Qingzhen Hao

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Qingzhen Hao & Wife Bei
Ph.D. candidate

Biofunctionalized Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (BioNEMS) Laboratory
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Pennsylvania State University
212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building
University Park, PA 16802-6812

Tel: 1-814-441-4927/1-814-865-0343
Fax: 1-814-865-9974
Email: qzh104 (a) psu.edu

Qingzhen Hao (see his resumePDF]) is a PhD candidate in the Physics Department, advised by Dr. Vincent Crespi. He is co-advised by Dr. Tony Jun Huang in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department at the Pennsylvania State University. Bei Wang his wife, a close research collaborator, is also a PhD candidate in the Physics Department. You can find more information about his research interests and personal information at his personal web page. (coming soon)

2006 - Present, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA
Research in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Ph.D. candidate in Physics Department

2003 - 2006, Hong Kong Baptist University
B.S. in Physics Department, first class honor

2002-2003, Nanjing University/Hong Kong Baptist University
Pre-university Foundation Program

• Metallic nano structure design, fabrications (E-beam lithography, Nano imprint, Focus Ion Beam, optical lithography) and characterizations
• Plasmonics, photonics and metamaterials
• Surface Enhancement Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), sensing
• Carbon materials (graphene etc): growth and device

Aug. 2006 – Aug. 2008, Aug. 2009 – Present
Graduate Teaching Asst.
Dept of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University.
Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2009
Graduate Research Asst.
Dr. Peter Eklund(deceased)'s Nanomaterials Physics Research Group, Physics Department, Penn State University.
Jun. 2005 - Aug. 2006
Summer Research Assistant
Dr. Naiho Cheung's Biophysics group, Physics Department, Hong Kong Baptist University.

• Rustum & Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award. The Rustum and Della Roy Innovation (2012)
• Duncan Graduate Fellowship (2007,2009)
  
• UGC Scholarship Scheme for Outstanding Mainland Students (HKD100,000, each year) 2003-2006
  
• Madam K.S. Fung Wu Memorial Scholarship(HKD 5,000, each year ) 2004-2006
  
• Drs. Richard Charles and Ester Yewpick Lee Charitable Foundation Scholarships for Undergraduate Students from the Mainland (HKD 50,000) 2002-2003
  

1. Ruitao Lv, Qing Li, Andrés R. Botello-Méndez,Takuya Hayashi, Bei Wang, Ayse Berkdemir,Qingzhen Hao Ana Laura Elías, Rodolfo Cruz-Silva, Humberto R. Gutiérrez, Yoong Ahm Kim, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Jun Zhu, Morinobu Endo, Humberto Terrones, Jean-Christophe Charlier, Minghu Pan, Mauricio Terrones,Nitrogen-doped graphene: beyond single substitution and enhanced molecular sensing,Scientific Reports Volume:2, Article number: 586 DOI: doi:10.1038/srep00586
2. Shikuan Yang, Michael Ian Lapsley, Bingqiang Cao, Chenglong Zhao, Yanhui Zhao,Qingzhen Hao, Brian Kiraly, Jason Scott, Weizhou Li, Lin Wang, Yong Lei and Tony Jun Huang, Large-Scale Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Surface Patterns Using Template-Defined Electrochemical Deposition, Advanced Functional Materials, accepted, 2012
3. Qingzhen Hao*,Yong Zeng*, Bala Krishna Juluri, Xiande Wang, Brian Kiraly, I-Kao Chiang,Lasse Jensen, Douglas H. Werner, Vincent Crespi, and Tony Jun Huang, Metallic membranes with subwavelength complementary patterns: distinct substrates for surface enhanced Raman scattering, ACS Nano, Vol. 5, pp. 5472–5477, 2011.(*equal contributions)
4. *Qingzhen Hao*, Yan Jun Liu, Joseph S. T. Smalley, Justin Liou, Iam Choon Khoo, and Tony Jun Huang, A Frequency-Addressed Plasmonic Switch Based on Dual-Frequency Liquid Crystal, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, 091101, 2010 (*equal contributions) (featured as front cover image).
5. Qingzhen Hao, Bala Krishna Juluri, Yue Bing Zheng, Bei Wang, I-Kao Chiang, Lasse Jensen, Vincent Crespi, Peter C. Eklund, and Tony Jun Huang, Effects of Intrinsic Fano Interference on Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: Comparison between Platinum and Gold, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 114, 18059–18066, 2010. (featured as front cover image)
6. Qingzhen Hao, Yong Zeng, Xiande Wang, Yanhui Zhao, Bei Wang, I-Kao Chiang, Douglas H. Werner, Vincent Crespi, and Tony Jun Huang, Characterization of Complementary Patterned Metallic Membranes Produced Simultaneously by a Dual Fabrication Process, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, 193101, 2010. (featured as front cover image)
7. Qingzhen Hao, Yanhui Zhao, Bala Krishna Juluri, Brian Kiraly and Tony Jun Huang, Frequency-addressed tunable transmission in metallic nanohole arrays with dual-frequency liquid crystals， J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 109, pp. 084340, 2011
8.Qingzhen Hao, Bei Wang, Jeremy Bossard, Brian Kiraly, Yong Zeng, I-Kao Chiang, Lasse Jensen, Douglas Werner, and Tony Jun Huang, Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Study on Graphene Coated Metallic Nanostructure Substrates, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, accepted, 2012 (featured as front cover image).
9. Yue Bing Zheng, Qingzhen Hao, Ying-Wei Yang, Brian Kiraly, I-Kao Chiang, and Tony Jun Huang, Light-driven Artificial Molecular Machines, Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 4, 042501, 2010.
10. Yanhui Zhao, Qingzhen Hao, Yi Ma, Mengqian Lu, Bingxin Zhang, Michael Lapsley, Iam-Choon Khoo, and Tony Jun Huang, Light-Driven Tunable Dual-Band Plasmonic Absorber using Liquid-Crystal-Coated Asymmetric Nanodisk Array, Applied Physics Letters, accepted, 2012.
11. Bala Krishna Juluri, Neetu Chaturvedi, Qingzhen Hao, Mengqian Lu, Darrell Velego, Lasse Jensen,and Tony Jun Huang,Scalable Manufacturing of Plasmonic Nanodisk Dimers and Cusp Nanostructures using Salting-out Quenching Method and Colloidal Lithography, ACS Nano, Vol. 5, pp. 5838–5847, 2011.
12. Bingxin Zhang, Yanhui Zhao, Qingzhen Hao, Brian Kiraly, Iam-Choon Khoo, Shufen Chen, and Tony Jun Huang, Polarization-independent dual-band infrared perfect absorber based on a metal-dielectric-metal elliptical nanodisk array,Optical Express, Vol. 19, pp. 15221–15228, 2011.
13. Neetu Chaturvedi, Bala Krishna Juluri, Qingzhen Hao, Tony Jun Huang, and Darrell Velegol, Simple Fabrication of Snowman-Like Colloids, Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, accepted, 2012.
14. Michael Ian Lapsley, Anaram Shahravan, Qingzhen Hao, Bala Krishna Juluri, Stephen Giardinelli, Mengqian Lu, Yanhui Zhao, I-Kao Chiang, Themis Matsoukas, and Tony Jun Huang, Shifts in Plasmon Resonance Due to Charging of A Nanodisk Array in Argon Plasma, Applied Physics Letters, accepted, 2012.(featured as front cover image)
15. Joseph S.T. Smalley, Yanhui Zhao, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Qingzhen Hao, Yi Ma,Iam-Choon Khoo, and Tony Jun Huang, High contrast modulation of plasmonic signals using nanoscale dual-frequency liquid crystals, Optics Express, Vol. 19, pp. 15265-15274, 2011
16. Yanhui Zhao, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Qingzhen Hao, Brian Kiraly, and Tony Jun Huang, Nanoscale super-resolution imaging via metal-dielectric metamaterial lens system, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 41, pp. 41501, 2011
17. Yanhui Zhao, Steven Sz-Chin Lin, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Brian Kiraly, Qingzhen Hao, Yanjun Liu and Tony Jun Huang, Beam bending via plasmonic lenses, Optics Express, Vol. 18, 23458-23465, 2010.
18. B. Wang, J. Sparks, H. R. Gutierrez, F. Okino, Qingzhen Hao, Y. Tang, V. H. Crespi, J. O. Sofo and J. Zhu, Photoluminescence from nanocrystalline graphite monofluoride, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 141915 (2010)
19. B. Wang, A. Gupta, J. Huang, H. Vedala, Qingzhen. Hao, V. H. Crespi, W. Choi and P. C. Eklund, Raman scattering study of the effect of bending on single-walled carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B 81, 115422 (2010)

1.Qingzhen Hao,Seth Morton, Jeremy Bossard, Bei Wang, Lasse Jensen. Douglas Werner and Tony Jun Huang, Graphene Coated Metallic Nanostructures: an Improved Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate, MRS Fall meeting, Boston, MA, 2011 ( Oral presentation)
2.Qingzhen Hao Seth Morton, Bei Wang, Lasse Jensen and Tony Jun Huang, Experimental and Theoretical Investigation on SERS Enhancement Mechanism of Graphene, APS March meeting, Boston, MA, 2012 ( Oral presentation scheduled)
3. Qingzhen Hao, Yong Zeng, Lasse Jensen, Douglas Werner, Vince Crespi and Tony Jun Huang, Linear optical and surface enhanced Raman scattering studies on metallic membranes with complementary patterns, American Physical Society, March meeting, 2011( Oral presentation)
4. Bei Wang, Humberto R. Gutierrez, Qingzhen Hao,and Jun Zhu,Chemical vapor deposition of high quality graphene on copper, American Physical Society, March meeting, 2010 ( Oral presentation)
5. Bei Wang, Justin Sparks, Humberto R. Gutierrez,Fujio Okino,Qingzhen Hao, Jorge O. Sofo, and Jun Zhu, Photoluminescence (PL) from graphite monofluoride (CFn)，American Physical Society, March meeting, 2010 ( Oral presentation)
6. Qingzhen Hao, Lasse Jensen, and Peter Eklund, Surface enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) of pyridine on Pt,American Physical Society, March meeting, 2009 ( Oral presentation)
7. Zeng, Y, Wang, XD, Werner, DH, Qingzhen Hao, and Huang, TJ, Linear Optical and Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Study on Metallic Membranes with Subwavelength Complementary Patterns, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Pages: 1177-1180 (2011)
8. B. K. Juluri, Y. B. Zheng, Q. Hao, L. Jensen, and T. J. Huang, Angle and Polarization Dependent Tuning of Plasmonic Spectra in Nanoparticle Arrays: Towards Active Plasmonics, in Photonic Metamaterials and Plasmonics, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper JTuA8