Publications

Journals

[1] Wentian Tang, Xin Chen, Xian Wang, Min Zhu, Guanqiao Shan, Tiancong Wang, Wenkun Dou, Jintian Wang, Junhui Law, Zheyuan Gong, Sevan Hopyan, Xi Huang, Yu Sun. (2023). Indentation Induces Instantaneous Nuclear Stiffening and Unfolding of Nuclear Envelope Wrinkles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(36): e2307356120.

[2] Junhui Law, Jiangfan Yu, Wentian Tang, Zheyuan Gong, Xian Wang, Yu Sun. (2023). Micro/nanorobotic Swarms: From Fundamentals to Functionalities. ACS Nano. 17(14): 12971-12999.

[3] Yaozhen Hou, Huaping Wang, Rongxin Fu, Xian Wang, Jiangfan Yu, Shuailong Zhang, Qiang Huang, Yu Sun, Toshio Fukuda. (2023). A Review on Microrobots Driven by Optical and Magnetic Fields. Lab on a Chip.

[4] Xian Wang, Zheyuan Gong, Tiancong Wang et al. (2023). Mechanical Nanosurgery of Chemoresistant Glioblastoma Using Magnetically Controlled Carbon Nanotubes. Science Advances. 9(13): eade5321.

[5] Xin Chen, Ali Momin, Siyi Wanggou, Xian Wang, Hyun-Kee Min, Wenkun Dou, Zheyuan Gong, Jade Chan, Weifan Dong, Jerry J Fan, Yi Xiong, Kamilia Talipova, Hongyu Zhao, Yuki X Chen, Kelly Veerasammy, Adam Fekete, Sachin A Kumar, Hongwei Liu, Qi Yang, Joe Eun Son, Zhengchao Dou, Malini Hu, Parnian Pardis, Kyle Juraschka, Laura K Donovan, Jiao Zhang, Vijay Ramaswamy, Hayden J Selvadurai, Peter B Dirks, Michael D Taylor, Lu-Yang Wang, Chi-chung Hui, Rinat Abzalimov, Ye He, Yu Sun, Xuejun Li, Xi Huang. (2022). Mechanosensitive Brain Tumor Cells Construct Blood-Tumor Barrier to Mask Chemosensitivity. Neuron. 111(1): 30-48.

[6] Guanqiao Shan, Changsheng Dai, Zhuoran Zhang, Xian Wang, Yu Sun. (2022). Robotic Blastocyst Biopsy. IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics.

[7] Junhui Law*, Xian Wang*, Mengxi Luo, Liming Xin, Xingzhou Du, Wenkun Dou, Tiancong Wang, Guanqiao Shan, Yibin Wang, Peng Song, Xi Huang, Jiangfan Yu, Yu Sun. (2022). Microrobotic Swarms for Selective Embolization. Science Advances. 8(29): eabm5752.

[8] J. Fan, Xin Wang, A. Erickson, P. Skowron, Xian Wang, X. Chen, G. Shan, S. Bahrampour, Y. Xiong, W. Dong, N. Abeysundara, M. Francisco, R. Pusong, R. Suarez, H. Farooq, B. Holgado, X. Wu, C. Daniels, A. Dupuy, J. Cadinanos, A. Bradley, A. Bagchi, B. Moriarity, D. Largaespada, A. Morrissy, V. Ramaswamy, S. Mack, L. Garzia, P. Dirks, S. Wanggou, X. Li, Y. Sun, M. Taylor, X. Huang. (2022). In vivo Functional Genomics Identifies Essentiality of Potassium Homeostasis in Medulloblastoma. bioRxiv.

[9] Guanqiao Shan, Changsheng Dai, Hang Liu, Xian Wang, Wenkun Dou, Zhuoran Zhang, Yu Sun. (2022). 3D Morphology Measurement for Blastocyst Evaluation from All Angles. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 2022/12/26

[10] Ali Momin, Shahrzad Bahrampour, Hyun-Kee Min, Xin Chen, Xian Wang, Yu Sun, Xi Huang. (2021). Channeling Force in the Brain: Mechanosensitive Ion Channels Choreograph Mechanics and Malignancies. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 42(5): 367-384.

[11] Changsheng Dai, Liming Xin, Zhuoran Zhang, Guanqiao Shan, Tiancong Wang, Kaiwen Zhang, Xian Wang, Lap-Tak Chu, Changhai Ru, Yu Sun. (2020). Design and Control of a Piezo Drill for Robotic Piezo-Driven Cell Penetration. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5: 339-345.

[12] Yonit Tsatskis, Robyn Rosenfeld, Joel D Pearson, Curtis Boswell, Yi Qu, Kyunga Kim, Lacramioara Fabian, Ariz Mohammad, Xian Wang, Michael I Robson, Karen Krchma, Jun Wu, João Gonçalves, Didier Hodzic, Shu Wu, Daniel Potter, Laurence Pelletier, Wade H Dunham, Anne-Claude Gingras, Yu Sun, Jin Meng, Dorothea Godt, Tim Schedl, Brian Ciruna, Kyunghee Choi, John RB Perry, Rod Bremner, Eric C Schirmer, Julie A Brill, Andrea Jurisicova, Helen McNeill. (2020). Nemp Supports Metazoan Fertility and Mechanical Resistance of the Nuclear Envelope via Interactions With Lem Domain Proteins. Science Advances. 6: eabb4591.

[13] Min Zhu, Hirotaka Tao, Mohammad Samani, Mengxi Luo, Xian Wang, Sevan Hopyan, Yu Sun. (2020). Spatial Mapping of Tissue Properties in Vivo Reveals a 3D Stiffness Gradient in the Mouse Limb Bud. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. : 4781-4791.

[14] Guanqiao Shan, Zhuoran Zhang, Changsheng Dai, Xian Wang, Lap-Tak Chu, Yu Sun. (2020). Model-Based Robotic Cell Aspiration: Tackling Nonlinear Dynamics and Varying Cell Sizes. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5: 173-178.

[15] Xian Wang, Li Wang, Wenkun Dou, Zongjie Huang, Qili Zhao, Manpreet Malhi, Jason T Maynes, Yu Sun. (2020). Electrical Impedance-Based Contractile Stress Measurement of Human iPSC-Cardiomyocytes. Biosensors & Bioelectronics. : 1-10.

[16] Xian Wang, Junhui Law, Mengxi Luo, Zheyuan Gong, Jiangfan Yu, Wentian Tang, Zhuoran Zhang, Xueting Mei, Zongjie Huang, Lidan You, Yu Sun. (2020). Intracellular Manipulation and Measurement With Multipole Magnetic Tweezers. ACS Nano. : 1-17.

[17] Changsheng Dai, Zhuoran Zhang, Yuchen Lu, Guanqiao Shan, Xian Wang, Qili Zhao, Changhai Ru, Yu Sun. (2019). Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Cells for Orientation Control. IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

[18] Hirotaka Tao, Min Zhu, Kimberly Lau, Owen KW Whitley, Mohammad Samani, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao Chen, Noah A Hahn, Weifan Liu, Megan Valencia, Min Wu, Xian Wang, Kelli D Fenelon, Clarissa C Pasiliao, Di Hu, Jinchun Wu, Shoshana Spring, James Ferguson, Edith P Karuna, R Mark Henkelman, Alexander Dunn, Huaxiong Huang, Hsin-Yi Henry Ho, Radhika Atit, Sidhartha Goyal, Yu Sun, Sevan Hopyan. (2019). Oscillatory Cortical Forces Promote Three Dimensional Cell Intercalations That Shape the Mandibular Arch. Nature Communications.

[19] Zhuoran Zhang*, Xian Wang*, Jun Liu, Changsheng Dai, Yu Sun. (2019). Robotic Micromanipulation: Fundamentals and Applications. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems. 2: 11.1–11.23.

[20] Jian Wu, Zhipeng Xu, Xian Wang, Li Wang, Huadong Qiu, Kechao Lu, Wenhong Zhang, Qing Feng, Jun Chen, Lei Yang. (2019). Cadmium-Sensitive Measurement Using a Nano-Copper-Enhanced Carbon Fiber Electrode. Sensors.

[21] Wesley Johnson, Changsheng Dai, Jun Liu, Xian Wang, Devin K Luu, Zhuoran Zhang, Changhai Ru, Chao Zhou, Min Tan, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Yan Peng, Jun Luo, Yu Sun. (2018). A Flexure-Guided Piezo Drill for Penetrating the Zona Pellucida of Mammalian Oocytes. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 65: 678-686.

[22] Changsheng Dai, Zhuoran Zhang, James Huang, Xian Wang, Changhai Ru, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Junyan Zhang, Sergey Moskovtsev, Clifford Librach, Keith Jarvi, Yu Sun. (2018). Automated Non-invasive Measurement of Single Sperm’s Motility and Morphology. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.

[23] Xian Wang, Qili Zhao, Li Wang, Jun Liu, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Changhai Ru, Yu Sun. (2018). Effect of Cell Inner Pressure on Deposition Volume in Microinjection. Langmuir. 34(35): 10287-10292.

[24] Zhensong Xu, Yi Zheng, Xian Wang, Nadine Shehata, Chen Wang, Yu Sun. (2018). Stiffness Increase of Red Blood Cells During Storage. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. : 1-6.

[25] Zhuoran Zhang, Changsheng Dai, Xian Wang, Changhai Ru, Khaled Abdalla, Sahar Jahangiri, Clifford Librach, Keith Jarvi, Yu Sun. (2018). Automated Laser Ablation of Motile Sperm for Immobilization. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. : 323-329.

[26] Xian Wang, Zhuoran Zhang, Hirotaka Tao, Jun Liu, Sevan Hopyan, Yu Sun. (2018). Characterizing Inner Pressure and Stiffness of Trophectoderm and Innercell Mass of Blastocysts. Biophysical Journal. :2443-2450.

[27] Xian Wang, Haijiao Liu, Min Zhu, Changhong Cao, Zhensong Xu, Yonit Tsatskis, Kimberly Lau, Chikin Kuok, Tobin Filleter, Helen McNeill, Craig A Simmons, Sevan Hopyan, Yu Sun. (2018). Mechanical Stability of the Cell Nucleus: Roles Played by the Cytoskeleton in Nuclear Deformationand Strain Recovery. Journal of Cell Science. : 1-10.

[28] Zhuoran Zhang, Changsheng Dai, James Huang, Xian Wang, Jun Liu, Changhai Ru, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Junyan Zhang, Sergey Moskovtsev, Clifford Librach, Keith Jarvi, Yu Sun. (2018). Robotic Immobilization of Motile Sperm for Clinical Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

[29] Jun Liu, Zhuoran Zhang, Xian Wang, Haijiao Liu, Qili Zhao, Chao Zhou, Min Tan, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Yu Sun. (2017). Automated Robotic Measurement of 3D Cell Morphologies. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. : 499-505.

[30] Xian Wang, Mengxi Luo, Han Wu, Zhuoran Zhang, Jun Liu, Zhensong Xu, Wesley Johnson, Yu Sun. (2017). A 3D Magnetic Tweezer System for Intra-Embryonic Navigation and Measurement. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. : 240-247.

[31] Zhensong Xu, Yi Zheng, Xian Wang, Nadine Shehata, Chen Wang, Shaorong Xie, Yu Sun. (2017). Stiffening of Sickle Cell Trait Red Blood Cells Under Simulated Strenuous Exercise Conditions. Microsystems & Nanoengineering.

[32] Zhuoran Zhang, Jun Liu, Xian Wang, Qili Zhao, Chao Zhou, Min Tan, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Yu Sun. (2017). Robotic Pick-And-Place of Multiple Embryos for Vitrification. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2: 570-576.

[33] Jun Liu, Zhuoran Zhang, Xian Wang, Haijiao Liu, Qili Zhao, Chao Zhou, Min Tan, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Yu Sun. (2016). Automated robotic measurement of 3-D cell morphologies. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(2), pp.499-505.

[34] Zhuoran Zhang, Jun Liu, Xian Wang, Qili Zhao, Chao Zhou, Min Tan, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Yu Sun. (2016). Robotic pick-and-place of multiple embryos for vitrification. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(2), pp.570-576.

[35] Zhensong Xu, Yi Zheng, Xian Wang, Nadine Shehata, Chen Wang, Shaorong Xie, Yu Sun. (2016). Stiffening of sickle cell trait red blood cells under simulated strenuous exercise conditions. Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2(1), pp.1-7.

[36] Vivek Venkatachalam, Ni Ji, Xian Wang, Christopher Clark, James Kameron Mitchell, Mason Klein, Christopher J Tabone, Jeremy Florman, Hongfei Ji, Joel Greenwood, Andrew D Chisholm, Jagan Srinivasan, Mark Alkema, Mei Zhen, Aravinthan DT Samuel. (2016). Pan-neuronal imaging in roaming Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(8), pp.E1082-E1088.

Conferences

[37] Xian Wang, Xin Chen, Savo Bajic, Yu Sun, Xi Huang. (2023). A computation model of the multi-layer brain-tumor-blood barrier structure under mechanical load. Biophysical Journal. 2023 Biophysical Society Meeting, San Diego, United States of America (285a)

[38] Xian Wang, Tiancon Wang, Guanqiao Shan, Junhui Law, Changsheng Dai, Zhuoran Zhang, Yu Sun. (2020). Robotic Control of a Magnetic Swarm for On-Demand IntracellularMeasurement. Proceedings of IEEE ICRA 2020. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pairs (Virtual), France

[39] Mengxi Luo, Junhui Law, Xian Wang, Liming Xin, Guanqiao Shan, Mitesh Badiwala, Xi Huang, Yu Sun. (2020). Robotic Swarm Control for Precision and On-Demand Embolization. The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pairs (Virtual), France

[40] Xian Wang, Changhong Cao, Jingcheng Shan, Yakun Zhao, Tobin Filleter, Yu Sun. (2020). Direct Characterization of Stress-Strain Relationship for Quantifying Single Cell Elasticity. Biophysical Journal. 2020 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, United States of America

[41] Zhuoran Zhang, Changsheng Dai, Xian Wang, Changhai Ru, Khaled Abdalla, Sahar Jahangiri, Clifford Librach, Keith Jarvi, Yu Sun. (2019). Automated Laser Ablation of Motile Sperm for Immobilization. The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada

[42] Changsheng Dai, Zhuoran Zhang, Yuchen Lu, Guanqiao Shan, Xian Wang, Qili Zhao, Yu Sun. (2019). Robotic Orientation Control of Deformable Cells. The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada

[43] Li Wang*, Xian Wang*, Qili Zhao, Wenkun Dou, Manpreet Malhi, Teng Cui, Jason T Maynes, Yu Sun. (2018). Correlating Electrical Impedance with Contractile Stress of hiPSC-Cardiomyocytes. International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (μTAS 2018), Kaohsiung, Taiwan

[44] Z. Zhang, C. Dai, J. Huang, X. Wang, J. Zhang, S. Moskovtsev, C. Librach, K. Jarvi, Y. Sun. (2018). Robotic immobilization of Motile Sperm. The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia

[45] Changsheng Dai, Zhuoran Zhang, James Huang, Xian Wang, Wenlong Meng, Junyan Zhang, Sergey Moskovtsev, Clifford Librach, Keith Jarvi, Yu Sun. (2018). Automated Non-Invasive Measurement of Complete Sperm Motility and Morphology Parameters. The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia

[46] Xian Wang, Mengxi Luo, Clement Ho, Zhuoran Zhang, Qili Zhao, Changsheng Dai, Yu Sun. (2018). Robotic Intracellular Manipulation: 3D Navigation and Measurement insidea Single Cell. Proceedings of IEEE ICRA 2018. The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia

[47] Xian Wang, Mengxi Luo, Zhensong Xu, Devin Luu, Huayan Pu, Shaorong Xie, Yu Sun. (2017). Microfabricated In-Chip Magnetic Tweezers for Intra-Embryonic Measurement. International Conference on Solid State Sensors and Actuators (TRANSDUCERS), Kaohsiung, Taiwan

[48] X. Wang, M. Luo, H. Wu, Z.R. Zhang, J. Liu, Z.S. Xu, W. Johnson, Y. Sun. (2017). Three-Dimensional Robotic Control of a 5-Micrometer Magnetic Bead forIntra-Embryonic Navigation and Measurement. IEEE Proceedings of ICRA 2017. The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore

Books

[1] Haojian Lu, Xian Wang, Shailong Zhang. (2023). Untethered Small-scale Robots for Biomedical Applications. Published, Elsevier

[2]Yu Sun, Xian Wang, Jiangfan Yu. (2022). Field-Driven Micro and Nano Robots for Biology and Medicine. : 421. Published, Springer Nature

Book Chapters

[3] Xian Wang. (2023). Conclusions. Untethered Small-scale Robots for Biomedical Applications. : 141-143. Elsevier.

[4] Jintian Wang, Xian Wang, Y. Sun. (2023). Cellular Mechanical Measurement by Magnetic Micro/Nanorobots. Robotics for Cell Manipulation and Characterization. : 120-130.

[5] Xian Wang, Jintian Wang, Tiancong Wang, Y. Sun. (2023). Magnetic Micro/Nanorobots for Intracellular and Intraembryonics Measurement. Untethered Small-scale Robots for Biomedical Applications. : 37-47. Elsevier.

[6] Guanqiao Shan, Changsheng Dai, Zhuoran Zhang, Xian Wang, Yu Sun. (2023). Introduction of Robotics for Cell Manipulation and Characterization. Robotics for Cell Manipulation and Characterization. : 3-17. Academic Press.

[7] Xian Wang, Tiancong Wang, Zhuoran Zhang, Y. Sun. (2022). Biophysical Measurement of Cellular and Intracellular Structures Using Magnetic Tweezers. Field-Driven Micro and Nanorobots for Biology and Medicine. : 269-284.