Resume:

Professor Cao works at the Key Laboratory of Inorganic Coating Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests are in the broad field of thin film preparation and characterization, with particular focus on optical selective absorbing/emittance surface. Several coating materials developed by his group have successfully applied in space industry.

Main research directions:

Material design for emissivity regulation

Broadband optical absorber

ALD deposited thin films

Main research achievements

Representative works in recent years (limited to 5):

1. Xinrui Lyu, Andreas He？ler, Xiao Wang, Yunzhen Cao*, Lixin Song, Alfred Ludwig, Matthias Wuttig, Thomas Taubner*, Combining Switchable Phase-Change Materials and Phase-Transition Materials for Thermally Regulated Smart Mid-Infrared Modulators, Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 9 (16).

2. Lin Lv, Kai Li, Youtao Xie, Yunzhen Cao*, Xuebin Zheng*, Enhanced osteogenic activity of anatase TiO2 film: Surface hydroxyl groups induce conformational changes in fibronectin, Materials Science and Engineering C, 2017, 78 (94-104).

3. Xiao Wang, Yunzhen Cao*, Chao Yang, Lu Yan, Ying Li, Vanadium dioxide film protected with an atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3 thin film, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2016, 34 (1).

4. Xiao Wang, Yunzhen Cao*, Yuzhi Zhang, Lu Yan, Ying Li, Fabrication of VO2-based multilayer structure with variable emittance, Applied Surface Science, 2015, 334 (230-235).

5. Genchu Tang, Yun Yu, Wei Chen, Yunzhen Cao*, The electrical resistivity and thermal infrared properties of La1-xSrxMnO3 compounds, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2008, 461 (486-489).