Dr. Shihkuan Yang

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Dr. Shikuan Yang
Postdoc Scholar

Biomedical Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (BioNEMS) Laboratory
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
N-328 Millennium Science Complex University Park, PA 16802, USA

1-814-777-8758 | szy2 (a) psu.edu

• Template-based surface patterning, especially three-dimensional surface pattern fabrications and their optical applications;

Template-confined dewetting process to interesting surface patterns of gold for localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)-based sensing;

Design of highly sensitive SERS (surface-Enhanced Raman scattering)substrates for biological sensing applications (e.g., bio-markers, pathogens);

Integrate SERS substrates into microfluidic channels for pollutants and bio-molecules detections;

Micro/nanofludics channel design;

Interesting Janus structure fabrications in microfluidics aiming at biomedical applications;

Metamaterials constructions;

Luminescent and bio-compatible Quantum dots (e.g., carbon) creation targeting bio-imaging applications;

Size- and shape-controlled synthesis of nanoparticles using wet-chemistry based methods;

Site-specific growth studies during electrochemical depositions.

2004-2009: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Solid State Physics, P. R. China

2009-2011: Center for Nanotechnology and Muenster University, Germany

Sep. 2011 – Present, BioNEMS Lab, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Postdoc Scholar
Research areas: Surface patterns, micro/nanostructures, and microfluidics and their applications in bio-medicine and bio-sensing.

1. S. K. Yang, F. Xu, S. Ostendorp, G. Wilde, H. Zhao, Y. Lei,”Template-Confined Dewetting Process to Surface Nanopatterns: Fabrication, Structural Tunability, and Structure-Related Properties”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21, 2446. (Cited 3 times)

2. Y. Lei, S. K. Yang, M. H. Wu, G. Wilde,”Surface Patterning Using Templates: Concept, Properties and Device Applications”, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1247. (Cited 10 times)

3. S. K. Yang, W. P. Cai, L. C. Kong, 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. (Cited 12 times)

4. H. Zeng, G. Duan, Y. Li, S. K. Yang, X. Xu, W. Cai,”Blue Luminescence of ZnO Nanoparticles Based on Non-Equilibrium Processes: Defect Origins and Emission Controls”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20, 561. (Cited 82 times)

5. H. Zeng, X. Du, S. C. Singh, S. A. Kulinich, S. K. Yang, J. He, W. Cai,”Nanomaterias via Laser Ablation/Irradiation in Liquid: A Review”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, Doi: 10.1002/adfm.201102295 (Feature article).

6. S. K. Yang, W. Z. Li, B. Q. Cao, H. B. Zeng, W. P. Cai,”Origin of Blue Emission from Silicon Nanoparticles: Direct Transition and Interface Recombination”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 21056.

7. S. K. Yang, W. P. Cai, H. W. Zhang, H. B. Zeng, Y. Lei,”A General Strategy for Fabricating Unique Carbide Nanostructures with Excitation Wavelength-Dependent Light Emissions”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 7279. (Cited 3 times)

8. H. B. Zeng, S. K. Yang*(corresponding author), W. P. Cai,”Reshaping Formation and Luminescence Evolution of ZnO Quantum Dots by Laser-Induced Fragmentation in Liuqid”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 5038. (Cited 2 times)

9. S. K. Yang, H. B. Zeng, H. P. Zhao, H. W. Zhang, W. P. Cai,”Luminescent Hollow Carbon Shells and Fullerene-Like Caobon Spheres Induced by Laser Ablation with Toluene”, J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 4432. (Cited 4 times)

10. S. K. Yang, B. Q. Cao, L. C. Kong, Z. Y. Wang,”Template-Directed Dewetting of a Gold Membrane to Fabricate Highly SERS-Active Substrates”, J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 14031.

11. S. K. Yang, J. J. Xu, Z. Y. Wang, H. B. Zeng, Y. Lei,”Janus Particle Arrays with Multiple Structural Controlling Abilities Synthesized by Seed-Derected Deposition”, J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 11930.(Cited 2 times)

12. S. K. Yang, Y. Lei,”Recent Progress on Surface Pattern Fabrications Based on Monolayer Colloidal Crystal Templates and Related Applications”, Nanoscale 2011, 3, 2768.

13. P. S. Liu, S. K. Yang (Co-First Author), M. Fang, X. D. Luo, W. P. Cai,”Complex Nanostructures Synthesized from Nanoparticle Colloids under an External Electric Field”, Nanoscale 2011, 3, 3933.

14. S. K. Yang, H. B. Zeng and Y. Lei, “Hybrid Architectures: Spherical Au Nanoparticles on Cubic AgCl Sub-Micrometer Particles”, Sci. Adv. Mater. 2011, accepted. (invited special issue associated with laser ablation)

15. S. K. Yang, W. P. Cai, H. W. Zhang, X. X. Xu, H. B. Zeng,”Size and Structure Control of Si Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation in Different Liquid Media and Further Centrifugation Classification”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 19091. (Cited 13 times)

16. S. K. Yang, W. P. Cai, G. Q. Liu, H. B. Zeng, “From Nanoparticles to Nanoplates: Preferential Oriented Connection of Ag Colloids during Electrophoretic Deposition”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 7692. (Cited 12 times)

17. S. K. Yang, W. P. Cai, G. Q. Liu, H. B. Zeng, P. S. Liu, “Optical Study of Redox Behavior of Silicon Nanoparticles Induced by Laser Ablation in Liquid”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 6480. (Cited 5 times)

18. S. K. Yang, W. P. Cai, J. L. Yang, H. B. Zeng, “General and Simple Route to Micro/Nanostructured Hollow-Sphere Arrays Based on Electrophoresis of Colloids Induced by Laser Ablation in Liquid”, Langmuir 2009, 25, 8287. (Cited 18 times)

19. S. K. Yang, W. P. Cai, H. B. Zeng, X. X. Xu, “Ultra-fine beta-SiC Quantum Dots Fabricated by Laser Ablation in Reactive Liquid at Room Temperature and Their Violet Emission”, J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 7119. (Cited 13 times)

20. S. K. Yang, W. P. Cai, H. B. Zeng, Z. G. Li, “Polycrystalline Si Nanoparticles and Their Strong Aging Enhancement of Blue Photoluminescence”, J. Appl. Phys. 2008, 104, 023516. (Cited 16 times)

21. H. B. Zeng, S. K. Yang, X. Xu, W. P. Cai, “Dramatic Excitation Dependence of Strong and Stable Blue Luminescence of ZnO Hollow Nanoparticles”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 95, 191904. (Cited 7 times)

22. H. B. Zeng, P. S. Liu, W. P. Cai, S. K. Yang, X. X. Xu, “Controllable Pt/ZnO Porous nanocages with Improved Photocatalytic Activity”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 19620. (Cited 38 times)

23. H. B. Zeng, P. S. Liu, W. P. Cai, X. Cao, S. K. Yang, “Aging-Induced Self-Assembly of Zn/ZnO Treelike Nanostructures from Nanoparticles and Enhanced Visible Emission”, Cryst. Growth Des. 2007, 7, 1092. (Cited 28 times)

24. H. B. Zeng, Z. G. Li, W. P. Cai, B. Q. Cao, P. S. Liu, S. K. Yang, “Microstructure Control of Zn/ZnO Core/Shell Nanoparticles and Their Temperature-dependent Blue Emissions”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111, 14311. (Cited 39 times)

25. Z. G. Li, W. P. Cai, S. K. Yang, G. T. Duan, R. Ang, “Aging-Induced Strong Anomalous Hall Effect at Room Temperature for Cu(Co) Nanoparticle Film”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 1837.