Dr. Cao was selected to receive a Young Investigator Award from the Army Research Office. The objectives of the ARO's Young Investigator Program are "to attract to Army research outstanding young university faculty members, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers."
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Research Summary
The Cao group works on the forefront of nanoscale photophysics and photochemistry, seeking better understanding of the fundamental properties of photons and charge carriers in nanostructured materials. Central to the vision underlying this work is that a better understanding of those fundamental properties will serve as a powerful guidance for rational design of novel devices or functional structures with applications in a wide variety of fields, ranging from energy utilization, environment remediation, information technology, to biotechnology. We are committed to realizing this intellectual vision through studies currently focused on three major areas: (1) plasmonics & semiconductor nanophotonics, (2) exciton dynamics in nanostructures, and (3) nanoscale photocatalysis. This research by definition is at the crossroad of materials science, physics, chemistry and electrical engineering. Group members synergistically utilize and develop techniques of optical and electronic characterizations, time-resolved spectroscopies, device fabrications and nanomaterials synthesis to achieve our research goals. We are particularly interested in elucidating fundamental principles by exploring theoretical modelings/simulations for experiments and observations. As a result, group members may expect to receive multidisciplinary research training in both theory and experiment.
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