Publications

Selected Journal Publications (see complete list here)

B. Zhang, T.-Y. Yu, A. Meulemans, V. Naenen, M. Rosenthal, D. Escudero, F. Molina-Lopez, Brush and Dry: A Posttreatment-Free Simple Process to Pattern PEDOT:PSS Films with Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance via Shear Flow-Induced Morphology Tuning, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c00803.

A. Kaidarova, V. Naenen, R. Windey, N. Goossens, T. Sinha, V. Ignatious, B. Zhang, T. P. Mach, M. Wevers, J. Vleugels, F. Molina-Lopez, Hybrid organic-inorganic functional nanocomposites: From basis to applications in stretchable sensing and energy devices, Materials Science & Engineering: R (2025), vol. 163, 100933. DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2025.100933.

H. E. Baysal, T.-Y. Yu, V. Naenen, S. De Smedt, D. Hiz, B. Zhang, H. Xia, I. Florenciano, M. Rosenthal, R. Cardinaels, F. Molina-Lopez, Omnidirectional 3D Printing of PEDOT: PSS Aerogels with Tunable Electromechanical Performance: A Playground for Unconventional Stretchable Interconnects and Thermoelectrics, Advanced Science (2025), DOI: 10.1002/advs.202412491.

V. Toral, S. Gómez-Gijón, F. J. Romero. D. P. Morales, E. Castillo, N. Rodríguez, S. Rojas, F. Molina-Lopez*, A. Rivadeneyra*, Future Trends in Alternative Sustainable Materials for Low-Temperature Thermoelectric Applications, ACS Applied Electronic Materials (2024). vol. 6, 8640−8654. DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.4c00770.

Y. Tian, I. Florenciano, H. Xia, Q. Li, H. E. Baysal, D. Zhu, E. Ramunni, S. Meyers, T.-Y. Yu, K. Baert, T. Hauffman, S. Nider, B. Göksel, F. Molina-Lopez*, Facile fabrication of flexible and high-performing thermoelectrics by direct laser printing on plastic foil, Advanced Materials (2024). vol. 36, 2307945. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307945.

N. Goossens, K. Lambrinou, B. Tunca, V. Kotasthane, M. C. Rodríguez González, A. Basylevska, P. O. Å. Persson, S. De Feyter, M. Radovic, F. Molina‐Lopez, J. Vleugels, Upscaled Synthesis Protocol for Phase-Pure, Colloidally Stable MXenes with Long Shelf Lives, Small Methods (2024), vol. 8, 2300776, DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300776.

W. Monnens, B. Zhang, Z. Zhou, L. Snels, K. Binnemans, F. Molina-Lopez*, J. Fransaer*, Scalable Electrodeposition of Liquid Metal from An Acetonitrile-Based Electrolyte for Highly-Integrated Stretchable Electronics, Advanced Materials (2023), vol. 35, 2305967. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305967.

B. Aguado et al., 35 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2021, Matter (2021), vol. 4, 3804 – 3810. DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.11.003.

Y. Tian and F. Molina-Lopez*, Boosting the performance of printed thermoelectric materials by inducing morphological anisotropy, Nanoscale (2021), vol. 13, 5202. DOI: 10.1039/D0NR08144B.

J. Liu, J. Wang, Z. Zhang, F. Molina-Lopez, G.-J. N. Wang, B.C. Schroeder, X. Yan, Y. Zeng, O. Zhao, H. Tran, T. Lei, Y. Lu, Y.-X. Wang, J. B.-H. Tok, R. Dauskardt, J. W. Chung, Y. Yun* and Z. Bao*, Fully Stretchable Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell Array, Nature Communications (2020), vol. 11, 3362. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17084-w.

U. Kraft, F. Molina-Lopez, D. Son, Z. Bao* and B. Murmann*, Ink Development and Printing of Conducting Polymers for Intrinsically Stretchable Interconnects and Circuits, Advanced Electronic Materials (2019), pp. 1900681. DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201900681.

F. Molina-Lopez, T. Z. Gao, U. Kraft, C. Zhu, T. Öhlund, R. Pfattner, V. R. Feig, Y. Kim, S. Wang, Y. Yun* and Z. Bao*, Inkjet-Printed Stretchable and Low Voltage Synaptic Transistor Array, Nature Communications (2019), vol. 10, 2676. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10569-3.

J. Xu, H.-C. Wu, C. Zhu, A. Ehrlich, L. Shaw, M. Nikolka, S. Wang, F. Molina-Lopez, X. Gu, S. Luo, D. Zhou, Y.-H. Kim, G.-J.N. Wang, K. Gu, V.R. Feig, S. Chen, Y. Kim, T. Katsumata, Y.-Q. Zheng, H. Yan, J.W. Chung, J. Lopez, B. Murmann* and Z. Bao*, Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films, Nature Materials (2019), vol. 18, pp. 594-601. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0340-5.

D. Son, J. Kang, O. Vardoulis, Y. Kim, N. Matsuhisa, J.Y. Oh, J.W.F. To, J. Mun, T. Katsumata, Y. Liu, A.F. McGuire, M. Krason, F. Molina-Lopez, J. Ham, U. Kraft, Y. Lee, Y. Yun, J.B.-H. Tok and Z. Bao*, An integrated self-healable electronic skin system fabricated via dynamic reconstruction of a nanostructured conducting network, Nature Nanotechnology (2018), vol. 13 (11), pp. 1057-1065.

F. Molina-Lopez, H.-C. Wu, G.-J. N. Wang, H. Yan, L. Shaw, J. Xu, M.F. Toney* and Z. Bao*, Enhancing Molecular Alignment and Charge Transport of Solution-Sheared Semiconducting Polymer Films by the Electrical‐Blade Effect, Advanced Electronic Materials (2018), vol. 4, pp. 1800110.

S. Wang, J. Xu, W. Wang, G.-J.N. Wang, R. Rastak, F. Molina-Lopez, J.W. Chung, S. Niu, V.R. Feig, J. Lopez, T. Lei, S.-K. Kwon, Y. Kim, A.M. Foudeh, A. Ehrlich, A. Gasperini, Y. Yun, B. Murmann, J.B.-H. Tok and Z. Bao*, Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array, Nature (2018), vol. 555 (7694), pp. 83-88.

X. Gu, Y. Zhou, K. Gu, T. Kurosawa, Y. Guo, Y. Li, H. Lin, B.C. Schroeder, H. Yan, F. Molina-Lopez, C.J. Tassone, C. Wang, S.C.B. Mannsfeld, H. Yan, D. Zhao, M.F. Toney*, Z. Bao*, Roll-to-roll printed large area all-polymer solar cells with 5% efficiency based on a low crystallinity conjugated polymer Blend, Advanced Energy Materials (2017), vol. 7 (14), pp. 1602742.

Y. Wang, C. Zhu, R. Pfattner, H. Yan, L. Jin, S. Chen, F. Molina-Lopez, F. Lissel, J. Liu, N.I. Rabiah, Z. Chen, J.W. Chung, C. Linder, M.F. Toney, B. Murmann* and Z. Bao*, A highly stretchable, transparent and conductive polymer, Science Advances (2017), vol. 3 (3), pp. e1602076.

F. Molina-Lopez, H. Yan, X. Gu, Y. Kim, M.F. Toney and Z. Bao*, Electric field tuning molecular packing and electrical properties of solution-shearing coated organic semiconducting thin films, Advanced Functional Materials (2017), vol. 27 (8), pp. 1605503.

X. Gu, H. Yan, T. Kurosawa, B.C. Schroeder, K.L. Gu, Y. Zhou, J.W.F. To, S.D. Oosterhout, V. Savikhin, F. Molina-Lopez, C.J. Tassone, S.C.B. Mannsfeld, C. Wang, M.F. Toney* and Z. Bao*, Comparison of the morphology development of polymer-fullerene and polymer–polymer solar cells during solution‐shearing blade coating, Advanced Energy Materials (2016), vol. 6 (22), pp. 1601225.

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Conference Papers

Conference papers

H. Baysal and F. Molina-Lopez*, Direct Ink Writing of Stretchable Organic Thermoelectrics, Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference, IEEE IFETC 2023, San Jose (California, USA), 13-16 August 2023. DOI: 10.1109/IFETC57334.2023.10254835
F. Molina-Lopez*, Emerging Thermoelectric Generators Based on Printed and Flexible Electronics Technology, In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Sensors Conference, IEEE SENSORS 2020, Virtual Conference, 25-28 October 2020. DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS47125.2020.9278922.

Y. Tian, K. Loskoski, S. Meyers, B. Van Hooreweder and F. Molina-Lopez*, Selective Laser Sintering of Blade-Coated Thermoelectric Materials with Tunable Thickness, In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Sensors Conference, IEEE SENSORS 2020, Virtual Conference, 25-28 October 2020. DOI: 10.1109/SENSORS47125.2020.9278769.

Conference Presentations

F. Molina-Lopez, Engineering the Skin-Device Interface for Efficient Skin-Mounted Thermoelectric Generators, 2024 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, 1-6 December 2024. (Oral presentation)

B. Zhang, T.-Y. Yu, F. Molina-Lopez, Brush-printed Thermoelectric Generators, 2024 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, 1-6 December 2024. (Oral presentation)

H.E. Baysal, T.-Y. Yu, F. Molina-Lopez, Direct Ink Writing of PEDOT:PSS Aerogels for Thermoelectric Applications in Soft Electronics, 2024 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, 1-6 December 2024. (Oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, 2D-and 3D-printed organic thermoelectric materials leading to performing devices, Conference on Functional Materials Engineering, Hasselt, Belgium, 30 September-3 October 2024. (Invited oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, Reconciling Material Morphology Control and Device Integration for High-Performance Flexible and Printed Organic Thermoelectrics, The International Conference on Flexible and Printed Electronics, ICFPE 2024, Taipei, Taiwan, 28-28 August 2024. (Invited oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, Printed Organic Thermoelectric Materials and Devices for Wearables, 26th International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials, ICSM 2024, Dresden, Germany, 23-28 June 2024. (Oral presentation)

B. Zhang, T.-Y. Yu, F. Molina-Lopez, Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance in N-Type and P-Type Conducting Polymers Through Brush Printing, 26th International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials, ICSM 2024, Dresden, Germany, 23-28 June 2024. (Poster presentation)

T. Sinha, T.-Y. Chou, F. Molina-Lopez, Processing-Morphology-Performance Relations in Inkjet-Printed Organic Photovoltaic Cells, 26th International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials, ICSM 2024, Dresden, Germany, 23-28 June 2024. (Poster presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, 2D/3D-Printed Bismuth Telluride-based Flexible Thermoelectrics for Low-Scale Energy Harvesting, 2024 MRS Spring Meeting, Seattle, USA, 10-14 April 2024. (Oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, 3D-Printed Bulk Organic Thermoelectrics with High Power Output for Stretchable Electronics, 2024 MRS Spring Meeting, Seattle, USA, 10-14 April 2024. (Oral presentation)

I. Florenciano, Y. Tian, H. Xia, F. Molina-Lopez, Laser Powder Bed Fusion of bismuth telluride on plastic foil as a simple route for the scalable fabrication of flexible and large-area thermoelectric generators, 2024 MRS Spring Meeting, Seattle, USA, 10-14 April 2024. (Oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, Laser-Printed Bismuth Telluride-based Ultraflexible Thermoelectrics for the IoT, InnoLAE - Innovations in Large Area Electronics, Cambridge, UK, 20-22 February 2024. (Oral presentation)

Y. Tian, I. Florenciano, H. Xia, F. Molina-Lopez, Bringing the performance of conventional thermoelectric energy harvesters to unconventional form factors: Direct laser printing of large-area inorganic thermoelectric materials on flexible plastic foil, 2023 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, 5-7 December 2023. (Virtual oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, 2D/3D-Printed Flexible Organic Thermoelectrics for Low-Scale Energy Harvesting, The 16th European Conference of Molecular Electronics, ECME2023, Bari, Italy, 2-6 October 2023. (Oral presentation)

H. Baysal and F. Molina-Lopez, Direct Ink Writing of Stretchable Organic Thermoelectrics, The 5th IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference, IEEE IFETC 2023, San Jose (California), USA, 13-16 August 2023. (Invited oral presentation, replaced speaker)

F. Molina-Lopez, Uniaxial Molecular Anisotropy as a Strategy to Boost the Performance of Organic Electronics: a Case Study for OFETs and Thermoelectrics, The Annual Meeting of the Interface Science Society of the Republic of China, Yunlin, Taiwan, 14 July 2023. (Invited oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, Uniaxial Molecular Anisotropy as a Strategy to Boost the Performance of Organic Electronics: a Case Study for OFETs and Thermoelectrics, The 16th edition of the International Conference on Organic Electronics, ICOE2023, Madrid, Spain, 3-7 July 2023. (Invited oral presentation)

T.- Y. Yu and F. Molina-Lopez, Multilayer Structure to Boost Thermoelectric Performance of Conducting Polymers for Wearable Devices, 2023 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 10-14 April 2023. (Oral presentation)

T.-Y. Chou and F. Molina-Lopez, Inkjet Printing Organic Photovoltaics Devices for Contact Lens Applications, 2023 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 10-14 April 2023. (Oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, Printed and flexible high-performance thermoelectrics for wearables and other low-scale energy harvesting applications, InnoLAE - Innovations in Large Area Electronics, Hinxton (Cambridge), UK, 21-23 February 2023. (Oral presentation)
N. Goossens, K. Lambrinou, F. Molina-Lopez, J. Vleugels. Scalable synthesis and purification of high-yield monolayer MXene dispersions in different media, The 47th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, ICACC, Daytona Beach (Florida), USA, 22-27 January 2023. (Invited oral presentation, contributor)

B. Zhang and F. Molina-Lopez, Boosting the anisotropic thermoelectric performance of PEDOT:PSS by brush printing, 9th Forum on New Materials of CIMTEC 2022, Perugia, Italy, 25-29 June 2022. (Oral presentation)

H. E. Baysal and F. Molina-Lopez, 3D Printed Soft Organic Thermoelectric Generators, 9th Forum on New Materials of CIMTEC 2022, Perugia, Italy, 25-29 June 2022. (Oral presentation)

Y. Tian and F. Molina-Lopez, Additive and Minimalistic Process of Flexible Inorganic Thermoelectric Devices Enabled by Laser-printing on Plastic Foil, 9th Forum on New Materials of CIMTEC 2022, Perugia, Italy, 25-29 June 2022. (Oral presentation)

R. Windey, F. Molina-Lopez, F. Tavernier, M. Steyaert, P. Moldenaers and M. Wevers, Percolation-based nanodielectrics of conductive and core-shell nanoparticles for high-voltage structural carbon fibre composite capacitors, Fiber Society 2022 Spring Conference, Leuven, Belgium, 30 May-1 Jun 2022. (Oral presentation)

F. Molina-Lopez, Emerging Thermoelectric Generators Based on Printed and Flexible Electronics Technology, In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Sensors Conference, IEEE SENSORS 2020, Virtual Conference, 25-28 October 2020. (Invited oral presentation)

Y. Tian, K. Loskoski, S. Meyers, B. Van Hooreweder and F. Molina-Lopez, Selective Laser Sintering of Blade-Coated Thermoelectric Materials with Tunable Thickness, In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Sensors Conference, IEEE SENSORS 2020, Virtual Conference, 25-28 October 2020. (Poster presentation)

Patents

F. Molina-Lopez, A. Vásquez Quintero, D. Briand, N.F. de Rooij, Printed capacitive sensing device, PCT/IB2013/056784, 21 August 2013.

Others

F. Molina-Lopez, Inkjet-printed multisensor platform on flexible substrates for environmental monitoring, PhD Thesis École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (link), Switzerland, 20 June 2014.