17 Oct 2024 Exciting news! The hard work of our collaboration with the team at the University of Southern Queensland (A/Prof Toan Dinh) has finally paid off. Our project has been funded by the QLD Government in the Quantum Challenge 2032 ($832K)! We will develop a hybrid wearable quantum sensing system that will help monitor athlete training activities and minimize their injuries. The project is built upon years of expertise in quantum materials, sensing, and nanofabrication from both the research groups at UTS and USQ, respectively. https://science.desi.qld.gov.au/industry/quantum/programs/grant-recipients#q2032
03 Apr 2024 Anh's paper entitled "Cryogenic Thermal Shock Effects on Optical Properties of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride"has been published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (Q1, IF: 9.5). Congrats Anh and team! https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.3c18032
28 Dec 2023 Shakhawath's work entitled "Fiber-Based Ratiometric Optical Thermometry with Silicon Vacancy in Microdiamonds" has been published in ACS Applied Optical Materials as a front cover. ACS Applied Optical Materials is a new journal from the prestigious publisher ACS. The journal focuses on optical materials and the alike. Congrats Shakhawath and team! https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaom.3c00359
13 Nov 2023 Toan has secured his continuing position (similar to tenure in the US) as a Lecturer at the School of Electrical and Data Engineering (SEDE), UTS! Congrats to Toan!
30 Oct 2023 Toan and the team in UTS Science (Prof Milos Toth, Dr Kianinia) and UQ (Dr Carla Verdi) has been awarded the prestigious ARC Discovery Project amounting to $606,000 (cat 1 funding). The DP project aims to develop pure and high-efficient indistinguishable single photon sources for quantum key distribution and the alike.
17 Aug 2023 Our work entitled "Ultralow-power cryogenic thermometry based on optical-transition broadening of a two-level system in diamond" has been feature as a Front Cover in ACS Photonics! Congrats to Yongliang, Simon and the co-authors! ACS Photonics is one of the top journals for optics and photonics. Our publication can be found in the link below. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.2c01622
23 Jan 2023 Our work entitled "Real-Time Ratiometric Optical Nanoscale Thermometry" is published in ACS Nano (IF = 18)! Congrats to Yongliang and the co-authors! ACS Nano is one of the top journals for nanoscience and nanotechnology. Our publication can be found in the link below. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.2c10974
19 Jan 2023 Welcome Md Shakhawath Hossain to our group! Shakhawath's PhD thesis will be focused on nanoscale sensing on micro-/nano-electronics.
22 Nov 2022 Welcome Thi Ngoc Anh Mai to our group! Anh's PhD thesis will be focused on novel quantum emitters in wide bandgap materials for quantum applications.
19 Oct 2022 Toan delivers an invited talk about his research at the ICEAN 2022 (Newcastle, Australia).
01 Jul 2022 Toan officially starts his ARC DECRA 2022 ($450,000) and moves his research group from the School of Mathematical and Physical Science/Faculty of Science to the School of Electrical and Data Engineering/Faculty of Engineering and IT at UTS.
27 Jun 2022 Toan delivers an invited talk about his research at the ICPS 2022 (Sydney, Australia).