DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PHYSICS 117 Email jh.hao@polyu.edu.hk Qualification BSc (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) PhD (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) Postdoc (The Pennsylvania State University) ORCID ID 0000-0002-6186-5169 Prof. HAO Jianhua Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Devices Research Overview Prof. Hao's main research interests include (1) Functional thin-films, two-dimensional layered materials & heterostructures, including pulsed laser deposited functional ultrathin films and heterostructures, ferroelectric oxide thin-films, chemical vapor deposition and physical deposition of wafer-scale 2D materials and heterostructures for electronics and optoelectronics device applications, physical properties such as ferroelectricity and piezoelectricity in 2D layered structures; (2) Luminescence and phosphors for photonic and biomedical applications, including coupling of smart materials to multifunctional phosphors, upconversion nanoparticles for multimodal bioimaging and biosensor, piezophotonics and piezo-phototronics, metal-ion-doped light-emission materials and devices; (3) Sustainable energy materials and devices, including mechanical harvesting nanogenerator, self-powered, self-healing and shapetailorable devices, colossal permittivity materials as superior dielectric energy devices, and nanomaterials for efficient energy conversion and storage. Representative Publications • Nat. Mater., 20, 2021, 1203 • Adv. Mater., 33, 2021, 2101263 • Nano Lett., 20, 2020, 2747 • Nat.Commun., 10, 2019, 1775 • J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 2019, 9610 • Adv. Funct. Mater., 29, 2019, 1904090 • ACS Nano, 11, 2017, 4225 • Adv. Mater., 29, 2017, 1701945 • Nano Energy, 40, 2017, 399 • Adv. Energy Mater., 7, 2017, 1601529 Patents • US Patent 8,980,648 B1 • US Patent 8,999,506 B2 • US Patent 7,718,516 • US Patent 10,266,403 B2 • US Patent 16/946,459 • US Patent 62/663,340 Awards and Achievements • RGC Senior Research Fellow Award (2021); Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA); Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC); Institute of Physics (FInstP); Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor; President’s Awards for Research & Scholarly Activities in PolyU (2017/18); Faculty Award in Research and Scholarly Activities (2012/13, 2017/18); Nanoscience Research Leader Award (2016); First Awardee of Natural Science of the Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards by the Ministry of Education, P. R. China (2020), Special Merit Award and Gold Medal at 45th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (2017), and TechConnect Global Innovation Award (2018, 2021) Professional Services • Associate Editor, InfoMat (IF~24.798, Wiley); Guest Editor, EBM of journals (Adv. Opt. Mater.; Appl. Phys. Lett.; Sci. China Mater., etc.)
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