People Di Gao
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Phone: 412-624-8488 Fax: 412-624-9639 Office: 1235 Benedum Hall EducationPhD in Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2004 BS in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1999 Professional InterestsDr. Gao’s research focuses on the synthesis, assembly, and characterization of novel nanostructures, as well as the integration of these nanostructures into functional devices and systems for biomedical, environmental, and sustainable engineering applications. His research topics include:
Please visit Professor Gao's group website for more details. Selected Publications(Click here for a complete list of publications.) L.-Z. Gao, N. Mbonu, L.-L. Cao, and D. Gao, “Label-free colorimetric detection of gelatinases on nanoporous silicon photonic films,” Analytical Chemistry, 80, 1468-1473 (2008). L.-L. Cao, T. Price, M. Weiss, and D. Gao, “Super water- and oil-repellent surfaces on intrinsically hydrophilic and oleophilic porous silicon films,” Langmuir, 24, 1640-1643 (2008). K.A. Pestka, J.D. Maynard, D. Gao, and C. Carraro, “Measurement of the elastic constants of a columnar SiC thin film,” Physical Review Letters, 100, 055503 (2008). A. Cao, J. D. Monnell, C. Matranga, J. Wu, L. Cao, and D. Gao, “Hierarchical Nanostructured copper oxide and its application in arsenic removal,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 18624-18628 (2007). L. Gao, J. Wu, J. Wu, and D. Gao, “Separation of long DNA molecules through cleavage of hydrogen bonds under a stretching force,” Applied Physics Letters, 91, 113902 (2007). (This article has been highlighted by Nature Nanotechnology. Link to the highlight, Highlight PDF file) A. Cao, L. Cao, and D. Gao, “Fabrication of non-aging superhydrophobic surfaces by packing flower-like hematite microparticles,” Applied Physics Letters, 91, 034102 (2007). L. Cao, H. Hu, and D. Gao, “Design and fabrication of microtextures for inducing a super-hydrophobic behavior on hydrophilic materials,” Langmuir, 23, 4310-4314 (2007). D. Gao, A. Mulchandani, W. Chen, J. S. Schultz, “Detection of tumor markers based on extinction spectra of visible light passing through gold nanoholes,” Applied Physics Letters, 90, 073901 (2007). D. Gao, N. McBean, J. S. Schultz, Y. Yan, A. Mulchandani, and W. Chen, "Fabrication of Antibody Arrays Using Thermally Responsive Elastin Fusion Proteins," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 676 (2006). D. Gao, R. He, C. Carraro, R. T. Howe, P. Yang, and R. Maboudian, "Selective Growth of Si Nanowire Arrays via Galvanic Displacement Processes in Water-in-Oil Microemulsions," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127(13), 4574 (2005). R. He, D. Gao, R. Fan, A. I. Hochbaum, C. Carraro, R. Maboudian, and P. Yang, "Si Nanowire Bridges in Trenches: Integration of Growth into Device Fabrication," Advanced Materials, 17, 2098 (2005). D. Gao, C. Carraro, R.T. Howe, and R. Maboudian, "Recent Progress Towards A Manufacturable SiC Surface Micromachining Technology," IEEE Sensors Journal, 4(4), 441 (2004). D. Gao, C. Carraro, V. Radmilovic, R.T. Howe, and R. Maboudian, "Fracture of Polycrystalline SiC Films in Microelectromechanical systems," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 13(6), 991 (2004). D. Gao, R.T. Howe, and R. Maboudian, "High-selectivity Etching of Polycrystalline 3C-SiC Films using HBr-based Transformer Coupled Plasma," Applied Physics Letters, 82 (11), 1742 (2003). |
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