Aijun (Nick) Yin

Aijun (Nick) Yin

Visiting Professor

mail Brown University, Box D
office 184 Hope Street
phone (401) 863-2447
fax (401) 863-9107
email aijun_yin@brown.edu

Research Interests

  • Fabrication, characterization and application of highly ordered nanostructures, including:
    • Porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates and masks;
    • Carbon nanotube arrays;
    • Nanowire arrays;
    • Nanodot arrays;
    • Semiconductor anti-dot and nanopillar arrays.
    • Via anodization, electrochemical deposition, chemical vapor deposition, e-beam evaporation, and reactive ion etching, etc., methods;
  • Inorganic-organic nanocomposite materials for thermal signature reduction, EMI shielding, and bullet-proof applications;
  • Nanostructured thin films for electrochemical, optical, superconducting, and sensing applications;
  • Nanotips or nanoneedles, via electrochemical etching, for mechanical oscillators/actuators and bio-sensing applications;
  • Densely packed CNT films on various substrates for energy storage, supercapacitor and battery applications;
  • Chemical and biological modification of nanostructured materials including nanopore arrays, carbon nanotubes, and nanoparticles, for optical and bio-sensing applications;

 

Research

Education

  • Ph.D. (Physical chemistry) Central South University of Technology (China, 1996)


Recent publications

  1. A. J. Yin,  M. Tzolov, D. Cardimona, L. Guo, and J. M. Xu, “Fabrication of highly ordered anodic aluminum oxide template on silicon substrate”, IET, Circuits, Devices & Systems, 1(3), 205-209, 2007
  2. D. Straus, M. Tzolov, T. F. Kuo, A. J. Yin, and J. M. Xu, “Photocurrent response of the carbon nanotube-silicon heterojunction array”, IET, Circuits, Devices & Systems, 1(3), 200-204, 2007
  3. A. M. Polomska, C. K. Young, G. T. Andrews, M. J. Clouter, A. J. Yin, and J. M. Xu, “Inelastic laser light scattering study of an ordered array of carbon nanotubes”,  Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 201918, 2007
  4. D. P. Wang, D. E. Feldman, B. R. Perkins, A. J. Yin, G. H. Wang, J. M. Xu, and A. Zaslavsky, “Hopping conduction in disordered carbon nanotubes”, Solid State Communications 142, 287-291, 2007
  5. Aijun Yin, Jin-Ho Kim, and Jimmy Xu, “Fabriation of nanostructured thin films using porous alumina templates”, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol.951, 0951-E09-15, 2007
  6. M. B. Tzolov, T. F. Kuo, D. A. Straus, A. J. Yin, amd J. M. Xu, “Carbon nanotube-silicon heterojunction arrays and infrared photocurrent responses”, J. Phys. Chem. C111, 5800-5804, 2007
  7. Aijun Yin, Rodney Guico, and Jimmy Xu, “Fabrication of Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates on Curved Surfaces”, Nanotechnology, 18, 035304, 2007
  8. Aijun Yin, Marian Tzolov, David Cardimona and Jimmy Xu, “Template-Growth of Highly Oedered Carbon Nanotube Arrays on Silicon”, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 5, 564-567, 2006
  9. G. D. Withey, A. D. Lazareck, M. B. Tzolov, A. Yin, P. Aich, J. I. Yeh, and J. M. Xu, “Ultra-high redox enzyme signal transduction using highly ordered carbon nanotube array electrodes”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 21, 1560-1565, 2006
  10. M. D. Stewart, Jr., Zhenyi Long, J. M. Valles, Jr., Aijun Yin, and J. M. Xu, “Magnetic-flux periodic response of nanoperforated ultrathin superconducting films”, Phys. Rev. B 73, 092509, 2006
  11. D. A. Straus, M. Tzolov, T. F. Kuo, A. J. Yin, D. A. Cardimona, and J. M. Xu, “The carbon nanotube-silicon heterojunction as infrared detector”, Proc. SPIE 6308, 6308Q, 2006
  12. Aijun Yin and Jimmy Xu, “Fabrication of highly ordered and densely packed silicon nanoneedle arrays for biosensing applications”, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol.900E, O11-02, 2006
  13. Pavel. A. Kossyrev, Aijun Yin, Sylvain G. Cloutier, David A. Cardimona, Danhong Huang, Paul M. Alsing, and Jimmy M. Xu , “Electric Field Tuning of Plasmonic Response of Nanodot Array in Liquid Crystal Matrix”, Nano Lett., 5(10), 1978-1981, 2005
  14. N. Pavenayotin, M. D. Stewart, Jr., J. M. Valles, Jr., A. J. Yin, J. M. Xu, “Spontaneous formation of Ordered Nanocrystal Arrays in films Evaporated onto Nanopore Array Substrates”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 193111, 2005
  15. D. P. Wang, B. R. Perkins, A. J. Yin, A. Zaslavsky, J. M. Xu, R. Beresford, G. L. Snider, “Carbon Nanotube Gated Lateral Resonant Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 152102, 2005
  16. B. R. Perkins, D. P. Wang, D. Soltman, A. J. Yin, J. M. Xu, and A. Zaslavsky, “Differential current amplification in three-terminal Y-junction carbon nanotube devices”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 123504, 2005
  17. D. A. Straus, M. Tzolov, A. J. Yin, T. F. Kuo, S. G. Cloutier, and J. M. Xu, “Hybrid nanostructures for mid-infrared detection”, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5897, 58970O, 2005
  18. B.J. Taft, A.D. Lazareck, G.D. Withey, A. Yin, J.M. Xu, S.O. Kelley,"Site-Specific Delivery of DNA and Appended Cargo to Carbon Nanotubes." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 12750, 2004
  19. N. Kouklin, M. Tzolov, D.Straus, A.Yin, M. Jouzi and J.M.Xu, “Infrared absorption properties of carbon nanotubes synthesized by chemical vapor deposition”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 4463, 2004
  20. C. Papadopoulos, A. J. Yin, and J. M. Xu, “Temperature-dependent studies of Y-junction carbon nanotube electronic transport”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 1769-1771, 2004
  21. M. B. Tzolov, D. Straus, A. J. Yin, and J. M. Xu, “Arrayed carbon nanotube infrared properties and potential applications”, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5543, 56, 2004
  22. Z. Xia, L. Riester, B. W. Sheldon, W. A. Curtin, J. Liang, A. Yin, and J. M. Xu, “Mechanical Properties of Highly Ordered Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Membrane”, Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. 6 131-139, 2004
  23. M. Tzolov, B. Chang, A. Yin, D. Straus, and J. M. Xu, “Electronic transport in controllably grown carbon nanotube-silicon heterojunction array”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92(7), 075505-1, 2004
  24. Aijun Yin, Hope Chik, and Jimmy Xu, “Post-growth processing of carbon nanotube arrays - Enabling new functionalities and applications”, IEEE Trans. Nanotech. 3(1), 147, 2004.
  25. Marian B. Tzolov, Baohe Chang, Daniel Straus, Aijun Yin, and Jimmy Xu, “Carbon Nanotube-Silicon Heterojunction Diode Array – Integration on Silicon and Rectifying Characteristics”, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. M8.22, 2004
  26. C. Papadopoulos, B. Chang, A. Yin, and J.M. Xu, (Invited), "Engineering Carbon Nanotube via Template Growth", Intl J. Nanoscience, vol 1(3/4), 205-212, 2002
  27. Jianyu Liang, Hope Chik, Aijun Yin, and Jimmy Xu, “Two-dimensional lateral superlattices of nanostructures: Nonlithographic formation by anodic membrane template”, J. Appl. Phys. 91(4) 2544, 2002
  28. A. J. Yin, J. Li, W. Jian, A. J. Bennett, and J. M. Xu , “Fabrication of highly ordered metallic nanowire arrays by electrodeposition”, Applied Physics Letters Vol 79(7) pp. 1039-1041. August 13, 2001.
  29. C. Lu, A. Yin, J.S. Im, A.V. Nurmikko, J.M. Xu, and J. Han, "Fabrication of 50-100nm Patterned InGaN Blue Light Emitting Heterostructures", Phys. Stat. Sol.(A)188 ,No.1, 135 -138(2001).