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Yuebing Zheng

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Yuebing Zheng
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: 1-814-865-0661
Fax: 1-814-865-9974

Email: yzz113@psu.edu


Research Interests

Education

Aug. 2006 - Present Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA


Aug. 2001 - Nov. 2003 National University of Singapore, Singapore


Sept. 1997 - Jun. 2001 Nankai University, Tianjin, China

  • B.Sc. in Optoelectronic Information and Science
  • Senior thesis: Study of All-Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
  • Advisors: Prof. Qiuqin Sheng and Dr. Dejun Feng

Research Experience

Aug. 2006 - Present Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, USA

  • Graduate Research Assistant
  • Research areas: artificial molecular machines, nanoplasmonics, nanophotonics, NEMS, and NOEMS


Jan. 2004 - Aug. 2006 Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore

  • Research Fellow
  • Research areas: nanophotonics, photonic crystals, and nanoelectronics


Aug. 2001 - Nov. 2003 Department of Physics and Centre for Optoelectronics, National University of Singapore, Singapore

  • Graduate Research Assistant
  • Research areas: nanophotonics, and quantum optoelectronics


Jan. 2001 - Jun. 2001 Department of Optoelectronic Information and Science and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • Research areas: fiber optics, and optical communications

Teaching Experience

Fall 2007 E SC 481 – Elements of Nano/Micro Electromechanicalsystems (MEMS/NEMS) Processing and Design (Guest Lectures)

  • Lecture 1: Electron beam lithography and focused ion beam lithography
  • Lecture 2: Stamping at micro-/nano- scale: nanoimprint lithography and soft lithography
  • Lecture 3: Nanofabrication by scanning probe microscopes
  • Lecture 4: Nanofabrication by self-assembly process
  • Lecture 5: Nanosphere lithography


Fall 2008 E SC 481 – Elements of Nano/Micro Electromechanicalsystems (MEMS/NEMS) Processing and Design (Guest Lectures)

  • Lecture 1: From artificial molecular machines to active molecular plasmonics

Awards and Honors

2008 - Present King Abdullah Scholar Award, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

2008 First-Place Presentation Prize (Presentation title: Artificial Molecular Machine-Based Active Plasmonics), ESM Today Graduate Research Symposium, Pennsylvania State University

2007 - 2008 Founder’s Grant and Prize of the American Academy of Mechanics, Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation

2007 - 2008 Sabih and Guler Hayek Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University

2005 Materials Today 2005 Cover Competition finalists

2001 - 2003 Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore

1998 - 2000 Outstanding Student Award, Nankai University

Book Chapters

  1. Y. B. Zheng, and T. J. Huang, “Nanosphere Lithography to Enable Plasmonic Applications”, in Nanotechnology Research Progress, Edited by Julian F. Vogel and Felix T. Jung, (Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2008).
  2. Y. B. Zheng, Y. H. Wang, and T. R. Walker, “New Developments in the Fabrication and Applications of Crystalline Arrays of Nonspherical Colloidal Particles”, in Progress in Colloid and Surface Science Research, Edited by Emelio A. Scarpetti, Chapter 6, pp. 213-240 (Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2007).

Patents

  1. Y. B. Zheng, "Tunable Mask Apparatus and Process", Singapore patent application, No. 200601494-8, filed on 14 March 2006; US patent application, No. 11/374,508, filed on 13 March 2006.

Journal Publications

Artificial Molecular Machines

  1. Yue Bing Zheng, “Progress Through Mechanics: Artificial Molecular Machines”, Mechanics (publication of the American Academy of Mechanics), (2008); (Winner of Founder’s Grant and Prize of the American Academy of Mechanics).

Nanoplasmonics and Nanophotonics

  1. Vincent K. S. Hsiao, Yue Bing Zheng, Bala Krishna Juluri, Tony Jun Huang, “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches Based on Au Nanodisk Arrays and Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals”, Advanced Materials, 20 (2008) 3528-3532. (featured as front cover image); (highlighted in ACS Nanotation).
  2. Yue Bing Zheng, Tony Jun Huang, “Surface Plasmons of Metal Nanostructure Arrays: from Nanoengineering to Active Plasmonics”, Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation, 13 (2008) 215-226. (Invited for a Special Issue on Bionanotechnology).
  3. Yue Bing Zheng, Bala Krishna Juluri, Xiaole Mao, Thomas R. Walker, Tony Jun Huang, “Systematic Investigation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Long-Range Ordered Au Nanodisk Arrays”, Journal of Applied Physics, 103 (2008) 014308 (9 pages). (selected for the January 21, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology); (Top 20 Most Downloaded Articles during January 2008).
  4. Bala Krishna Juluri, Yue Bing Zheng, Daniel Ahmed, Lasse Jensen, Tony Jun Huang, “Effects of Geometry and Composition on Charge-Induced Plasmonic Shifts in Gold Nanoparticles”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (2008) 7309-7317.
  5. Y. B. Zheng, T. J. Huang, A. Y. Desai, S. J. Wang, L. K. Tan, H. Gao, and C. H. A. Huan, “Thermal behavior of localized surface plasmon resonance of Au/TiO2 core/shell nanoparticle arrays”, Applied Physics Letters, 90 (2007) 183117 (3 pages). (selected for the May 14, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
  6. M. A. S. Chong, Y. B. Zheng, H. Gao, and L. K. Tan, “Self-organized Template-Assisted Fabrication of Hierarchically Ordered Nanowire Arrays on Substrates”, Applied Physics Letters, 89 (2006) 233104 (3 pages).
  7. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, C. H. A. Huan, and Y. H. Wang, “Fabrication of large area ordered metal nanoring arrays for nanoscale optical sensors”, Journal of Non-crystalline Solids, 352 (2006) 2532-2535.
  8. Wei Yan, Vincent K.S. Hsiao, Yue Bing Zheng, Yasir M. Shariff, Tieyu Gao, Tony Jun Huang, “Towards nanoporous polymer thin film-based drug delivery systems”, Thin Solid Films, (2008) DOI:10.1016/j.tsf.2008.09.080.
  9. Vincent K. S. Hsiao, John R. Waldeisen, Yuebing Zheng, Pamela F. Lloyd, Timothy J. Bunning, Tony Jun Huang, “Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)-Functionalized Nanoporous Polymeric Gratings: Fabrication and Application in Biosensing”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17 (2007) 4896-4901. (selected for Chemical Biology, issue 1 (2008))
  10. Y. B. Zheng, B. K. Juluri, and T. J. Huang, “Self-assembly of monodisperse nanospheres within microtubes”, Nanotechnology, 18 (2007) 275706 (5 pages).
  11. W. Zhao, Y. B. Zheng, and H. Y. Low, “Fabrication of multi-dimensional colloidal crystals on raised surfaces via reversal nanoimprint”, Microelectronic Engineering, 83 (2006) 404-408.
  12. Y. B. Zheng, Y. H. Wang, S. J. Wang, and C. H. A. Huan, “Fabrication of Nonspherical Colloidal Particles via Reactive Ion Etching of Surface-Patterned Colloidal Crystals”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 277 (2006) 27-36.
  13. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, C. H. A. Huan, and Y. H. Wang, “Fabrication of tunable nanostructure arrays using ion-polishing-assisted nanosphere lithography”, Journal of Applied Physics, 99 (2006) 034308 (4 pages). (selected for the February 20, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
  14. Y. B. Zheng, Y. H. Wang, S. J. Wang, and C. H. A. Huan, “Size-controllable heteroporous films as templates for ordered uniform nanocolloidal cluster arrays”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15 (2005) 4109-4111.
  15. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Chua, C. H. A. Huan, and Z. L. Miao, “Selective Growth of GaAs QDs on the Triangle Nanocavities Bounded by SiO2 Mask on Si substrate by MBE”, Journal of Crystal Growth, 268 (2004) 369-374.
  16. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Chua, C. H. A. Huan, and Z. L. Miao, “Growth of InAs Quantum Dots on Shallow Spherically Shaped Crater Prepared on GaAs (001) Substrates: an Extended Set of Vicinal Surfaces”, Journal of Crystal Growth, 263 (2004) 161-166.

Nanoelectronics

  1. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, L. B. Kong, S. Tripathy, A. C. H. Huan, and C. K. Ong, “Structural properties and dopant-modified bandgap energies of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 thin films grown on LaAlO3 substrates”, Journal of Electroceramics, 16 (2006) 571-574.
  2. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, and C. H. A. Huan, “Microstructure-dependent band structure of HfO2 thin films”, Thin Solid Films, 504 (2006) 197-200.
  3. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, A. C. H. Huan, S. Tripathy, J. W. Chai, L. B. Kong, and C. K. Ong, “Band-gap Energies and Structural Properties of Doped Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 Thin Films”, Journal of Applied Physics, 99 (2006) 014106.
  4. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, C. H. A. Huan, C. Y. Tan, L Yan, and C. K. Ong, “Al2O3-incorporation effect on the band structure of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 thin film”, Applied Physics Letters, 86 (2005) 112910 (3 pages).
  5. J. W. Chai, J. S. Pan, S. J. Wang, C. H. A. Huan, G. S. Lau, Y. B. Zheng, and S. Xu, “Thermal behaviour of ultra-thin Co overlayers on rutile TiO2 (100) surface”, Surface Science, 589 (2005) 32-41.

Conference Publications

  1. Yue Bing Zheng, Yi Liu, Jinjie Shi, Ying-Wei Yang, Xiaole Mao, J. Fraser Stoddart, and Tony Jun Huang, “Active Switching of Surface Plasmon Polariton Using Artificial Molecular Machine-Functionalized Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)”, the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (02-06 November 2008, Boston, MA, USA)
  2. Yue Bing Zheng, Bala Krishna Juluri, and Tony Jun Huang, “Fabrication and Applications of Long-Range Ordered Au Nanodisk Arrays”, the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (02-06 November 2008, Boston, MA, USA)
  3. Yue Bing Zheng, Wei Yan, Thomas R. Walker, and Tony Jun Huang, “Incident Angle-Dependent Redshifts of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Long-Range Coupled Au Nanostructure Arrays”, the 2008 MRS Spring Meeting (24-28 March 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  4. Yue Bing Zheng, Wei Yan, Thomas R. Walker, and Tony Jun Huang, “Continuous Redshifts of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Ordered Au Nanodisk Arrays via Chemical Etching”, the 2008 MRS Spring Meeting, (24-28 March 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  5. Yue Bing Zheng, Vincent K. S. Hsiao, and Tony Jun Huang, “All-Optical Active Plasmonics Based on Ordered Au Nanodisk Array Embedded in Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals”, the 2008 MRS Spring Meeting, (24-28 March 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  6. Yuebing Zheng, Vincent K.S. Hsiao, Tony Jun Huang, “Active Plasmonic Devices Based on Ordered Au Nanodisk Arrays”, The 21st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS2008) (13-17 January 2008,Tucson, Arizona, USA)
  7. Y. B. Zheng, B. K. Juluri, and T. J. Huang, “Large-scale fabrication of ordered Au nanodisk arrays for label-free biosensing and imaging”, the Biomedical Engineering Society 2007 Annual Fall Meeting, (BMES 2007) (26-29 September 2007, Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA)
  8. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, and A. C. H. Huan, “Fabrication of large area ordered metal nanoring arrays for nanoscale optical sensors”, the First Conference on Advances in Optical Materials (AIOM 2005) (12 – 15 October 2005, Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA)
  9. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, and A. C. H. Huan, “Microstructure-dependent band structure of HfO2 thin film”, the 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies and the International Union of Materials Research Societies-9th International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICMAT & IUMRS-ICAM 2005) (03-08 July 2005, Singapore)
  10. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, L. B. Kong, S. Tripathy, A. C. H. Huan, and C. K. Ong, “Dopant-Modified Band-Gap Energies of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 Thin Films”, the 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies and the International Union of Materials Research Societies-9th International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICMAT & IUMRS-ICAM 2005) (03-08 July 2005, Singapore)
  11. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Wang, and C. H. A. Huan, “Effect of Donor and Acceptor Dopants on the Band Structure of Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films”, Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting 2005 (28 March-01 April 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA)
  12. Y. B. Zheng, S. J. Chua, C. H. A. Huan, and Z. L. Miao, “Selective Growth of GaAs QDs on the Triangle Nanocavities Bounded by SiO2 Mask on Si substrate by MBE”, the 2nd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies and the International Union of Materials Research Societies - International Conference in Asia (ICMAT & IUMRS-ICA 2003) (07-12 December 2003, Singapore)

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