Herbert Shea
Mission
My lab develops flexible polymer-based actuators for a wide range of applications including haptics, soft robotics, as a tool to enable new experiments in biology. More info on my research at: https://lmts.epfl.ch
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Parcours professionnel
| Postdoctoral Fellow | IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA | 1997-1999 | |
| Member of Technical Staff | Bell Labs | Lucent Technologies | 1999-2001 |
| Technical Manager | MEMS Reliability Group | Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies | 2001-2004 |
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track | LMTS | EPFL | 2004 - 2011 |
| Associate Professor | EPFL | 2011 - 2017 | |
| Full Professor | Soft Transducers Lab (EPFL-LMTS) | 2017 - present |
Education
| PhD | Physics | Harvard University | 1997 |
| MA | Physics | Harvard University | 1993 |
| BSc | Physics | McGill University | 1991 |
Compétences
Dielectric elastomer actuators, polymer actuators, soft robotics, haptics, shape memory polymers
Publications
Infoscience
Herb Shea's peer-reviewed papers
2019
M. Imboden; E. de Coulon; A. Poulin; C. Dellenbach; S. Rosset et al. : High-speed mechano-active multielectrode array for investigating rapid stretch effects on cardiac tissue; Nature Communications. 2019-02-19. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-08757-2.
B. Aksoy; N. Besse; R. J. Boom; B.-J. Hoogenberg; M. Blom et al. : Latchable microfluidic valve arrays based on shape memory polymer actuators; Lab on a Chip. 2019-02-12. DOI : 10.1039/C8LC01024B.
2018
X. Ji; A. El Haitami; F. Sorba; S. Rosset; G. Nguyen et al. : Stretchable composite monolayer electrodes for low voltage dielectric elastomer actuators; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.snb.2018.01.145.
M. Cruz; K. Kyung; H. Shea; H. Bose; I. Graz : Applications of Smart Materials to Haptics; IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON HAPTICS. 2018. DOI : 10.1109/TOH.2018.2809058.
A. Marette; H. R. Shea; D. Briand : Yttrium zinc tin oxide high voltage thin film transistors; Applied Physics Letters. 2018. DOI : 10.1063/1.5048992.
J. Shintake; V. Cacucciolo; H. Shea; D. Floreano : Soft Biomimetic Fish Robot Made of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators; Soft Robotics. 2018-06-29. DOI : 10.1089/soro.2017.0062.
A. Poulin; M. Imboden; F. Sorba; S. Grazioli; C. Martin-Olmos et al. : An ultra-fast mechanically active cell culture substrate; Scientific Reports. 2018-07-02. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-018-27915-y.
J. Shintake; V. Cacucciolo; D. Floreano; H. Shea : Soft Robotic Grippers; Advanced Materials. 2018. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201707035.
2017
N. Besse; S. Rosset; J. J. Zarate; E. Ferrari; L. Brayda et al. : Understanding Graphics on a Scalable Latching Assistive Haptic Display Using a Shape Memory Polymer Membrane; IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 2017-10-27. DOI : 10.1109/TOH.2017.2767049.
C. De Saint-Aubin; S. Rosset; S. Schlatter; H. Shea : High-cycle electromechanical aging of dielectric elastomer actuators with carbon-based electrodes; Smart Materials and Structures. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/aa9f45.
D. McCoul; S. Rosset; S. Schlatter; H. Shea : Inkjet 3D printing of UV and thermal cure silicone elastomers for dielectric elastomer actuators; Smart Materials and Structures. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/aa9695.
S. Rosset; C. De Saint-Aubin; A. Poulin; H. Shea : Assessing the degradation of compliant electrodes for soft actuators; Review of Scientific Instruments. 2017. DOI : 10.1063/1.4989464.
R. Wiesendanger; M. Tulej; A. Riedo; S. Frey; H. Shea et al. : Improved detection sensitivity for heavy trace elements using a miniature laser ablation ionisation mass spectrometer; Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2017. DOI : 10.1039/C7JA00193B.
M. Fighera; P. D. Van Der Wal; H. Shea : Microfluidic Platform for Seawater Desalination by Coulometric Removal of Chloride Ions through Printed Ag Electrodes; Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2017. DOI : 10.1149/2.1761712jes.
N. Besse; S. Rosset; J. J. Zarate; H. Shea : Flexible Active Skin: Large Reconfigurable Arrays of Individually Addressed Shape Memory Polymer Actuators; Advanced Materials Technologies. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/admt.201700102.
D. G. Courtney; H. Shea; K. Dannenmayer; A. Bulit : Charge Neutralization and Direct Thrust Measurements from Bipolar Pairs of Ionic- Electrospray Thrusters; AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 2017. DOI : 10.2514/1.A33863.
A. P. H. Marette; A. Poulin; N. Besse; S. Rosset; D. Briand et al. : Flexible Zinc-Tin Oxide Thin Film Transistors Operating at 1 kV for Integrated Switching of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Arrays; Advanced Materials. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201700880.
2016
D. J. McCoul; S. Rosset; N. Besse; H. Shea : Multifunctional shape memory electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators enabling high holding force and low-voltage multisegment addressing; Smart Materials and Structures. 2016. DOI : 10.1088/1361-665X/26/2/025015.
X. Ji; S. Rosset; H. Shea : Soft tunable diffractive optics with multifunctional transparent electrodes enabling integrated actuation; Applied Physics Letters. 2016. DOI : 10.1063/1.4967001.
S. Rosset; H. Shea : Small, fast, and tough: Shrinking down integrated elastomer transducers; Applied Physics Reviews. 2016. DOI : 10.1063/1.4963164.
A. Poulin; C. Saygili Demir; S. Rosset; T. Petrova; H. Shea : Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Mechanical Loading of 2D Cell Cultures; Lab on a Chip. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/C6LC00903D.
J. J. Zarate; H. Shea : Using pot-magnets to enable stable and scalable electromagnetic tactile displays; IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 2016. DOI : 10.1109/TOH.2016.2591951.
H. Shea; J. Shintake; D. Floreano : Soft compliant gripper for safe manipulation of extremely fragile objects; SPIE Newsroom. 2016. DOI : 10.1117/2.1201603.006409.
M. B. Krishnan; S. Rosset; S. Bhattacharya; H. Shea : Fabrication of transmissive dielectric elastomer actuator driven tunable optical gratings with improved tunability; Optical Engineering. 2016. DOI : 10.1117/1.OE.55.4.047104.
O. Araromi; A. Poulin; S. Rosset; M. Imboden; M. Favre et al. : Optimization of thin-film highly-compliant elastomer sensors for contractility measurement of muscle cells; Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.eml.2016.03.017.
D. G. Courtney; S. Dandavino; H. Shea : Comparing Direct and Indirect Thrust Measurements from Passively Fed and Highly Ionic Electrospray Thrusters; Journal of Propulsion and Power. 2016. DOI : 10.2514/1.B35836.
J. Shintake; S. Rosset; B. E. Schubert; D. Floreano; H. Shea : Versatile soft grippers with intrinsic electroadhesion based on multifunctional polymer actuators; Advanced Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201504264.
S. Rosset; S. Araromi; S. Schlatter; H. Shea : Fabrication process of silicone-based dielectric elastomer actuators; Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). 2016. DOI : 10.3791/53423.
2015
A. Poulin; S. Rosset; H. Shea : Printing low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators; Applied Physics Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4937735.
S. Chakraborty; D. G. Courtney; H. Shea : A 10 nN resolution thrust-stand for micro-propulsion devices; Review of Scientific Instruments. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4935471.
F. Carpi; I. Anderson; S. Bauer; G. Frediani; G. Gallone et al. : Standards for dielectric elastomer transducers; Smart Materials and Structures. 2015. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/24/10/105025.
D. G. Courtney; H. Shea : Influences of porous reservoir Laplace pressure on emissions from passively fed ionic liquid electrospray sources; Applied Physics Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4930231.
J. J. Zarate; G. Tosolini; S. Petroni; M. D. Vittorio; H. Shea : Optimization of the force and power consumption of a microfabricated magnetic actuator; Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2015.08.007.
D. G. Courtney; H. Shea : Fragmentation in Time-of-Flight Spectrometry-Based Calculations of Ionic Electrospray Thruster Performance; Journal of Propulsion and Power. 2015. DOI : 10.2514/1.B35837.
S. Araromi; S. Rosset; H. Shea : High-resolution, large-area fabrication of compliant electrodes via laser ablation for robust, stretchable dielectric elastomer actuators and sensors; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.5b04975.
S. Rosset; S. Araromi; H. Shea : Maximizing the displacement of compact planar dielectric elastomer actuators; Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.eml.2015.04.001.
L. Maffli; S. Rosset; M. Ghilardi; F. Carpi; H. Shea : Ultrafast All-Polymer Electrically Tunable Silicone Lenses; Advanced Functional Materials. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.201403942.
T. G. Mckay; S. Rosset; I. A. Anderson; H. Shea : Dielectric elastomer generators that stack up; Smart Materials and Structures. 2015. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/24/1/015014.
J. Shintake; S. Rosset; B. E. Schubert; D. Floreano; H. Shea : A Foldable Antagonistic Actuator; IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2015. DOI : 10.1109/TMECH.2014.2359337.
S. Araromi; I. Gavrilovich; J. Shintake; S. Rosset; M. Richard et al. : Rollable Multisegment Dielectric Elastomer Minimum Energy Structures for a Deployable Microsatellite Gripper; IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2015. DOI : 10.1109/TMECH.2014.2329367.
2014
S. Chakraborty; C. Ataman; D. G. Courtney; S. Dandavino; H. Shea : A ToF-MS with a Highly Efficient Electrostatic Ion Guide for Characterization of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Sources; Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2014. DOI : 10.1007/s13361-014-0914-z.
S. Rosset; S. Araromi; J. Shintake; H. Shea : Model and design of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures; Smart Materials and Structures. 2014. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/23/8/085021.
S. Dandavino; C. Ataman; C. N. Ryan; S. Chakraborty; D. Courtney et al. : Microfabricated electrospray emitter arrays with integrated extractor and accelerator electrodes for the propulsion of small spacecraft; Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 2014. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/24/7/075011.
V. Venkatraman; S. Kang; C. Affolderbach; H. Shea; G. Mileti : Optical pumping in a microfabricated Rb vapor cell using a microfabricated Rb discharge light source; Applied Physics Letters. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4864080.
P. Romano; S. Araromi; S. Rosset; H. Shea; J. Perruisseau-Carrier : Tunable millimeter-wave phase shifter based on dielectric elastomer actuation; Applied Physics Letters. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4862272.
2013
L. De Sio; G. Palermo; V. Caligiuri; A. E. Vasdekis; A. Pane et al. : Electro and pressure tunable cholesteric liquid crystal devices based on ion-implanted flexible substrates; Journal Of Materials Chemistry C. 2013. DOI : 10.1039/c3tc31272k.
L. Maffli; S. Rosset; H. Shea : Zipping dielectric elastomer actuators: characterization, design and modeling; Smart Materials and Structures. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/22/10/104013.
S. Rosset; B. M. O’Brien; T. Gisby; D. Xu; H. R. Shea et al. : Self-sensing dielectric elastomer actuators in closed-loop operation; Smart Materials and Structures. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0964-1726/22/10/104018.
T. Bandi; J. Polido-Gomes; A. Neels; A. Dommann; L. Marchand et al. : Proton-Radiation Tolerance of Silicon and SU-8 as Structural Materials for High-Reliability MEMS; Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2013. DOI : 10.1109/JMEMS.2013.2262596.
S. Akbari; S. Rosset; H. Shea : Improved electromechanical behavior in castable dielectric elastomer actuators; Applied Physics Letters. 2013. DOI : 10.1063/1.4793420.
P. Romano; S. Rosset; L. Maffli; H. Shea; J. Perruisseau-Carrier : Electromagnetic characterisation of flexible conductive membranes at millimetre-waves; Electronics Letters. 2013. DOI : 10.1049/el.2012.4468.
S. Rosset; H. Shea : Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators; Applied Physics A. 2013. DOI : 10.1007/s00339-012-7402-8.
B. M. O’Brien; S. Rosset; I. A. Anderson; H. R. Shea : Ion implanted dielectric elastomer circuits; Applied Physics A. 2013. DOI : 10.1007/s00339-012-7319-2.
2012
V. Venkatraman; Y. Pétremand; N. de Rooij; H. Shea : Characterization and modelling of low-pressure rf discharges at 2–500 MHz for miniature alkali vapour dielectric barrier discharge lamps; Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0022-3727/45/50/505205.
S. Akbari; H. Shea : An array of 100 μm × 100 μm dielectric elastomer actuators with 80% strain for tissue engineering applications; Sensors and Actuators A. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2012.01.030.
V. Lalgudi Venkatraman; Y. Petremand; C. Affolderbach; G. Mileti; N. De Rooij et al. : Microfabricated chip-scale rubidium plasma light source for miniature atomic clocks; IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 2012. DOI : 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2214.
S. Akbari; H. R. Shea : Microfabrication and characterization of an array of dielectric elastomer actuators generating uniaxial strain to stretch individual cells; Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/22/4/045020.
2011
F. Vecchio; V. Venkatraman; H. R. Shea; T. Maeder; P. Ryser : Dispensing and Hermetic Sealing Rb in a Miniature Reference Cell for Integrated Atomic Clocks; Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2011.03.045.
G. Alici; A. Punning; H. R. Shea : Enhancement of actuation ability of ionic-type conducting polymer actuators using metal ion implantation; Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.snb.2011.03.028.
S. Sundaram; M. Tormen; B. Timotijevic; R. Lockhart; T. Overstolz et al. : Vibration and shock reliability of MEMS: modeling and experimental validation; Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 2011. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/21/4/045022.
M. Niklaus; H. Shea : Electrical conductivity and Young's modulus of flexible nanocomposites made by metal ion implantation of Polydimethylsiloxane: the relationship between nanostructure and macroscopic properties; Acta Materialia. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.10.030.
2010
P. Thévoz; J. D. Adams; H. Shea; H. Bruus; H. T. Soh : Acoustophoretic Synchronization of Mammalian Cells in Microchannels; Analytical Chemistry. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/ac100357u.
J.-W. Choi; S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; J. Adleman; H. Shea et al. : 3-dimensional electrode patterning within a microfluidic channel using metal ion implantation; Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology. 2010. DOI : 10.1039/b917719a.
2009
A. Cimatti; M. Robberto; C. Baugh; S. V. W. Beckwith; R. Content et al. : SPACE: the spectroscopic all-sky cosmic explorer; Experimental Astronomy. 2009. DOI : 10.1007/s10686-008-9096-7.
S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; P. Dubois; H. Shea : Large-Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators With Ion- Implanted Electrodes; Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2009. DOI : 10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2031690.
P. Carazzetti; H. Shea : Electrical breakdown at low pressure for planar microelectromechanical systems with 10- to 500-micron gaps; Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS,. 2009. DOI : 10.1117/1.3152368.
H. Shea : Radiation sensitivity of microelectromechanical system devices; Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS. 2009. DOI : 10.1117/1.3152362.
R. Krpoun; K. Smith; J. Stark; H. Shea : Tailoring the hydraulic impedance of out-of-plane micromachined electrospray sources with integrated electrodes; Applied Physics Letters. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3117191.
R. Krpoun; H. Shea : Integrated out-of-plane nanoelectrospray thruster arrays for spacecraft propulsion; JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING. 2009. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/19/4/045019.
P. Dubois; C. Botteron; V. Mitev; C. Menon; P.-A. Farine et al. : Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks For Exploration Of Solar-System Bodies; Acta Astronautica. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.11.012.
S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; P. Dubois; H. Shea : Metal Ion Implantation for the Fabrication of Stretchable Electrodes on Elastomers; Advanced Functional Materials. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.200801218.
P. Carazzetti; P. Renaud; H. Shea : Micromachined chip-scale plasma light source; Sensors and Actuators A. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2008.05.028.
2008
P. Dubois; S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; M. Dadras; H. Shea : Metal Ion Implanted Compliant Electrodes in Dielectric Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Membranes; Advances in Science and Technology. 2008.
R. Krpoun; H. R. Shea : A method to determine the onset voltage of single and arrays of electrospray emitters; Journal of Applied Physics. 2008. DOI : 10.1063/1.2981077.
M. Niklaus; S. Rosset; M. Dadras; P. Dubois; S. Herbert : Microstructure of 5 keV gold-implanted polydimethylsiloxane; Scripta Materialia. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2008.06.038.
M. Bodendorfer; K. Altwegg; P. Wurz; H. Shea : Identification of the ECR zone in the SWISSCASE ECR ion source; Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.07.019.
P. Dubois; S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; M. Dadras; H. Shea : Voltage control of the resonance frequency of dielectric electroactive polymer (DEAP) membranes; Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 2008. DOI : 10.1109/JMEMS.2008.927741.
S. Rosset; M. Niklaus; P. Dubois; H. R. Shea : Mechanical characterization of a dielectric elastomer microactuator with ion-implanted electrodes; Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2007.12.030.
M. Bodendorfer; K. Altwegg; H. Shea; P. Wurz : Field structure and electron life times in the MEFISTO electron cyclotron resonance ion source; Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.01.038.
2006
P. Dubois; S. Rosset; S. Koster; J. Stauffer; S. Mikhaïlov et al. : Microactuators based on ion implanted dielectric electroactive polymer (EAP) membranes; Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2005.11.069.
2004
H. R. Shea; A. Gasparyan; H. B. Chan; S. Arney; R. E. Frahm et al. : Effects of electrical leakage currents on MEMS reliability and performance; IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability. 2004. DOI : 10.1109/TDMR.2004.826350.
2003
V. Aksyuk; F. Pardo; D. Carr; D. Greywall; H. Chan et al. : Beam-steering micromirrors for large optical cross-connects; JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY. 2003. DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2003.811792.
J. Kim; C. Nuzman; B. Kumar; D. Lieuwen; J. Kraus et al. : 1100 x 1100 Port MEMS-based optical crossconnect with 4-dB maximum loss; IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS. 2003. DOI : 10.1109/LPT.2003.818653.
V. Aksyuk; S. Arney; N. Basavanhally; D. Bishop; C. Bolle et al. : 238 x 238 Micromechanical optical cross connect; IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS. 2003. DOI : 10.1109/LPT.2003.809261.
2000
H. Shea; R. Martel; P. Avouris : Electrical transport in rings of single-wall nanotubes: one- dimensional localization; Physical Review Letters. 2000. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4441.
1999
R. Martel; H. Shea; P. Avouris : Rings of single-walled carbon nanotubes; NATURE. 1999. DOI : 10.1038/18589.
P. Avouris; T. Hertel; R. Martel; T. Schmidt; H. Shea et al. : Carbon nanotubes: nanomechanics, manipulation, and electronic devices; APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE. 1999. DOI : 10.1016/S0169-4332(98)00506-6.
H. Shea; R. Martel; T. Hertel; T. Schmidt; P. Avouris : Manipulation of carbon nanotubes and properties of nanotube fied-effect transistors and rings; Microelectronic Engineering 1999. 1999. DOI : 10.1016/S0167-9317(99)00025-8.
1998
R. Martel; T. Schmidt; H. R. Shea; T. Hertel; P. Avouris : Single- and multi-wall carbon nanotube field-effect transistors; Applied Physics Letters. 1998. DOI : 10.1063/1.122477.
1997
H. R. Shea; M. Tinkham : Transition temperature of Josephson junction arrays with long-range interaction; Physical Review Letters. 1997. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.2324.
1995
H. Shea; M. Itzler; M. Tinkham : Inductance effects and dimensionality crossover in hybrid superconducting arrays; Physical Review B. 1995. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.51.12690.
