
Qi-Huo Wei
Biography
Dr. Qi-Huo Wei’s research is currently focused on nanomanufacturing, material engineering, plasmonic photopatterning, liquid crystals, liquid crystal polymers, colloids
Education
Ph.D. Nanjing University, China
B.S. Nanjing University, China
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Chenhui Peng, Yubing Guo, Taras Turiv, Miao Jiang, Qi-Huo Wei, Oleg. D Lavrentovich, “Patterning of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals by Photoalignment with Photonic Metamasks†Advanced Materials, (in Press) 2017
Matthew S. Lehnert, Andrew Bennett, Kristen E. Reiter, Patrick D. Gerard, Qi-Huo Wei, Miranda Byler, Huan Yan, Wah-Keat Lee “Mouthpart conduit sizes of fluid-feeding insects determine the ability to feed from pores†Proceedings of The Royal Society B 284, 20162026 (2017)
Yubing Guo, Miao Jiang, Chenhui Peng, Kai Sun, Oleg Yaroshchuk, Oleg D Lavrentovich, Qi-Huo Wei “Designs of Plasmonic Metamasks for Photopatterning Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystals†Crystals 7, 8(2017)
Chenhui Peng, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo, Qi-Huo Wei, Oleg. D Lavrentovich, “Command of active matter by topological defects and patterns†Science 354, 882-885(2016)
Chenhui Peng, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo, Sergei V Shiyanovskii, Qi-Huo Wei, Oleg D Lavrentovich “Control of colloidal placement by modulated molecular orientation in nematic cells†Science Advances 2, e1600932(2016)
Yubing Guo, Miao Jiang, Chenhui Peng, Kai Sun, Oleg Yaroshchuk, Oleg Lavrentovich, Qi-Huo Wei “Highâ€Resolution and Highâ€Throughput Plasmonic Photopatterning of Complex Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystals†Advanced Materials 28, 2353–2358(2016)
Yubing Guo, S. Afghah, Jie Xiang, Oleg D Lavrentovich, Robin L. B. Selinger, Qi-Huo Wei, “Cholesteric liquid crystals in rectangular microchannels: skyrmions and stripes†Soft Matter 12, 6312-6320(2016)
Ayan Chakrabarty, Feng Wang, Kai Sun, Qi-Huo Wei, “Effects of translation–rotation coupling on the displacement probability distribution functions of boomerang colloidal particles†Soft matter 12, 4318-4323(2016)
Chenhui Peng, Yubing Guo, Christopher Conklin, Jorge Viñals, Sergij V Shiyanovskii, Qi-Huo Wei, Oleg D Lavrentovich, “Liquid crystals with patterned molecular orientation as an electrolytic active medium†Physical Review E 92, 052502(2015)
Feng Wang, Qi-Huo Wei, Han Htoon, “Switchable and non-switchable zero backscattering of dielectric nano-resonators†Optical Materials Express 5, 668-675(2015)
Feng Wang, Qi-Huo Wei, Han Htoon, “Generation of steep phase anisotropy with zero-backscattering by arrays of coupled dielectric nano-resonators†Applied Physics Letters 105, 121112 (2014)
Ayan Chakrabarty, Andrew Konya, Feng Wang, Jonathan V. Selinger, Kai Sun, and Qi-Huo Wei, “Brownian Motion of Arbitrarily Shaped Particles in Two Dimensionsâ€, Langmuir, 30, 13844–13853 (2014).
Fred Minkowski, Feng Wang, Ayan Chakrabarty, Qi-Huo Wei, “Resonant Cavity Modes of Circular Plasmonic Patch Nanoantennasâ€, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 021111 (2014).
Ayan Chakrabarty, Andrew Konya, Feng Wang, Jonathan V. Selinger, Kai Sun, Qi-Huo Wei, “Brownian Motion of Boomerang Colloidal Particlesâ€, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 160603 (2013).
Ayan Chakrabarty, Feng Wang, Chun-Zhen Fan, Kai Sun, and Qi-Huo Wei, “High-Precision Tracking of Brownian Boomerang Colloidal Particles Confined in Quasi Two Dimensionsâ€, Langmuir 29, 14396–14402 (2013).
Feng Wang, Ayan Chakrabarty, Fred Minkowski, Kai Sun, Qi-Huo Wei, “Polarization conversion with elliptical patch nanoantennasâ€, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 023101 (2012).
Ayan Chakrabarty, Feng Wang, Fred Minkowski, Kai Sun, Qi-Huo Wei “Cavity modes and their excitations in elliptical plasmonic patch nanoantennas†Opt. Express 20, 11615-11624 (2012)
Bhuwan Joshi, Ayan Chakrabarty, Qi-Huo Wei, “Numerical Studies of Metal–Dielectric–Metal Nanoantennasâ€, IEEE Trans. in Nanotechnology 9, 701-707 (2010).
Bhuwan Joshi, Ayan Chakrabarty, Christopher Bruot, Hannah Ainsworth, Gail Fraizer, and Qi-Huo Wei, “DNA-WT1 Protein Interaction Studied by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopyâ€, Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 396, 1415-1421 (2010).
Feng Wang, Min Xiao, Kai Sun, Qi-Huo Wei, “Generation of Radially and Azimuthally Polarized Light through Concentric Circular Nanoslits in Ag Films†Opt. Express 18, 63-71 (2010).
B. P. Joshi, Q. H. Wei, “Cavity Resonances of Metal-Dielectric-Metal Nanoantennasâ€, Opt. Express 16, 10315(2008).
F. S. Zhou, and Q. H. Wei, “Scaling Laws for NanoFET Sensorsâ€, Nanotechnology 19, 015504 (2008)
J. Gu, R. Gupta, C. -F. Chou, Q. -H. Wei and Frederic Zenhausern, “A simple Polysilsesquioxane Sealing of Nanofluidic Channels below 10 nm at Room Temperatureâ€, Lab-on-a Chip 7, 1198 (2007).
K.-H. Su, Q. -H. Wei, X. Zhang, “Tunable and Augmented Plasmon Resonances of Au/SiO2 Nanodisksâ€, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 063118 (2006).
Z. W. Liu, Q. -H. Wei, X. Zhang, “Surface Plasmon Interference Nanolithography (SPIN)â€, NanoLett., 5, 957-961 (2005).
Q.-H. Wei, K.-H. Su, S. Durant, X. Zhang, “Plasmon Resonance of Finite One-dimensional Nano Au Particle Chainsâ€, NanoLett. 4, 1067 (2004).
Q.-H. Wei and X. L. Wu, “Grain Boundary Dynamics under Mechanical Annealing in Two-dimensional Colloidsâ€, Phys. Rev. E 70: 020401 (2004).
K.-H. Su, Q.-H. Wei, X. Zhang, J. Mock, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, “Interparticle Coupling Effects on Plasmon Resonances of Nano Metallic Particlesâ€, NanoLett. 3, 1087 (2003).
Q. H. Wei, C. Demid, X. L. Wu, “Controlled assembly of 2D colloidal crystals with mechanic annealingâ€, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 1641 (2000).
C. Bechinger, Q. H. Wei, P. Leiderer, “Reentrant melting of two-dimensional colloidal systemsâ€, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, A425 (2000).
Q. H. Wei, C. Bechinger, P. Leiderer, “Single-file diffusion of colloids in one-dimensional channelsâ€, Science 287, 625(2000).
Q. H. Wei, C. Bechinger, D. Rudhardt, P. Leiderer, “Experimental study of laser induced melting in two-dimensional colloidsâ€, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2606 (1998).
Affiliations
Employment
2017-, Professor, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Âé¶¹¹û¶³
2011-2017, Associate Professor, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Âé¶¹¹û¶³
2006-2011, Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Âé¶¹¹û¶³
2003-2006, Staff Scientist, Center for Applied Nanobioscience, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
2001-2003, Postgraduate Researcher/Assistant Research Engineer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA
2000-2001, visiting assistant professor, Wayen State University
1999-2000, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
1997-1999, A. v. Humboldt Senior Research Fellow, University of Konstanz, Germany