Areas of Focus
- Nano-electronic biochemical sensors
- High-sensitivity single molecule detection
- Functionalized nano-electronic devices
Work Experience
- 2018-present - Tsinghua University, School of Materials Science, Associate Professor
- 2015-2018 - Leiden University, Institute of Chemistry, Veni Scholar
- 2014-2015 - Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, Humboldt Scholar
- 2009-2014 - University of Basel, Department of Physics, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004-2009 PhD: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1999-2003 Bachelor: Department of Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Publications
- Quantum and electrochemical interplays in hydrogenated graphene, L. Jiang, W. Fu (co-first author), Y. Y. Birdja, M. T. M. Koper, and G. F. Schneider, 2018
- Biosensing near the neutrality point of graphene, W. Fu, L. Feng, G. Panaitov, D. Kireev, D. Mayer, A. Offenhäusser, and H.-J. Krause, 2017
- Ultrasensitive ethene detector based on a graphene-copper(I) hybrid material, W. Fu, T. F. van Dijkman, L. Lima, F. Jiang, G. F. Schneider, and E. Bouwman, 2017
- Graphene transistors for interfacing with cells: towards a deeper understanding of liquid gating and sensitivity, D. Kireev, M. Brambach, S. Seyock, V. Maybeck, W. Fu, B. Wolfrum, and A. Offenhäusser, 2017
- Electrolyte-gated graphene ambipolar frequency multipliers for biochemical sensing, W. Fu, L. Feng, D. Mayer, G. Panaitov, D. Kireev, A. Offenhäusser, and H.-J. Krause, 2016
- Sensing at the surface of a graphene field-effect transistor, W. Fu, L. Jiang, E. van Geest, L. Lima, and G. F. Schneider, 2016
- Large-scale fabrication of BN tunnel barriers for graphene spintronics, W. Fu, P. Makk, R. Maurand, M. Bräuninger, and C. Schönenberger, 2014
- Electrolyte gate dependent high-frequency measurement of graphene FETs for sensing applications, W. Fu, El M. Abbassi, T. Hasler, M. Jung, M. Steinacher, M. Calame, C. Schönenberger, G. Puebla-Hellmann, S. Hellmüller, T. Ihn, and A. Wallraff, 2014
- Rendering graphene supports hydrophilic with non-covalent aromatic functionalization for transmission electron microscopy, R. Pantelic, W. Fu (co-first author), C. Schönenberger, H. Stahlberg, 2014
- High mobility graphene ion-sensitive field-effect transistors by noncovalent functionalization, W. Fu, C. Nef, A. Tarasov, M. Wipf, R. Stoop, O. Knopfmacher, M. Weiss, M. Calame, and C. Schönenberger, 2013
- Natural channel protein inserts and functions in a completely artificial, solid-supported bilayer membrane, X. Zhang, W. Fu, C. Palivan, W. Meier, 2013
- Low-Bias active control of terahertz waves by coupling large-area CVD graphene to a terahertz metamaterial, F. Valmorra, G. Scalari, C. Maissen, W. Fu, C. Schönenberger, J. W. Choi, H. G. Park, M. Beck, and J. Faist, 2013
- Graphene transistors are insensitive to pH changes in solution, W. Fu, C. Nef, O. Knopfmacher, A. Tarasov, M. Weiss, M. Calame, and C. Schönenberger, 2011
- Ferroelectric Gated Electrical Transport in CdS Nanotetrapods, W. Fu, S. Y. Qin, L. Liu, T. H. Kim, S. Hellstrom, W. L. Wang, W. J. Liang, X. D. Bai, A. P. Li, and E. G. Wang, 2011
- Intrinsic memory function of carbon nanotube-based ferroelectric field-effect transistor, W. Fu, Z. Xu, X. D. Bai, C. Z. Gu, and E. G. Wang, 2009
- Two-bit ferroelectric field-effect transistor memories assembled on individual nanotubes, W. Fu, L. Liu, X. D. Bai, and E. G. Wang, 2009
- Nanowire field-effect transistor with Bi1.5Zn1.0Nb1.5O7 dielectric, W. Fu, H. Wang, L. Z. Cao, and Y. L. Zhou, 2008
- Bi1.5Zn1.0Nb1.5O7/Mn-doped Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 heterolayered thin films with enhanced performance, W. Fu, H. Wang, L. Z. Cao, and Y. L. Zhou, 2008
- Dielectric properties of Bi1.5Zn1.0Nb1.5O7/Mn-doped Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 heterolayered films grown by pulsed laser deposition, W. Fu, L. Z. Cao, S. F. Wang, Z. H. Sun, B. L. Cheng, Q. Wang, and H. Wang, 2006
Awards
- 2015: Veni Grant, Netherlands
- 2015: APM Scholar, Switzerland
- 2014: Humboldt Scholar, Germany
