Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Master in Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook
Bachelor in Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University
Teaching Area
Themed Studies on Materials, Fall 2024
Micro Nano Manufacturing Technology and Applications, Spring 2025
Micro Nano Processing and Micro Characterization Technology, Spring 2025
AI-MUST (AI for Science), Spring 2025
Research Area
Advanced functional materials and heterostructures (e.g, van der Waals semiconductors, perovskite oxide thin film, etc.)
Nano/microscale engineering to explore the structure-property correlations
Optoelectronic and spintronics devices
Professional Services
Conference Session Chair, Y68 Ferroics, APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago
Symposium Assistant, MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 2018, Boston
Invited Editor, Micromachines (MDPI) Special Issue “Processing and Applications of Novel Optical Metamaterials”, 2021 ~ 2023
Invited Editor, Micromachines (MDPI) Special Issue “Strain-Engineered Nanocomposites towards Multifunctionalities”, 2021 ~ 2023
Peer Reviewer, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Small Methods, Advanced Materials Interfaces, MRS Bulletin, Journal of Applied Physics, Thin Solid Films, Vacuum (Elsevier), etc.
Book Reviewer, Adaptronics – Smart Structures and Materials (Springer)
Working Experience
Aug. 2024 ~ present, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST
Jul. 2023 ~ Aug. 2024, Research Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Topological Physics, ShanghaiTech University
Aug. 2020 ~ Jun. 2023, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Academic Publication (selected)
2021-2024
1. X. Wang, K. Kim, B. K. Derby, T. McGuckin, G. A. Calderón, M. T. Pettes, J. Hwang, Y. Kim, J. Park, A. Chen, K. Kang, J. Yoo, Structural alignment of ZnO columns across multiple monolayer MoS2 layers as compliant substrates, Nanoscale 2024, 16, 11156
2. X. Wang, R. Kaufmann, A. C. Jones, R. Chen, T. Ahmed, M. T. Pettes, P. G. Kotula, I. Bilgin, Y. Wang, S. Kar, J. Yoo, Nucleation of hexagonal germanium on defect engineered monolayer MoS2, Materials Today Advances 2023, 19, 100401
3. X. Wang, J. Choi, J. Yoo, Y. J. Hong, Unveiling the mechanism of remote epitaxy of crystalline semiconductors on 2D materials-coated substrates. Nano Convergence 2023, 10, 40
4. X. Wang*, M. T. Pettes, Y. Wang, J. X. Zhu, R. Dhall, C. Song, J. Ciston, J. Yoo*, Enhanced exciton to trion conversion by proton irradiation of atomically thin WS2, Nano Letters 2023, 23, 3754
5. X. Wang, S. M. Thomas, J. K. Baldwin, S. Addamane, C. Sheehan, J. Yoo, Direct growth of crystalline SiGe nanowires on superconducting NbTiN thin films, Nanotechnology 2023, 34, 155705
6. X. Wang, Y.-C. Lin, C.-T. Tai, S. W. Lee, T.-M. Lu, S. H. R. Shin, S. J. Addamane, C. Sheehan, J.-Y. Li, Y. Kim, J. Yoo, Formation of tubular conduction channel in a SiGe(P)/Si core/shell nanowire heterostructure, APL Materials 2022, 10, 111108
7. X. Wang, J. Jian, H. Wang, J. Liu, Y. Pachaury, P. Lu, B. X. Rutherford, X. Gao, X. Xu, A. El-Azab, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Nitride-oxide-metal heterostructure with self-assembled core–shell nanopillar arrays: effect of ordering on magneto-optical properties, Small 2021, 17, 2007222
8. X. Wang, Z. Qi, J. Liu, H. Wang, X. Xu, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Strong interfacial coupling of tunable Ni–NiO nanocomposite thin films formed by self-decomposition, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 39730
9. X. Wang, J. Jian, H. Wang, J. Liu, Y. Pachaury, P. Lu, B. X. Rutherford, X. Gao, X. Xu, A. El-Azab, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Nitride-oxide-metal heterostructure with self-assembled core–shell nanopillar arrays: effect of ordering on magneto-optical properties, Small 2021, 17, 2007222
10. X. Wang, H. Wang, Recent advances in vertically aligned nanocomposites with tunable optical anisotropy: fundamentals and beyond, Chemosensors 2021, 9, 145
11. X. Wang, Y. Kim, J. K. Baldwin, A. C. Jones, J. Jeong, K. T. Kang, A. Chen, J. Yoo, Enhanced van der Waals epitaxy of germanium by out-of-plane dipole moment induced from transferred graphene on TiN/AlN multilayers, Journal of Applied Physics 2021, 130, 205301
12. F. Baiutti, F. Chiabrera, M. Acosta, D. Diercks, D. Parfitt, J. Santiso, X. Wang, A. Cavallaro, A. Morata, H. Wang, A. Chroneos, J. MacManus-Driscoll, A. Tarancon, A high-entropy manganite in an ordered nanocomposite for long-term application in solid oxide cells, Nature Communications 2021, 12, 2660
2018-2020
13. X. Wang, H. Wang, J. Jian, B. X. Rutherford, X. Gao, X. Xu, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Metal-free oxide-nitride heterostructure as a tunable hyperbolic metamaterial platform, Nano Letters 2020, 20, 6614
14. X. Wang, X. Ma, E. Shi, P. Lu, L. Dou, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Large-scale plasmonic hybrid framework with built-in nanohole array as multifunctional optical sensing platforms, Small 2020, 16, 1906459
15. X. Wang, J. Choi, J. Liu, O. Malis, X. Li, P. Bermel, X. Zhang, H. Wang, 3D hybrid trilayer heterostructure: tunable Au nanorods and optical properties, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 45015
16. X. Wang, H. Wang, Self-assembled nitride–metal nanocomposites: recent progress and future prospects, Nanoscale 2020, 12, 20564
17. L. Peng, X. Wang, I. Coropceanu, A. B. Martinson, H. Wang, D. V. Talapin, X. Ma, Titanium nitride modified photoluminescence from single semiconductor nanoplatelets, Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30, 1904179
18. G. Di Martino, A. Demetriadou, W. Li, D. Kos, B. Zhu, X. Wang, B. de Nijs, H. Wang, J. MacManus Driscoll, J. J. Baumberg, Real-time in situ optical tracking of oxygen vacancy migration in memristors, Nature Electronics 2020, 3, 687
19. X. Wang, J. Jian, Z. Zhou, C. Fan, Y. Dai, L. Li, J. Huang, J. Sun, A. Donohue, P. Bermel, X. Zhang, H.-T. Chen, H. Wang, Self-assembled Ag–TiN hybrid plasmonic metamaterial: tailorable tilted nanopillar and optical properties, Advanced Optical Materials 2019, 7, 1801180
20. X. Wang, J. Jian, S. Diaz-Amaya, C. E. Kumah, P. Lu, J. Huang, D. G. Lim, V. G. Pol, J. P. Youngblood, A. Boltasseva, L. A. Stanciu, D. M. O'Carroll, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Hybrid plasmonic Au–TiN vertically aligned nanocomposites: a nanoscale platform towards tunable optical sensing, Nanoscale Advances 2019, 1, 1045
21. X. Wang, T. Nguyen, Y. Cao, J. Jian, O. Malis, H. Wang, AlN-based hybrid thin films with self-assembled plasmonic Au and Ag nanoinclusions, Applied Physics Letters 2019, 114, 023103
22. J. Li, J. Cho, J. Ding, H. Charalambous, S. Xue, H. Wang, X. L. Phuah, J. Jian, X. Wang, C. Ophus, T. Tsakalakos, R. E. García, A. K. Mukherjee, N. Bernstein, C. S. Hellberg, H. Wang, X. Zhang, Nanoscale stacking fault–assisted room temperature plasticity in flash-sintered TiO2, Science Advances 2019, 5, eaaw5519
23. J. Huang# & X. Wang#, N. L. Hogan, S. Wu, P. Lu, Z. Fan, Y. Dai, B. Zeng, R. Starko-Bowes, J. Jian, H. Wang, L. Li, R. P. Prasankumar, D. Yarotski, M. Sheldon, H.-T. Chen, Z. Jacob, X. Zhang, H. Wang, Nanoscale artificial plasmonic lattice in self-assembled vertically aligned nitride–metal hybrid metamaterials, Advanced Science 2018, 5, 1800416
24. S. Cho, C. Yun, Y. S. Kim, H. Wang, J. Jian, W. Zhang, J. Huang, X. Wang, H. Wang, J. L. Driscoll, Strongly enhanced dielectric and energy storage properties in lead-free perovskite titanate thin films by alloying, Nano Energy 2018, 45, 398
25. Y. S. Kim, J. Song, C. Hwang, X. Wang, H. Wang, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, H.-K. Song, S. Cho, Nanoporous films and nanostructure arrays created by selective dissolution of water-soluble materials, Advanced Science 2018, 5, 1800851
Research Grants
2022.01 -- 2022.10 Probing Dynamic Interfacial Reactions of Cross-Sectional Van der Waals Heterostructures, DOE-LDRD-IMS Rapid Response 2022-RND-1 Grant
2021.08 -- 2023.06 Irradiation of Two-Dimensional Semiconductors: Correlating Defect Engineering with Optical Properties, DOE-LDRD Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow Grant
Patents
U.S. Patent 62/959,944, Large-Scale Plasmonic Hybrid Framework with Built-in Nanohole Arrays as Multifunctional Optical Sensing Platforms
U.S. Patent 62/970,948, Method of Fabricating Metal-Nitride Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites
Professional Certification and Awards
The 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, College of Engineering, Purdue University
Ovshinsky Student Travel Grant Award, American Physical Society, APS March Meeting 2020
Certificate for CompleteEASE Analysis Fundamental Short Course, J.A.Woollam, Co., Seattle, Jul. 2019
Conference & Presentations
ALDPS Monthly Leadership Meeting, Irradiation of Two-Dimensional Semiconductors: Correlating Defect Engineering with Optical Properties Los Alamos National Laboratory, January 2023 (Virtual), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Jan. 2023
MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Nucleation of Hexagonal Germanium Grains on Defect Engineered MoS2 Monolayers, Boston, Nov. 2022
IMS Rapid Response Roundup 2022, Probing Interfacial and Edge Dynamics of Van der Waals Based Heterostructures, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oct. 2022
MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Control of Optical Properties via Ion Irradiation of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Honolulu, May 2022
MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit (Virtual), Metallic-dielectric multilayers as substrates of van der Waals epitaxy, Dec. 2021
MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (Virtual), Self-assembled multi-phase heterostructure for enhanced magneto-optical anisotropy, Apr. 2021
APS March Meeting (Virtual), Large-scale nitride-based metamaterial framework towards plasmonic sensing, Mar. 2020
MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Tunable hybrid metal-nitride metamaterial framework towards plasmonic sensing and nanophotonic device integration, Boston, Dec. 2019
MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Self-assembled metal-nitride hybrid plasmonic metamaterial towards tunable optical properties, Boston, Dec. 2018
Young Researcher Symposium, Optimization of CVD grown boron phosphide thin film, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Nov. 2015
