Publications 

• "Roadmap on Optical Sensors", (invited) M. F. S. Ferreira, E. Castro-Camus, D. J. Ottaway, J. M. Lopez-Higuera, X. Feng, W. Jin, Y. Jeong, N. Picque, L. Tong, B. Reinhard, P. M. Pellegrino, A. Mendez, M. Dein, F. Vollmer, Q. Quan, J. Opt.19 083001 (2017)
• "Nanoplasmonic Fiber Tip Probe Detects Significant Reduction of Intracellular Alzheimer’s Disease-related Oligomers by Curcumin", F. Liang, Y. Wan, D. Schaak, J. Ward, X. Shen, R. Tanzi, C. Zhang, Q. Quan, Sci Rep. 7: 5722. (2017)
• "Synthesis and stabilization of colloidal perovskite nanocrystals by multidentate polymer micelles", S. Hou, Y. Guo, Y. Tang and Q. Quan, ACS Appl. Mater. Interface 9 (22), 18417 (2017) 
• “Photonic hybrid single molecule nanosensor measures the effect of fluorescence labels to DNA-protein dynamics”, F. Liang, Y. Guo, S. Hou and Q. Quan, Science Advances 3, e1602991 (2017)
• "Intracellular Amyloid and Tau dynamics monitored by nanosensor in single live neuron" Feng Liang, Yiying Zhang, Wooyoung Hong, Yuanlin Dong, Zhongcong Xie and Qimin Quan, Nano Letters, 16, 3989 (2016) (see press release, ScienceDaily, BiotechDaily, AZOnano, BioTechniques)
• “Acetylation of VGLL4 Regulates Hippo-YAP Signaling and Postnatal Cardiac Growth”, Z. Lin, H. Guo, Y. Cao, S. Zohrabian, P. Zhou, Q. Ma, N. VanDusen, Y. Guo, J. Zhang, S. M. Stevens, F. Liang, Q. Quan, P. R. van Gorp, A. Li, C. dos Remedios, A. He, V. J. Bezzerides, W. T. Pu, Developmental Cell, 10. 1016 (2016)  
• "High Figure of Merit Fano Resonance in 2-D Defect-Free Pillar Array Photonic Crystal for Refractive Index Sensing", D. Yang, C. Li, C. Wang, Y. Ji and Q. Quan, IEEE Photon. J. 8, 4502414 (2016)
• "Detecting single gold nanoparticles (1.8nm) with ultrahigh-Q air-mode photonic crystal nanobeam cavities", Feng Liang and Qimin Quan, ACS Photonics 2, 1692 (2015)

• "Ultrahigh-Q and low-mode-volume parabolic radius-modulated single photonic crystal slot nanobeam cavity for high-sensitivity refractive index sensing" D. Yang, P. Zhang, H. Tian, Y. Ji and Q. Quan, IEEE Photon. J. 7, 4501408 (2015)
• "Single-nanoparticle detection with slot-mode photonic crystal cavities" Cheng Wang, Qimin Quan, Shota Kita, Yihang Li and Marko Loncar, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 261105 (2015)
•  "Ultra-low threshold gallium nitride photonic crystal nanobeam laser" Nan Niu, Alexander Wolf, Danqing Wang, Tongtong Zhu, Qimin Quan, Rachel A. Oliver and Evelyn Hu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 231104 (2015)
• "Lab-on-a-tip (LOT): where nanotechnology can revolutionize fibre optics" (invited) Qimin Quan and Yiying Zhang, Nanobiomedicine, 2:3 (2015)
• "High-quality factor optical nanocavities in bulk single-crystal diamond" M. J. Burek, Y. Chu, M. S. Z. Liddy, P. Patel, J. Rochman, S. Meesala, W. Hong, Q. Quan, M. Lukin and M. Loncar, Nat. Commun. 5, 5718 (2014)
• "Nanoscale label-free bioprobes to detect intracellular proteins in single living cells" W. Hong, F. Liang, D. Schaak, M. Loncar and Q. Quan,
  Scientific Reports 4, 6179 (2014)
• "High sensitivity and high Q-factor nanoslotted parallel quadrabeam photonic crystal cavity for real-time and label-free sensing" D. Yang, S. Kita, F. Liang, C. Wang, H. Tian, Y. Ji, M. Loncar and Q. Quan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 063118 (2014)
• "Coupling of NV centers to photonic crystal nanobeams in diamond" Birgit J. M. Hausmann, Brenden J. Shields, Q. Quan, Y. Chu, Nethalie P. de Leon, R. Evans, Michael J. Burek, Alexander S. Zibrov, Matthew Markham, Daniel J. Twitchen, H. Park, Mikhail D. Lukin and M. Loncar, Nano Lett. 13, 5791 (2013)
• "Scalable nanobeam photonic sensors for high sensitivity protein detection" F. Liang, N. A. Clarke, P. Patel, M. Loncar and Q. Quan, Optics Express 21, 32306 (2013)
• "Single particle detection in CMOS compatible photonic crystal nanobeam cavities" Q. Quan, D. Floyd, I. B. Burgess, P. B. Deotare, I. W. Frank, S. K. Y. Tang, R. Ilic, and M. Loncar, Optics Express 21, 32225 (2013)
• "Design of simultaneous high-Q and high-sensitivity photonic crystal refractive index sensors" D. Yang, H. Tian, Y. Ji and Q. Quan, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 30, 2027 (2013)

Prior to Rowland

• “Free-standing mechanical and photonic nanostructures in single-crystal diamond” M.J. Burek, N.P. de Leon, B.J. Shields, B.M. Hausmann, Y. Chu, Q. Quan, A.S. Zibrov, H. Park, M.D. Lukin, and M. Lončar, Nano Letters, Vol. 12, 6084(2012)

• “Hemodialysis graft resistance adjustment device” Brandon J. Hopkins, Huayin Wu, William H. Marks, Qimin Quan, Samuel Kesner, C. Keith Ozaki and Conor Walsh, J. Med. Devices, 6, 021011 (2012)

•  "All optical reconfiguration of optomechanical filters" P.B. Deotare, I.B. Bulu, I.W. Frank, Q. Quan, Y. Zhang, R. Ilic, and M. Lončar, Nature Communications, 3, 846 (2012)

•  "Integrated diamond networks for quantum nanophotonics," B.M. Hausmann, B. Shields, Q. Quan, P. Maletinsky, M. McCutcheon, J.T. Choy, T.M. Babinec, A. Kubanek, A. Yacoby, M.D. Lukin, and M. Lončar, Nano Lett. 12, 178 (2012)

• “High-Q, low index-contrast polymeric photonic crystal nanobeam cavities”, Qimin Quan, Ian B. Burgess, Sindy K. Y. Tang, Dan L. Floyd and Marko Loncar, Optics Express, 19, 22191 (2011)

• “Deterministic design of photonic crystal nanobeam cavity”, Qimin Quan and Marko Loncar, Optics Express, 19, 18529 (2011)

• “Continuously tunable droplet-based microcavities”, Sindy K. Y. Tang, Ratmir Derda, Qimin Quan, Marko Loncar and George M. Whitesides, Optics Express, 19, 2204 (2011)

• “Photonic crystal nanobeam cavity strongly coupled to the feeding waveguide”, Qimin Quan, Parag B. Deotare, and Marko Loncar, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 203102 (2010) [Cover Article]

• “A broadband waveguide QED system on chip”, Qimin Quan, Irfan Bulu and Marko Loncar,  Phys. Rev. A. 80, 011810(R) (2009)

• “Refraction in the fixed direction on the surface of dielectric/silver superlattice”, Qimin Quan,   Shilin Zhu and Ruopeng Wang, Phys. Lett. A. 359, 547 (2006)

Patents

• "Photonic hybrid antenna devices and methods", Q. Quan, L. Feng, US H0498.70628US00 (pending)
• “Systems and methods for making and using sensors, probes, and other devies”, Q. Quan, W. Hong and M. Loncar, US 61/991,842 (pending)
• “Integrated nanobeam cavity array spectrometer”, M. Loncar, Q. Quan and P. B. Deotare, WO2011140544A2 (2013)
• “Biomedical and chemical sensing with nanobeam photonic crystal cavities using optical bistability”, Q. Quan, F. Vollmer and M. Loncar, WO2011133670A3 (2013)
• “High quality factor photonic crystal nanobeam cavity and method of designing and making same”, Q. Quan and M. Loncar, US8798414 (2012)

Presentations

• (Invited) SPIE Optics and Photonics, Aug. 6-10, 2017, SD, USA
• (Invited) 38th Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, May. 22-25, 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia
• (Invited) 12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, Apr. 9-12, 2017, LA, USA
• (Invited) OSA Biophotonics Congress: Optical Trapping Applications, Apr. 2-7, 2017, SD, USA
• (Invited) 47th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, Jan. 8-13, 2017, Utah, USA
• (Invited) NIST CNST Nanotechnology Seminar, Dec. 8, 2016, Gaithersburg, USA
• (Invited) 37th Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Aug. 8-11, 2016, Shanghai, China
• (Invited) 6th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics, July 24-27, 2016, Beijing, China
• (Invited) Harvard Applied Physics Colloquium, Apr. 1, 2016, Cambridge, USA
• (Invited) Harvard CNS Seminar, Nov. 20, 2015, Cambridge, USA
• (Invited) Stanford Ginzton Lab Special Seminar, Oct. 21, 2015, Palo Alto, USA
• (Invited) Energy, Materials, and Nanotechnology Meeting, Nov. 16-19, 2015, Las Vegas, USA.
• (Invited) Frontiers in Optics, Oct. 18-22, 2015, San Jose, USA
• (Invited) OSA topical meeting, June 27-July 1, 2015, Boston, USA.
• (Invited) 8th Energy, Materials, and Nanotechnology Meeting, Nov. 22-25, 2014, Orlando, USA.
• ​(Invited) MIT Micro-Nano Seminar, Oct. 22nd, 2014, Cambridge, USA
• Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Oct. 26-30, 2014, San Antonio, USA. 
• (Invited) 35th Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), August 25-28, 2014, Guangzhou, China.
• (Invited) SPIE Optics and Photonics, August 17-21, 2014, San Diego, USA.
• (Invited) Biosensing with photonic and plasmonic nanocavities, 97th Canadian Chemistry Conference, June 1-6, 2014, Vancouver, Canada.
• (Invited) 560th Wilhelm and Else Heraeus-Seminar, April 14-18, 2014, Bad Honnef, Germany. 
• (Invited) Manipulating light at Nanoscale, Ge-Zhi Workshop in celebration of centennial anniversary of School of Physics, Peking University, Oct. 19-21, 2013, Beijing, China. 
• “High-Q, Low-index Contrast Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Polymeric Cavities” CLEO 2012, May. 2012, San Jose, USA

• “Label-free Detection with Photonic Crystal Cavities” (poster), MicroTas 2011,  Oct. 2nd-6th, Seattle, USA

• “Ultrasensitive, Handheld, Real-Time Biomedical Sensor For Diagnostics and Food Safety”, TechConnect World Conferences & Expo 2011, June 13th-16th, Boston, USA

• “Ultra-sensitive Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavity using Optical Bistability” (talk), CLEO 2011, May 1st-6th , Baltimore, USA

• “Spontaneous emission control with on-chip nanoslot waveguides, nanoring resonators and nanobeam cavities” (poster), Frontiers in Nanoscale Science and Technology workshop, January 4th-7th  , 2011, Tokyo, Japan.

•   “On chip amplifier with Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavity”(poster), PECS IX, September 26th-30th, 2010, Granada, Spain

• “Deterministic Design Of Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavities”(talk), CLEO, May 16th -21st 2010, San Jose, USA

• “Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavities”(talk), Nano-optics, Plasmonics and Advanced Materials Workshop, April 19th-22nd 2010, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA

• “A Broadband Waveguide QED System On Chip”(poster), The International Conference on Quantum Foundation and Technology, July 17th-22nd 2009, Shanghai, China