Faculty Profile

	Xu-Dong XIAO
	Professor
	Room 4474, Academic Building
	Hong Kong University of Science   and Technology
	Clear Water Bay
	Kowloon, Hong Kong
	Tel: (852)2358-7494
	Fax: (852)2358-1652
	E-mail: phxudong@ust.hk

Ph.D., Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1992.
M.A., Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1988.
B. S., Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 1986.

Research Interests:

• Surface diffusion
• Nanotribology study using atomic force microscopy
• Novel properties of nanostructures and materials
• Scanning tunneling microscopy

Representative Publications:

“Time dependent tunneling spectroscopy for studying surface diffusion confined in nanostructures”, Kedong Wang, Chun Zhang, M. M. T. Loy, and Xudong Xiao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 036103(2005).

“Efficient Visible Photoluminescence from Carbon Nanotubes in Zeolite Templates”, Jiandong Guo, Chunlei Yang, Z. M. Li, Ming Bai, H. J. Liu, G. D. Li, E. G. Wang, C. T. Chan, Z. K. Tang, W. K. Ge, and Xudong Xiao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 017402(2004). Selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol. 10, issue 2 (2004).

“Effect of C₆₀ Molecular Rotation on Nanotribology”, Qi Liang, O. K. C. Tsui, Yabo Xu, Hongnian Li, Xudong Xiao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 146102 (2003). Selected for publication in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol. 7, issue 16.

“Surface Diffusion Anomaly Near Substrate Phase Transition: H on W(100)”, Lei Cai, M. S. Altman, E. Granato, T. Ala-Nissila, S. C. Ying, Xudong Xiao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 226105(2002).

“ Nonclassical behavior in the capacitance of a nanojunction”, J. G. Hou, Bing Wang, Jinlong Yang, X. R. Wang, H. Q. Wang, Qingshi Zhu, and Xudong Xiao,  Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5321-5324(2001).

“Single-electron tunneling study of two-dimensional gold clusters”, Bing Wang, Xudong Xiao, Xianxiang Huang, J. G. Hou, Ping Sheng,  Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 1179-1181(2000).

"Tip in-situ chemical modification and its effects on tribological measurements", Linmao Qian, Xudong Xiao, Shizhu Wen, Langmuir 16, 662-670(2000).

"Experimental study of surface diffusion rate enhancement along steps:CO on Pt(111)", Jianwei Ma, Xudong Xiao, and M. M. T. Loy, Surf. Sci. 436, L661-665(1999).

"Defects enhanced second harmonic generation in (SimGen)p superlattices", Chun Zhang, Xudong Xiao, N. Wang, K. K. Fung, M. M. T. Loy, Zhenghao Chen, and Junming Zhou, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2072-2074(1998).

"Nanometer Resolution Imaging of Molecularly Thin Films of Water formed in Humid Environments", Jun Hu, Xu-Dong Xiao, D. Frank Ogletree and M. Salmeron, Science 268, 267 (1995).

"Atomic Scale Friction and Wear of Mica", Jun Hu, Xu-Dong Xiao, D. Frank Ogletree and M. Salmeron, Surface Science 327, 358 (1995).

"Impurity Effect on Surface Diffusion: CO on S/Ni(110)", Xu-Dong Xiao, Yuanlin Xie, Christian Jacobsen, H. Galloway, M. Salmeron and Y.R. Shen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3860 (1995).

"Anisotropic Surface Diffusion of CO on Ni(110)", Xu-Dong Xiao, X.D. Zhu, W. Daum and Y.R. Shen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2352 (1991).

"Probing the Proton Excess at Interfaces by Second Harmonic Generation", Xu-Dong Xiao, Viola Vogel and Y.R. Shen, Chem. Phys. Lett. 163, 555 (1989).

Since May 15,2003