Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Prof Shen Zexiang 
Programme Chair (Sustainable Earth), Interdisciplinary Graduate School
Professor 
Division of Physics & Applied Physics 
School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences 
College of Science 



Email: ZEXIANG@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)65923077/63168855 
Office: SPMS-PAP-03-01 
Education
  • PhD University of London, King's Coll. 1989
  • BS(Physic) Jilin University 1982
Biography
Prof Shen is with the School of Physical and Mathematical Sceinces since the School started in 2005. He is currently the Asscoiate Chair for Academic and Graduate Studies. He received his Bachelor degree in Physics from Jilin University, and Ph.D. degrees from the King's College, University of London respectively. He has published over 200 research papers in international journals.
Research Interests
Prof Shen's areas of expertise are Raman spectroscopy and microscopy, Nano Science and Nano Technology, near-field optics, spintronics and strain characterzation of Si devices. His current research works focus on near-field Raman microscopy, Plasmonics, nano materials and devices, graphene and nanosphere lithography.
Research Grant
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2008-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2009-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2013-2016) [by Ministry of Education (MOE)]
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 3 (2012-)
  • Defence Science Organisation National Laboratories (2005-) [by MINDEF - DSO National Laboratories]
  • Start Up Grant (2005-)
  • Supplementary Equipment Purchase (2006-) [by MOE]
Current Projects
  • Development of Sub Diffraction Limit Spatial Resolution of Raman Spectroscopy by Means of Near-Field Enhancement by the Photonic Nanojets Produced by Dielectric Microspheres
  • Disruptive Photonic Technologies (DPT)
  • Femto-Second Mode-locked Laser with Stable Broadband Frequency Comb
  • Investigation of nano-structures and devices using novel near-field imaging techniques
  • Near-Field Scanning Raman Microscopy and Development of Femto-Second Laser with Stabilized Broadband Frequency Comb
  • Optical Nanoscopy and study of nano-materials devices
  • Plasma Decoration of Suspended Graphene for Novel Electronic Applications
  • Towards “3D” Nanoscope With Super Spatial Resolution
Selected Publications
  • C. L. Du, Y. M. You, J. Kasim, Z. H. Ni, T. Yu, C. P. Wong, H. M. Fan, and Z. X. Shen. (2008). Confocal White Light Reflection Imaging for Characterization of Metal Nanostructures. Optics Communications, 281, 5360-5363.
  • YM You, CL Du, Y Ma, J Kasim, T Yu, ZX Shen. (2008). Near-field coupling effect on far-field inelastic scattering imaging of Au nanoparticles. Nanotechnology, 19, 395705.
  • H. S. Tan, S. R. Kulkarni, T. Cahyadi, P. S. Lee, S. G. Mhaisalkar, J. Kasim, Z. X. Shen, and F. R. Zhu. (2008). Solution-processed trilayer inorganic dielectric for high performanceflexible organic field effect transistors. Applied Physics Letters, 93, 183503.
  • Zhiqiang Luo, Sanhua Lim, YumengYou, Jianmin Miao,Hao Gong, Jixuan Zhang, ShanzhongWang, Jianyi Lin and Zexiang Shen. (2008). Effect of ion bombardment on the synthesis of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Nanotechnology, 19, 255607.
  • L. Liao, H. X. Mai, Q. Yuan, H. B. Lu, J. C. Li, C. Liu, C. H. Yan, Z. X. Shen and T. Yu. (2008). Metal oxide nanostructures from simple metal-oxygen reaction in air. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 9061.
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