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Cindy TANG
董冠妤

PhD in Physics
National University of Singapore, 2019

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

(852) 2358 5727
cindytang@ust.hk
Room 4587
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ORCID

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ITV-1311-2023

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57191036138

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Research Interest

Advanced materials
Polymer
Material science
Molecular electronics
Functional polymer

Publications

All Years 21 2025 0 2024 6 2023 3 2022 2 2021 3 2020 1 2019 6

2024 6

A Universal Biocompatible and Multifunctional Solid Electrolyte in p-Type and n-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Complementary Circuits and Bioelectronic Interfaces

Advanced Materials, v. 36, (36), September 2024, article number 2405556
Tang, Cindy G.; Wu, Ruhua; Chen, Yingjun; Zhou, Zhongliang; He, Qiang; Li, Ting; Wu, Xihu; Hou, Kunqi; Kousseff, Christina J.; McCulloch, Iain; Leong, Wei Lin
Article

Artificial organic afferent nerves enable closed-loop tactile feedback for intelligent robot

Nature Communications, v. 15, (1), August 2024, article number 7056
Chen, Shuai; Zhou, Zhongliang; Hou, Kunqi; Wu, Xihu; He, Qiang; Tang, Cindy G.; Li, Ting; Zhang, Xiujuan; Jie, Jiansheng; Gao, Zhiyi; Mathews, Nripan; Leong, Wei Lin
Article

Highly Stable Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Based Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Low Power and Signal Processing-Free Surface Electromyogram Triggered Robotic Hand Control

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 34, (1), January 2024, article number 2305780
Zhou, Zhongliang; Wu, Xihu; Tam, Teck Lip Dexter; Tang, Cindy G.; Chen, Shuai; Hou, Kunqi; Li, Ting; He, Qiang; Sit, Ji-Jon; Xu, Jianwei; Leong, Wei Lin
Article

Improved Stability and Performance of an n-Type Depletion Mode Poly(benzodifurandione) Based Organic Electrochemical Transistor via Electrolyte Selection

Chemistry of Materials, v. 36, (18), September 2024
Wu, Xihu; Tang, Haoran; Zhou, Zhongliang; Salim, Teddy; Tang, Cindy G.; Huang, Fei; Leong, Wei Lin
Article

Stable n-Type Perylene Derivative Ladder Polymer with Antiambipolarity for Electrically Reconfigurable Organic Logic Gates

Advanced Materials, v. 36, (31), August 2024, article number 2308823
Wu, Xihu; He, Qiang; Zhou, Zhongliang; Tam, Teck Lip Dexter; Tang, Cindy; Lin, Ming; Moser, Maximilian; Griggs, Sophie; Marks, Adam; Chen, Shuai; Xu, Jianwei; McCulloch, Iain; Leong, Wei Lin
Article

The Quest for Air Stability in Organic Semiconductors

Chemistry of Materials, v. 36, (1), January 2024, p. 28-53
Tang, Cindy G.; Hou, Kunqi; Leong, Wei Lin
Article

2023 3

Mechanoreceptor-inspired in-ear triboelectric sensor for unconstrained physiological monitoring and human–machine interaction

Nano Energy, v. 117, December 2023, article number 108900
He, Qiang; Zhou, Zhongliang; Chen, Shuai; Tang, Cindy G.; Leong, Wei Lin
Article

Water binding and hygroscopicity in π-conjugated polyelectrolytes

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), July 2023, article number 3978
Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Syafiqah, Mazlan Nur; Koh, Qi-Mian; Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Choo, Kim-Kian; Sun, Ming-Ming; Callsen, Martin; Feng, Yuan-Ping; Chua, Lay-Lay; Png, Rui-Qi; Ho, Peter K. H.
Article

Using touch sensor and vision feedback to adapt skewering strategy for robust assistive feeding

i-CREATe '23: Proceedings of the 16th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology / Association for Computing Machinery. New York, NY : Association for Computing Machinery, 2023, p. 11-15
Shrivastava, Samruddhi; Garg, Neha P.; Tang, Cindy; AnneYow, J.; Ang, Wei Tech; Leong, Wei Lin
Conference paper

2022 2

Biocompatible Ionic Liquids in High-Performing Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Ion Detection and Electrophysiological Monitoring

ACS Nano, v. 16, (8), August 2022, p. 12049-12060
Li, Ting; Koh, Jie Yan Cheryl; Moudgil, Akshay; Cao, Huan; Wu, Xihu; Chen, Shuai; Hou, Kunqi; Surendran, Abhijith; Stephen, Meera; Tang, Cindy; Wang, Chongwu; Wang, Qi Jie; Tay, Chor Yong; Leong, Wei Lin
Article

Double-type-I charge-injection heterostructure for quantum-dot light-emitting diodes

Materials Horizons, v. 9, (8), May 2022, p. 2147-2159
Wang, Li-Xi; Tang, Cindy G.; Tan, Zhao-Siu; Phua, Hao-Yu; Chen, Jing; Lei, Wei; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.
Article

2021 3

Improving organic photovoltaic cells by forcing electrode work function well beyond onset of Ohmic transition

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), April 2021, article number 2250
Zhao, Chao; Tang, Cindy G.; Seah, Zong-Long; Koh, Qi-Mian; Chua, Lay-Lay; Png, Rui-Qi; Ho, Peter K. H.
Article

Overcoming the water oxidative limit for ultra-high-workfunction hole-doped polymers

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), June 2021, article number 3345
Koh, Qi-Mian; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Choo, Kim-Kian; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.
Article

Surface Doping of Organic Single-Crystal Semiconductors to Produce Strain-Sensitive Conductive Nanosheets

Advanced Science, v. 8, (3), February 2021, article number 2002065
Watanabe, Shun; Hakamatani, Ryohei; Yaegashi, Keita; Yamashita, Yu; Nozawa, Han; Sasaki, Mari; Kumagai, Shohei; Okamoto, Toshihiro; Tang, Cindy G.; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.; Takeya, Jun
Article

2020 1

Bulk ion-clustering and surface ion-layering effects on work function of self-compensated charged-doped polymer semiconductors

Materials Horizons, v. 7, (4), April 2020, p. 1073-1082
Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Koh, Qi-Mian; Zhao, Chao; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Wang, Yu; Callsen, Martin; Feng, Yuan-Ping; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay
Article

2019 3

Multivalent anions as universal latent electron donors

Nature, v. 573, (7775), September 2019, p. 519-525
Tang, Cindy G.; Syafiqah, Mazlan Nur; Koh, Qi-Mian; Zhao, Chao; Zaini, Jamal; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Cass, Michael J.; Humphries, Martin J.; Grizzi, Ilaria; Burroughes, Jeremy H.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.
Article

Nearly 100% Photocrosslinking Efficiency in Ultrahigh Work Function Hole-Doped Conjugated Polymers Using Bis(fluorophenyl azide) Additives

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 11, (51), December 2019, p. 48103-48112
Teo, Desmond W. Y.; Jamal, Zaini; Phua, Hao-Yu; Tang, Cindy G.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay
Article

Spectator cation size effect on the work function and stability of self-compensated hole-doped polymers

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 8, (1), November 2019, p. 124-131
Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Koh, Qi-Mian; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Wang, Yu; Callsen, Martin; Feng, Yuan-Ping; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay
Article

2017 1

Interface Doping for Ohmic Organic Semiconductor Contacts Using Self-Aligned Polyelectrolyte Counterion Monolayer

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 27, (18), May 2017, article number 1606291
Seah, Wei-Ling; Tang, Cindy G.; Png, Rui-Qi; Keerthi, Venu; Zhao, Chao; Guo, Han; Yang, Jin-Guo; Zhou, Mi; Ho, Peter K. H.; Chua, Lay-Lay
Article

2016 2

Doped polymer semiconductors with ultrahigh and ultralow work functions for ohmic contacts

Nature, v. 539, (7630), November 2016, p. 536-540
Tang, Cindy G.; Ang, Mervin C. Y.; Choo, Kim-Kian; Keerthi, Venu; Tan, Jun-Kai; Syafiqah, Mazlan Nur; Kugler, Thomas; Burroughes, Jeremy H.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.
Article

Madelung and Hubbard interactions in polaron band model of doped organic semiconductors

Nature Communications, v. 7, September 2016, article number 11948
Png, Rui-Qi; Ang, Mervin C.Y.; Teo, Meng-How; Choo, Kim-Kian; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Belaineh, Dagmawi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K.H.
Article

Article 6

A Universal Biocompatible and Multifunctional Solid Electrolyte in p-Type and n-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Complementary Circuits and Bioelectronic Interfaces

Advanced Materials, v. 36, (36), September 2024, article number 2405556
Tang, Cindy G.; Wu, Ruhua; Chen, Yingjun; Zhou, Zhongliang; He, Qiang; Li, Ting; Wu, Xihu; Hou, Kunqi; Kousseff, Christina J.; McCulloch, Iain; Leong, Wei Lin

Artificial organic afferent nerves enable closed-loop tactile feedback for intelligent robot

Nature Communications, v. 15, (1), August 2024, article number 7056
Chen, Shuai; Zhou, Zhongliang; Hou, Kunqi; Wu, Xihu; He, Qiang; Tang, Cindy G.; Li, Ting; Zhang, Xiujuan; Jie, Jiansheng; Gao, Zhiyi; Mathews, Nripan; Leong, Wei Lin

Highly Stable Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Based Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Low Power and Signal Processing-Free Surface Electromyogram Triggered Robotic Hand Control

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 34, (1), January 2024, article number 2305780
Zhou, Zhongliang; Wu, Xihu; Tam, Teck Lip Dexter; Tang, Cindy G.; Chen, Shuai; Hou, Kunqi; Li, Ting; He, Qiang; Sit, Ji-Jon; Xu, Jianwei; Leong, Wei Lin

Improved Stability and Performance of an n-Type Depletion Mode Poly(benzodifurandione) Based Organic Electrochemical Transistor via Electrolyte Selection

Chemistry of Materials, v. 36, (18), September 2024
Wu, Xihu; Tang, Haoran; Zhou, Zhongliang; Salim, Teddy; Tang, Cindy G.; Huang, Fei; Leong, Wei Lin

Stable n-Type Perylene Derivative Ladder Polymer with Antiambipolarity for Electrically Reconfigurable Organic Logic Gates

Advanced Materials, v. 36, (31), August 2024, article number 2308823
Wu, Xihu; He, Qiang; Zhou, Zhongliang; Tam, Teck Lip Dexter; Tang, Cindy; Lin, Ming; Moser, Maximilian; Griggs, Sophie; Marks, Adam; Chen, Shuai; Xu, Jianwei; McCulloch, Iain; Leong, Wei Lin

The Quest for Air Stability in Organic Semiconductors

Chemistry of Materials, v. 36, (1), January 2024, p. 28-53
Tang, Cindy G.; Hou, Kunqi; Leong, Wei Lin

Article 2

Mechanoreceptor-inspired in-ear triboelectric sensor for unconstrained physiological monitoring and human–machine interaction

Nano Energy, v. 117, December 2023, article number 108900
He, Qiang; Zhou, Zhongliang; Chen, Shuai; Tang, Cindy G.; Leong, Wei Lin

Water binding and hygroscopicity in π-conjugated polyelectrolytes

Nature Communications, v. 14, (1), July 2023, article number 3978
Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Syafiqah, Mazlan Nur; Koh, Qi-Mian; Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Choo, Kim-Kian; Sun, Ming-Ming; Callsen, Martin; Feng, Yuan-Ping; Chua, Lay-Lay; Png, Rui-Qi; Ho, Peter K. H.

Conference paper 1

Using touch sensor and vision feedback to adapt skewering strategy for robust assistive feeding

i-CREATe '23: Proceedings of the 16th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology / Association for Computing Machinery. New York, NY : Association for Computing Machinery, 2023, p. 11-15
Shrivastava, Samruddhi; Garg, Neha P.; Tang, Cindy; AnneYow, J.; Ang, Wei Tech; Leong, Wei Lin

Article 2

Biocompatible Ionic Liquids in High-Performing Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Ion Detection and Electrophysiological Monitoring

ACS Nano, v. 16, (8), August 2022, p. 12049-12060
Li, Ting; Koh, Jie Yan Cheryl; Moudgil, Akshay; Cao, Huan; Wu, Xihu; Chen, Shuai; Hou, Kunqi; Surendran, Abhijith; Stephen, Meera; Tang, Cindy; Wang, Chongwu; Wang, Qi Jie; Tay, Chor Yong; Leong, Wei Lin

Double-type-I charge-injection heterostructure for quantum-dot light-emitting diodes

Materials Horizons, v. 9, (8), May 2022, p. 2147-2159
Wang, Li-Xi; Tang, Cindy G.; Tan, Zhao-Siu; Phua, Hao-Yu; Chen, Jing; Lei, Wei; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.

Article 3

Improving organic photovoltaic cells by forcing electrode work function well beyond onset of Ohmic transition

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), April 2021, article number 2250
Zhao, Chao; Tang, Cindy G.; Seah, Zong-Long; Koh, Qi-Mian; Chua, Lay-Lay; Png, Rui-Qi; Ho, Peter K. H.

Overcoming the water oxidative limit for ultra-high-workfunction hole-doped polymers

Nature Communications, v. 12, (1), June 2021, article number 3345
Koh, Qi-Mian; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Choo, Kim-Kian; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.

Surface Doping of Organic Single-Crystal Semiconductors to Produce Strain-Sensitive Conductive Nanosheets

Advanced Science, v. 8, (3), February 2021, article number 2002065
Watanabe, Shun; Hakamatani, Ryohei; Yaegashi, Keita; Yamashita, Yu; Nozawa, Han; Sasaki, Mari; Kumagai, Shohei; Okamoto, Toshihiro; Tang, Cindy G.; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.; Takeya, Jun

Article 1

Bulk ion-clustering and surface ion-layering effects on work function of self-compensated charged-doped polymer semiconductors

Materials Horizons, v. 7, (4), April 2020, p. 1073-1082
Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Koh, Qi-Mian; Zhao, Chao; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Wang, Yu; Callsen, Martin; Feng, Yuan-Ping; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay

Article 3

Multivalent anions as universal latent electron donors

Nature, v. 573, (7775), September 2019, p. 519-525
Tang, Cindy G.; Syafiqah, Mazlan Nur; Koh, Qi-Mian; Zhao, Chao; Zaini, Jamal; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Cass, Michael J.; Humphries, Martin J.; Grizzi, Ilaria; Burroughes, Jeremy H.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.

Nearly 100% Photocrosslinking Efficiency in Ultrahigh Work Function Hole-Doped Conjugated Polymers Using Bis(fluorophenyl azide) Additives

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 11, (51), December 2019, p. 48103-48112
Teo, Desmond W. Y.; Jamal, Zaini; Phua, Hao-Yu; Tang, Cindy G.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay

Spectator cation size effect on the work function and stability of self-compensated hole-doped polymers

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 8, (1), November 2019, p. 124-131
Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Koh, Qi-Mian; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Wang, Yu; Callsen, Martin; Feng, Yuan-Ping; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay

Article 1

Interface Doping for Ohmic Organic Semiconductor Contacts Using Self-Aligned Polyelectrolyte Counterion Monolayer

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 27, (18), May 2017, article number 1606291
Seah, Wei-Ling; Tang, Cindy G.; Png, Rui-Qi; Keerthi, Venu; Zhao, Chao; Guo, Han; Yang, Jin-Guo; Zhou, Mi; Ho, Peter K. H.; Chua, Lay-Lay

Article 2

Doped polymer semiconductors with ultrahigh and ultralow work functions for ohmic contacts

Nature, v. 539, (7630), November 2016, p. 536-540
Tang, Cindy G.; Ang, Mervin C. Y.; Choo, Kim-Kian; Keerthi, Venu; Tan, Jun-Kai; Syafiqah, Mazlan Nur; Kugler, Thomas; Burroughes, Jeremy H.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.

Madelung and Hubbard interactions in polaron band model of doped organic semiconductors

Nature Communications, v. 7, September 2016, article number 11948
Png, Rui-Qi; Ang, Mervin C.Y.; Teo, Meng-How; Choo, Kim-Kian; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Belaineh, Dagmawi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K.H.

2019 3

Multivalent anions as universal latent electron donors

Nature, v. 573, (7775), September 2019, p. 519-525
Tang, Cindy G.; Syafiqah, Mazlan Nur; Koh, Qi-Mian; Zhao, Chao; Zaini, Jamal; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Cass, Michael J.; Humphries, Martin J.; Grizzi, Ilaria; Burroughes, Jeremy H.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.
Article

Nearly 100% Photocrosslinking Efficiency in Ultrahigh Work Function Hole-Doped Conjugated Polymers Using Bis(fluorophenyl azide) Additives

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 11, (51), December 2019, p. 48103-48112
Teo, Desmond W. Y.; Jamal, Zaini; Phua, Hao-Yu; Tang, Cindy G.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay
Article

Spectator cation size effect on the work function and stability of self-compensated hole-doped polymers

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, v. 8, (1), November 2019, p. 124-131
Ang, Mervin Chun-Yi; Koh, Qi-Mian; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Seah, Qiu-Jing; Wang, Yu; Callsen, Martin; Feng, Yuan-Ping; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay
Article

2017 1

Interface Doping for Ohmic Organic Semiconductor Contacts Using Self-Aligned Polyelectrolyte Counterion Monolayer

Advanced Functional Materials, v. 27, (18), May 2017, article number 1606291
Seah, Wei-Ling; Tang, Cindy G.; Png, Rui-Qi; Keerthi, Venu; Zhao, Chao; Guo, Han; Yang, Jin-Guo; Zhou, Mi; Ho, Peter K. H.; Chua, Lay-Lay
Article

2016 2

Doped polymer semiconductors with ultrahigh and ultralow work functions for ohmic contacts

Nature, v. 539, (7630), November 2016, p. 536-540
Tang, Cindy G.; Ang, Mervin C. Y.; Choo, Kim-Kian; Keerthi, Venu; Tan, Jun-Kai; Syafiqah, Mazlan Nur; Kugler, Thomas; Burroughes, Jeremy H.; Png, Rui-Qi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K. H.
Article

Madelung and Hubbard interactions in polaron band model of doped organic semiconductors

Nature Communications, v. 7, September 2016, article number 11948
Png, Rui-Qi; Ang, Mervin C.Y.; Teo, Meng-How; Choo, Kim-Kian; Tang, Cindy Guanyu; Belaineh, Dagmawi; Chua, Lay-Lay; Ho, Peter K.H.
Article

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Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Spring 1 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 0 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 0 2023-24 Winter 0

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Plastic Electronics and their Applications

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Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 01 April 2025)

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WANG, Guangyu
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
ZOMORODIAN ESFAHANI, Majid (co-supervision)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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2019 3

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