Tianyou Zhai

Tianyou Zhai
Affiliation:
  • Nano Material Area-Inorganic Nanostructured Materials Group, MANA, NIMS
Specialty:
Inorganic Nanostructures: Fabrication, Properties and Optoelectronic Applications
Academic degree:
Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), P. R. China (2008)

Educational and Working History

2010 Sep - Present ICYS-MANA Researcher, Nano Material Area-Inorganic Nanostructured Materials Group, MANA, NIMS.
2008 Sep - 2010 Aug JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (Host: Prof. Yoshio Bando), Inorganic Nanostructured Materials Group, MANA, NIMS.
2003 Sep - 2008 Jul Ph.D. Candidate (Supervisor: Prof. Jiannian Yao and Ying Ma), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), P. R. China.

Research Interest

Cantilever array sensors
  • Rational synthesis of new nanoscale materials with controllable morphology, composition, dimensionality, microstructure, orientation, and functionality.
  • Investigation and exploration of novel physical properties of 1D nanostructures, particularly in optical and electric properties.
  • Design and development of miniaturized optoelectronic and sensing devices by using nanowires and nanobelts as building blocks.

    • Selected Papers

    1. Recent Developments in One-Dimensional Inorganic Nanostructures for Photodetectors

      2. Zhai TY, Bando Y, Li L, Fang XS, Golberg D
      Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, in press. (Feature Article)

    2. Electrical Transport and High-Performance Photoconductivity in Individual ZrS2 Nanobelts

      3. Li L, Fang XS, Zhai TY, Liao MY, Gautam UK, Wu XC, Koide Y, Bando Y, Golberg D
      Adv. Mater. 2010, in press.

    3. Fabrication of High-Quality In2Se3 Nanowire Arrays toward High-Performance Visible-Light Photodetectors

      4. Zhai TY, Fang XS, Liao MY, Xu XJ, Liu BD, Koide Y, Ma Y, Yao JN, Bando Y, Golberg D
      ACS Nano 2010, 4, 1596-1602.

    4. Centimeter-Long V2O5 Nanowires: From Synthesis to Field-emission, Electrochemical, Electrical Transport and Photoconductor Properties

      5. Zhai TY, Liu HM, Li HQ, Fang XS, Liao MY, Koide Y, Zhou HS, Bando Y, Golberg, D
      Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 2547-2552.

    5. Single-Crystalline CdS Nanobelts for Excellent Field-Emitters and Ultrahigh Quantum-Efficiency Photodetectors

      6. Li L, Wu PC, Fang XS, Zhai TY, Dai L, Liao MY, Koide Y, Wang HQ, Bando Y, Golberg D
      Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 3161-3165.

    6. Characterization, Cathodoluminescence and Field-Emission Properties of Morphology-Tunable CdS Micro/Nanostructures

      7. Zhai TY, Fang XS, Bando Y, Dierre B, Liu BD, Zeng HB, Huang Y, Xu XJ, Yuan XL, Sekiguchi T, Golberg D
      Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 2423-2430. (Journal Cover Paper)

    7. Morphology-Dependent Stimulated Emission and Field Emission of Ordered CdS Nanostructure Arrays

      8. Zhai TY, Fang XS, Bando Y, Liao Q, Xu XJ, Zeng HB, Ma Y, Yao JN, Golberg D
      ACS Nano 2009, 3, 949-959.

    8. High-Performance Bule/Ultraviolet Light-Sensitive ZnSe Nanobelt Photodetectors

      9. Fang XS, Xiong SL, Zhai TY, Bando Y, Liao MY, Gautam UK, Koide Y, Zhang XG, Qian YT, Golberg D
      Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 5016-5021.