Lintao Cai

Lintao Cai, Professor, received his Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from Xiamen

University in 1995, then worked at Nanjing University and in State Key Laboratory of

Bioelectronics at Southeast University. From 1999 to 2001, he was sponsored by Japan Society

of the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and worked as Research Fellow in Institute of Scientific

and Industrial Research at Osaka University. He Joined the Center for Nanoscale Science

and Technology at Rice University in 2001 and Department of Electrical Engineering at the

Pennsylvania State University between 2002 and 2006, and then worked as Research Scientist

at Emitech, Inc. Dr. Cai's scientific research areas include nanotechnology, functional materials,

surface analytical chemistry, optoelectronics, polymer science and electrochemistry. He

explores new device concept and self-assembly technique using various building blocks for

the development of nanometer-scale electronic devices and sensors for information processing, sensing, and other applications.

He has more than 51 publications in peer reviewed Journals and International conferences. He is a member of the American

Chemical Society (ACS) and Materials Research Society (MRS).

Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Material Science,

Nanomedicine, Nanotechnology, Biosensor, Bioengineering,

 
l           H.P. Yoon, M.M. Maitani, O.M. Cabarcos, L.T. Cai, T.S. Mayer and D.L. Allara. Crossed-nanowire molecular junctions: A new multi-spectroscopy platform for conduction-structure correlations. Nano Lett. 2010, 10(8), 2897-2902.

l           D.H Hu, Z.H. Sheng, P. Gong, P.F. Zhang, and L.T. Cai*. Highly selective fluorescent sensors for Hg2+ based on bovine serum albumin-capped Au nanoclusters. Analyst, 2010, 135 (6), 1411–1416.

l           X.X. Shi, L.L. Pan, S.P. Chen, Y. Xiao, Q.Y. Liu, L.J. Yuan, J.T. Sun, and L.T. Cai. Zn(II)-PEG 300 globules as soft template for the synthesis of hexagonal ZnO micronuts by the hydrothermal reaction method. Langmuir, 2009, 25 (10), 5940–5948.

l           L.T. Cai, M.A. Cabassi, H. Yoon, O.M. Cabarcos, C.L. McGuiness, A.K. Flatt, D.L. Allara, J.M. Tour, T.S. Mayer. “Reversible bistable switching in nanoscale thiol-substituted oligoaniline molecular junctions”. Nano Lett., 2005, 5(12), 2365-2372.

l           Y. Selzer, L.T. Cai, M.A. Cabassi, Y. Yao, J.M. Tour, T.S. Mayer, D.L. Allara. “Effect of local environment on molecular conduction: Isolated molecule versus self-assembled monolayer”. Nano Lett., 2005, 5(1), 61-65.

l           L.T. Cai, H. Skulason, J.G. Kushmerick, S.K. Pollack, J. Naciri, R. Shashidhar, D.L. Allara, T.E. Mallouk, and T.S. Mayer. “Nanowire-based molecular monolayer junctions: synthesis, assembly, and electrical characterization”. J. Phys. Chem. B., 2004, 108(9), 2827-2832.

l           F.R.F. Fan, Y. Yao, L.T. Cai, L. Cheng, J.M. Tour and A.J. Bard. “Structure-dependent charge transport and storage in self-assembled monolayers of compounds of interest in molecular electronics: Effects of tip material, headgroup, and surface concentration”. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126(12), 4035-4042.

l           F.R.F. Fan, R.Y. Lai, J. Cornil, Y. Karzazi, J.L. Bre´das, L.T. Cai, L. Cheng, Y. Yao, D.W. Price, Jr., S.M. Dirk, J.M. Tour and A.J. Bard. “Electrons are transported through phenylene-ethynylene oligomer monolayers via localized molecular orbitals”. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126(8), 2568-2573.

l           L.T. Cai, J.L. Bahr, Y. Yao and J.M. Tour. “Ozonation of single-walled carbon nanotubes and their assemblies on rigid self-assembled monolayers”. Chem. Mater., 2002, 14(10), 4235-4241.

l           L.T. Cai, Y. Yao, J. Yang, D.W. Price and J.M. Tour. “Chemical and potential-assisted assembly of thiolacetyl-terminated oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s on gold surfaces”. Chem. Mater., 2002, 14(7), 2905-2909.

l           F.R.F. Fan, J. Yang, L.T. Cai, D.W. Price, Jr., S.M. Dirk, D.V. Kosynkin, Y. Yao, A.M. Rawlett, J.M. Tour and A.J. Bard. “Charge transport through self-assembled monolayers of compounds of interest in molecular electronics”. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124(19), 5550-5560.

l           L.T. Cai, H. Tabata and T. Kawai. “Self-assembled DNA network and their electrical conductivity”. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2000, 77(19), 3105-3106.

(1) Multifunctional nanocomposite materials and its applications;

(2) Molecular imaging technology and molecular diagnosis;

(3) Molecular profiling, drug delivery and targeting for personalized medicine;

(4) Cellular therapeutics and regenerative medicine;

Biosensing microarray chip, bioMEMs and ultrasensitive detector for pollutants and food safety.