Xu Jianbin
Jianbin Xu is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Electronic Engineering and Director of the Material Science and Technology Research Center at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also Academic Vice President of the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, one of the major research institutes under Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Education
Xu graduated from Nanjing University in 1983 and attained a research master's degree under the supervision of from Nanjing University in 1986. From 1988 to 1993, he studied at the University of Konstanz in Germany for Doctor of Natural Science. His supervisor,, was a member of the German National Academy of Sciences. During his PhD study, he focused on nanoscience and nanotechnology, especially scanning probe microscopy and near-field microscopy as well as their applications in energy transport and processes associated with electrons. Since graduation, he has been affiliated with the Department of Electronic Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.Honors and Awards
The Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards in the category of Natural Sciences, by Ministry of Education, China. 中华人民共和国教育部2014年度高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖二等奖Joint Research Fund for Overseas and Hong Kong-Macao Scholars, National Science Foundation of China. 海外及港澳学者合作研究基金
Chang Jiang Scholar and Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, China. 中华人民共和国教育部长江学者讲座教授
Vice-Chancellor's Outstanding Fellow of Engineering, CUHK. 香港中文大学工程学院杰出学者校长奖
Research Excellence Awards, CUHK. 香港中文大学卓越研究奖
Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Fellow of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
Foreign Fellow of
Optica Fellow
Highly Cited Researcher multiple times by Clarivate Analytics
Professional and Editorial Activities
Council Member of the ;Deputy Chairman of ;
Editor of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices;
Editorial Board of ;
Associate Editor of Science Bulletin ;
Member of Editorial Board of ACS Nano, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices and npj 2D Materials and Applications;
Referee of more than 30 scientific and technical journals, including Nature offspring journals, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, IEEE Journals, ACS Nano, etc.
Research interests and attainments
Scanning probe microscopy, and advanced electronic materials, especially in the transport properties and device physics of carbon-based optoelectronic thin film materials, the preparation and characterization of oxide-based low-dimensional nanostructures, the interface properties of silicon-compound-based ultrathin gate insulating layers, novel scanning probe techniques, plasmonic nanophotonics, nano-characteristics of ferroelectric materials, nanoscale thermal conduction, and atomic force microscopy of crystallographic morphology.Major attainments include the insightful understanding of the interaction of graphene with silicon dioxide substrate, especially carrier transport properties and scattering mechanisms; achieving the highest carrier mobility of graphene on silicon dioxide at room temperature; growth of graphene and other 2D layered materials both experimentally and theoretically; and the development of high-quality graphene growth; the advances in high-performance graphene-based broadband photodetectors; the transport properties of organic semiconductor thin films and monocrystalline crystals, the interface properties of oxide-based semiconductor thin films; the development of high-k dielectric layers for the fabrication of low-cost and low-voltage organic transistors.
Projects and conferences
Xu has held more than 50 research projects as PI. He secured Joint Research Fund for Overseas and Hong Kong and Macao Scholars in 2009 and 2011 under NSFC, along with Joint Research Fund Scheme under the auspices of NSFC and Hong Kong Research Grants Council in 2007 and 2012, Collaborative Research Fund under the auspices of RGC in 2008, etc. At the same time, as one of the main participants, Xu has planned and implemented the project entitled "Smart Solar Energy Harvesting, Storage and Utilization" funded by RGC Theme Research Fund in 2013, and the "Innovative Research Team of Advanced Electronic Packaging Materials" under the auspices of Guangdong Province in 2012. In the past five years or so, he has been largely engaged in carbon-based optoelectronic thin film materials and devices, organic optoelectronic materials and devices, oxide-based materials and devices, plasmonic nanophotonics, low-dimensional semiconductor materials and devices, high thermal conductivity materials, perovskite optoelectronic materials and devices. So far he has more than 600 papers published in SCI journals, and received more than 35,000 citations by peers. Besides, he has delivered more than 300 presentations at international conferences and colloquia. Xu has actively participated in and organized various academic activities. He has also assisted in organizing various international conferences and technical seminars, including the 6th International Conference in Asia under the auspices of the International Union of Materials Research Societies Union in 2000, the 8th International Conference of Electronic Materials under the auspices of the International Union of Materials Research Societies in 2002, and the IEEE Conference on Electronic Devices in Hong Kong in 2003, International Conference on Solid State Electronic Circuits in 2005 and 2008, International Symposium on Frontiers of Nanophotonics in 2005, China International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology in 2009, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in 2011, Croucher Advanced Study Institute on Printed Electronics in 2013, International Graphene Innovation Conference in 2014, IEDM/IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting in 2014 and 2015, Gordon Research Conference in 2018, etc.Selected articles
J.B. Xu, K. Läuger, R. Möller, K. Dransfeld, I. Wilson, Heat transfer between two metallic surfaces at small distances, Journal of Applied Physics, 76 7209-7216.J.B. Xu, K. Läuger, R. Möller, K. Dransfeld, I. Wilson, Energy-exchange processes by tunneling electrons, Applied Physics A, 59 155-161.
J.B. Xu, B. Koslowski, R. Möller, K. Läuger, K. Dransfeld, I. Wilson, Proposal to study the thermopower produced by a vacuum‐tunneling junction, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 12 2156-2160.
L. Tong, Z. Peng, R. Lin, Z. Li, Y. Wang, X. Huang, K.H. Xue, H. Xu, F. Liu, H. Xia, P. Wang, M. Xu, W. Xiong, W.D. Hu*, J.B. Xu, X. Zhang, L. Ye*, X.S. Miao, 2D materials–based homogeneous transistor-memory architecture for neuromorphic hardware, Science, 373 1353-1358.
X. Wang, Z. Cheng, K. Xu, H.K. Tsang*, J.B. Xu*, High-responsivity graphene/silicon-heterostructure waveguide photodetectors, Nature Photonics, 7 888-891.
K. Yan, M. Long, T. Zhang, Z. Wei, H. Chen, S. Yang*, J.B. Xu*, Hybrid halide perovskite solar cell precursors: colloidal chemistry and coordination engineering behind device processing for high efficiency, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 4460-4468.
L. Ye, H. Li, Z. Chen, J.B. Xu*, Near-infrared photodetector based on MoS2/black phosphorus heterojunction, ACS Photonics, 3 692-699.
X. Zeng, J. Sun, Y. Yao, R. Sun*, J.B. Xu*, C.P. Wong, A combination of boron nitride nanotubes and cellulose nanofibers for the preparation of a nanocomposite with high thermal conductivity, ACS Nano, 11 5167-5178.
K. Chen, X. Wan, W. Xie, J. Wen, Z. Kang, X. Zeng, H. Chen, J.B. Xu*, Lateral built‐in potential of monolayer MoS2–WS2 in‐plane heterostructures by a shortcut growth strategy, Advanced Materials, 27 6431-6437.
T. Liang, K. Xu, E. Lindgren, Z. Chen, R. Zhao, J. Liu, B. Tang, B. Zhang, Y. Wang, K. Song, P. Ying, N. Xu, H. Dong, S.D.* Chen, P. Erhart*, Z.Y. Fan*, T. Ala-Nissila, J.B. Xu*, NEP89: Universal neuroevolution potential for inorganic and organic materials across 89 elements, arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.21286,.
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