuthe, Emanuele Panizon, Hongri Gu*, Clemens Bechinger*. Science Robotics 9, eado5888.

  6. 2024

    Scalable high-throughput microfluidic separation of magnetic microparticles

    Hongri Gu*, Yonglin Chen, Anton Lüders, Thibaud Bertrand, Emre Hanedan, Peter Nielaba, Clemens Bechinger, Bradley J. Nelson. Device 2, 100403.

  7. 2023

    Self-folding soft-robotic chains with reconfigurable shapes and functionalities

    Hongri Gu*, Marino Möckli, Claas Ehmke, Minsoo Kim*, Matthias Wieland, Simon Moser, Clemens Bechinger, Quentin Boehler*, Bradley J. Nelson*. Nature Communications 14, 1263.

  8. 2022

    Artificial microtubules for rapid and collective transport of magnetic microcargoes

    Hongri Gu*, Emre Hanedan, Quentin Boehler, Tian-Yun Huang, Arnold J. T. M. Mathijssen*, Bradley J. Nelson*. Nature Machine Intelligence 4, 678-684.

  9. 2020

    Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves

    Hongri Gu, Quentin Boehler, Haoyang Cui, et al. Nature Communications 11, 2637.

  10. 2019

    Magnetic quadrupole assemblies with arbitrary shapes and magnetizations

    Hongri Gu, Quentin Boehler, Daniel Ahmed, Bradley J. Nelson*. Science Robotics 4, eaax8977.

* Contribution and correspondence markers follow the existing publication list; consult each paper for complete author information.