Faculty
VU THANH TRA
Jointly Appointed Professor
Biography
Experience
Expertise
Interest
Publications
2000 - 2004
Bachelor degree in Physics – Informatics, Department of Physics, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam.
2005 - 2007
Master degree in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, School of graduate, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam.
2008 - 2012
Ph.D degree in Solid State Physics, Insittue of Physics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
2021/07 -
Associate Professor - Deapartment of Physics, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho Vietnam.
2017 - 2021/07
Associate Professor - Head, Deapartment of Physics, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho Vietnam.
2015/04 - 2017
Vice Head, Deapartment of Physics, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho Vietnam.
2004/10 - 2014/09
Lecturer - Department of Physics, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho Vietnam.

Undergraduate:

  1. Mathematical methods of Physics
  2. English for Physics
  3. Solid States Physics
  4. Statistical Mechanics

Graduate:

  1. Advanced Solid State Physics
  1. Complex oxide heterostructures, nanostructures and interfaces for next generation devices and 2D – Nanostructures materials
  2. Electronic calculations, and Cumputational physics.
  3. Condensed mater physics.

a) International Journals:

  1.  C.Y Wu, T. V. Thanh, Y.F. Chen, J.K. Lee, and J.J Lin, “Free-electronlike diffusive
    thermopower of indium tin oxide thin films”, Journal Applied Physics 108, 123708 (2010).
  2.  Y. Y. Chu, Y. F. Liao, V. T. Tra, J. C. Yang, W. Z. Liu, Y. H. Chu, J. Y. Lin, J. H. Huang, J.
    Weinen, S. Agrestini, K.-D. Tsuei, and D. J. Huang, “Distribution of electronic reconstruction
    at the n-type LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface revealed by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy”,
    Applied Physics Letters 99, 262102 (2011).
  3. B.C. Huang, Y.P. Chiu, P.C Huang, W.C. Wang, V.T. Tra, J.C. Yang, Q. He, J.Y. Lin, C.S.
    Chang, and Y.H. Chu, “Mapping Band Alignment across Complex Oxide Heterointerfaces”,
    Physical Review Letters 109, 246807 (2012).
  4. V.T. Tra, J.W. Chen, P.C. Huang, B.C. Huang, Y. Cao, C.H. Yeh, H.J. Liu, E.A. Eliseev,
    A.N. Morozovska, J.H. Lin, Y.C. Chen, M.W. Chu, P.W. Chiu, Y.P. Chiu, L.Q. Chen, C.L.
    Wu, Y.H. Chu, “Ferroelectric Control of the Conduction at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3
    Heterointerface”, Advanced Materials 25, 3357 (2013).
  5. H.J. Liu, V.T. Tra, Y.J. Chen, R. Huang, C.G. Duan, Y.H. Hsieh, H.J. Lin, J.Y. Lin, C.T
    Chen, Y. Ikuhara, Y.H Chu, “Large Magnetoresistance in Magnetically Coupled SrRuO3–
    CoFe2O4 Self-Assembled Nanostructures”, Advanced Materials 25, 4753 (2013).
  6. V.T. Tra, J.C. Yang, Y.H. Hsieh, J.Y. Lin, Y.C. Chen, Y.H Chu, “Controllable electrical
    conduction at complex oxide interfaces”, Physica Status Solidi – Rapid Research Letters 8,
    478 (2014).
  7. W.S. Chang, H.J. Liu, V.T. Tra, J.W. Chen, T.C. Wei, W. Y. Tzeng, Y. Zhu, H.H. Kuo, Y.H.
    Hsieh, J.C. Lin, Q. Zhan, C.W. Luo, J.Y. Lin, J.H. He, C.L. Wu, and Y.H. Chu, “Tuning
    Electronic Transport in a Self-Assembled Nanocomposite”, ACS Nano 8, 6242 (2014).
  8. C.Y. Huang, J. Zhou, V.T. Tra, R. White, R. Trappen, A.T. N’Diaye, M. Spencer, C. Frye,
    G.B. Cabrera, V. Nguyen, J.M. LeBeau, Y.H. Chu and M.B. Holcomb, “Imaging magnetic
    and ferroelectric domains and interfacial spins in magnetoelectric La0.7
    Sr0.3MnO3/PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 heterostructures”, Condensed Matter Physics 27, 504003 (2015).
  9. J.C. Lin, V.T. Tra, D.S. Tsai, T.T. Lin, P.C. Huang, W.L. Hsu, H.J. Wu, R. Huang, N.V.
    Chien, R. Yoshida, J.Y. Lin, Y. Ikuhara, Y.P. Chiu, S. Gwo, D.P. Tsai, J.H. He and Y.H. Chu,
    “Control of the Metal–Insulator Transition at Complex Oxide Heterointerfaces through
    Visible Light”, Advanced Materials 4, 764 (2015).
  10. J. Zhou, V.T. Tra, S. Dong, R. Trappen, M.A. Marcus, C. Jenkins, C. Frye, E. Wolfe, R.
    White, S. Polisetty, J.Y. Lin, J.M. LeBeau, Y.Hao Chu and M.B. Holcomb, “Thickness
    dependence of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 magnetoelectric interfaces”, Applied Physics
    Letters 107, 141603 (2015).
  11. S. W. Huang, L. Andrew Wray, Horng-Tay Jeng, V. T. Tra, J. M. Lee, M. C. Langner, J. M.
    Chen, S. Roy, Y. H. Chu, R. W. Schoenlein, Y.-D. Chuang, and J.-Y Lin, “Coexistence of
    ferromagnetism and d-wave superconductivity in YBa2Cu 3O7x/La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 bilayer”,
    Journal of Energy Challenges and Mechanics 2, ISSN 2056-9386 (2015).
  12. S. W. Huang, L. Andrew Wray, Horng-Tay Jeng, V. T. Tra, J. M. Lee, M. C. Langner, J. M.
    Chen, S. Roy, Y. H. Chu, R. W. Schoenlein, Y.-D. Chuang & J.-Y. Lin, “Selective interlayer
    ferromagnetic coupling between the Cu spins in YBa2Cu 3O7-x grown on top of
    La0.7Ca0.3MnO3”, Nature Physics 5, 16690 (2015).
  13. J. He, P. Shafer, T.R. Mion, V.T. Tra, Q. He, J. Kong, Y.D. Chuang, W. L. Yang, M. J. Graf,J.Y. Lin, Y.H. Chu, E. Arenholz and R.H. He , “Observation of a three-dimensional quasi-long-range electronic super modulation in YBa2Cu 3O7-x/La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 heterostructures”,Nature Communications 7, 10852 (2016).
  14. T.T. Vu and V.T. Tran, “Electric gating induced bandgaps and enhanced Seebeck effect in
    zigzag bilayer graphene ribbons”, Semiconductor Science and Technology 31, 85002 (2016).
  15. T.T. Vu, T.K.Q. Nguyen, A.H. Huynh, T.K.L Phan and V.T. Tran, “Modulation of bandgap
    in bilayer armchair graphene ribbons by tuning vertical and transverse electric fields”,
    Superlattices and Microstructures 102, 451 (2017).
  16. V. T. Tra, R. Huang, X. Gao, Y.J. Chen, Y. T. Liu, W. C. Kuo, Y. Y. Chin, H. J. Lin, J. M.
    Chen, J. M. Lee, J. F. Lee, P. S. Shi, M. G. Jiang, C. G. Duan, J. Y. Juang, C. T. Chen, H. T.
    Jeng, Q. He, Y.D. Chuang, J.Y. Lin, and Y.H. Chu, “The unconventional doping in YBa2Cu
    3O7-x/La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 heterostructures by termination control”, Applied Physics Letters 110,
    032402 (2017).
  17. P.T. K. Loan, D.Q. Wua, C. Yea, X.Q. Li, V.T. Tra, Q.P. Wei, L. Fu, A. Yu, L.J. Li, and C.T.Lin, “Hall effect biosensors with ultraclean graphene film for improved sensitivity of label-free DNA detection”, Bioensors and Bioelectronics 99, 85 (2017).
  18. T.T. Vu, T.K.Q. Nguyen, T.M.T. Nguyen, V.C. Nguyen and V.T. Tran, “Enhancement of the
    Seebeck effect in bilayer armchair graphene nanoribbons by tuning the electric fields”,
    Superlattices and Microstructures 113, 616-622 (2018).
  19. Y.M. Zhu, T.H. Do, V.T. Tra, R. Yu, Y.H. Chu and Q. Zhan, “Atomic Heterointerfaces and
    Electrical Transportation Properties in Self-Assembled LaNiO3–NiO Heteroepitaxy”,
    Advances Materials Interfaces 5, 1701202 (2018).
  20. R. Trappen, J. Zhou, V. T. Tra, C.Y. Huang, S. Dong, Y.H. Chu and M. B. Holcomb, “Depth
    dependent valence determination by synchrotron techniques”, Journal of Synchrotron
    Radiation 26, 1711-1718 (2018).
  21. R. Trappen, A. C. Garcia-Castro, V.T. Tra, C.Y. Huang, I.H. Wilfredo, J. Fitch, S. Singh, J.
    Zhou, G. Cabrera, Y.H. Chu, J.M. LeBeau, A.H. Romero and M.B. Holcomb, “Electrostatic
    potential and valence modulation in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films”, Sienctific reports 8, 14313
    (2018).
  22. T.K.Q. Nguyen, T.T. Vu and V.T. Tran, “Tight-binding description for the electronic band
    structure of penta-graphene”, Semiconductor Science and Technology 35, 095037 (2020).
  23. T.K.Q. Nguyen, N.H.H. Pham, T.K.L. Phan, T.T. Vu and V.T. Tran, “Effect of electric fields
    on the electronic and thermoelectric properties of zigzag buckling silicene nanoribbons”,
    Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12, 035002 (2021).
  24. S.H. Huynh, N.Q. Diep, T.V. Le, S.K. Wu, C.W. Liu, D.L. Nguyen, H.C. Wen, W.C. Chou,
    V.Q. Le, and T.T. Vu, “Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Two-Dimensional GaTe Nanostructures
    on GaAs (001) Substrates: Implication for Near-Infrared Photodetection”, Applied nano
    materials 4:9, 8913-8921 (2021).
  25. “Energy bands change under the the electric fields: The factors effects”, Superlattices and
    Microstructures, 2021, submitted.
  26. “Influence of the electric fields on the optical properties of bilayer graphene nanoribons”,
    Applied Physics Letters, 2021, submitted.

b) National journals:

  1. “Controllable conduction at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerface: the factors effects”, Tạp chí
    Khoa học, Đại học Sư Phạm Hà Nội 2 (ISSN 1859-23-25), 51, 57 (2017).
  2. Nguyen L. T. D., Nguyen T. K. Q., Pham N. H. H., Le D. K., Ngo V. C., Phan T. K. L., Huynh
    A. H., and Vu T. T., “Effect of critical electric fields on the electronic distribution of bilayer
    armchair graphene nanoribbons”, Dalat University Journal of Science 11(4), 98-112 (2021)