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Professor

Zaiping ZENG, Distinguished Professor, Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials, Henan University

Email: zaiping.zeng@henu.edu.cn

Professional Carrier

03/2018 – Today, Distinguished Professor, Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Henan University

Working Experience：

01/2015 -09/2015: Postdoc Researcher, Materials Science Department, University of Patras, Greece. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sotirios Baskoutas

10/2015 – 09/2017: Postdoc Researcher, CEA/MEM/INAC/L_Sim.

Supervisor: Dr. Yann-Michel Niquet

Educations:

PhD: 11/2011-11/2014, Materials Science Department, University of Patras, Greece. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Sotirios Baskoutas and Prof. Dr. Gabriel Bester.

MSc: 09/2008-07/2011, Condensed Matter Physics, Henan Normal University. Supervisors: Prof. Shuyi Wei and Prof. Congxin Xia.

BSc: 09/2004-06/2008, Physics, Henan Normal University

Research Interests

Computational Physics, Quantum Optic, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Group Theory, Spin Dynamics

Total Publication and Citations

I have published more than 40 articles in international refereed journals, such as Physical Review Letters and Physical Review B. My work has been cited more than 450 times. H-index 12.

Partial Publication List

15. John Mansir, Pierandrea Conti, Zaiping Zeng, Jarryd J Pla, Patrice Bertet, M. W. Swift, C. G. Van de Walle, M. L. W. Thewalt, B. Sklenard, Y.-M. Niquet, J. J. L Morton, “Linear hyperfine tuning of donor spins in silicon using hydrostatic strain”, Physical Review Letters 120, 167701 (2018).

14. J. J. Pla, A. Bienfait, G. Pica, J. Mansir, F. A. Mohiyaddin, Zaiping Zeng, Y.-M. Niquet, A. Morello, T. Schenkel, J. J. L Morton, P. Bertet, “Strain-induced spin-resonance shifts in silicon devices”, Physical Review Applied 9, 044014 (2018).

13. Florian Vigneau, Zaiping Zeng, Walter Escoffier, Philippe Caroff, Renaud Leturcq, Yann-Michel Niquet, Bertrand Raquet, Michel Goiran, “Anisotropic transport properties of quasi-ballistic InAs nanowires under high magnetic field”, Physical Review B 97, 125308 (2018). [Editors’ Suggestion]

12. Zaiping Zeng, François Triozon, Sylvain Barraud, Yann-Michel Niquet, “A Simple interpolation model for the carrier mobility in trigate and gate-all-around silicon NWFETs”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 64, 2485 (2017).

11. Zaiping Zeng, François Triozon, Yann-Michel Niquet, “Carrier scattering in high-κ/metal gate stacks”, Journal of Applied Physics 121, 114503 (2017).

10. Zaiping Zeng, Christos S. Garoufalis, Sotirios Baskoutas, Gabriel Bester, “Excitonic optical properties of wurtzite ZnS quantum dots under pressure”, The Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 114305 (2015).

9. Zaiping Zeng, Alexia Petoni, Christos S. Garoufalis, Sotirios Baskoutas, Gabriel Bester, “Near-band-edge exciton polarization change in ZnO nanowires”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, 1197 (2015).

8. Zaiping Zeng, Christos S. Garoufalis, Sotirios Baskoutas, “New insights in the excitonic emission of ZnS colloidal quantum dots”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118, 10502 (2014).

7. Zaiping Zeng, George Gorgolis, Christos S. Garoufalis, Sotirios Baskoutas, “Competition effects of electric and magnetic fields on impurity binding energy in a disc-shaped quantum dot in the presence of pressure and temperature”, Science of Advanced Materials 6, 586 (2014).

6. Zaiping Zeng, Christos S. Garoufalis, Andreas F. Terzis, Sotirios Baskoutas, “Linear and nonlinear optical Properties of ZnO/ZnS and ZnS/ZnO core shell quantum dots: Effects of shell thickness, impurities and dielectric environments”, Journal of Applied Physics 114, 023510 (2013).

5. Zaiping Zeng, Christos S. Garoufalis, Sotirios Baskoutas, Gabriel Bester, “Electronic and optical properties of ZnO quantum dots under hydrostatic pressure”, Physical Review B 87, 125302 (2013).

4. Zaiping Zeng, Emmanuel Paspalakis, Christos S. Garoufalis, Andreas F. Terzis, Sotirios Baskoutas, “Optical susceptibilities in singly charged ZnO colloidal quantum dots embedded in different dielectric matrices”, Journal of Applied Physics 113, 054303 (2013).

3. Sotirios Baskoutas, Zaiping Zeng, Christos S. Garoufalis, Gabriel Bester, “Tuning of the optical emission polarization of ZnO nanorods by an applied hydrostatic pressure”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 26592 (2012).

2. Zaiping Zeng, Christos S. Garoufalis, Sotirios Baskoutas, Andreas F. Terzis, “Tuning the binding energy of surface impurities in cylindrical GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots by a tilted magnetic field”, Journal of Applied Physics112, 064326 (2012).

1. Zaiping Zeng, Christos S. Garoufalis, Sotirios Baskoutas, “Combination effects of tilted electric and magnetic fields on donor binding energy in a GaAs/AlGaAs cylindrical quantum dot”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics45, 23102 (2012).

Lecturer

Xiaowei HUANG, Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials, Henan University

Email: huangxiaowei@henu.edu.cn

Working Experience：

03/2008 – Today: Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Henan University,  Associate Professor.

Educations:

PhD: 09/2002--12/2007, State Key Laboratory of Super hard Materials, Jilin University.

BSc: 09/1998-06/2002, Changchun University of Science and Technology.

Main Research Interests:

 (1) DFT calculations: Electronic Structure, Defects and Doping Physics in Semiconductors.

 (2)  Finite Element Analysis.

 (3)  Material Growth Simulation.

Total Publication

I have been granted with one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project. As important member, I have participated in 5 NSFC projects. Published more than 40 SCI papers.

Partial Publication List

1. Cong-xin Xia*, Juan Du, Xiao-wei Huang, Wen-bo Xiao, Wen-qi Xiong, Tian-xing Wang, Zhong-ming Wei, Yu Jia, Jun-jie Shi*, and Jing-bo Li*, Two-dimensional n-InSe/p-GeSe van der Waals heterojunctions : High carrier mobility and broadband performance, Physical Review B 97, 115416—1-9 (2018).

2. Dahu Chang, Chun-Yao Niu*, Xiaowei Huang, Qiang Sun, Jun-Hyung Cho, and Yu Jia*，Abnormal volumetric thermal expansion in the hourglass fermion materials KHgAs and KHgSb, Physical Review B 95, 104101 (2017).

3. Ke Chen*, Xiaowei Huang, Zhuoxi Zhang, Ai Du, Bin Zhou, Yin Xu, Zhengji Zhou, Yongqiang Wang，Low temperature pseudomorphic synthesis of nanocrystalline carbide aerogels for electrocatalysis，Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(22): 11745-11749  (2015).

4. Dongqiu Zhao, Xiaowei Huang, Baoli Tian, Shaomin Zhou, Yuncai Li*, and Zuliang Du*, The effect of electronegative difference on the electronic structure and visible light photocatalytic activity of N-doped anatase TiO2 by first-principles calculations, Applied Physics Letters, 98(16): 162107 (2011).

5. Baojia Wu, Xiaowei Huang, Yonghao Han, Chunxiao Gao*, Gang Peng, Cailong Liu, Yue Wang, Xiaoyan Cui, and Guangtian Zou，Finite element analysis of the effect of electrodes placement on accurate resistivity measurement in a diamond anvil cell with van der Pauw technique, Journal of Applied Physics, 107(7), 104903 (2010).

6. Mei Wang, Xiaowei Huang, Zuliang Du and Yuncai Li*, Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of a series of aluminum clusters doped with various transition metals, Chemical Physics Letters, 480(4-6): 258-264 (2009).

7. Mei Wang, Guoli Qiu, Xiaowei Huang, Zuliang Du and Yuncai Li*, Study of the size-dependent properties of ScnAl (n = 1–14) clusters by density-functional theory, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter,  21(4): 046004 (2009).

8. Xiaowei Huang, Chunxiao Gao, Yonghao Han, Ming Li, Chunyuan He, Aimin Hao, Dongmei Zhang, Cuiling Yu, and Guangtian Zou, Finite element analysis of resistivity measurement with van der Pauw method in a diamond anvil cell, Applied Physics Letters, 90 (242102): 242102-1~3 (2007).

9. Xiaowei Huang, Chunxiao Gao, Dongmei Zhang, Ming Li, Chunyuan He, Aimin Hao, Cuiling Yu, Chong Sang, Cailong Liu, Yue Wang, Rui Guan, Dongmei Li, and Guangtian Zou, Finite element analysis of the effect of electrode resistivity on resistivity measurement in a diamond anvil cell, Applied Physics Letters, 90(204102): 204102-1~3 (2007).

10. Xiaowei Huang, Chunxiao Gao, Ming Li, Chunyuan He, Aimin Hao, Dongmei Zhang, Cuiling Yu, Yue Wang, Chong Sang, Xiaoyan Cui, and Guangtian Zou, Finite element analysis of resistivity measurement with four point probe in a diamond anvil cell, Journal of Applied Physics, 101(064904): 064904-1~ 4 (2007).

Liangliang LIU, Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials, Henan University

Email: liuliangliang@henu.edu.cn

Working Experience：

07/2015 – Today: Associate Professor, Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Henan University.

11/2017 – 11/2018:  Postdoc, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.

Educations:

2010/09 - 2015/06 PhD, Condensed Matter Physics, Wuhan University.

2006/09 - 2010/06 BSc, Physics, Luoyang Normal college.

Research Interests

(1) The effects of defects on the TiO2 surface reactivity, surface diffusion and reactions

(2) Amorphous MOx nanocluster supported on 2D materials as catalysts for CO2 reduction

(3) First-principles calculation of electrical and magnetic properties of topological semimetal

Short-time Visits

2011/07-2012/01 Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University

2014/06-2014/12 State Nuclear Power Research Institute, Beijing

MAIN AWARDS

2014/10 Graduate National Scholarship, Wuhan University

Publications

1. Liangliang Liu, Qin Liu, Wei Xiao*, Chunxu Pan, Zhu Wang*: “O₂ adsorption and dissociation on an anatase (101) surface with a subsurface Ti interstitial”. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18 (2016) 4569 - 4576.

2. Liangliang Liu, Qin Liu, Zhu Wang*, Zheng Tang*: “Interstitial clusters on Σ=11(113) grain boundary in copper: geometry structure , stability, and ability to annihilate vacancies” Phys. Lett. A 380 (2016) 621 - 627.

3. Liangliang Liu, Qin Liu, Yongping Zheng, Zhu Wang, Chunxu Pan, Wei Xiao*: “O₂ Adsorption and Dissociation on a Hydrogenated Anatase (101) surface”. J. Phys. Chem. C. 118 (2014) 3471-3482.

4. Liangliang Liu, Zhu Wang, Chunxu Pan, Wei Xiao*, Kyeongjae Cho:“Effect of Hydrogen on O₂ Adsorption and Dissociation on a TiO₂ Anatase (001) Surface”. ChemPhysChem 14 (2013) 996 - 1002 (Wiley, Hot Topics).

5. Liangliang Liu, Zheng Tang, Wei Xiao, Zhu Wang*:“Self-healing mechanism of irradiation defects near Σ=11(113) grain boundary in copper” Materials Letters 19 (2013) 221 - 224.

6. Xiaodong Li, Liangliang Liu, Mingguang Wang, Zhu Wang*: “Adsorption and dissociation of O₂ on Ni-doped (5, 5) SWCNT: A DFT study”, Appl. Surf. Sci., 370 (2016) 6 - 10.

7. Yupeng Zhang, Weiping Li, Liangliang Liu, Chaozhi Yu, Delong Li, Chunxu Pan*:“High energy ouput nanogenerator based on reduced grapheme oxide” Nanoscale 7 (2015) 18147.

8. Delong Li, Wenhui Wu, Yupeng Zhang, Liangliang Liu, Chunxu Pan*: “Preparation of ZnO/graphene heterojunction via high temperature and its photocatalytic property” , J. Mater. Sci. 49 (2014) 1854 - 1860.

9. Jingtao Hou, Yuanzhi Li*, Liangliang Liu, Lu Ren, Xiujian Zhao:“Effect of Giant Oxygen Vacancy Defects on the Catalytic Oxidation of OMS-2 Nanorods” J. Mater. Chem. A 1 (2013) 6736-6741

10. Jingtao hou, Liangliang Liu, Yuanzhi Li*, et al. “Tuning the K+ Concentration in the Tunnel of OMS-2 Nanorods Leads to a Significant Enhancement of the Catalytic for the Benzene Oxidation” Environ. Sci. Technol. 47 (2013) 13730 – 13736

11. Xudong Xue, Liangliang Liu, Yichu Wu*, et al:“Room-temperature ferromagnetism in hydrogenated ZnO Nanoparticles” J. Appl. Phys. 115 (2014) 033902.

M Jiang, L. L. Liu, Z. Wang, Z. Q. Chen*:“Microstructure of ZnO-Li₂CO₃ compound studied by positron annihilation spectrocopy” Phys. Status Solidi A 211 (2014) 206 - 212.