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AP obtained outstanding performance in the latest Research Assessment Exercise 2020

AP is proud to report its outstanding performance in the latest Research Assessment Exercise 2020 (RAE 2020) of the University Grants Committee (UGC). Among our submitted research outputs, impact cases and research environment statement, 98% were rated “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” - a remarkable improvement from our performance in RAE 2014. AP has attained the highest percentage of “world-leading” research work in the Category “Materials Science & Materials Technology”. We also ranked first amongst all physics departments in local universities, with the highest percentage of “world-leading” research work. Result : https://www.ugc.edu.hk/doc/eng/ugc/rae/2020/result/rae2020results03.pdf  

Large-scale growth of few-layer two-dimensional black phosphorus is on Nature Materials

Black phosphorus is one of promising 2D materials that has huge potential for the development of information industry. The research team of AP, Prof. JH Hao, the corresponding author, PhD Student Zehan Wu, the first author, Prof. Daniel S.P. Lau, the co-author and others achieved a revolutionary breakthrough of the size of black phosphorus by pulsed laser deposition. The size of few-layer black phosphorus is greatly increased from dozens of micrometres to the centimetre scale. The result paves the way for further developing BP-based wafer-scale devices with potential applications in the information industry. The research has been online-published on Nature Materials. Full research paper : https://go.nature.com/3ueOhzN  

PolyU and Huawei collaborate to nurture ICT talent with leading digital technologies

9 AP Members Ranked World’s Top 2% Scientists

With tremendous efforts of Elsevier, the publishing house SciTech Strategies, the scientific research organization, and Stanford University released the world’s top 2% of the most-cited scientists ranking. The scholars have influenced various disciplines from 1996 to 2019, which provide substantial supports to future research. There are 9 AP professors on the list. The vision of AP is to be a world-class Physics Department that nurture high-caliber science talents, and perform impactful fundamental and applied research. This global recognition gave us a huge encourage. AP will continuously pursue world-leading research and innovations that bears impact on the scientific community and regional industries. Congratulations to the following members. Your remarkable efforts have brought great pride to the Department.   The World's Top 2% Scientists in PolyU AP Name  Science-metrix Category  Prof. Daniel S. P. LAU Applied Physics Prof. Jianhua HAO Applied Physics Prof. Haitao HUANG Materials Prof. Feng YAN Nanoscience & Nanotech Prof. Siu Fung YU Applied Physics Dr Yuen Hong TSANG Optoelectronics & Photonics Prof. Helen Lai Wa CHAN-WONG* Applied Physics Prof. Chung Loong CHOY* Applied Physics Dr Fai Tsun CHENG* Materials *retired AP members

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Prof Hao's Group - Second-class Award in Natural Science, the Ministry of Education’s Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) 2020

Congratulations to Prof. JH Hao's group. “Coupling smart materials to metal-ion doped phosphors: luminescence tuning, mechanisms and proof-of-concept devices”, received the Second-Class Award in Natural Science of Ministry of Education’s Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) 2020. Luminescent materials, also called phosphors, have widely applied to the fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, optoelectronics sustainable energy and biomedicine. Up to now, most studies have extensively focused on tuning the luminescence of phosphors by conventional chemical methods. Differing from conventional approach, Prof. Hao’s group has been exploring a novel route for ten years via coupling smart materials effect to metal-ion doped phosphors materials. Light-emissions of metal-ion doped phosphors are successfully tuned or generated by ferroelectric, piezoelectric, strain and magnetic-field. Moreover, various types of new conceptual multifunctional devices have been demonstrated. The innovative accomplishment has wholly been achieved within AP at PolyU. Prof. Hao has led the research field of smart phosphors. Prof. Hao is elected as a Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA Fellow) “For outstanding and pioneering contributions to multifunctional phosphors and photonic devices”. He is also elected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and Fellow of Institute of Physics (FInstP).

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