Gao's Research Group at UCONN

Gao's Nanomaterials Science Laboratory

Research Highlights

Research on solution-based alloying of semiconductor nanowire arrays highlighted in Nanotechweb (UK):”Nanowire band structure engineering found route in solution”, May 2009.
Discovery of ZnO superlattice structured nanohelix and phase transition from single crystal ZnO nanobelts to superlatticed structured nanohelices (published in Science 2005, 309, 1700), highlighted by several major nanotechnology medias such as Nanotechweb (UK), Chemical & Engineering News (US), Chinanews Daily (CN), Frankfutter Allgemeine Zeitung (GER) etc.
Research work on superlattice nanohelices highlighted in Perspectives of Science Magazine (Science 2005, 309) with title “Nanosprings Take Shape.” and featured in Research Horizons (2005 Fall issue, Georgia Tech) with title “Superlattice Nanobelts: Nanohelix structure provides new building block for nanoscale piezoelectric devices.”
Invented ZnO nanowire-nanoribbon junction arrays (2002) highlighted in the cover of the first 5-year Report on the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), May 2005.
Research work highlighted in covers of advanced journals such as “Journal of Physical Chemistry B” (December 2002 & June 2004), “Applied Physics Letters” (April 2004), “Materials Today” (June 2004), “Journal of Materials Chemistry” (2005, 15), “Materials Chemistry Forum News” (Sept. 2005), and "MRS Bulletin" (Feb. 2007), etc.
As of August 2009, research work has been cited for over 2500 times (ISI Web of Science database), H-index: 21.