Xiaoxing Xi

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Xiaoxing Xi

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Physics

      • Laura H. Carnell Professor

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

PHYS 0872

The Science of Sound

Undergraduate

PHYS 2022

General Physics II

Undergraduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Xi, X. (2021). The US should listen to scientists about how to counter influence from China. Nature Reviews Physics, 3(6), 384-385. doi: 10.1038/s42254-021-00316-3.

  • Pietro, P.D., Golalikhani, M., Wijesekara, K., Chaluvadi, S., Orgiani, P., Xi, X., Lupi, S., & Perucchi, A. (2021). Spectroscopic Evidence of a Dimensionality-Induced Metal-to-Insulator Transition in the Ruddlesden-Popper Lan+1NinO3 n+1Series. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(5), 6813-6819. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c19577.

  • Guo, X., Withanage, W., Paudel, J., Eremeev, G., Hannon, F., Rimmer, R., Nassiri, A., & Xi, X. (2021). Fabrication and Radio Frequency Properties of 3-GHz SRF Cavities Coated with MgB2. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 34(1), 99-106. doi: 10.1007/s10948-020-05681-1.

  • Yang, W., Chen, K., Cunnane, D., Karasik, B., & Xi, X. (2021). Epitaxial Ultrathin MgB<sub>2</sub> Films on C-Terminated 6H-SiC(0001<sup>-</sup>) Substrates Grown by HPCVD. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. doi: 10.1109/TASC.2021.3130104.

  • Trainer, D., Wang, B., Bobba, F., Samuelson, N., Xi, X., Zasadzinski, J., Nieminen, J., Bansil, A., & Iavarone, M. (2020). Proximity-Induced Superconductivity in Monolayer MoS2. ACS Nano, 14(3), 2718-2728. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07475.

  • Kasaei, L., Melbourne, T., Li, M., Manichev, V., Qin, F., Hijazi, H., Feldman, L., Gustafsson, T., Davidson, B., Xi, X., & Chen, K. (2019). Reduced Critical Current Spread in Planar MgB2 Josephson Junction Array Made by Focused Helium Ion Beam. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 29(5). doi: 10.1109/TASC.2019.2903418.

  • Kasaei, L., Manichev, V., Li, M., Feldman, L., Gustafsson, T., Collantes, Y., Hellstrom, E., Demir, M., Acharya, N., Bhattarai, P., Chen, K., Xi, X., & Davidson, B. (2019). Normal-state and superconducting properties of Co-doped BaFe2As2 and MgB2 thin films after focused helium ion beam irradiation. Superconductor Science and Technology, 32(9). doi: 10.1088/1361-6668/ab2d52.

  • Withanage, W., Kasaei, L., Qin, F., & Xi, X. (2019). Aluminum ion implantation in MgB 2 thin films. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 29(5). doi: 10.1109/TASC.2019.2896400.

  • Trainer, D., Zhang, Y., Bobba, F., Xi, X., Hla, S., & Iavarone, M. (2019). The Effects of Atomic-Scale Strain Relaxation on the Electronic Properties of Monolayer MoS2. ACS Nano, 13(7), 8284-8291. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03652.

  • Trainer, D., Putilov, A., Wang, B., Lane, C., Saari, T., Chang, T., Jeng, H., Lin, H., Xi, X., Nieminen, J., Bansil, A., & Iavarone, M. (2019). Moiré superlattices and 2D electronic properties of graphite/MoS2 heterostructures. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 128, 325-330. doi: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2017.10.034.

  • Giorgianni, F., Cea, T., Vicario, C., Hauri, C., Withanage, W., Xi, X., & Benfatto, L. (2019). Leggett mode controlled by light pulses. Nature Physics, 15(4), 341-346. doi: 10.1038/s41567-018-0385-4.

  • Yu, Y., Wijesekara, K., Xi, X., & Willets, K. (2019). Quantifying Wavelength-Dependent Plasmonic Hot Carrier Energy Distributions at Metal/Semiconductor Interfaces. ACS Nano, 13(3), 3629-3637. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b00219.

  • Precner, M., Polaković, T., Qiao, Q., Trainer, D., Putilov, A., Giorgio, C.D., Cone, I., Zhu, Y., Xi, X., Iavarone, M., & Karapetrov, G. (2018). Evolution of Metastable Defects and Its Effect on the Electronic Properties of MoS2 Films. Scientific Reports, 8(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24913-y.

  • Golalikhani, M., Lei, Q., Chandrasena, R., Kasaei, L., Park, H., Bai, J., Orgiani, P., Ciston, J., Sterbinsky, G., Arena, D., Shafer, P., Arenholz, E., Davidson, B., Millis, A., Gray, A., & Xi, X. (2018). Nature of the metal-insulator transition in few-unit-cell-thick LaNiO3 films. Nature Communications, 9(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04546-5.

  • Precner, M., Polaković, T., Trainer, D., Putilov, A., Giorgio, C.D., Cone, I., Xi, X., Iavarone, M., & Karapetrov, G. (2018). Metastable defects in monolayer and few-layer films of MoS2. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2005. doi: 10.1063/1.5050721.

  • Kasaei, L., Melbourne, T., Manichev, V., Feldman, L., Gustafsson, T., Chen, K., Xi, X., & Davidson, B. (2018). MgB2 Josephson junctions produced by focused helium ion beam irradiation. AIP Advances, 8(7). doi: 10.1063/1.5030751.

  • Withanage, W., Penmatsa, S., Acharya, N., Melbourne, T., Cunnane, D., Karasik, B., & Xi, X. (2018). Growth of magnesium diboride thin films on boron buffered Si and silicon-on-insulator substrates by hybrid physical chemical vapor deposition. Superconductor Science and Technology, 31(7). doi: 10.1088/1361-6668/aac6a0.

  • Withanage, W., Lee, N., Penmatsa, S., Wolak, M., Nassiri, A., & Xi, X. (2017). Magnesium diboride on inner wall of copper tube: A test case for superconducting radio frequency cavities. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 20(10). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.102002.

  • Velasco, A., Cunnane, D., Frasca, S., Melbourne, T., Acharya, N., Briggs, R., Beyer, A., Shaw, M., Karasik, B., Wolak, M., Verma, V., Lita, A., Shibata, H., Ohkubo, M., Zen, N., Ukibe, M., Xi, X., & Marsili, F. (2017). High-operating-temperature superconducting nanowire single photon detectors based on magnesium diboride. 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2017 - Proceedings, 2017-January, 1-2. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2017.FF1E.7.

  • Baldini, E., Mann, A., Benfatto, L., Cappelluti, E., Acocella, A., Silkin, V., Eremeev, S., Kuzmenko, A., Borroni, S., Tan, T., Xi, X., Zerbetto, F., Merlin, R., & Carbone, F. (2017). Real-Time Observation of Phonon-Mediated σ-π Interband Scattering in MgB2. Physical Review Letters, 119(9). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.097002.

  • Železný, V., Caha, O., Soukiassian, A., Schlom, D., & Xi, X. (2017). Temperature-dependent far-infrared reflectance of an epitaxial (BaTiO3)8/(SrTiO3)4 superlattice. Physical Review B, 95(21). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.214110.

  • Acharya, N., Wolak, M., Melbourne, T., Cunnane, D., Karasik, B., & Xi, X. (2017). As-grown versus ion-milled MgB2ultrathin films for THz sensor applications. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27(4). doi: 10.1109/TASC.2016.2645126.

  • Cunnane, D., Kawamura, J., Wolak, M., Acharya, N., Xi, X., & Karasik, B. (2017). Optimization of Parameters of MgB2 Hot-Electron Bolometers. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27(4). doi: 10.1109/TASC.2017.2655502.

  • Lee, N., Withanage, W., Tan, T., Wolak, M., Nassiri, A., & Xi, X. (2017). Hybrid Physical Chemical Vapor Deposition of Magnesium Diboride Inside 3.9 GHz Mock Cavities. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27(4). doi: 10.1109/TASC.2016.2643567.

  • Trainer, D., Putilov, A., Giorgio, C.D., Saari, T., Wang, B., Wolak, M., Chandrasena, R., Lane, C., Chang, T., Jeng, H., Lin, H., Kronast, F., Gray, A., Xi, X., Nieminen, J., Bansil, A., & Iavarone, M. (2017). Erratum: Inter-Layer Coupling Induced Valence Band Edge Shift in Mono- to Few-Layer MoS2. Scientific Reports, 7, 42619. doi: 10.1038/srep42619.

  • Lei, Q., Golalikhani, M., Davidson, B., Liu, G., Schlom, D., Qiao, Q., Zhu, Y., Chandrasena, R., Yang, W., Gray, A., Arenholz, E., Farrar, A., Tenne, D., Hu, M., Guo, J., Singh, R., & Xi, X. (2017). Constructing oxide interfaces and heterostructures by atomic layer-by-layer laser molecular beam epitaxy. Npj Quantum Materials, 2(1), 10. 10.1038/s41535-017-0015-x

  • Withanage, W., Xi, X., Nassiri, A., Lee, N., Wolak, M., Tan, T., Welander, P., Franzi, M., Tantawi, S., & Kustom, R. (2017). Growth of magnesium diboride films on 2 inch diameter copper discs by hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition. Superconductor Science and Technology, 30(4). doi: 10.1088/1361-6668/aa5999.

  • Chandrasena, R., Yang, W., Lei, Q., Delgado-Jaime, M., Wijesekara, K., Golalikhani, M., Davidson, B., Arenholz, E., Kobayashi, K., Kobata, M., Groot, F.D., Aschauer, U., Spaldin, N., Xi, X., & Gray, A. (2017). Strain-Engineered Oxygen Vacancies in CaMnO3 Thin Films. Nano Letters, 17(2), 794-799. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03986.

  • Trainer, D., Putilov, A., Giorgio, C.D., Saari, T., Wang, B., Wolak, M., Chandrasena, R., Lane, C., Chang, T., Jeng, H., Lin, H., Kronast, F., Gray, A., Xi, X., Nieminen, J., Bansil, A., & Iavarone, M. (2017). Inter-Layer Coupling Induced Valence Band Edge Shift in Mono- to Few-Layer MoS 2. Scientific Reports, 7. doi: 10.1038/srep40559.

  • Karasik, B., Cunnane, D., Acharya, N., Wolak, M., Tan, T., Kawamura, J., & Xi, X. (2017). THzSensors based on superconducting MgB2. 27th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, ISSTT 2016.

  • Velasco, A., Cunnane, D., Frasca, S., Melbourne, T., Acharya, N., Briggs, R., Beyer, A., Shaw, M., Karasik, B., Wolak, M., Verma, V., Lita, A., Shibata, H., Ohkubo, M., Zen, N., Ukibe, M., Xi, X., & Marsili, F. (2017). High-operating-temperature superconducting nanowire single photon detectors based on magnesium diboride. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Part F42-CLEO_QELS 2017. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2017.FF1E.7.