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Philipp Rothemund

Jun.-Prof.

Professor

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+49 711 685 60931

Heisenbergstraße 3
70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Room: 4Q R05

Publications:

  1. 2026

    1. 31. Zhang, S.L., Fukushima, T., Kirkman, S., Koh, S.J.A., Rothemund, P., Keplinger, C.: A method to study and enhance the energy efficiency of soft electrostatic actuators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123, e2527676123 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2527676123.

  2. 2025

    1. 30. Xu, Y., Zhang, F., Rothemund, P., Keplinger, C., Xu, Z., Li, J., Zheng, Q., Zhu, J.: Soft reconfigurable logic gates with high-frequency electrical switching. Science Advances. 11, eadx1509 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx1509.
    2. 29. Milana, E., Santina, C.D., Gorissen, B., Rothemund, P.: Physical control: A new avenue to achieve intelligence in soft robotics. Science Robotics. 10, eadw7660 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.adw7660.

  3. 2024

    1. 28. Yoder, Z., Rumley, E.H., Schmidt, I., Rothemund, P., Keplinger, C.: Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules for rapidly reconfigurable high-speed robots. Science Robotics. 9, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.adl3546.
    2. 27. Sanchez‐Tamayo, N., Yoder, Z., Rothemund, P., Ballardini, G., Keplinger, C., Kuchenbecker, K.J.: Cutaneous Electrohydraulic (CUTE) Wearable Devices for Pleasant Broad‐Bandwidth Haptic Cues. Advanced Science. 11, 2402461 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202402461.

  4. 2023

    1. 26. Benselfelt, T., Shakya, J., Rothemund, P., Lindström, S.B., Piper, A., Winkler, T.E., Hajian, A., Wågberg, L., Keplinger, C., Hamedi, M.M.: Electrochemically Controlled Hydrogels with Electrotunable Permeability and Uniaxial Actuation. Advanced Materials. 35, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202303255.
    2. 25. Benselfelt, T., Rothemund, P., Lee, P.S.: Ultrafast, High‐Strain, and Strong Uniaxial Hydrogel Actuators from Recyclable Nanofibril Networks. Advanced Materials. 35, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202300487.
    3. 24. Rumley, E.H., Preninger, D., Shagan Shomron, A., Rothemund, P., Hartmann, F., Baumgartner, M., Kellaris, N., Stojanovic, A., Yoder, Z., Karrer, B., Keplinger, C., Kaltenbrunner, M.: Biodegradable electrohydraulic actuators for sustainable soft robots. Science Advances. 9, eadf5551 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf5551.

  5. 2021

    1. 23. Rothemund, P., Kim, Y., Heisser, R.H., Zhao, X., Shepherd, R.F., Keplinger, C.: Shaping the future of robotics through materials innovation. Nature Materials. 20, 1582–1587 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01158-1.
    2. 22. Kirkman, S., Rothemund, P., Acome, E., Keplinger, C.: Electromechanics of planar HASEL actuators. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 48, 101408 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2021.101408.
    3. 21. Fowler, H.E., Rothemund, P., Keplinger, C., White, T.J.: Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Enhanced Directional Actuation to Electric Fields. Advanced Materials. 33, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202103806.
    4. 20. Kellaris, N., Rothemund, P., Zeng, Y., Mitchell, S.K., Smith, G.M., Jayaram, K., Keplinger, C.: Spider‐Inspired Electrohydraulic Actuators for Fast, Soft‐Actuated Joints. Advanced Science. 8, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202100916.
    5. 19. Li, Y., Root, S.E., Belding, L., Park, J., Rawson, J., Yoon, H.J., Baghbanzadeh, M., Rothemund, P., Whitesides, G.M.: Characterizing Chelation at Surfaces by Charge Tunneling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143, 5967–5977 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c01800.

  6. 2020

    1. 18. Rothemund, P., Kellaris, N., Mitchell, S.K., Acome, E., Keplinger, C.: HASEL Artificial Muscles for a New Generation of Lifelike Robots—Recent Progress and Future Opportunities. Advanced Materials. 33, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202003375.
    2. 17. Rothemund, P., Kirkman, S., Keplinger, C.: Dynamics of electrohydraulic soft actuators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117, 16207–16213 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006596117.

  7. 2019

    1. 16. Wang, X., Mitchell, S.K., Rumley, E.H., Rothemund, P., Keplinger, C.: High‐Strain Peano‐HASEL Actuators. Advanced Functional Materials. 30, 1908821 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201908821.
    2. 15. Luo, K., Rothemund, P., Whitesides, G.M., Suo, Z.: Soft kink valves. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 131, 230–239 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2019.07.008.
    3. 14. Rothemund, P., Kellaris, N., Keplinger, C.: How inhomogeneous zipping increases the force output of Peano-HASEL actuators. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 31, 100542 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2019.100542.
    4. 13. Preston, D.J., Jiang, H.J., Sanchez, V., Rothemund, P., Rawson, J., Nemitz, M.P., Lee, W.-K., Suo, Z., Walsh, C.J., Whitesides, G.M.: A soft ring oscillator. Science Robotics. 4, eaaw5496 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aaw5496.
    5. 12. Kellaris, N., Venkata, V.G., Rothemund, P., Keplinger, C.: An analytical model for the design of Peano-HASEL actuators with drastically improved performance. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 29, 100449 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2019.100449.
    6. 11. Preston, D.J., Rothemund, P., Jiang, H.J., Nemitz, M.P., Rawson, J., Suo, Z., Whitesides, G.M.: Digital logic for soft devices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116, 7750–7759 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820672116.

  8. 2018

    1. 10. Cafferty, B.J., Campbell, V.E., Rothemund, P., Preston, D.J., Ainla, A., Fulleringer, N., Diaz, A.C., Fuentes, A.E., Sameoto, D., Lewis, J.A., Whitesides, G.M.: Fabricating 3D Structures by Combining 2D Printing and Relaxation of Strain. Advanced Materials Technologies. 4, 1800299 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201800299.
    2. 9. Rothemund, P., Morelle, X.P., Jia, K., Whitesides, G.M., Suo, Z.: A Transparent Membrane for Active Noise Cancelation. Advanced Functional Materials. 28, 1800653 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201800653.
    3. 8. Belding, L., Baytekin, B., Baytekin, H.T., Rothemund, P., Verma, M.S., Nemiroski, A., Sameoto, D., Grzybowski, B.A., Whitesides, G.M.: Slit Tubes for Semisoft Pneumatic Actuators. Advanced Materials. 30, 1704446 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201704446.
    4. 7. Rothemund, P., Ainla, A., Belding, L., Preston, D.J., Kurihara, S., Suo, Z., Whitesides, G.M.: A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators. Science Robotics. 3, eaar7986 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aar7986.

  9. 2017

    1. 6. Rothemund, P., Morris Bowers, C., Suo, Z., Whitesides, G.M.: Influence of the Contact Area on the Current Density across Molecular Tunneling Junctions Measured with EGaIn Top-Electrodes. Chemistry of Materials. 30, 129–137 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03384.
    2. 5. Baghbanzadeh, M., Bowers, C.M., Rappoport, D., Żaba, T., Yuan, L., Kang, K., Liao, K.-C., Gonidec, M., Rothemund, P., Cyganik, P., Aspuru-Guzik, A., Whitesides, G.M.: Anomalously Rapid Tunneling: Charge Transport across Self-Assembled Monolayers of Oligo(ethylene glycol). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139, 7624–7631 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b02770.

  10. 2016

    1. 4. Hamedi, M.M., Campbell, V.E., Rothemund, P., Güder, F., Christodouleas, D.C., Bloch, J.-F., Whitesides, G.M.: Electrically Activated Paper Actuators. Advanced Functional Materials. 26, 2446–2453 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201505123.
    2. 3. Illeperuma, W.R.K., Rothemund, P., Suo, Z., Vlassak, J.J.: Fire-Resistant Hydrogel-Fabric Laminates: A Simple Concept That May Save Lives. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8, 2071–2077 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b10538.

  11. 2013

    1. 2. Keplinger, C., Sun, J.-Y., Foo, C.C., Rothemund, P., Whitesides, G.M., Suo, Z.: Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors. Science. 341, 984–987 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1240228.

  12. 2012

    1. 1. Schmidt, A., Rothemund, P., Mazza, E.: Multiaxial deformation and failure of acrylic elastomer membranes. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 174, 133–138 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2011.12.004.

Philipp Rothemund is a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Stuttgart (Germany) and head of the research group Functional Soft Robotic Matter at the Institute for Adaptive Mechanical Systems. He received his Ph.D. in 2018 from Harvard University (USA, supervisors: Zhigang Suo and George M. Whitesides), and holds a M.S. in engineering science from Harvard University and M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Before his appointment at the University of Stuttgart, Dr. Rothemund worked as a senior postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Stuttgart, Germany), as a postdoc at the University of Colorado Boulder (Germany), and as a lecturer at Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain). He is a member of the German Young Academy and holder of an ERC Consolidator Grant.

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