Name: Guo Shifeng 

Title:  Professor 

Email:  sf.guo@siat.ac.cn 

Areas of Interest: sensors and sensor networks, smart materials and structures, ultrasound based non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM), marine antifouling and corrosion (materials and ultrasound), scanning probe microscopy etc. 

Shifeng Guo is currently a full professor affiliated with Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2013, and worked as a research scientist from 2012-2018 in Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, Singapore. He has published over 40 SCI journal papers, with the total impact factor over 200, and authorized/applied 7 patents.  

Work Experience  

12/2018-present  Professor,Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences 

04/2017-12/2018  Scientist II, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore    

12/2012-03/2017  Scientist I, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore   

Research Interests  

sensors and sensor networks, smart materials and structures, ultrasound based non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM), marine antifouling and corrosion (materials and ultrasound), scanning probe microscopy etc. 

Representative Publications 

 [1] Guo S, Zhu X, Jańczewski D, Lee SSC, He T, Teo LSM, Vancso GJ. 2016. Measuring protein isoelectric points at the molecular scale by AFM using trace amount of sample. Nature Nanotechnology 11:817-823. 

[2]   Guo S，Chen S, Zhang L, Chen YF, Yao K. 2018. Plastic strain determination with nonlinear ultrasonic waves using in-situ integrated piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers. IEEE Transactions on UFFC 65:95-101.  

[3]   Guo S, Chen S, Tan, ICK, Zhang L, Yao K. 2019. Ultrasonic transducers from thermal sprayed lead-free piezoelectric ceramic coatings for in-situ structural monitoring for pipelines. Smart Materials and Structures. Doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ab1e88  

[4]   Guo S, Chen S, Zhang L, Chen YF, Meyam, Yao K. 2018. Design and fabrication of in-situ integrated piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers for determination of plastic deformation. NDT & E International. 98:186-194. 

[5]   Guo S, Puniredd SR, Janczewski D, Lee SSC, Teo SLM, He T, Zhu X, Vancso GJ. 2014. Barnacle larvae exploring surfaces with variable hydrophilicity: Influence of morphology and adhesion of “footprint” proteins by AFM. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6: 13667-13676. 

[6]   Guo S, Quintana R, Toa DZS, Vasantha VA, Jańczewski D, Vancso GJ. 2019. Brush swelling and attachment strength of barnacle adhesion protein on zwitterionic polymer films as a function of macromolecular structure. Langmuir (Accepted). 

[7]   Zhu？, X, Guo S？, He T, Jiang S, Jańczewski D, Vancso GJ. 2016. Engineered, robust polyelectrolyte multilayers by precise control of surface potential for designer protein, cell and bacteria adsorption. Langmuir 32:1338-46 (Co-first author). 

[8]   Liu HF, Guo S, Yang RB, Lee CJJ, Zhang L. 2017. Giant blistering of nanometer-thic Al2O3/ZnO films grown by atomic layer deposition. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9:26201-26209. 

[9]   Guo S, Zhang L, Chen S, Shen Z, Mirshekarloo, MS, Liu H, Chen YF, Wong ZZ, Yao K. 2016. Method and analysis for determining yielding of titanium alloy with nonlinear Rayleigh surface waves. Materials Science and Engineering A 669:41-47. 

[10] Liu H, Guo S, Chen YF, Tan CY, Zhang L. 2018. Acoustic Shearography for Crack Detection in Metallic Plates. Smart Materials and Structures doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/aacfe9. 

Intelligent Property 

[1]   Systems and methods for monitoring plastic deformation of a structured material. Singapore, PCT/SG2018/050085, 2018. 

[2]   A Multi-layered piezoelectric ceramic-containing structure. Singapore, PCT/SG2018/050592, 2019.  

[3]   A method for monitoring pipeline structures with piezoelectric acoustic transducers. Singapore Patent Application No. 10201806508R, 2018. 

[4]   An acoustic shearography system and the method of using the same. Singapore Patent Application No.: 10201802679Y, 2018. 

E-mail: sf.guo@siat.ac.cn