| Research |
| Research Interests/Areas |
- To develop luminescent quantum dots, optoelectronic devices, multicolor nanoprobes, ultrasensitive imaging and spectroscopy, advanced biochips for multiplexed and high-throughput analysis of genes, proteins and cells
- To develop nano-biotechnologies for genomics, proteomics, molecular diagnostics to solve biological and biomedical problems at molecular or cellular levels
| | Specialised Expertise |
- Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology
| | Current Area of Research |
- Smart nanostructures for probing multiplexed protein-protein interactions
- Colloidal compositio-tunalbequantum dots
- Quantum Dot Detector
| | Working Experience |
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IBM, Indiana University |
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IMRE and National University of Singapore |
| | Academic Qualifications |
- PhD, Jilin University, 1993
| | Professional Appointments |
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American Chemical Society (ACS) |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| | Honours and Awards |
| 2002 |
Young Investigator Award by NUS' Office of Life Sciences and the Biomedical Research Council of A*Star |
| | Selected Publications |
- MY Han, XH Gao, and S Nie, “Quantum dot-tagged microbeads for multiplexed optical coding of biomolecules,” Nature Biotechnology, 19, 631-635, 2001. (cover story and cover picture with over 270 citation and ~50 seventy research news).
- WCW Chan, DJ Maxwell, XH Gao, RE Bailey, MY Han, and SM Nie, "Luminescent quantum dots for multiplexed biological detection and imaging,” Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 13, 40-46, 2002. (cover story and cover picture with over 160 citation).
- XH Zhong, MY Han*, ZL Dong, T White, and W. Knoll, “Composition-tunable ZnCdSe nanocrystals with high luminescence and stability,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125, 8589-8594, 2003.
- X Zhong, Y Feng, W Knoll, and MY Han*, “Alloyed ZnCdS nanocrystals with highly narrow luminescence spectral width,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125, 13559, 2003.
- MY Han*, “Lab-on-a-bead deciphers biomolecules,” Innovation Magazine, 3, 37-39, 2003. (Cover story/SurfIP-May)
- ZP Zhang, XQ Shao, HD Yu, YB Wang, and MY Han,* "Morphosynthesis and ornamentation of 3D dendritic nanoarchitecture," Chemistry of Materials, 2004, 17, 332-336.(Cover story of Nano Today and Cover picture and one of the most-assessed paper in 2005 in this journal).
- ZP Zhang, H P Sun, XQ Shao, DF Li, HD Yu, and MY Han*, 3D oriented aggregation of a few hundred nanoparticles into monocrystalline architectures, Advanced Materials, 2005, 17, 42-47.
- H Yu, Z Zhang, MY Han*, X Hao, F Zhu, "A general low-temperature route for large-scale fabrication of highly oriented ZnO nanorod/nanotube arrays," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 2378-2379.(Featured at Materials Today)
- ZP Zhang, HD Yu, XQ Shao, MY Han*, “Near-room-temperature production of diameter-tunable ZnO nanorod arrays through natural oxidation of zinc metal,” Chemistry A European Journal, 2005, 11, 3149-3154.
- SH Liu, MY Han*, “Synthesis, functionalization and bioconjugation of monodisperse silica-coated gold nanoparticles as robust nanoprobes,” Advanced Functional Materials, 2005, 15, 961-967.
- SH Liu, ZH Zhang, MY Han,* “Gram-scale Synthesis and Bio-functionalization of Silica-coated Silver Nanoparticles for Fast Colorimetric DNA Detection,” Analytical Chemistry, 2005, 77, 2595.
- ZH Zhang, XH Zhong, SH Liu,DF Li, MY Han,* “Aminolysis route to monodisperse titania nanorods with tunable aspect ratio,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 3466-3470.
- FK Wang, MY Han,* KY Mya, YB Wang, YH Lai, "Aggregation-driven growth of size-tunable organic nanoparticles using electronically-altered conjugated polymers," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127(29), 10350-10355 (highlighted by the American Chemical Society Heart Cut and Patent Watch on August 29, 2005).
- SH Liu, ZH Zhang, MY Han,* “Nanosized gold-loaded gelatin/silica nanocapsules,” Advanced Materials, 2005, 17, 1862-1866.
| | Patents Filed |
- MY Han, XH Zhong, and W. Knoll, "Ternary and quarternary nanocrystals, processes for their production and uses thereof" US application no. 10/321,278 filed on 16 December 2002.
- MY Han, XH Zhong, and W. Knoll, "Ternary and quarternary nanocrystals, processes for their production and uses thereof" PCT Application, application no PCT/SG2003/000286, filed on 16 December 2003.
- MY Han and ZP Zhang, “A biomimetic approach to low-cost fabrication of complex nanostructures of metal oxides by natural oxidation at low-temperature,” US patent application no. 11/104,581, Singapore patent application no. 200502263-7, filed on April 13, 2005.
- MY Han and FK Wang, "Novel water-soluble nanocrystals comprising a polymeric coating reagent, and methods of preparing the same," PCT/SG2005/000136, filed on May 4, 2005.
- MY Han and FK Wang, "Novel water-soluble nanocrystals comprising a low molecular weight coating reagent, and methods of preparing the same," PCT/SG2005/000138, filed on May 4, 2005.
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