Dr Peng Bao
- Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Areas of expertise: Lipid membrane; microfluidic devices; liquid crystal; micro/nanofabrication; semiconductor devices; microwave devices; relaxor ferroelectric material
- Email: P.Bao@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2818
- Location: 8.37 EC Stoner
Research interests
(1) Biosensor based on liquid crystal (LC) droplets;
- Produce LC droplets using microfluidic devices;
- Use LC droplets as biosensor for the detection of antimicrobial peptide;
(2) Supported lipid bilayer:
- Supported lipid bilayer formation and patterning on various substrates, including glass, mica, polymer brushes, hydrogel;
- Characterization of lipid bilayer using fluorescence microscope, TIRF, SERS, AFM etc;
- Manipulation of membrane proteins using electric field;
- Gaint vesicle formation using microfluidic devices;
(3) Semiconductor devices:
- ZnO thin film based semiconductor nanodevices on different substrate, including plastics and silica;
- Nanoimprint lithography method for the fabrication of planar nano transistors;
(4) Tunable microwave devices based on ferroelectric thin film:
- Deposition of ferroelectric thin film using pulsed laser deposition;
- Fabrication and microwave characterization of ferroelectric thin film varactors;
- Construction and measurement of microwave devices;