Faculty
 
Prof. Qian MIAO  


Assistant Professor

Education
2005 Ph. D. Columbia University
2004 M. Ph. Columbia University
2000 B. Sc. University of Science and Technology of China

Position Held
2006 - present Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2005 - 2006 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles



Research Interest
The interdisciplinary research conducted in our laboratory aims to create organic solids with novel physical and chemical functions and focuses on two aspects: (1) electronic and optoelectronic applications of organic semiconductors, and (2) chemical reactions in molecular crystals. To apply organic molecules in electronic and optoelectronic devices, we design and synthesize novel organic semiconductors, control molecular assembly in solid state, fabricate organic electronic devices and characterize device performance to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between structures and functions. We are interested in chemical reactions occurring in molecular crystals because the molecular conformations and arrangements are fixed in the crystals. With tools of organic synthesis and crystal engineering, we tune the molecular structures and molecular packing to achieve products with structures and reaction selectivities that can not be realized by conventional reactions in solution.

Research Group Website

Representative Publications
1. “Transistors from a Conjugated Macrocycle Molecule: Field and Photo Effects”
W. Zhao, Q. Tang, H. S. Chan, J. Xu, K. Y. Lo, Q. Miao,
Chemical Communications, in press, DOI:10.1039/ B806601A.
2.

“Unexpected Photooxidation of H-Bonded Tetracene”
Z. Liang, W. Zhao, S. Wang, Q. Tang, S.-C. Lam, Q. Miao,
Organic Letters, 2008, 10, 2007-2010.

3.

“Hexathiapentacene: Structure, Molecular Packing and Thin-Film Transistors”,
Briseno, A.L.; Miao, Q.; Ling, M.-M.; Reese, C.; Meng, H.; Bao, Z.; Wudl, F.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006; 128(49); 15576-15577.

4.

“Chemical Complementarity in the Contacts for Nanoscale Organic Field-Effect Transistors”
Tulevski, G.S.; Miao, Q.; Afzali, A.; Graham, T.; Kagan C.; Nuckolls, C.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 1788-1789.

5.

“Organization of Acenes with a Cruciform Assembly Motif ”
Miao, Q.; Chi, X.; Xiao, S.; Zeiss, R.; Lefenfeld, M.; Kloc, C.; Steigerwald, M.; Siegrist, T.; Nuckolls, C.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 1340-1345.

6.

“Self-Assembly and Electronics of Dipolar Linear Acenes”,
Miao, Q.; Lefenfeld, M.; Nguyen, T.-Q. Siegrist, T.; Kloc, C.; Nuckolls, C.
Advanced Materials, 2005, 17(4), 407-412.

7.

“Attaching Organic Semiconductors to Gate Oxides: In Situ Assembly of Monolayer Field Effect Transistors”
Tulevski, G.S.; Miao, Q.; Fukuto, M.; Abram, R.; Ocko, B.; Pindak, P.; Kagan, C.; Nuckolls, C.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 15048-15050.

8.

“Synthesis, Assembly, and Thin Film Transistors of Dihydrodiazapentacene: an Isostructural Motif for Pentacene”,
Miao, Q.; Nguyen, T.-Q.; Someya, T.; Blanchet, G.B.; Nuckolls, C.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 10284-10287.


Contact
Room 361 Science Centre
(852) 2609 8127

 

Last updated : 8-Aug-2008