and Hongtao Cao

Dr. and Hongtao Cao


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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 March 2010 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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LLLingyan Liang
Lingyan Liang
ZLZhi Min Liu
Zhi Min Liu
ACand Hongtao Cao
and Hongtao Cao
XPXiao Qin Pan
Xiao Qin Pan

11 October 2012 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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HLHao Luo
Hao Luo
LLLingyan Liang
Lingyan Liang
ACand Hongtao Cao
and Hongtao Cao
ZLZhi Min Liu
Zhi Min Liu
FZFei Zhuge
Fei Zhuge

14 February 2018 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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JYJingjing Yu
Jingjing Yu
KJKashif Javaid
Kashif Javaid
LLLingyan Liang
Lingyan Liang
WWWeihua Wu
Weihua Wu
YLYu Liang
Yu Liang
ACand Hongtao Cao
and Hongtao Cao

1 January 2010 in Journal of the Electrochemical Society
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LLLingyan Liang
Lingyan Liang
ZLZhi Min Liu
Zhi Min Liu
ACand Hongtao Cao
and Hongtao Cao
ZYZheng Yu
Zheng Yu
YSYuan Yuan Shi
Yuan Yuan Shi
XSXi Lian Sun
Xi Lian Sun
Amorphous SnO thin films were prepared on quartz and 190 nm <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>SiO</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mtext>Si</mml:mtext><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mn>001</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math>SiO2/Si(001) substrates by electron beam evaporation. X-ray diffraction results reveal that amorphous SnO transforms into polycrystalline <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>α</mml:mi><mml:mtext>-SnO</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:math>α-SnO (tetragonal litharge structure) after rapid thermal annealing in Ar ambient at <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>350</mml:mn><mml:mo>–</mml:mo><mml:mn>400</mml:mn><mml:mo>°</mml:mo><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">C</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>350–400°C and starts decomposing into <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>o</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>-SnO</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>o-SnO2 (orthorhombic structure) with the expulsion of Sn atoms at <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>450</mml:mn><mml:mo>–</mml:mo><mml:mn>500</mml:mn><mml:mo>°</mml:mo><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">C</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math>450–500°C . The optical properties were characterized via spectroscopic ellipsometry. The polycrystalline SnO thin films have a higher refractive index <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:math>n and a narrower bandgap <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">g</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>Eg than the amorphous ones, which is due to the polarizability enhancement in the crystallization process. Moreover, the relationship between <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:math>n and <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>E</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">g</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>Eg of the amorphous and polycrystalline SnO thin films can be explained by the “Moss rule” law, and a decreasing trend in <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:math>n was verified with the transformation from SnO to <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>SnO</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>SnO2 . Bottom-gate-type thin film transistors (TFTs) employing polycrystalline SnO channels on the <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>SiO</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo>/</mml:mo><mml:mtext>Si</mml:mtext><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mn>001</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math>SiO2/Si(001) substrates exhibit p-type field-effect transistor characteristics. The optimum field-effect mobilities <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>sat</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>μsat and <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>lin</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>μlin are 0.46 and <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.87</mml:mn><mml:mspace width="0.5em"></mml:mspace><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>cm</mml:mtext></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mspace width="0.5em"></mml:mspace><mml:msup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">V</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mspace width="0.5em"></mml:mspace><mml:msup><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">s</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>0.87cm2V−1s−1 , respectively, which are the same order of magnitude as those reported for epitaxial SnO TFTs.

30 July 2015 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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HLHao Luo
Hao Luo
LLLingyan Liang
Lingyan Liang
ACand Hongtao Cao
and Hongtao Cao
MDMingzhi Dai
Mingzhi Dai
YLYicheng Lu
Yicheng Lu
MWMei Wang
Mei Wang

17 January 2022 in Nanoscale
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YLYanran Li
Yanran Li
Kai YinKai Yin
Kai Yin
YDYu Diao
Yu Diao
MFMei Fang
Mei Fang
JYJunliang Yang
Junliang Yang
JJJie Jiang
Jie Jiang
A 5 × 5 ionotronic junctionless indium-tin oxide (ITO) transistor array is reported for emulating a nociceptor network based on controlling the gate-to-channel distance.