Interesting phenomena are usually discovered in quantum materials, such as quantum Hall effect, superconductivity, etc. As dimension of materials is reduced into quantum scale, puzzling properties with no counterpart in macroscopic world emerge, like high temperature superconductivity, fractional quantum Hall states, quantum spin liquids, etc. In IQST, we are interested in quantum confinement ...
Thermoelectric materials, which can realize direct conversion between thermal energy and electricity by “Seebeck effect” and “Peltier effect”, are attracting increasing attentions for their potential applications in waste heat recycling. And transition metal oxide (TMO) materials are raising great attentions in high temperature applications based on their better chemical/thermal stability, ...
Polymer nanocomposite materials are the materials made up of organic polymers as continuous phase and inorganic nanoparticles as filler. The polymer nanocomposite leads to a material with more useful structural and functional properties in comparison to the individual constituents. The functional nanoparticles can work as reinforcement material to increase the mechanical property of polymers; m...
We are interested in developing innovative nanoprobes or approaches for diagnosis and therapeutics, which involves nanomaterials, analytical chemistry, cell metabolism, targeted protein degradation/deactivator technology, and molecular imaging. Research in diagnosis includes the design of analytical methods for detection of various biomarkers (miRNA, telomerase, DNA, ATP and thrombin) in vitro ...
The steady increase in fossil fuel consumption and severe environmental contamination have promoted extensive research activities in developing alternative clean energy resources. Harvesting and converting natural and primary energy from the environment such as thermal (e.g., geothermal and industrial heat) and mechanical (e.g., wind, water flow, vibration and noise) energy, as potential candid...
Solar- or electro-driven catalysis has received tremendous attention for renewable energy conversion and high value-added chemical synthesis. Our research centers on the understanding of physical and chemical properties associated with the rationally designed and precisely controlled nanostructures and devices at molecular and electronic levels, and implement their functionality in different ap...