Xudong Wang Assistant Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest Publications Awards & Honors Openings For additional information, see my

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213 Materials Science & Engineering 1509 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1595

Tel: 608/890-2667 Fax: 608/262-8353 E-mail: xudong@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Materials Science and Engineering

• Materials Science Program

Education

• Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005
• M.E. Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, China, 2001
• B. S. Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China, 1998

Fields of Interest

• Nanomaterials growth and characterization
• Piezoelectric nanostructures and nanodevices for energy harvesting
• Nanodevices for sensors, optoelectronics, and biomedical devices

Publications

• Selected Journal Publication
  1. J. Shi, S. Grutzik, X.D. Wang "Zn Cluster Drifting Effect for the Formation of ZnO 3D Nanoarchitecture" ACS Nano 3, 1594-1602 (2009). (+ cover)
  2. Y. Qin,* X.D. Wang* (*equally contributed) and Z.L. Wang "Microfibre-nanowire hybrid structure for energy scavenging", Nature 451, 809-813 (2008).
  3. X.D. Wang, J.H. Song, J. Liu and Z.L. Wang "Direct-Current Nanogenerator Driven by Ultrasonic Waves", Science 316, 102-105 (2007).
  4. Z.L. Wang, X.D. Wang, J.H. Song, J. Liu and Y.F. Gao "Piezoelectric Nanogenerator", IEEE Pervasive Computing 7, 49-55 (2008). (invited review article)
  5. X.D. Wang, J. Liu, J.H. Song and Z.L. Wang "Integrated Nanogenerators in Biofluid", Nano Lett. 7, 2475-2479 (2007).
  6. X.D. Wang, J. Zhou, C.S. Lao, J.H. Song, N.S. Xu and Z.L. Wang "In-Situ Field Emission of Density Controlled ZnO Nanowire Arrays", Adv. Mater. 19, 1627-1631 (2007).
  7. X.D. Wang, J. Song and Z.L. Wang "Nanowire and Nanobelt Arrays of ZnO - from synthesis to properties and to novel devices", J. Mater. Chem. 17, 711-720 (2007). (invited review article + cover)
  8. X.D. Wang, J. Zhou, J.H. Song, J. Liu, N.S. Xu and Z.L. Wang, "Piezoelectric-Field Effect Transistor and Nano-Force-Sensor Based on a Single ZnO Nanowire", Nano Lett. 6, 2768-2772 (2006).
  9. J.H. Huang*, X.D. Wang* (*equally contributed) and Z.L. Wang, "Controlled Replication of Butterfly Wings for Achieving Tunable Photonic Properties", Nano Lett. 6, 2325-2331 (2006).
  10. X. Feng, D.C. Sayle, Z.L. Wang, M.S. Paras, B. Santora, A.C. Sutorik, T.X.T. Sayle, Y. Yang, Y. Ding, X.D. Wang, Y.S. Her "Converting Ceria Polyhedral Nanoparticles into Single-Crystal Nanospheres", Science 312, 1504-1508 (2006).
  11. X.D. Wang, J.H.Song and Z.L. Wang "Single Crystal Nanocastles of ZnO", Chem. Phys. Lett. 424, 86-90 (2006).
  12. X.D. Wang, J.H. Song, C.J. Summers, J.H. Ryou, P. Li, R.D. Dupuis and Z.L. Wang "Density-Controlled Growth of Aligned ZnO Nanowires Sharing a Common Contact: A Simple, Low-Cost, and Mask-Free Technique for Large-Scale Applications", J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 7720-7724 (2006).
  13. X.D. Wang, C.S. Lao, E. Graugnard, C.J. Summers and Z.L. Wang "Large-Size Liftable Inverted-Nanobowl Sheets as Reusable Masks for Nanolithiography", Nano Lett., 5, 1784-1788 (2005).
  14. X.D. Wang, C. Neff, E. Graugnard, Y. Ding, J.S. King, L.A. Pranger, R. Tannenbaum, Z.L. Wang and C.J. Summers "Photonic Crystals Fabricated Using Patterned Nanorods Arrays", Adv. Mater., 17 , 2103-2106 (2005).
  15. X.D. Wang, J. Song, P. Li, J. H. Ryou, R. D. Dupuis, C. J. Summers and Z. L.Wang "Growth of Uniformly Aligned ZnO Nanowire Heterojunction Arrays on GaN, AlN, and Al0.5Ga0.5N Substrates", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 7920-7923 (2005).
  16. X.D. Wang, C. J. Summers and Z. L. Wang "Self-attraction among Aligned Au/ZnO Nanorods under Electron Beam", Appl. Phys. Lett., 86 , 013111 (2005).
  17. X.D. Wang, E. Graugnard, J. S. King, Z. L. Wang, and C. J. Summers "Large-Scale Fabrication of Ordered Nanobowl Arrays", Nano Lett., 4, 2223-2226 (2004).
  18. X.D. Wang, C. J. Summers, Z. L. Wang "Mesoporous Single-Crystal ZnO Nanowires Epitaxially Sheathed with Zn2SiO4", Adv. Mater., 16, 1215-1218 (2004).
  19. X.D. Wang, Y. Ding, C. J. Summers, and Z. L. Wang "Large-Scale Synthesis of Six-Nanometer-Wide ZnO Nanobelts", J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 8773-8777 (2004).
  20. X.D. Wang, C. J. Summers, and Z. L. Wang "Large-scale Hexagonal-Patterned Growth of Aligned ZnO Nanorods for Nano-optoelectronics and Nanosensor Arrays", Nano Lett., 4, 423-426 (2004).
  21. X.D. Wang, P. Gao, J. Li, C.J. Summers, and Z.L. Wang "Rectangular Porous ZnO-ZnS Nanocables and ZnS Nanotubes", Adv. Mater., 14, 1732-1735 (2002).
• Book Chapters
  1. X.D. Wang and Z. L. Wang "Photonic Crystals and Devices" Chapter 10 in Advanced Scanning Microscopy for Nanotechnology, ed. W. L. Zhou and Z. L. Wang, Springer, New York (2006).
  2. Z. L. Wang, X.D. Wang and R. P. Gao "Nanotubes, Nanowires and Nanobelts", in Microsystems and Nanotechnology, ed. Z. Y. Zhou, R. Zhu and Z. L. Wang, Science Publisher, Beijing, (2006).
  3. X.D. Wang and Z.L. Wang "Nanobelts and Nanowires of Functional Oxides", Chapter 4 in Nanoengineering of Structural, Functional and Smart Materials, ed. Mark.J.Schulz, CRC Press (2005).

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Ross Coffin Purdy Award, American Ceramic Society (2009)
• KAUST Research Fellow (2008)
• Sigma Xi Best Faculty Paper Award, Georgia Tech (2008)
• Young Innovators Under 35 Award (TR35) by Technology Review Magazine (2007)

Openings

• Looking for motivated undergraduate students who are interested in nanomaterial synthesis.

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