Division of Materials Technology

Nanyang Assistant Professor Chen Xiaodong

Email: chenxd@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65) 6513 7350
Office: N4.1-02-16
Related Links: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/chenxd

Current Research Interests
Currently, Dr. Chen's research focuses on three directions: (1) Nanobioelectronics: to develop integrated nanostructure-biomaterial hybrid systems for bioelectronics and probe biological processes at the nanoscale; (2) Bioinspired assembly: to mimic methods used by nature for interfacing organic and non-organic material and building hierarchical structures with advanced functions, and (3) Nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage: to explore nanoscale modules for light harvesting, charge separation, solar energy conversion, and storage.   

Biographical Information
Dr. Chen obtained his BS degree in chemistry (honors) from Fuzhou University in China in 1999 and MS degree in physical chemistry (honors) from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the guidance of Prof. Minghua Liu in 2002. After that, he moved to University of Münster in Germany and obtained his PhD degree in biochemistry (Summa Cum Laude) under the direct of Prof. Harald Fuchs and Prof. Lifeng Chi. In 2006, he joined prof. Chad Mirkin's group at Northwestern University as postdoctoral fellow.                           

Selected Publications

Chen, X.; Li, S.; Xue, C.; Banholzer, M. J.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A. “Plasmonic Superfocusing of Rod-sheath heteronanostructures” ACS Nano. 2009, in press (10.1021/nn800695u).

Chen, X.; Jeon, Y.-M.; Jang, J.-W.; Qin, L.; Huo, F.; Wei, W.; Mirkin, C. A. “On-wire lithography-based molecular transport junctions: a new testbed for molecular electronics” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 8166-8168.

Chen, X.; Hirtz, M.; Rogach, A. L.; Talapin, D. V.; Fuchs, H.; Chi, L. “Correlating dynamics and selectivity in adsorption of semiconductor nanocrystals onto a self-organized pattern” Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 3483-3488.

Chen, X.; Lenhert, S.; Hirtz, M.; Lu, N.; Fuchs, H.; Chi, L. “Langmuir-Blodgett patterning: a way to build mesoscopic structure on the surface from bottom-up” Acc. Chem. Res. 2007, 40, 393-401.

Chen, X.; Rogach, A. L.; Talapin, D. V.; Fuchs, H.; Chi, L. “Hierarchical luminescence patterning based on multiscaled self-assembly” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 9592-9593.

Chen, X.; Hirtz, M.; Fuchs, H.; Chi, L. “Self-organized patterning: regular and spatially tunable luminescent submicrometer stripes over large areas” Adv. Mater. 2005, 17, 2881-2885.