2012 Young Scientist Award from the Singapore National Academy of Science
2012 TR35@Singapore: MIT Technology Review’s List of Top Innovators
EIPBN 2011 Micrograph Contest Grand Prize Award
IMRE Scientific Advisory Board best poster award
Nanyang Outstanding Alumnus Award
MIT Jin-Au Kong Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award
2010 R&D 100 Awards
A*STAR Young Investigatorship Award
2009 MIT Lincoln Laboratory Best Invention Award
Philip Yeo Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Research
Raith Annual Micrograph Award
MIT Research Lab of Electronics NANOlympics Contest
(Best nanostructure award)
Best student-paper award for
S. Harrer, J. K. W. Yang, K. K. Berggren, F. Ilievski, and C. A. Ross, "Pattern Generation by Using Multi-Step Room-Temperature Nanoimprint Lithography," presented at Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006.
Aeneas Wiener, Huigao Duan, Michel Bosman, Andrew P. Horsfield, John B. Pendry, Joel K. W. Yang, Stefan A. Maier, and Antonio I. Fernández-Domínguez, “Electron-Energy Loss Study of Nonlocal Effects in Connected Plasmonic Nanoprisms”,ACS Nano 2013 7 (7), 6287-6296
Huigao Duan, Hailong Hu, Hui Kim Hui, Zexiang Shen, Joel K W Yang, “Free-standing sub-10 nm nanostencils for the definition of gaps in plasmonic antennas”, Nanotechnology 24, 185301 (2013)
Michel Bosman, Enyi Ye, Shu Fen Tan, Christian A. Nijhuis, Joel K. W. Yang, Renaud Marty, Adnen Mlayah, Arnaud Arbouet, Christian Girard, Ming-Yong Han,”Surface Plasmon Damping Quantified with an Electron Nanoprobe”, Scientific Reports (2013) 3, doi:10.1038/srep01312
Maria Yu Lin, Moulay Rachid Elidrissi, Kheong Sann Chan, Kwaku Eason, Melissa Chua, Mohamed Asbahi, Joel K.W. Yang, Naganivetha Thiyagarajah, Vivian Ng, “Channel Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Bit-Patterned Media”, IEEE Transaction on Magnetics, Vol. 49, No. 2. (2013)
Lin Wu, Huigao Duan, Ping Bai, Michel Bosman, Joel K. W. Yang, and Erping Li, “Fowler–Nordheim Tunneling Induced Charge Transfer Plasmons between Nearly Touching Nanoparticles”, ACS Nano, 2013, 7 (1), pp 707–716
N. Thiyagarajah, H. Duan, D.L.YSong, M.Asbahi, S.H. Leong, Siang, Joel K.W. Yang, V. Ng, “Effect of inter-bit material on the performance of directly deposited bit patterned media”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 152403 (2012)
Mohamed Asbahi, Kevin T. P. Lim, Fuke Wang, Huigao Duan, Naganivetha Thiyagarajah, Vivian Ng, and Joel K. W. Yang , “Directed Self-Assembly of Densely Packed Gold Nanoparticles”, Langmuir (2012) doi: 10.1021/la303287z
Naganivetha Thiyagarajah, Tianli Huang, Yunjie Chen, Huigao Duan, Debra L. Y. Song, Siang Huei Leong, Joel K. W. Yang, and Vivian Ng, “Comparison of bit-patterned media fabricated by methods of direct deposition and ion-milling of cobalt/palladium multilayers”, Journal of Applied Physics, 111 (10), 103906 (2012)
Huigao Duan, Hailong Hu, Karthik Kumar, Zexiang Shen, Joel K.W. Yang, “Direct and Reliable Patterning of Plasmonic Nanostructures with Sub-10-nm Gaps”, ACS Nano Article ASAP (2011)
Ai Leen Koh, Antonio I. Fernndez-Domnguez, David W. McComb, Stefan A. Maier, Joel K. W. Yang, “High-Resolution Mapping of Electron-Beam-Excited Plasmon Modes in Lithographically Defined Gold Nanostructures,” Nano Letters11 (3), pp 1323–1330 (2011)
Cindy Y. Lau, Huigao Duan, Fuke Wang, Chao Bin He, Hong Yee Low, Joel K. W. Yang, “Enhanced Ordering in Gold Nanoparticles Self-Assembly through Excess Free Ligands,” Langmuir Article ASAP (2011)
Ai Leen Koh, David W. McComb, Stefan A. Maier, H. Y. Low, and Joel K. W. Yang, “Sub-10 nm patterning of gold nanostructures on silicon-nitride membranes for plasmon mapping with electron energy-loss spectroscopy,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B28, C6O45 (2010); doi:10.1116/1.3501351
Huigao Duan, Donald Winston, Joel K. W. Yang, Bryan M. Cord, Vitor R. Manfrinato, and Karl K. Berggren, “Sub-10-nm half-pitch electron-beam lithography by using poly(methyl methacrylate) as a negative resist,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B28, C6C58 (2010); doi:10.1116/1.3501353
Rafal A. Mickiewicz, Joel K. W. Yang, Adam F. Hannon, Yeon-Sik Jung, Alfredo Alexander-Katz, Karl K. Berggren, Caroline A. Ross, “Enhancing the Potential of Block Copolymer Lithography with Polymer Self-Consistent Field Theory Simulations” Macromolecules, Article ASAP (2010)
Joel K. W. Yang, Yeon Sik Jung, Jae-Byum Chang, R. A. Mickiewicz, A. Alexander-Katz, C. A. Ross & Karl K. Berggren, "Complex self-assembled patterns using sparse commensurate templates with locally varying motifs" Nature Nanotechnology 5, 256 - 260 (2010).
J. K. W. Yang, A. J. Kerman, E. A. Dauler, C. Bryan, V. Anant, R. J. Molnar, and K. B. Karl, "Suppressed Critical Current in Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors with High Fill-factors," IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 19, pp. 318-322 (2009).
J. K. W. Yang, B. Cord, H. G. Duan, K. K. Berggren, J. Klingfus, S.-W. Nam, K. B. Kim, and M. J. Rooks, "Understanding of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane Electron Resist for Sub-5-nm-half-pitch Lithography," Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 27, pp. 2622-2627 (2009)
A. J. Kerman, J. K. W. Yang, R. J. Molnar, E. A. Dauler, and K. K. Berggren, "Electrothermal feedback in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors." Physical Review B, vol. 79, p. 100509, 2009.
S.-W. Nam, M. J. Rooks, J. K. W. Yang, K. K. Berggren, H. M. Kim, M. H. Lee, K. B. Kim, J. H. Sim and D. Y. Yoon, “Contrast Enhancement Behavior of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane in a Salty Developer,” Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B,27, pp. 2635-2639 (2009)
D. Morecroft, J. K. W. Yang, S. Schuster, K. K. Berggren, Q. F. Xia, W. Wu, and R. S. Williams, "Sub-15-nm Nanoimprint Molds and Pattern Transfer," Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B,27, pp. 2837-2840 (2009).
D. Winston, B. Cord, M. K. Mondol, J. K. W. Yang, K. K. Berggren, B. Ming, A. E. Vladar, M. T. Postek, D. C. Bell, W. F. DiNatale, and L. A. Stern, "Helium-ion Lithography with Hydrogen Silsesqioxane Resist," Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B,27, pp. 2702-2706 (2009)
W. Wu, W. M. Tong, J. Bartman, Y. F. Chen, R. Walmsley, Z. N. Yu, Q. F. Xia, I. Park, C. Picciotto, J. Gao, S. Y. Wang, D. Morecroft, J.K.W. Yang, K. K. Berggren, and R. S. Williams, "Sub-10 nm Nanoimprint Lithography by Wafer Bowing,"Nano Letters, vol. 8, pp. 3865-3869, 2008.
C. A. Ross, Y. S. Jung, V. P. Chuang, J. G. Son, K. W. Gotrik, R. A. Mickiewicz, J. K. W. Yang, J. B. Chang, K. K. Berggren, J. Gwyther, and I. Manners, “Templated self-assembly of Si-containing block copolymers for nanoscale device fabrication,” Proc. SPIE 7637, 76370H (2010)
I. Bita†, J. K. W. Yang†, Y. S. Jung†, C. A. Ross, E. L. Thomas, and K. K. Berggren, "Graphoepitaxy of self-assembled block copolymers on two-dimensional periodic patterned templates," Science, vol. 321, pp. 939-943, 2008.† contributed equally
Eric A. Dauler, Andrew J. Kerman, Bryan S. Robinson, J. K. W. Yang, Boris Voronov, Gregory Gol'tsman, Scott A. Hamilton, and Karl K. Berggren, "Photon-number-resolution with sub-30-ps timing using multi-element superconducting nanowire single photon detectors,"Journal of Modern Optics, vol. 56, pp. 364-373 2008.
A. J. Kerman, E. A. Dauler, J. K. W. Yang, K. M. Rosfjord, V. Anant, K. K. Berggren, G. N. Gol'tsman, and B. M. Voronov, "Constriction-limited detection efficiency of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, pp. 101110, 2007.
K. M. Rosfjord, J. K. W. Yang, E. A. Dauler, A. J. Kerman, V. Anant, B. M. Voronov, G. N. Gol'tsman, and K. K. Berggren, "Nanowire Single-photon detector with an integrated optical cavity and anti- reflection coating," Optics Express, vol. 14, pp. 527-534, 2006.
B. S. Robinson, A. J. Kerman, E. A. Dauler, R. O. Barron, D. O. Caplan, M. L. Stevens, J. J. Carney, S. A. Hamilton, J. K. W. Yang, and K. K. Berggren, "781 Mbit/s photon-counting optical communications using a superconducting nanowire detector," Optics Letters, vol. 31, pp. 444-446, 2006.
Karthik Kumar, Joel K.W. Yang, Huigao Duan, “High Density Plasmonic Optical Data Storage” Singapore Patent Application No. 201207248-4 filed 9th Oct 2012
Joel K.W. Yang, Michel Bosman, Huigao Duan, Karthik Kumar, In Yee Phang, “A process for creating lithographically-defined plasmonic structures with enhanced Q-factors” New SG Patent Application No. 201201971-7 filed 19th March 2012
Huigao Duan, Karthik Kumar, Joel K.W. Yang, “A process to achieve microscopic bright-field color images using plasmonic resonances in nanostructures” Singapore Patent Application IMR/P/06746/00/SG IMRE 201112 September 12, 2011
Joel K.W. Yang, Jaslyn Law Bee Khuan, Low Hong Yee, “A Substrate Having an Image Thereon” Singapore Patent Application ETPL Ref: IMR/P/06133/00/SG; IMR Ref: 201009
Joel Yang, Karl Berggren, Yeon Sik Jung, Caroline Ross, “Guided Self-Assembly of Block Copolymer Line Structures for Intergrated Circuit Interconnects” United States of America Serial No. 61/361,978, July 7, 2010.
Ion Bita, Edwin L. Thomas, Joel K.W. Yang, Yeon Sik Jung, Caroline A. Ross, and Karl K. Berggren, “Self-Assembly Technique Applicable to Large Areas and Nanofabrication,” United States of America Serial No. 12/239362, September 26, 2008.
Vikas Anant, Karl K. Berggren, Eric Dauler, Andrew James. Kerman and Joel Kwang Wei. Yang, “Multi-Element Optical Detectors With Sub-Wavelength Gaps,” United States of America Serial No. 60/916914, May 9, 2007.
Karl K. Berggren, Stefan Harrer, Giovanni Salvatore, Joel Yang “Nanotemplate Aribrary Imprint Lithography,” United States of America Serial No. 11/542474, October 3, 2006.