Scholarship

Publications

Journal articles and book chapters from the Cheng Research Group.

Book chapters

  1. Li-Jing Cheng, L. Jay Guo, “Ionic Rectification in Nanofluidic Channels” in Nanofluidics: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2009. ISBN: 0854041478.

Journal papers

  1. Ahasan Ullah, Roshell Lamug, Tasnim Sarker, Xueqiao Zhang, Andrew Ensinger, Lizhong Chen, Oksana Ostroverkhova, and Li-Jing Cheng, Neuromodulator-Inspired Gate-Tunable Tetracene–Metal Oxide Phototransistor for Adaptive Optoelectronic Memory and Neuromorphic Computing, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026. . DOI / Link.
  2. Ahasan Ullah, Roshell Lamug, Xueqiao Zhang, Oksana Ostroverkhova, and Li-Jing Cheng, Trap-mediated photogating in hybrid organic–inorganic heterojunction phototransistors for photo-memory and photodetection, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 14, 7150–7160, 2026. . HOT Paper. DOI / Link.
  3. Lei Liu, Patrick Fay, Li-Jing Cheng, Cheuk-Yu E. Tong, Jeffrey L. Hesler, Robert M. Weikle, II, Hualiang Zhang, and Chao Gu, Manipulating Terahertz Waves Using Light for Tunable and Reconfigurable Terahertz Devices, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 2026. . DOI / Link.
  4. Chieh-Hsi Kuan, Xueqiao Zhang, Taylor D. Krueger, Logan S. Lancaster, Cheng Chen, Sanjida Yeasmin, Ahasan Ullah, Li-Jing Cheng, and Chong Fang, Dissecting the Large Stokes Shift Fluorescence of Graphene-Sheet-Based Carbon Dots by Excitation-Dependent Ultrafast Spectroscopy, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16, 9806–9814, 2025. . DOI / Link.
  5. Ahasan Ullah, Roshell Lamug, Xueqiao Zhang, Oksana Ostroverkhova, and Li-Jing Cheng, Highly Sensitive and Fast-Response Hybrid Phototransistors Enabled by Dynamic Photogating in Anthradithiophene-Metal Oxide Heterojunctions, Advanced Optical Materials, 13, 2500081, 2025. . DOI / Link.
  6. Sanjida Yeasmin and Li-Jing Cheng, Emerging Trends in Functional Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Electrochemical Detection of Biomarkers, Biomicrofluidics, 18, 031503, 2024. DOI / Link.
  7. Xueqiao Zhang, Yiming Sui, Sanjida Yeasmin, Ahasan Ullah, Xiulei Ji, and Li-Jing Cheng, Fast-Switching Electrochromic Device Enabled by Fe2+-Mediated MnO2/Mn2+ Redox Reactions, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 6, 8163–8170, 2024. . DOI / Link.
  8. Sanjida Yeasmin, Ahasan Ullah, Bo Wu, Xueqiao Zhang, and Li-Jing Cheng, Hybrid Functional Polymer-Enabled Multiplexed Chemosensor Patch for Wearable Adrenocortex Stress Profiling, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 43, 50034–50046, 2023. 10.1021/acsami.3c11374.
  9. Xueqiao Zhang, Ye Liu, Chieh-Hsi Kuan, Longteng Tang, Taylor D. Krueger, Sanjida Yeasmin, Ahasan Ullah, Chong Fang, and Li-Jing Cheng, Highly Fluorescent Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots With Large Stokes Shifts, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11, 11476–11485, 2023. . HOT Paper. DOI / Link.
  10. Sanjida Yeasmin, Ahasan Ullah, Bo Wu, Xueqiao Zhang, and Li-Jing Cheng, Enzyme-Mimics Enabled Steroid Hormone Monitoring Patch, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 11, 13971–13982, 2023.
  11. Y. Deng, Y. Shi, P. Li, P. Fay, L. -J. Cheng and L. Liu, A Cost-Effective Approach for Achieving Subwavelength THz Imaging Using Photo-Induced Coded-Apertures on Mesa Array Structures, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 1-10, 2022.
  12. Ahasan Ullah, Yi-Chieh Wang, Sanjida Yeasmin, Yijing Deng, Jun Ren, Yu Shi, Lei Liu, and Li-Jing Cheng, Reconfigurable photoinduced terahertz wave modulation using hybrid metal–silicon metasurface, Optics Letters, 47, 2750-2753, 2022.
  13. Sanjida Yeasmin, Bo Wu, Ye Liu, Ahasan Ullah and Li-Jing Cheng, Nano gold-doped molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor for rapid and ultrasensitive cortisol detection, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 206, 114142, 2022.
  14. B. Wu, S. Yeasmin, Y. Liu, L.-J. Cheng, Sensitive and selective electrochemical sensor for serotonin detection based on ferrocene-gold nanoparticles decorated multiwall carbon nanotubes, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 354, 131216, 2022
  15. B. Wu, S. Yeasmin, Y. Liu, L.-J. Cheng, Ferrocene-Grafted Carbon Nanotubes for Sensitive Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 908, 116101, 2022.
  16. E. K. Tanyi, N. Hong, T. Sawyer, J. D. B. Van Schenck, G. Giesbers, O. Ostroverkhova, L.-J. Cheng, Strong exciton-plasmon coupling in dye-doped film on a planar hyperbolic metamaterial, Optics Letters, 45, 6736-6739, 2020.
  17. Y. Liu, B. Wu, E. K. Tanyi, S. Yeasmin, and L.-J. Cheng, Label-Free Sensitive Detection of Steroid Hormone Cortisol Based on Target-Induced Fluorescence Quenching of Quantum Dots, Langmuir, 36, 27, 7781–7788, 2020.
  18. Y. Deng, J. Ren, Y. Shi, Y. C. Wang, L.-J. Cheng, P. Fay, L. Liu, Advanced photo-induced substrate-integrated waveguides using pillar-array structures for tunable and reconfigurable THz circuits, Optics Express 28 (5), 7259-7273, 2020.
  19. J. D. B. Van Schenck, E. K. Tanyi, L.-J. Cheng, J. Anthony and O. Ostroverkhova, Strong exciton–photon coupling in anthradithiophene microcavities: from isolated molecules to aggregates, MRS Communications, 1-8, 2019.
  20. J. Ren, Y. Deng, Y. Shi, A. Kannegulla, Y.-C. Wang, P. Fay, L.-J. Cheng, and L. Liu, Optically controlled reconfigurable terahertz waveguide filters based on photo-induced electromagnetic band gap structures using mesa arrays, OSA Continuum 1, 1429-1436, 2018.
  21. Y. Liu, A. Kannegulla, B. Wu, L.-J. Cheng, "Quantum dot fullerene-based molecular beacon nanosensors for rapid, highly sensitive nucleic acid detection," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03552
  22. L.-J. Cheng, "Electrokinetic ion transport in nanofluidics and membranes with applications in bioanalysis and beyond," Biomicrofluidics, 12, 021502, 2018.
  23. A. Kannegulla, Y. Liu, B. Wu, and L.-J. Cheng, "Plasmonic open-ring nanoarrays for broadband fluorescence enhancement and ultrasensitive DNA detection," Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, 770-776, 2018.
  24. A. Kannegulla, Y. Liu, B. Wu, and L.-J. Cheng, "Aluminum ultraviolet-visible plasmonic arrays for broadband and wavelength-selective enhancements of quantum dot emission," Applied Physics Letters, 111, 081106, 2017.
  25. X.M. Kong, E. W. Li, K. Squire, Y. Liu, B. Wu, L.-J. Cheng, and A. X. Wang, " Plasmonic nanoparticles-decorated diatomite biosilica: extending the horizon of on-chip chromatography and label-free biosensing," Journal of Biophotonics, 10, 1473-1484, 2017.
  26. M. I. Bin Shams, Z. G. Jiang, S. M. Rahman, L. -J. Cheng, J. L. Hesler, P. Fay, and L Liu, "Investigation and Demonstration of a WR-4.3 Optically Controlled Waveguide Attenuator," IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 7, 310-319, 2017.
  27. Z. G. Jiang, M. I. Bin Shams, L. -J. Cheng, P. Fay, J. L. Hesler, C. Y. E. Tong, and L Liu, "Investigation and Demonstration of a WR-4.3 Optically Controlled Waveguide Attenuator," IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 7, 20-26, 2017.
  28. A. Kannegulla, and L.-J. Cheng, "Metal assisted focused-ion beam nanopatterning," Nanotechnology, 27, 36LT01, 2016.
  29. A. Kannegulla, and L.-J. Cheng, "Subwavelength focusing of terahertz waves in silicon hyperbolic metamaterials,” Optics Letters, 41, 3539-3542, 2016.
  30. X.M. Kong, Y.T. Xi, P. LeDuff, E.W. Li, Y. Liu, L.-J. Cheng, G. L. Rorrer, H. Tan, and A. X. Wang, " Optofluidic sensing from inkjet-printed droplets: the enormous enhancement by evaporation-induced spontaneous flow on photonic crystal biosilica,” Nanoscale, 8, 17285-17294, 2016.
  31. L. Liu, Z. G. Jiang, S. Rahman, M.I.B Shams, B. X. Jing, A. Kannegulla, and L.-J. Cheng, "Quasi-Optical Terahertz Microfluidic Devices for Chemical Sensing and Imaging," Michromachines, 7, UNSP 75, 2016.
  32. Yi-Hsuan Su, Po-Chieh Chiang, Li-Jing Cheng, Chau-Hwang Lee, Nathan S. Swami, and Chia-Fu Chou, “High aspect ratio nanoimprinted grooves of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) control the length and direction of retraction fibers during fibroblast cell division,” Biointerphases, 10, 041008, 2015.
  33. A. Kannegulla, M.I.B Shams, L. Liu, and L.-J. Cheng, "Photo-induced spatial modulation of THz waves: opportunities and limitations," Optics Express, 23, 32098-32112, 2015.
  34. M.I.N Shams, Z. Jiang, S. Rahman, J. Qayyum, L.-J. Cheng, H. G. Xing, P. Fay, L. Liu, “Approaching real-time terahertz imaging with photo-induced coded apertures and compressed sensing,” Electronic Letters, 50, 801-802, 2014.
  35. Li-Jing Cheng, Hsueh-Chia Chang, “Switchable pH actuators and 3D integrated salt bridges as new strategies for reconfigurable microfluidic free-flow electrophoretic separation," Lab on a Chip, 14, 979-987, 2014.
  36. A. Kannegulla, Z. Jiang, S. Rahman, I. Shams, P. Fay, H. G. Xing, L.-J. Cheng, and L. Liu, “Coded-Aperture Imaging Using Photo-Induced Reconfigurable Aperture Arrays for Mapping Terahertz Beams," IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 4, 321-327, 2014.
  37. Li-Jing Cheng, Lei Liu, “Optical modulation of continuous terahertz waves towards cost-effective reconfigurable quasi-optical terahertz components," Optics Express, 21, 28657-28667, 2013.
  38. Lei Liu, Rahul Pathak, Li-Jing Cheng and Tao Wang, “Real-Time Frequency-Domain Terahertz Sensing and Imaging of Isopropyl Alcohol-Water Mixtures on a Microfluidic Chip," Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 184, 228-234, 2013.
  39. Devin T. Conroy, Richard V. Craster, Omar K. Matar, Li-Jing Cheng and Hsueh-Chia Chang, "Nonequilibrium hysteresis and Wien effect water dissociation at a bipolar membrane," Physical Review E, 86, 056104, 2012.
  40. Li-Jing Cheng, Hsueh-Chia Chang, “Microscale pH Regulation by Breaking Water,” Biomircofluidics, 5, 046502, 2011.
  41. Satyajyoti Senapati, Sagnik Basuray, Zdenek Slouka, Li-Jing Cheng, Hsueh-Chia Chang, “A nanomembrane-based nucleic Acid sensing platform for portable diagnostics,” Topics in Current Chemistry, 304, 153-69, 2011.
  42. Li-Jing Cheng, L. Jay Guo, “Entrance effect on ion transport in nanochannels,” Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, 9, 1033-1039, 2010.
  43. Li-Jing Cheng, L. Jay Guo, “Nanofluidic diodes,” Chemical Society Reviews, 39, 923-938, 2010.
  44. Taesung Kim, Li-Jing Cheng, Ming-Tse Kao, Ernest F. Hasselbrink, L. Jay Guo, Edgar Meyhöfer, “Biomolecular Motor-Driven Molecular Sorter,” Lab on a Chip, 9, 1282-5, 2009.
  45. Li-Jing Cheng, L. Jay Guo, “Ionic current rectification, breakdown and switching in heterogeneous oxide nanofluidic devices,” ACS Nano, 3, 575-84, 2009.
  46. Li-Jing Cheng, L. Jay Guo, “Rectified Ionic Transport through Concentration Gradient in Homogeneous Silica Nanochannels,” Nano Letters, 10, 3165-3171, 2007.
  47. Li-Jing Cheng, Ming-Tse Kao, Edgar Meyhőfer and L. Jay Guo, “Highly Efficient Guiding of Microtubule Transport Using Imprinted CYTOP Nanotracks,” Small, 1, 409-414, 2005.
  48. J. Damon Hoff, Li-Jing Cheng, Edgar Meyhőfer, L. Jay Guo, and Alan J. Hunt, “Nanoscale Protein Patterning by Imprint Lithography,” Nano Letters, 4, 853-857, 2004.
  49. Te-Hung Teng, Chun-Yao. Huang, Ting-Kuo Chang, Ching-Wei Lin, Li-Jing Cheng, Yin-Lung Lu and Huang-Chung Cheng, “Degradation of passivated and non-passivated N-channel low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFTs prepared by excimer laser processing,” Solid-State Electronics, 46, 1079-1083, 2002.
  50. Huang-Chung Cheng, Ching-Wei Lin, Li-Jing Cheng, Chang-Ho Tseng, Ting-Kuo Chang, Yuan-Ching Peng, and Wen-Tung Wang “Fabrication of low-temperature poly-Si thin film transistors with self-aligned graded lightly doped drain structure,” Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 5, G1-G3, 2002.
  51. Ching-Wei Lin, Li-Jing Cheng, Yin-Lung Lu and Huang-Chung Cheng, “High-performance low-temperature poly-Si TFTs crystallized by excimer laser irradiation with recessed-channel structure,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, 22, 269-271, 2001.
  52. Li-Jing Cheng, Yin-Lung Lu, Ching-Wei Lin, Ting-Kuo Chang and Huang-Chung Cheng, “A novel device structure for low-temperature polysilicon TFTs with controlled grain growth in channel regions,” Display Technologies III, Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 4079, 51-54, 2000.