Publications | Robotic Instruments

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Selected Publications

1. Yu, J., Bettahar, H., Kandemir, H., and Zhou, Q., "FilMBot: A High-Speed Soft Parallel Robotic Micromanipulator", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 42, pp. 1145 - 1157, 2026.
2. Bettahar, H., Tapeinos, C., Işıtman, O., D'Amico, C., Correia, A., Santos, H.A. and Zhou, Q.,  "Probing Early Particle‐Cell Membrane Interactions via Single‐Cell and Single‐Particle Interaction Analysis", Advanced Functional Materials, 35(46), p.2507301, 2025.
3. Haeri, S., Kopitca, A., Kandemir, H. and Zhou, Q., "Meter‐Scale Distance Manipulation of Diverse Objects with Jet‐Induced Airflow Field", Advanced Intelligent Systems, p.2400174, 2024.
4. Bettahar, H., Blanco-Mulero, D., Kyrki, V., Linder, M.B. and Zhou, Q., "Rapid Improvement of Fiber Tensile Properties via In Situ Biomimetic Robotic Pulling and Bayesian Optimization", Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6(4), p.2300610, 2024.
5. Vieira, A., Cui, W., Jokinen, V., Ras, R.H. and Zhou, Q.,  "Through-drop imaging of moving contact lines and contact areas on opaque water-repellent surfaces", Soft Matter, 19(13), pp.2350-2359, 2023.
6. Harischandra, P.D., Välisalmi, T., Cenev, Z.M., Linder, M.B. and Zhou, Q., "Shaping Liquid Droplets on an Active Air–Ferrofluid Interface", Langmuir, 39(22), pp.7623-7631, 2023.
7. Song, L., Chang, B., Feng, Y., Jin, J. and Zhou, Q., "Self-alignment capillary gripper for microfiber manipulation", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 28(4), pp.1957-1965, 2023.
8. Kopitca A., Latifi K., Zhou, Q., "Programmable assembly of particles on a Chladni plate", Science Advances, 7(39). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abi7716, 2021.
9. Hokkanen M.J., Backholm M., Vuckovac, M., Zhou, Q., Ras R.H.A., “Force-based wetting characterization of stochastic superhydrophobic coatings at nanonewton sensitivity”, Advanced Materials, 2105130, 2021.
10. Cenev, Z.; Harischandra, P. A. D.; Nurmi, S.; Latikka, M.; Hyninen, V.; Ras, R.A.; Timonen, J.V.I.; Zhou, Q., "Ferrofluidic Manipulator Automatic Manipulation of Non-magnetic Microparticles at Air-Ferrofluid Interface", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2021.3081114, 2021. 
11. Cenev, Z., Würger, A. and Zhou, Q., “Motion and Trapping of Micro-and Millimeter Spheroid Particles on the Air-Paramagnetic Liquid Interface”, Physical Review E, 103, L010601, 2021.
12. Wang, D., Sun, Q., Hokkanen, M.J., Zhang, C., Lin, F.Y., Liu, Q., Zhu, S.P., Zhou, T., Chang, Q., He, B. Zhou, Q., Chen., L, Ras, R., Deng, X., “Design of robust superhydrophobic surfaces", Nature, 582(7810), pp.55-59, 2020.
13. Latifi, K., Wijaya, H, and Zhou, Q., “Motion of heavy particles on a submerged Chladni plate”, Physical Review Letters, 122(18), p.184301, 2019.
14. Cenev, Z., Zhang, H., Sariola, V., Rahikkala, A., Liu, D., Santos, H.A., and Zhou, Q., “Manipulating Superparamagnetic Microparticles with an Electromagnetic Needle”, Advanced Materials Technologies, 3 (1), 1700177, 2018
15. Liimatainen, V., Vuckovac, M., Jokinen, V., Sariola, V., Hokkanen, M., Zhou, Q., Ras, R.H.A., “Mapping microscale wetting variations on biological and synthetic water repellent surfaces”, Nature Communications, 8, 1798, 2017.
16. Zhou, Q., Sariola, V., Latifi, K., Liimatainen, V., “Controlling the motion of multiple objects on a Chladni plate”, Nature Communications, 7, 12764, 2016.
17. Liimatainen, V., Sariola, V., Zhou, Q., "Controlling liquid spreading using microfabricated undercut edges", Advanced Materials, Vol. 25(16), pp. 2275–2278 (frontispiece on page 2274), 2013.
18. Sariola, V., Jääskeläinen, M., and Zhou, Q., “Hybrid microassembly combining robotics and water droplet self-alignment”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, Vol. 26, Issue 6, pp. 965 - 97, 2010.

A longer list of publications can be found here. Please also see the Research page for selected publications on different research topics.