Best Paper Awards

To recognize and celebrate exceptional contributions, APCOT 2026 will present the following awards at this year's conference:

The IEEJ-E APCOT Best Paper Award

The IEEJ-E APCOT Best Paper Award has been established by the Technical Society E, the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan since APCOT 2022. The IEEJ-E APCOT Best Paper Award will be also continued for APCOT2026 Conference in Taichung.

IEEJ will acknowledge and honor the excellent papers presented by members of IEEJ-E at APCOT conferences.

The IEEJ-E APCOT Best Paper Award Committee will select the winners based on the quality of the paper and presentation.

The Prof. Wen Ko's Best Paper Award

In memory of Professor Wen Hsiung Ko, a MEMS pioneer who started the first APCOT conference in 2002, the Prof. Wen Ko's Best Paper Award has been awarded to the best papers presented at APCOT since 2022. The award will be continued in APCOT 2026.

Winners:

  • “Enhanced Suppression of Non-Specific Adsorption of Graphene Oxide-Based Resonant Sensor for Label-Free Virus Sensing,” V. K. Pham, L. Yiayee, H. Yoshida, S. Sakai, I. Akita, Y. Imaizumi, T. Goda, I.-H. Kwon, Y.-J. Choi, T. Noda, K. Sawada, and K. Takahashi
  • “Tri-Layer Soft-Rigid Stretchable Substrates for Direct Fabrication of Stretchable Electronics Devices,” Shusuke Yamakoshi, Fumika Nakamura, Sho Sato, Yuji Isano, Yutaka Isoda, Tamami Takano, Ryosuke Matsuda, Naoko Namba, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takafumi Uemura, and Hiroki Ota
  • “Dual-Mode Sweat Urea Sensor Based on Ti3C2Tx MXene/CuO Nanocomposites with Integrated Colorimetric–Electrochemical Detection and Data-Driven Optimization,” T. Laochai, H. Nishihara, J. Qin, M. Okhawilaid, J. Wang, N. Rodthongkum, and W. Sukmas
  • “Bimodal Physical Sensor for Real-Time Quantitative Softness Evaluation in Epoxy Molding Compound Packaging,” D. H. Lee, and J. W. Choi
  • “Novel Electrothermal Actuators with Large In-plane Displacement and Force for MEMS-based Pitch-tunable Diffraction Grating,” Y. N. Ho, S. Lin, A. Michael, C. Y. Kwok, and C. Pulikkaseril

The APCOT 2026 Best Paper Award

The APCOT Best Paper Award aims to honor and encourage researchers to continue their pursuit of high-quality research work.

Winners:

  • “Skin-Conformal Tessellated Platforms with On-Demand Switchable Adhesion for Wearable Devices,” G. Choi, H. E. Jeong, and I. Park
  • “Liquid Metal Powder–Enabled Conductive Networks for Multifunctional and Versatile Electronics,” Osman Gul, and Inkyu Park
  • “Indium Oxide Nanobrick Base Portable Gas Sensor for Indoor Environmental Ozone Monitoring,” Jing-Cheng Hsu, and Heh-Nan Lin
  • “High-Entropy Relaxor Ferroelectrics on Flexible Mica Substrate for Advanced Sensors,” Yu-En Pan, Yu-Hao Tu, Mengyao Xiao, and Ying-Hao Chu
  • “Prognostic Value of Circulating Hybrid Cells and P-score in Colorectal Cancer: An Analysis via HD-SACA System’” Hsiang-Wei Liu, Po-Cheng Liu, Jie-Yu Liu, Chun-Chi Lin, and Fan-Gang Tseng

APCOT 2026 Honorable Mention

  • “Effect of Polarity on Single-cell Electroporation in a Microfluidic Device with Trapping Orifice, K. Vijitnukoonpradit, N. Panklang, N. Phansiri, and B. Techaumnat
  • “Development of a Modular Multi-Organ-on-Chip Platform for Drug Screening Applications,” Jui-Wei Chen, Yi-Wun Ke, Yun-Jie Hao, Rou-Ya Zhao, and Fan-Gang Tseng
  • “Deep-Brain Implantable Sensor for In Vivo Extracellular Chemical Sensing in the Brain,” Shogo Fukushima, Yuto Nakamura, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Yasuyuki Kimura, Hideo Doi, Takeshi Hizawa, Yoshiko Noda, Tomoko Horio, Yong-Joon Choi, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Toshihiko Noda, and Kazuaki Sawada
  • “Single-cell Biomarker Profiling on a Hydrogel Electromicrofluidic Device,” Jesus Becerra, Jing Ding, and Shih-Kang Fan
  • “Fabrication of 3D Porous Sensors on Curved Surfaces Using Shear-Thinning Inks,” M. Kang, and J. Lim
  • “Sandwiched p-Si/PtSi/p-Si Mid-Infrared Photodetector for Efficient Hot-Carrier Collection at Room Temperature,” Satoshi Nishita, Ashenafi Abadi Elyas, Daiji Noda, Ryo Ohta, and Tetsuo Kan
  • “Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester Based on Bilayer Lithium Niobate,” Wei-Bin Fan, Chih-Yuan Hsiao, Yu-Sian Lin, Zhi-Qiang Lee, Huei-Chun Zeng, Hung-Tsai Wu, and Ming-Huang Li
  • “Laser-Induced Graphene Hybrid Sensor for Simultaneous Gas and Air Flow Detection,” Kenta Murakami, Ryusei Ando, Rihachiro Nakashima, Yoshiyuki Kaiho, Yoshifumi Yoshida, and Hidetoshi Takahashi
  • “Influence of Magnetic Fields on the Formation Kinetics of Copper(II) Hydroxide: Quantitative Concentration Analysis via Rate-Curve Integration,” Yi Lee, Chiung-Yi Huang, and Che-Hsin Lin
  • “Analytical Modeling of Serpentine Spring for Gold Proof-mass Single-axis MEMS Accelerometer,” H. Takahata, T. Kurioka, T. Yamada, C. Mukaide, K. Machida, T. M. Chang, C. Chen, Y. Miyake, H. Ito, and M. Sone
  • “Enhancing Transparency and Piezoelectric Property in Polycrystalline PMN–PZ–PT Ceramics through Compositional Engineering and Pressureless Sintering,” Yeon-Bee Han, Dong Ho Seo, and Wook Jo
  • “CMOS-MEMS NDoF Tuned-Mass-Damper (TMD) Resonators for Multi-Frequency Applications,” Chiao-Jen Hsueh, Chun-Pu Tsai, Ting-Yi Chen, and Wei-Chang Li
  • “A Temperature-compensated Liquid-metal Flexible Strain Sensor Integrated into a Microfinger for Tactile Sensing under Temperature Variations,” Kensei Hara, Yuto Hori, and Satoshi Konishi
  • “Rapid Impedimetric Detection of Vibrio harveyi Using Aptamer-Modified Magnetic Beads in a Capillary-Driven Microfluidic Device,” Avinash V. Police Patil, Chia-Yu Hsieh, and Ching-Chou Wu
  • “On-Chip Chemical Control of the Gaseous Microenvironment for Root Growth Using an Integrated Micromixer,” T. Fukunaga, M. P. Beier, I. Kanno, and H. Hida
  • “Annealing-enhanced Probabilistic Computing Enabled by Bistable MEMS Resonator,” Junhui Wu, Zetong Hu, Zheng Zhang, and Guangya Zhou