Lei Shao | Professor | Email: shaolei5 AT mail.sysu.edu.cn
Academic and Professional Experience
- Professor, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) (2022-)
- Assistant Professor, Beijing Computational Science Research Center (2019-2022).
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2019-2022) (Honorary)
- Research Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017-2019)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (2014-2017)
Käll group, Department of Physics Chalmers & MC2 Myfab Sweden
Education
- Ph.D, Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2013)
- M.Phil., Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2010)
- BSc., Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (2008)
Research focus
- Nano-plasmonics, valleytronic devices, 2D semiconductors
- Chiral nanophotonics and optoelectronics
- Ultraviolet nanophotonics
- Metalens design
Selected Publications
- J. P. Zheng, Y. Fu, J. Wang, W. Zhang, X. H. Lu, H.-Q. Lin, L. Shao,* J. F. Wang,* Circularly polarized OLEDs from chiral plasmonic nanoparticle-molecule hybrids, Nature Communications 2025, 16, 1658.
- J. P. Zheng,# C. Boukouvala,# G. Lewis,# Y. C. Ma, Y. Chen, E. Ringe,* L. Shao,* Z. F. Huang, J. F. Wang,* "Halide-assisted differential growth of chiral nanoparticles with threefold rotational symmetry", Nature Communications 2023, 14, 3783.
- T. T. Zhang, L. Z. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Q. Wang, M. Gupta, X. Y. Guo, Y. Zhu, Y. C. Yiu, T. K. C. Hui, Y. Zhou, C. Li, D. Y. Lei, K. H. Li, X. Q. Wang, Q. Wang,* L. Shao,* Z. Q. Chu,* "Multimodal dynamic and unclonable anti-counterfeiting using robust diamond microparticles on heterogeneous substrate", Nature Communications 2023, 14, 2507.
- L. F. Li,# L. Shao,# X. W. Liu, A. Y. Gao, H. Wang, B. J. Zheng, G. Z. Hou , K. Shehzad, L. W. Yu, F. Miao, Y. Shi, Y. Xu,* X. M. Wang,* "Room-temperature valleytronic transistor", Nature Nanotechnology 2020, 15, 743.
- T. H. Huang,# X. C. Tu,# C. Q. Shen, B. J. Zheng, J. Z. Wang, H. Wang, K. Khaliji, S. H. Park, Z. Y. Liu, T. Yang, Z. D. Zhang, L. Shao, X. S. Li,* T. Low,* Y. Shi,* X. M. Wang,* "Observation of chiral and slow plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene", Nature 2022, 605, 63.
- Y. R. Fang,* N. Gao, L. Shao,* "Photoemission enhancement of plasmonic hot electrons by Au antenna-sensitizer complexes", ACS Nano 2024, 18, 3397.
- H. Huang,# H. Wang,# S. S. Li,# J. Y. Jiang, Y. Liu, M. Y. Cai, L. Shao,* H. J. Chen, J. F. Wang,* "WS2-flake-sandwiched, Au-nanodisk-enabled high-quality Fabry-Perot nanoresonators for photoluminescence modulation", ACS Nano 2022, 16, 14874.
- S. S. Li, K. K. Chui, F. H. Shen, H. Huang, S. Z. Wen, C.Y. Yam, L. Shao,* J. B. Xu, J. F. Wang,* "Generation and detection of strain-localized excitons in WS2 monolayer by plasmonic metal nanocrystals", ACS Nano 2022, 16, 10647.
- L. Shao,* Z.-J. Yang, D. Andrén, P. Johansson, M. Käll,* "Gold nanorod rotary motors driven by resonant light scattering", ACS Nano 2015, 9, 12542.
- J. Wang, J. P. Zheng, K. H. Li, J. F. Wang, H.-Q. Lin, L. Shao,* "Excitation of chiral cavity plasmon resonances in film-coupled chiral Au nanoparticles", Advanced Optical Materials 2023, 11, 2202865.
- [A list of all published works]
Journal Reviewer/Editorial Duty
Peer review: Nature Communications, Science Advances, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Optical Materials, Small, Small Structures, ACS Nano, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Environmental Science & Technology, Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, ACS Photonics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Nano Materials, ACS Nanoscience Au, ACS Sensors, Langmuir, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Optics Express, Journal of Colloid And Interface Science, Materials & Design, etc.
Editorial: Editorial board member for Nanotechnology (IOP Publishing)
Seminar Talks
- 07/2024 Invited talk: " Photoluminescence modulation of 2D semiconductors by individual plasmonic metal nanocrystals"
Seminar, Department of Physics Capital Normal University/CSRC, Beijing. - 08/2023 Invited talk: "Improved chiroptical properties of chiral plasmonic nanoparticles"
Seminar, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an. - 06/2021 Invited talk: "Plasmonics with a twist"
Joint TDLI/ICMP/WQC Quantum Seminar, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai. [link] - 05/2021 Invited talk: "Plasmon coupling and active plasmonics" "表面等离激元耦合与主动调控" (in Chinese)
Seminar, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai. - 05/2021 Invited talk: "Plasmon coupling and active plasmonics" "表面等离激元耦合与主动调控" (in Chinese)
Seminar, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai. - 01/2021 Invited talk: "Plasmon coupling and active plasmonics" "表面等离激元耦合与主动调控" (in Chinese)
Seminar, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen.
Selected Conference Talks/Services
- 28/12/2026 "基于手性等离激元纳米结构—分子复合材料的圆偏振OLED光源研究"
Invited talk, 第四届功能材料与器件前沿交叉（国际）论坛，主题：光伏、发光及探测材料与器件，中国深圳 - 22/11/2025 "基于手性等离激元纳米结构—分子复合材料的圆偏振OLED光源研究"
Invited talk, 第四届功能材料与器件前沿交叉（国际）论坛，主题：光伏、发光及探测材料与器件，中国深圳 - 08/11/2025-09/11/2025 主办NSFC-RGC青年学者论坛：纳米光子材料与可集成低维光电信息器件，中国广州
- 18/10/2025 "硅纳米结构深紫外表面等离激元响应增强研究"
Invited talk, 第二十五届全国半导体物理学术会议，专题5 硅基半导体与器件物理，中国长沙 - 24/09/2025 "Chiral Plasmonic Nanoparticle-molecule Hybrids For Circularly Polarized OLEDs"
Keynote talk, The 5th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials, Online - 13/09/2025 "等离激元纳米结构对低维材料的发光调控及新型光源器件研究"
Keynote talk, 2025年第14届全国电子信息博士研究生学术论坛，中国广州 - 20/08/2025 "基于手性等离激元纳米结构—分子复合材料的圆偏振OLED光源研究"
Invited talk, 2025 年度中国科学院青年创新促进会上海分会学术年会-分论坛二： 光电信息专场, 浙江宁波 - 07/2025 "Chiral Plasmonic Nanoparticle-molecule Hybrids For Circularly Polarized OLEDs"
Invited talk, International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale 2025, Changchun
Session Chair: Nanophotonics and Plasmonics - 07/2025 "Chiral Plasmonic Nanoparticle-molecule Hybrids For Circularly Polarized OLEDs"
Invited talk, META 2025 (The 15th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics), Malaga, Spain - 12/2024 "Plasmonic nanostructure-enabled probing and emission modulation of excitons in 2D semiconductors"
Invited talk, SICC 12 (The 12th Singapore International Chemistry Conference), Symposium 20: Plasmonic Nanomaterials, Interfaces, and Applications, Singapore. - 07/2024 "Photoluminescence modulation of 2D semiconductors by individual plasmonic metal nanocrystals"
Invited talk, International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale 2024, Zhongshan
Session Chair: Nanophotonics and Plasmonics - 07/2024 "Photoluminescence modulation of 2D semiconductors by individual plasmonic metal nanocrystals"
Invited talk, META 2024 (The 14th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics), Toyama, Japan. - 05/2024 "Photoluminescence modulation of 2D semiconductors by individual plasmonic metal nanocrystals"
Invited talk, IUMRS-ICEM 2024 (International Union of Materials Research Societies – 18th International Conference on Electronic Materials 2024), Hong Kong. - 12/2023 "等离激元纳米结构对二维半导体激子发光的调控"
Invited talk, 中国光学学会光电技术专业委员会、中国仪器仪表学会光机电技术与系统集成分会2023高端学术交流会，广东广州 - 08/2023 "Janus plasmonic structures for high-efficiency solar-driven interfacial evaporation"
Invited talk, International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale 2023, Chengdu
Session Co-Chair - 07/2023 "Excitation of Chiral Cavity Plasmon Resonances in Film-Coupled Nanoparticles"
Invited talk, Chinese Materials Conference 2022-2023, Shenzhen. - 04/2022 "Enhanced chiroptical properties of chiral plasmonic nanocrystals by symmetry breaking"
Invited talk, PIERS (Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium), Hangzhou. - 12/2020 "表面等离激元金属纳米结构在分子检测方面的应用进展"
Invited talk, 广东省分析测试协会表面分析专业委员会2020年度年会暨表面分析技术研讨会, 广东清远. - 09/2018 "Laser-tweezed gold nanorod motors and their application for DNA probing"
Invited talk, IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Reston, Virginia, United States. - 06/2018 "Molecular junction-controlled high-order charge transfer plasmon and Fano resonance"
Invited talk, META 2018 (The 9th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics), Marseille, France. - 07/2017 "Colloidal plasmonic nanorotors propelled by light"
Invited talk, APSMR Annual Meeting, Japan. - 07/2017 Invited talk: "Plasmonically-powered trapping and rotation of colloidal nanostructures"
The International Workshop on Plasmonically-Powered Processes, Wuhan, China. - 06/2017 "Colloidal resonant nanorotors propelled by light"
Invited talk, Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonically-Powered Processes, Hong Kong SAR. - 08/2016 "Fabrication of continuous gradient plasmonic nanostructures"
Invited talk, PIERS (Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium), Shanghai. - 08/2016 "Light speeds up colloidal nanomotors"
Invited talk, PIERS (Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium), Shanghai. - 06/2015 "Ultrafast spin and orbital motion of colloidal gold nanocrystals in an optical trap"
Invited talk, ICMAT (International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies), Singapore
Grants
- NSFC National Key Research and Development Program of China funded project (2024-2029)
- NSFC-RGC Forum for Young Scholars (2025-2025)
- NSFC General Program funded project (2024-2027)
- NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme from Hong Kong RGC funded project (2019-2022)
- Overseas Outstanding Young Talents Program (2019-2022)
- Seed Project of State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies SYSU (2023-2023)
- SYSU Startup Fund (2022-2025)
- Shenzhen Science and Technology General Program funded project (2021-2024)
- Pearl River Talent Recruitment Program from Guangdong Science and Technology Department (2020-2025)
- CUHK Direct Grant: Ref. No. 4053238 (2016-2017); 4053307 (2017-2018); 4053349 (2018-2019)
Awards
- Nanoscale “Emerging Investigators” (2021)
- C N Yang Scholarship, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013)
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013)
- Outstanding College Graduate, University of Science and Technology of China (2008)
- First-Tier Outstanding Student Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China (2004, 2006)
Students supervision
- 硅纳米结构深紫外表面等离激元响应增强的研究，刘涛，硕士论文，2025，SYSU
- 等离激元纳米结构手性光学性质的增强及调控，王晶，博士论文，2022，CSRC
- 面向窄带热辐射调控应用的等离激元钼微纳结构设计，谭轶文等，本科大创项目，2025，SYSU
AI辅助的极紫外超构透镜设计，张家怡等，本科大创项目，2026，SYSU - 表面等离激元晶格共振模式的近场耦合激发研究，牛昱涵，学士论文，2024，SYSU
表面等离激元晶格共振模式的手性近场性质，李浩鸣，学士论文，2024，SYSU
等离激元纳米结构对局域激子发光性质调控的仿真研究，吴华振，学士论文，2024，SYSU
金刚石纳米球光学共振增强分子深紫外手性光学吸收的仿真研究，侯立柬，学士论文，2025，SYSU
各向异性介质纳腔对等离激元隧道结发光调控的仿真研究，董菁君，学士论文，2025，SYSU
金刚石深紫外超构透镜的设计研究，梁伟太，学士论文，2025，SYSU
氮化硅深紫外超构透镜的设计研究，任浩迪，学士论文，2025，SYSU
等离激元手性纳腔对局域激子辐射调控的仿真研究，于晓伟，学士论文，2025，SYSU - Simulation of Light-Driven Nanomotor Spinning, ZHU, Jiayi, Undergraduate FYP, 2018, CUHK
A Computational Study of Nanostructures for Plasmonic Switching and Photocatalysis, LAM, Shiu Hei, MPhil. Thesis, 2021, CUHK
Motion and Chirality Control of Plasmonic Nanoparticles, ZHENG, Jiapeng, PhD Thesis, 2021, CUHK
Gold Nanodisk Enabled Plasmonic Cavities, HUANG, He, PhD Thesis, 2023, CUHK