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Selected Publications

H.H. Yoon, H. A. Fernandez, F. Nigmatulin, W.W. Cai, Z. Y. Yang, H. X. Cui, F. Ahmed, X. Q. Cui, M. G. Uddin, E. D. Minot, H. Lipsanen, K. Kim, P. Hakonen, T. Hasan, Z. P. Sun

“Miniaturized spectrometers with a tunable van der Waals junction”

Science 378, 296-299 (2022)             PDF (private study only)

Z. Y. Yang*, T. Albrow-Owen*, W. W. Cai+, T. Hasan+

“Miniaturization of optical spectrometers”

Science 371, eabe0722 (2021)           PDF (private study only)

Z. Y. Yang*, T. Albrow-Owen*, H. X. Cui, J. Alexander-Webber, F. X. Gu, X. M. Wang, T. C. Wu, M. H. Zhuge, C. Williams, P. Wang, A. V. Zayats, W. W. Cai, L. Dai, S. Hofmann, M. Overend, L. M. Tong, Q. Yang, Z. P. Sun and T. Hasan+

Single nanowire spectrometers

Science 365, 1017-1020 (2019)         PDF (private study only)

M. H. Zhuge, Z. Y. Yang, J. P. Zhang, Y. Z. Zheng, Q. H. Song, C. L. Pang, X. Liu, S. Ullah, C. F. Pan, N. Raghavan, X. H. Zhang, H. F. Li, Y. G. Ma+, Q. Yang+, T. Hasan

“Fiber-Integrated Reversibly Wavelength-Tunable Nanowire Laser Based on Nanocavity Mode Coupling”

ACS Nano 13, 9965-9972 (2019)      PDF (private study only)

Z. Y. Yang*, D. L. Wang*, C. Meng, Z. M. Wu, Y. Wang, Y. G. Ma, L. Dai, X.W.Liu, T. Hasan, X. Liu, Q. Yang+

“Broadly defining lasing wavelengths in bandgap-graded semiconductor nanowire”

Nano Letters 14, 3153 (2014)           PDF (private study only)

Z. Y. Yang, J. Y. Xu, P. Wang, X. J. Zhuang, A. L. Pan+ and L. M. Tong+

“On-nanowire spatial bandgap design for white light emission”

Nano Letters 11, 5085 (2011)           PDF (private study only)

F. X. Gu*, Z. Y. Yang*, H. K. Yu, J. Y. Xu, P. Wang, L. M. Tong+, A. L. Pan+

“Spatial bandgap engineering along single alloy nanowire”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 2037 (2011)  *Equal Contribution      PDF (private study only)

2024

[43]

Feng Tang, Jingjun Wu, Tom Albrow-Owen, Hanxiao Cui, Fujia Chen, Yaqi Shi, Lan Zou, Jun Chen, Xuhan Guo, Yijun Sun, Jikui Luo, Bingfeng Ju, Jing Huang, Shuangli Liu, Bo Li, Liming Yang, Eric Anthony Munro, Wanguo Zheng, Hannah J. Joyce, Hongsheng Chen, Lufeng Che, Shurong Dong, Tawfique Hasan, Xin Ye, Yihao Yang, Zongyin Yang

“Metasurface spectrometers beyond resolution-sensitivity constraints”

arXiv:2402.18996 (2024)  DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2402.18996

[42]

Md Gius Uddin, Susobhan Das, Abde Mayeen Shafi, Lei Wang, Xiaoqi Cui, Fedor Nigmatulin, Faisal Ahmed, Andreas C. Liapis, Weiwei Cai, Zongyin Yang, Harri Lipsanen, Tawfique Hasan, Hoon Hahn Yoon, Zhipei Sun

“Broadband miniaturized spectrometers with a van der Waals tunnel diode”

Nature Communications 15, 571 (2024)  DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-44702-8

2023

[41]

Hoon Hahn Yoon, Faisal Ahmed, Henry A. Fernandez, Fedor Nigmatulin, Xiaoqi Cui, Md. Gius Uddin, Andreas C. Liapis, Weiwei Cai, Zongyin Yang, Pertti Hakonen, Harri Lipsanen, Tawfique Hassan, Zhipei Sun

“Ultra-miniaturized Optical Spectrometers with a Highly Tunable van der Waals Junction”

CLEO: Science and Innovations (2023)  DOI:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.STh4G.6

[40]

N. Jovanovic ...  Z. Y. Yang, ... at al. 

“2023 Astrophotonics Roadmap: pathways to realizing multi-functional integrated astrophotonic instruments”

Journal of Physics: Photonics  5, 042501 (2023)  DOI:10.1088/2515-7647/ace869 

[39]

H. Z. Kuang, S. Y. Huang, K. H. Zhang, L. Q. Xu, X. Y. Cai, C. Zhang, J. K. Chen, Y. B. Li, X. Z. Wang, H. Jin, S. R. Dong, Z. Y. Yang, T. Hasan, Z. L. Wang, J.K. Luo

“Generating Direct Current Electricity from Ionic Droplets by Using Ferroelectric Material”

ACS Energy Lett.  (2023)  DOI:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01381

2022

[38]

H.H. Yoon, H. A. Fernandez, F. Nigmatulin, W.W. Cai, Z. Y. Yang, H. X. Cui, F. Ahmed, X. Q. Cui, M. G. Uddin, E. D. Minot, H. Lipsanen, K. Kim, P. Hakonen, T. Hasan, Z. P. Sun

“Miniaturized spectrometers with a tunable van der Waals junction”

Science 378, 296-299 (2022)             PDF (private study only)

[37]

N. Zhou, Y. X. Yang, X. Guo, J. Gong, Z. X. Shi, Z. Y. Yang, H. Wu, Y. X. Gao, N. Yao, W. Fang, P. Wang, L. M. Tong

“Strong mode coupling-enabled hybrid photon-plasmon laser with a microfiber-coupled nanorod”

Science Advances 8, eabn2026 (2022)

[36]

Y. T. Zhao, J. L. Xiang, Y. He, Y. C. Yin, A. He, Y. Zhang, Z. Y. Yang, X. H. Guo, Y. K. Su

“On-Chip Metamaterial Enabled Wavelength (De)Multiplexer”

Laser & Photonics Reviews 2200005 (2022)

2021

[35]

N. Macadam, L. WT Ng, G. H. Hu, H. T. Shi, A. Wang, X. X. Zhu, O. Uwuigbe, S. H. Liu, Z. Y. Yang, R. Howe, C. Jones, Y.  Y. Huang, T. Hasan

“100 m min−1 industrial‐scale flexographic printing of graphene‐incorporated conductive ink”

Advanced Engineering Materials (2021)

[34]

H. Z. Kuang, S. Y. Huang, C. Zhang, J. K. Chen, L. Shi, X. Y. Zeng, Y. B. Li, Z. Y. Yang, X. Z. Wang, S. R. Dong, J. Y. Yang, A. J. Flewitt, J. K. Luo

“Electric-Field-Resonance-Based Wireless Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Sensors”

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2021)

[33]

Z. Y. Yang*, T. Albrow-Owen*, W. W. Cai+, T. Hasan+

“Miniaturization of optical spectrometers”

Science 371, eabe0722 (2021)

2020

[32]

S. Y. Linghu, Z. Q. Gu, J. S. Lu, W. Fang, Z. Y. Yang, H. K. Yu, Z. Y. Li, R. L. Zhu, J. Peng, Q. W. Zhan, S. L. Zhuang, M. Gu, F. X. Gu

“Plasmon-driven nanowire actuators for on-chip manipulation”

Nature Communications 12, 385 (2021) 

2020

[31]

G. H. Hu, L. S. Yang, Z. Y. Yang, Y. B. Wang, X. X. Jin, J. Dai, Q. Wu, S. H. Liu, X. X. Zhu, X. S. Wang, T. C. Wu, R. Howe, T. Albrow-Owen, L. W. T. Ng, Q. Yang, L. Occhipinti, R. I. Woodward, E. Kelleher, Z. P. Sun, X. Huang, M. Zhang, C. Bain, T. Hasan

“A general ink formulation of 2d crystals for wafer-scale inkjet printing”

Science Advances 6, eaba5029 (2020) 

Before 2020
2019

[30]

Z. Y. Yang, T. Albrow-Owen, H. X. Cui, J. Alexander-Webber, F. X. Gu, X. M. Wang, T. C. Wu, M. H. Zhuge, C. Williams, P. Wang, A. V. Zayats, W. W. Cai, L. Dai, S. Hofmann, M. Overend, L. M. Tong, Q. Yang, Z. P. Sun and T. Hasan

“Single nanowire spectrometers”

Science 365, 1017-1020 (2019) 

[29]

F. Liao, J. Yu, Z. Gu, Z.Y. Yang, T. Hasan, S. Linghu, J. Peng, W. Fang, S.L. Zhuang, M. Gu, F.X. Gu

Enhancing monolayer photoluminescence on optical micro/nanofibers for low-threshold lasing

Science Advances 5, eaax7398 (2019) 

[28]

M. H. Zhuge, Z. Y. Yang, J. P. Zhang, Y. Z. Zheng, Q. H. Song, C. L. Pang, X. Liu, S. Ullah, C. F. Pan, N. Raghavan, X. H. Zhang, H. F. Li, Y. G. Ma, Q. Yang, T. Hasan

“Fiber-Integrated Reversibly Wavelength-Tunable Nanowire Laser Based on Nanocavity Mode Coupling”

ACS Nano 13, 9965-9972 (2019)

[27]

S. Gao, Y. P. Shi, Q. Liu, L. J. Xu, B. Fu, Z. Y. Yang

“4-Dimensional Sensing in Interactive Displays Enabled by Both Capacitive and Piezoelectric Based Touch Panel”

IEEE Access 7, 33787-33794 (2019) 

2018

[26]

S. Y. Huang, Y. P. Wu, X. Y. Ma, Z. Y. Yang, X. Liu, Q. Yang

“Improving performance of Si/CdS micro-/nanoribbon p-n heterojunction light emitting diodes by trenched structure”

AIP Advances 8, 055231 (2018)

[25]

Y. T. Zhao, C. L. Pang, Z. Wen, Y. Liu, X. Qiao, Z. Y. Yang, N. Raghavan, Y. Y. Zhao, Q. Yang

“A microfiber temperature sensor based on fluorescence lifetime”

Optics Communications 426, 231-236 (2018)

[24]

G. H. Hu, T. Albrow-Owen, X. X. Jin, A. Ali, Y. W. Hu, R. C.T. Howe, K. Shehzad, Z. Y. Yang, X. K. Zhu, R. I. Woodward, T. C.Wu, H. Jussila, J. B.Wu, P. Peng, P. H. Tan, Z. P. Sun, E. J. R. Kelleher, M. Zhang, Y. Xu, T. Hasan

“Black phosphorus ink formulation for inkjet printing of optoelectronics and photonics”

Nature Communications 8, 278 (2017) 

[23]

Z. Zhao, D. Popa, U. Sassi, Z. Y. Yang, Y. Xu, L. M. Tong, and A. C. Ferrari

“Active control of absorption in a hybrid graphene-microfiber modulator”

CLEO: Applications and Technology (2017)

[22]

P. Xu, S. Liu, M. Tang, X. Xu, X. Lin, Z. Wu, M. Zhuge, Z. Ren, Z. Wang, X. Liu, Z. Y. Yang, N. Raghavan, Q. Yang

“Highly polarized single mode nanobelt laser”

Applied Physics Letters 110, 201112 (2017)

[21]

Y. Xu, A. Ali, K. Shehzad, N. Meng, M. S. Xu, Y. Zhang, X. Wang, C.H. Jin, H.T. Wang, Y.Z. Guo, Z. Y. Yang, B. Yu, Y. Liu, Q.Y. He, X.F. Duan, X.M. Wang, P.H. Tan, W.D. Hu, H. Lu, T. Hasan

“Solvent-Based Soft-Patterning of Graphene Lateral Heterostructures for Broadband High-Speed Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetectors”

Advanced Materials Technologies 2, 1600241 (2017)

[20]

C. G. Xin, S. L. Yu, Q. Y. Bao, X. Q. Wu, B. G. Chen, Y. P. Wang, Y. X. Xu, Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong

“Single CdTe Nanowire Optical Correlator for Femtojoule Pulses”

Nano Letters 16, 4807 (2016)

[19]

H. W. Liu, J. P. Lu, Z. Y. Yang, J. H. Teng, L. Ke, X. H. Zhang, L. M. Tong, C. H. Sow

“Ultrahigh photoconductivity of bandgap-graded CdSxSe1-x nanowires probed by terahertz spectroscopy”

Scientific Reports 6, 27387 (2016)

[18]

R. C. T. Howe, R. I. Woodward, G. H. Hu, Z. Y. Yang, E. J. R. Kelleher and T. Hasan

“Surfactant-aided molybdenum disulphide exfoliation for ultrafast pulse generation”

Phys. Status Solidi B 253, 911 (2016) 

[17]

R. C. T. Howe, G. H. Hu, Z. Y. Yang, and T. Hasan

“Functional inks of graphene, metal dichalcogenides and black phosphorous for photonics and (opto)electronics”

Proceedings of SPIE 9553-26 (2015)

[16]

P. Wang, Y. P. Wang, Z. Y. Yang, X. Guo, X. Lin, X. C. Yu, Y. F. Xiao, W. Fang, L. Zhang, G. W. Lu, Q. H. Gong, L. M. Tong

“Single-band 2-nm-line-width plasmon resonance in a strongly coupled Au nanorod”

Nano Letters 15, 7581 (2015) 

[15]

X. W. Liu, P. F. Xu, Y. P. Wu, Z. Y. Yang, C. Meng, W. S. Yang, J. B. Li, D. L. Wang, X. Liu, Q. Yang

“Control, optimization and measurement of parameters of semiconductor nanowires lasers”

Nano Energy 14, 340 (2015)

[14]

Z. Y. Yang, D. L. Wang, C. Meng, Z. M. Wu, Y. Wang, Y. G. Ma, L. Dai, X.W.Liu, T. Hasan, X. Liu, Q. Yang

“Broadly defining lasing wavelengths in bandgap-graded semiconductor nanowire”

Nano Letters 14, 3153 (2014) 

[13]

B. G. Chen, C. Meng, Z. Y. Yang, W. Li, S. S. Lin, T. Y. Gu, X. Guo, D. L. Wang, S. L. Yu, C. W. Wong, L. M. Tong

“Graphene coated ZnO nanowire optical waveguides”

Optical Express 22, 24276 (2014)

[12]

Z. C. Liu, L. J. Yin, H. Ning, Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong, C. Z. Ning

“Dynamical color-controllable lasing with extremely wide tuning range from red to green in a single alloy nanowire using nanoscale manipulation”

Nano Letters 13, 4945 (2013)

[11]

L. Li, H. Lu, Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong, Y. Bando, D. Golberg

“Bandgap-graded CdSSe nanowires for high-performance field-effect transistors and solar cells”

Advanced Materials 25, 1082 (2013)

[10]

J. Y. Xu, X. J. Zhuang, P. F. Guo, W. Q. Huang, W. Hu, Q. L. Zhang, Q. Wan, X. L. Zhu, Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong, X. F. Duan, A. L. Pan

“Asymmetric light propagation in composition-graded semiconductor nanowires”

Scientific Reports 2, 820 (2012)

[9]

J. Y. Xu, X. J. Zhuang, P.F. Guo, Q.L. Zhang, W.Q. Huang, Q. Wan, W. Hu, X.X. Wang, X.L. Zhu, C. Z. Fan, Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong, X. F. Duan, A. L. Pan

“Wavelength-converted/selective waveguiding based on composition-graded semiconductor nanowires”

Nano Letters 12, 5003 (2012)

[8]

Q. Yang, Y. Liu, Z. Li, Z. Y. Yang, D. Yeung, X. Wang, Z. L. Wang

“Self-powered ultrasensitive nanophotodetector driven by a hybridized microbial-fuel-cell”

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 51, 6443 (2012) 

[7]

Y. Liu, Q. Yang, Y. Zhang, Z. Y. Yang, Z. L. Wang

“Nanowire piezo-phototronic photodetector: theory and experimental design”

Advanced Materials 24, 1410 (2012)

[6]

Z. Y. Yang, J. Y. Xu, P. Wang, X. J. Zhuang, A. L. Pan, L. M. Tong

“On-nanowire spatial bandgap design for white light emission”

Nano Letters 11, 5085 (2011) 

[5]

F. X. Gu*, Z. Y. Yang*, H. K. Yu, J. Y. Xu, P. Wang, L. M. Tong, A. L. Pan

“Spatial bandgap engineering along single alloy nanowire”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 2037 (2011)  *Equal Contribution

[4]

H. K. Yu, W. Fang, F. X. Gu, M. Qiu, Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong

“Longitudinal lorentz force on a subwavelength-diameter optical fiber”

Physical Review A 83, 053830 (2011)

[3]

F. X. Gu, H. K. Yu, P. Wang, Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong

“Light-emitting polymer single nanofibers via waveguiding excitation”

ACS Nano 4, 5332 (2010)

[2]

Y. G. Ma, X. Y. Li, Z. Y. Yang, H. K. Yu, P. Wang, L. M. Tong

“Pigtailed CdS nanoribbon ring laser”

Applied Physics Letters 97,153122 (2010) 

[1]

P. Wang, L. Zhang, Z. Y. Yang, F. X. Gu, S. S. Wang, Q. Yang, L. M. Tong

“Fusion spliced microfiber closed-loop resonators”

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 22, 1075-1077 (2010) 

Book Chapters
Conferences
Book Chapter

[1]

L. W. T. Ng, G. H. Hu, R. C. T. Howe, X. Zhu, Z. Y. Yang, C. G. Jones, T. Hasan

“Printing of Graphene and Related 2D Materials”

Springer, 2019

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Conferences

[5]

Z. Y. Yang

“High Device-Device Uniformity Using Inkjet-Printable Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Functional Inks” 

2017 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, November 26-December 1, 2017

[4]

Z. Y. Yang

“Graphene-Nanowire Heterojunction Light-Emission Diodes”

The 2nd International Conference on Two-dimensional Layered Materials, Hongkong, China, January 7-9, 2016

[3]

G. Hu, R. Howe, Z. Y. Yang, T. Hasan

“Low temperature processable, functional inks of TMDs for inkjet printing”

IoP Printing and Graphics Science Student Conference, London, UK, 2016

[2]

R. Howe, G. Hu, Z. Y. Yang, C. Jones, T. Hasan

“Graphene inks for industrial-scale flexo printing”

IoP Printing and Graphics Science Student Conference, London, UK, 2016

[1]

Z. Y. Yang

“UV to red emission in single ZnCdSSe nanowires”

The 5th International Conference on Nanophotonics, Shanghai, China, May 22-26, 2011

Patent
Patents

[11]

Z. Y. Yang, B. L. Tan

“Spectral imaging sensor” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: 202010901159.6, Application Date: 2020.8.31

[10]

Z. Y. Yang, T. Albrow-Owen, T. Hasan

“Photodetector array” 

UK Patent Application Number: 1911736.5, Application Date: 2019.8

[9]

G. H. Hu, R. C. T. Howe, Z. Y. Yang, C. Jones, K. Stone and T. Hasan

“Nanoplatelet dispersions, methods for their production and uses thereof” 

PCT global patent Application Number: WO2017013263A1, Application Date: 2016.7

[8]

Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong, F. X. Gu

“Method and device for preparing cadmium sulfide selenide nanomaterial with monotonous and continuous variable bandgap” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: CN101941681B, Grant Date: 2012.3, Patent Number: ZL201010265192.0

[7]

L. M. Tong, Z. Y. Yang

“Method and device for preparing zinc cadmium sulfide selenide nanowires with fluorescence changing from ultraviolet to red” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: CN102181920A, Grant Date: 2012.11, Patent Number: ZL201110100749.X

[6]

Y. G. Ma, L. M. Tong, X. Y. Li, Z. Y. Yang

“Semiconductor nanoribbon-based annular cavity laser” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: CN101902013B, Grant Date: 2012.11, Patent Number: ZL201010226046.7 

[5]

L. M. Tong, Y. X. Liu, Y. Xiao, Z. Y. Yang

“Device for preparing ultra-long micro optical fiber” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: CN102180594B, Grant Date: 2013.4, Patent Number: ZL201110037603.5 

[4]

L. M. Tong, Z. Y. Yang, D. H. Liu

“Preparation device for cadmium selenide sulfide zinc nanowires” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: CN202054923U, Grant Date: 2011.11, Patent Number: ZL201120119016.6 

[3]

F. X. Gu, Z. Y. Yang, L. M. Tong

“Device for preparing cadmium sulfoselenide nano-material with monotonically and continuously adjustable band gap” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: CN201942512U, Grant Date: 2011.8, Patent Number: ZL201020508580.2 

[2]

L. M. Tong, Y. X. Liu, Y. Xiao, Z. Y. Yang

“Device for preparing ultra-long micro optical fiber” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: CN202063831U, Grant Date: 2011.12, Patent Number: ZL201120038098.1

[1]

Q. Yang, M. H. Zhuge, Z. Y. Yang, D. L. Wang, X. Liu, H. F. Li

“Semiconductor nanowire laser with bidirectional irreversible tuned output wavelengths” 

Chinese Patent Application Number: CN105633794A, Grant Date: 2019.2, Patent Number: ZL201610112643.4

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