Prof. Ophelia K. C. Tsui
Department of Physics, Boston University
○ Andrew passed his PhD defense. Congratulations to him!
○ Nancy passed her PhD oral defense. Congratulations to her!
○ Dong and Nancy's paper appeared in the Chinese Journal of Polymer Science.
○ Nancy presented a paper at the 2012 Fall MRS Meeting.
○ Felix and his wife Lucy's daughter Stephanie was born on Aug. 1, 2012. Congratulations to them!
○ Andrew's paper on swelling film appeared in
Macromolecules.
○ Lars gave a poster presentation at the 2012 RISE
Workshop.
Group leader
Prof. Ophelia K. C. Tsui
Department of Physics
Boston University
Office: Metcalf Science Center Rm. 215
Lab: Metcalf Science Center Rms. B2 &B3Tel: 617-358-4669 (off) -5147 (lab)
Fax: 617-353-9393
Email: okctsui@bu.edu
Dynamics and stability of polymer films, wetting properties of liquids on inhomogeneous surfaces, AFM nanotribology, nanomechanics, nanolithography, microfluidics
Graduate students
Dongdong Peng
Department of Physics
Boston University
Email: ddpeng@buphy.bu.edu
Ranxing Nancy Li
Materials Science and Engineering
Boston University
Email: nancyli@bu.edu
Felix Fei Chen (Visiting student)
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Lanzhou University, Gansu Province, P. R. China
Dynamics of Polymer Films
Dynamic and Wetting Properties of Polymer Films
Dynamics of Polymer Films and Nanocomposites
High-school visiting students
Lawrence Arney (Lars)
Randolph School, Huntsville, AL
Dynamics of polymer nanocomposites
Collaborators
Prof. Chi Hang Lam
Department of Physics
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon
HONG KONG.
Prof. Günter Reiter
Department of Physics
Universität Freiburg
Prof. Tadanori Koga
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794.
Former Group Members
Postdoctoral fellows
Dr. Hongfang Zhang ('99 - '00)
Position afterwards: Associate Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Email: hfzhang@ns.ciac.jl.cn
Dr. Fengchao Xie ('01 - '03)
Position afterwards: Research group leader, Huanyu Battery Co. (环宇电源股份有限公司）
Email: fengchao_xie@yahoo.com
Prof. Heping Zhao ('02 - '03)
Current position : Professor, Physics, Jishou University, Hunan, China.
Email: phhpzhao@vip.sina.com
Prof. Xuemin Lu ('03 - '04)
Current position: Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Email: xueminlu@sjtu.edu.cn
Dr. Jones Wan ('04 -'05)
Position afterwards: Research Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
jwan@phy.cuhk.hk
Prof. Bin Kong ('05-'06)
Current position: Associate Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
lbkong@iccas.ac.cn
Dr. Yoshihisa Fujii
Afterwards: Assistant professor, Kyushu University, Japan.
Current position: Research Scientist,
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan.
Email: FUJII.Yoshihisa@nims.go.jp
Prof. Zhaohui Yang
Current position: Professor, Department of Physics, Soochow University, China
Email: polymeryangzhaohui@gmail.com
Phase transition and morphology of crystalline polymer, x-ray scattering, glass transition of polymer thin films
Crystalline polymer, glass transition of polymer thin films, novel methods for liquid crystal alignment
Theoretical studies of electrorheological fluids, Composite media
Synthesis and laser-processing of photosensitive materials, development of liquid crystal devices.
Modeling of liquid crystal alignment on inhomogeneous surfaces and bandgap properties of photonic crystals
Modeling for wetting properties of patterned surfaces
Polymer thin films and interfaces
Polymer films and nanomaterials
Graduate students
Oi Chi Tsang‡ (M. Phil., '00)
M. Phil. Thesis: "RDS Study of Relaxation in Mechanically Aligned Polymer Films"
After graduation: Teaching instructor, Physics, HKUST
Prof. Binyang Du‡ (Ph. D. of Changchun Institute of Appl. Chem., '02)
Ph. D. Thesis: "Nanomechanical Measurements of Polymer Surface"
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2003)
Current position: Associate Professor, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China.
http://mypage.zju.edu.cn/dubinyang/570489.html
Dr. Baoshe Zhang‡ (Ph.D., '02)
Ph.D. Thesis: "A Study of Substrate-Liquid Crystal Interaction"
After graduation: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Lethbrige, Alberta, Canada.
Current position: Scientific programmer, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Dr.
Fuk Kay Lee (M. Phil., '01, Ph.D., '05)
Recipient of the Academic Achievements Award, HKUST (2000)
M. Phil. Thesis: "Study of Strong Localization Effects in Quantum Interference Nanostructures"
Ph.D. Thesis: "Control of Liquid Crystal Alignment by Inhomogeneous Substrates"
Position afterwards: Research Scientist, Applied Physics, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hong Kong.
fukylee@gmail.com
Xue Yun Zhang (M. Phil., '05)
M. Phil. Thesis: "Polymer Thin Film Dewetting: Fundamentals and Applications"
Position afterwards: Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering, HKUST
xyzhang@ust.hk
Current position: Research engineer, Vesta Technology R&D, Singapore.
Yong Jian Wang (Ph.D., '06)
Ph.D. Thesis: "Dewetting Instability of Polymer Thin Film"
Position afterwards: Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics, HKUST
yjwang@ust.hk
Current position: Postdoc, Ecole Normale Superieur Paris, France.
Andrew Clough
Department of Physics
Boston University
clough@buphy.bu.edu
‡ co-advised student
Technicians
Mr. Jacob Y. L. Ho ('99 - '02)
Current position: Senior Technical Officer, Electronic & Computer Engineering Department, HKUST
Email: eejacob@ust.hk
Ms. Carrie W. Y. Law ('02 - '06)
Current position: Senior Technical Officer, Materials and Characterization Facility, HKUST
Email: duchovny@ust.hk
Undergraduates
Raymond Zhou (Physics major, BU, 2010-11)
Project: "Wetting Properties of Polymer Brushes"
Lela Todorova (B. Sc., Physics, BU, '08)
Project: "Surface Structure of Confined Polymers"After graduation: Physicist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kim Man Siu (B. Sc., Math, HKUST, '02)
Project: "Dewetting of Polymer Films"
Rui Ma (B. Sc., Phys, HKUST, '03)
Project : "Liquid Crystal Alignment by Inhomogeneous Substrate Patterning"
Jeffrey C. W. Lee (B. Sc., Phys, HKUST, '04)
Project: "Patterning of Photoalignment film by Optical Projection Method"
Xu Li (Exchange student, Spring '05)
Project: "Formation of Inhomogeneous Liquid Crystal Alignment Layer"
High School Students
2011 (July-Aug):
Katherine Jiang
Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CAAfterwards: Caltech
2010 (July-Aug):
Rebecca Engelke
Newton North High School, Newtonville, MA
2009 (July-Aug):
Jacob Rubash
Andover High School, Andover, MN
2008 (July-Aug):
Rebecca Masel (July-Aug 2008)
The Tatnall School, Wilmington, DE
2007 (July-Aug):
Elliott Grieco (Marine Academy of Science & Technology)
Project: "Surface Tension of Polymer Ultra Thin Films"
2005:
Shun Yin Wong (Ying Wa College, HK)
Wing Mei Dickinson Lee (Christian Alliance S. C. Chan Memorial College, HK)
Chun Yu Tse (Christian Alliance S. C. Chan Memorial College, HK)
Kwan Tai Ivan Shiu (St. Louis School, HK)First Prize Winners of the 2005 Physics Research Experience for the Sixth Form Students
Project: "Choreography with Rubens Flame Tube"
Click here to download the video of our tube in action (4.7 MB).
2004:
Tsz Hei Chan (St. Francis Xavier's College, HK)
Wai Yee Ho (SKH Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School, HK)
Yau Shing Ng (Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, HK)
Chiu Fai Tang (HKTA Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School, HK)First Prize Winners of the 2004 Physics Research Experience for the Sixth Form Students
Project: "Physics and Construction of Smoke Cannon"
Last revised on 03 January 2013.
