Linyou Cao

Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
North Carolina State University

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EB1, Rm. 3070A
Raleigh, NC 27607
Tel.: 919-515-5407
Email: lcao2@ncsu.edu

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Professor Linyou Cao received a B.S. from Fudan University and a M.S. from Peking University, both in Chemistry before he came to the U.S. He received a Ph.D from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University in 2010, and held a Miller Research Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley before joining the MSE faculty July 2011.

Recent News

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Yifei's paper, Controlled Scalable Synthesis of Uniform, High-Quality Monolayer and Few-layer MoS2 Films, has been accepted for publication by Scientific Reports, the latest Nature sister journal launched in 2011. Congratulations!

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A review article on two-dimensional materials that Dr. Cao co-authors, entitled as "Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in Two-Dimensional Materials Beyond Graphene" was published by ACS Nano. Congratulations!

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Our paper "Epitaxial Nanosheet - Nanowire Heterostructures" is the #2 most read paper of Nano Letters in February 2013.

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Liang's paper "Substrate Mediation in Vapor Deposition Growth of Layered Chalcogenide Nanoplates: A Case Study of SnSe2 " was accepted for publication by Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!

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Yiling's paper "The phase shift of light scattering at sub-wavelength dielectric structures " was accepted for publication by Optics Express. Congratulations!

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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.

Selected Publications View All
  • Engineering Light Absorption in Semiconductor Nanowire Devices · Linyou Cao, Justin S. White, JoonShik Park, Jon A. Schuller, Bruce M. Clemens, Mark L. Brongersma Nature Mater. · 8, 643-647, (2009) View
  • Semiconductor Nanowire Optical Antenna Solar Absorbers · Linyou Cao, Pengyu Fan, Alok Vasudev, Justin S. White, Zongfu Yu, Wenshan Cai, Jon A. Schuller, Shanhui Fan, Mark L. Brongersma Nano Lett. · 10, 439-435, (2010) View
  • Optical Coupling of Deep-Subwavelength Semiconductor Nanowires · Linyou Cao, Pengyu Fan, Mark L. Brongersma Nano Lett. · 11, 1463-1468, (2011) View
  • Job Openings / Available Positions
  • Postdoctoral Position in Nanoscale Optoelectronic Device Physics (View)
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