LEI SHAO GROUP

Lei Shao | Professor | Email: shaolei5 AT mail.sysu.edu.cn

Academic and Professional Experience

• Professor, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) (2022-)
• Assistant Professor, Beijing Computational Science Research Center (2019-2022).
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2019-2022) (Honorary)
• Research Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017-2019)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (2014-2017)
  Käll group, Department of Physics Chalmers & MC2 Myfab Sweden

Education

• Ph.D, Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013)
• M.Phil., Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2010)
• BSc., Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (2008)

Selected Publications

Research work:

• Y. R. Fang,* N. Gao, L. Shao,* "Photoemission enhancement of plasmonic hot electrons by Au antenna-sensitizer complexes", ACS Nano 2024, 18, 3397.
• J. P. Zheng,# C. Boukouvala,# G. Lewis,# Y. C. Ma, Y. Chen, E. Ringe,* L. Shao,* Z. F. Huang, J. F. Wang,* "Halide-assisted differential growth of chiral nanoparticles with threefold rotational symmetry", Nature Communications 2023, 14, 3783. 
• T. T. Zhang, L. Z. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Q. Wang, M. Gupta, X. Y. Guo, Y. Zhu, Y. C. Yiu, T. K. C. Hui, Y. Zhou, C. Li, D. Y. Lei, K. H. Li, X. Q. Wang, Q. Wang,* L. Shao,* Z. Q. Chu,* "Multimodal dynamic and unclonable anti-counterfeiting using robust diamond microparticles on heterogeneous substrate", Nature Communications 2023, 14, 2507.
• J. Wang, J. P. Zheng, K. H. Li, J. F. Wang, H.-Q. Lin, L. Shao,* "Excitation of chiral cavity plasmon resonances in film-coupled chiral Au nanoparticles", Advanced Optical Materials 2023, 11, 2202865.
• S. S. Li,# R. Q. Ai,# K. K. Chui, Y. N. Fang, Y. H. Lai, X. L. Zhuo, L. Shao,* J. F. Wang,* H.-Q. Lin, "Routing the exciton emissions of WS2 monolayer with the high-order plasmon modes of Ag nanorods", Nano Letters 2023, 23, 4183.
• H. Huang,# H. Wang,#  S. S. Li,# J. Y. Jiang, Y. Liu, M. Y. Cai, L. Shao,* H. J. Chen, J. F. Wang,* "WS2-flake-sandwiched, Au-nanodisk-enabled high-quality Fabry-Perot nanoresonators for photoluminescence modulation", ACS Nano 2022, 16, 14874.
• S. S. Li, K. K. Chui, F. H. Shen, H. Huang, S. Z. Wen, C.Y. Yam, L. Shao,* J. B. Xu, J. F. Wang,* "Generation and detection of strain-localized excitons in WS2 monolayer by plasmonic metal nanocrystals", ACS Nano 2022, 16, 10647.
• T. H. Huang,# X. C. Tu,# C. Q. Shen, B. J. Zheng, J. Z. Wang, H. Wang, K. Khaliji, S. H. Park, Z. Y. Liu, T. Yang, Z. D. Zhang, L. Shao, X. S. Li,* T. Low,* Y. Shi,* X. M. Wang,* "Observation of chiral and slow plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene", Nature 2022, 605, 63.
• J. P. Zheng, T. H. Chow, S. S. Li, J. F. Wang, L. Shao,* "Electrophoretic plasmonic ink for dynamic color display", Advanced Optical Materials 2021, 9, 2100091.
• X. Q. Yang,# Y. Liu,# S. H. Lam, J. Wang, S. Z. Wen, C.Y. Yam, L. Shao,* J. F. Wang,* "Site-selective deposition of metal-organic frameworks on gold nanobipyramids for surface-enhanced Raman scattering", Nano Letters 2021, 21, 8205.
• L. F. Li,# L. Shao,# X. W. Liu, A. Y. Gao, H. Wang, B. J. Zheng, G. Z. Hou , K. Shehzad, L. W. Yu, F. Miao, Y. Shi, Y. Xu,* X. M. Wang,* "Room-temperature valleytronic transistor", Nature Nanotechnology 2020, 15, 743.
• L. F. Li, W. Liu, A. Y. Gao, Y. L. Zhao, Q. Lu, L. Yu, J. Z. Wang, L. W. Yu, L. Shao,* F. Miao, Y. Shi, Y. Xu,* X. M. Wang,* "Plasmon excited ultrahot carriers and negative differential photoresponse in vertical graphene van der Waals heterostructure", Nano Letters 2019, 19, 3295.
• X. M. Cui, F. Qin, Y. H. Lai, H. Wang, L. Shao,* H. J. Chen, J. F. Wang,* H.-Q. Lin,* "Molecular tunnel junction-controlled high-order charge transfer plasmon and Fano resonances", ACS Nano 2018, 12, 12541.
• L. Shao,* D. Andrén, S. Jones, P. Johansson, M. Käll,* "Optically controlled stochastic jumps of individual gold nanorod rotary motors", Physical Review B 2018, 98, 085404.
• F. Hajizadeh,# L. Shao,#,* D. Andrén, P. Johansson, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, M. Käll, "Brownian fluctuations of an optically rotated gold nanorod", Optica 2017, 4, 746.
• R. Ogier, L. Shao,* M. Svedendahl, M. Käll*, "Continuous-gradient plasmonic nanostructures fabricated by evaporation on a partially exposed rotating substrate", Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 4658.
• L. Shao,* Z.-J. Yang, D. Andrén, P. Johansson, M. Käll,* "Gold nanorod rotary motors driven by resonant light scattering", ACS Nano 2015, 9, 12542.
• L. Shao, Y. T. Tao, Q. F. Ruan, J. F. Wang,* H.-Q. Lin*, "Comparison of the plasmonic performances between lithographically fabricated and chemically grown gold nanorods", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015, 17, 10861.
• L. Shao, Q. F. Ruan, R. B. Jiang, J. F. Wang*, "Macroscale colloidal noble metal nanocrystal arrays and their refractive index-based sensing characteristics", Small 2014, 10, 802. 
• L. Shao,# X. M. Wang,# H. T. Xu, J. F. Wang,* J.-B. Xu,* L.-M. Peng, H.-Q. Lin, "Nanoantenna-sandwiched graphene with giant spectral tuning in the visible-to-near-infrared region", Advanced Optical Materials 2014, 2, 162.
• L. Shao,# C. H. Fang,# H. J. Chen, Y. C. Man, J. F. Wang,* H.-Q. Lin, "Distinct plasmonic manifestation on gold nanorods induced by the spatial perturbation of small gold nanospheres", Nano Letters 2012, 12, 1424.
• L. Shao, A. S. Susha, L. S. Cheung, T. K. Sau, A. L. Rogach,* J. F. Wang,* "Plasmonic properties of single multispiked gold nanostars: correlating modeling with experiments", Langmuir 2012, 28, 8979. 
• L. Shao,# K.C. Woo,# H. J. Chen, Z. Jin, J. F. Wang,* H. Q. Lin,* "Angle- and energy-resolved plasmon coupling in gold nanorod dimers", ACS Nano 2010, 4, 3053.

Reviews & Perspectives:

• X. Q. Yang,# Y. Lu,# Y. Liu, J. Wang, L. Shao,* J. F. Wang,* "Heterostructures built through site-Selective deposition on anisotropic plasmonic metal nanocrystals and their applications", Small Structures 2021, 2, 2100101.
• S. S. Li, H. Wang, J. Wang, H. J. Chen, L. Shao,* "Control of light–valley interactions in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides with nanophotonic structures", Nanoscale 2021, 13, 6357.
• H. Wang, S. S. Li, R. Q. Ai, H. Huang, L. Shao,* J. F. Wang,* "Plasmonically enabled two-dimensional material-based optoelectronic devices", Nanoscale 2020, 12, 8095.
• J. P. Zheng, S. H. Lam, H. Huang, L. Shao,* "Recent progress in optical-resonance-assisted movement control of nanomotors", Advanced Intelligent Systems 2020, 2, 1900160.
• L. Shao,* J. P. Zheng, "Fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures by hole-mask colloidal lithography: Recent development", Applied Materials Today 2019, 15, 6.
• L. Shao,* M. Käll,* "Light-driven rotation of plasmonic nanomotors", Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28, 1706272.
• L. Shao, X. L. Zhuo, J. F. Wang,* "Advanced plasmonic materials for dynamic color display", Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1704338.
• 邵磊，阮琦锋，王建方*，林海青，"局域表面等离激元", 《物理》 2014, 43, 290.

Journal Reviewer

Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Environmental Science & Technology, Nanoscale Horizons, ACS Photonics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Langmuir, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Nanoscale, Optics Express, etc.

Seminar Talks

• 08/2023 Invited talk: "Improved Chiroptical Properties of Chiral Plasmonic Nanoparticles"
  Seminar, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an.
• 06/2021 Invited talk: "Plasmonics with a twist" (in English)
  Joint TDLI/ICMP/WQC Quantum Seminar, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai. [link]
• 05/2021 Invited talk: "Plasmon coupling and active plasmonics" "表面等离激元耦合与主动调控" (in Chinese)
  Seminar, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.
• 05/2021 Invited talk: "Plasmon coupling and active plasmonics" "表面等离激元耦合与主动调控" (in Chinese)
  Seminar, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai.
• 01/2021 Invited talk: "Plasmon coupling and active plasmonics" "表面等离激元耦合与主动调控" (in Chinese)
  Seminar, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen.

Selected Conference Talks

• 12/2023 Invited talk: "等离激元纳米结构对二维半导体激子发光的调控"
  中国光学学会光电技术专业委员会、中国仪器仪表学会光机电技术与系统集成分会2023高端学术交流会，广东广州
• 08/2023 Invited talk: "Janus plasmonic structures for high-efficiency solar-driven interfacial evaporation"
  International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale 2023, Chengdu (Session Chair)
• 07/2023 Invited talk: "Excitation of Chiral Cavity Plasmon Resonances in Film-Coupled Nanoparticles"
  Chinese Materials Conference 2022-2023, Shenzhen.
• 04/2022 Invited talk: "Enhanced chiroptical properties of chiral plasmonic nanocrystals by symmetry breaking"
  PIERS (Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium), Hangzhou.
• 12/2020 Invited talk: "表面等离激元金属纳米结构在分子检测方面的应用进展" 
  广东省分析测试协会表面分析专业委员会2020年度年会暨表面分析技术研讨会, 广东清远.
• 09/2018 Invited talk: "Laser-tweezed gold nanorod motors and their application for DNA probing"
  IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Reston, Virginia, United States.
• 06/2018 Invited talk: "Molecular junction-controlled high-order charge transfer plasmon and Fano resonance"
  9th META Marseille, France.
• 07/2017 Invited talk: "Colloidal plasmonic nanorotors propelled by light"
  APSMR Annual Meeting, Japan.
• 07/2017 Invited talk: "Plasmonically-powered trapping and rotation of colloidal nanostructures"
  The International Workshop on Plasmonically-Powered Processes, Wuhan, China.
• 06/2017 Invited talk: "Colloidal resonant nanorotors propelled by light"
  Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonically-Powered Processes, Hong Kong SAR.
• 08/2016 Invited talk: "Fabrication of continuous gradient plasmonic nanostructures"
  PIERS (Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium), Shanghai.
• 08/2016 Invited talk: "Light speeds up colloidal nanomotors"
  PIERS (Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium), Shanghai.
• 06/2015 Invited talk: "Ultrafast spin and orbital motion of colloidal gold nanocrystals in an optical trap"
  ICMAT (International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies), Singapore

Awards

• Nanoscale “Emerging Investigators” (2021)
• C N Yang Scholarship, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2013)
• Outstanding Graduate Honor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (2008)
• First prize outstanding scholarship, USTC (2004, 2006)