Professor (2008-now), Physics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Associate Professor (1989-2008), Physics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Research Interests:
Optical Properties of Solids
Light scattering
MOCVD growth of nanostructures
Research Grants:
RGC Earmarked Grant: Nanocrystalline calcium copper titanate for probing non-ferroelectric, giant dielectric constants and for fabricating multilayer ceramic capacitors (S.K. Hark), $476300
RGC Earmarked Grant: Semiconductor nanowires: the surface defect and adsorbate effects on luminescence and the application for optical gas sensors (X.D. Xiao and S.K. Hark), $991200
RGC Earmarked Grant: Micro-Raman Scattering Studies of Nanostructures (S. K. Hark and S.L Zhang), $380,000
RGC Earmarked Grant: Optical Properties of Wide Band Gap II-VI Semiconductor Quantum Dots (S. K. Hark and L. W. M. Lau), $391,160
RGC Earmarked Grant: Authenticity Studies of Ancient Chinese Gold ornaments using Surface Science techniques (Y. K. Lam, S. K. Hark, W. M. Kwok, K. K. Mark and S. P. Wong), $1,400,000
RGC Earmarked Grant: Provenance Study of Chinese Bronzes from Warring-States period Using lead Isotope Method (Y. K. Lam, S. K. Hark, W. M. Kwok, K. K. Mark and S. P. Wong), $555,000
Selected Recent Publications:
H.Y. Xu, Y. Liang and S.K. Hark, CrystEngComm 13, 2566, 2011. Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00730G, published on Web on 20 Feb 2011.
W.Z. Liu, Y. Liang, H.Y. Xu, L.L. Wang, X.T. Zhang, Y.C. Liu and S.K. Hark, "Heteroepitaxial growth and spatially-resolved cathodoluminescence of ZnO/MgZnO coaxial nanorod arrays", J. Phys.Chem. C 114, 16148, 2010.
Y. Liang, H.Y. Xu and S.K. Hark, "Epitaxial Growth and Composition-dependent Optical Properties of Vertically Aligned ZnS1-xSex Alloy Nanowire Arrays", Crystal Growth & Design 10, 4206, 2010.
L.L. Wu, Y. Liang, F.W. Liu, H.Q. Lu, H.Y. Xu, X.T. Zhang and S.K. Hark, "Preparation of ZnO/In2O3(ZnO)n heterostructure nanobelts", CrystEngComm 12, 4152, 2010. Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00035C, first published on the web: 30 Jul 2010.
L.L. Wu, F.W. Liu, Z.Q. Chu, Y. Liang, H.Y. Xu, H.Q. Lu, X.T. Zhang, Q. Li and S. K. Hark, "High-yield synthesis of In2-xGaxO3(ZnO)3 nanobelts with a planar superlattice structure", CrystEngComm 12, 2047, 2010. DOI: 10.1039/b927451k, first published on the web: 18 May 2010.
Y. Liang, H.Y. Xu and S.K. Hark, "Orientation and Structure Controllable Epitaxial Growth of ZnS Nanowire Arrays on GaAs Substrates", J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 8343, 2010.
W.X. Yuan, S.K. Hark and W.N. Mei, "Investigation of Triple Extrinsic Origins of Colossal Dielectric Constant in CaCu3Ti4O12 Ceramics", J. Electrochemical Society 157, G117, 2010.
M.J. Zhou, H.J. Zhu, X.N. Wang, Y.M. Xu, Y. Tao, S.K. Hark, X.D. Xiao and Q. Li, "CdSe Nanotube Array on ITO via Aligned ZnO Nanorods Templating", Chem. Mater. 22, 64, 2010.
X.N. Wang, H.J. Zhu, Y.M. Xu, H. Wang, Y. Tao, S.K. Hark, X.D. Xiao and Q. Li, "Aligned ZnO/CdTe Core-Shell Nanocable Arrays on Indium Tin Oxide: Syntheses and Photoelectrochemical Properties", ACS Nano 4, 3302, 2010.
H.Y. Xu, Z. Liu, Y. Liang, Y.Y. Rao, X.T. Zhang and S.K. Hark, "Structure and photoluminescence of wurtzite/zinc-blende heterostructure GaN nanorods", Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, a133108, 2009.
W.X. Yuan, S.K. Hark and W.N. Mei, "Effective synthesis to fabricate a giant dielectric-constant material CaCu3Ti4O12 via solid state reactions", J. Ceramic Processing Research 10, 696, 2009.