From 2005 to 2014, Teng GAO completed undergraduate and doctoral studies at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Peking University and obtained a Doctor of Science degree, under the supervision of Academician Zhongfan Liu and Prof. Yanfeng Zhang, with main research focus on the controllable preparation and fine characterization of two-dimensional materials; from 2014 to 2020, he conducted postdoctoral research in the research group of Academician Charles Lieber at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology of Harvard University, primarily involving the development of biosensing in physiological environments and novel brain neural probes. 

Prof. Teng GAO joined the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in July 2020.

Research Interests

1. Research and Preparation of Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials

2. Design and Applications of Micro/Nano Devices

3. Applications of Nanobiosensing in Rapid Detection of Biofunctional Molecules and Brain Neural Probe Technology

Selected Publications (full list via Researchgate)

1. Gao, N.*; Gao, T.*; Yang, X.; Dai, X. C.; Zhou, W.; Zhang A. Q.; Lieber, M. C. “Specific detection of biomolecules in physiological solutions using graphene transistor biosensors,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2016, 113, 14633.

2. Song, X. J.*; Gao, T.*; Nie, Y. F.; Zhuang, J. N.; Sun, J. Y.; Ma, D. L.; Shi, J. P.; Lin, Y. W.; Ding, F.; Zhang, Y. F.; Liu, Z. F. “Seed-assisted growth of single-crystalline patterned graphene domains on hexagonal boron nitride by chemical vapor deposition” Nano Letters, 2016, 16, 6109.

3. Gao, T; Song, X. J.; Du, H. W.; Nie, Y. F.; Chen, Y. B.; Ji, Q. Q.; Sun, J. Y.; Yang, Y. L.; Zhang, Y. F.; Liu Z. F. “Temperature-triggered chemical switching growth of in-plane and vertically stacked graphene-boron nitride heterostructures.” Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6835.

4. Zhang, Y. F.*; Gao, T.*; Gao, Y. B.; Xie, S. B.; Ji, Q. Q.; Yan, K.; Peng, H. L.; Liu, Z. F. “Defect-like Structures of Graphene on Copper Foils for Strain Relief Investigated by High-Resolution Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.” ACS Nano 2011, 5, 4014.

5. Gao, T.*; Xie, S. B*.; Gao, Y. B.; Liu, M. X.; Chen, Y. B.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, Z. F. “Growth and Atomic-Scale Characterizations of Graphene on Multifaceted Textured Pt Foils Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition.” ACS nano 2011, 5, 9194.

6.  Zhang, Y. F.*; Gao, T.*; Xie, S. B.; Dai, B. Y.; Fu, L.; Gao, Y. B.; Chen, Y. B.; Liu, M. X.; Liu, Z. F. “Different growth behaviors of ambient pressure chemical vapor deposition graphene on Ni (111) and Ni films: A scanning tunneling microscopy study.” Nano Research 2012, 5, 402.

7.  Gao, T.; Gao, Y. B.; Chang, C. Z.; Chen, Y. B.; Liu, M. X.; Xie, S. B.; He, K.; Ma, X. C.; Zhang, Y. F.; Liu, Z. F. “Atomic-Scale Morphology and Electronic Structure of Manganese Atomic Layers Underneath Epitaxial Graphene on SiC (0001).” ACS nano 2012, 6, 6562.