Scientific Education

1994: University of Ho Chi Minh City, Bachelor of Physics

1998: University of Science, VNUHCM, Master of Science in Electronic Physics

2009: University of Science, VNUHCM, Doctor of Philosophy in Optics

Academic and Research Experience

1. Transparent conducting oxides and its applications
2. Thermoelectric materials

Publications List (Selected from 2013 – now)

1. Dung Van Hoang, Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Truong Huu Nguyen, Thang Bach Phan, Vinh Cao Tran; Comparing thermal durability and effects of annealing temperature on characteristics of hydrogen doped ZnO, AZO, and GZO thin films; Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2021, Article ID 5530606 [Corresponding authors].
2. Dung Van Hoang, Tu Anh Kieu Le, Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, Ngoc Kim Pham, Truong Huu Nguyen, Hoa Thi Lai, Dai Cao Truong, Ngoc Van Le, Cong Thanh Huynh, Sung-lae Cho, Hong-jun Park, She-wan Song, Sun-kyun Park, Takao Mori, Vinh Cao Tran, Thang Bach Phan; The roles of interstitial oxygen and phase compositions on the thermoelectric properties CuCr₈₅Mg_0.15O₂ delafossite material; Journal of Alloys and Compounds 867 (2021) 158995 [Corresponding authors].
3. Oanh Kieu Truong Le, Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Ngoc Kim Pham, Trang Huyen Cao Pham, Truong Huu Nguyen, Dung Van Hoang, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, Dai Cao Truong, Hoa Thi Lai, Thuy Dieu Thi Ung, Vinh Cao Tran, Thang Bach Phan; Compensation of Zn substitution and secondary phase controls effective mass and weighted mobility in In and Ga co-doped ZnO material; Journal of Materiomics, just accepted (2020); DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.01.029.
4. Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Oanh Kieu Truong Le, Dung Van Hoang, Truong Huu Nguyen, Trang Huyen Cao Pham, Phuong Thanh Ngoc Vo, Thang Bach Phan, Vinh Cao Tran; Controlling thickness to tune performance of high-mobility transparent conducting films deposited from Ga-doped ZnO ceramic target; Journal of the European Ceramic Society, just accepted (2021); DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.01.029 [Corresponding authors].
5. Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Dung Van Hoang, Truong Huu Nguyen, Oanh Kieu Truong Le, Deniz P. Wong, Jer-Lai Kuo, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Thang Bach Phan, Vinh Cao Tran; Hydrogen enhancing Ga doping efficiency and electron mobility in high- performance transparent conducting Ga-doped ZnO films; Journal of Alloys and Compounds 860 (2020) 158518 [Corresponding authors].
6. Dung Van Hoang, Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, Truong Huu Nguyen, Ngoc Kim Pham, Lai Thi Hoa, Vinh Cao Tran, Ohtaki Michitaka, Quang Minh Nhat Tran, Jong-Ho Park, Jae-Ki Lee, Su-Dong Park, Tae-Seong Ju, Hong jun Park, Sung kyun Park, Thang Bach Phan; Effects of multi-scale defects on the thermoelectric properties of delafossite CuCr_1-xMg_xO₂ materials; Journal of Alloys and Compounds; Volume 844, 5 December 2020, 156119.
7. Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Phuong Thanh Ngoc Vo, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, Ngoc Kim Pham, Hoa Thi Lai, Hoa Nhu Thi Tran, Vinh Cao Tran, Tan Le Hoang Doan, Sungkyun Park, Thang Bach Phan; Dopants and induced residual stress-controlled thermoelectric properties of ZnO thin films; Materials Science & Engineering B 261 (2020) 114712.
8. Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Phuong Ai Thi Nguyen, Yen Kim Thi Phan, Truong Huu Nguyen, Dung Van Hoang, Oanh Kieu Truong Le, Thang Bach Phan, and Vinh Cao Tran
   Effect of B₂O₃ content on the crystalline structure and transparent-conducting performance of direct-current magnetron-sputtered B-doped ZnO thin films
   Applied Optics, Vol. 59, Issue 19, pp. 5845-5850 (2020).
9. Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Tuyen Luu Anh, Ngoc Kim Pham, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, Truong Huu Nguyen, Dung Van Hoang, Hoa Thi Lai, Vinh Cao Tran, Jong-Ho Park, Jae-Ki Lee, Sungkyun Park, Ohtaki Michitaka, Su-Dong Park, Hung Nguyen Quang, Thang Bach Phan, Multi-scale defects in ZnO thermoelectric ceramic materials co-doped with In and Ga, Ceramics International, 46, Issue 8, Part A, 1 June 2020, Pages 10748-10758.
10. Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, Yi-ren Liu, Masoud Aminzare, Deniz P. Wong, Truong Huu Nguyen, Ngoc Kim Pham, Thu Bao Nguyen Le, Tosawat Seetawan, Heongkyu Ju, Sunglae Cho, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Vinh Cao Tran, Thang Bach Phan, Effect of annealing temperature on thermoelectric properties of Ga and In dually doped – ZnO thin films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 747 (2018), 156-165.
11. Ngoc Kim Pham, Nam Hoang Vu, Viet Van Pham, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, Thi Minh Cao, Nam Thoai, Vinh Cao Tran, Comprehensive resistive switching behavior of hybrid polyvinyl alcohol and TiO2 nanotube nanocomposites identified by combining experimental and density functional theory studies; Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8 (2018), 1971-1979.
12. Nguyen Huu Ke, Phan Thi Kieu Loan, Dao Anh Tuan, Huynh Thanh Dat, Cao Vinh Tran, Le Vu Tuan Hung; The characteristics of IGZO/ZnO/Cu2O:Na thin film solar cells fabricated by DC magnetron sputtering method, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 349 (2017) 100–107.
13. Ngoc Kim Pham, Kieu Hanh Thi Ta, Vinh Cao Tran, Van Hieu Le, Bao Thu Le Nguyen, Heong Kyu Ju, Tosawat Seetawan, Bach Thang Phan, Effect of Post-annealing Processes on Filamentary-Based Resistive Switching Mechanism of Chromium Oxide Thin Films, Journal of Electronic Materials, 46(6), (2017)2, 3285–3294.
14. Ke Nguyen Huu; Trinh, Le Thi Tuyet; Mung Nguyen Thi; Loan Phan Thi Kieu; Tuan Dao Anh; Truong Nguyen Huu; Tran Cao Vinh; Hung Le Vu Tuan, Control of ZnO Nanorod Defects to Enhance Carrier Transportation in p-Cu2O/i-ZnO Nanorods/n-IGZO Heterojunction, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 17, Number 1, January 2017, pp. 634-639 (6).
15. Nguyen Huu Ke, Le Thi Tuyet Trinh, Pham Kim Phung, Phan Thi Kieu Loan, Dao Anh Tuan, Nguyen Huu Truong, Cao Vinh Tran and Le Vu Tuan Hung, Changing the thickness of two layers: i-ZnO nanorods, p-Cu₂O and its influence on the carrier transport mechanism of the p-Cu2O/i-ZnO nanorods/n-IGZO heterojunction, SpringerPlus, https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-016-2468-y (2016).
16. Nhat Hong Tran Nguyen, Truong Huu Nguyen, Yi-ren Liu, Masoud Aminzare, Anh Tuan Thanh Pham, Sunglae Cho, Deniz P. Wong, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Tosawat Seetawan, Ngoc Kim Pham, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, Vinh Cao Tran, and Thang Bach Phan, Thermoelectric Properties of Indium and Gallium Dually Doped ZnO Thin Films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8 (49), 33916–33923, (2016).
17. Kim Ngoc Pham, Van Dung Hoang, Cao Vinh Tran, and Bach Thang Phan, TiO₂ thin film based transparent flexible resistive switching random access memory, Nat. Sci.: Nanosci. Nanotechnol., Vol. 7 No. 1, 015017, (2016).
18. Kim Ngoc Pham, Kieu Hanh Thi Ta, Lien Thuong Thi Nguyen, Vinh Cao Tran, Bach Thang Phan, Surface Mapping of Resistive Switching CrOx Thin Films, Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 6, No. 3, 21-27, (2016)
19. Duy Phong Pham, Huu Truong Nguyen, Bach Thang Phan, Van Dung Hoang, Shinya Maenosono, Cao Vinh Tran, Influence of addition of indium and of post-annealing on structural, electrical and optical properties of gallium-doped zinc oxide thin films deposited by direct-current magnetron sputtering, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 583, 201-204 (2015)
20. Kim Ngoc Pham, Minsu Choi, Cao Vinh Tran, Trung Do Nguyen, Van Hieu Le, Taekjib Choi, Jaichan Lee, and Bach Thang Phan, Study of the Resistive Switching Effect in Chromium Oxide Thin Films by Use of Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy, Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 44, No. 10, 3395-3400 (2015)
21. Cao Thi My Dung, Nhu Hoa Tran Thi, Kieu Hanh Thi Ta, Vinh Cao Tran, Bao Thu Le Nguyen, Van Hieu Le, Phuong Anh Do, Anh Tuan Dang, Heongkyu Ju, and Bach Thang Phan, Relaxor Behaviors in xBaTiO_3–(1-x)CoFe₂O₄, Materials Journal of Magnetics 20(4), 353-359 (2015)
22. Duy Phong Pham, Kim Khanh Huynh, Cao Vinh Tran, Van Quang Vu, Thi Thanh Van Tran, Preparation and Structural Characterization of Sol-Gel-Derived Silver Silica Nanocomposite Powders, International Journal of Materials Science and Applications, Vol. 3, No. 5, 147-151 (2014)
23. Ngoc Kim Pham, Do Trung Nguyen, Bang Tam Thi Dao, Kieu Hanh Thi Ta, Vinh Cao Tran, Van Hieu Nguyen, Sang Sub Kim, Shinya Maenosono, Thang Bach Phan, Different Directions of Switching of Chromium Oxide Thin Films, Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 43, Issue 7, 2747-2753 (2014)
24. Duy Phong Pham, Bach Thang Phan, Van Dung Hoang, Huu Truong Nguyen, Thi Kieu Hanh Ta, Shinya Meanosono, Cao Vinh Tran, Control of preferred (222) crystalline orientation of sputtered indium tin oxide thin films, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 570, 16-19 (2014)
25. Duy Phong Pham, Huu Truong Nguyen, Bach Thang Phan, Thi My Dung Cao, Van Dung Hoang, Vinh Ai Dao, Junsin Yi and Cao Vinh Tran, In and Ga co-doped ZnO film as a front electrode for thin film Silicon solar Cells, Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, Volume 2014, Article ID 971528, 7 pages (2014).
26. Trung Do Nguyen, Kim Ngoc Pham, Vinh Cao Tran, Duy Anh Tuan Nguyen and Bach Thang Phan, Electrical Conduction and Resistance Switching Mechanisms of Ag/ZnO/Ti Structure, Journal of IKEEE. Vol.17, No.3, 229 – 233, (2013)
27. Kim Ngoc Pham, Trung Do Nguyen, Thi Kieu Hanh Ta, Khanh Linh Dao Thuy, Van Hieu Le, Duy Phong Pham, Cao Vinh Tran, Derrick Mott, Shinya Maenosono, Sang Sub Kim, Jaichan Lee, Duc Thang Pham, and Bach Thang Phan, An influence of bottom electrode material on electrical conduction and resistance switching of TiOx thin films, Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 64, 30102-6 pp (2013).