Dr. Youning Gong is currently an assistant professor at the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University. He received his B.S. (2014) and Ph.D. (2019) in Condensed Matter Physics from Wuhan University. From 2019 to 2024, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Lab of Artificial Microstructures for Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University. Dr Gong’s research interests focus on the light-matter interaction in low-dimensional van der Waals materials.

[1]2010/09－2014/06  B.S. in Physics, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University

[2]2014/09－2019/06  Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University

[1]2019/07－2024/02  Postdoc at Shenzhen University

[2]2024/03－Present  Assistant Professor at Shenzhen University

[1]Polaritonic phenomena in van der Waals materials using nano-optical techniques

[2]Near-field infrared nano-imaging and nano-spectroscopy

[3]Structural design and fabrication of metamaterials

[1]Y. Gong^#, J. Zhu^#, Y. Zhao^#, J. Zhang, T. Hou, S. Zhu, Z. Zhou, J. Liang, D. Li, K. Wu, H. Chen, K. Zhang*, Q. Bao*, Y. Zhang*, G. P. Wang*. Dispersion engineering of in-plane anisotropic phonon polaritons in hBN/Te van der Waals heterostructures. Adv. Optical Mater. 2024, 12, 2302804.

[2]J. Zhu^#, L. Cheng^#, J. Liang, Y. Zhao, Y. Gong*, Y. Zhang*, G. P. Wang*. Ultra-broadband mid-infrared absorber based on hyperbolic α-MoO₃. Results in Physics 2023, 54, 107093.

[3]J. Lv^#, Y. Wu^#,*, J. Liu^#, Y. Gong, G. Si, G. Hu, Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, J.-X. Tang, M. S. Fuhrer, H. Chen, S. A. Maier, C.-W. Qiu*, Q. Ou*. Hyperbolic polaritonic crystals with configurable low-symmetry Bloch modes. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 3894.

[4]Y. Zhao, Y. Gong*, J. Zhu, D. Li, H. Mao, Q. Bao, Y. Zhang*, G. P. Wang. Birefringence in the polarized Raman scattering of biaxial van der Waals α-MoO₃. Adv. Optical Mater. 2022, 10, 2201528.

[5]Y. Gong, Y. Zhao, Z. Zhou, D. Li, H. Mao, Q. Bao, Y. Zhang*, G. P. Wang. Polarized Raman scattering of in-plane anisotropic phonon modes in α-MoO₃. Adv. Optical Mater. 2022, 10, 2200038.

[6]L. Sun^#, Y. Gong^#, D. Li, C. Pan*. Biomass-derived porous carbon materials: synthesis, designing, and applications for supercapacitors. Green Chem. 2022, 24, 3864–3894. (Highly Cited Paper)

[7]Y. Gong^#, Z.-Q. Xu^#,*, D. Li, J. Zhang, I. Aharonovich, Y. Zhang*. Two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride for building next-generation energy-efficient devices. ACS Energy Letters 2021, 6, 985–996.

[8]Y. Gong^#, Z. Lin^#, Y.‑X. Chen^#, Q. Khan, C. Wang, B. Zhang, G. Nie, N. Xie, D. Li*. Two-dimensional platinum diselenide: synthesis, emerging applications, and future challenges. Nano-Micro Letters 2020, 12, 174.

[9]Y. Gong, D. Li, C. Luo, Q. Fu, C. Pan*. Highly porous graphitic biomass carbon as advanced electrode materials for supercapacitors. Green Chem. 2017, 19, 4132–4140. (Highly Cited Paper)

[10]Y. Gong, Y. Ping, D. Li, C. Luo, X. Ruan, Q. Fu, C. Pan*. Preparation of high-quality graphene via electrochemical exfoliation & spark plasma sintering and its applications. Applied Surface Science 2017, 397, 213–219.

[1]2024－2026, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 62305228)

[2]2022－2025, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 2022A1515110782)