Research Interest

My research programs are centered on using new materials and materials engineering approaches towards the formation of functional nanostructures with energy and electronic applications. Our research activities include:

  1. Energy devices: we focus on 1D oxide nanowires, 2D hydroxides nanosheets and reduced graphene oxides for electrochemical supercapacitors. We also develop high energy density capacitors with high pulse power, piezoelectrics energy harvestors and energy saving smart glass.

  2. Nanoelectronic materials: silicide formation, novel dielectrics, nanocrystals, nanowires, and nanocelullose hybrids. The functional devices that are being studied include touch panels, nanowire transistors, resistive switching memory, pressure sensors, gas sensors, and light emitting devices.

  3. Organic electronics: ferroelectric polymer, self assembled monolayers, polyelectrolyte and electrochromic materials. These materials have been applied for flexible organic memories, sensors, electrochromic and stretchable devices.

The approach we take is multidisciplinary, which involves materials science and engineering, physics, chemistry and electrical engineering. We study the fundamental charge transport, electrochemical properties, materials and device performance for practical interest in nano-scale devices for electronics, energy, sensors, flexible plastic circuits, stretchable and deformable devices, energy storage or harvesting.

Funded Research Projects

Nanoelectronics

  • Deformable electronic materials and devices for human machine interface (NRF Investigatorship, PI)
  • Next generation high performance transparent conductors for interactive touch applications (NRF CRP, PI)
  • Flexible Actuators (Robert Bosch, PI)
  • Center of Excellence for Silicon Technologies (COE-Si) (A*Star-EDB, Project PI, deputy director)
  • Merlion France PhD grant on resistive switching (French embassy, PI)
  • Gas sensors (Robert Bosch, PI)
  • ISR PhD grant on wearable LED (ISR, Project PI)
  • Resistive switching based on ferroelectric polymers (MOE-Tier 2, PI)
  • Pulse laser deposition of nanotechnologies for memory (Industry, PI)
  • Polymeric Electronics and Molecular Devices (PMED): Design, Fabrication and System Integration of Organic ASICs (A*Star SERC, collaborator)
  • Pulse laser deposition of nanotechnologies for memory (Industry, PI)
  • Rare-earth materials for sub-45nm nano-electronic devices (A*Star SERC TSRP, Project PI)
  • Developing New Germanosilicide/Germanide Materials and Processes for Future Nano-Scale MOSFET Devices (A*Star SERC TSRP, co-PI)

    • Energy

  • Ultra-pseudo supercapacitor with nanocarbon and ternary metal oxide composites (MOE Tier 2, co-PI)
  • Large scale electrochromic glass (Spring-CDG, IHL PI)
  • Project Phantom (DSTA, co-PI)
  • High performance capacitors (DSTA, PI)
  • Synthesis and assembly of transition metal oxides for electrochromic devices (DSO, PI)
  • Project Photon (DSTA, co-PI)
  • Gas Permeability for fuel cell (Rolls Royce, PI)
  • Nanomaterials for Energy and Water (NRF-CREATE, Programme co-director)
  • Electrochromics and Piezoelectrics (NRF-CREATE, Project PI)
  • Multilayer polymer capacitors for mobile camera applications (NRF-POC, PI) Ferroelectric graphene films for solar cells (JSPS, PI)
  • Wet chemicals route for electrochromics (A*STAR-MND Green Building Joint Grant Call, co-PI)
  • Project Cadence (DIRP, PI)
  • Borates for Energy Management (Rio Tinto, PI)
  • Inkjet printing for EC (SIIRD, PI)

    • Industry Collaboration Projects

  • Electrochromic glass (Singapore Safety Glass)
  • Inkjet printing (Clearjet)
  • Transparent conductors (CIMA NanoTech)
  • Solution coatings (3M)
  • Smart glass (Singapore Safety Glass)
  • Pressure sensors (Interlink Electronics)
  • Energy devices (Rio Tinto)
  • Sensing layers for gas detection (Robert Bosch)
  • Nanosensors (Nanosensormatics)
  • Energy harvestor (Sequioa )




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