
Virginia Tech |
Quan Research Group
Our group envisioning the optical and electronic properties of emerging semiconductors for low-cost, transformative electronics and renewable energy applications.
Semiconductors

We discover new semiconductor materials for next-generation optoelectronic applications.
Ultrafast Spectroscopy

We use optical spectroscopy to understand material and device photophysics on a range of length and time scales.
Optoelectronic Devices

Our developed devices and in-situ characterization approaches provides a unique platform for developing efficient electronic devices.
Openings
Quan group seeks motivated scientists to join the group. Candidates with background in chemistry, materials science and engieering, other related fields are encouraged to apply. Please send your cv to linaquan@vt.edu.
News
Dr. Quan received a seed grant from 4-VA collaborative research program, congratulations!
2023/3/5
Dr. Quan has been highlighted in Virginia Tech News as another year of cross-field highly cited researcher, recognized by Web of Science.
2022/11/15
Dr. Quan has contributed her expertise as an expert opinion for a research briefing titled ‘Bright, efficient, and stable LEDs made using nanocrystals of perovskite material‘ in the journal Nature.
2022/11/09
Welcome our new graduate student Era Shehu!
2022/11/01
New graduate student Qimu Luo has been officially joined our group, welcome Qimu!
2022/08/26
Our user proposal has been accepted for cutting edge experiments at the Advanced Photon Source!
2022/08/12
The group received Dean’s Discovery Fund, a seed funding for studying low-dimensional ferroelectric perovskites!
2022/05/05
Our undergraduate student Conner has been successfully presented his research poster at 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium at VT!
2022/04/30
Dr. Quan has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher 2021 in Cross Field by Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), and highlighted by Virginia Tech News.
2022/02/10
Welcome our new graduate student Qian Wang, starting from Jan 2022!
2022/1/13
Welcome our new graduate student Jiyoon Kim, starting from Nov 2021!
2021/11/29
Welcome our first postdoc Yixuan Dou, starting from Sep 2021!
2021/09/24
Welcome our first graduate student Sunhao Liu starting from Aug 2021!
2021/08/13
Welcome our new undergraduate students Kylie Arnold, Conner Weaver and Aaron Jenkins starting from summer 2021!
2021/05/28
Welcome to the quan-research group website!
2021/02/20