Chien-Fong Lo

University of Florida

Department of Chemical Engineering

Gainesville, FL32611, USA

Office: (352) 846-2989

Fax: (352) 392-9513

EDUCATION

Sep/08 – presentPh.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Advisor: Prof. Fan Ren

Sep/07 – Aug/08M.S.N.T in Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Topic: single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNTs) growth and SWNTs functionalization

Advisor: Prof. Kirk J. Ziegler

Sep/01 – June/03M.S. in Chemical Engineering, NationalTaiwanUniversity, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Thesis: Nano Thin Film of TiO2coating and TiO2-Coated Optical-Fiber Reactor Design

Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey Chi-ShengWu

Sep/97 – June/01B.S. in Chemical Engineering, NationalTaiwanUniversity, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

RESEARCH AND EMPLOYMENTEXPERIENCE

Jan/08 – presentResearch Assistant, Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, USA

Advisor: Prof. Fan Ren

Sb Based Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs)

Fabrication and analyzing for the AlN/GaN, AlGaN/GaN and InAlN/GaN HEMTs

Proton irradiation effect on Sb based DHBTs and AlN/GaN HEMTs

Aug/07 – Jan/08Research Assistant, Chemical Engineering, University of Florida,USA

Advisor: Prof. Kirk J. Ziegler

Experimental study of SWNTs growth and the reaction of SWNTs functionalization

Jan/04 – Aug/08Corporal, Chemical Warfare Corps, Army of R.O.C.,Taichung, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Sep/01 – Dec/03Teaching Assistant,DASO and APEXExaminationPreparationCenter, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

American Ceramic Society(ACerS member)

Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society member)

AWARDS

2008Central Florida Taiwanese American Chamber of CommerceLeadership Award

2007Central Florida Taiwanese American Chamber of CommerceMerit Award

2007 Achievement Award for New Engineering Students at University of Florida

SPECIALTY

Semiconductor Device Fabrication

Thin Film deposition (E-beam evaporator, Sputter, PECVD)

Etching (Reactive ion etching, Inductively coupled plasma etching, Acid solution wet-etching)

Photolithography mask designand optical lithography

Sonoplot Inc. GIX Microplotter II

NanoInkDip Pen Nanolithography

Device Characterization

Surface profiler

Four point probe

Scanning electron microscope (SEM)

Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

DC measurement (HP4156C semiconductor parameter analyzer, pulse measurement)

Device Packaging

Wire Bonding

BCB packaging technique

PRESENTATIONS

  1. C. F. Lo(speaker), C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton, I. I. Kravchenko, A. M. Dabiran, A. M. Wowchak, B. Cui, P. P. Chow, and F. Ren, “Ozone Passivated AlN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors”, GRACE symposium 2010, Florida, February 22, 2010
  2. C. F. Lo(speaker), F. Ren, C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton, A. M. Dabiran, A. M. Wowchak, B. Cui, P. P. Chow, and I. I. Kravchenko, “Ozone Passivated, Enhancement Mode AlN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors”, Electronic Materials andApplications 2010 (EMA 2010), Orlando, Florida, January 20–22, 2010
  3. S. C. Hung, B. H Chu, C. F. Lo, B. Hicks, Y. L. Wang, S.J. Pearton, J. W. Johnson, P. Rajagopa, l, J. C. Roberts, E. L. Piner, K. J. Linthicum, G. C. Chi, and F. Ren, “Detection of Cl- Ions with AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors”, 215th ECS Meeting (ECS 2009), San Francisco,May 24–29, 2009
  4. Chien-Fong Lo(poster)and Jeffrey C.S. Wu, “Preparation of TiO2 Thin Film and TiO2-Coated Optical-Fiber Reactor Design”,Proceedings of the 21st R.O.C. Symposium on Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (IPCAT-3 and TSCRE-21), P-II-35,Taipei, Taiwan,November 16–18,2003

PUBLICATIONS

  1. C. F. Lo, L. Liu , C.Y. Chang , F. Ren , V. Craciun , Y. W. Heo , O. Laboutin , W. Jonhson, and S. J. Pearton, “Annealing Temperature Dependence of Ohmic Contact Resistance and Morphology on InAlN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor Structures”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 29, xxx (in press)
  2. C. F. Lo, T. S. Kang, L. Liu, C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton, I. I. Kravchenko, O. Laboutin, J. W. Johnson, and F. Ren, “Isolation blocking voltage of nitrogen ion-implanted AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor structure”, Appl. Phys. Lett.97, 262116 (2010)
  3. C. F. Lo, C. Y. Chang, B. H. Chu, H.-Y. Kim, J. Kim, David A. Cullen, Lin Zhou, David. J. Smith, S. J. Pearton, Amir Dabiran, B. Cui, P. P. Chow, S. Jang, and F. Ren, “Proton irradiation effects on AlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, L47 (2010)
  4. Chih-Yang Chang,Travis Anderson, Jennifer Hite, Liu Lu, Chien-Fong Lo, Byung-Hwan Chu, D. J. Cheney, E. A. Douglas, B. P. Gila, F. Ren, G. D. Via, Patrick Whiting, R. Holzworth, K. S. Jones, Soohwan Jang, and S. J. Pearton “Reverse gate bias-induced degradation of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 1044 (2010)
  5. C. F. Lo, C. Y. Chang, B. H. Chu, S. J. Pearton, A. Dabiran, P. P. Chow, and F. Ren, “Effect of humidity on hydrogen sensitivity of Pt-gated AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor based sensors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 232106 (2010)
  6. Yu-Lin Wang, B.H. Chu, C.Y. Chang, C.F. Lo, S.J. Pearton, A. Dabiran, P.P. Chow, and F. Ren, “Long-term stability study of botulinum toxin detection with AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor based sensors”, Sensors and Actuators B146, 349 (2010)
  7. B. H. Chu, Y. L. Wang, K. H. Chen, C. Y. Chang, C. F. Lo, S. J. Pearton, G. Papadi, J. K. Coleman, and B. J. Sheppard, “AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistor-based sensors for environmental and bio-applications”, Proc. SPIE 7679, 76790Q (2010)
  8. Yu-Lin Wang, C. Y. Chang, Wantae Lim, S. J. Pearton, D. P. Norton, B. H. Chu, C. F. Lo, F. Ren, J. W. Johnson, P. Rajagopal, J. C. Roberts, E. L. Piner, and K. J. Linthicum, “Oxygen gas sensing at low temperature using indium zinc oxide-gated AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 376 (2010)
  9. K. H. Chen, C. Y. Chang, L. C. Leu, C. F. Lo, B. H. Chu, S. J. Pearton, and F. Ren, “Degradation of 150 nm mushroom gate InAlAs/InGaAs metamorphic high electron mobility transistors during dc stressing and thermal storage”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 365 (2010)
  10. C. F. Lo, C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton, I. I. Kravchenko, A. M. Dabiran, A. M. Wowchak, B. Cui, P. P. Chow, and F. Ren, “Passivation of AlN/GaN high electron mobility transistor using ozone treatment”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 52 (2010)
  11. K. H. Chen, Wenhsing Wu, Byung Hwan Chu, C. F. Lo, Jenshan Lin, Y. L. Wang, C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton, and F. Ren, “190nm excimer laser drilling of glass slices: Dependence of drilling rate and via hole shape on the diameter of the via hole”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 27, L42 (2009)
  12. C. F. Lo, H.-Y. Kim, J. Kim, Shu-Han Chen, Sheng-Yu Wang, Jen-Inn Chyi, B. Y. Chou, K. H. Chen, Y. L. Wang, C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton, L. I. Kravchenko, S. Jang, and F. Ren, “Proton irradiation effects on Sb-based heterojunction bipolar transistors”,J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 27, L33 (2009)
  13. C. Y. Chang, Yu-Lin Wang, B. P. Gila, A. P. Gerger, S. J. Pearton, C. F. Lo, F. Ren, Q. Sun, Yu. Zhang, and J. Han, “Effect of gate orientation on dc characteristics of Si-doped, nonpolar AlGaN/GaN metal-oxide semiconductor high electron mobility transistors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 082110 (2009)
  14. C. Y. Chang, S. J. Pearton, C. F. Lo, F. Ren, I. I. Kravchenko, A. M. Dabiran, A. M. Wowchak, B. Cui, and P. P. Chow, “Development of enhancement mode AlN/GaN high electron mobility transistors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 263505 (2009)
  15. S. C. Hung, B. H Chu, C. F. Lo, B. Hicks, Y. L. Wang, S.J. Pearton, J. W. Johnson, P. Rajagopa, l, J. C. Roberts, E. L. Piner, K. J. Linthicum, G. C. Chi, and F. Ren, “Detection of Cl- Ions with AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors”, Electrochem. Soc.901, 865 (2009)
  16. S. C. Hung, B. H Chu, C. F. Lo, B. Hicks, Y. L. Wang, S.J. Pearton, J. W. Johnson, P. Rajagopa, l, J. C. Roberts, E. L. Piner, K. J. Linthicum, G. C. Chi, and F. Ren, “Detection of Cl- Ions with AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors”, ECS Trans.19 (3), 31(2009)
  17. S. C. Hung, B. H. Chou, C. Y. Chang, C. F. Lo, K. H. Chen, Y. L. Wang, S. J. Pearton, Amir Dabiran, P. P. Chow, G. C. Chi, and F. Ren, “Minipressure sensor using AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 043903 (2009)
  18. Chien-Fong Lo, Jeffrey C.-S. Wu, “Preparation and Characterization of TiO2-Coated Optical-Fiber in a Photo Reactor”,Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers 36(2), 119-125 (2005)