Name: Xiao Zheng (郑晓)

Address: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)Anhui, Hefei 230026, P. R. China

Tel:86-551-63600310(O)

E-mail:xz58@ustc.edu.cn

Office: Room 1305-1, Teaching and Research Building of Material Science

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1998-2002  B.Sc. in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, USTC

2002-2006  Ph.D. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong

2007-2009  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2008-2009  Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Duke University

2008-2010  Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Duke University

2010-now  Professor, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, USTC

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical chemical physics, including:

1. Development of density functional theory for nanoscopic systems

2. Development of fundamental theory of quantum dissipative dynamic systems, and its numerical methods with various applications

3. Large-scale quantum mechanical simulation of complex molecular systems

4. First-principles method for open systems, and its application to nanoelectronics, photovoltaics, field-emission, and optical responses

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Xiao Zheng, Aron J. Cohen, Paula Mori-Sánchez, Xiangqian Hu, and Weitao Yang, Improving band gap prediction in density functional theory from molecules to solids , Phys. Rev. Lett. in press (2011).

2. Xiao Zheng, ChiYung Yam, Fan Wang, and GuanHua Chen, Existence of time-dependent density-functional theory for open electronic systems: Time-dependent holographic electron density theorem , Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. in press (2011).

3. Xiao Zheng, GuanHua Chen, Yan Mo, SiuKong Koo, Heng Tian, ChiYung Yam, and Yiling Yan, Time-dependent density functional theory for quantum transport, J. Chem. Phys. 133, 114101 (2010).

4. Xiao Zheng, San-Huang Ke, and Weitao Yang, Conductive junctions with parallel grapheme sheets , J. Chem. Phys. 132, 114703 (2010)

5. Xiao Zheng, Jinshuang Jin, Sven Welack, Meng Luo, and Yiling Yan, Numerical approach to time-dependent quantum transport and dynamical Kondo transition , J. Chem. Phys. 130, 164708 (2009).

6. Yan Mo, Xiao Zheng, GuanHua Chen, and Yiling Yan, Transient electronic dynamics of noninteracting open systems beyond linear response , J. Phys: Condens. Matter 21, 355301 (2009).

7. Xiao Zheng, Jinshuang Jin, and Yiling Yan, Dynamic Coulomb blockade in single-lead quantum dots , New J. Phys. 10, 093016(2008).

8. Xiao Zheng, Jinshuang lin, and Yiling Yan, Dynamic electronic response of a quantum dot driven by time-dependent voltage , J.Chem. Phys. 129, 184112 (2008).

9. Xiao Zheng, Fan Wang, ChiYung Yam, Yan Mo, and GuanHua Chen, Time-dependent density-functional theory for open systems, Phys. Rev. B 75, 195127 (2007).

10.  Xiao Zheng, GuanHua Chen, Zhibing Li, Shaozhi Deng, and Ningsheng Xu, Quantum mechanical investigation of field emission mechanism of a micrometer-long single-walled carbon nanotube , Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 106803 (2004).