Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ph.D. in Macromolecular Science and Engineering (2002)
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, M.E. in Civil Engineering (1997)
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, , B.E. in Chemical Engineering (1994)

Research Interests

My research interests are in the frontiers of nanofabrication, including but not limited to scanning probe lithography and nanoimprint lithography. I try to understand material behaviors under these nanofabrication processes and extend the fabricated structures into the application of nanoelectronics and sensors with biological and medical significances. Interested systems for such purpose include assembled monolayers for virus detection, patterned metallic alloys for semiconducting circuitry and polymer thin films for organic electronics.

Both experimental and theoretical aspects of the above topics will be explored. Graduate and undergraduate students with high motivation and creativity are needed for a variety of projects. These assistantships are excellent opportunities for people to adventure in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, surface and material science.

Selected Publications

Ouyang Z., Tan L., Liu M., Li H., Zhang X., Judge S. O., Hu J., Patten T. E., Liu G.-Y., "Fabrication of multi-component micro- and nanostructures with a simple miniaturization approach", submitted, 2005

Yang G., Tan L., Yang Y., Chen S., Liu G.-Y., "Single electron tunneling and manipulation of nanoparticles on surfaces at room temperature", Surf. Sci., 2005, 589, 129

Tan L., Kong Y. P., Pang S. W., Yee A. F., "Imprinting of polymer at low temperature and pressure", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 2004, 22, 2486

Kong Y. P., Tan L, Pang S. W., Yee A. F., "Stacked polymer patterns imprinted using a soft inkpad", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 2004, 22, 1873

Tan L., Curtis, M. D., Francis A. H., "Simulation of transient photoconduction in organic p-n junction bi-layer photodiodes", Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 2134

Tan L., Kong Y. P., Pang S. W., Yee A. F., "Plasticizer-assisted polymer imprint and transfer", Proc. SPIE, 2004, 5374, 1017

Tan L., Kong Y. P., Bao L.-R., Huang X. D., Guo L. J., Pang S. W., Yee A. F., "Imprinting polymer film on patterned substrate", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 2003, 21, 2742

Bao L.-R., Tan L., Huang X. D., Kong Y. P., Guo L. J., Pang S. W., Yee A. F., "Polymer inking as a micro- and nano-patterning technique", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 2003, 21, 2749

Tan L., Curtis, M. D., Francis A. H., "Characterization of organic p/n junction photodiodes based on poly(alkylthiophene)/perylene diimide bilayers", Chem. Mater., 2003, 15, 2272

Tan L., Curtis, M. D., Francis, A. H., "Charge transfer in ferrocene-bearing poly(thiophene)s and application in organic p/n photocells", Macromolecules, 2002, 35, 4628