Faculty Research: Guozhong Cao

Degrees:
1991, Ph.D., Eindhoven University of Technology, MSE 1985, MS, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, MSE 1982, BS, East China University of Technology, MSE

Awards and Professional Activities:
Department Faculty of the Year Awards, MSE, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002

University Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Washington, 2000

College Outstanding Educator Award, College of Engineering, UW, 1999

European Union Research Fellowship, the Netherlands, 1993

Areas of Research:

Nano-MEMS	Hybrid Materials
Sol-Gel Processes	Nanomaterials

Selected Publications:
8. Recent principle publications: (out of 110 in total)

1. Electrophoretic Growth of Lead Zirconate Titanate Nanorods, S.J. Limmer, S. Seraji, M.J. Forbess, Y. Wu, T.P. Chou, C. Nguyen, and G.Z. Cao, Advanced Materials 13, 1269-1272 (2001).

2. Influence of Oxygen Annealing on the Dielectric Properties of SrBi2Nb1.8V0.2O9 Ceramics, Y. Wu, M.J. Forbess, S. Seraji, S.J. Limmer, T.P. Chou, and G.Z. Cao, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 34, 2665-2669 (2001).

3. Synthesis and Properties of Er-Doped Silica Glass by Sol-Gel Processing through Organic Complexation, X.H. Han, G.Z. Cao, T. Pratum, D.S. Schwartz, and B. Lutz, Journal of Materials Science 35, 985-993 (2001).

4. Oxygen-Vacancy-Induced Dielectric Relaxation in SrBi2(Ta0.9V0.1)2O9 Ferroelectrics, Y. Wu, S. Seraji, M.J. Forbess, S.J. Limmer, T. Chou, and G.Z. Cao, Journal of Applied Physics 89, 5647-5652 (2001).

5. Impedance Study of Strontium Bismuth Tantalate Vanadate Ferroelectrics, Wu, M. Forbess, S. Seraji, S.J. Limmer, T.P. Chou, and G.Z. Cao, Materials Science and Engineering B86, 70-78 (2001).

6. Sol-Gel Hybrid Coatings for Corrosion Protection, T.P. Chou, C. Chandrasekaran, Y. Wu, M.J. Forbess, S. Seraji, S.J. Limmer, and G.Z. Cao, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 290, 153-162 (2001).

7. Doping Effect on Layer Structured SrBi2Nb2O9 Ferroelectrics, Y. Wu, M.J. Forbess, S. Seraji, S.J. Limmer, T.P. Chou, C. Nguyen and G.Z. Cao, Journal of Applied Physics 90, 5296-5302 (2001).

8. Processing and Properties of Strontium Bismuth Niobate Vanadate Ferroelectric Ceramics, Y. Wu, C.P. Nguyen, S. Seraji, M.J. Forbess, T.P. Chou, and G.Z. Cao, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 84, 2882-2888 (2001).

9. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Doping in CVD Diamond, G.Z. Cao, in Growth, Properties and Application of Diamond, ed., M.H. Nazare and A.J. Neves, The Electronic Materials Information Service (EMIS), EMIS Datareview 26, Hertfordshire, UK, 345-347, 2001.

10. Processing and Properties of Sr2Nb2-xVxO7 Ferroelectrics, S. Seraji, S.J. Limmer, M.J. Forbess, Y. Wu, T.P. Chou, C. Nguyen, and G.Z. Cao, Materials Science and Engineering B88, 73-78 (2002).

11. Template-Based Growth of Various Oxide Nanorods by Sol-Gel Electrophoresis, S.J. Limmer, S. Seraji, M.J. Forbess, Y. Wu, T.P. Chou, C. Nguyen, and G.Z. Cao, Advanced Functional Materials 12, 59-64 (2002).

12. Influence of Tungsten Doping on Dielectric Properties of Strontium Bismuth Niobate Ferroelectric Ceramics, Y. Wu and G.Z. Cao, Journal of Materials Science Letters 21, 251-253 (2002).

13. Organic-Inorganic Sol-Gel Coating for Corrosion Protection of Stainless Steel, T.P. Chou, C. Chandrasekaran, S.J. Limmer, C. Nguyen, and G.Z. Cao, Journal of Materials Science Letters 21, 947-949 (2002).

14. “Sol-Gel Materials: Chemistry and Applications (book review),” G.Z. Cao, Advanced Materials 14, 168 (2002).

15. Nanoscale Optics and Applications, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4809, Editors, Guozhong Cao and Wiley P. Kirk, The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Bellingham, WA, 2002.

Research Keywords:
ceramics, organic-inorganic hybrids, ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics, electro-optic materials, sol-gel processing, electrophoretic deposition, self-assembly, thin films, sensors and actuators, photoelectrochemical cells

Experticed Keywords:
ceramics, organic-inorganic hybrids, ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics, electro-optic materials, sol-gel processing,