Center for Irradiation of Materials
Alabama A&M University Phone: (256) 372-5679
P. O. Box 1447 Fax: (256) 372-5868
Normal, AL-35762-1447 Email xiao@cim.aamu.edu.
Educational Background
June, 2004 – Ph. D. Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati.
June, 1992 – M. S. Physics, East China Normal University, China.
June, 1989 – B. S. Physics, Pingxiang Educational Institute, China.
Employment/Professional Experience
Feb. 2004 – present: Research Associate, Center for Irradiation of Materials, Alabama A&M University.
Aug. 1998 – Jan. 2004: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati.
Jul. 1992 – Jul. 1998: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Professional Activities
• Reviewer for Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters .
• Referee for International Conference on Metallurgical Coating & Thin Film ( ICMCTF 2003 ) in San Diego, California.
Affiliation
• Member of American Physics Society (APS).
• Member of American Vacuum Society (AVS).
• Member of Materials Research Society (MRS).
Publications in Journals
Z. G. Xiao and T. D. Mantei, “Plasma-Assisted Growth of Bilayer Silicon-Containing Coatings for Hardness and Corrosion”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A , 22 , 1124-1128 (2004).
Z. G. Xiao and T. D. Mantei, “ Deposition of Hard Metal Nitride-Like Coatings in an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Discharge” , Surf. Coat. Technol. 177-178 , 189-193 (2004).
Z. G. Xiao, “ Robust and Inexpensive Thermal Vaporizer for Low-Vapor Pressure Liquids” , Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 , 3879-3880 (2003).
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” , J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A. 21 , 1064-1068 (2003).
Z. G. Xiao and T. D. Mantei, “ Plasma-Assisted Deposition of Silicon Nitride-Like Coatings from Hexamethyldisiloxane and Ammonia” , Surf. Coat. Technol. 172 , 184-188 (2003).
Z. G. Xiao, “Exciton Binding Energy in Spherical Quantum Dots in a Magnetic Field” , J. Appl. Phys. 86 , 4509-4513 (1999).
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 Microstruct. 19 , 137-149 (1996).
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” , J. Appl. Phys. 79 , 9181-9185 (1996).
Z. G. Xiao, J. Q. Zhu, and F. L. He, “Impurity Binding-Energy of a Cylindrical Quantum Wire in a Magnetic Field” , Phys. Status Solidi B 191 , 401-408 (1995).
Presentations in Conferences
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.
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.
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.
Z. G. Xiao, “ Exciton States in Finite GaAs/Al x Ga 1-x As Parabolic Quantum Wells” , present in Annual APS March Meeting 2003 in Austin, Texas.
References
Available upon request.