https://zlgao.com/Recent content in Gao Lab — Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, CUHK on Gao LabHugoen&copy; {year} Gao Lab, CUHKFri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2026-phd-defenses-masruck-yitong/Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2026-phd-defenses-masruck-yitong/Double congratulations! Mr. Md Masruck Alam (Jul 16) and Ms. Yitong Li (Jul 17) both successfully defended their PhD theses — welcome Dr. Alam and Dr. Li!https://zlgao.com/news/2026-2d-materials-hbn/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2026-2d-materials-hbn/Our paper on scalable back-diffusion growth of multilayer hBN on Ni-Cu gradient alloy substrates has been accepted by 2D Materials.https://zlgao.com/news/2026-surfaces-interfaces-cnt/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2026-surfaces-interfaces-cnt/Our paper on glancing angle-engineered Fe catalysts enabling millimeter-scale vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays has been accepted by Surfaces and Interfaces.https://zlgao.com/news/2026-us-patent-dna-biosensors/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2026-us-patent-dna-biosensors/U.S. Patent No. 12,674,778, &ldquo;Graphene-Enabled DNA Biosensors with Enhanced Sensitivity and Specificity&rdquo; (A. T. Johnson Jr., Z. Gao, H. Xia), was granted on July 7, 2026.https://zlgao.com/news/2026-nano-in-bio/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2026-nano-in-bio/Prof. Zhaoli Gao gave a talk at the Nano in Bio 2026 conference in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe.https://zlgao.com/news/2025-ieee-tim-steroids/Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2025-ieee-tim-steroids/Our paper on an electronic platform for rapid detection of steroids in clinical plasma has been published in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.https://zlgao.com/news/2025-adv-mater-aptamers/Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2025-adv-mater-aptamers/Our collaborative work on light-up nanostructures with allosterically controlled fluorogenic DNA aptamers has been published in Advanced Materials.https://zlgao.com/news/2025-prb-paper/Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2025-prb-paper/Our paper on Emergent Moire Fringes in Direct-grown Quasicrystal has been accepted by Physical Review B.https://zlgao.com/news/2025-adv-mater-image-sensors/Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2025-adv-mater-image-sensors/Our review on next-generation image sensors based on low-dimensional semiconductor materials has been published in Advanced Materials.https://zlgao.com/news/2024-small-paper/Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-small-paper/Our review paper on 2D materials-based FET biosensors for healthcare has been published in Small.https://zlgao.com/news/2024-phd-graduation-huang/Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-phd-graduation-huang/Dr. Iris Ting Huang successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations!https://zlgao.com/news/2024-phd-graduation-sun/Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-phd-graduation-sun/Dr. Honglin Sun successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations!https://zlgao.com/news/2024-departmental-award-wijaya/Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-departmental-award-wijaya/Leonardo Nicholas Adi Wijaya received the Departmental Commendation Award for excellent research performance.https://zlgao.com/news/2024-biosensors-paper/Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-biosensors-paper/Our paper on rapid miRNA detection using graphene FET biosensors has been published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics.https://zlgao.com/news/2024-new-members/Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-new-members/We welcome Tingyu Long and Lijia Ji as new Master students joining our lab.https://zlgao.com/news/2024-teaching-award/Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-teaching-award/Prof. Zhaoli Gao has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor&rsquo;s Exemplary Teaching Award at CUHK.https://zlgao.com/news/2024-tu-dresden-visit/Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-tu-dresden-visit/Prof. Gao visited TU Dresden for academic exchange and collaboration.https://zlgao.com/news/2024-acs-ami-paper/Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2024-acs-ami-paper/Our paper on minimizing contact resistance in micro graphene Hall sensors has been published in ACS AMI.https://zlgao.com/news/2022-best-teacher-award/Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2022-best-teacher-award/Prof. Gao has been awarded the Best Teacher Award for the 2021-22 academic year.https://zlgao.com/news/2022-nano-letters-paper/Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2022-nano-letters-paper/Our paper on gradient porous graphene for wearable sweat sensors has been published in Nano Letters.https://zlgao.com/news/2021-grf-grant/Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2021-grf-grant/Prof. Gao has been awarded a General Research Fund (GRF) grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.https://zlgao.com/news/2021-guangdong-grant/Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2021-guangdong-grant/Our lab received a Key-Area Research and Development Program grant from Guangdong Province.https://zlgao.com/news/2020-ecs-award/Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2020-ecs-award/Prof. Gao has been awarded an Early Career Scheme (ECS) grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.https://zlgao.com/news/2020-nature-comms/Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/news/2020-nature-comms/Our paper on large-area epitaxial growth of ABC trilayer graphene has been published in Nature Communications.https://zlgao.com/contact/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/contact/<h3 id="address">Address</h3> <p><strong>Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (MDL)</strong><br> RM1113, William M.W. 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We look for candidates with:</p>https://zlgao.com/people/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/people/<div class="pi-row"> <div class="pi-photo"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/team/img_4729_re_crop.jpg" alt="Prof. Zhaoli Gao"></div> <div class="pi-body"> <h3>Prof. Zhaoli GAO</h3> <p class="pi-meta">Principal Investigator · Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK<br><a href="mailto:zlgao@cuhk.edu.hk">zlgao@cuhk.edu.hk</a></p> <p>Prof. Gao completed his B.Eng. and Ph.D. both in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. From 2014, he was a Post-doctoral Researcher in the Nano/Bio Interface Center and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. In October 2019, he joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor and established the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (MDL); he is now an Associate Professor in the department.</p>https://zlgao.com/publications/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/publications/<p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vp1C7OkAAAAJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Scholar Profile</a></p> <p class="pub-legend">^# equal contribution &nbsp;·&nbsp; ^* corresponding author</p> <h3 class="pub-year">2026</h3> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/2dm-2026-scalable.jpg" alt="Scalable Back-Diffusion Growth of Multilayer hBN on Ni-Cu Gradient Alloy Substrates" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Scalable Back-Diffusion Growth of Multilayer hBN on Ni-Cu Gradient Alloy Substrates</div> <div class="pub-meta">M. M. Alam, H. Sun <em>et al.</em>, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>^*, <em><strong>2D Materials</strong></em>, vol. 13, p. 035019, 2026. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ae8963" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/surfint-2026-glancing.jpg" alt="Glancing angle-engineered Fe catalysts enabling millimeter-scale vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Glancing angle-engineered Fe catalysts enabling millimeter-scale vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays</div> <div class="pub-meta">Y. Li, T. Huang, H. Sun, M. M. Alam, D. W. Jang, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>^*, <em><strong>Surfaces and Interfaces</strong></em>, vol. 97, p. 109985, 2026. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2026.109985" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/matter-2026-waals.jpg" alt="Van der Waals-integrated crossbar arrays with adjustable atomic-scale channels for ultralow-power imaging" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Van der Waals-integrated crossbar arrays with adjustable atomic-scale channels for ultralow-power imaging</div> <div class="pub-meta">Y. Hu, M. Tamtaji, M. Dai, T. W. Tang, J. Shen, J. Wang, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, N. Zhang, L. An, Z. Luo^*, <em><strong>Matter</strong></em>, vol. 9, p. 102618, 2026. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2025.102618" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/csr-2026-triple.jpg" alt="Triple-phase interfaces for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Triple-phase interfaces for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide</div> <div class="pub-meta">Y. Xu, T. Yan, X. Zhang, W. Liu, Y. Meng, J. Lin, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, T. J. Meyer, S. Zhang, X. Ma, <em><strong>Chem. Soc. Rev.</strong></em>, vol. 55, pp. 2366-2395, 2026. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CS01193K" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/am-2026-light.jpg" alt="Light-Up Nanostructures with Allosterically Controlled Fluorogenic DNA Aptamers" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Light-Up Nanostructures with Allosterically Controlled Fluorogenic DNA Aptamers</div> <div class="pub-meta">T. Zhang, X. Qian, J. Zhang, H. Cui, T. Bai, W. Wang, Y. Wang, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, D. Han, W. Zeng, B. Wei^*, <em><strong>Advanced Materials</strong></em>, vol. 38, p. e14306, 2026. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202514306" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="pub-year">2025</h3> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-chip"><span class="chip-journal">IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.</span><span class="chip-year">2025</span></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">An Electronic Platform for Rapid Detection of Steroids in Clinical Plasma</div> <div class="pub-meta">B. Guo, F. Lin, Y. Liu, J. Jiang, B. Yuan, T. Huang, Y. Lin, C. Cong, S. Xiong, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, D. Han, Y. Qin, Y. Lu^*, <em><strong>IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement</strong></em>, vol. 74, pp. 1-11, 2025. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2025.3637957" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/prb-quasicrystal.jpg" alt="Emergent Moiré Fringes in Direct-grown Quasicrystals" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Emergent Moiré Fringes in Direct-grown Quasicrystals</div> <div class="pub-meta">J. Li^#, K. Bao^#, H. Sun, X. Yan^*, T. Huang, Q. Zhang, Y. Zhou, Y. Huang, Z. Liu, P. M. Das, J. You, J. Zhao, J. Xu, X. Pan, Y. Mi, J. Zhu^*, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>^*, <em><strong>Physical Review B</strong></em>, vol. 111, p. 235449, 2025. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/r8d8-rgw7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/am-2025-next.jpg" alt="Next-Generation Image Sensors Based on Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Materials" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Next-Generation Image Sensors Based on Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Materials</div> <div class="pub-meta">Y. Hu, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>^*, Z. Luo^*, L. An^*, <em><strong>Advanced Materials</strong></em>, vol. 37, p. 2501123, 2025. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202501123" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/small-review.jpg" alt="2D Materials-Based Field-Effect Transistor Biosensors for Healthcare" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">2D Materials-Based Field-Effect Transistor Biosensors for Healthcare</div> <div class="pub-meta">J. Li, L. Wijaya, D. Jang, Y. Hu, J. You, Y. Cai, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, Y. Mi, Z. Luo^*, <em><strong>Small</strong></em>, vol. 21, p. 2408961, 2025. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202408961" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/amt-2025-magnetoelastic.jpg" alt="Magnetoelastic Sensing: A Study of Flexible Magnetoelastic Strain Sensors" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Magnetoelastic Sensing: A Study of Flexible Magnetoelastic Strain Sensors</div> <div class="pub-meta">J. Shu, J. Wang, Y. Su, M. Liu, Y. Li, H. Lu, M. M. Alam, C. E. Ti, S. F. Tong, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, Z. Guo, Z. Li, R. K. Tong^*, <em><strong>Advanced Materials Technologies</strong></em>, vol. 10, p. 2401496, 2025. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/admt.202401496" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/smallmeth-2025-commercial.jpg" alt="Commercial Strip-Inspired One-Pot CRISPR-Based Chip for Multiplexed Detection of Respiratory Viruses" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Commercial Strip-Inspired One-Pot CRISPR-Based Chip for Multiplexed Detection of Respiratory Viruses</div> <div class="pub-meta">H. Zhang, X. Hu, X. Bao, W. Tu, Q. Wan, Z. Yu, J. Xie, X. Qiu, W. Gu, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, Y. Wang, C. Wang^*, Y. Luo^*, <em><strong>Small Methods</strong></em>, vol. 9, p. 2400917, 2025. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smtd.202400917" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="pub-year">2024</h3> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/bios-mirna.jpg" alt="Rapid miRNA Detection Enhanced by Exponential Hybridization Chain Reaction in Graphene Field-Effect Transistors" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Rapid miRNA Detection Enhanced by Exponential Hybridization Chain Reaction in Graphene Field-Effect Transistors</div> <div class="pub-meta">T. Huang, J. Li, H. Chen, H. Sun, D. Jang, M. M. Alam, K. Yeung, Q. Zhang, H. Xia, L. Duan, C. Mao^*, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>^*, <em><strong>Biosensors and Bioelectronics</strong></em>, vol. 266, p. 116695, 2024. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956566324007012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/rscai-2024-flexible.jpg" alt="Flexible strain sensors based on silver nanowires and UV-curable acrylate elastomers for wrist movement monitoring" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Flexible strain sensors based on silver nanowires and UV-curable acrylate elastomers for wrist movement monitoring</div> <div class="pub-meta">S. Li, W. Wu, Y. Chang, W. Chen, Y. Liu, Z. He, Y. Pu, I. S. Babichuk, T. T. Ye, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, J. Yang^*, <em><strong>RSC Applied Interfaces</strong></em>, vol. 1, pp. 684-688, 2024. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2024/LF/D4LF00081A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/nanotoday-2024-catalysis.jpg" alt="Catalysis-mediated dynamic ligand presentation regulates mechanosensing-metabolism coupling of stem cells" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Catalysis-mediated dynamic ligand presentation regulates mechanosensing-metabolism coupling of stem cells</div> <div class="pub-meta">X. Wang, X. Xie, Z. Li, X. Zhang, B. Yang, H. Kang, P. S.-h. Yung, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, S. H. D. Wong^*, L. Bian^*, K. Zhang^*, <em><strong>Nano Today</strong></em>, vol. 57, p. 102363, 2024. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2024.102363" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/ais-2024-drift.jpg" alt="Drift-Aware Feature Learning Based on Autoencoder Preprocessing for Soft Sensors" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Drift-Aware Feature Learning Based on Autoencoder Preprocessing for Soft Sensors</div> <div class="pub-meta">J. Wang, J. Shu, M. M. Alam, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, Z. Li, K. Tong^*, <em><strong>Advanced Intelligent Systems</strong></em>, vol. 6, p. 2300486, 2024. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aisy.202300486" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/amt-2024-flexible.jpg" alt="Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors Based on Ionic Liquid-doped Poly(L-Lactic Acid) for Human Coughing Recognition" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors Based on Ionic Liquid-doped Poly(L-Lactic Acid) for Human Coughing Recognition</div> <div class="pub-meta">Z. He, Y. Liu, I. S. Babichuk, Z. Zhou, Z. Liu, X. Yang, R. Zhou, Y. Pu, S. Li, Y. Chang, T. Ye, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, J. Yang^*, <em><strong>Advanced Materials Technologies</strong></em>, vol. 9, p. 2400386, 2024. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/admt.202400386" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/acsami-2024-minimizing.jpg" alt="Minimizing Contact Resistance and Flicker Noise in Micro Graphene Hall Sensors Using Persistent Carbene Modified Gold Electrodes" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Minimizing Contact Resistance and Flicker Noise in Micro Graphene Hall Sensors Using Persistent Carbene Modified Gold Electrodes</div> <div class="pub-meta">H. Sun, T. Huang, M. M. Alam, J. Li, D. W. Jang, T. Wang, H. Chen, Y.-P. Ho, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>^*, <em><strong>ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces</strong></em>, vol. 16, pp. 31473-31479, 2024. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.4c05451" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-chip"><span class="chip-journal">arXiv</span><span class="chip-year">2024</span></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Electrically Tunable Magnetoconductance of Close-Packed CVD Bilayer Graphene Layer Stacking Walls</div> <div class="pub-meta">Q. Zhang, S. Wang, <strong class="me">Z. 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Johnson, <em><strong>Advanced Materials Interfaces</strong></em>, vol. 3, p. 1600124, 2016. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admi.201600124" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/nl-2016-monolayer.jpg" alt="Monolayer Single-Crystal 1T'-MoTe₂ Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition Exhibits Weak Antilocalization Effect" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Monolayer Single-Crystal 1T'-MoTe₂ Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition Exhibits Weak Antilocalization Effect</div> <div class="pub-meta">C. H. Naylor <em>et al.</em>, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, A. T. C. Johnson, <em><strong>Nano Letters</strong></em>, vol. 16, pp. 4297-4304, 2016. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01342" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="pub-year">2015</h3> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/jpcc-2015-vertically.jpg" alt="Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays on Al Substrates through Controlled Diffusion of Catalyst" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays on Al Substrates through Controlled Diffusion of Catalyst</div> <div class="pub-meta"><strong class="me">Z. 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(Reported by <em>SciTechDaily</em>, <em>Electronics Cooling</em>, <em>ScienceDaily</em> and <em>Techfragments</em>) <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0008622313004272" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-thumb"><img src="https://zlgao.com/media/publications/apl-2013-highly.jpg" alt="Highly conductive die attach adhesive from percolation control and its applications in light-emitting device thermal management" loading="lazy"></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Highly conductive die attach adhesive from percolation control and its applications in light-emitting device thermal management</div> <div class="pub-meta">X. Zhang <em>et al.</em>, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, <em><strong>Applied Physics Letters</strong></em>, vol. 102, pp. 014101-5, 2013. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4772800" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="pub-year">2011</h3> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-chip"><span class="chip-journal">Nanotechnology</span><span class="chip-year">2011</span></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Thermal Interface Material on Aluminum Alloy Substrates with Low Pressure CVD</div> <div class="pub-meta"><strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, K. Zhang, and M. M. F. Yuen, <em><strong>Nanotechnology</strong></em>, vol. 22, p. 265611, 2011. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0957-4484/22/26/265611/meta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="pub-year">Patents</h3> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-chip"><span class="chip-journal">Patent</span><span class="chip-year">2026</span></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Graphene-Enabled DNA Biosensors with Enhanced Sensitivity and Specificity</div> <div class="pub-meta">U.S. Patent No. 12,674,778 B2, A. T. Johnson, Jr., <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong> and H. Xia, granted July 7, 2026. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US12674778B2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="pub"> <span class="pub-chip"><span class="chip-journal">Patent</span><span class="chip-year">2017</span></span> <div class="pub-info"> <div class="pub-title">Three-Dimensional Interconnected Porous Graphene-Based Thermal Interface Materials</div> <div class="pub-meta">Patent US9605193B2, M. M. F. Yuen, X. Zhang, K. K. Yeung, <strong class="me">Z. Gao</strong>, K. Zhang, M. Zhang, H. Xu, 2017, Patent Granted. <span class="pub-links"><a href="https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/8f/10/f9/6bd4f0aa21a8c0/US9605193.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">[Link]</a></span></div> </div> </div>https://zlgao.com/research/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://zlgao.com/research/<div class="r-area"> <h2 id="vdw-growth">Large-area Epitaxial Growth of van der Waals Materials</h2> <img src="https://zlgao.com/media/research/natcomm-vdw.jpg" alt="Curvature-stabilized ABC trilayer graphene grown by CVD" class="research-fig" style="float: right; width: 340px; max-width: 100%; margin: 0.2rem 0 1rem 1.5rem;"> <p>The properties of van der Waals (vdW) materials vary dramatically with the atomic stacking order between layers, yet that order is difficult to control. Trilayer graphene stacks in either a semimetallic <strong>ABA</strong> or a semiconducting <strong>ABC</strong> configuration with a gate-tunable band gap — but the latter had only ever been produced by exfoliation. We introduced a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) route to trilayer graphene that greatly enhances the fraction and size of ABC domains. The key insight: <strong>substrate curvature stabilizes ABC stacking</strong>, reaching controllable ABC yields of ~59%. The ABC fraction survives transfer to device substrates, where transport measurements confirm the expected tunable band gap.</p>