Professor Shikuan Yang
Research Keywords
Controlled synthesis of micro / nano arrays and applications of multi-functional devices;
Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS);
Electrochemistry;
Quantum dots and optoelectronic devices;
Bionics.
Dr. Shikuan Yang is currently a Professor-level research scientist in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University. Dr. Yang conducted his postdoctoral research at Munster University (Germany) from 2009 to 2011 and The Pennsylvania State University (USA) from 2011 to 2016. Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. degree from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009.Dr. Yang’s research focuses on template-directed synthesis of surface micro/nanopatterns, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), electrochemistry, quantum dots and related optoelectronic devices, and biomimetics.
His research has led to more than 50 publications, including ~30 first/corresponding author publications in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (PNAS), Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, Chemistry of Materials, etc. These publications have attracted more than 2500 citations with an H-index of 25.
Selected Publications
1. S. Yang,* X. Dai, B. M. Boschitsch, and T. –S. Wong,* Ultrasensitive Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection in Common Fluids. Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences, USA, 2016, 113,268-273. (Top-50 most read articles in Jan, 2016) (highly cited paper);
See also Penn State News, NSF, ScienceDaily, KurzweilAl, and Wikipedia's explanation of SERS (see Ref. 11 and Ref. 12).
2. Y. Xie,ǂ S. Yang,ǂ Z. Mao, P. Li, C. Zhao, Z. Cohick, P. –H. Huang, and T. J. Huang,* In Situ Fabrication of 3D Ag@ZnO Nanostructures for Microfluidic SERS Systems. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 12175-12184. (ǂ is equal contribution)
3. S. Yang,* D. Slotcavage, J. D. Mai, W. Liang, Y. Xie, Y. Chen, and T. J. Huang,* Combining the Masking and Scaffolding Modalities of Colloidal Crystal Templates: Plasmonic Nanoparticle Arrays with Multiple Periodicities. Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 6432-6438.
4. S. Yang, M. I. Lapsley, B. Cao, C. Zhao, Y. Zhao, Q. Hao, B. Kiraly, J. Scott, W. Li, L. Wang, Y. Lei,* and T. J. Huang,* Large-Scale Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Surface Patterns Using Template-Defined Electrochemical Deposition. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013, 23, 720-730.
5.S. Yang, B. Kiraly, W. Y. Wang, S. Shang, B. Cao, H. Zeng, Y. Zhao, W. Li, Z. K. Liu, W. P. Cai,* and T. J. Huang,* Fabrication and Characterization of SiC Quantum Rings with Anomalous Red Spectral Shift Using Laser Ablation in Liquid. Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 5598-5603.
6. S. Yang, F. Xu, S. Ostendorp, G. Wilde, H. Zhao, and Y. Lei,* Template-Confined Dewetting Process to Surface Nanopatterns: Fabrication, Structural Tunability, and Structure-Related Properties. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21, 2446-2455.
7.Y. Lei* (Advisor), S. Yang, M. Wu, and G. Wilde, Surface Patterning Using Templates: Concept, Properties and Device Applications. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1247-1258.
8.S. Yang, W. Cai*, L. Kong, and Y. Lei,* Surface Nanometer-Scale Patterning in Realizing Large-Scale Ordered Arrays of Metallic Nanoshells with Well-Defined Structures and Controllable Properties. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20, 2527-2533.
Personal Homepage http://person.zju.edu.cn/en/shkyang
