International Laboratory for Adaptive Bio-nanotechnology (i-LAB)----Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics,Chinese Academy of Sciences

Profile

As a research division of SINANO, the main scheme of i-Lab is to cultivate and bring in world leading scientists, and to establish a high standard nanotechnology research center and to develop a distinctive and innovative research cluster in the frontier of nano-biological interface, nano-environmental technology, nano-energy technology, nano-optics and so on. Meanwhile, we are devoted to promoting international collaboration and communication, and to advancing the transit of research achievements to serve for the local economics.

The division is supported by 11 research groups, with 67 staff and 74 students, which includes 1 National Thousand Talent Program fellow and 5 CAS Hundred Talents Program scholars.

Research Areas

I.Energy Nanotechnology

A.ZHANG Yuegang 's Group: We explore the emerging in-situ experimental methods to resolve scientific problems related to clean energy technologies including advanced batteries, supercapacitors, and solar water splitting.

B.CHEN Liwei’s Group: Materials and Interfaces in Energy Storage and Conversion Devices.

C.WU Xiaodong’s Group: Energy Storage Materials and Devices.

II.Environmental Nanotechnology and Nano-bionic Sensor

A.JIN Jian’s Group: Our research focuses on designing and developing advanced and high-efficient porous membranes to overcome the trade-off of traditional membranes for separation and purification of wasterwater, mixture gases, desalination, and biomolecules.

B.CHEN Wei’s Group: Developing Smart Nanocomposites and Devices for Soft Sensors, Actuators and Generators, and Finding Novel Applications in Bionic Mechanics, Advanced Medical Devices, Wearable electronics and so on.

C.ZHANG Ting’s Group: Nanoelectronic Sensor and Smart Microsystem.

D.ZHANG Kai’s Group: Growth and Optoelectronic Applications of Two-dimensional Materials.

III. Bio-imaging,Optical and opto-spectroscopic Nanotechnology

A.JIANG Jiang’s Group: Plasmonic nano-composites: design, property, and theranostic applications.

B.WU Dongming’s Group: Research interests: Laser display Technology, AFM tip and cantilever fabrication, Infrared Bio-imaging technology, HEMT bio-sensor, MEMS scanning mirror.

C.LIN Hongzhen’s Group: SFG study of interfacial processes in molecular assemblies and devices.

Core Facilities:

IPCE-testing system

Park AFM

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy

Confocal

ihr-550-spectrometer

Laser Confocal Raman Microspectroscopy

Probe Station

BET

Zetasizer Nano ZS

Langmuir Blodgett Trough

Sum-Frequency Generation Spectrometer

PECVD