Patents
[P5] T.N. Do, M.T. Thai (42.5%), P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, N. Lovell, “Haptic Device”, U.S. Patent No. 18042393, 2023.
[P4] T.N. Do, P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, M.T. Thai (5%), N. Lovell, “Soft Robotic Technologies, Artificial Muscles, Grippers And Methods Of Making The Same”, U.S. Patent No. 18042383, 2023.
[P3] T.N. Do, M.T. Thai (40%), P.T. Phan, N. Lovell, J. Davies, C.C. Nguyen, “Soft Robotic Arm for In Situ 3D Bioprinting and Surgery”, PCT/AU2024/050038, 2024.
[P2] T.N. Do, M.T. Thai (42.5%), P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, N. Lovell, “Haptic Device”, PCT/AU2021/050922, 2021.
[P1] T.N. Do, P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, M.T. Thai (5%), N. Lovell, “Soft Robotic Technologies, Artificial Muscles, Grippers And Methods Of Making The Same”, PCT/AU2021/050924, 2021.
Journal Papers
[J30] H. A. Tran, A. Maraldo, T. T.-P. Ho, M. T. Thai, Q. V. Hilst, H. Joukhdar, M. Kordanovski, J. K. Sahoo, O. Hartsuk, M. Santos, , S. G. Wise, D. L. Kaplan, T. N. Do, K.. A. Kilian, K. S. Lim, J. Rnjak-Kovacina, “Probing the Interplay of Protein Self-Assembly and Covalent Bond Formation in Photocrosslinked Silk Fibroin Hydrogels”, Submitted, 2024
[J29] T.-A. Truong, X. Huang, A. Ashok, A.A. Abed, R. Almasri, M. N. Shivdasani, M. T. Thai, C. C. Nguyen, X. Zhang, Z. Gu, S. Peng, T. K. Nguyen, T. N. Do, N.-T. Nguyen, H. Zhao, H.-P. Phan, “A flexible electrode array based on a wide bandgap semiconductor for chronic implantable multiplexed sensing and heart pacemakers”, Submitted, 2024
[J28] J. J. Davies, M. T. Thai, T. T. Hoang, C. C. Nguyen, P. T. Phan, K. Zhu, B. Sharma, A. Ji, E. Nicoltra, Y. -C. Toh, M. Stevens, C. Hayward, H.-P. Phan, N. H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “Soft Robotic Artificial Left Ventricle Simulator Capable of Reproducing Myocardial Biomechanics”, Science Robotics, Accepted, 2024. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.ado4553.
[J27] C. C. Nguyen, T. T. Hoang, J. Davies, P. T. Phan, M. T. Thai, E. Nicotra, A. Al-Abed, H. A. Tran, T-A. Truong, B. Sharma, A. Ji, K. Zhu, C. H. Wang, H.-P. Phan, N. H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “Soft Fibrous Syringe Architecture for Electricity-Free and Motorless Control of Flexible Robotic Systems”, Advanced Science, Accepted, 2024. doi: 10.1002/advs.202405610.
- Selected as Hot Topic: Robotics
- Featured on UNSW Newsroom. Australian Manufacturing etc.
[J26] T. T. Hoang, C. C. Nguyen, P. T. Phan, J. Davies, H. A. Tran, M. T. Thai, V. K. Truong, T.-K. Nguyen, T. T. V. Doan, H.-P. Phan, N. H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “Shape programmable and multifunctional soft textile muscles for wearable and soft robotics”, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Accepted, 2024.
[J25] P. T. Phan, J. Davies, T. T. Hoang, M. T. Thai, C. C. Nguyen, A. Ji, K. Zhu, B. Sharma, E. Nicotra, C. Hayward, H.-P. Phan, N. H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “Robotic Cardiac Compression Device Using Artificial Muscle Filaments for the Treatment of Heart Failure”, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Accepted.
- Featured as Inside Front Cover.
[J24] K. Zhu, P. T. Phan, B. Sharma, J. Davies, M. T. Thai, T. T. Hoang, C. C. Nguyen, A. Ji, E. Nicotra, T.T. Vo-Doan, H.-P. Phan, N. H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “Smart Textile-Driven Soft Exosuit for Spinal Assistance”, Sensors, Vol. 23, Issue. 19, P. 8329, 2023.
[J23] M. T. Thai, J. Davies, C. C. Nguyen, P. T. Phan, T. T. Hoang, A. Ji, B. Sharma, E. Nicotra, T.T. Vo-Doan, H.-P. Phan, N. H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “Soft Wearable Haptic Display and Flexible 3D Force Sensor for Teleoperated Surgical Systems”, Advanced Sensor Research, p.2300105, 2023.
- Featured as Inside Front Cover.
[J22] P.T. Phan, D. Welch, J. Spiggle, M.T. Thai, T.T. Hoang, J. Davies, C.C. Nguyen, K. Zhu, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Fabrication, Nonlinear Modelling, and Control of Woven Hydraulic Artificial Muscles for Wearable Applications”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 360, Issue 1, p.114555, 2023.
[J21] C. C. Nguyen, T. Teh, M. T. Thai, P. T. Phan, T. T. Hoang, J. Davies, H.-P. Phan, C. H. Wang, N. H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “A Handheld Hydraulic Soft Robotic Device with Bidirectional Bending End-Effector for Minimally Invasive Surgery”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 590-601, 2023. (Q1 – IF = 3.7)
[J20] T.-A. Truong, T.-K. Nguyen, X. Huang, A. Ashok, X. Huang, S. Yadav, Y. Park, M. T. Thai, N.-K. Nguyen, H. Fallahi, S. Peng, T.-C. Toh, Y. Yamauchi, C. H. Wang, N. H. Lovell, J. A. Rogers, T. N. Do, N.-T. Nguyen, H. Zhao, H.-P. Phan, “Engineering route for stretchable, three-dimensional microarchitectures of wide bandgap semiconductors for biomedical applications”, Advanced Functional Materials. (Q1 – IF = 19.924)
- Featured on major international news media such as UNSW Newsroom, Nanowerk, org, AuManufacturing, Bug, Focus.pl, Innovacao, etc.
- Featured as Inside Back Cover.
[J19] J. Davies, M.T. Thai, H. Low, P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Bio-SHARP: Bio-Inspired Soft and High Aspect Ratio Pump for Robotic and Medical Applications”, Soft Robotics, 2023. (Q1 – IF = 7.784)
[J18] C. C. Nguyen, M. T. Thai, T. T. Hoang, J. Davies, P. T. Phan, K. Zhu, L. Wu, M. A. Brodie, D. Tsai, Q. P. Ha, H.-P. Phan, N. H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “Development of A Soft Robotic Catheter for Vascular Intervention Surgery”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 357, pp. 114380, 2023. (Q1 – IF = 4.291)
[J17] M.T. Thai, P.T. Phan, H.A. Tran, C.C. Nguyen, T.T. Hoang, J. Davies, J. Rnjak-Kovacina, H.-P. Phan, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Advanced Soft Robotic System for In Situ 3D Bioprinting and Endoscopic Surgery”, Advanced Science, 2205656, 2023. (Q1 – IF = 17.521)
- Ranked #1 in the list of most accessed papers in Advanced Science March/2023.
- Featured on major international news media such as New York Post, The Australian, UNSW Newsroom, Dailymail, Engineers Australia, Create Digital, Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, Daily Magazine, Interesting Engineering, SBS (starts 5:05), Spotify-Deep Dive: Printing Tech (start 25:00), Medical Xpress, Endadget, New Atlas, MSN, Yahoo!news, Futurism, Wired, Freethink, Medical Republic, UStoday, UK Times, Indiatimes, Medical Design & Outsourcing, India News, Surgical Robotics Technology, 3D printing Bootcamp, Geo TV, Khoahocphattrien, Baomoi, Laodong, Asia one, VnEconomy, VNEXPRESS, VTV News, Cafebiz, VTVCab, etc.
- Featured on IEEE Spectrum.
- Film & TV: Reuters, Metro, TVP World, South China Morning Post, Straits Times, Amaze Lab, VTV1 12h, VTV1 High Tech Cong Nghe, VTV1 Chao Buoi Sang, HTV 7&9, VTV1, VTV, VTVCab, Geo TV, Truyền Hình Quốc Hội, Truyền Hình Quốc Hội-tạp Chí Người Việt (18:10), VoV TV, ANTV, Hanoi TV, DW TV (Germany), etc.
[J16] C.C. Nguyen, S. Wong, M.T. Thai, T.T. Hoang, P.T. Phan, J. Davies, L. Wu, D. Tsai, H,-P. Phan, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Teleoperated Surgical Robotic Systems and Their Human-Machine Interfaces”, Advanced Sensor Research, 2200036, 2023.
- Listed as The Most Accessed in Advanced Sensor Research (2022, 2023).
[J15] J. Davies, M.T. Thai, T.T. Hoang, C.C. Nguyen, P.T. Phan, H.-P.Phan, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “A Stretchable Filament Sensor with Tuneable Sensitivity for Wearable Robotics and Healthcare Applications”, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2201453, 2023. (Q1 – IF = 8.856)
- Selected as Front Cover.
[J14] T.T. Hoang, P.T. Phan, M.T. Thai, J. Davies, C.C. Nguyen, H.-P. Phan, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Magnetically engineered conductivity of soft liquid metal composites for robotic, wearable electronic, and medical applications”, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Vol. 4, Issue. 12, pp. 2200282, 2022. (Q1 – IF = 7.298)
- Featured on “Hot Topic: Magnetic Materials“.
- Selected as Inside Front Cover.
[J13] P.T. Phan, M.T. Thai, T.T. Hoang, J. Davies, C.C. Nguyen, H.-P. Phan, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Smart Textiles Using Fluid-Driven Artificial Muscle Fibers”, Nature Scientific Reports, 12, 11067 (2022). (Q1 – IF = 4.996)
- Selected as Top 100 Engineering Scientific Reports papers published in 2022.
- Featured on The Washington Post, IEEE Spectrum, Engineers Australia, ACM, UNSW Newsroom, Daily Mail, the Spokeman-review, Gizmodo, Dailymotion, Sunday Tribune (printed paper), TechXplore, The West Australia, Yahoo!news, the Manila Times, TodayHeadline, Xinhua, org, Newcastle herald, the Islander, MediaNet, Medium, NATIONTHAILAN, STARTUPtoENTERPRISE, WION, tuoitre.vn, saigongiaiphong, alouc, baomoi, khoa hoc phat trien, Independent Press, etc.
- Film & TV: Thomson Reuters, South China Morning Post, Future Now, TVPWorld, Journal Star, Popular Mechanics, ElkoDaily, VTV1, VTV3, THVL, THDT, Truyen Hinh Thong Tan, Truyen Hinh Can Tho, etc.
[J12] S. Mousavi, M.T. Thai, M. Amjadi, D. Howard, S. Peng, T.N. Do, C.H. Wang, “Unidirectional, Highly Linear Strain Sensors with Thickness Engineered Structure Conductive Films for Precision Control of Soft Machines”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Volume 10, Issue 26, pp. 13673-13684, 2022. (Q1 – IF = 14.511)
- Selected as BACK COVER ARTICLE.
[J11] T.T. Hoang, L. Sy, M. Bussu, M.T. Thai, H. Low, P.T. Phan, J. Davies, C.C. Nguyen, N.H. Lovell, T. N. Do, “A Wearable Soft Robotic Fabric Sleeve for Upper Limb Augmentation “, Sensors, Vol. 21, Issue 22, p. 1-24, 2021. (Q1 – IF = 3.847)
[J10] P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, M.T. Thai, H. Low, J. Davies, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Smart Surgical Sutures Using Soft Artificial Muscles”, Nature Scientific Reports, 11, 22420 (2021). (Q1 – IF = 4.996)
- Featured on ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA, AZO Materials, and Opera News.
[J9] S. Peng, S. Wu, Y. Yu, Z. Sha, G. Li, T.T. Hoang, M.T. Thai, T.N. Do, D. Chu, and C.H. Wang, “Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Strain Sensors with High Breathability and Anisotropic Sensitivity”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, Vol. 9, Issue 47, pp. 26788-26799, 2021. (Q1 – IF = 14.511)
[J8] P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, M.T. Thai, H. Low, N. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications”, Soft Robotics, Vol. 9, Issue. 4, pp. 820-836, 2021. (Q1 – IF = 7.784)
- Featured on UNSW Newsroom, IEEE Spectrum, Gizmodo, Dailymotion, TechXplore, The West Australia, Yahoo!News, the Manila Times, TodayHeadline, Xinhua, China.org, Newcastle herald, the Islander, MediaNet, Medium, tuoitre.vn, etc.
[J7] M.T. Thai, P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, H. Low, N. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Design, Fabrication, Hysteresis Modeling of Soft Microtubule Artificial Muscle (SMAM) for Medical Applications”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 6, Issue 3, pp. 5089-5096, 2021. (Q1 – IF = 5.43)
[J6] T.T. Hoang, J.J.S. Quek, M.T. Thai, P.T. Phan, N. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Soft Robotic Fabric Gripper with Gecko Adhesion and Variable Stiffness “, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 323, pp. 12673, 2021. (Q1 – IF = 4.291)
- Featured in The Academic Times, USA.
[J5] P.T. Phan, M.T. Thai, T.T. Hoang, N. Lovell, T.N. Do, “HFAM: Soft Hydraulic Filament Artificial Muscles for Flexible Robotic Applications “, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp. 226637 – 226652, 2020. (Q1 – IF = 3.476)
[J4] T.T. Hoang, P.T. Phan, M.T. Thai, N. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Bio-inspired Conformable and Helical Soft Fabric Gripper with Variable Stiffness and Touch Sensing”, Advanced Materials Technologies, Vol. 5, Issue 12, 2020. (Q1 – IF = 8.856)
- Featured on IEEE Spectrum, UNSW Newsroom, Advanced Science News, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Engineers Australia, Gizmodo, Futurism, CNET, Engadget, EurekAlert!, NEW ATLAS, ScienceDaily, Microsoft News, YAHOO! News, phys.org, ABC News, Tech Xplore, COSMOS Magazine, nano werk, BIG THINK, asknature.org, etc.
- Editor’s pick and selected in the “The Best of Advanced Materials Technologies 2020“.
- Featured on the Ranger Rick Magazines as teaching material powered by the US National Wildlife Federation.
[J3] M.T. Thai, T.T. Hoang, P.T. Phan, N. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Soft Microtubule Muscle-Driven 3-Axis Skin-Stretch Haptic Devices”, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp. 157878-157891, 2020. (Q1 – IF = 3.476)
- Featured on UNSW Newsroom, Daily Telegraph, US Science News for Student (20-Nov-2020 & 25-May-2021), Tech Briefs, EurekAlert!, ScienceDaily, NEW ATLAS, Phys.org, Tech Xplore, Reddit, ZDNet, Technology Networks, News Break, etc.
- TV Broadcast by 10 News First, Channel 10 & UNTV.
[J2] M.T. Thai, P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, S. Wong, N. Lovell, T.N. Do “Advanced Intelligent Systems for Surgical Robotics”, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Vol. 2, Issue 8, pp. 1900138, 2020. (Q1 – IF = 7.298)
- Listed as The Most Accessed in Advanced Intelligent Systems (2019, 2020, 2021).
- Listed as Top 10 Most Downloaded Papers! (2019-2021).
- Featured on Surgical Robotics Technologies & The Sheekey Science Show.
[J1] M.T. Thai, H Ahmed, S.C. Hong, J.R. Lee, J.B. Ihn, Broadband laser ultrasonic excitation and multi-band sensing for hierarchical automatic damage visualization, International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences 20 (4), 913-932. (Q2)
Conference Proceedings
[C9] C.C. Nguyen, J. Davies, M.T. Thai, T.T. Hoang, P.T. Phan, K. Zhu, D.B.N. Tran, V.A. Ho, H.M. La, H.-P. Phan, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “A Handheld Hydraulic Cardiac Catheter with Omnidirectional Manipulator and Touch Sensing”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK, 2023. Accepted
[C8] J. Davies, M.T. Thai, T.T. Hoang, C.C. Nguyen, P.T. Phan, D.B.N. Tran, V.A. Ho, H.M. La, Q.P. Ha, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “A Flexible 3D Force Sensor with Tunable Sensitivity”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, UK, 2023. Accepted
[C7] C.C. Nguyen, T. Teh, M.T. Thai, P.T. Phan, T.T. Hoang, H. Low, J. Davies, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Bidirectional Soft Hydraulic Catheter for Arrhythmia Treatment”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, USA, 2022.
[C6] J. Davies, P.T. Phan, D. Huang, T.T. Hoang, H. Low, M.T. Thai, C.C. Nguyen, E. Nicotra, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “Hydraulically Actuated Soft Tubular Gripper”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, USA, pp. 6144-6150, 2022.
[C5] L. Sy, T.T. Hoang, M. Bussu, M.T. Thai, P.T. Phan, H. Low, D. Tsai, M.A. Brodie, N.H. Lovell, T.N. Do, “M-SAM: Miniature and Soft Artificial Muscle-Driven Wearable Robotic Fabric Sleeve for Upper Limb Augmentation”, The 4th IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (Robosoft 2021), Yale, USA, pp. 575-578, 2021.
[C4] M.T. Thai, J.R. Lee, Development of multi-functional ultrasonic conditioner and its applications to hierarchical and guided-wave laser ultrasonic inspection, The 2018 Fall Conference of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing, Jeju, Korea, 2018.11.08~09, page 23.
[C3] M.T. Thai, J.R. Lee, J.B. Ihn, Hierarchical non-destructive testing scheme using laser ultrasonic propagation imager with broadband excitation and band divider, The 9th NUAA-KAIST Joint Symposium on Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, 2018.06.14~17, page 27~28.
[C2] M.T. Thai, T.Q. Vo, A new approach for dynamic and kinematic modeling of a snake-like robot, National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 2015.10.30~11.01, page 15~23.
[C1] M.T. Thai, T.Q. Vo, A study on trajectory tracking control of a snake-like robot, National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 2015.10.30~11.01, page 923~934.