Publications: Dr Majid Taghavi

Xu Y, Wen J, Burdet E, Taghavi M ( 2025 ) . Monolithic electrostatic actuators with independent stiffness modulation . Nature Communications vol. 16 , ( 1 )

Sun W, Xu Y, Taghavi M ( 2025 ) . A flexi-limbed electroactive frame for gripping and locomotion: Structural optimization . International Journal of Mechanical Sciences vol. 286 ,

André AD, Coondoo I, Bdikin I, K.B. VK, Pinto RMR, Martins P, Taghavi M ( 2025 ) . Piezo-Ionic Actuator for Haptic Feedback . Sensors and Actuators A Physical vol. 381 ,

Xu Y, Burdet E, Taghavi M ( 2024 ) . Electromechanical model for electro-ribbon actuators . International Journal of Mechanical Sciences vol. 275 ,

Pan Y, Hou N, Sun W, Taghavi M ( 2024 ) . 3D-ElectroZip touch: multi-directional haptic feedback with electro-ribbon zipping actuators . Smart Materials and Structures vol. 33 , ( 8 )

Xu C, Faul CFJ, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2024 ) . Dielectrophoretic Elastomer Actuators for Soft Pneumatic Pumps . Conference: 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) vol. 00 , 864 - 869 .

Baker T, Taghavi M ( 2024 ) . Material and Structural Improvement in Electro-Ribbon Actuators Towards Biomimetic Stacked Architecture . Conference: 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) vol. 00 , 473 - 478 .

Hou N, Wen J, Pan Y, Taghavi M ( 2024 ) . Origami‐Inspired Modular Electro‐Ribbon Actuator for Multi‐Degrees of Freedom Motion . Advanced Intelligent Systems vol. 6 , ( 6 )

Fraai T, Wen J, Taghavi M ( 2023 ) . Electrically Zipping Bending Actuators for Prosthetic Fingers . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters vol. 8 , ( 11 ) 7472 - 7478 .

Xu C, Faul CFJ, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2023 ) . Electric Field‐Driven Dielectrophoretic Elastomer Actuators . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 33 , ( 13 )

Taghavi M, Chen H, Conn AT, Rossiter J ( 2022 ) . Stiffness Graded Electroactive Artificial Muscle . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 32 , ( 39 )

Chong JH, Romero C, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2022 ) . Electro-Ribbon Muscles for Biomimetic Wing Flapping . Conference: 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) vol. 00 , 638 - 643 .

Helps T, Romero C, Taghavi M, Conn AT, Rossiter J ( 2022 ) . Liquid-amplified zipping actuators for micro-air vehicles with transmission-free flapping . Science Robotics vol. 7 , ( 63 )

Malas A, Saleh E, del Carmen Giménez‐López M, Rance GA, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter JM, Tuck CJ et al. ( 2022 ) . Reactive Jetting of High Viscosity Nanocomposites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuation . Advanced Materials Technologies vol. 7 , ( 6 )

Hoh S, Helps T, Diteesawat RS, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2021 ) . Electro-lattice actuator: a compliant high-contractile active lattice structure . Smart Materials and Structures vol. 30 , ( 12 )

Castro B, Diteesawat RS, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2021 ) . Modular simulation framework for Electro-ribbon Actuators . Conference: 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) vol. 00 , 215 - 221 .

Carreira SC, Taghavi M, Loriè EP, Rossiter J ( 2021 ) . FleXert: A Soft, Actuatable Multiwell Plate Insert for Cell Culture under Stretch . ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering vol. 7 , ( 6 ) 2225 - 2245 .

Diteesawat RS, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2021 ) . Electro-pneumatic pumps for soft robotics . Science Robotics vol. 6 , ( 51 )

Diteesawat RS, Fishman A, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2020 ) . Closed-Loop Control of Electro-Ribbon Actuators . Frontiers in Robotics and AI vol. 7 ,

Taghavi M, Helps T, Rossiter J ( 2020 ) . Characterisation of Self-locking High-contraction Electro-ribbon Actuators* . Conference: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) vol. 00 , 5856 - 5861 .

Diteesawat RS, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2020 ) . Characteristic Analysis and Design Optimization of Bubble Artificial Muscles . Soft Robotics vol. 8 , ( 2 ) 186 - 199 .

Bluett S, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2020 ) . Self-Sensing Electro-Ribbon Actuators . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters vol. 5 , ( 3 ) 3931 - 3936 .

Helps T, Taghavi M, Wang S, Rossiter J ( 2019 ) . Twisted Rubber Variable-Stiffness Artificial Muscles . Soft Robotics vol. 7 , ( 3 ) 386 - 395 .

Xiang C, Guo J, Sun R, Hinitt A, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2019 ) . Electroactive Textile Actuators for Breathability Control and Thermal Regulation Devices . Polymers vol. 11 , ( 7 )

Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2019 ) . Thermoplastic electroactive gels for 3D-printable artificial muscles . Smart Materials and Structures vol. 28 , ( 8 )

Pourfarzaneh A, Taghavi M, Helps T, Rossiter J ( 2019 ) . Towards Adaptive Prosthetic Sockets using 3D-printed Variable-stiffness Shape-memory Structures . Conference: 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) vol. 00 , 410 - 415 .

Taghavi M, Helps T, Rossiter J ( 2018 ) . Electro-ribbon actuators and electro-origami robots . Science Robotics vol. 3 , ( 25 )

Keshvari A, Darbari S, Taghavi M ( 2018 ) . Self-Powered Plasmonic UV Detector, Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide/Ag Nanoparticles . IEEE Electron Device Letters vol. 39 , ( 9 ) 1433 - 1436 .

Helps T, Taghavi M, Manns S, Turton AJ, Rossiter J ( 2018 ) . Easy Undressing with Soft Robotics . Lecture Notes in Computer Science . vol. 10965 , 79 - 90 .

Guo J, Xiang C, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2018 ) . Electroactive Textile Actuators for Wearable and Soft Robots . Conference: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)339 - 343 .

Diteesawat RS, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J ( 2018 ) . High Strength Bubble Artificial Muscles for Walking Assistance . Conference: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)388 - 393 .

Taghavi M, Helps T, Huang B, Rossiter J ( 2018 ) . 3D-Printed Ready-To-Use Variable-Stiffness Structures . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters vol. 3 , ( 3 ) 2402 - 2407 .

Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter J . Towards electroactive gel artificial muscle structures . Conference: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XX vol. 10594 ,

Beccai L, Lucarotti C, Totaro M, Taghavi M ( 2016 ) . Soft Robotics Mechanosensing . Biosystems & Biorobotics vol. 17 , 11 - 21 .

Taghavi M, Stinchcombe A, Greenman J, Mattoli V, Beccai L, Mazzolai B, Melhuish C, Ieropoulos IA ( 2015 ) . Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFC . Bioinspiration & Biomimetics vol. 11 , ( 1 )

Taghavi M, Beccai L ( 2015 ) . A contact-key triboelectric nanogenerator: Theoretical and experimental study on motion speed influence . Nano Energy vol. 18 , 283 - 292 .

Taghavi M, Filippeschi C, Mazzolai B, Beccai L ( 2015 ) . Hierarchical Surface Patterning for Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Sensors . Conference: 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO)1147 - 1150 .

Taghavi M, Sadeghi A, Mondini A, Mazzolai B, Beccai L, Mattoli V ( 2015 ) . Triboelectric smart machine elements and self-powered encoder . Nano Energy vol. 13 , 92 - 102 .

Taghavi M, Sadeghi A, Mazzolai B, Beccai L, Mattoli V ( 2014 ) . Triboelectric-based harvesting of gas flow energy and powerless sensing applications . Applied Surface Science . vol. 323 , 82 - 87 .

Taghavi M, Greenman J, Beccai L, Mattoli V, Mazzolai B, Melhuish C, Ieropoulos IA ( 2014 ) . High‐Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell . ChemElectroChem vol. 1 , ( 11 ) 1994 - 1999 .

Taghavi M, Mattoli V, Sadeghi A, Mazzolai B, Beccai L ( 2014 ) . A Novel Soft Metal‐Polymer Composite for Multidirectional Pressure Energy Harvesting . Advanced Energy Materials vol. 4 , ( 12 )

Taghavi M, Stinchcombe A, Greenman J, Mattoli V, Beccai L, Mazzolai B, Melhuish C, Ieropoulos IA ( 2014 ) . Wearable Self Sufficient MFC Communication System Powered by Urine . Lecture Notes in Computer Science . vol. 8717 , 131 - 138 .

Taghavi M, Mattoli V, Mazzolai B, Filippeschi C, Beccai L ( 2013 ) . Synthesizing tubular and trapezoidal shaped ZnO nanowires by an aqueous solution method . Nanoscale vol. 5 , ( 8 ) 3505 - 3513 .

Taghavi M, Bahrami M ( 2011 ) . Design and simulation of a micro-channel for separating the particles with nearly constant dielectrophoretic force in channel space . Molecular Simulation vol. 37 , ( 10 ) 865 - 874 .