Rogers' research seeks to exploit characteristics of 'soft' materials, such as polymers, liquid crystals, and biological tissues as well as hybrid combinations of them with unusual classes of micro/nanomaterials, in the form of ribbons, wires, membranes, tubes or related structural shapes.

[2] The aim is to control and induce novel electronic and photonic responses in these materials; and also develop new 'soft lithographic' and biomimetic approaches for patterning them and guiding their growth.

Current research focuses on soft materials for conformal electronics, nanophotonic structures, microfluidic devices,[3] and microelectromechanical systems,[4] all lately with an emphasis on bio-inspired and bio-integrated technologies.

[8] Rogers' research deals with nano and molecular scale fabrication, materials, and patterning techniques for electronic and photonic devices, lately with a strong emphasis on bio-integrated and bio-inspired systems.

More than 115 former PhD students and postdoctoral fellows from his group are now in faculty positions at some of the most competitive institutions in the world - Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, Duke, Dartmouth, Univ.