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D-Index
74
Citations
21059
World Ranking
810
National Ranking
282

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2014 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Qifa Zhou is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Medicine. Their research output spans a significant number of publications, with a primary focus on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Mechanics of Materials, and Ophthalmology.

The main topics of Zhou's work include:

  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors throughout their career. These include:

  • Yushun Zeng (35 joint publications)
  • Laiming Jiang (32 joint publications)
  • Gengxi Lu (29 joint publications)
  • Mark S. Humayun (25 joint publications)
  • Runze Li (25 joint publications)

Zhou's research has been published repeatedly in well-known venues including:

  • IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (16 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (6 publications)
  • Nature Communications (5 publications)
  • Science Advances (5 publications)
  • BME Frontiers (5 publications)

Among recent papers, several notable works include:

  • "3D Printing of Functional Magnetic Materials: From Design to Applications," published in 2021 in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Stretchable Nanolayered Thermoelectric Energy Harvester on Complex and Dynamic Surfaces," published in 2020 in Nano Letters
  • "Real-time whole-brain imaging of hemodynamics and oxygenation at micro-vessel resolution with ultrafast wide-field photoacoustic microscopy," published in 2022 in Light Science & Applications
  • "Flexible ultrasound-induced retinal stimulating piezo-arrays for biomimetic visual prostheses," published in 2022 in Nature Communications
  • "Ultrasound-induced wireless energy harvesting: From materials strategies to functional applications," published in 2020 in Nano Energy

Zhou has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2014 and earning the distinction of SPIE Fellow in the same year.

Best Publications

  • Monitoring of the central blood pressure waveform via a conformal ultrasonic device.

    Chonghe Wang;Xiaoshi Li;Hongjie Hu;Lin Zhang

  • Thermal conductivity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

    Da Jiang Yang;Qing Zhang;George Chen;S. F. Yoon

  • 3D-Printed Biomimetic Super-Hydrophobic Structure for Microdroplet Manipulation and Oil/Water Separation.

    Yang Yang;Xiangjia Li;Xuan Zheng;Zeyu Chen

  • Recent Progress in Biomimetic Additive Manufacturing Technology: From Materials to Functional Structures.

    Yang Yang;Xuan Song;Xiangjia Li;Zeyu Chen

  • Simultaneous functional photoacoustic and ultrasonic endoscopy of internal organs in vivo

    Joon-Mo Yang;Christopher Favazza;Ruimin Chen;Junjie Yao

  • Piezoelectric single crystal ultrasonic transducers for biomedical applications

    Qifa Zhou;Kwok Ho Lam;Hairong Zheng;Weibao Qiu

  • Piezoelectric films for high frequency ultrasonic transducers in biomedical applications

    Qifa Zhou;Sienting Lau;Dawei Wu;K. Kirk Shung

  • Stretchable ultrasonic transducer arrays for three-dimensional imaging on complex surfaces.

    Hongjie Hu;Xuan Zhu;Chonghe Wang;Lin Zhang

  • Photoacoustic ophthalmoscopy for in vivo retinal imaging

    Shuliang Jiao;Minshan Jiang;Jianming Hu;Amani A. Fawzi

  • Biomimetic Anisotropic Reinforcement Architectures by Electrically Assisted Nanocomposite 3D Printing

    Yang Yang;Zeyu Chen;Zeyu Chen;Xuan Song;Xuan Song;Zhuofeng Zhang

  • Piezoelectric materials for high frequency medical imaging applications: A review

    K. K. Shung;J. M. Cannata;Q. F. Zhou

  • Electrically assisted 3D printing of nacre-inspired structures with self-sensing capability

    Yang Yang;Xiangjia Li;Ming Chu;Haofan Sun

  • Development of a 35-MHz piezo-composite ultrasound array for medical imaging

    J.M. Cannata;J.A. Williams;Qifa Zhou;T.A. Ritter

  • 3D printing of piezoelectric element for energy focusing and ultrasonic sensing

    Zeyu Chen;Zeyu Chen;Xuan Song;Liwen Lei;Xiaoyang Chen

  • AlN piezoelectric thin films for energy harvesting and acoustic devices

    Chunlong Fei;Xiangli Liu;Benpeng Zhu;Di Li

  • In vivo label-free photoacoustic microscopy of cell nuclei by excitation of DNA and RNA.

    Da-Kang Yao;Konstantin Maslov;Kirk K. Shung;Qifa Zhou

  • Multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the immobilization of enzyme in glucose biosensors

    S. G. Wang;Qing Zhang;Ruili Wang;S. F. Yoon

  • Biosorption of Acid Black 172 and Congo Red from aqueous solution by nonviable Penicillium YW 01: kinetic study, equilibrium isotherm and artificial neural network modeling.

    Yuyi Yang;Guan Wang;Bing Wang;Zeli Li

  • Photoacoustic endoscopy.

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  • 3D Printing of Functional Magnetic Materials: From Design to Applications

    Chengqian Zhang;Chengqian Zhang;Xiangjia Li;Laiming Jiang;Daofan Tang

  • Three dimensional printing of high dielectric capacitor using projection based stereolithography method

    Yang Yang;Yang Yang;Yang Yang;Zeyu Chen;Xuan Song;Benpeng Zhu

  • PMN-PT single crystal, high-frequency ultrasonic needle transducers for pulsed-wave Doppler application

    Qifa Zhou;Xiaochen Xu;E.L. Gottlieb;Lei Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Kirk Shung
K. Kirk Shung University of Southern California
Zhongping Chen
Zhongping Chen University of California, Irvine
Lihong V. Wang
Lihong V. Wang California Institute of Technology
Mark S. Humayun
Mark S. Humayun University of Southern California
Konstantin Maslov
Konstantin Maslov California Institute of Technology
Yong Chen
Yong Chen University of Southern California
Kwok-ho Lam
Kwok-ho Lam Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Song Hu
Song Hu Washington University in St. Louis
Xuan Song
Xuan Song University of Tokyo
Eun Sok Kim
Eun Sok Kim University of Southern California

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