The Xiong group at FSU conducts experimental condensed matter research in the following areas:
Mesoscale Physics
- quantum phase transitions and fluctuation effects in 2D and 1D superconducting systems
- semiconductor nanowire and carbon nanotube devices
- nano magnetism
Correlated Electron Physics
Magnetotransport and tunneling spectroscopy studies of materials with strong electronic and magnetic correlation.
Spintronics
- spin-polarized transport in ferromagnet(FM)/normal metal, FM/superconductor, and FM/semiconductor hybrid structures
- magnetic semiconductors
- spin injection and detection.
Organic/Solid-State Hybrid Nanostructures
- magnetically- and electrically-based nanoscale biosensors
- nanoscale bio-mechanical devices
- electron transport at organic/solid-state interfaces
- molecular template-directed self-assembly of nanostructures
News
Jorge Barreda Dissertation Defense
Fabrication and Characterization of Heterogeneous Nanowires
Jorge's Paper Published in Applied Materials & Interfaces
Congratulations to Jorge on the publication in Applied Materials & Interfaces - Multiple Schottky Barrier-Limited Field-Effect Transistors on a Single Silicon Nanowire with an Intrinsic Doping Gradient
Tim Keiper Dissertation Defense
Surface Modification for Improved Design and Functionality of Nanostructured Materials and Devices
APS March Meeting 2017 Talks
Jorge Barreda: In situ growth and electrical measurement of metal nanowires on DNA wire templates
Konstantinos Kountouriotis: Systematic study of spin transport in Si nanowires with axial doping gradient
Tianhan Liu: Molecular Patterning and Directed Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles on GaAs
Tim's Paper Published in Nanotechnology
Congratulations to Tim on the publication in Nanotechnology - Modulation of electronic properties of tin oxide nanobelts via thermal control of surface oxygen defects