Publications

1.      Yingchun Su, Tian Qiu, Wen Song, Xiaojun Han, Mengmeng Sun, Zhao Wang, Hui Xie, Mingdong Dong, Menglin Chen. Melt electrospinning writing of magnetic microrobots, Advanced Science, 8, 2003177 (2021).

2.     Xiangzhou Tan, Dandan Li, Moonkwang Jeong, Tingting Yu, Zhichao Ma, Saif Afat, Karl-Enrst Grund, Tian Qiu*, Soft liver phantom with a hollow biliary system, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 49,2139 (2021).

3.      Eunjin Choi, Frank Waldbillig, Moonkwang Jeong, Dandan Li, Rahul Goyal, Patricia Weber, Arkadiusz Miernik, Britta Grüne, Simon Hein, Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola, Maximilian Christian Kriegmair, Tian Qiu*, Soft urinary bladder phantom for endoscopic training, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 49, 2412 (2021).

4.      Ralf Hackner, Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola, Tian Qiu, Niels Lemke, Philipp-Fabian Pohlmann, Konrad Wilhelm, Peer Fischer, Arkadiusz Miernik, Thomas Wittenberg. Panoramic imaging assessment of different bladder phantoms - an evaluation study, Urology, 156, e103 (2021).

5.      Zhichao Ma, Kai Melde, Athanasios G. Athanassiadis, Michael Schau, Harald Richter, Tian Qiu*, Peer Fischer*, Spatial ultrasound modulation by digitally controlling microbubble arrays, Nature Communications, 11, 4537 (2020).

6.     Tingting Yu, Athanasios G. Athanassiadis*, Mihail N. Popescu, Vijayakumar Chikkadi, Achim Güth, Dhruv P. Singh, Tian Qiu*, Peer Fischer, Microchannels with self-pumping walls, ACS Nano, 14, 13673 (2020).

7.     Eunjin Choi, Fabian Adams, Stefano Palagi, Anina Gengenbacher, Daniel Schlager, Philippe-Fabian Müller, Ulrich Wetterauer, Arkadiusz Miernik, Peer Fischer, Tian Qiu*, A high-fidelity prostate phantom for surgical simulation and quantitative evaluation, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 48, 437 (2020).

8.     Zhichao Ma, Andrew Holle, Kai Melde, Tian Qiu, Korbinian Poeppel, Vincent Mauricio Kadiri, Peer Fischer, Acoustic holographic cell patterning in a biocompatible hydrogel, Advanced Materials, 32, 1904181 (2020).

9.     Dandan Li, Moonkwang Jeong, Eran Oren, Tingting Yu, Tian Qiu*, A helical microrobot with an optimized propeller-shape for the propulsion in viscoelastic biological media, Robotics, 8, 87 (2019).

10.   Udit Choudhury, Dhruv P. Singh, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer, Chemical nanomotors at the gram scale form a dense active optorheological medium, Advanced Materials, 31, 1807382 (2019).

11.   Zhiguang Wu, Jonas Troll, Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Qiang Wei, Marius Stang, Focke Ziemssen, Sven Schnichels, Tian Qiu*, Peer Fischer*, A swarm of slippery micropropellers penetrates the vitreous body of the eye, Science Advances, 4, eaat4388 (2018).

12.   Johannes Sachs, Konstantin I Morozov, Oded Kenneth, Tian Qiu, Nico Segreto, Peer Fischer, Alexander M Leshansky, Role of symmetry in driven propulsion at low Reynolds number, Physical Review E, 98, 063105 (2018).

13.   Kai Melde, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer, Fast spatial scanning of 3D ultrasound fields via thermography, Applied Physics Letters, 113, 133503 (2018).

14.   Tian Qiu, Fabian Adams, Stefano Palagi, Kai Melde, Andrew G. Mark, Ulrich Wetterauer, Arkadiusz Miernik, Peer Fischer. Wireless acoustic-surface actuators for miniaturized endoscopes, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9, 42536-42543 (2017).

15.   Tian Qiu, Stefano Palagi, Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde, Fabian Adams, Peer Fischer. Active acoustic surfaces enable the propulsion of a wireless robot, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 4,1700933 (2017).

16.   Kai Melde, Eunjin Choi, Zhiguang Wu, Stefano Palagi, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer, Acoustic fabrication via the assembly and fusion of particles, Advanced Materials, 30,1704507 (2017).

17.   Tian Qiu, Stefano Palagi, Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde, Fabian Adams, Peer Fischer, Wireless actuation with functional acoustic surfaces, Applied Physics Letters, 109, 191602 (2016).

18.   Fabian Adams, Tian Qiu, Andrew Mark, Benjamin Fritz, Lena Kramer, Daniel Schlager, Ulrich Wetterauer, Arkadiusz Miernik, Peer Fischer, Soft 3D-printed phantom of the human kidney with collecting system, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 45: 4, 963–972 (2016).

19.   Kai Melde, Andrew Mark, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer, Holograms for acoustics, Nature, 537, 518–522 (2016).

20.   Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Andrew Mark, Tung Chun Lee, Mariana Alarcón-Correa, Sahand Eslami, Tian Qiu, John Gibbs, Peer Fischer, Active nanorheology with plasmonics, Nano Letters, 16: 8, 4887–4894 (2016).

21.   Stefano Palagi, Andrew Mark, Shang Yik Reigh, Kai Melde, Tian Qiu, Hao Zeng, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella, Alberto Sanchez Castillo, Nadia Kapernaum, Frank Giesselmann, Diederik Wiersma, Eric Lauga, Peer Fischer, Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots, Nature Materials, 15, 647–653 (2016).

22.   Tian Qiu, Tung-Chun Lee, Andrew G. Mark, Konstantin I. Morozov, Raphael Münster, Otto Mierka, Stefan Turek, Alexander M. Leshansky, Peer Fischer, Swimming by reciprocal motion at low Reynolds number. Nature Communications, 5, 5119 (2014).

23.   Zhuoqi Li^#, Weiran Liu^#, Tian Qiu^#, Lan Xie, Weixing Chen, Ran Liu, Ying Lu, Keith Mitchelson, Jundong Wang, Jie Qiao and Jing Cheng. The construction of an interfacial valve-based microfluidic chip for thermotaxis evaluation of human sperm. Biomicrofluidics, 8, 024102 (2014).

24.   Qiang Li^#, Tian Qiu^#, Hongxia Hao, Hong Zhou, Tongzhou Wang, Ye Zhang, Xin Li, Guoliang Huang, Jing Cheng. Rapid and on-site analysis of illegal drugs on the nano-microscale using a deep ultraviolet–visible reflected optical fiber sensor, Analyst, 137(7): 1596-1603 (2012).

25.   Youchun Xu, Fengbo Xie, Tian Qiu, Lan Xie, Wanli Xing, Jing Cheng. Rapid fabrication of a microdevice with concave microwells and its application in embryoid body formation, Biomicrofluidics. 6: 016504 (2012).

26.   Rui Ma, Lan Xie, Chao Han, Kai Su, Tian Qiu, Lei Wang, Guoliang Huang, Wanli Xing, Jie Qiao, Jundong Wang, Jing Cheng. In vitro fertilization on a single-oocyte positioning system integrated with motile sperm selection and early embryo development, Analytical Chemistry, 83(8): 2964-2970 (2011).

27.   Chao Han, Qiufang Zhang, Rui Ma, Lan Xie, Tian Qiu, Lei Wang, Keith Mitchelson, Jundong Wang, Guoliang Huang, Jie Qiao, Jing Cheng. Integration of single oocyte trapping, in vitro fertilization and embryo culture in a microwell-structured microfluidic device, Lab on a Chip, 10(21): 2848-2854 (2010).

28.   Lan Xie, Rui Ma, Chao Han, Kai Su, Qiufang Zhang, Tian Qiu, Lei Wang, Guoliang Huang, Jie Qiao, Jundong Wang, Jing Cheng. Integration of sperm motility and chemotaxis screening with a microchannel-based device, Clinical Chemistry, 56(8): 1270-1278 (2010).

1.     Felix Fischer, Christian Gletter, Tian Qiu^*, Wireless microprobe for mechano-sensing in viscoelastic materials. IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Talk, Toronto, Canada, 25-29 Jul., 2022.

2.      Do Yeon Kim, Xiangzhou Tan, Dandan Li, Mehmet Yilmaz, Arkadiusz Miernik, Tian Qiu^*, A hybrid surgical simulator for interactive endoscopic training. 44^th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), Poster, Glasgow, UK, 11-15 Jul., 2022.

3.      Xinyi Guo, Zhichao Ma, Rahul Goyal, Moonkwang Jeong, Wei Pang, Peer Fischer, Xuexin Duan, Tian Qiu*, Acoustofluidic Tweezers for the 3D Manipulation of Microparticles, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), online Talk, 31 May-31 Aug. 2020.

4.     Dandan Li, Rodrigo Suarez-Ibarrola, Eunjin Choi, Moonkwang Jeong, Christian Gratzke, Arkadiusz Miernik, Peer Fischer, Tian Qiu*, Soft phantom for the training of renal calculi diagnostics and lithotripsy, 41^st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), Talk, Berlin, Germany, 24-28 Jul., 2019.

5.     Kai Melde, Zhichao Ma, Poeppel Korbinian, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer, Multimaterial acoustic holograms, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Talk, accepted, 2019.

6.     Moonkwang Jeong, Eunjin Choi, Dandan Li, Stefano Palagi, Peer Fischer, Tian Qiu*, A magnetic actuation system for the active microrheology in soft biomaterials, 4^th IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Talk, Helsinki, Finland, 1-5 Jul., 2019.

7.     Tian Qiu, Stefano Palagi, Johannes Sachs, Peer Fischer, Soft miniaturized linear actuators wirelessly powered by rotating permanent magnets, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Poster, Brisbane, Australia, 21-26 May, 2018.

8.      Stefano Palagi, Andrew Mark, Kai Melde, Tian Qiu, Hao Zeng, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella, Diederik Wiersma, Peer Fischer, Locomotion of light-driven soft microrobots through a hydrogel via local melting, 2^nd IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Talk, Montréal, Canada, Jul. 17-21, 2017.

9.      Tian Qiu, Stefano Palagi, Andrew G. Mark, Kai Melde, Peer Fischer, Wireless Actuator Based on Ultrasonic Bubble Streaming, 1^st IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), Talk, Paris, France, Jul. 18-22, 2016.

10.   Andrew Mark, Stefano Palagi, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer, Auxetic metamaterial simplifies soft robot design. Poster, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Talk, Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.

11.   Tian Qiu, Stefano Palagi, and Peer Fischer. 3D-printed soft microrobot for swimming in biological fluids. 37^th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). Milan, Italy, Aug. 25-29, 2015.

12.   Tian Qiu, Debora Schamel, Andrew G. Mark, Peer Fischer. Active microrheology of the vitreous of the eye applied to nanorobot propulsion. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Talk, Hong Kong, China, May 31 – Jun. 7, 2014. (Best automation paper award - Finalist)

13.   Tian Qiu, Udit Choudhury, Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Debora Schamel, Peer Fischer. Bioinspired wireless microrobots in fluids. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Talk in Workshop, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6-10, 2013.

14.   Tian Qiu, Chao Han, Rui Ma, Lan Xie, Zhuoqi li, Kai Su, Lei Wang, Guoliang Huang, Jundong Wang, Jie Qiao, Wanli Xing, Jing Cheng. A microfluidic “treadmill” for sperm selective trapping according to motility classification, Poster, IEEE Transducers, Beijing, China, Jun. 5-9, 2011.

1.      Tian Qiu, Moonkwang Jeong, Rahul Goyal, Vincent M. Kadiri, Johannes Sachs, Peer Fischer, Magnetic micro-/nanopropellers for biomedicine, in Field-driven micro and nanorobots for biology and medicine, Springer: Switzerland, 2022.

2.      Stefano Palagi, Debora Walker, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer, Micro- and nanorobots in Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids, in Microbiorobotics: biologically inspired microscale robotic systems, 2^nd Edition, Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2017.

3.     Mariana Alarcon-Correa, Peter Oswald, Tian Qiu, Debora Walker, Peer Fischer, Nanomotors, in Microswimmers: from single particle motion to collective behaviour. Key Technologies Volume 110, Forschungszentrum Jülich: Jülich, 2015.

4.      Tian Qiu, John G. Gibbs, Debora Schamel, Andrew G. Mark, Udit Choudhury, Peer Fischer. From nanohelices to magnetically actuated microdrills: a universal platform for some of the smallest untethered microrobotic systems for low Reynolds number and biological environments, in Small-Scale Robotics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS), Volume 8336, Springer: Heidelberg, 2014.

1.     Felix Fischer, Christian Gletter, Tian Qiu. Localization device and method, European patent, pending, DE 10 2022 120 495.2.

2.     Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer. Delivery device, PCT patent, pending, PCT/EP2020/072728.

3.      Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer. Magnetic field generator, PCT patent, pending, PCT/EP2018/063105.

4.      Zhiguang Wu, Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer. A coating that facilitates the transport of microparticles in biomaterials, European patent, pending, EP17187924.0.

5.      Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer. Propeller and method in which a propeller is set into motion, European patent, pending, EP17166356.0.

6.      Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer. Method of producing a phantom and phantom, European patent, granted, EP3251811B1.

7.      Tian Qiu, Fabian Adams, Arkadiusz Miernik, Peer Fischer. Method of assessing the performance of a human or robot carrying out a medical procedure and assessment tool, European patent, pending, EP 16172004.0.

8.     Tian Qiu, Peer Fischer. Ultrasonic actuator device and applications thereof, European patent, granted, EP 3037660 A1.

9.     Tian Qiu, Zhuoqi Li, Lan Xie, Wanli Xing, Jing Cheng. Methods for screening and evaluating sperm taxis and dedicated microfluidic control system thereof, Chinese patent, granted, CN103421675 B.

10.   Tian Qiu, Rui Ma, Chao Han, Lan Xie, Jing Cheng. Method for sperm motility evaluation and screening and its microfluidic device, PCT patent, pending, WO2012163087 A1.

11.   Rui Ma, Lan Xie, Tian Qiu, Lei Wang, Wanli Xing, Jing Cheng. Microfluidic device and its use for positioning of cells or organisms, PCT patent, pending, WO 2012094956 A1.

12.   Tian Qiu, Guoliang Huang, Jing Cheng, Fiber reflecting type micro-nano system spectrophotometer and application thereof, Chinese patent, granted, CN102042961 B.

13.   Zhi Gao, Xiangfeng Liu, Ying Liu, Dawei Liu, Tian Qiu, Piezoelectric rotary driver, Chinese patent, granted, CN101350576 B.

14.   Zhi Gao, Xiangfeng Liu, Ying Liu, Dawei Liu, Tian Qiu, Piezoelectric type torsion driver, Chinese patent, granted, CN101453176 B.