Research news

SUTD and collaborators developed novel methodology to predict spinal fractures in patients
The research introduced a semi-automatic computational clinical tool that aims to extract structural information, such as failure load, from radiological scans of patients using functional spinal units.


SUTD scientists developed a sorting technology that isolates cells with high purity and viability
SUTD research team led by Assoc Prof Dr Ye Ai, in collaboration with Assistant Prof Chrishan Ramachandra from National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), developed a sheathless acoustic fluorescence activated cell sorting (aFACS) system for single-cell level fluorescence detection and isolation.


Print me an organ – Why are we not there yet?
SUTD leads in-depth review on the impending reality of 3D printed organs and analyses recent accomplishments, limitations and opportunities for future research.


SUTD researchers discover fluorescence-activated sorting at single-droplet level using focused sound waves
SUTD researchers developed a new microfluidic fluorescence-activated droplet sorting system that can isolate single-cell droplets with high accuracy and high yield using a detachable surface acoustic wave transducer.


SUTD-led research sets the groundwork for patient-specific 3D printed meniscus
SUTD together with the University of Miyazaki developed a novel methodology to provide non-invasive analysis of meniscal implants.


Simultaneous measurement of biophysical properties and position of single cells in a microdevice
SUTD research team led by Associate Prof Dr Ye Ai developed a microfluidic impedance flow cytometry device for the lateral position measurement of single cells and particles with a novel N-shaped electrode design.


SUTD develops syringe-injectable, self-expandable and ultraconformable magnetic nanosheets for smart drug delivery
The ultrathin films are able to be injected using minimally-invasive syringe needles and can be used as a platform to deliver molecular and cellular drugs.


SUTD’s breakthrough research allows for 3D printed chocolate without temperature control
SUTD’s Soft Fluidics Lab developed a new approach, ‘Chocolate-based Ink 3D Printing’ (Ci3DP), to print chocolate-based inks at room temperature by cold extrusion.


Oscillation assisted 3D printing renders ultrafast fabrication of microlens array
Researchers from SUTD and SUSTech proposed an approach which integrated oscillation-assisted DLP 3D printing with grayscale UV exposure to render an ultrafast and flexible fabrication of microlens arrays with optical surface smoothness.


SUTD Physicists Unlock the Mystery of Thermionic Emission in Graphene
Without relying on the Dirac cone approximation, this new thermionic emission model allows a wide array of graphene-based devices operating at different temperatures and energy regimes to be universally described under a single framework
