Publications

Nanoengineering and Nanodevice Laboratory/Publications

Book Chapters

Xiaogan Liang, “Chapter 19: Transition from Tubes to Sheets – A Comparison of Properties and Applications between Carbon Nanotubes and Graphenes” in “Nanotube Superfiber Materials: Changing Engineering Design”, Publisher: William Andrew; Editors: Mark J. Schulz, Vesselin Shanov, and Zhangzhang Yin; Publication Date: October 9, 2013 | ISBN-10: 145577863X | ISBN-13: 978-1455778638 | Edition: 1

http://www.amazon.com/Nanotube-Superfiber-Materials-Changing-Engineering/dp/145577863X

Journal Publications

  1. Xiaojian Zhu, Da Li, Xiaogan Liang, and Wei Lu, “Ionic modulation and ionic coupling effects in MoS2 devices for neuromorphic computing,” Nature Materials 18, 141–148 (2019).
  2. Byunghoon Ryu, Da Li, Chisang Park, Hossein Rokni, Wei Lu, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Rubbing-Induced Site-Selective Growth (RISS) of MoS2 Device Patterns,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (50), 43774–43784 (2018)
  3. Da Li, Bin Wu, Xiaojian Zhu, Juntong Wang, Byunghoon Ryu, Wei D. Lu, Wei Lu, and Xiaogan Liang*, “MoS2 Memristors Exhibiting Variable Switching Characteristics towards Bio-Realistic Synaptic Emulation,” ACS Nano, 12 (9), 9240-9252 (2018)
  4. Da Li and Xiaogan Liang*, “Neurons mimicked by electronics” Nature (News & View) 21 February 2018.
  5. Byunghoon Ryu, Erika Yang, Younggeun Park, Katsuo Kurabayashi, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Fabrication of prebent MoS2 biosensors on flexible substrates,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 35, 06G805 2017.
  6. Da Li, Byunghoon Ryu, Qingyu Cui, Mikai Chen, L. Jay Guo, Biwu Ma, and Xiaogan Liang*, “A Nanofluidic/Nanoelectronic Study on Solvent-Processed Nanoscale Organic Transistors,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 35, 6, 06G801 2017.
  7. Mikai Chen, Hossein Rokni, Wei Lu, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Scaling Behavior of Nanoimprint and Nanoprinting Lithography for Producing Nanostructures of Molybdenum Disulfide,” Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 3, 17053; doi:10.1038/micronano.2017.53 (2017)
  8. Younggeun Park, Byunghoon Ryu (Co-1st Author), Bo-Ram Oh, Yujing Song, Xiaogan Liang*(Co-Corresponding Author), Katsuo Kurabayashi, “Bio-Tunable Nanoplasmonic Filter on Few-Layer MoS2 for Rapid and Highly Sensitive Optoelectronic Cytokine Immunosensing,” ACS Nano, 11 (6), 5697–5705 (2017)
  9. Byunghoon Ryu, Hongsuk Nam, Bo-Ram Oh, Yujing Song, Pengyu Chen, Younggeun Park, Wenjie Wan, Katsuo Kurabayashi, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Cycle-Wise Operation of Printed MoS2 Transistor Biosensors for Rapid Biomolecule Quantification at Femtomolar Levels,” ACS Sensors, 2 (2), 274–281 (2017)
  10. Mikai Chen, Yifan Wang, Nathan Shepherd, Chad Huard, Jiantao Zhou, L. Jay Guo, Wei Lu, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Abnormal Multiple Charge Memory States in Exfoliated Few-Layer WSe2 Transistors,” ACS Nano, 11, 1091–1102 (2017)
  11. Da Li, Sungjin Wi, Mikai Chen, Byunghoon Ryu, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Nanoimprint-Assisted Shear Exfoliation plus Transfer Printing for Producing Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 34, 06KA01 (2016)
  12. Hongsuk Nam, Jeong Seop Yoon, Hiroto Izuoka, Bo-Ram Oh, Katsuo Kurabayashi, Wenjie Wan, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Nanofluidic Flow Assisted Assembly of Dispersed Plasmonic Nanostructures into Shallow Nanochannel Sensors,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 34, 06KM04 (2016)
  13. Yuanlin Zheng, Jianfan Yang, Zhenhua Shen, Jianjun Cao, Xianfeng Chen, Xiaogan Liang, and Wenjie Wan, “Optically Induced Transparency in a Micro-Cavity”, Light: Sci. & App. 5, e16072 (2016)
  14. Yu Shu, Jiangfan Wang, Yu Tian, Xiaogan Liang, Shangchao Lin, and Biwu Ma, “Thermal Imprint Introduced Crystallization of A Solution Processed Subphthalocyanine Thin Film,” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 3, 1600179 (2016)
  15. Mikai Chen, Hongsuk Nam, Hossein Rokni, Sungjin Wi, Jeong Seop Yoon, Pengyu Chen, Katsuo Kurabayashi, Wei Lu, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Nanoimprint-Assisted Shear Exfoliation (NASE) for Producing Multilayer MoS2 Structures as Field-Effect Transistor Channel Arrays,” ACS Nano, 9 (9), 8773–8785 (2015)
  16. Hongsuk Nam, Bo-Ram Oh, Mikai Chen, Sungjin Wi, Da Li, Katsuo Kurabayashi, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Fabrication and Comparison of MoS2 and WSe2 Field-Effect Transistor Biosensors,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 33, 06FG01 (2015)
  17. Sungjin Wi, Mikai Chen, Da Li, Hongsuk Nam, Edgar Meyhofer, Xiaogan Liang*, “Photovoltaic Response in Pristine WSe2 Layers Modulated by Metal-Induced Surface-Charge-Transfer Doping,” Applied Physics Letters, 107, 062102 (2015)
  18. Jianjun Cao, Ce Shang, Yuanlin Zheng, Yaming Feng, Xianfeng Chen, Xiaogan Liang, Wenjie Wan, “Dielectric Optical-Controllable Magnifying Lens by Nonlinear Negative Refraction,” Scientific Reports, 5, 11892 (2015)
  19. Hongsuk Nam, Bo-Ram Oh, Pengyu Chen, Jeong Seop Yoon, Sungjin Wi, Mikai Chen, Katsuo Kurabayashi, Xiaogan Liang*, “Two Different Device Physics Principles for Operating MoS2 Transistor Biosensors with Femtomolar-Level Detection Limits, ” Applied Physics Letters, 107, 012105 (2015)
  20. Hongsuk Nam, Bo-Ram Oh, Pengyu Chen, Mikai Chen, Sungjin Wi, Wenjie Wan, Katsuo Kurabayashi, Xiaogan Liang*, “Multiple MoS2 Transistors for Sensing Molecule Interaction Kinetics,” Scientific Reports, 5, 10546 (2015)
  21. Mikai Chen, Sungjin Wi, Hongsuk Nam, Greg Priessnitz, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Effects of MoS2 thickness and air humidity on transport characteristics of plasma-doped MoS2 field-effect transistors”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 32, 06FF02 (2014)
  22. Sungjin Wi, Mikai Chen, Hongsuk Nam, Amy C. Liu, Edgar Meyhofer, and Xiaogan Liang*, “High Blue-Near Ultraviolet Photodiode Response of Vertically Stacked Graphene-MoS2-Metal Heterostructures”, Applied Physics Letters, 104, 232103/1-232103/5 (2014)
  23. Sungjin Wi, Hyunsoo Kim, Mikai Chen, Hongsuk Nam, L. Jay Guo, Edgar Meyhofer, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Enhancement of Photovoltaic Response in Multilayer MoS2 Induced by Plasma Doping”, ACS Nano, 8 (5), 5270–5281 (2014)
  24. Mikai Chen, Hongsuk Nam, Sungjin Wi, Greg Priessnitz, Ivan Manuel Gunawan, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Multibit Data Storage States Formed in Plasma-Treated MoS2 Transistors”, ACS Nano, 8, 4, 4023–4032 (2014)
  25. Xiaogan Liang*, Hongsuk Nam, Sungjin Wi, and Mikai Chen, “Plasma-Assisted Printing and Doping Processes for Manufacturing Few-Layer MoS2-Based Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices”, IEEE ASMC Proceeding, 365 – 369 (2014)
  26. Mikai Chen, Hongsuk Nam, Sungjin Wi, Lian Ji, Xin Ren, Lifeng Bian, Shulong Lu, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Stable Few-Layer MoS2 Diodes Formed by Plasma Doping”, Applied Physics Letters, 103,14, 142110/1-142110/4 (2013)
  27. Hongsuk Nam, Sungjin Wi, Hossein Rokni, Mikai Chen, Greg Priessnitz, Wei Lu, and Xiaogan Liang*, “MoS2 Transistors Fabricated by Plasma-assisted Nanoprinting of Few-Layer-MoS2 Patterns into Large Arrays”, ACS Nano, 7, 7, 5870-5881 (2013)
  28. Sungjin Wi, Eljon Elezi, Vishva Ray, Kai Sun, and Xiaogan Liang*, “Nanoimprinted Substrates for High Yield Production of Topological Insulator Nanoribbons”, Applied Physics A, 111, 3, 755–766, (2013)
  29. Xiaogan Liang* and Sungjin Wi, “Transport Characteristics of Multichannel Transistors Made from Densely Aligned Sub-10 nm Half-Pitch Graphene Nanoribbons”, ACS Nano, 6, 11, 9700-9710 (2012)
  30. Shiwei Wu, Wei-Tao Liu, Xiaogan Liang, P. James Schuck, Feng Wang, Y. Ron Shen, Miquel Salmeron, “Hot Phonon Dynamics in Graphene”, Nano Letters, 12, 11, 5495–5499 (2012)
  31. Wen-Di Li, Xiaogan Liang and Stephen Y Chou, “Nanoscale negative-tone quantized patterning by novel selective electrochemical etching of a nanoimprinted sub-200 nm bimetallic tile array”, Nanotechnology, 23, 355303, (2012)
  32. Long Ju, Baisong Geng, Jason Horng, Caglar Girit, Michael Martin, Zhao Hao, Hans Bechtel, Xiaogan Liang, Alex Zettl, Yuen-Ron Shen, and Feng Wang, “Graphene Plasmonics for Tunable Terahertz Metamaterials”, Nature Nanotechnology, Volume 6, 630–634 (2011)
  33. I. Fernandez-Cuesta, A. L. Palmarelli, Xiaogan Liang, J. Zhang, S. Dhuey, D. Olynick, and S. Cabrini, “Fabrication of fluidic devices with 30 nm nanochannels by direct imprinting,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 29, 6, 06F801-807 (2011)
  34. J. Zhang, T. E. Pick, D. Gargas, S. Dhuey, E. M. Chan, Y. Wu, Xiaogan Liang, P. J. Schuck, D. L. Olynick, B. A. Helms, and S. Cabrini, “Probe field enhancement in photonic crystals by upconversion nanoparticles,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 29, 06F403 (2011)
  35. Aleksandr Polyakov, Howard A. Padmore, Xiaogan Liang, Scott Dhuey, Bruce Harteneck, James P. Schuck, and Stefano Cabrini, “Light trapping in plasmonic nanocavities on metal surfaces” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 29, 06FF01 (2011)
  36. Aleksandr Polyakov, Kevin Thompson, Christoph Senft, Scott Dhuey, Bruce Harteneck, Xiaogan Liang, James P. Schuck, Stefano Cabrini, Weishi Wan and Howard A. Padmore, “Photocathode performance improvement by plasmonic light trapping in nanostructured metal surfaces“, Proc. SPIE 8094, 809407 (2011); doi:10.1117/12.894607
  37. Sang-Min Park, Xiaogan Liang, Bruce D. Harteneck, Teresa E. Pick, Nobuya Hiroshiba, Ying Wu, Brett A. Helms, and Deirdre L. Olynick, “Sub-10 nm Nanofabrication via Nanoimprint Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers”, ACS Nano  5 (11), 8523-8531 (2011)
  38. Xiaogan Liang, Deirdre L. Olynick, Stefano Cabrini, and Jeffery Bokor, “(INVITED) Single-Digit Nanofabrication Routes for Tailoring and Assembling Graphene into Functional Nanotructures and Devices”, Electrochemical Society Transactions 35 (2) 55-65 (2011)
  39. Ying Wu, Deirdre L. Olynick, A. Goodyeara, Christophe Perozc, Scott Dhuey, Xiaogan Liang and Stefano Cabrini, “Cryogenic etching of nano-scale silicon trenches with resist masks” Microelectronic Engineering 88, 8, 2785-2789 (2011)
  40. Xiaogan Liang, Yeon-Sik Jung, Ariel Ismach, Shiwei Wu, Deirdre L. Olynick, Stefano Cabrini, and Jeffery Bokor, “Formation of Bandgap and Subbands in Graphene Nanomeshes with Sub-10 nm Ribbon Width Fabricated via Nanoimprint Lithography” Nano Lett. 10 (7), 2454–2460 (2010)
  41. Xiaogan Liang, Terasa Chen, Yeon-Sik Jung, Biwu Ma, Yoshikazu Miyamoto, Gan Han, Stefano Cabrini, and Deirdre L. Olynick, “Nanoimprint–Induced Molecular-Stacking and Pattern Stabilization in Substituted Phthalocyanine for Photovoltaic Applications” ACS Nano 4 (5), 2627–2634 (2010)
  42. Xiaogan Liang, Valentina Giacometti, Ariel Ismach, Bruce D. Harteneck, Deirdre L. Olynick, and Stefano Cabrini, “Roller-Style Electrostatic Printing of Prepatterned Few-Layer-Graphenes” Applied Physics Letters 96, 013109 (2010)
  43. Xiaogan Liang, Allan S. P. Chang, Yuegang Zhang, Bruce D. Harteneck, Hyuck Choo, Deirdre L. Olynick, and Stefano Cabrini, “Electrostatic Force – Assisted Exfoliation of Pre-Patterned Few-Layer-Graphenes into Device Sites”, Nano Lett. 9(1), 467-472 (2009)
  44. Allan S. P. Chang, Christophe Peroz, Xiaogan Liang, Scott Dhuey, Bruce Harteneck, and Stefano Cabrini, “Nanoimprint Planarization of High Aspect Ratio Nanostructures Using Inorganic and Organic Resist Materials”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 27(6), 2877 (2009)
  45. Jihoon Kim, Weilun Chao, Brian Griedel, Xiaogan Liang, Mark Lewis, Dawn Hilken, and Deirdre L. Olynick, “Understanding The Base Development Mechanism of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 27(6) 2628 (2009)
  46. Stephen Y. Chou, Wendi Li, and Xiaogan Liang, “Quantized Patterning Using Nanoimprinted Blanks”, Nanotechnology 20 (15), Art. No. 155303 (2009)
  47. Can Peng, Xiaogan Liang, Stephen Y. Chou, “A novel method for fabricating sub-16 nm footprint T-gate nanoimprint molds” , Nanotechnology 20 (18), Art. No. 185302 (2009)
  48. Ying Wang, Xiaogan Liang, Yixing Liang, Stephen Y. Chou, “Sub 10-nm Wide Trench, Line and Hole Fabrication Using Pressed Self Perfection”, Nano Lett. 8(7), 1986-1990 (2008)
  49. Xiaogan Liang and Stephen Y. Chou, “A Nanogap Detector Inside Nanofluidic Channel for Fast Real-Time Label-Free DNA Analysis”, Nano Lett. 8 (5), 1472-1476 (2008)
  50. Xiaogan Liang, Zengli Fu, Stephen Y. Chou, “Graphene Transistors Fabricated via Transfer Printing in Device Active-Areas on Large Wafer”, Nano Lett. 7 (12), 3774-3780 (2007)
  51. Xiaogan Liang, Keith J. Morton, Robert H. Austin, and Stephen Y. Chou, “Single Sub-20 nm Wide, Centimeter-Long Nanofluidic Channel Fabricated by Novel Nanoimprint Mold Fabrication and Direct Imprinting”, Nano Lett. 7 (12), 3840-3844 (2007)
    (* Reported by Rich Louie and published on MRS (Materials Research Society) Bulletin, January 2008, Vol. 33, No. 1, p4. Title: “Nano-Imprint Mold and Direct Imprinting Techniques Creates Single Sub-20-Nanometer-Wide, Centimeter-Long Nanofluidic Channel”)
  52. Xiaogan Liang, Hua Tan, Zengli Fu, and Stephen Y. Chou, “Air bubble formation and dissolution in dispensing nanoimprint lithography”, Nanotechnology 17 (2), Art. No. 025303 (2007)
  53. Can Peng, Xiaogan Liang, Zengli Fu, and Stephen Y. Chou, “High fidelity fabrication of microlens arrays by nanoimprint using conformal mold duplication and low-pressure liquid material curing”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 410 (2007)
  54. Xiaogan Liang, Wei Zhang, Mingtao Li, Qiangfei Xia, Wei Wu, Haixiong Ge, Xinyu Huang, and Stephen Y. Chou, “Electrostatic force-assisted nanoimprint lithography (EFAN)”, Nano Lett. 5 (3), 527-530 (2005)
  55. Desheng Jiang, Lifeng Bian, Xiaogan Liang, et al. “Structural and optical properties of GaAsSb/GaAs heterostructure quantum wells”, Journal of Crystal Growth 268(3-4) 336-341 2004
  56. Lifeng Bian, Desheng Jiang, Xiaogan Liang, et al. “Temperature-induced switching-over of the luminescence transitions in GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells”,  Chinese Physics Letters 21(3) 548-551 (2004)
  57. Xiaogan Liang, Desheng Jiang, Baoquan Sun, et al. “The effects of concomitant In and N incorporation on the photoluminescence of GaInNAs”, Journal of Crystal Growth 243(2) 261-266 (2002)
  58. Xiaogan Liang, Desheng Jiang, Lifeng Bian, et al. “Anomalous temperature dependence of photoluminescence in GaInNAs/GaAs multiple quantum wells”, Chinese Physics Letters 19 (8) 1203-1206 (2002)
  59. Shulong Lu, Desheng Jiang, Rui Jia, Long An, Lifeng Bian, Xiaogan Liang, Baoshan Ma, Baoquan Shun, “Lasing of CdSexS1-x quantum dots in a glass spherical microcavity”, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 14 (25) 6395-6401 (2002) 
  60. Chenjia Chen, Xuezhong Wang, Xiaogan Liang et al. “Studies of photoreflectance spectra in Cd1-xMnxTe/CdTe superlattices with high compositions”, J. Appl. Phys. 92 (9) 5169-5172 (2002)
  61. Chenjia Chen, Xuezhong Wang, Xiaogan Liang et al. “Study of photoreflectance spectroscopy in semiconductor Cd1-xMnxTe/CdTe superlattices with high compositions”, JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER 21 (5) 332-336  2002

Invited Presentations

  1. “Multi-Bit Memories Fabricated through Mechanical and Plasma Induced Deformation of Layered Semiconductors,” 17th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE NANO 2017), July 25-28, 2017, Pittsburgh, PA
  2. “Nanoimprint/Nanoprint Processes for Making Layered Semiconductor Devices,” 41st Annual Symposium of American Vacuum Society – Michigan Chapter, May 25, 2017, Ann Arbor, MI
  3. “Nanoelectronics/Nanofluidics-Integrated Biosensors for DNA Analysis,” Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology PLC, April 7, 2017, Fremont, CA
  4. “Nanoimprint and Nanoprinting Technologies for Making Nanoelectronic Devices Based on Emerging Layered Semiconductors,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, April 6, 2017, Stanford, CA
  5. “Nanoimprint and Nanoprinting Technologies for Making Nanoelectronic Devices Based on Emerging Layered Semiconductors,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, April 5, 2017, Berkeley, CA
  6. “Mechanical Approaches for Manufacturing Nanoelectronic Devices Based on Emerging Layered Semiconductors,” Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, March 15, 2017, Urbana, IL
  7. “Nanoimprint and Nanoprinting Technologies for Making Nanoelectronic Devices Based on Emerging Layered Semiconductors,” Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 8, 2017, Cambridge, MA
  8. “Nanoimprint Processes for Making Nanoelectronic Biosensors Based on Layered Semiconductors,” Department of Electrical Engineering, Michigan State University, November 17, 2016
  9. “Multi-Bit Transistor Memories Made from Mechanically Exfoliated WSe2 and Plasma-Doped MoS2,”, ECS PRiME, October 2-7, 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii
  10. “Cycle-Wise Operation of Printed 2D-Material-Based Nanoelectronic Biosensors for Rapid Femtomolar-Level Biomarker Quantification,” Biosensors and Bioelectronics Symposium, 23-25 August 2016, M/S MARIELLA, Viking Line, Stockholm, Sweden,
  11. “Nanoimprint-Assisted Shear Exfoliation + Transfer Printing (NASE+TP) for Producing Emerging Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (TMDC) Device Structures,” The 4th Advanced Electromagnetics Symposium (AES 2016), July 26-28, 2016, Malaga, Spain
  12. “Nanoimprint and Nanoprint Processes for Making MoS2 Transistor Arrays and Biosensors,” The Second International Conference and Exhibit for Nanopia, November 12-13, 2015, Changwon, South Korea.
  13. “Nanoprinting Approach for Producing MoS2 Functional Devices”, SUNY Buffalo, November 6, 2015, NY.
  14. “Nanoimprint-Assisted Shear Exfoliation (NASE) Technology for Producing MoS2 Transistor Biosensors,” The 14th International Conference on Nanoimprint and Nanoprint Technology (NNT 2015) October 22 – 24, 2015, Napa, CA.
  15. “Ultrasensitive Nanoelectronic Biosensors Made from Emerging 2-D Nanomaterials and Structures,” General Motors (GM) SIGMA XI Presentation, August 17, 2015, Warren, MI.
  16. “Nanoprinting and Plasma Processes for Processing Emerging Atomically Layered Materials into Working Devices,” JUACEP Faculty Workshop at Nagoya University, March 23-24, 2015 Nagoya, Japan.
  17. “MoS2-Based Multi-Bit Non-Volatile Memory Transistors and Nanomanufacturing”, IEEE SFBA Nanotechnology Council 10th Anniversary Full Day Symposium, April 18, 2014, Santa Clara, CA.
  18. “Plasma-Induced Self-Assembly of MoS2 Layers for Making Novel Multi-Bit Data Storage Memory Devices”, 11th Annual Conference on FOUNDATIONS OF NANOSCIENCE: SELF-ASSEMBLED ARCHITECTURES AND DEVICES (FNANO14), April 14-17, 2014, Snowbird Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah.
  19. “Nanumanufacturing of Emerging 2D Materials and Devices for Applications in Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics”, Wayne State University, March 20, 2014, MI.
  20. “Nanomanufacturing of Emerging 2D Materials and Nanostructures for Photovoltaic and Other Nanoelectronic Applications”, UM-SJTU Nanotechnology Symposium, Jan. 14, 2014, Shanghai, China.
  21. “Advanced Nanofabrication Technologies and Device Applications”, Peking University’s Summer School on Micro- and Nanotechnology, July 8 – July 19, 2013, Beijing, China
  22. “Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene and MoS2 Nanostructures”, July 4, 2013, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
  23. “Single-Digit Nanofabrication Routes for Tailoring Graphene into Functional Nanostructures”, 119th ECS meeting (symposium E1), May 1-3, 2011, Montreal, Canada.
  24. “Nanoimprint of Small Molecular Weight Organic Compounds for Photovoltaic Applications”, March 2, 2011, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  25. “Single-Digit Nanofabrication Routes for Tailoring Graphene into Functional Nanostructures”, Nov. 1, 2010, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
  26. “Nanoimprinting-Induced Molecular Stacking for Organic-Based Photovoltaic Applications”, SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, August 1-4, 2010, San Diego, CA.
  27. “Opportunities and Challenges with Graphene Production and Application”, IEEE San Francisco Bay Area Nanotechnology Council, October 20, 2009, National Semiconductor Bldg E-1 CMA Room. 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara, CA.
  28. “A Nanogap Detector Inside Nanofluidic Channel for Fast Real-Time Label-Free DNA Analysis” The Seventh International Conference on Nanoimprint and Nanoprint Technology (NNT 2008) October 13 – 15, 2008, Kyoto, Japan.

Patents and Patent Applications

US and international patents awarded

  1. Xiaogan Liang, Hongsuk Nam, Sungjin Wi, Mikai Chen, “Plasma-assisted techniques for fabricating semiconductor devices“, US9373742 B2, 06/21/2016
  2. Hyuck Choo, Stefano Cabrini, P. James Schuck, Xiaogan Liang, Eli Yablonovitch, “Nanofabricated plasmonic optical transformer“, US9052450 B2, 06/09/2015
  3. Stephen Y. Chou, Xiaogan Liang, “Method and apparatus of electrical field assisted imprinting“, US8852494 B2, 10/07/2014
  4. Stephen Y. Chou, Ying Wang, Xiaogan Liang, Yixing Liang, “Process for adjusting the size and shape of nanostructures“, US8163657 B2, 04/24/2012
  5. Xiaogan Liang, “Electrostatic force assisted deposition of graphene“, US8057863 B2, 11/15/2011

Provisional patents and patents pending

  1. Xiaogan Liang, Katsuo Kurabayashi, “Two-Dimensional Material-Based Field-Effect Transistor Sensors“, 04/13/2017
  2. Stephen Y. Chou, Xiaogan Liang, “Electronic Detectors Inside Nanofluidic Channels For Detection, Analysis, and Manipulation of Molecules“, 10/21/2010
  3. Stephen Y. Chou, Xiaogan Liang, “Methods for making continuous nanochannels“, 05/09/2009