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 La
n+1 Nin O3 n+1 Series. 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 MgB
2 . 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 MoS
2 . 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 MgB
2 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 BaFe
2 As2 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 MoS
2 . 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/MoS
2 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 MoS
2 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 LaNiO
3 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 MoS
2 . 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). MgB
2 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 MgB
2 ultrathin 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 MgB
2 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 MoS
2 . 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 CaMnO
3 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 MgB
2 . 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.