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)

Research focus

• Plasmonics for optoelectronic integrated circuit device technology
• Chiral nanophotonics and optoelectronics
• UV nanophotonics

Selected Publications

• J. P. Zheng, Y. Fu, J. Wang, W. Zhang, X. H. Lu, H.-Q. Lin, L. Shao,* J. F. Wang,* Circularly polarized OLEDs from chiral plasmonic nanoparticle-molecule hybrids, Nature Communications 2025, 16, 1658.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.[A list of all published works]

Journal Reviewer

Nature Communications, Science Advances, 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

• 07/2024 Invited talk: " Photoluminescence modulation of 2D semiconductors by individual plasmonic metal nanocrystals"
  Seminar, Department of Physics Capital Normal University/CSRC, Beijing.
• 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"
  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

• 12/2024 Invited talk: "Plasmonic nanostructure-enabled probing and emission modulation of excitons in 2D semiconductors"
  SICC 12 (The 12th Singapore International Chemistry Conference), Symposium 20: Plasmonic Nanomaterials, Interfaces, and Applications, Singapore.
• 07/2024 Invited talk: "Photoluminescence modulation of 2D semiconductors by individual plasmonic metal nanocrystals"
  International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale 2024, Zhongshan (Session Chair: Nanophotonics and Plasmonics)
• 07/2024 Invited talk: "Photoluminescence modulation of 2D semiconductors by individual plasmonic metal nanocrystals"
  META 2024 (The 14th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics), Toyama, Japan.
• 05/2024 Invited talk: "Photoluminescence modulation of 2D semiconductors by individual plasmonic metal nanocrystals"
  IUMRS-ICEM 2024 (International Union of Materials Research Societies – 18th International Conference on Electronic Materials 2024), Hong Kong.
• 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"
  META 2018 (The 9th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics), 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

Grants

• National Key Research and Development Program of China funded project, Lei Shao (2024-2029)
• NSFC-RGC Forum for Young Scholars, Lei Shao (2024-2025)
• NSFC General Program funded project, Lei Shao (2024-2027)
• Seed Project of State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies SYSU, Lei Shao (2023)
• SYSU Startup Fund, Lei Shao (2022-2025)
• Shenzhen Science and Technology General Program funded project, Lei Shao (2021-2024)
• Pearl River Talent Recruitment Program from Guangdong Science and Technology Department, Lei Shao (2020-2025)
• NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme from Hong Kong RGC funded project, Lei Shao (2019-2022)
• CUHK Direct Grant, Lei Shao: Ref. No. 4053238 (2016-2017); 4053307 (2017-2018); 4053349 (2018-2019)

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)