Bo Cui
Associate Professor
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Bo Cui is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He currently leads the Waterloo Nanofabrication Group. With 19 years cleanroom research experience, his research is focused on nano- and microstructure fabrication using nanoimprint lithography and electron beam lithography, and thin film deposition and etching techniques, with device applications in biomedical, energy and other areas. In particular, he pioneered the research in bit-patterned magnetic recording area, and very recently his group developed a process for conducting electron beam lithography on irregular, non-planar surface, which is published in ACS Nano. He has also carried out significant research on plasmonic bio- and chemical sensors based on Extraordinary Optical Transmission (EOT), Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR). Such bio-sensors can be employed to detect bio-binding events (DNA hybridization, antibody-antigen binding), with applications in pathogen (disease and crop) detection. He has published 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, three patents (2 granted, 1 PCT filed), four book chapters, as well as sole-edited one book on nanofabrication. He is the winner of the 2014 Engineering Research Excellence Award (Faculty of Engineering, 3 winners among 295 faculty members). He is the assistant editor for the journal Nanoscale Research Letters. As well, he is member of IEEE and American Vacuum Society.
Research Interest
Nanostructure and device fabrication Nanoimprint and electron beam lithography Surface plasmon resonance (plasmonic) devices
Publications
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Alvarez-Puebla R, Cui B, Bravo-Vasquez JP, Veres T, Fenniri H. Nanoimprinted SERS-active substrates with tunable surface plasmon resonances. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2007 May 10;111(18):6720-3.
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Liu H, Weisman D, Ye YB, Cui B, Huang YH, Colón-Carmona A, Wang ZH. An oxidative stress response to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure is rapid and complex in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science. 2009 Mar 31;176(3):375-82.
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Wu W, Cui B, Sun XY, Zhang W, Zhuang L, Kong L, Chou SY. Large area high density quantized magnetic disks fabricated using nanoimprint lithography. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena. 1998 Nov;16(6):3825-9.
