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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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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Wave-Guiding Analysis of Annular Core Geometry Metal-Clad Semiconductor Nano-Lasers
Satter, Z. A., Shore, K. A. & Wang, Z., 20 Nov 2013, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 50, 1, p. 15-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wave theory of virtual image [invited]
Bekirov, A., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wang, J. & Fedyanin, A., 5 Oct 2021, In: Optical Materials Express. 11, 11, p. 3646-3655Research 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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Ultrafast femtosecond laser micro-marking of single-crystal natural diamond by two-lens focusing system
Joya, Y., Yan, B., James, K., Yue, L., Middleburgh, S. & Wang, J., Mar 2021, In: Materials Today Communications. 26, 7 p., 101800.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Three-dimensional all-dielectric metamaterial solid immersion lens for subwavelength imaging at visible frequencies
Fang, W., Yan, B., Wang, Z. & Wu, L., 12 Aug 2016, In: Science Advances. 2, 8, e1600901.Research 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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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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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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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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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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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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Superlens-Assisted laser nanostructuring of Long Period optical fiber Gratings (LPGs) for enhanced refractive index sensing
Chen, Y., Yue, L., Yang, X., Baxter, C. & Wang, Z., 1 Sept 2024, In: Optics and Laser Technology. 176, 111001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SuperNANO: Enabling Nanoscale Laser Anti-Counterfeiting Marking and Precision Cutting with Super-Resolution Imaging
Chen, Y., Yan, B., Yue, L., Baxter, C. & Wang, Z., 5 Sept 2024, In: Photonics. 11, 846.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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Super-Resolution Imaging by Dielectric Superlenses: TiO2 Metamaterial Superlens versus BaTiO3 Superlens
Dhama, R., Yan, B., Palego, C. & Wang, Z., 15 Jun 2021, In: Photonics. 8, 6, 222.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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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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Spider Silk: Mother Nature’s Bio-Superlens
Monks, J., Yan, B., Hawkins, N., Vollrath, F. & Wang, Z., 17 Aug 2016, In: Nano Letters. 16, p. 5842−5845Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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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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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Roadmap on Label-Free Super-resolution Imaging
Astratov, V., Sahel, Y., Eldar, Y., Huang, L., Ozcan, A., Wang, Z., Zheludev, N. I., Zhao, J., Burns, Z., Liu, Z., Narimanov, E., Goswami, N., Popescu, G., Pfitzner, E., Kukura, P., Hsiao, Y.-T., Hsieh, C.-L., Abbey, B., Diaspro, A., LeGratiet, A., Bianchini, P., Shaked, N. T., Simon, B., Verrier, N., Debailleul, M., Haeberle, O., Wang, S., Liu, M., Bai, Y., Cheng, J.-X., Karim,an, B. S., Fujita, K., Sinvani, M., Zalevsky, Z., Li, X., Huang, G.-J., Chu, S.-W., Tzang, O., Smolyaninov, I. I., Leonhardt, U., Sahebdivan, S., Hershkovitz, D., Cheshnovsky, O., Huttunen, M. J., Stanciu, S. G., Smolyaninova, V. N., Wang, Z., Luk'yanchuk, B., Wu, L., Maslov, A. V., Jin, B., Simovski, C. R., Perrin, S., Montgomery, P. & Lecler, S., Dec 2023, In: Laser & Photonics Reviews. 17, 12, 202200029.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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Plasmonic Effects of Metallic Nanoparticles on Enhancing Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells
Luo, Q., Zhang, C., Deng, X., Zhu, H., Li, Z., Wang, Z., Chen, X. & Huang, S., 20 Sept 2017, In: ACS Applied materials and interfaces. 9, 40, p. 34821–34832Research 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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Photonic lenses with whispering gallery waves at Janus particles
Minin, I., Minin, O., Cao, Y., Yan, B., Wang, Z. & Luk'yanchuk, B., 16 Feb 2022, In: Opto-Electronic Science. 1, 2, 210008.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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Optical phenomena in dielectric spheres several light wavelengths in size: a review
Luk'yanchuk, B., Bekirov, A., Wang, Z., Minin, I., Minin, O. & Fedyanin, A., Aug 2022, In: Physics of Wave Phenomena. 30, 4, p. 217-241Research 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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Nanovibration detection based on a microsphere
Jiang, C., Wang, W., Yan, B., Chen, P., Xu, K., Sun, Y., Cong, Z., Dong, T., Zhou, Y., Wang, Z. & Wang, X., 1 Sept 2022, In: Optics Letters. 47, 17, p. 4560-4563Research 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Laser sub-micron patterning of rough surfaces by micro-particle lens arrays
Khan, A., Wang, Z., Sheikh, M. A. & Li, L., 1 Jul 2011, In: International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering. 1, 3, p. 1-9Research 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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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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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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Large enhancements of NaYF4:Yb/Er/Gd nanorod upconversion emissions via coupling with localized surface plasmon of Au film
Luo, Q., Chen, Y., Li, Z., Zhu, F., Chen, X., Sun, Z., Wei, Y., Guo, H., Wang, Z. & Huang, S., 9 May 2014, In: Nanotechnology. 25, 18, p. 185401Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review