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Yongan Tang

Associate Professor, Mathematics and Physics

Yongan Tang received his Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics–Photonics from the University of Arkansas in 2004. He worked on optoelectronics research projects in the nonlinear optics lab. After graduation, he did a postdoctoral stint at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and worked on fiber optics and nonlinear optics research projects (2004–2006).

Dr. Tang joined North Carolina Central University as a research assistant professor in 2006. As a research faculty member, his research focus moved to nanophotonics, and he studied light interaction with nanoparticle/nanostructures of noble metals. He became an assistant professor in 2015. He has been co-principal investigator (PI) and PI on projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Defense (DoD) and others. His current research focuses on the development of nanomaterials with applications in optoelectronics and beyond.

Courses

PHYS 2410 - Fundamentals of Physics Lab I
PHYS 4110 - Thermal Physics
PHYS 4220 - Mathematical Methods of Physics
PHYS 2420 - Fundamentals of Physics Lab II
PHYS 3110 - Mechanics
PHYS 3210 - Advanced Physics Laboratory I
PHYS 5420 - Advanced Computational Physics

Publications

Selected Publications:

  1. Tej B. Limbu, Basant Chitara, Jason D. Orlando, Martha Y. Garcia Cervantes, Shalini Kumari, Qi Li, Yongan Tang, and Fei Yan, Green synthesis of reduced Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets with enhanced conductivity, oxidation stability, and SERS activity. DOI: 10.1039/C9TC06984D (Paper) J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 4722-4731.
  2. Olabode Oladele, Chen Chen, Fei Yan, Branislav Vlahovic, Yongan Tang, Simulation and Synthesis of Silver Dendritic Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering, Materials Express, Volume 9, Number 9, December 2019, pp. 1082-1086(5). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/mex.2019.1603
  3. Dina I Abu Rabe, Mohamad M Al Awak, Fan Yang, Peter A Okonjo, Xiuli Dong, Lindsay R Teisl, Ping Wang, Yongan Tang, Nengyu Pan, Ya-Ping Sun, Liju Yang, The dominant role of surface functionalization in carbon dots’ photo-activated antibacterial activity, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 23 April 2019 Volume 2019:14 Page 2655-2665, DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S200493
  4. Xiuli Dong, Ambrose E Bond, Nengyu Pan, Montrez Coleman, Yongan Tang, Ya-Ping Sun, Liju Yang, Synergistic photoactivated antimicrobial effects of carbon dots combined with dye photosensitizers, International Journal of Nanomedicine 27 November 2018 Volume 2018:13 Pages 8025-8035. DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S183086
  5. Hao Jia, Chen Chen, Olabode Oladele, Yongan Tang, Guoqing Li, Xiangwu Zhang, Fei Yan. Cobalt doping of tin disulfide/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for enhanced pseudocapacitive sodium-ion storage. Communications Chemistry volume 1, Article number: 86 (2018)
  6. C. Chen, O. Oladele, Y. Tang, F. Yan. Freestanding silver dendrite/graphene oxide composite membranes as high-performance substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Materials Letters. Volume 226, 1 September 2018, Pages 83-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.05.030
  7. Chen Chen; Yongan Tang; Branislav Vlahovic; Fei Yan, Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers Decorated with Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Chemical Sensing, Nanoscale Research Letters(2017) 12:451, DOI 10.1186/s11671-017-2216-4
  8. Xiuli Dong, Mohamad Al Awak, Nicholas Tomlinson, Yongan Tang, Ya-Ping Sun, and Liju Yang, Antibacterial effects of carbon dots in combination with other antimicrobial reagents. PLoS ONE 12(9):e0185324, (September 2017 )DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185324
  9. Xiaofang Hou, Yin Hu, Ping Wang, Liju Yang, Mohamad M AL Awak, Yongan Tang, Feidah K. Twara, Haijun Qian, Ya-Ping Sun, Modified Facile Synthesis for Quantitatively Fluorescent Carbon Dots, Carbon 122 (June 2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.06.093
  10. Mohamad Al Awak; Ping Wang; Shengyuan Wang; Yongan Tang; Ya-Ping Sun; Liju Yang; Correlation of Carbon Dots' Light-Activated Antimicrobial Activities and Fluorescence Quantum Yields, RSC Adv. 2017, 730177 DOI 10.1039/c7ra05397e
  11. Yongan Tang, Application of Periodical Nanostructures in Thin Metal Film for Near Infrared Multispectral Filters, Journal of Lasers, Optics & Photonics. Volume 4, Issue 1, 1000151 (2017) DOI: 10.4172/2469-410X.1000151
  12. Yongan Tang and Branislav Vlahovic, Metallic Nanostructures for Multispectral Filters. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 17, 573-576 (2017)
  13. Shu Zhang, Yongan Tang, Branislav Vlahovic, Preparation of Silver Nanoparticles in Poly(Nvinylpyrrolidone) Ethanol Solutions, International Journal of NanoScience. Vol. 16, 1750008, 2017
  14. Yin Hu, Mohamad M. Al Awak, Fan Yang, Sijia Yan, Qingwu Xiong, Ping Wang, Yongan Tang, Liju Yang, Gregory E. LeCroy, Xiaofang Hou, Christopher E. Bunker, Linxi Xu, Nicholas Tomlinson, and Ya-Ping Sun, Photoexcited State Properties of Carbon Dots from Thermally Induced Functionalization of Carbon Nanoparticles, J Mater Chem C Mater Opt Electron Devices. 2016 November 28; 4: 10554–10561. doi:10.1039/C6TC03666J.
  15. Shu Zhang, Yongan Tang, Branislav Vlahovic, A Review on Preparation and Applications of Silver Containing Nanofibers, Nanoscale Research Letters, 11,80,2016;
  16. Xiuli Dong, Youngmi Koo, Yongan Tang, Yeoheung Yun, and Liju Yang, “Superior Antibacterial Activity of Photochemical Synthesized Ag-CNT Composites and their Synergistic Effects in Combination with other Antimicrobial Agents” J Nanomed Nanotechnol 2015, 6:3
  17. Yongan Tang, Branislav Vlahovic: Metallic Nano-particles for Trapping Light, Nanoscale Research Letters 2013, 8:65 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-8-65;
  18. Xiuli Dong, Yongan Tang, Marvin Wu, Branislav Vlahovic, Liju Yang, Dual effects of singlewalled carbon nanotubes coupled with near-infrared radiation on Bacillus anthracis spores: inactivates spores and stimulates the germination of surviving spores, Journal of Biological Engineering. Journal of Biological Engineering 2013, 7:19, doi:10.1186/1754-1611-7-19;
  19. Xiuli Dong, Yongan Tang, Marquita Lilly, Kamal Aferchich, and Liju Yang (doi: 10.1142/S1793984412300129) Antimicrobial effects of carbon nanotubes, Nano LIFE, December, Vol. 02, No. 04 (2012);
  20. Yongan Tang, Branislav Vlahovic, and David Jones Brady: Metallic nano-structures for polarization independent multi-spectral filters. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:394.