1. Elucidating Coulomb Blockage and Resonant Tunneling Effects of quasi-one-dimensional quantum confinement systems.

2. Exploring the manipulation mechanisms of quantum transport.

3. Revealing spin ejection, transport and detection processes to address the approaches of increasing working temperature of the spin coherence towards room temperature.

 

II. Nanowire Biosensors and Integrated System

 

Developing portable bio-detection system on semiconductor nanowire biosensors with great sensitivities (up to 10^-18 mol/L) and great selectivity applicable to time-critical clinical diagnostics and environment amonitoring & remediation.

1. Oligo-nucleotides and clinical bio-marker protein detection technology based on quasi-one-dimensional semiconductor nanowire field-effect transistors (FETs).

2. Nano-Au core-shell composite structures for clinical diagnostics and remediation.

3. Novel magnetoelectricity-effect high-sensitivity biosensors