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Siying PENG, Ph.D.
Nanophotonic Materials Laboratory
Siying PENG, Ph.D.
Nanophotonic Materials Laboratory
“What I cannot create, I do not understand.”- Richard Feynman
Biography
Siying was born and raised in the beautiful river city of Wuhan, China. Siying received her Ph.D. in physics from California Institute of Technology and B.S. in physics and mathematics from Texas A&M University. Before joining Westlake in June of 2021, she was a GLAM Fellowship postdoctoral researcher at the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials at Stanford University.
Research
Siying’s research interests focus on exploring new material platforms for nanophotonics, including halide perovskites, mid-infrared and topological materials, with cryoelectron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, emphasizing applications in AR/VR, quantum information sciences and health.
The nanophotonic materials lab is seeking creative, highly motivated and team-oriented young scientists of all levels interested in developing an inter-disciplinary research program. The lab combines advanced microscopy methods with unconventional nanophotonic materials to explore new phenomena in the spatio-temporal domain, with potential applications in renewable energy, AR/VR and global health. If you would like to be part of the lab exploring emerging photonic materials, please contact Siying Peng pengsiying@westlake.edu.cn with a short description of your past research experiences and a CV.
Representative Publications
1. S. Peng, A. C. Meng, M. R. Braun, A. F. Marshall, P. C. McIntyre, “Plasmons and inter-band transitions of hexagonal close packed gold nanoparticles”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 051107 (2019)
2. S. Peng, N. J. Schilder, X. Ni, J. van de Groep, M. L. Brongersma, A. Alù, A. Khanikaev, H. A. Atwater, A. Polman, “Probing the bandstructure of topological silicon photonic lattices in the visible”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 117401 (2019)
3. S. Peng, R. Zhang, V. H. Chen, E. T. Khabibouline, P. Braun, H. A. Atwater, “Three-dimensional single gyroid photonic crytals with a mid-infrared bandgap”, ACS Photonics 3, 1131 (2016)
4. S. Peng, M. T. Sheldon, W. G. Liu, A. J. Botero, W. A. Goddard III and H. A. Atwater, “Ultraviolet surface plasmon-mediated low temperature hydrazine decomposition”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 023102 (2015)
