Faculty
Professor Aimin Song received PhD degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995. After three years of fellowships at University of Glasgow and University of Munich sponsored by the Royal Society and von Humboldt foundation, he worked at Lund University as a Guest Lecturer before moving to Manchester as a Lecturer in 2002. He became Professor of Nanoelectronics in 2006. His research is focused on novel nanoelectronic devices, oxide semiconductor thin-film electronics, low-power electronic displays, high-speed electronic devices, etc. His work has led to awards including a "Researcher of the Year" Distinguished Achievement Medal of the University of Manchester and a Royal Society Brian Mercer Feasibility Award. The novel device concepts that he developed were at the centre of two EU Framework Projects. He has published more than 200 SCI papers, participated in the writing of 6 books, and delivered more than 100 invited/keynote talks at international conferences. He has been selected for many years in Elsevier's "Highly Cited Chinese Reseachers" and "Stanford University Top 2% Scientists List".
Research Interests
Novel nanoelectronic devices
Oxide semiconductor thin-film electronics
Low-power electronic displays
High-speed electronic devices
Educational Background
9/1985 to 6/1989 B.Sc. Physics Department, Shandong University, Jinan, China
9/1989 to 6/1992 M.Sc. Institute of semiconductors, Chinese academy of sciences
9/1992 to 2/1995 Ph.D. Institute of semiconductors, Chinese academy of sciences
Appointments held
Royal Society Postdoc Fellow, University of Glasgow, U.K. (1995.10)
A. von Humboldt Postdoc, Universit?t München, Germany (1996.10)
Guest Lecturer, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (1998.10)
Lecturer, University of Manchester, U.K. (2002.3)
Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, U.K. (2005.8)
Professor of Nanoelectronics, University of Manchester, U.K. (2006.5)
Distinguished Professor, Shandong University, China (2012.1 )
Chair Professor, SUSTech, China (2024.1)
Peer reviewed journal articles
Fully screen-printed paper-based ZnO synaptic transistor arrays for visual perception and neuromorphic computing, X Li, L Yi, X Yin, J Cheng, Q Xin, A Song, npj Flexible Electronics, 9 (1), 1-12 (2025)
Large-Scale and Ultraclean Dry Transfer of Two-Dimensional Materials via Liquid Nitrogen-Assisted Cryogenic Exfoliation, X Zheng, L Han, S Fatima, S Khan, Y Sun, Z Li, Y Ning, K Leifer, G Zhu, H Li, A Song, Nano Letters (2025)
Superior self-powered infrared photodetector via semiconducting graphene-nanoribbons-based vertical heterojunctions, Y Sun, M Wang, X Zheng, Z Li, N Han, M Li, Z Wang, L Han, Y Ning, H Li, A Song, Applied Physics Reviews, 12 (2), (2025)
Paper-based degradable, label-free microRNA sensing platform based on oxide thin-film transistor arrays, X Yin, Q Guo, X Ji, X Li, H Xue, Q Xin, J Zhang, Z Yan, A Song, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 277, 117291 (2025)
Toward high-current-density and high-frequency graphene resonant tunneling transistors, Z Zhang, B Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Wang, P Hays, SA Tongay, M Wang, H Han, H Li, J Zhang, A Song, Nature Communications, 16 (1), 110 (2025)
Enhancement in Performance and Reliability of Fully Transparent a-IGZO Top-Gate Thin-Film Transistors by a Two-Step Annealing Treatment, S Zheng, C Wang, S Lv, L Dong, Z Li, Q Xin, A Song, J Zhang, Y Li, Nanomaterials, 15 (6), 460 (2025)
Electro-Optical InGaZnO Synaptic Transistor with Solid State Electrolyte for Pain Perception, X Li, X Ji, X Yin, Z Ding, N Wang, Y Li, J Zhang, Q Xin, A Song, Advanced Electronic Materials, 11 (2), 2400356 (2025)
Effects of Ion Valence States and Radii on the Performance of Solid-State PEDOT: PSS Electrochromic Devices, S Gu, W Liu, X Yin, J Zhang, Q Xin, A Song, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16 (46), 63978-63988 (2024)
Light-Triggered Anti-ambipolar Transistor Based on an In-Plane Lateral Homojunction, Hecheng Han, Baoqing Zhang, Zihao Zhang, Yiming Wang, Chuan Liu, Arun Kumar Singh, Aimin Song, Yuxiang Li, Jidong Jin, Jiawei Zhang, Nano Letters, 24 (28), 8602–8608 (2024)
One-volt oxide based complementary circuit, J Wang, X Lin, Y Li, Q Xin, A Song, J Kim, J Jin, J Zhang, AIP Advances 14 (7), 14, 075205 (2024)
TiO2‐Based Schottky Diodes as Bidirectional Switches for Bipolar Resistive Memories, X Zhang, J Jin, J Kim, C Balocco, J Zhang, A Song, physica status solidi (RRL)–Rapid Research Letters, 2400156 (2024)
Chalcogenide phase-change material advances programmable terahertz metamaterials: a non-volatile perspective for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, Kai Chen, Wenju Song, Zhaolin Li, Zihao Wang, Junqing Ma, Xinjie Wang, Tao Sun, Qinglei Guo, Yanpeng Shi, Wei-Dong Qin, Aimin Song, Hou-Tong Chen, Yifei Zhang, Nanophotonics,13 (12), 2101-2105 (2024)
Surface plasmon-cavity hybrid state and its graphene modulation at THz frequencies, Yifei Zhang, Baoqing Zhang, Zhaolin Li, Mingming Feng, Haotian Ling, Xijian Zhang, Xiaomu Wang, Qingpu Wang, Aimin Song, Hou-Tong Chen, Nanophotonics, 13 (12), 2207-2212 (2024)
Tunable photoresponse properties of CuI/Si self-powered photodetectors through Zn doping engineering, M Wang, M Zhuang, L Ge, Y Yuan, Z Wang, W Liu, H Li, A Song, Applied Surface Science 654, 159400 (2024)
A Full-Oxide CMOS Operational Amplifier Based on n-Type IGZO and p-Type SnO Thin-Film Transistors, M Zhuang, M Wang, Z Wang, J Zhang, Q Xin, A Song, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 71 (6), 3691 - 3696 (2024)
Graphene-Tuned, Tightly Coupled Hybrid Plasmonic Meta-Atoms, K Chen, K Li, Y Wang, Z Zhang, Y Shi, A Song, Y Zhang, Nanomaterials 14, 713 (2024)
Broadband directional filter in multilayer liquid crystal polymer films at W-band, Mengfa Wang, Yiming Wang, Jun Qian, Zhaolin Li, Wenhui Xue, Victor Qi, Xijian Zhang, Haotian Ling, Gongbin Tang, Qingpu Wang, Aimin Song, Chao Cao, Yifei Zhang, Frontiers in Photonics 5, 1364883 (2024)
Post-annealing effect of low temperature atomic layer deposited Al2O3 on the top gate IGZO TFT, Shuaiying Zheng, Shaocong Lv, Chengyuan Wang, Zhijun Li, Liwei Dong, Qian Xin, Aimin Song, Jiawei Zhang and Yuxiang Li, Nanotechnology, 35 (15), 155203 (2024)
Electrolyte-Gated Amorphous IGZO Transistors with Extended Gates for Prostate-Specific Antigen Detection, X Yin, X Ji, W Liu, X Li, M Wang, Q Xin, J Zhang, Z Yan, A Song, Lab on a Chip, 24, 3284-3293 (2024)
High-Performance Photodetectors Based on Semiconducting Graphene Nanoribbons, Mingyang Wang, Xiaoxiao Zheng, Xiaoling Ye, Wencheng Liu, Baoqing Zhang, Zihao Zhang, Rongli Zhai, Yafei Ning, Hu Li, and Aimin Song, Nano Letters, 24 (1), 165-171 (2023).
Toward High-Peak-to-Valley-Ratio Graphene Resonant Tunneling Diodes, Z Zhang, B Zhang, Y Wang, M Wang, Y Zhang, H Li, J Zhang, A Song, Nano Letters, 23 (17), 8132-8139 (2023)
A Universal Approach to Determine the Atomic Layer Numbers in Two-Dimensional Materials Using Dark-Field Optical Contrast, B Zhang, Z Zhang, H Han, H Ling, X Zhang, Y Wang, Q Wang, H Li, A. Song, Nano Letters, 23 (19), 9170-9177 (2023)
Ga2O3Schottky Avalanche Solar‐Blind Photodiode with High Responsivity and Photo‐to‐Dark Current Ratio, S Yan, T Jiao, Z Ding, X Zhou, X Ji, X Dong, J Zhang, Q Xin, A Song, Advanced Electronic Materials 9, 2300297 (2023)
A graphene-nanoribbon-based thermoelectric generator, T Wei, H Li, Y Fu, X Zheng, L Huang, A Song, Carbon 210, 118053 (2023)
Narrowband SIW-SSPP hybrid Bandpass Filter with Compact Profile at Ka-band, B Zhang, Z Li, M Wang, H Ling, Y Wang, X Zhang, W Liu, V Qi, K Chen, A. Song, IEEE Access, 11, 98305 - 98314 (2023)
Amorphous Ga2O3/IGZO Heterojunction Thin-Film Solar-Blind Phototransistors with High Responsivity, X Ji, X Yin, Z Ding, S Yan, X Zhou, J Zhang, Q Xin, A Song, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 44, 1512 - 1515 (2023)
Performance enhancement of solution-processed p-type CuI TFTs by self-assembled monolayer treatment, M Wang, H Li, Q Xin, M Zhuang, Z Wang, Y Yuan, X Yin, X Zheng, A. Song, Applied Surface Science638, 158075 (2023)
Polarization-selective modulation of meandered-line metamaterials with graphene surface plasmonics, M Feng, X Zhang, B Zhang, K Li, Z Li, Y Wang, Q Wang, Q Guo, J Zhang, A. Song, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 169, 107693 (2023)
Label-free distinguish proliferative and apoptotic responses of glioma cells with terahertz metamaterials, Q Wang, K Li, H Chi, Y Fan, B Li, R Zhao, Q Guo, Y Qi, W Wang, Y Shi, A. Song, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 389, 133887 (2023)
IGZO Source-Gated Transistor for AMOLED Pixel Circuit, S Huang, J Jin, J Kim, W Wu, A Song, J Zhang, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 70, 3637 – 3642 (2023)
Effects of gate roughness on low voltage InGaZnO thin-film transistors with ultra-thin anodized AlxOy dielectrics, X Lin, J Jin, J Kim, Q Xin, J Zhang, A Song, Semiconductor Science and Technology38 (3), 035023 (2023)
Amorphous Ga2O3 Schottky photodiodes with high-responsivity and photo-to-dark current ratio, X Ji, X Yin, Y Yuan, S Yan, X Li, Z Ding, X Zhou, J Zhang, Q Xin, A Song, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 933, 167735 (2023)
Anisotropic performances and bending stress effects of the flexible solar-blind photodetectors based on β-Ga2O3 (1 0 0) surface, S Yan, Z Ding, X Zhou, Z Jia, W Mu, Q Xin, X Tao, A Song, Applied Surface Science 610, 155318 (2023)
Amorphous Ga2O3 Thin-Film Phototransistors for Imaging and Logic Illustration, X Ji, Y Yuan, X Yin, S Yan, Z Ding, J Zhang, Q Xin, A Song, IEEE Electron Device Letters 44 (3), 436-439 (2023)
High-Performance 1-V IGZO Thin-Film Transistors Gated With Aqueous and Organic Electrolyte-Anodized AlxOy, X Lin, Q Xin, J Kim, J Jin, J Zhang, A Song, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices70 (2), 537-543 (2023)
High Performance Phototransistors by Alumina Encapsulation of a 2D Semiconductor with Self Aligned Contacts, G Liang, Y Wang, J Zhang, ZR Kudrynskyi, Z Kovalyuk, A Patanè, Q Xin, A. Song, Advanced Electronic Materials 8 (5), 2100954 (2022).
Self-powered UV photodetectors and imaging arrays based on NiO/IGZO heterojunctions fabricated at room temperature, M Wang, J Zhang, Q Xin, L Yi, Z Guo, Y Wang, A Song, Optics Express30 (15), 27453-27461 (2022)
Photoluminescent Semiconducting Graphene Nanoribbons via Longitudinally Unzipping Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, H Li, J Zhang, AB Gholizadeh, J Brownless, Y Fu, W Cai, Y Han, T Duan, A. Song, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13 (44), 52892-52900 (2021)
Significant performance improvement of oxide thin‐film transistors by a self‐assembled monolayer treatment, W Cai, J Zhang, J Wilson, J Brownless, S Park, L Majewski, A Song, Advanced Electronic Materials6 (5), 1901421 (2020)
Extremely-High-Gain Source-Gated Transistors, Jiawei Zhang, Joshua Wilson, Gregory Auton, Yiming Wang, Mingsheng Xu, Qian Xin, and Aimin Song, PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)116 (11) 4843-4848 (2019)
A bioresorbable magnetically coupled system for low‐frequency wireless power transfer, Q Guo, J Koo, Z Xie, R Avila, X Yu, X Ning, H Zhang, X Liang, SB Kim, A. Song, Advanced Functional Materials29 (46), 1905451(2019)
Terahertz Detection and Imaging Using Graphene Ballistic Rectifiers, Gregory Auton, Dmytro B. But, Jiawei Zhang, Ernie Hill, Dominique Coquillat, Christophe Consejo, Philippe Nouvel, Wojciech Knap, Luca Varani, Frederic Teppe, Jeremie Torres, and Aimin Song, Nano Letters, 17, 7015-7020 (2017)
Graphene ballistic nano-rectifier with very high responsivity, Gregory Auton, Jiawei Zhang, Roshan Krishna Kumar, Hanbin Wang, Xijian Zhang, Ernie Hill and Aimin Song, Nature Communications, 7:11670 (2016)
Flexible indium–gallium–zinc–oxide Schottky diode operating beyond 2.45 GHz, Jiawei Zhang, Yunpeng Li, Binglei Zhang, Hanbin Wang, Qian Xin & Aimin Song, Nature Communications 6, 7561 (2015)