Edwin Teo

Biography

Dr. Teo received his BEng degree and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2004 and 2009 respectively. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Solid State Institute and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute at the Technion in 2008-10. In 2010, he was awarded the Nanyang-DSO Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Temasek Laboratories@NTU. In Dec 2012 he joined NTU as an Assistant Professor at the School of EEE.

Research Interests

1. Nano-composites and hybrid materials
2. BN nanostructured materials including 1D nanodots, 2D h-BN, 3D BN foams and thin films
3. Re-ordering of chaotic materials
4. Phase-Change Materials 5.Thermal Interface Materials 6.Thermal management through both top-down and bottom-out approach
5. Space Materials
6. Bio-Materials

Current Grants

• CCF CALT Sub-Project 2A- Development of diamond sub-mount and TIM
• CORE CENTER FUND (ADVANCED MATERIALS) PROGRAMME
• Core Team in Temasek Laboratories at NTU
• Development of Wafer Scale Abrupt Semiconductor Hetero-junctions with Defect-free Interfaces for Next Generation Electronic and Photonic Applications
• Fabrication of ultra-pure ‘quantum grade’ diamond via MPCVD
• NOVEL COMPONENTS ENABLING FIBER LASER POWER SCALING (CCF CALT)
• Processing and Characterization of Diamond Crystals
• Project REPULSOR- Diamond-carbon nanostructural composites for thermal management and propulsion of small satellites
• Resonant Tunneling through 2D and Quasi-2D Interface: Physics and Multi-functional Quantum Tunneling Technology
• Thrust C: Smart Materials and Communication Technologies (IAF-ICP)
• Thrust C: Smart Materials and Communication Technologies (RCA)
• TL@NTU Innovation Grant 2022
• Ultrathin Film for Multipactor Elimination in High Power RF Equipment for the Miniaturisation of SmallSats
• VLEO Remote Sensing
• VLEO Remote Sensing - Material

Keywords

• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Materials Science & Engineering
• Microelectronics & Applications
• Nanotechnology & Nano-Science
• Physics
• Advanced Electronic Materials
• Novel Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
• THz/Mid-IR Photonics and Optoelectronics
• Metamaterials/Metasurfaces

Articles (Journal)

Highly Cited Publications:

Li, H., Zhang, Q., Yap, C. C. R., Tay, B. K., Edwin, T. H. T., Olivier, A., & Baillargeat, D. (2012). From bulk to monolayer MoS2: evolution of Raman scattering. Advanced Functional Materials, 22(7), 1385-1390.

Tay, R. Y., Griep, M. H., Mallick, G., Tsang, S. H., Singh, R. S., Tumlin, T., ... & Karna, S. P. (2014). Growth of large single-crystalline two-dimensional boron nitride hexagons on electropolished copper. Nano letters, 14(2), 839-846.

Wang, H., Huang, X., Lin, J., Cui, J., Chen, Y., Zhu, C., ... & Liu, Z. (2017). High-quality monolayer superconductor NbSe2 grown by chemical vapour deposition. Nature communications, 8(1), 1-8.

Jing, L., Li, H., Tay, R. Y., Sun, B., Tsang, S. H., Cometto, O., ... & Tok, A. I. Y. (2017). Biocompatible hydroxylated boron nitride nanosheets/poly (vinyl alcohol) interpenetrating hydrogels with enhanced mechanical and thermal responses. ACS nano, 11(4), 3742-3751.

Qian, K., Tay, R. Y., Nguyen, V. C., Wang, J., Cai, G., Chen, T., ... & Lee, P. S. (2016). Hexagonal boron nitride thin film for flexible resistive memory applications. Advanced Functional Materials, 26(13), 2176-2184.

Li, H., Tay, R. Y., Tsang, S. H., Zhen, X., & Teo, E. H. T. (2015). Controllable synthesis of highly luminescent boron nitride quantum dots. Small, 11(48), 6491-6499.

Loeblein, M., Tsang, S. H., Pawlik, M., Phua, E. J. R., Yong, H., Zhang, X. W., ... & Teo, E. H. T. (2017). High-density 3D-boron nitride and 3D-graphene for high-performance nano–thermal interface material. ACS nano, 11(2), 2033-2044.

Li, H., Jing, L., Liu, W., Lin, J., Tay, R. Y., Tsang, S. H., & Teo, E. H. T. (2018). Scalable production of few-layer boron sheets by liquid-phase exfoliation and their superior supercapacitive performance. Acs Nano, 12(2), 1262-1272.

Lau, D. W. M., McCulloch, D. G., Taylor, M. B., Partridge, J. G., McKenzie, D. R., Marks, N. A., ... & Tay, B. K. (2008). Abrupt stress induced transformation in amorphous carbon films with a highly conductive transition phase. Physical review letters, 100(17), 176101.

Sevak Singh, R., Yingjie Tay, R., Leong Chow, W., Hon Tsang, S., Mallick, G., & Tong Teo, E. H. (2014). Band gap effects of hexagonal boron nitride using oxygen plasma. Applied Physics Letters, 104(16), 163101.

Recent Publications:

Tay, R. Y., Li, H., Lin, J., Wang, H., Lim, J. S. K., Chen, S., ... & Teo, E. H. T. (2020). Lightweight, superelastic boron nitride/polydimethylsiloxane foam as air dielectric substitute for multifunctional capacitive sensor applications. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(10), 1909604.

Graef, H., Wilmart, Q., Rosticher, M., Mele, D., Banszerus, L., Stampfer, C., ... & Plaçais, B. (2019). A corner reflector of graphene Dirac fermions as a phonon-scattering sensor. Nature communications, 10(1), 1-9.

Sun, L., Zhu, M., Zhao, C., Song, P., Wang, Y., Xiao, D., ... & Tu, L. (2019). Wafer-scale vertically aligned carbon nanotubes for broadband terahertz wave absorption. Carbon, 154, 503-509.

Xiao, D., Zhu, M., Sun, L., Zhao, C., Wang, Y., Tong Teo, E. H., ... & Tu, L. (2019). Flexible ultra-wideband terahertz absorber based on vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11(46), 43671-43680.

Hou, S., Tobing, L. Y., Wang, X., Xie, Z., Yu, J., Zhou, J., ... & Wang, H. (2019). Manipulating coherent light–matter interaction: continuous transition between strong coupling and weak coupling in MoS2 monolayer coupled with plasmonic nanocavities. Advanced Optical Materials, 7(22), 1900857.

Ngoh, Z. L., Leong, F. N., Tay, R. Y., Whiteside, M. D., Chng, S. S., Yu, J. J., ... & Teo, E. H. T. (2019, July). Boron nitride coated three-dimensional graphene as an electrically insulating electromagnetic interference shield. In 2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP) (pp. 127-129). IEEE.

Manuela Loeblein, Guillaume Perry, Siu Hon Tsang, Wenjin Xiao, Dominique Collard, Philippe Coquet, Yasuyuki Sakai and Edwin Hang Tong Teo. (2016). Three-Dimensional Graphene: A Biocompatible and Biodegradable Scaffold with Enhanced Oxygenation. Advanced Healthcare Materials, .

Roland Yingjie Tay, Hongling Li (Co-first author), Siu Hon Tsang, Lin Jing, Dunlin Tan, Mingwei Wei, Edwin Hang Tong Teo. (2015). Facile Synthesis of Millimeter-Scale Vertically Aligned Boron Nitride Nanotube Forests by Template-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition. Chemistry of Materials, 27(20), 7156.

M. Loeblein, R. Y. Tay, S. H. Tsang, W. B. Ng, E. H. T. Teo. (2014). Configurable three-dimensional Boron Nitride - Carbon architecture and its tunable electronic behavior with stable thermal performances. Small, .

R.Y. Tay, M.H. Griep,G. Mallick, S.H. Tsang, R.S. Singh, E.H.T. Teo, S.P. Shashi. (2014). Growth of Large Single-Crystalline Two-Dimensional Boron Nitride Hexagons on Electropolished Copper. Nano Letters, 14(2), 839-846.