Professor Zengbo (James ) Wang
Professor in Imaging and Laser Micromachining
Overview
Prof. Zengbo Wang received BSc and MSc degrees in physics from Xiamen University and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He is currently a Professor at 成人VR视频 and was a Visiting Professor at Northeastern University, Boston, USA, from 2022 to 2023. Before joining 成人VR视频 in 2012, he was a Lecturer at the University of Manchester.
His research spans AI and machine learning, nanophotonics, metamaterials, laser-based manufacturing, optical sensing, fibre sensors, solar energy, and AI for business and industry. He is internationally recognised as a leading pioneer of microsphere- and nanosphere-based superlens technologies, with particular expertise in super-resolution microscopy, imaging and sensing, laser micro/nano-processing, and AI-enabled photonic design and manufacturing.
In 2022, he was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship to develop AI/deep-learning-assisted microsphere nanoscopy and on-demand photonic design. In 2025, he received the prestigious APEX Award for Listen to the Cell Breathe, an interdisciplinary project investigating viral infections through hybrid nano-vibration sensing, super-resolution imaging, and AI-enhanced analysis. It is the first APEX Award project led by a Principal Investigator based at a Welsh university since the scheme鈥檚 launch in 2017.
His current research vision is centred on agentic AI for science and engineering. His group is developing autonomous laboratory agents for photonic design, laser manufacturing, imaging, and sensing, aiming to connect AI reasoning directly with experimental discovery, instrument control, data analysis, and engineering optimisation.
He is an elected Senior Member of Optica and has a strong publication and citation record. More information about his research group can be found at:
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Research Interests
1. Agentic AI and Deep Learning for Photonics Design, Imaging, and Manufacturing
Prof. Wang's current research integrates artificial intelligence across photonics, imaging, sensing, and laser manufacturing, with a long-term vision that extends beyond AI-assisted analysis towards autonomous systems capable of supporting the full scientific workflow 鈥 literature understanding, hypothesis generation, experiment planning, instrument control, data interpretation, and closed-loop optimisation. Drawing on convolutional neural networks, generative models, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, fine-tuning, and multi-agent architectures, his team pursues inverse photonic design, super-resolution imaging, laser-based nano-patterning, process control, optical sensing, and autonomous laboratory operation. For agentic AI development, his team hosts local LLM such as Qwen3.6 and Gemma4.
The group is developing autonomous lab-agent frameworks in which intelligent agents propose designs, run simulations, interface with instruments, analyse results, and iteratively refine experimental parameters. The team is open to collaboration with business partners seeking to adopt advanced AI technologies, including agentic AI development, to enhance their products, processes, and services.
2. Superlens and Super-resolution Microscopy
Prof. Wang and his team are internationally recognised for pioneering microsphere- and nanoparticle-based dielectric superlens technologies. Key developments include the microsphere superlens and microsphere nanoscope reported in Nature Communications in 2011, the spider-silk superlens reported in Nano Letters in 2016, and the nanoparticle superlens reported in Science Advances in 2016.
This body of work has received international media attention and was highlighted in RCUK鈥檚 鈥50 Big Ideas for the Future鈥. In 2023, it was featured in the article 鈥淩oadmap on Label-Free Super-resolution Imaging鈥 in Laser & Photonics Reviews. The latest nanoparticle superlens developed by his team enables high-quality imaging of nanoscale features, including 50 nm polystyrene nanoparticles, 45 nm gaps in semiconductor chips, and 90鈥100 nm adenoviruses.
The research continues to expand towards AI-enhanced imaging, biological analysis, nanoscale inspection, and integrated imaging-sensing systems.
3. Laser-based Manufacturing and Processing
Prof. Wang鈥檚 group conducts research across a wide range of laser-based manufacturing and surface-processing techniques, including cutting, welding, drilling, texturing, marking, cleaning, polishing, and laser-assisted functionalisation. Applications include advanced thermal management, surface engineering, high-resolution nano-marking, and laser-enhanced biological and materials processing.
The laboratory hosts nanosecond, UV, CO鈧, and high-power femtosecond laser systems, supported by advanced 3D laser scanning microscopy and environmental scanning electron microscopy with integrated electron-beam lithography. Through the pan-Wales Centre for Photonics Expertise programme, the group collaborates with industry across electronics, aerospace, automotive, energy, packaging, and advanced manufacturing.
A distinctive capability of the group is direct laser nano-marking using engineered superlenses, achieving sub-100 nm resolution. This provides a foundation for future AI-controlled, closed-loop laser manufacturing systems.
4. Fibre-based Optical, Biomedical, and Quantum Sensing
Prof. Wang鈥檚 team develops advanced optical sensing technologies for biomedical, environmental, and engineering applications. These include surface-functionalised fibre Bragg grating and long-period grating sensors, optical fibre-based trapping, imaging and sensing, ultrasensitive cell vibration detection at the picometre scale, and emerging quantum sensing platforms.
These capabilities are increasingly integrated with super-resolution imaging and AI-enabled data analysis to support multimodal systems for cell infection studies, environmental monitoring, and high-sensitivity diagnostics.
5. Metamaterial Filters and Optical Protection
Prof. Wang鈥檚 group has developed metamaterial-based, wide-angle, shift-free narrowband filters for anti-laser-strike protection, addressing the angular blue-shift problem commonly found in conventional optical filters. Ongoing work extends this capability towards AI-assisted metamaterial design, optical protection, sensing, and underwater optical communication.
6. Solar Cell and Energy-related Photonics
Prof. Wang鈥檚 research also covers advanced photonic and laser technologies for solar cells and energy applications. This includes laser-trapped nanostructures and metasurfaces for light management, solar-driven nanoparticle synthesis and water splitting, nanophotonic and plasmonic approaches for perovskite solar cells, and precision laser manufacturing to improve solar cell performance.
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
A fully funded PhD studentship is avaliable now (deadline: Oct 30 2025): https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOX371/phd-studentship-nano-imaging-and-sensing-start-nov-2025
Publications
2026
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Muthusamy, O., Joya, Y., Day, R., Nyamayaro, C., Assinder, B., Khan, S., Jevon, M. & Wang, Z., 1 Jun 2026, In: Surfaces and interfaces. 90, 109259.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - E-pub ahead of print
Payne, R. E., Woywodt, A., Wang, Z., Kirk, U. B., Brady, M., Joishy, M., King, K., Mahdi, A., Fischer Pedersen, A. & Huibers, L., 25 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Lancet Primary Care. 100120.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - E-pub ahead of print
Payne, R. E., Wang, Z., Jaggar, D. & King, K., 26 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ. 392, s563.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Editorial 鈥 peer-review
2025
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Yao, L., Lu, Y., Yue, L., Wang, Y., Cong, Z., Sun, Y., Dong, T., Jiang, C. & Wang, Z., 1 Jan 2025, In: Measurement. 242, Part A, 115892.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Ye, R., Zhang, X., Zhi, L., Cao, Y., Melinte, S., Wang, Z. & Yang, S., Jan 2025, In: Optics Letters. 50, 3, p. 908-911
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Bekirov, A., Wang, Z., Lystseva, N. A., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Fedyanin, A., 1 Oct 2025, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 42, 10, p. 1627-1634
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wu, B., Yue, L. & Wang, Z., 1 Oct 2025, In: Optics Communications. 591, 132185.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wu, B., Monks, J. N., Yue, L., Hurst, A. & Wang, Z., 10 May 2025, In: Photonics. 11, 5, 446.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2024
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Atkin-Willoughby, J. (Other), Smith, A. (Other), Peters, T. (Other) & Wang, Z. (Other), 2 Oct 2024
Research output: Non-textual form 鈥 Data set/Database - Published
Bekirov, A., Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Fedyanin, A., 13 Dec 2024, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 42, 1, p. 45-50
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, Y., Jiang, C., Dong, T., Liu, X., Chen, P., yu, X., Yue, L. & Wang, Z., 15 Feb 2024, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 24, 4, p. 4458-4463 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Zou, P., Xu, C., Zhi, L., Melinte, S., Wang, Z., Zuo, C. & Ye, R., 1 Mar 2024, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 36, 5, p. 353-356 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Chen, Y., Yue, L., Yang, X., Baxter, C. & Wang, Z., 1 Sept 2024, In: Optics and Laser Technology. 176, 111001.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Chen, Y., Yan, B., Yue, L., Baxter, C. & Wang, Z., 5 Sept 2024, In: Photonics. 11, 846.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2023
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Gao, B., Zhong, H., Yan, B., Yue, L., Dang, Y., Chen, P., Jiang, C. & Wang, Z., 1 Feb 2023, In: Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 161, 107373.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Jiang, C., Wang, Y., Dong, T., Li, D., Yan, B., Chen, P., Shao, K., Wang, X. & Wang, Z., 12 Apr 2023, In: Optics Letters. 48, 8, p. 2130-2133
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Chen, Y., Kwok, W. & Wang, Z., Dec 2023, Laser Science 2023. Optica Publishing Group, JM7A.34
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Conference contribution 鈥 peer-review - Published
Xu, C., Ye, R., Zou, P., Yang, T., Melinte, S., Wang, Z. & Zuo, C., 13 Mar 2023, In: Optics Express. 31, 6, p. 10894-10904
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Dong, T., Gao, B., Yan, B., Zhou, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, W., Xu, K., Jiang, C. & Wang, Z., 15 Jul 2023, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. p. 15622 - 15627 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wu, B. & Wang, Z., 1 Dec 2023, Laser Science 2023. Optica Publishing Group, JM7A.35
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Conference contribution 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Yan, B., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 23 Oct 2023, In: Photonics. 10, 1175.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Astratov, V., Sahel, Y., Eldar, Y., Huang, L., Ozcan, A., Wang, Z., Zheludev, N. I., Zhao, J., Burns, Z., Liu, Z., Narimanov, E., Goswami, N., Popescu, G., Pfitzner, E., Kukura, P., Hsiao, Y.-T., Hsieh, C.-L., Abbey, B., Diaspro, A. & LeGratiet, A. & 35 others, Bianchini, P., Shaked, N. T., Simon, B., Verrier, N., Debailleul, M., Haeberle, O., Wang, S., Liu, M., Bai, Y., Cheng, J.-X., Karim,an, B. S., Fujita, K., Sinvani, M., Zalevsky, Z., Li, X., Huang, G.-J., Chu, S.-W., Tzang, O., Smolyaninov, I. I., Leonhardt, U., Sahebdivan, S., Hershkovitz, D., Cheshnovsky, O., Huttunen, M. J., Stanciu, S. G., Smolyaninova, V. N., Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wu, L., Maslov, A. V., Jin, B., Simovski, C. R., Perrin, S., Montgomery, P. & Lecler, S., Dec 2023, In: Laser & Photonics Reviews. 17, 12, 202200029.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, W., Yan, B., Wang, H., Chen, Y., Nie, X., Yi, C., Wang, Z., Xu, Z., Zeng, J. & Fan, W., 7 Jun 2023, In: Small. 19, 23, 2207596.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, W., Yan, B., Wang, H., Chen, Y., Nie, X., Yi, C., Wang, Z., Xu, Z., Zeng, J. & Fan, W., 7 Jun 2023, In: Small. 19, 23, 2370168.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2022
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Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Wu, B., Yan, B., Yue, L. & Joya, Y., 22 Oct 2022, Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2022. Optica Publishing Group
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Conference contribution 鈥 peer-review - Published
Shang, Q., Xu, C., Tang, F., Li, J., Fan, Y., Yuan, C., Wang, Z., Zuo, C. & Ye, R., 19 Sept 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 9, 667.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Zhang, P., Yan, B., Gu, G., Yu, Z., Chen, X., Wang, Z. & Yang, H., 15 Apr 2022, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 357, 131401.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Jiang, C., Wang, W., Yan, B., Chen, P., Xu, K., Sun, Y., Cong, Z., Dong, T., Zhou, Y., Wang, Z. & Wang, X., 31 Aug 2022, In: Optics Letters. 47, 17, p. 4560-4563
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Wang, Z., Yan, B., Xie, Y., Geints, Y. E., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 4 Mar 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 3, 154.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Luk'yanchuk, B., Bekirov, A., Wang, Z., Minin, I., Minin, O. & Fedyanin, A., Aug 2022, In: Physics of Wave Phenomena. 30, 4, p. 217-241
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wu, B., Yan, B., Assel, A., Yaminsky, I., Yu, H. & Liu, L., 24 May 2022, p. 1215205. 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥 Paper 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Minin, I., 2022, Switzerland: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). 126 p.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥 Book 鈥 peer-review - Published
Minin, I., Minin, O., Cao, Y., Yan, B., Wang, Z. & Luk'yanchuk, B., 16 Feb 2022, In: Opto-Electronic Science. 1, 2, 210008.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Minin, I., 1 Aug 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 8, 540.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Editorial 鈥 peer-review
2021
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Lukyanchuk, B. S., Vasilyak, L. M., Pecherkin, V. Y., Vetchinin, S. P., Fortov, V. E., Wang, Z., Paniagua-Dominguez, R. & Fedyanin, A., 6 Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 23453.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Jiang, C., Yue, H., Yan, B., Dong, T., Cui, X., Chen, P. & Wang, Z., 1 Nov 2021, In: Biomedical optics express. 12, 11, p. 7113-7121 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Dhama, R., Yan, B., Palego, C. & Wang, Z., 15 Jun 2021, In: Photonics. 8, 6, 222.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Shang, Q., Tang, F., Yu, L., Oubaha, H., Caina, D., Yang, S., Melinte, S., Zuo, C., Wang, J. & Ye, R., 15 Nov 2021, In: Photonics. 8, 513.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Joya, Y., Yan, B., James, K., Yue, L., Middleburgh, S. & Wang, J., Mar 2021, In: Materials Today Communications. 26, 7 p., 101800.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Bekirov, A., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wang, J. & Fedyanin, A., 5 Oct 2021, In: Optical Materials Express. 11, 11, p. 3646-3655
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2020
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Wang, J., 7 Oct 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥 Paper 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Wang, J., Yan, B., Monks, J., Joya, Y., Dhama, R., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 9 Oct 2020, In: Annalen der Physik. 532, 10, 2000373.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yan, B., Yue, L., Monks, J., Yang, X., Xiong, D., Jiang, C. & Wang, J., 1 Mar 2020, In: Optics Letters. 45, 5, p. 1168-1171
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Xia, Z., Zhang, C., Feng, Z., Wu, Z., Wang, J., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 14 Sept 2020, In: Nanomaterials. 10, 9, 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yan, B., Song, Y., Yang, X., Xiong, D. & Wang, J., 10 Mar 2020, In: Applied Optics. 59, 8, p. 2641-2648 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2019
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Zhang, C., Li, Z., Deng, X., Yan, B., Wang, Z., Chen, X., Sun, Z. & Huang, S., 1 Aug 2019, In: Solar Energy. 188, p. 839-848
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Minin, I. V., Minin, O. V., Katyba, G. M., Chernomyrdin, N. V., Kurlov, V. N., Zaytsev, K. I., Yue, L., Wang, Z. & Christodoulides, D. N., 21 Jan 2019, In: Applied Physics Letters. 114, 3, 5 p., 031105 .
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Jiang, C., Minin, O., Minin, I. & Wang, Z., 27 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-8 8 p., 20224.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, J., Luk'yanchuk, B., Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Minin, O., Minin, I., Huang, S. & Fedyanin, A., 30 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 20293.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Zhou, X., Li, Z., Deng, X., Yan, B., Wang, J., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 14 Aug 2019, In: Nanotechnology. 30, 44, 12 p., 445401 .
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, J. & Lukyanchuk, B. S., 2019, Super-Resolution Imaging and Microscopy by Dielectric Particle-Lenses. Astratov, V. (ed.). Springer, p. 371-406
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter
2018
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Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Jun 2018, In: Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. 39, 6, p. 546-552
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Monks, J., Yue, L., Yan, B., Aldred, B., Hurst, A. & Wang, Z., 15 Dec 2018, In: Optics Communications. 429, p. 53-59 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Luo, Q., Deng, X., Yu, M., Zhang, C., Zhou, X., Wang, Z., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 15 Jul 2018, In: Solar Energy. 169, p. 128-135
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Feb 2018, In: Annalen der Physik. 530, 2, 4 p., 1700384.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Minin, O., Wang, Z., Monks, J., Shalin, A. & Minin, I., 15 Feb 2018, In: Optics Letters. 43, 4, p. 771-774
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Jun 2018, In: Annalen der Physik. 530, 6, 6 p., 1800032.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2017
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Chen, W., Luo, Q., Zhang, C., Shi, J., Deng, X., Yue, L., Wang, Z., Chen, X. & Huang, S., Aug 2017, In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 28, 15, p. 11346
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Zhang, C., Luo, Q., Shi, J., Yue, L., Wang, Z., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 2017, In: Nanoscale. 9, 8, p. 2852-2864
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Monks, J., Yan, B. & Wang, Z., May 2017, In: Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing. 123, 318.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Luo, Q., Zhang, C., Deng, X., Zhu, H., Li, Z., Wang, Z., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 20 Sept 2017, In: ACS Applied materials and interfaces. 9, 40, p. 34821鈥34832
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Wang, Z., Nguyen, T. T., Vu, D., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 2017, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 50, 175102.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yan, B., Wang, Z., Parker, A., Lai, Y., Prabhakar, J. T., Yue, L. & Monks, J., 7 Apr 2017, In: Applied Optics. 56, 11, p. 3142
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2016
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Yan, B., Yue, L. & Wang, Z., Jul 2016, In: Optics Communications. 370, p. 140
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Yan, B. & Wang, Z., 16 Mar 2016, In: Optics Letters. 41, 7, p. 1336-1339
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Monks, J., Yan, B., Hawkins, N., Vollrath, F. & Wang, Z., 17 Aug 2016, In: Nano Letters. 16, p. 5842鈭5845
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Fang, W., Yan, B., Wang, Z. & Wu, L., 12 Aug 2016, In: Science Advances. 2, 8, e1600901.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2015
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Yue, L., Wang, Z., Yue, L. Y., Yan, B., Attridge, M. & Wang, Z. B., 18 Dec 2015, In: Solar Energy. 124, p. 143-152
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, Z., Zhu, H. E., Yan, B., Zhou, S. X., Wang, Z. B. & Wu, L. M., 14 Sept 2015, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 3, 41, p. 10907-10915
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2014
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Satter, Z. A., Shore, K. A. & Wang, Z., 10 Apr 2014, In: IET Optoelectronics. 8, 2, p. 129-136
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Sun, Y., Chen, M., Wang, Z. & Wu, L., 8 Apr 2014, In: Chemical Communications. 2014, 50, p. 5767-5770
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Luo, Q., Chen, Y., Li, Z., Zhu, F., Chen, X., Sun, Z., Wei, Y., Guo, H., Wang, Z. & Huang, S., 9 May 2014, In: Nanotechnology. 25, 18, p. 185401
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, Z., Lukyanchuk, B. S., Wand, Z. B., Miroshnichenko, A. E., Kivshar, Y. S., Kuznetsov, A. I., Gao, D. L., Gao, L., Qiu, C. W., Boriskina, S. (Editor) & Zheludev, N. I. (Editor), 23 Oct 2014, Singular and Chiral Nanoplasmonics. 2014 ed. p. 285-310
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥 Chapter - Published
Zolotovskaya, S. A., Tang, G., Wang, Z. & Abdolvand, A., 25 Aug 2014, In: Applied Physics Letters. 105, 8, p. 083109
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2013
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Yue, L., Wang, Z. & Li, L., Feb 2013, In: Optics and Laser Technology. 45, p. 533-539
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Satter, Z. A., Shore, K. A. & Wang, Z., 20 Nov 2013, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 50, 1, p. 15-22
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2012
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Yue, L., Wang, Z., Guo, W. & Li, L., 24 Aug 2012, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 45, 36, p. 365106
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Wang, Z. & Li, L., 1 Aug 2012, In: Applied Surface Science. 258, 20, p. 8065-8071
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Yue, L., Wang, Z. & Li, L., 12 Mar 2012, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 45, 13, p. 135401
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2011
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Wang, Z., Pena, A. A., Wang, Z. B., Zhang, J., Wu, N. E. & Li, L., 11 Aug 2011, In: Nanotechnology. 22, 36, p. 365302
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Khan, A., Wang, Z., Sheikh, M. A. & Li, L., 1 Jul 2011, In: International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering. 1, 3, p. 1-9
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, Z., Guo, W., Li, L., Luk'yanchuk, B., Khan, A., Liu, Z., Chen, Z. & Hong, M., 1 Mar 2011, In: Nature Communications. 2, p. Article No. 218
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
2008
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Wang, Z., Guo, G., Pena, A., Whitehead, D. J., Luk'yanchuk, B. S., Li, L., Liu, Z., Zhou, Y. & Hong, M. H., 24 Nov 2008, In: Optics Express. 16, 24, p. 19706-19711
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review - Published
Wang, Z., Luk鈥檡anchuk, B. S., Guo, W., Edwardson, S. P., Whitehead, D. J., Li, L. & Watkins, K. G., 7 Mar 2008, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 128, 9, p. 094705
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥 Article 鈥 peer-review
Activities
2025
Presentation to the European Digital Primary Care Learning Lunch
Dec 2025 鈫
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2023
Globally, afforestation is proposed as a nature-based solution to meet Net Zero targets. However, recent evidence suggests that ground-level ozone (O3), formed during photolysis of precursors such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), can decrease net primary productivity (NPP) of plants by 50% with serious implications for ecosystem function and sustainability. Afforestation and ecosystem restoration using natural regeneration and direct seedling are reliant on the continued viability of seed and successful establishment of forests is highly dependent on the mycorrhizal fungal symbiont that facilitates the acquisition of nutrients, improves resilience and connects plants via common mycorrhizal networks. This study will investigate the effect of ground-level O3 on tree seed germination, mycorrhization and seedling viability using cutting-edge visualisation and compound analysis techniques.
痴补濒耻别=拢20,000
1 Jan 2023 鈥 30 Apr 2023
Activity: Other (Contributor)
2022
12 month research leave to undertake fellowship project entitled "Deep learning assisted microsphere nanoscopy and on-demand photonic design" in an oversea institution.
1 Sep 2022 鈥 31 Aug 2023
Activity: Types of Award - Fellowship awarded competitively (Contributor)Organised two day Hand-on laser marking session for visitors, with close to 500 name Tags being marked and distributed.
5 Aug 2022 鈥 6 Aug 2022
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Organiser)The aims of this project are:
鈥o develop a unique dual-functional superlens nano-imaging and nano-marking system that is not existing on the market. 鈥 we name it as 鈥楽uperNANO鈥 system. 鈥o scale up superlens imaging/fabrication speed by about 5-8 times.
鈥o explore and promote commercial, social, and environmental impacts of the developed system against United Nations鈥 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to build a strong impact case.
Funding awarded through the 成人VR视频 Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = 拢45,928
4 May 2022 鈥 30 Apr 2023
Activity: Other (Contributor)
2020
At 成人VR视频's school of computer science and electronic engineering (SEECS), cutting-edge research is being pursued in fields of photonics and optoelectronics, including optical super-resolution imaging, sensing, solar energy, laser manufacturing, nano laser, micro robots, 5G communication and IoT.
For example, the school is the birth places of the widely publicised 'spider silk superlens' technology, which uses spider silks found in nature as superlens to increase the imaging resolution of optical microscopes by 2-4 times.
The school is actively engaged in developing new applications of edge computing deployed in North Wales and enhancing the reliability of solar cells, and electronic sensors in the industry.
In this webinar, Drs. James Wang, Noel Bristow and Jeff Kettle from the school will present:
鈥 Laser-based Micro/nano-manufacturing for industry (engraving, colour marking, texturing, cleaning, security labelling) - James
鈥 Optical superlens and nanoscope and their applications 鈥 James
鈥 New applications of IoT and edge computing deployed in North Wales (Noel)
鈥 Enhancing the reliability of photonic and electronic products (Jeff)
Join with us to explore the cutting-edge photonics research at 成人VR视频 school of computer science and electronic engineering. Meet our team to discuss photonics solutions for your business.
14 Jul 2020
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14 Jul 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
2017
Using a laser engraving equipment and a software to show the visitors the process of the laser engraving. The marking process will be recorded through a video camera and shown on a computer monitor, so the visitors will be able to watch the whole marking process.
11 Aug 2017 鈥 12 Aug 2017
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor)Popular laser marking session, with more than 200 key tags marked with visitor's name on it and distributed as free-gift
11 Mar 2017
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement (Contributor)OSA Senior Members are well-established individuals with a designation that recognizes their experience and professional accomplishments or service within their field that sets them apart from their peers. Below is a complete listing of the 2017 Class of Senior Members.
2017
Activity: Types of Award - Fellowship awarded competitively (Contributor)
2016
Spider silk has been used to create a superlens for a microscope, allowing scientists to view objects previously deemed "invisible".
Physical laws of light make it impossible to view structures smaller than 200 nanometers - the smallest size of bacteria - using a normal microscope alone.
But scientists from Bangor and Oxford universities found the silk lets them see beyond the current magnification.
The discovery was hailed as "exciting".
成人VR视频 said extending the limit of the classical microscope's resolution had been the "Holy Grail" of microscopy for over a century and superlenses had been the goal since the turn of the millennium.
Manufactured superlenses have previously been used but this is believed to be the first time a naturally occurring biological material had been used to create one.
The team found applying the dragline silk of a golden silk orb-weaver spider to the material being viewed provided an additional two to three times magnification.
This allowed them to view structures previously classed as "invisible", including some germs and viruses.
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The findings have been published in a paper in the nanoscience research journal Nano Letters.
Dr Zengbo Wang, who led Bangor's team, said producing manufactured superlenses involved some complex engineering processes and finding a natural superlens was important "so that everyone can access superlenses".
Prof Fritz Vollrath, whose silk group at Oxford University's department of zoology collaborated on the project, said it was "very exciting".
"These lenses could be used for seeing and viewing previously 'invisible' structures, including engineered nano-structures and biological micro-structures as well as, potentially, native germs and viruses," he said.
"In much the same was as when you look through a cylindrical glass or bottle, the clearest image only runs along the narrow strip directly opposite your line of vision, or resting on the surface being viewed, the single filament provides a one-dimensional viewing image along its length."
The golden silk orb-weaver spider - often called Nephila or banana spiders - are known for the impressive webs they weave and are found in warmer regions around the world.
22 Aug 2016
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Projects
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31/03/2026 鈥 14/04/2028 (Active)
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01/10/2025 鈥 15/10/2027 (Active)
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01/07/2025 鈥 15/01/2027 (Active)
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01/07/2025 鈥 15/11/2026 (Active)
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01/01/2023 鈥 30/09/2024 (Finished)
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27/07/2022 鈥 15/06/2026 (Finished)
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01/02/2021 鈥 31/03/2024 (Finished)
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01/12/2020 鈥 19/09/2025 (Finished)
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01/08/2020 鈥 30/10/2023 (Finished)
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01/08/2019 鈥 01/08/2022 (Finished)
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20/03/2019 鈥 01/08/2022 (Finished)
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01/08/2018 鈥 31/07/2024 (Finished)
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01/08/2018 鈥 31/12/2021 (Finished)
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01/01/2018 鈥 30/09/2020 (Finished)
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01/10/2016 鈥 01/08/2022 (Finished)
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01/12/2015 鈥 21/03/2017 (Finished)
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01/01/2015 鈥 30/06/2018 (Finished)
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01/10/2014 鈥 20/01/2018 (Finished)