
Qi-Huo Wei
Biography
Dr. Qi-Huo Weiâs 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, âPatterning of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals by Photoalignment with Photonic Metamasksâ 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 âMouthpart conduit sizes of fluid-feeding insects determine the ability to feed from poresâ 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 âDesigns of Plasmonic Metamasks for Photopatterning Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystalsâ Crystals 7, 8(2017)
Chenhui Peng, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo, Qi-Huo Wei, Oleg. D Lavrentovich, âCommand of active matter by topological defects and patternsâ Science 354, 882-885(2016)
Chenhui Peng, Taras Turiv, Yubing Guo, Sergei V Shiyanovskii, Qi-Huo Wei, Oleg D Lavrentovich âControl of colloidal placement by modulated molecular orientation in nematic cellsâ Science Advances 2, e1600932(2016)
Yubing Guo, Miao Jiang, Chenhui Peng, Kai Sun, Oleg Yaroshchuk, Oleg Lavrentovich, Qi-Huo Wei âHighâResolution and HighâThroughput Plasmonic Photopatterning of Complex Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystalsâ Advanced Materials 28, 2353â2358(2016)
Yubing Guo, S. Afghah, Jie Xiang, Oleg D Lavrentovich, Robin L. B. Selinger, Qi-Huo Wei, âCholesteric liquid crystals in rectangular microchannels: skyrmions and stripesâ Soft Matter 12, 6312-6320(2016)
Ayan Chakrabarty, Feng Wang, Kai Sun, Qi-Huo Wei, âEffects of translationârotation coupling on the displacement probability distribution functions of boomerang colloidal particlesâ Soft matter 12, 4318-4323(2016)
Chenhui Peng, Yubing Guo, Christopher Conklin, Jorge Viñals, Sergij V Shiyanovskii, Qi-Huo Wei, Oleg D Lavrentovich, âLiquid crystals with patterned molecular orientation as an electrolytic active mediumâ Physical Review E 92, 052502(2015)
Feng Wang, Qi-Huo Wei, Han Htoon, âSwitchable and non-switchable zero backscattering of dielectric nano-resonatorsâ Optical Materials Express 5, 668-675(2015)
Feng Wang, Qi-Huo Wei, Han Htoon, âGeneration of steep phase anisotropy with zero-backscattering by arrays of coupled dielectric nano-resonatorsâ Applied Physics Letters 105, 121112 (2014)
Ayan Chakrabarty, Andrew Konya, Feng Wang, Jonathan V. Selinger, Kai Sun, and Qi-Huo Wei, âBrownian Motion of Arbitrarily Shaped Particles in Two Dimensionsâ, Langmuir, 30, 13844â13853 (2014).
Fred Minkowski, Feng Wang, Ayan Chakrabarty, Qi-Huo Wei, âResonant 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, âBrownian Motion of Boomerang Colloidal Particlesâ, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 160603 (2013).
Ayan Chakrabarty, Feng Wang, Chun-Zhen Fan, Kai Sun, and Qi-Huo Wei, âHigh-Precision Tracking of Brownian Boomerang Colloidal Particles Confined in Quasi Two Dimensionsâ, Langmuir 29, 14396â14402 (2013).
Feng Wang, Ayan Chakrabarty, Fred Minkowski, Kai Sun, Qi-Huo Wei, âPolarization conversion with elliptical patch nanoantennasâ, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 023101 (2012).
Ayan Chakrabarty, Feng Wang, Fred Minkowski, Kai Sun, Qi-Huo Wei âCavity modes and their excitations in elliptical plasmonic patch nanoantennasâ Opt. Express 20, 11615-11624 (2012)
Bhuwan Joshi, Ayan Chakrabarty, Qi-Huo Wei, âNumerical Studies of MetalâDielectricâMetal Nanoantennasâ, IEEE Trans. in Nanotechnology 9, 701-707 (2010).
Bhuwan Joshi, Ayan Chakrabarty, Christopher Bruot, Hannah Ainsworth, Gail Fraizer, and Qi-Huo Wei, âDNA-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, âGeneration of Radially and Azimuthally Polarized Light through Concentric Circular Nanoslits in Ag Filmsâ Opt. Express 18, 63-71 (2010).
B. P. Joshi, Q. H. Wei, âCavity Resonances of Metal-Dielectric-Metal Nanoantennasâ, Opt. Express 16, 10315(2008).
F. S. Zhou, and Q. H. Wei, âScaling Laws for NanoFET Sensorsâ, Nanotechnology 19, 015504 (2008)
J. Gu, R. Gupta, C. -F. Chou, Q. -H. Wei and Frederic Zenhausern, âA 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, âTunable and Augmented Plasmon Resonances of Au/SiO2 Nanodisksâ, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 063118 (2006).
Z. W. Liu, Q. -H. Wei, X. Zhang, âSurface Plasmon Interference Nanolithography (SPIN)â, NanoLett., 5, 957-961 (2005).
Q.-H. Wei, K.-H. Su, S. Durant, X. Zhang, âPlasmon Resonance of Finite One-dimensional Nano Au Particle Chainsâ, NanoLett. 4, 1067 (2004).
Q.-H. Wei and X. L. Wu, âGrain 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, âInterparticle Coupling Effects on Plasmon Resonances of Nano Metallic Particlesâ, NanoLett. 3, 1087 (2003).
Q. H. Wei, C. Demid, X. L. Wu, âControlled assembly of 2D colloidal crystals with mechanic annealingâ, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 1641 (2000).
C. Bechinger, Q. H. Wei, P. Leiderer, âReentrant melting of two-dimensional colloidal systemsâ, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, A425 (2000).
Q. H. Wei, C. Bechinger, P. Leiderer, âSingle-file diffusion of colloids in one-dimensional channelsâ, Science 287, 625(2000).
Q. H. Wei, C. Bechinger, D. Rudhardt, P. Leiderer, âExperimental 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¶čŽ«Ăœ
2011-2017, Associate Professor, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Âé¶čŽ«Ăœ
2006-2011, Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Âé¶čŽ«Ăœ
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