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| Working Committee on NANO Concentration / Program |
| Chair |
Prof Christopher Y H Chao, Associate Dean of Engineering |
| Members |
Prof Xijun Hu, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Prof Chii Shang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prof Man Sun Chan, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Prof Tongyi Zhang, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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Affiliated Engineering Faculty on respective expertise on
nanotechnology
(You may find individual faculty's personal websites and research areas by clicking their names) |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Chi Ming Chan |
Nanocomposites, in particular, surface modification and
characterization of nanofillers and morphology characterization
of the interface. |
| Chak Keung Chan |
Characterization of atmospheric nanoparticle pollutants. |
| Ying Chau |
Design of nanocarriers for drug delivery and nanomaterials
for tissue engineering. |
| Guohua Chen |
Removal and recovery of heavy metals using nano-sized
magnetic particles; Development of nano-sized functional
catalysts in photoelectrooxidation of pollutants in water;
Electro-reduction of Indigo dyes with nanomaterial electrode
without the addition of mediator. |
| Furong Gao |
System approaches for nano-composite quality manipulation
and optimization. |
| Ping Gao |
Preparation of high-performance polymer-clay nanocomposites. |
| I-Ming Hsing |
Nano-electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte- and Microfabricated
Fuel Cell Applications; Nanoparticles-embedded bioanalytical
microsystem for multiplex pathogen detection; Magnetic
Nanoparticles for Sample Preparation in Lab-on-Chip Micro-
and Nano magnetic particles for biosensing Applications. |
| Xijun Hu |
Development of heterogeneous nano-porous catalysts by
chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and their applications
in wastewater treatment by catalyticwet oxidation, photo-oxidation;
Nanocomposite particles of Fe/clay as catalyst for photo-fenton
reaction; continuous wastewater treatment by catalytic
wet oxidation using a trickle bed reactor; modified MCM-41
materials for efficient storage and rapid release of hydrogen;
multicomponent adsorption equilibrium and kinetics in heterogeneous
porous media; characterization of microporous solids; fabrication
of meso-structured crystals for electrical and optical
applications. |
| Gordon Mckay |
Nano in environmental area: Removal of arsenic from drinking
water using nanochitosans; the production of nanocarbons
from waste materials. |
| Yongli Mi |
3-D DNA superstructure using the self-assembly property
of DNA molecules; Triple cross-over triangle (TXT) motif
to construct a four-arm junction motif and to build the
3-D DNA superstructure; Construct a six-arm junction motif
and 3-D superstructure; Morphology/property relationship
of polymers at nanoscale. |
| Ka Ming Ng |
Manufacturing technologies of nanomatertials and related
products. |
| King Lun Yeung |
Synthesis and fabrication of nanostructured and nanoporous
materials; Nanostructured catalysts for indoor air quality
control; Nanoporous materials for water and wastewater
treatment; Selective nanoadsorbent for metal ion removal
and recovery; Membrane technology for waster treatment;
Nanomaterials in microfuel cell system; Nanomaterials for
bioapplications: storage and delivery devices from hollow
capsules to microneedles; Nanostructured TiO2 environmental
catalysts. |
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| Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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Irene M. C. Lo |
Development of magnetic iron-based nanoparticles for the
removal of heavy metals from groundwater and industrial
wastewater. |
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Chii Shang |
Environmental nanotechnology, fate and transformation of
nanomaterials in engineered water environment, development
of nanomaterials for disinfection and oxidation processes. |
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| Electronic and Computer Engineering |
| Man
Sun Chan |
Modeling of ultra-thin-body & 2-D modeling of non-planar
nano-CMOS devices. |
| Kevin
Chen |
Beyond-CMOS nano-scale transistors; Nanoelectronics circuit
design; Nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS). |
| Vladimir
G. CHIGRINOV |
Nanosize photoalignment layers as basic structures for
new generation of the liquid crystals devices as well as
in new photovoltaic, optoelectronic and photonic devices
based on highly ordered thin organic layers for light
emitted diodes, solar cells, optical data storage and
holographic memory devices. |
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Zhiyong Fan |
Fabrication, characterization and integration of functional
nanomaterials, application of nanomaterials for electronics,
energy harvesting and sensors. |
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Volkan Kursun |
Deeply scaled CMOS devices and circuits, beyond silicon
nanoelectronics, emerging 2D and 3D integrated circuit
technologies |
| Hoi
Sing Kwok |
Nanoelectronics: Displays. |
| Kei
May Lau |
Nanoelectronics; Nanophotonics; Selective, patterned
and self-assembled growth of nano-structures on silicon
platform. |
| Andrew
Poon |
Silicon nano-photonics focus on novel devices for next-generation
wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) optical communications
and optical interconnects for
high-performance computer chips. |
| Johnny Sin |
Nanoelectronic devices design and fabrication; nano-materials for device applications. |
| Jiang XU |
System-on-chip and embedded system designs using
nanotechnologies,
nano-optoelectronic networks-on-chip for gigascale multiprocessor
system-on-chip. |
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Levent Yobas |
Biomedical, micro/nanodevices, Bio micro/nanoelectromechanical
systems, ,micro/nanofluidics, and micro/nanobiosensors |
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| Mechanical Engineering |
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Christopher Chao |
Nanoparticle transport, nano air treatment technology,
health risk assessment. |
| Yongsheng
Gao |
Nano precision machining; nano manufacturing; material
processing for micro fabrication. |
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Baoling Huang |
Micro/nanoscale heat and mass transfer, nanostructured
semiconductors and their applications, multiscale modeling
of phonon and electron transport in semiconductors |
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Jang-Kyo Kim |
Nanocomposites reinforced with carbon nanotubes, nanofibers,
nanographite, graphene and organoclay nanoparticles;
Exfoliation of graphite and graphene; Hybrid composites
containing continuous fibres and nanoreinforcements; Surface
modifications and Interfacial adhesion of nanoreinforcements;
Applications of nanostructured materials for aerospace,
sporting goods, wind turbine structures, electronics; Carbon
nanotubes and graphene for energy storage devices including
Li ion batteries and supercapacitors. |
|
David Lam |
Development of nanoporous composites for use in structural,
catalytic and electronic applications; characterization of
the electrical behavior of nanoporous materials at high
frequency; high order mechanics theory for structures in the
micro- and nanoscale, structural property characterization
methodologies using nanoindentation and molecular
simulations; and development of nanoscrupted substrate for
molecular analysis. |
| Ricky
Lee |
Fabrication of nano-scale vias on silicon substrates;
precision copper plating for nano-scale interconnection;
applications of nano-particles for printable electronics. |
|
Yi-Kuen Lee |
Superhydrophobic nanoflower surfaces, electrohydrodynamics
of nanopores, nanomechanics of cell membranes, Integrated
Nano Bubble Actuator; Nano electrophoresis chip: separation
of large DNA molecules in nanopillar arrays. |
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Zhigang Li |
Nanosclae fluid-surface interaction, nanoscale mass and heat
transfer with applications to particle/biomolecule
separation and electronic device cooling. |
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Huihe Qiu |
Transport phenomena on micro/nanoscale multiphase systems;
Nano- and Microfluidics modeling; Micro/nano sensors and
actuators; Micro/nano optics. |
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Qingping Sun |
Phase transition and nonlinear waves in nanomaterials;
Micro- and nano-scale friction and tribology of
nanostructured materials; multiscale and multi-physical
coupling in mechanical behavior of nano-materials;
Hysteresis and patern evolution during non-equilibrium
process of nanostrcutured materials; Reliability and fatigue
of nano-structured biomaterials for human implants and
surgery. |
| Jingshen
Wu |
Polymer based nanocomposites area: Preparation, characterization
and micro-deformation mechanisms of polymer based nanocomposites;
Nanotechnology and nanomaterials in microelectronics packaging
and assembly; Deformation and fracture mechanisms for semi-crystalline
polymer composites with nanoscale inorganic fillers; Processing
and characterization of a new class of polymer based nanocomposites.
reinforced by halloysite nanotubes; Preparation, microstructure
and mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites based
on thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) and highly exfoliated
pristine clay via melt compounding; Structure, property
and modification of low cost nanocomposites for electronic
packaging applications. |
|
Shuhuai Yao |
Nanoengineered materials for enhanced two-phase heat and
mass transfer; Micro/nanofluidic devices for nanoparticle
synthesis and kinetic studies. |
| Wenjing
Ye |
Nanoscale gas transport; Multiscale modeling of Nanoelectromechanical
systems (NEMS); Efficient molecular based simulation techniques. |
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Matthew Yuen |
Self-assembly monolayer for adhesion improvement; carbon
nanotube based thermal interface material; Silver nano-wire
synthesis; Iodine treatment on silver conductive polymer;
Nano-imprinting; nano surface treatment for super-hydrophobicity. |
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Tong-Yi Zhang |
Nanomaterials, Mechanical properties of materials,
size-dependent material properties, micro/nanomechanics. |
| Tian-Shou
Zhao |
Micro/nano fluidic modeling, micro fuel cell, coupled
heat/mass and electrochemical reaction at the nano-scale. |
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| Administrative Staff |
| Ms Kandi Ho |
School of Engineering |
| Mr Jerome Mak |
School of Engineering |
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