Yue Bing Zheng

Yue Bing Zheng
Ph.D. Candidate

Biofunctionalized NanoElectroMechanicalSystems (BioNEMS) Group
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

• Nanophotonics
• Plasmonics and Metamaterials
• Molecular Mechanics

Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, USA (08/2006 - expected 2010) (advisor:Prof. Tony Jun Huang)

M.Sc. in Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore (07/2001 - 11/2003) (advisors: Prof. Soo Jin Chua and Prof. Alfred Cheng Hon Huan)

B.Sc. in Physics, Nankai University, China (09/1997 - 06/2001) (advisors: Prof. Qiuqin Sheng and Dr. Dejun Feng)

Research Fellow, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore (01/2004 - 08/2006)

• Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society (MRS) (2009)
• Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, Pennsylvania State University (2009)

• KAUST Scholar Award, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (2008)

• Founder’s Grant and Prize of the American Academy of Mechanics, Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation (2008)

• First-Place Presentation Prize at ESM Today Graduate Research Symposium, Pennsylvania State University (2008)

• Sabih and Güler Hayek Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Science and Mechanics,Pennsylvania State University (2007)

• Materials Today Cover Competition finalists (2005)

• Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore (2001 - 2003)

• Outstanding Student Award, Nankai University (1998 - 2000)

"Molecular Plasmonics", Nature Materials 8, 86 (2009)

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v8/n2/full/nmat2369.html

"Nanotechnology and plasmonics may lead to faster computers", Foresight, February 13 (2009)

http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2960

"Molecular machines drive plasmonic nanoswitches", National Science Foundation, February 11 (2009)

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114249

"Nanotechnology Paving the Way for Next Generation of Computers", AzoNanotechnology, February 11 (2009)

http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=9860

"Plasmonics - A Possible Replacement for Current Computing Approaches", AzoOptics, February 11 (2009)

http://www.azooptics.com/Details.asp?newsID=3906

"Plasmonic Nanoswitch Paving Way for New Computers", AZoNanotechnology, January 16 (2009)

http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=9468

"Light-driven plasmonic nanoswitch may pave way for new computers", Nanowerk News, January 16 (2009)  

http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=8920.php

"Plasmonics: All under control", Nature Photonics 2, 590 - 591 (2008)

http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/v2/n10/full/nphoton.2008.185.html

"Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches Based on Nanodisk-Liquid Crystal Hybrid Platforms", ACS Nanotation, October 1 (2008)

http://community.acs.org/nanotation/?TabId=98&ReviewId=90

Front cover article on journal Advanced Materials, September 17 (2008)

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121398442/issue

1. Yue Bing Zheng, Ying-Wei Yang, Lasse Jensen, Lei Fang, Bala Krishna Juluri, Amar H. Flood, Paul S Weiss, J. Fraser Stoddart, Tony Jun Huang, “Active Molecular Plasmonics: Controlling Plasmon Resonances with Molecular Switches”, Nano Letters, 9 (2009) 819–825. DOI:10.1021/nl803539g; (highlighted in Nature Materials, National Science Foundation, Foresight, Nanowerk News, InSciences, AzoNanotechnology, AzoOptics, Nanotechweb, ScienceDaily).
   
2. Yue Bing Zheng, Linlin Jensen, Wei Yan, Thomas R. Walker, Bala Krishna Juluri, Lasse Jensen, Tony Jun Huang, “Chemically Tuning the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances of Gold Nanostructure Arrays”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113 (2009) 7019-7024. DOI:10.1021/jp8106606.
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). [PDF] (selected for the January 21, 2008 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology).
4. 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. [PDF].
5. Bala Krishna Juluri, Mengqian Lu, Yue Bing Zheng, Lasse Jensen, Tony Jun Huang, “Coupling between Molecular and Plasmonic Resonances: Effect of Molecular Absorbance”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113 (2009) 18499-18503.
6. 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. [PDF] (front cover image); (highlighted in Nature Photonics, ACS Nanotation, AZoNano, Nanowerk).
   
7. 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. [PDF]
8. Yue Bing 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). [PDF] (selected for the May 14, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
9. Yue Bing 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.
10. Yan Jun Liu, Yue Bing Zheng, Jinjie Shi, Hua Huang, Thomas R. Walker, and Tony Jun Huang, “Optically switchable gratings based on azo-dye-doped, polymer-dispersed liquid crystals”, Optics Letters, 34 (2009) 2351–2353.
11. 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, 517 (2009) 1794-1798.
12. Vincent K. S. Hsiao, John R. Waldeisen, Yue Bing 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)
13. Y. B. Zheng, B. K. Juluri, and T. J. Huang, “The self-assembly of monodisperse nanospheres within microtubes”, Nanotechnology, 18 (2007) 275706 (5 pages).
14. 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).
15. 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)
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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 Ba_0.5Sr_0.5TiO₃ thin films grown on LaAlO₃ substrates”, Journal of Electroceramics, 16 (2006) 571-574.
20. 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.
21. 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 Ba_0.5Sr_0.5TiO₃ Thin Films”, Journal of Applied Physics, 99 (2006) 014106.
22. 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 Ba_0.5Sr_0.5TiO₃ thin film”, Applied Physics Letters, 86 (2005) 112910 (3 pages).
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.

1. YB Zheng, YW Yang, L Jensen, L Fang, BK Juluri, AH Flood, PS Weiss, JF Stoddart, TJ Huang, “Harnessing Artificial Molecular Machines for Molecular Active Plasmonic Nanomaterials and Nanosystems”, the 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (13-19 November 2009, Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA).
2. YB Zheng, YW Yang, L Jensen, L Fang, BK Juluri, AH Flood, PS Weiss, JF Stoddart, TJ Huang, “Molecular Active Plasmonics: Controlling Surface Plasmons with Molecular Machines ”, SPIE Optics + Photonics 2009 (2-6 August 2009, San Diego, CA, USA).
3. YB Zheng, YW Yang, L Jensen, L Fang, BK Juluri, AH Flood, PS Weiss, JF Stoddart, TJ Huang, “A Plasmonic Switch Based on Molecular Machine-Au Nanodisk Complexes”, postdeadline presentation at CLEO/IQEC 2009 (31 May-05 June 2009, Baltimore, MD).
4. YB Zheng, YW Yang, L Jensen, L Fang, BK Juluri, AH Flood, PS Weiss, JF Stoddart, TJ Huang, “Active Molecular Plasmonics: Controlling Surface Plasmon Resonances of Metal Nanoparticles with Biomimetic Molecular Machines ”, Gordon Research Conference on Clusters, Nanocrystals & Nanostructures 2009 (19-24 July 2009, Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, USA).
5. YB Zheng, YW Yang, L Jensen, L Fang, BK Juluri, PS Weiss, JF Stoddart, TJ Huang, “A nanoplasmonic switch based on molecular machines”, IEEE Transducers 2009 (21-25 June 2009, Denver, CO, USA).
6. J Shi, YB Zheng, X Xi, S Lin, J Du, BR Tittmann, TJ Huang, “Surface plasmon tweezers-induced nanoparticle patterning in microfluidics”, IEEE Transducers 2009 (21-25 June 2009, Denver, CO, USA).
7. Jinjie Shi, Yue Bing Zheng, Tony Jun Huang, “Surface Acoustic Wave-Driven Active Plasmonics Based on Dynamic Patterning of Nanoparticles in Microfluidic Channels”, The 21st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2009) (25-29 January 2009, Sorrento, Italy)
8. Yue Bing Zheng, Jinjie Shi, Bala Krishna Juluri, and Tony Jun Huang, “Active Plasmonic Devices for Tomorrow’s Communication Systems”, Micro & Nano Technology Society-Wide Forum, the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (02-06 November 2008, Boston, MA, USA)
9. 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)
10. Vincent K. S. Hsiao, Yue Bing Zheng, and Tony Jun Huang, “Optical-Controllable Plasmonics from Gold Nanodisk Arrays in Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals”, SPIE Optics + Photonics 2008 (10-14 August 2008, San Diego, CA, USA)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. Yue Bing 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 (IEEE MEMS 2008) (13-17 January 2008,Tucson, Arizona, USA)
15. Wei Yan, Vincent K.S. Hsiao, Yue Bing Zheng, Tony Jun Huang, “Nanoporous Polymeric Structures: Fabrication and Applications in Biosensing and Drug Delivery”, The 21st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2008) (13-17 January 2008,Tucson, Arizona, USA)
16. 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)
17. 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)
18. 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)
19. 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 Ba_0.5Sr_0.5TiO₃ 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)
20. 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)
21. 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)

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, Chapter 1, pp. 9-58 (Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2009).
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).

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.

• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and MRSEC, Pennsylvania State University, USA (08/2006 - present)
  

Research areas: nanophotonics, plasmonics, molecular mechanics

• Research Fellow, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore (01/2004 - 08/2006)
  

Research areas: nanophotonics, photonic crystals, nanoelectronics

• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Centre for Optoelectronics, National University of Singapore, Singapore (07/2001 - 11/2003)
  

Research areas: nanophotonics, quantum optoelectronics

• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Optoelectronic Information and Science and Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, China (01/2001 - 06/2001)
  

Research areas: fiber optics, optical communications

• E SC 481 – Elements of Nano/Micro Electromechanicalsystems (MEMS/NEMS) Processing and Design (Fall 2007) (guest lectures)
  

Multiple lectures cover various nanofabrication techniques: electron beam lithography, focused ion beam lithography, nanoimprint lithography, soft lithography, scanning probe microscope nanofabrication, self-assembly, and nanosphere lithography

• E SC 481 – Elements of Nano/Micro Electromechanicalsystems (MEMS/NEMS) Processing and Design (Fall 2008) (guest lectures)
  

Multiple lectures: From artificial molecular machines to active molecular plasmonics; Various nanofabrication techniques

• E SC 313 - Principles, Fabrication Methods, and Applications of Nanotechnology (Spring 2009) (guest lecture)
  

One lecture: Introduction to plasmonics

• Materials Research Society (MRS)
• American Physical Society (APS)
• SPIE

• Advanced Materials
• Journal of Nanophotonics
• Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Nano Letters
• Nanomedicine
• Nanotechnology
• Optics Express
• Small
• Solid State Sciences