Prof. Zengfeng Di, a leading scientist in materials science, is the deputy director of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He studied at Department for Intensive Instruction (DII), Nanjing University from 1997 to 2001 and received his bachelor's degree. From 2001 to 2006, he studied in the major of microelectronics and solid state electronics at SIMIT, CAS. In 2006, he received his Ph.D. degrees. From 2006 to 2010, he worked as a postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in US. In 2010, he was appointed as a professor by SIMIT, CAS. From 2016, he acted as the vice director of laboratory of functional materials for informatics, director of science and technology department of SIMIT, assistant to the director of SIMIT, and vice director of SIMIT successively. His research interest covers advanced silicon-on-insulator (SOI) materials, two dimensional materials, microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. He has published over 130 papers and obtained more than 100 authorized patents.
EDUCATION
B.S., 2001, Nanjing University
Ph.D., 2006, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Post doctor, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2006-2010
Professor, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010-the present
MAJOR HONORS
2008 National Excellent 100 Doctoral Dissertation Program
2012 The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars
2016 Outstanding academic leader of Shanghai
2019 The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Qinglei Guo, Zengfeng Di,* Max G. Lagally,* Yongfeng Mei,* “Strain engineering and mechanical assembly of silicon/germanium nanomembranes”, Materials Science and Engineering R, 128 (2018) 1
2. Xiaolong Zhao, Jun Ma, Xiangheng Xiao, Qi Liu,* Lin Shao, Di Chen, Sen Liu, Jiebin Niu, Xumeng Zhang, Yan Wang, Rongrong Cao, Wei Wang, Zengfeng Di,* Hangbing Lv, Shibing Long, and Ming Liu*, “Breaking the Current-Retention Dilemma in Cation-Based Resistive Switching Devices Utilizing Graphene with Controlled Defects”, Advanced Materials, 30 (2018) 1705193
3. Xiaohu Zheng, Miao Zhang, Xiaohua Shi, Gang Wang, Li Zheng, Yuehui Yu, Anping Huang, Paul K. Chu, Heng Gao, Wei Ren,* Zengfeng Di* and Xi Wang, “Fluorinated Graphene in Interface Engineering of Ge-Based Nanoelectronics”, Advanced Functional Materials, 25 (2015) 1805
4. Gang Wang, Miao Zhang, Su Liu, Xiaoming Xie, Guqiao Ding, Yongqiang Wang, Paul K. Chu, Heng Gao, Wei Ren, Qinghong Yuan,* Peihong Zhang, Xi Wang and Zengfeng Di,* “Synthesis of Layer-Tunable Graphene A Combined Kinetic Implantation and Thermal Ejection Approach”, Advanced Functional Materials, 25 (2015) 3666
5. Jingxian Zhang, Ning Zhao, Miao Zhang, Yiqiu Li, Paul K. Chu, Xiangxin Guo,* Zengfeng Di,* Xi Wang, Hong Li, “Flexible and Ion-Conducting Membrane Electrolytes for Solid-State Lithium Batteries: Dispersion of Garnet Nanoparticles in Insulating Polyethylene Oxide”, Nano Energy, 28 (2016) 447 IF: 13.12
6. Yinbo Sun, Hong Xiao, Miao Zhang, Zhongying Xue, Yongfeng Mei, Xiaoming Xie, Tao Hu,* Zengfeng Di* & Xi Wang, “Double quantum criticality in superconducting tin arrays-graphene hybrid”, Nature Communications, 9 (2018) 2159 IF: 12.353
7. Gang Wang, Miao Zhang, Da Chen, Qinglei Guo, Xuefei Feng, Tianchao Niu, Xiaosong Liu, Ang Li, Jiawei Lai, Dong Sun, Zhimin Liao, Yongqiang Wang, Paul K. Chu, Guqiao Ding, Xiaoming Xie, Zengfeng Di* & Xi Wang, “Seamless lateral graphene p–n junctions formed by selective in situ doping for high-performance photodetectors”, Nature Communications, 9 (2018) 5168 IF: 12.353
8. Xiaohu Zheng, Lei Gao, Quanzhou Yao, Qunyang Li,* Miao Zhang, Xiaoming Xie, Shan Qiao, Gang Wang, Tianbao Ma,* Zengfeng Di,* Jianbin Luo & Xi Wang, “Robust ultra-low friction state of graphene via moiré superlattice confinement”, Nature Communications, 7 (2016) 13204 IF: 12.353
9. Zhiqiang Mu, Haochi Yu, Miao Zhang, Aimin Wu, Gongmin Qi, Paul K. Chu, Zhenghua An,* Zengfeng Di,* and Xi Wang, “Multiband Hot Photoluminescence from Nanocavity-Embedded Silicon Nanowire Arrays with Tunable Wavelength” Nano Letters, 17 (2017) 1552 IF: 12.08
10. Jiayun Dai, Danxia Wang, Miao Zhang, Tianchao Niu, Ang Li, Mao Ye, Shan Qiao, Guqiao Ding, Xiaoming Xie, Yongqiang Wang, Paul K. Chu, Qinghong Yuan,* Zengfeng Di,* Xi Wang, Feng Ding, and Boris I. Yakobson, “How Graphene Islands Are Unidirectionally Aligned on the Ge(110) Surface”, Nano Letters, 16 (2016) 3160 IF: 12.08
