本课题组主要研究方向为软体机器人及智能软材料、柔性执行器的磁作动和电磁控制、磁控机器人及其医疗应用，在这些方向上研究基础深厚，研究成果突出，主持和参与了包括中国（NSFC）和美国（NSF）自然科学基金委项目在内的十余项科研项目，目前已在包括Nature Communication (IF:17.69)、Science Advances (IF:14.14)、PNAS (IF: 12.78)、Advanced Materials (IF:32.09)、IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (IF: 4.877)、Journal of Applied Mechanics (IF: 3.224)在内的综合类、材料类、电子与电气类、力学类顶级国际期刊和会议发表学术论文近40篇，其中1篇入选ESI热点论文，4篇入选ESI高被引论文，4篇被选为封面论文，2篇被Nature Research Highlights引用报道，Google Scholar引用1000余次，申请美国发明专利3项。

研究成果曾获得美国科学院Cozzarelli Prize Finalist Award、ASME Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award、Stanford Bio-X Best Poster Award在内的多项国际学术奖励，并被包括CNN、National Geographic、NSF News、Science Daily、MIT科技评论、科学网在内的几十家国内外权威媒体引用报道并高度评价，引起了广泛关注。

代表性论文：

(#共同一作，*通讯作者)

(1) Qiji Ze^#, Shuai Wu^#, Jize Dai, Sophie Leanza, Gentaro Ikeda, Phillip C. Yang, Gianluca Iaccarino, Ruike Renee Zhao^*. Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot, Nature Communications, 1, 2022. (IF:17.69, CNN, Nature Research Highlights, 科学网, 简介)

(2) Qiji Ze^#, Shuai Wu^#, Jun Nishikawa, Jize Dai, Yue Sun, Sophie Leanza, Cole Zemelka, Larissa S Novelino, Glaucio H Paulino^*, Ruike Renee Zhao^*. Soft robotic origami crawler, Science Advances, 13, 2022. (IF:14.14, Cover paper, 简介)

(3) Qiji Ze^#, Xiao Kuang#, Shuai Wu^#, Janet Wong, S. Macrae Montgomery, Rundong Zhang, Joshua M. Kovitz, Fengyuan Yang, H. Jerry Qi^*, and Ruike Zhao^*. Magnetic shape memory polymers with integrated multifunctional shape manipulation, Advanced Materials, 32(4), 1-8, 2020. (IF:32.09, Cover paper, NSF news, 简介)

(4) Shuai Wu^#, Qiji Ze^#, Jize Dai, Nupur Udipi, Glaucio H. Paulino^*, and Ruike Zhao^*. Stretchable origami robotic arm with omnidirectional bending and twisting, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(36), 1-9, 2021. (IF:12.78, Nature Research Highlights, PNAS in this issue, 简介)
(5) Larissa S. Novelino^#, Qiji Ze^#, Shuai Wu^#, Glaucio H. Paulino^*, and Ruike Zhao^*. Untethered control of functional origami microrobots with distributed actuation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(39), 24096-24101, 2020. (IF:12.78, 简介)

完整论文列表可查看：

Google Scholar：https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_LPKRrUAAAAJ&hl=en

Researchgate：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qiji-Ze