Professor Zengbo (James ) Wang
Professor in Imaging and Laser Micromachining

Contact info
Email: z.wang@bangor.ac.uk
Office: Dean Street Building, Bangor University, Room 228
Tel: +44(0) 1248 382696
Fax: +44(0) 1248 362686
Web: https://laserphotonics.uk
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=5MBSTZ8AAAAJ&hl=en
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Photonic Hook-Assisted Contrast-Enhanced Super-Resolution Imaging Using Janus Microspheres
Zou, P., Xu, C., Zhi, L., Melinte, S., Wang, Z., Zuo, C. & Ye, R., 1 Mar 2024, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 36, 5, p. 353-356 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Surface plasmon resonance assisted rapid laser joining of glass
Zolotovskaya, S. A., Tang, G., Wang, Z. & Abdolvand, A., 25 Aug 2014, In: Applied Physics Letters. 105, 8, p. 083109Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High performance perovskite solar cells using Cu9S5 supraparticles incorporated hole transport layers
Zhou, X., Li, Z., Deng, X., Yan, B., Wang, J., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 14 Aug 2019, In: Nanotechnology. 30, 44, 12 p., 445401 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Localized photonic nanojet based sensing platform for highly efficient signal amplification and quantitative biosensing
Zhang, P., Yan, B., Gu, G., Yu, Z., Chen, X., Wang, Z. & Yang, H., 15 Apr 2022, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 357, 131401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancing photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells utilizing germanium nanoparticles
Zhang, C., Li, Z., Deng, X., Yan, B., Wang, Z., Chen, X., Sun, Z. & Huang, S., 1 Aug 2019, In: Solar Energy. 188, p. 839-848Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Efficient perovskite solar cells by combination use of Au nanoparticles and insulating metal oxide
Zhang, C., Luo, Q., Shi, J., Yue, L., Wang, Z., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 2017, In: Nanoscale. 9, 8, p. 2852-2864Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intensity‐Enhanced Apodization Effect on an Axially Illuminated Circular‐Column Particle‐Lens
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Feb 2018, In: Annalen der Physik. 530, 2, 4 p., 1700384.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic Hook Initiated Using an Air–Liquid Interface
Yue, L., Yan, B., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 23 Oct 2023, In: Photonics. 10, 1175.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Full three-dimensional Poynting vector flow analysis of great field-intensity enhancement in specifically sized spherical-particles
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Jiang, C., Minin, O., Minin, I. & Wang, Z., 27 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-8 8 p., 20224.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic hook: a new curved light beam
Yue, L., Minin, O., Wang, Z., Monks, J., Shalin, A. & Minin, I., 15 Feb 2018, In: Optics Letters. 43, 4, p. 771-774Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Super-Enhancement Focusing of Teflon Spheres
Yue, L., Wang, J., Yan, B., Monks, J., Joya, Y., Dhama, R., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 9 Oct 2020, In: Annalen der Physik. 532, 10, 2000373.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multiphysics modelling and simulation of dry laser cleaning of micro-slots with particle contaminants
Yue, L., Wang, Z. & Li, L., 12 Mar 2012, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 45, 13, p. 135401Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Axial laser beam cleaning of tiny particles on narrow slot sidewalls
Yue, L., Wang, Z., Guo, W. & Li, L., 24 Aug 2012, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 45, 36, p. 365106Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Near-Field Light-Bending Photonic Switch: Physics of Switching Based on Three-Dimensional Poynting Vector Analysis
Yue, L., Wang, Z., Yan, B., Xie, Y., Geints, Y. E., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 4 Mar 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 3, 154.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Production of photonic nanojets by using pupil-masked 3D dielectric cuboid
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Wang, Z., Nguyen, T. T., Vu, D., Minin, O. & Minin, I., 2017, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 50, 175102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic nanojet of cylindrical metalens assembled by hexagonally arranged nanofibers for breaking the diffraction limit
Yue, L., Yan, B. & Wang, Z., 16 Mar 2016, In: Optics Letters. 41, 7, p. 1336-1339Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A millimetre-wave cuboid solid immersion lens with intensity-enhanced amplitude mask apodization
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Jun 2018, In: Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. 39, 6, p. 546-552Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Large-area formation of microsphere arrays using laser surface texturing technology
Yue, L., Monks, J., Yan, B. & Wang, Z., May 2017, In: Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing. 123, 318.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photonic Jet by a Near‐Unity‐Refractive‐Index Sphere on a Dielectric Substrate with High Index Contrast
Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Wang, Z., Minin, O. & Minin, I., Jun 2018, In: Annalen der Physik. 530, 6, 6 p., 1800032.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling and simulation of laser cleaning of tapered micro-slots with different temporal pulses
Yue, L., Wang, Z. & Li, L., Feb 2013, In: Optics and Laser Technology. 45, p. 533-539Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Material morphological characteristics in laser ablation of alpha case from titanium alloy
Yue, L., Wang, Z. & Li, L., 1 Aug 2012, In: Applied Surface Science. 258, 20, p. 8065-8071Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Light absorption in perovskite solar cell: Fundamentals and plasmonic enhancement of infrared band absorption
Yue, L., Wang, Z., Yue, L. Y., Yan, B., Attridge, M. & Wang, Z. B., 18 Dec 2015, In: Solar Energy. 124, p. 143-152Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microsphere-assisted super-resolution polarized light microscopy for polarization-sensitive materials
Ye, R., Zhang, X., Zhi, L., Cao, Y., Melinte, S., Wang, Z. & Yang, S., Jan 2025, In: Optics Letters. 50, 3, p. 908-911Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detection of picometer scale vibration based on the microsphere near-field probe
Yao, L., Lu, Y., Yue, L., Wang, Y., Cong, Z., Sun, Y., Dong, T., Jiang, C. & Wang, Z., 1 Jan 2025, In: Measurement. 242, Part A, 115892.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Superlensing microscope objective lens
Yan, B., Wang, Z., Parker, A., Lai, Y., Prabhakar, J. T., Yue, L. & Monks, J., 7 Apr 2017, In: Applied Optics. 56, 11, p. 3142Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Engineering near-field focusing of a microsphere lens with pupil masks
Yan, B., Yue, L. & Wang, Z., Jul 2016, In: Optics Communications. 370, p. 140Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unibody microscope objective tipped with a microsphere: design, fabrication, and application in subwavelength imaging
Yan, B., Song, Y., Yang, X., Xiong, D. & Wang, J., 10 Mar 2020, In: Applied Optics. 59, 8, p. 2641-2648 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Superlensing Plano-Convex-Microsphere(PCM) lens for direct laser nano marking and beyond
Yan, B., Yue, L., Monks, J., Yang, X., Xiong, D., Jiang, C. & Wang, J., 1 Mar 2020, In: Optics Letters. 45, 5, p. 1168-1171Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Focusing light with a metal film coated patchy particle
Xu, C., Ye, R., Zou, P., Yang, T., Melinte, S., Wang, Z. & Zuo, C., 13 Mar 2023, In: Optics Express. 31, 6, p. 10894-10904Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synergetic Effect of Plasmonic Gold Nanorods and MgO for Perovskite Solar Cells
Xia, Z., Zhang, C., Feng, Z., Wu, Z., Wang, J., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 14 Sept 2020, In: Nanomaterials. 10, 9, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimized Wide-Angle Metamaterial Edge Filters: Enhanced Performance with Multi-Layer Designs and Anti-Reflection Coatings
Wu, B., Monks, J. N., Yue, L., Hurst, A. & Wang, Z., 10 May 2025, In: Photonics. 11, 5, 446.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nano-imaging with TiO2 superlenses: A comparative study of Design variants
Wu, B. & Wang, Z., 1 Dec 2023, Laser Science 2023. Optica Publishing Group, JM7A.35Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Photonic Jet: Science and Application
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Minin, I., 2022, Switzerland: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). 126 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Optical super-resonances in dielectric microsphere particles: Proc. SPIE 12152
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wu, B., Yan, B., Assel, A., Yaminsky, I., Yu, H. & Liu, L., 24 May 2022, p. 1215205. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Special Issue on Photonic Jet: Science and Application
Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B. & Minin, I., 1 Aug 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 8, 540.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Laser generation of elliptical nanometre and sub-nanometre bump arrays on NiP/Al data storage disks and their effect on stiction performance
Wang, Z., Pena, A. A., Wang, Z. B., Zhang, J., Wu, N. E. & Li, L., 11 Aug 2011, In: Nanotechnology. 22, 36, p. 365302Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis and super-resolution imaging performance of a refractive-index-controllable microsphere superlens
Wang, Z., Zhu, H. E., Yan, B., Zhou, S. X., Wang, Z. B. & Wu, L. M., 14 Sept 2015, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 3, 41, p. 10907-10915Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The influences of particle number on hot spots in strongly coupled metal nanoparticles chain
Wang, Z., Luk’yanchuk, B. S., Guo, W., Edwardson, S. P., Whitehead, D. J., Li, L. & Watkins, K. G., 7 Mar 2008, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 128, 9, p. 094705Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nano-Fano Resonances and Topological Optics
Wang, Z., Lukyanchuk, B. S., Wand, Z. B., Miroshnichenko, A. E., Kivshar, Y. S., Kuznetsov, A. I., Gao, D. L., Gao, L., Qiu, C. W., Boriskina, S. (Editor) & Zheludev, N. I. (Editor), 23 Oct 2014, Singular and Chiral Nanoplasmonics. 2014 ed. p. 285-310Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Optical virtual imaging at 50 nm lateral resolution with a white-light nanoscope
Wang, Z., Guo, W., Li, L., Luk'yanchuk, B., Khan, A., Liu, Z., Chen, Z. & Hong, M., 1 Mar 2011, In: Nature Communications. 2, p. Article No. 218Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Laser micro/nano fabrication in glass with tunable-focus particle lens array
Wang, Z., Guo, G., Pena, A., Whitehead, D. J., Luk'yanchuk, B. S., Li, L., Liu, Z., Zhou, Y. & Hong, M. H., 24 Nov 2008, In: Optics Express. 16, 24, p. 19706-19711Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flexible Micro-Nano Fiber Sensors for Tactile Sensing
Wang, Y., Jiang, C., Dong, T., Liu, X., Chen, P., yu, X., Yue, L. & Wang, Z., 15 Feb 2024, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 24, 4, p. 4458-4463 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wide-Field and Real-Time Super-Resolution Optical Imaging By Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle-Assembled Solid Immersion Lens
Wang, W., Yan, B., Wang, H., Chen, Y., Nie, X., Yi, C., Wang, Z., Xu, Z., Zeng, J. & Fan, W., 7 Jun 2023, In: Small. 19, 23, 2207596.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High order Fano resonances and giant magnetic fields in dielectric microspheres
Wang, J., Luk'yanchuk, B., Yue, L., Yan, B., Monks, J., Dhama, R., Minin, O., Minin, I., Huang, S. & Fedyanin, A., 30 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 20293.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Super-Resolution Imaging and Microscopy by Dielectric Particle-Lenses
Wang, J. & Lukyanchuk, B. S., 2019, Super-Resolution Imaging and Microscopy by Dielectric Particle-Lenses. Astratov, V. (ed.). Springer, p. 371-406Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Shift-free fixed-line laser protection filter technology
Wang, J., 7 Oct 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Facile synthesis of asymmetric Ag–organosilica hybrid nanoparticles with tunable morphologies and optical properties
Sun, Y., Chen, M., Wang, Z. & Wu, L., 8 Apr 2014, In: Chemical Communications. 2014, 50, p. 5767-5770Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Generation of Photonic Hooks under Point-Source Illumination from Patchy Microcylinders
Shang, Q., Xu, C., Tang, F., Li, J., Fan, Y., Yuan, C., Wang, Z., Zuo, C. & Ye, R., 19 Sept 2022, In: Photonics. 9, 9, 667.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Super-Resolution Imaging with Patchy Microspheres
Shang, Q., Tang, F., Yu, L., Oubaha, H., Caina, D., Yang, S., Melinte, S., Zuo, C., Wang, J. & Ye, R., 15 Nov 2021, In: Photonics. 8, 513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design optimisation of metallic sub-wavelength nanowire lasers
Satter, Z. A., Shore, K. A. & Wang, Z., 10 Apr 2014, In: IET Optoelectronics. 8, 2, p. 129-136Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review