• First author/co-first author publications
  1. Li, M., Raad, J., Cao, Y., Wolfe, C., Wiens, G. D., Marelli, B., Underwater precise fish vaccination using biopolymeric microneedles, under review (2025)
  2. Fu, Y.*, Li, M.*, Pal, A., Wang, Y., Lu, Y., Wireless self-oscillating systems with modular design for multi-modal motion and versatile functions, in preparation (2025)
  3. Koh, S. S.*, Li, M.*, Cao, Y., Goh, K., Marelli, B., Urano, D., Biomaterials designer for plant-microneedle interfaces, under revision (2025)
  4. Li, M., Pal, A., Byun, J., Gardi, G., Sitti, M., Magnetic putty as a reconfigurable, recyclable, and accessible soft robotic material. Advanced Materials, 2304825 (2023).
  5. Zhang, S.*, Hu, X.*, Li, M.*, et al., Sitti, M., 3D-printed micrometer-scale wireless magnetic cilia with metachronal programmability. Science Advances 9, eadf9462 (2023). 
  6. Liu, Z.*, Li, M.*, Dong, X., Ren, Z., Hu, W.,Sitti, M., Creating three-dimensional magnetic functional microdevices via molding-integrated direct laser writing. Nature Communications 13, 2016 (2022).
  7. Li, M.*, Pal, A.*, Aghakhani, A.*, Pena-Francesch, A.*, Sitti, M., Soft actuators for real-world applications. Nature Reviews Materials 7, 235-249 (2022).
  8. Wang, Y.*, Li, M.*, et al., Omenetto, F. G., Light-activated shape morphing and light-tracking materials using biopolymer-based programmable photonic nanostructures. Nature Communications 12, 1–9 (2021).
  9. Li, M., Kim, T., Guidetti, G., Wang, Y., Omenetto, F. G., Optomechanically actuated microcilia for locally reconfigurable surfaces. Advanced Materials 32, e2004147 (2020).
  10. Li, M., Optomechanical actuators based on soft magnetic composites. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (2020).
  11. Li, M., Ostrovsky-Snider, N. A., Sitti, M., Omenetto, F. G., Cutting the cord: progress in untethered soft robotics and actuators. MRS Advances 4, 2787–2804 (2019).
  12. Li, M.*, Wang, Y.*, Chen, A., Naidu, A., Napier, B. S., Li, W., Rodriguez, C. L., Crooker, S. A., Omenetto, F. G., Flexible magnetic composites for light-controlled actuation and interfaces. PNAS 115, 8119–8124 (2018)
*indicates equal contribution

  • Collaborated publications
  1. Wang, Z., Li, M., Fu, Y., Wang, Y., Lu, Y., Multi-mode and multi-level physical unclonable functions using birefringent and luminescent calcite imprints on biodegradable substrate, Advanced Materials, (2024)
  2. Zhang, Y., Sun, H., Cao, Y., Kalinowski, M. J., Li, M., Marelli, B., Directed assembly of proteinaceous-polysaccharide nanofibrils to fabricate membranes for emerging contaminant remediation. ACS Nano doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c07409 (2024)
  3. Hu, Y., Cao, Y., Nguyen, F. M., Frank, B. D., Kalinowski, M. J., Li, M., Rajani, S., Marelli, B., Antibody-targeted phytohormone delivery using foliar sprayed silk fibroin Pickering emulsions. Advanced Functional Materials, 2402618 (2024)
  4. Han, J.*, Dong, X.*, Yin, Z., Zhang, S., Li, M., Zheng, Z., Ugurlu, M. C., Jiang, W., Liu, H., Sitti, M., Actuation-enhanced multifunctional sensing and information recognition by magnetic artificial cilia arrays. PNAS 120 (42), e2308301120 (2023).
  5. Soon, R. H.*, Ren, Z.*, Hu, W.*, Bozuyuk, U., Yildiz, E., Li, M., Sitti, M., On-demand anchoring of wireless soft miniature robots on soft surfaces. PNAS 119 (34), e2207767119 (2022).
  6. Wang, T., Ugurlu, H., Yan, Y., Li, M., Li, M., Wild, A.-M., Yildiz, E., Schneider, M., Sheehan, D., Hu, W., Sitti, M., Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature. Nature Communications 13, 4465 (2022).
  7. Jha, A. K., Douglas, E. S., Li, M., Fucetola, C., Omenetto, F. G., Demonstration of magnetic and light-controlled actuation of a photomagnetically actuated deformable mirror for wavefront control. Optical Engineering 60 (12), 124102 (2021).
  8. Matzeu, G.*, Mogas-Soldevila, L.*, Li, W., Naidu, A., Turner, T. H., Gu, R., Blumeris, P. R., Song, P., Pascal, D. G., Guidetti, G., Li, M., Omenetto, F. G., Large-scale patterning of reactive surfaces for wearable and environmentally deployable sensors. Advanced Materials 32, e2001258 (2020).
  9. Jha, A. K., Li, M., Douglas, E. S., Maier, E. R., Omenetto, F. G., Fucetola, C., Modelling light-controlled actuation of flexible magnetic composite structures using the finite element method (FEM). Proc. SPIE 11477, Molecular and Nano Machines III, 1147704 (2020).
  10. Wang, Y., Li, M., Wang, Y., Silk: a versatile biomaterial for advanced optics and photonics (Invited). Chinese Optics Letters 18, 80004 (2020).
  11. Wang, Y.*, Huang, W.*, Wang, Y., Mu, X., Ling, S., Yu, H., Chen, W., Guo, C., Watson, M. C., Yu, Y., Black, L. D., Li, M., Omenetto, F. G., Li, C., Kaplan, D. L., Stimuli-responsive composite biopolymer actuators with selective spatial deformation behavior. PNAS 117, 14602–14608 (2020).
  12. Li, W.*, Wang, Y.*, Li, M., Garbarini, L. P., Omenetto, F. G., Inkjet printing of patterned, multispectral, and biocompatible photonic crystals. Advanced Materials 31, e1901036 (2019).
  13. Wang, Y.*, Kim, B. J.*, Peng, B., Li, W., Wang, Y., Li, M., Omenetto, F. G., Controlling silk fibroin conformation for dynamic, responsive, multifunctional, micropatterned surfaces. PNAS 116, 21361–21368 (2019).
  14. Wang, Y., Li, W., Li, M., Zhao, S., Ferrari, F., Liscidini, M., Omenetto, F. G., Biomaterial-based "structured opals" with programmable combination of diffractive optical elements and photonic bandgap effects. Advanced Materials 31, e1805312 (2019).
  15. Wang, Y., Li, M., Colusso, E., Li, W., Omenetto, F. G., Designing the iridescences of biopolymers by assembly of photonic crystal superlattices. Advanced Optical Materials 6, 1800066 (2018).
  16. Wang, Y., Aurelio, D., Li, W., Tseng, P., Zheng, Z., Li, M., Kaplan, D. L., Liscidini, M., Omenetto, F. G., Modulation of multiscale 3D lattices through conformational control: painting silk inverse opals with water and light. Advanced Materials 29, 1702769 (2017).

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