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Dr. Zhigang Xiao


Research Associate

Phone: 256-372-5679

Fax: 256-372-5855

E-Mail: xiao@cim.aamu.edu

zhigang.xiao@email.aamu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Electrical Engineering
Alabama A&M University
269 Engineering & Technology Bldg
Normal, AL 35762

Education

University of Cincinnati ,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering June 2004
East China Normal University,Department of Physics
M.S. in Physics June 1992

Appointments

Assistant Professor , Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL Jan. 2005 – present
Department of Electrical Engineering

Research Associate , Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL Feb. 2004 – Dec. 2004
Research Institute

Graduate Research Assistant , University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Sept. 1998 – Jan. 2004
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science

Assistant Professor , Tongji University, Shanghai, China June 1992 – Aug. 1998
Department of Physics

Publications

  1. Z.G. Xiao, R.L. Zimmerman, L.R. Holland, B. Zheng, C.I. Muntele, and D. Ila, “Nanoscale Bi xTe 3/Sb 2Te 3 Multilayer Thin Film Materials for Reducing Thermal Conductivity”, to appear, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research—B .
  2. Z.G. Xiao, R.L. Zimmerman, L.R. Holland, B. Zheng, C.I. Muntele, and D. Ila, “MeV Si Ion Bombardments of Thermoelectric Bi xTe 3/Sb 2Te 3 Multilayer Thin Films for Reducing Thermal Conductivity”, to appear, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research—B .
  3. Z.G. Xiao and T.D. Mantei, “Plasma Assisted Growth of Bilayer Silicon-Containing Coatings for Hardness and Corrosion”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology—A, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 1124-1128, 2004.
  4. Z.G. Xiao and T.D. Mantei, “Deposition of Hard Metal Nitride-Like Coatings in an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Discharge”, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 177-178, pp. 389-393, 2004.
  5. Z.G. Xiao, “Robust and Inexpensive Thermal Vaporizer for Low-Vapor Pressure Liquids”, Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 74, No. 8, pp. 3879-3880, 2003.
  6. Y. Qi, Z.G. Xiao, and T.D. Mantei, “Comparison of Silicon Dioxide Layers Grown from Three Polymethylsiloxane Precursors in a High-Density Oxygen Plasma”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology—A, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 1064-1068, 2003.
  7. Z.G. Xiao and T.D. Mantei, “Plasma-Assisted Deposition of Silicon Nitride-Like Coatings from Hexamethyldisiloxane and Ammonia”, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 172, No. 2-3, pp. 184-188, 2003.
  8. Z.G. Xiao, “Exciton Binding Energy in Spherical Quantum Dots in a Magnetic Field”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 86, No. 8, pp. 4509-4514 (1999).
  9. Z.G. Xiao, J.Q. Zhu, and F.L. He, “Effect of the Parabolic Potential on the Binding Energy of a Hydrogenic Impurity in a Spherical Quantum Dot”, Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 137-149, 1996.
  10. Z.G. Xiao, J.Q. Zhu, and F.L. He, “Magnetic Field Dependence of the Binding Energy of a Hydrogenic Impurity in a Spherical Quantum Dot”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 79, No. 12, pp. 9181-9187 (1996).
  11. Z.G. Xiao, J.Q. Zhu, and F.L. He, “Impurity Binding-Energy of a Cylindrical Quantum Wire in a Magnetic Field”, Physica Status Solidi B, Vol. 191, No. 2, pp. 401-408 (1995).

Conference presentations:

  1. Z.G. Xiao, R.L. Zimmerman, C.I. Muntele, and D. ILA, “Multi-Functional Nanolayered Nanoscale Crystals Obtained by Co-Evaporation Followed by Mev Si Ion Bombardment”, present in MRS 2005 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California.
  2. Z.G. Xiao, R.L. Zimmerman, I.C. Muntele, B. Zheng, and D. ILA, “Mev Si Ion Bombardment Induced Thermal Conductivity Reduction of Nano-Scale Bi 2Te 3/Sb 2Te 3 Multilayer Thin Films”, present in MRS 2005 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California.
  3. Z.G. Xiao, R.L. Zimmerman, L.R. Holland, B. Zheng, and D. ILA, “ Synthesis of Nano-Scale Bi 2Te 3/Sb 2Te 3 Multilayer Thin Films by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition for Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion Application”, present in IBMM 2004 in Monterey, California.
  4. Z.G. Xiao, R.L. Zimmerman, L.R. Holland, B. Zheng, and D. ILA, “Growth of Nanoscale Thermoelectric Bi 2Te 3/Sb 2Te 3 Multilayer Thin Films by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition (IBAD) ”, present in CAARI 2004 in Fort Worth, Texas.
  5. Z.G. Xiao and T.D. Mantei, “ Plasma-Enhanced Deposition of Silicon and Metal Oxynitride Films in a High-Density Ammonia Discharge”, present in AVS 50th International Symposium (November 2003) in Baltimore, Maryland.
  6. Z.G. Xiao, Y. Qi, and T.D. Mantei, “ Plasma-Enhanced Deposition of Hard Corrosion-Resistant Multilayered Coatings from Organosilicon Precursors”, present in International Conference on Metallurgical Coating & Thin Film (ICMCTF 2003) in San Diego, California.
  7. Z.G. Xiao and T.D. Mantei, “ Deposition of Hard Metal Nitride-Like Coatings (TiN, ZrN, and CrN) in an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Discharge”, present in International Conference on Metallurgical Coating & Thin Film (ICMCTF 2003) in San Diego, California.
  8. Z.G. Xiao, “ Exciton States in Finite GaAs/Al xGa 1-xAs Parabolic Quantum Wells”, present in Annual APS March Meeting 2003 in Austin, Texas.

Professional Service

Technical reviewer for Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letter; member of IEEE, APS, AVS, and MRS.

 
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