Personal Information

2014-current: Associate Editor, Journal of Nanoscience Letters (Cognizure)

2013-current: Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue on 2D materials: Fabrication, Character-ization, Properties and Applications, Advances in Condensed Matter Phys-ics (Hindawi Publishing Corporation)

2013-current: Editorial Board Member, Advances in Materials (Science Publication Group)

2013-current: Editorial Board Member, World Research Journal of Chemistry (Bioinfo Publications, ISO 9001:2008 Certified)

2011-current: Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Optoelectronic Engineering (Scientific & Academic Publishing)

2008-current: Editorial Board Member, The open Applied Physics Journal (Bentham Science Publishers)

2005-current: Member of Materials Research Society, Singapore (MRS-S)

Research Interests

1. Graphene and non-graphene two-dimensional (2D) materials
2. Unconventional inorganic low-cost solar cell materials
3. Hybrid heterostructures based on ferromagnetic and semiconducting thin films
4. Molecular beam epitaxial (MBE), Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), thermal vapor deposition (TVD) and rf/dc-magnetron sputtering technologies
5. Epitaxial growth of III-V (/N) and ZnO semiconductor compounds, heterostructures and their related low-dimensional structures and devices
6. Nanoscale photonic structures and devices; semiconductor nanostructures: design, pro-cessing, characterization and potential applications
7. Solid-state-lighting, e.g.GaN- and ZnO-based white LEDs; thin film lift-off and bonding techniques; GaN-based high-power electronic devices, e.g. HEMT
8. Inorganic semiconductor solar cells: low-cost, environment friendly, and sustainable

Publication

2. Ng Y, Tan X Y, Meng T L, et al. Effect of pre-coating annealing on plasma electrolytic oxidation of aluminum alloy substrate[J]. Surface and Coatings Technology, 2025, 497: 131774.

3. Zhang Z, Niu G, Yang X, et al. Corrosion resistance behavior of enhanced passivation Cr-modified rebars and their service life prediction based on Monte Carlo simulation[J]. Construction and Building Materials, 2024, 438: 137130.

4. Meng T L, Wang T F, Lin M, et al. Grinding-and robotic hammer peening-induced modifications in the near-surface regions of laser-cladded Inconel 718 coatings[J]. Surface and Coatings Technology, 2024, 489: 131130.

5. Tan X Y, Chen G B, Teo S L, et al. Substrate dilution and interface structures of tungsten coating deposited by double-glow plasma surface alloying on stainless steel substrate[J]. Surface and Coatings Technology, 2024, 489: 131153.

6. Karyappa R, Zhang D, Zhu Q, et al. Newtonian liquid-assisted material extrusion 3D printing: Progress, challenges and future perspectives[J]. Additive Manufacturing, 2024, 79: 103903.

7.  Li L, Niu G, Gong N, et al. Influence of banded ε-martensite and deformation twin on cryogenic toughness of Fe–Mn–xAl–C steel[J]. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023, 27: 262-271.

8. Elbanna A, Wang Z, Liu Y, et al. Multi‐Controllability of Ambipolar Photoconductivity in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Van der Waals Heterostructures[J]. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023, 8(23): 2301079.

9. Ong P J, Lum Y Y, Soo X Y D, et al. Integration of phase change material and thermal insulation material as a passive strategy for building cooling in the tropics[J]. Construction and Building Materials, 2023, 386: 131583.

10. Wang Y, Gong N, Liu H, et al. Ordering‐dependent hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction electrocatalysis of high‐entropy intermetallic Pt4FeCoCuNi[J]. Advanced Materials, 2023, 35(28): 2302067.

11. Wang Y, Gong N, Niu G, et al. Phase engineering and surface reconstruction of CrxMnFeNi high entropy alloys for electrocatalytic water splitting[J]. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 960: 171039.