Shikai Deng is an Associate Professor and a group leader in the 2020 X-Lab at Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with Professor Vikas Berry at the University of Illinois Chicago in 2017. Before graduating, he also worked as a full-time Research Assistant at Argonne National Laboratory with an Argonne Graduate Fellowship in 2017. From 2018 to 2021, he worked with Professor Teri W. Odom at Northwestern University as a Postdoctoral Fellow (Cottrell Fellowship). Since July 2021, he joined the 2020 X-Lab at SIMIT as a Principal Investigator. His research interest is designing multiscale metamaterials with unprecedented properties based on nanostructured surfaces and plasmonic nanoparticle lattices.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2018- 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow (Cottrell Fellowship), Northwestern University (Advisor: Teri W. Odom)
2017 Graduate Research Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory (Advisor: Anirudha V. Sumant)
2017 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago (Advisor: Vikas Berry) GPA: 4.0/4.0
2012-2014 Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University
2012 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 Cottrell Postdoctoral Fellowship (1/13 in the US)
2020 Northwestern Chemistry Department Travel Award
2019 Northwestern IIN Outstanding Researcher Award
2017 Argonne National Laboratory Graduate Research Fellowship
2017 UIC High Impact Award in the Department of Chemical Engineering
2016 UIC Provost's Award for Graduate Research
2016 UIC Graduate College Student Presenter's Award
2015, 2017 UIC GSC Travel Award
2011 Borouge Scholarship
2009-2011 Outstanding Student of BUCT
2009-2011 People's Scholarship
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Nanostructure and nanofabrication, two-dimensional nanomaterials, thin-film devices, thin-film mechanics, plasmonics and photonics, large-area nanoscale patterning, materials chemistry, interfacial and surface science, catalysis, energy conversion, green process, biosensing
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern
· Plasmonic photocatalysis in copper-platinum core-shell nanoparticle lattices
· Aromatic interactions enhanced nanolasing in graphene encapsulated metal nanoparticle lattices
· Ultranarrow and strong resonances in plasmonic metal nanoparticle lattices
· Spatially selective functionalization of graphene by tuning local curvature
Research Assistant, Argonne
· Ultrananocrystalline diamond as a multi-functional coating layer
Research Assistant, UIC and KSU
· Controllable formation of graphene wrinkles via bacteria shrinkage process
· Anisotropic carrier transport in wrinkled graphene
· Fabrication and formation mechanism of hierarchical wrinkle pattern in thin metal films
· Adhesion energy at interface of two-dimensional nanomaterials and rigid substrates
· Electronic and optoelectronic modifications of single-wrinkle molybdenum disulfide
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Pedagogical Training, Northwestern
· Mentored Discussions of Teaching Program in the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) at Northwestern
· CIRTL Associate Certification Program for STEM Teaching, Northwestern
· An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching, Cornell-CIRTL (Fall 2020)
· Bring an Inclusive Mindset to Your Teaching, CIRTL Network Workshop (Fall 2020)
Teaching Assistant, UIC and KSU
· Transport Phenomena, Process Control, Basic Concepts in Materials Science and Engineering, Fundamental of Mechanical Properties, and Fundamental of Electrical Properties
PUBLICATIONS
Citations = 1200 (Google Scholar) and *Indicates corresponding authors
Postdoctoral Publications
16. S. Deng, J.-E. Park, G. Kang, J. Guan, R. Li, G. C. Schatz, and T. W. Odom*, " Interfacial Engineering of Plasmonic Nanoparticle Metasurfaces," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, e2202621119.
15. S. Deng, B. Zhang, P. Choo, P. Smeets, J. Huang, and T. W. Odom*, "Photocatalysis in Copper-platinum Core-shell Nanoparticle Lattices," Nano Letters, 2021, 21, 1523–1529.
14. S. Deng, R. Li, J-E. Park, J. Guan, P. Choo, J. Hu, P. Smeets, and T. W. Odom*, "Ultra-narrow Plasmon Resonances from Annealed Nanoparticle Lattices," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117, 23380-23384.
13. S. Deng, D. Rhee, W.-K. Lee, S. Che, B. Keisham, V. Berry, and T. W. Odom*, "Graphene Wrinkles Enable Spatially Defined Chemistry," Nano Letters, 2019, 19, 5640-5646.
12. D. Rhee, S. Deng, T. W. Odom*, "Soft Skin Layers for Reconfigurable and Programmable Nanowrinkles," Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 23920-23928.
11. D. Rhee, J. T. Paci, S. Deng, W-K. Lee, G. C. Schatz*, and T. W. Odom*, "Soft Skin Layers Enable Area-specific, Multiscale Graphene Wrinkles with Switchable Orientations," ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 166-174.
10. J. Hu, D. Wang, D. Bhowmik, T. Liu, S. Deng, M. P. Knudson, X. Ao, and T. W. Odom*, "Lattice-resonance Metalenses for Fully Reconfigurable Imaging," ACS Nano, 2019, 13, 4613-4620.
9. D. Rhee, S. Deng, Y.-A. Lee, T. W. Odom*, Chemical Reviews, [Invited], In preparation.
Predoctoral Publications
8. S. Deng, S. Che, R. Debbarma, and V. Berry*, "Strain in Single-wrinkle on MoS2 Flake for In-plane Realignment of Band-structure for Enhanced Photo-response", Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 504-511.
7. S. Deng, A.V. Sumant, and V. Berry*, "Strain Engineering in Two-dimensional Nanomaterials Beyond Graphene," Nano Today, 2018, 22, 14-35. [Link]
6. S. Deng, E. Gao, Z. Xu, and V. Berry*, "Adhesion Energy of MoS2 Thin Film on Silicon-based Substrates Determined via the Attributes of Single MoS2 Wrinkle", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 7812–7818.
5. S. Deng, E. Gao, Y. Wang, S. Sen, T. S. Sreeprasad, S. Behura, P. Král, Z. Xu, and V. Berry*, "Confined, Oriented, and Electrically Anisotropic Graphene Wrinkles on Bacteria," ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 8403–8412. [Highlight in The Economist, Science Daily, AZONano, Chem Europe, The Microbe, Physorg, NanoWerk, etc.]
4. S. Deng, and V. Berry*, "Increased Hierarchical Wrinklons on Stiff Metal Thin Film on a Liquid Meniscus," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 24956−24961.
3. S. Deng and V. Berry*, "Wrinkled, Rippled and Crumpled Graphene: An Overview of Formation Mechanism, Electronic Properties, and Applications," Materials Today, 2016, 19, 197−212. [Top 5 most cited papers on Materials Today in 2016]
2. S. Behura, K. Chang, Y. Wen, R. Debbarma, P. Nguyen, S. Che, S. Deng, M. Seacrist, and V. Berry*, "Photovoltaic and Spectral Response of WS2/silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells", IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, 2017, 11, 33-38.
1. D. Briggs, S. Deng, and V. Berry*, "Wrinkling Graphene and Functionalization of MoS2 for Electronic Applications", ECS Transactions, 2014, 64, 479−489. [Invited]
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. J. Guan, S. Deng, and T. W. Odom, " Photonic Properties of Plasmonic Nanoparticle Arrays," Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials, Elsevier [Invited], In preparation.
INVITED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. "Local Curvature Enables Spatially-Defined Properties in Graphene," 2020 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2020 (Virtual)
2. "Nanoscale Structural Engineering of Metal Nanoparticle Lattices for Ultra-Narrow Plasmon Resonances," 2020 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2020 (Virtual)
3. [Invited] "Designing Higher-dimensional Structures in 2D Materials," The Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University, April 2020 (Virtual)
4. [Invited] "Designing Higher-dimensional Structures in 2D Materials," Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, February 2020
5. [Invited] "Designing Higher-dimensional Structures in 2D Materials," Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, February 2020
6. "Multiscale Nanostructures Enable Spatially-defined Graphene Properties," 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2019
7. "Wrinkled MoS2 Field-effect Transistors", 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2017
8. [Invited] "Wrinkles in 2D Nanomaterials," Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2017
9. "Wrinkled MoS2 Field-effect Transistors", 2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2016
10. "Confined, Oriented and Electrically Anisotropic Graphene Wrinkles on Bacteria," 2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2016
11. "Confined, Oriented and Electrically Anisotropic Graphene Wrinkles on Bacteria," 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2016
12. "Electrical Properties of Controlled, Longitudinal Wrinkles on Graphene Produced," 2015 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2015
13. "Floating Wrinkled Graphene on Liquid and Pseudo-liquid Surface," 2015 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2015
14. "Longitudinal Wrinkles on Graphene Produced via Bacterial-scaffold Shrinkage," 227th ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2015
15. "Electronic Control via Precise Wrinkling of Graphene with Bacterial Cells," 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2014
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Professional service
· 2021 AIChE Session Chair
Professional memberships
· AIChE and MRS
Reviewer for Journals
· ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Langmuir, Carbon, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Nanotechnology, Scientific Report, Applied Physics A, MRS Advances, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, Infrared Physics and Technology, Journal of Materials Research