{"id":25,"date":"2025-02-14T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quanta.ece.ufl.edu\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:25:48","slug":"news-press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/news-press\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lab-news-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-41-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2897\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-41-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-41-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-41-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-41-1536x588.png 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-41-2048x785.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:200;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date__modified-date wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-14T11:15:00-05:00\">February 14, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"featured-card-title\">\n<div class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Write title\u2026\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.25rem\">Researchers unveil gigahertz resonances in nanoscale drumheads at room temperature. From smartphones to quantum computers, modern technology depends on moving information quickly and efficiently. Now, scientists have found a way to control vibrations at gigahertz (GHz) speeds to serve as ultra-fast bridges between mechanical, microwave and optical signals.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-animated-underline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-medium-font-size has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">Read full story&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:280px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lab-news-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2022\/10\/OMEx-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-733\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:200\">January 2019, Journal Article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congrats to Laura and Vivian for our team\u2019s new journal article in Optical Materials Express, reporting on synergizing numerical modeling and experimental efforts to reveal the optical contrast signatures of h-BN on various substrates. The work offers a non-contact, rapid thickness estimation method for h-BN thin films on suspended device platforms, where conventional contact methods are incapable or cumbersome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lab-news-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2877\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-36.png 765w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-36-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:200;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-30T14:15:00\">October 30, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"featured-card-title\">\n<div class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Write title\u2026\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our group&#8217;s latest work on silicon carbide (SiC) optomechanics has been published \u00a0featured as a &#8220;Spotlight on Optics&#8221; by Optica (formely OSA) and published on Photonic. Led by <strong>Dr. Yuncong Liu<\/strong> and <strong>Prof. Philip Feng<\/strong>, along with collaborators at CMU, the team developed a microdisk resonator that vibrates at nearly a billion times per second. This breakthrough, published in <em>Photonics Research<\/em>, opens new doors for integrated sensing technologies by combining the ruggedness of SiC with precise optical control. Read the full story at UF ECE News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-animated-underline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-medium-font-size has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/news.ece.ufl.edu\/2025\/10\/30\/turning-up-the-light-harnessing-the-potential-of-silicon-carbide-in-optomechanical-devices\/\">Read full story&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lab-news-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2022\/10\/OMEx-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-733\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:200\">January 2019, Journal Article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congrats to Arnob and Anno for our team\u2019s new journal article in Optical Materials Express, demonstrating the first polarization sensitive black phosphorus (P) nanomechanical resonators. The observed polarization responsivity of the resonance frequency can be utilized to realize polarimetric nanodevices to detect optical rotation of optically active substances. Further, from polarization sensitive resonance frequency shift, it is possible to identify two unknown in-plane crystal directions, armchair (AC) and zigzag (ZZ), of black P crystals.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lab-news-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-38-1-1024x487.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2885\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-38-1-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-38-1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-38-1-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-38-1-1536x731.png 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2026\/03\/image-38-1-2048x974.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:200;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-10-29T14:14:00\">October 29, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"featured-card-title\">\n<div class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Write title\u2026\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">New research from our group and collaborators at UF Physics has revealed a method to &#8220;listen&#8221; to magnetism using vibrating nano-drums. Featured on the cover of <em>Advanced Materials<\/em>, this work utilizes ultra-thin membranes to detect subtle magnetic changes that were previously hidden. Congratulations to our group members <strong>Dr. Enamul Yousuf<\/strong> (lead author) and <strong>Yunong Wang<\/strong> for their key roles in this discovery! Read the full story at UF Engineering News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-animated-underline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-medium-font-size has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/ece\/uf-led-team-of-scientists-and-engineers-reveal-hidden-rhythms-of-magnetism-using-vibrating-nano-drums\/\">Read full story&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:220px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lab-news-item\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2022\/10\/APL-Materials-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-781\" style=\"width:auto;height:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2022\/10\/APL-Materials-1.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/quanta\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/679\/2022\/10\/APL-Materials-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:200\">January 2019, Journal Article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new invited article from our team is published in APL Materials, demonstrating the first dual-modality solar-blind UV light sensing \u03b2-Ga2O3 transducer enabled by multi-physics coupling across photo-electrical and photo-thermo-mechanical domains. Congrats to Xu-Qian and Yong!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers unveil gigahertz resonances in nanoscale drumheads at room temperature. From smartphones to quantum computers, modern technology depends on moving information quickly and efficiently. Now, scientists have found a way to control vibrations at gigahertz (GHz) speeds to serve as ultra-fast bridges between mechanical, microwave and optical signals. 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