1. Position & opportunities
· Postgraduate Student | HK PhD Fellowship Scheme
Highly motivated student with a brilliant academic record is most welcome to join us as a research student:
https://www.polyu.edu.hk/gs/prospective-students/how-to-apply/
· Postdoctoral Fellow (Position available!)
A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available immediately. Applicant should have a PhD degree in optical or electronic engineering, material science or other relevant discipline.
· Hong Kong Scholars Program
Qualified candidates are most welcome to join our team via Hong Kong Scholars Program.
2. News & reports
¨ Prof. Qinghai Song from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) Shenzhen visited our lab and delivered a distinguished lecture about “Mode Interactions and their Applications in Nanophotonic Devices” on 29 Nov 2024. It is a lecture full of wisdom and innovation. Thanks to Prof. Song!
¨ Taige and Pengcheng’s work about miniature optical fiber photoacoustic spectroscopy gas sensor received the award of the Best Oral-Presentation Paper (First Class) in the 12th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference China (OFS-China 2024). Congratulations to Pengcheng and Taige!
¨ Our work collaborated with Prof. Lin of Purdue University about miniature computational spectrometer is published in Nature Communications: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47487-y. Congratulations to Yangxi!
¨ Prof. Cheng-Wei Qiu from National University of Singapore visited our lab and PRI and delivered a Distinguished Lecture about “Synthetic interface optics: plasmonic/dielectric, TMDC and van der Waals metasurfaces” on 8 Apr 2024. It is a lecture full of inspiration. Thanks to Prof. Qiu!
¨ Our work collaborated with Prof. W. Jin about ultraminiature optical fiber-tip photothermal gas sensors is published in Laser & Photonics Reviews: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lpor.202301285. Congratulations to Pengcheng and Krish!
¨ Prof. Yun-Feng Xiao from Peking University visited our lab and PRI and delivered a Distinguished Lecture about “Ultra-high-Q Microcavity Optics & Photonics - Lasing and Sensing Applications” on 19 Jan 2024. It is a really insightful lecture. Thanks to Prof. Xiao!
¨ Our work collaborated with Prof. J. Tang of ZJU about flexible microneedle-array-integrated interdigital electrode is published in Science Bulletin: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927323006953. Congratulations to Yangxi!
¨ Together with Dr. Alexis Mendez, Prof. Zhang is organizing a Special Issue “Optical Fiber Sensors for Biomedical Application” in Biosensors: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biosensors/special_issues/Q9F66E596J. Welcome to submit a paper to share your recent development progress on this topic!
¨ Yangxi and Hao Wu collaborated with other colleagues and published a research paper about ultraminiature optical fiber-tip plasmonic biosensor in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956566322008016. Congratulations!
¨ Our work about digital ultraviolet lithography technology is highlighted by the Faculty of Engineering of our University: https://www.polyu.edu.hk/feng/publications/vibrant/issue-3/major-theme-stories/#collapse-2.
¨ Yangxi’s work about direct printing of plasmonic substrates of gold nanoparticles by precision photoreduction is published in Advanced Optical Materials and featured on outside Front Cover: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adom.202001368. Congratulations!
¨ Our work by Xia Ouyang et al. about ultrasensitive optofluidic ELISA by polymer WGM microlaser sensors is published in Lab on a Chip and featured on outside Front Cover: http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=D0LC00240B. Congratulations!
¨ Prof. Zhang presented an Invited Talk about “Direct printing of plasmonic micropatterns of Au/Ag nanoparticles via precision photoreduction,” at SPIE Optics plus Photonics, San Diego, US, 11– 15 August 2019.
¨ Mingjie’s another work collaborated with Dr. Zhigang Yin of Prof. Qingdong Zheng’s group at Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS, about micropatterned elastic ionic hydrogel for pressure sensors is published in Nano Energy. Congratulations!
¨ Our work about direct plasmonic color printing is published in ACS Nano: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.8b02868. Warm congratulations to Yangxi, et al.!
News media coverage about the work:
* eeNews Europe: http://www.eenewseurope.com/news/photo-grade-plasmonic-colour-printing-back-silver
¨ Mingjie and Yangxi’s collaboration work with Dr. Zhigang Yin of Prof. Qingdong Zheng’s group at Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS, is published in Advanced Science. Congratulations!
¨ Mian’s paper “Optical fiber-tip microfluidic refractive-index sensors” received the Best Student Paper Award in the conference of The 13th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO-PR 2018), Hong Kong. Congratulation!
¨ Prof. Din Ping Tsai visited our lab and delivered a public lecture about “Meta-device for Photonics in Demand” at the university on 20 June 2018.
¨ Prof. Zhang delivered an Invited Talk about “Optically 3D µ-Printed Microstructures and Devices,” at The 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE NEMS 2018), Singapore, 22– 26 April 2018.
¨ Our research paper on micropatterned PAAm composite hydrogel for wearable pressure sensors is published in Advanced Materials Technologies and highlighted on Back Cover: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admt.201870029. Congratulations!
* The work is highlighted by Materials Views China: https://www.materialsviewschina.com/2018/09/30194/
¨ Prof. Zhang presented an Invited Talk about “Optofluidic Technologies with Optical Fiber Grating Devices” at The 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics (Optofluidics 2017), 25– 28 July 2017, Singapore.
¨ Prof. Limin Tong visited our lab and delivered a public lecture about “Ultrafast Light Manipulation in a Single Nanowire” at the university, 26 June 2017.
¨ Prof. Zhang presented an Invited Talk about “Versatile Optical Maskless Exposure Technologies for Microdevices and Sensors” at The 6th Conference on Advances in Optoelectronics and Micro/nano-optics (AOM 2017), 23– 26 Apr. 2017, Nanjing, China.
¨ Prof. Rodney S. Ruoff visited our lab and delivered a public lecture about “Carbon Materials for the Future” at the university, 1 – 2 Dec. 2016.
¨ Prof. Zhang delivered an Invited Talk about “In-Situ Optical Microfabrication Technology for Novel Fiber-Optic Devices and Sensors” at Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) 2016, 2– 5 Nov. 2016, Wuhan, China.
¨ Mian’s paper “Optical 3D µ-printing of ferrule-top suspended mirror devices” received the Best Student Paper Award in the conference of IEEE Sensors 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA. Congratulation! http://ieee-sensors2016.org/best-student-paper-finalists
¨ Prof. Zhang delivered an Invited Talk about “Specialty Laser Direct-Writing Technologies for Photonic Devices” at The 8th International Conference on Information Optics and Photonics (CIOP 2016), 17-20 July 2016, Shanghai, China.
¨ Our research paper about fiber-optic biosensor-integrated microfluidic chip is featured by The Optical Society OSA with a news release. Awesome! http://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/2016/fiber_optic_biosensor-integrated_microfluidic_chip/
The research work set off a number of news reports:
* Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160428132244.htm
* Laser Focus World: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/pennwell.laserfocusworld/news/read?GUID=31997154
* R&D Magazine: http://www.rdmag.com/news/2016/04/fiber-optic-biosensor-integrated-microfluidic-chip-detect-glucose-levels
* TMCnet: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2016/04/28/8354606.htm
* ITbriefing: http://itbriefing.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=885762
* Science Newsline: http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2016042820060059.html
* Fierce Medical Devices: http://www.fiercemedicaldevices.com/story/researchers-create-optofluidics-biosensor-detect-glucose-levels-sweat/2016-04-29
* PHYS.ORG: http://phys.org/news/2016-04-fiber-optic-biosensor-integrated-microfluidic-chip.html
* MedGadget: http://www.medgadget.com/2016/04/super-accurate-opto-microfluidic-chip-to-measure-glucose-in-sweat.html
¨ The work of Jushuai Wu et al. about Optical 3D µ-printing of optical WGM microresonators is featured by Digital Light Innovations (DLi), USA as a research spotlight. Really great! http://www.dlinnovations.com/polyu-uses-dlp-to-3d-print-optical-microresonators/
¨ Our research paper on 3D patterning of PAA ionic hydrogel is published in Advanced Materials. Warm congratulations to Mingjie, et al.! http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201504021/full
* The research work is highlighted by Materials Views China:
http://www.materialsviewschina.com/2016/02/paa-fast-3d-micro-fabrication-technology-of-ionic-hydrogel-and-its-ph-sensors/
3. Progress of R&D platform development
1) Our digital UV lithography system has been well optimized! Thank Han Wang and Taige Li for their hard works of testing on the system:
2) Long-FBG fabrication platform is ready to fly! Thank Jie Wang and Yaxi Yan for their hard works on the platform:
3) New optical 2D/3D µ-printing system is ready for experiments! Thank Jushuai Wu and Xia Ouyang for their efforts on the platform:
4) The PMFBG products developed by our industrial project have been formally listed at the YOFC:
http://www.yofc.com/Products/24/271.aspx.