Cuong Cao

Personal profile

Research Interests

Infectious disease, antimicrobial resistance, food safety and food integrity present significant challenges to public health globally. My research focuses on three main research topics exploiting cutting-edge micro- and nano-technologies to address these global challenges:

Synthesis and fabrication of optically-active materials using both top-down and bottom-up approaches to provide high quality plasmonic nanomaterials for biosensing.
Development of nanoplasmonics-based biosensing platforms, including but not limited to SPR, LSPR, SERS, and particle-based detections.
Development of point-of-care analyses: we aim to incorporate and transfer molecular diagnostic techniques and nanoplasmonic transducers on to compact lab-on-a-chip formats.

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Gold Chemical Compounds

Nanoparticles Chemical Compounds

Surface plasmon resonance Chemical Compounds

Metamaterials Chemical Compounds

DNA Chemical Compounds

Nanosensors Chemical Compounds

Labels Chemical Compounds

Antigens Engineering & Materials Science

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Projects 2016 2019

4 Active

R6631GFS: The training of early stage researchers for the development of technologies to monitor concentrations of micro and nanoplastics in water for their presence, uptake and threat to animal and human life

Elliott, C. & Cao, C.

23/10/2019 → …

Project: Research

R2435PMY: 3D bioprinting for enhanced biosensing, regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical manufacture

Donnelly, R., Andrews, G., Bell, S., Boyd, P., Buchanan, F., Cao, C., Gilmore, B., Larraneta Landa, E., Longley, D., O'Kane, C., Scott, C. & Thakur, R.

12/09/2017 → …

Project: Research

R6545GFS: Smartphone Analyzers for On-site Testing of Food Quality and Safety

Elliott, C., Campbell, K., Cao, C. & Rafferty, K.

28/09/2016 → …

Project: Research

R3814GFS: Plasmofluidic Analytical Device: A Rapid Point-of-Sampling Diagnostic and Management Support Platform for Infectious and Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens

Cao, C., Elliott, C. & Zhou, H.

31/08/2016 → …

Project: Research

Selected Research Output 2003 2019

64 Citations (Scopus)

Metamaterials-Based Label-Free Nanosensor for Conformation and Affinity Biosensing

Cao, C., Zhang, J., Wen, X., Dodson, S. L., Dao, N. T., Wong, L. M., Wang, S., Shuzhou, L., Phan, A. T. & Xiong, Q., 24 Sep 2013, In : ACS Nano. 7, 9, p. 7583–7591 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Nanosensors

Metamaterials

Biomolecules

glycine

bioinstrumentation

15 Citations (Scopus)

Intelligent and Ultrasensitive Analysis of Mercury Trace Contaminants via Plasmonic Metamaterial-Based Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Cao, C., Zhang, J., Li, S. & Xiong, Q., Aug 2014, In : Small. 10, 16, p. 3252-3256 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

36 Citations (Scopus)

Dual Enlargement of Gold Nanoparticles: From Mechanism to Scanometric Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria

Cao, C., Gontard, L. C., Thuy Tram, L. L., Wolff, A. & Bang, D. D., 2011, In : Small. 7, 12, p. 1701–1708 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Silver

Gold

Nanoparticles

Bacteria

Atoms

26 Citations (Scopus)

Tailoring Alphabetical Metamaterials in Optical Frequency: Plasmonic Coupling, Dispersion, and Sensing

Zhang, J., Cao, C., Xu, X., Liow, C., Li, S., Tan, P. & Xiong, Q., 2014, In : ACS Nano. 8, 4, p. 3796-3806 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Metamaterials

polaritons

refraction

Refraction

tuning

40 Citations (Scopus)

Resonant Rayleigh light scattering response of individual Au nanoparticles to antigen--antibody interaction

Cao, C. & Sim, S. J., 07 Jul 2009, In : Lab on a Chip. 9, 13, p. 1836-1839 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Rayleigh scattering

Antigens

Antibodies

Light scattering

Nanoparticles

Prizes

Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Award, Korea

Cuong Cao (Recipient), 2008

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Korea

brain

graduate

performance

student

Fully-funded PhD scholarship

Cuong Cao (Recipient), 2004

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

Korea

student

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology Research Award

Cuong Cao (Recipient), 2003

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

NTU’s Selected delegates at Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS@onenorth), Singapore

Cuong Cao (Recipient), 2013

Prize: National/international honour

Otto Mønsteds Travelling Award

Cuong Cao (Recipient), 2010

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

honors and awards

Denmark

Activities 2005 2018

8 Participation in conference
7 Invited talk
3 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
2 Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
4 More

2nd FoodSmartphone Summer School: Food Applications, QA/QC and Validation

Cuong Cao (Participant)

Jun 2018

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Grant reviewer, International review panel

Cuong Cao (Advisor)

2018 → …

Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups

Grant reviewer

Cuong Cao (Advisor)

2018 → …

Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups

ASSET 2018 - Belfast Summit on Global Food Integrity

Cuong Cao (Participant)

May 2018

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference