Current Research

    My research is in the frontiers of nanofabrication, including but not limited to scanning probe lithography and nanoimprint lithography. I try to understand material properties and 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 semiconductor chips and polymer structures for organic electronics.

Recent Key Publications

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. 589, 129 (2005).

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

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

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

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 21, 2742 (2003).

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 21, 2749 (2003).

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

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