Publications

Year 2024

Accidental bound states in the continuum in acoustic resonators with rotating obstacles

Yin, Y., Duan, Q., Zhu, S., Li, J., Xie, Z., Qiu, C.-W., & Chen, H.

Physical Review B 110 (5), 054201

Face-to-face π-π interactions and electron communication boosting efficient reverse intersystem crossing in through-space charge transfer molecules

Lu, M., Liao, S., Li, J., Yu, Z., Zhao, N., Xie, Z., Chen, S., Dang, L., & Li, M.-D.

Chinese Chemical Letters, 110066

Room Temperature Crystallized Phase‐Pure α‐FAPbI₃ Perovskite with In‐Situ Grain‐Boundary Passivation

Shi, Z., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Li, X., Yue, X., Wang, H., Zhang, X., Deng, L., Li, C., Wang, J., Xie, Z., Yang, Y., Cong, C., Yu, A., & Zhan, Y.

Advanced Science, 2400275

Breakdown of Ohm’s Law in Molecular Junctions with Electrodes of Single-Layer Graphene

Bâldea, I., Chen, Y., Zhang, M., Xin, N., Feng, Y., Feng, J., Jia, C., Guo, X., & Xie, Z.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 15 (12), 3267-3275

A robust buried interface in perovskite solar cells by pre-burying co-component molecule of perovskite

Li, F., Zhong, Y., Xu, G., Chen, L., Xu, C., Wan, X., Jiang, Z., Wang, H., He, X., Dai, Z., Xie, Z., & Song, Q.

Surfaces and Interfaces 46, 104007

CP-AFM Molecular Tunnel Junctions with Alkyl Backbones Anchored Using Alkynyl and Thiol Groups: Microscopically Different Despite Phenomenological Similarity

Chen, Y., Bâldea, I., Yu, Y., Liang, Z., Li, M.-D., Koren, E., & Xie, Z.

Langmuir 40 (8), 4410-4423

Year 2023

Boosting the Release of Leaving Group from Blebbistatin Derivative Photocages via Enhancing Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Stabilizing Cationic Intermediate

Deng, L., Wang, H., Rafique, S., Wang, Y., Hu, T., Liu, K., Wang, Y., Li, X., Xie, Z., Tang, J., Liu, Z., Li, J., Yuan, W., Wang, J., Yu, A., & Zhan, Y.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 14 (51), 11580-11586

Stabilizing bottom side of perovskite via preburying cesium formate toward efficient and stable solar cells

Deng, L., Wang, H., Rafique, S., Wang, Y., Hu, T., Liu, K., Wang, Y., Li, X., Xie, Z., Tang, J., Liu, Z., Li, J., Yuan, W., Wang, J., Yu, A., & Zhan, Y.

Advanced Functional Materials 33 (43), 2303742

Year 2021

Current switching of interface antiferromagnet in ferromagnet/antiferromagnet heterostructure

Yan, Z., Yun, J. J., Sui, W. B., Xi, L., Xie, Z. T., Cao, J. W., Si, M. S., Yang, D. Z. & Xue, D. S.

Applied Physics Letters. 118, 3, 032402.

Quantifying Image Charge Effects in Molecular Tunnel Junctions Based on Self-Assembled Monolayers of Substituted Oligophenylene Ethynylene Dithiols

Xie, Z., Diez Cabanes, V., Van Nguyen, Q., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, S., Norel, L., Galangau, O., Rigaut, S., Cornil, J. & Frisbie, C. D.

ACS applied materials & interfaces.

Quantifying Molecular Structure-Tunneling Conductance Relationships: Oligophenylene Dimethanethiol vs Oligophenylene Dithiol Molecular Junctions

Nguyen, Q. V., Xie, Z. & Daniel Frisbie, C.

Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125, 7, 4292-4298.

Quantitative analysis of weak current rectification in molecular tunnel junctions subject to mechanical deformation reveals two different rectification mechanisms for oligophenylene thiols: Versus alkane thiols

Xie, Z., Bâldea, I., Nguyen, Q. V. & Frisbie, C. D.

Nanoscale. 13, 39, 16755-16768.

Year 2020

Strain-Work Function Relationship in Single-Crystal Tetracene

Zhang, Z., Yu, G., Garcia-Barriocanal, J., Xie, Z. & Frisbie, C. D.

ACS applied materials & interfaces. 12, 36, 40607-40612.

Year 2019

Determination of Energy-Level Alignment in Molecular Tunnel Junctions by Transport and Spectroscopy: Self-Consistency for the Case of Oligophenylene Thiols and Dithiols on Ag, Au, and Pt Electrodes

Xie, Z., Bâldea, I. & Frisbie, C. D.

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141, 8, 3670-3681.

Energy Level Alignment in Molecular Tunnel Junctions by Transport and Spectroscopy: Self-Consistency for the Case of Alkyl Thiols and Dithiols on Ag, Au, and Pt Electrodes

Xie, Z., Baldea, I. & Frisbie, C. D.

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141, 45, 18182-18192.

Gate-Tuned Insulator-Metal Transition in Electrolyte-Gated Transistors Based on Tellurene

Ren, X., Wang, Y., Xie, Z., Xue, F., Leighton, C. & Frisbie, C. D.

Nano Letters. 19, 7, 4738-4744.

Year 2018

Mechanical Deformation Distinguishes Tunneling Pathways in Molecular Junctions

Xie, Z., Bâldea, I., Haugstad, G. & Daniel Frisbie, C.

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141, 1, 497-504.

HOMO Level Pinning in Molecular Junctions: Joint Theoretical and Experimental Evidence

Rodriguez-Gonzalez, S., Xie, Z., Galangau, O., Selvanathan, P., Norel, L., Van Dyck, C., Costuas, K., Frisbie, C. D., Rigaut, S. & Cornil, J.

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9, 9, 2394-2403.

Why one can expect large rectification in molecular junctions based on alkane monothiols and why rectification is so modest

Xie, Z., Bâldea, I. & Frisbie, C. D.

Chemical Science. 9, 19, 4456-4467.

Work function and temperature dependence of electron tunneling through an N-type perylene diimide molecular junction with isocyanide surface linkers

Smith, C. E., Xie, Z., Bâldea, I. & Frisbie, C. D.

Nanoscale. 10, 3, 964-975.

Year 2017

Effect of Heteroatom Substitution on Transport in Alkanedithiol-Based Molecular Tunnel Junctions: Evidence for Universal Behavior

Xie, Z., Bâldea, I., Oram, S., Smith, C. E. & Frisbie, C. D.

ACS Nano. 11, 1, 569-578.

Exceptionally Small Statistical Variations in the Transport Properties of Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions Composed of 80 Oligophenylene Dithiol Molecules

Xie, Z., Bâldea, I., Demissie, A. T., Smith, C. E., Wu, Y., Haugstad, G. & Frisbie, C. D.

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139, 16, 5696-5699

Theory of magnetoresistance of organic molecular tunnel junctions with nonmagnetic electrodes

Shi, S., Xie, Z., Liu, F., Smith, D. L., Frisbie, C. D. & Ruden, P. P.

Physical Review B. 95, 15, 155315.

Year 2016

Large Magnetoresistance at Room Temperature in Organic Molecular Tunnel Junctions with Nonmagnetic Electrodes

Xie, Z., Shi, S., Liu, F., Smith, D. L., Ruden, P. P. & Frisbie, C. D.

ACS Nano. 10, 9, 8571-8577.

Year 2015

Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Nanotransport in Oligophenylene Dithiol Junctions as a Function of Molecular Length and Contact Work Function

Xie, Z., Bâldea, I., Smith, C. E., Wu, Y. & Frisbie, C. D.

ACS Nano. 9, 8, 8022-8036.

Uncovering a law of corresponding states for electron tunneling in molecular junctions

Bâldea, I., Xie, Z. & Frisbie, C. D.

Nanoscale. 7, 23, 10465-10471.

Year 2012

Determination of the electronic energetics of CdTe nanoparticle assemblies on Au electrodes by photoemission, electrochemical, and photocurrent Studies

Wang, Y., Xie, Z., Gotesman, G., Wang, L., Bloom, B. P., Markus, T. Z., Oron, D., Naaman, R. & Waldeck, D. H.

Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116, 33, 17464-17472.

Erratum: Spin specific electron conduction through DNA oligomers (Nano Letters (2011) 11 (4652-4655) DOI 10.1021/nl2021637)

Xie, Z., Markus, T. Z., Cohen, S. R., Vager, Z., Gutierrez, R. & Naaman, R.

Nano Letters. 12, 1, 523-523.

Year 2011

How isolated are the electronic states of the core in core/shell nanoparticles?

Xie, Z., Markus, T. Z., Gotesman, G., Deutsch, Z., Oron, D. & Naaman, R.

ACS Nano. 5, 2, 863-869.

Negative capacitance in doped bi-layer organic light-emitting devices

Li, N., Gao, X. D., Xie, Z. T., Sun, Z. Y., Ding, X. M. & Hou, X. Y.

Chinese Physics B. 20, 2, 027306.

Spin specific electron conduction through DNA oligomers

Xie, Z., Markus, T. Z., Cohen, S. R., Vager, Z., Gutierrez, R. & Naaman, R.

Nano Letters. 11, 11, 4652-4655.

Year 2010

Magnetic field modulated exciton generation in organic semiconductors: An intermolecular quantum correlated effect

Ding, B., Yao, Y., Sun, X., Gao, X., Xie, Z., Sun, Z., Wang, Z., Ding, X., Wu, Y., Jin, X., Choy, W. C. H., Wu, C. Q. & Hou, X.,

Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 82. 20, 205-209.

Year 2009

Interfacial reactions at Al/LiF and LiF/Al

Xie, Z. T., Zhang, W. H., Ding, B. F., Gao, X. D., You, Y. T., Sun, Z. Y., Ding, X. M. & Hou, X. Y.

Applied Physics Letters. 94, 6, 063302.

Photoemission study of C₆₀ -induced barrier reduction for hole injection at N, N′ -bis(naphthalene-1-y1)- N, N′ -bis(phenyl) benzidine/Al

Xie, Z. T., Ding, B. F., Gao, X. D., You, Y. T., Sun, Z. Y., Zhang, W. H., Ding, X. M. & Hou, X. Y.

Journal of Applied Physics. 105, 10, 106105.

Year 2008

Mechanism of charge generation in p -type doped layer in the connection unit of tandem-type organic light-emitting devices

Gao, X. D., Zhou, J., Xie, Z. T., Ding, B. F., Qian, Y. C., Ding, X. M. & Hou, X. Y.

Applied Physics Letters. 93, 8, 083304.

Photodegradation of organic light-emitting devices observed in nitrogen-filled environment

Wang, X. Z., Gao, X. D., Zhou, Y. C., Xie, Z. T., Song, Q. L., Ding, X. M. & Hou, X. Y.

Thin Solid Films. 516, 8, 2171-2174.

Year 2007

Blocking of interfacial diffusion at Ag/Alq₃ by LiF

Wang, X. Z., Xie, Z. T., Wang, X. J., Zhou, Y. C., Zhang, W. H., Ding, X. M. & Hou, X. Y.

Applied Surface Science. 253, 8, 3930-3932.

Modification of the organic/La_0.7 Sr_0.3 MnO₃ interface by in situ gas treatment

Wang, X. Z., Ding, X. M., Li, Z. S., Zhan, Y. Q., Bergenti, I., Dediu, V. A., Taliani, C., Xie, Z. T., Ding, B. F., Hou, X. Y., Zhang, W. H. & Xu, F. Q.

Applied Surface Science. 253, 23, 9081-9084.

Short-circuiting in fullerene devices studied by in situ electrical measurement in high vacuum and infrared imaging analysis

Wu, H. R., Wang, M. L., Song, Q. L., Wu, Y., Xie, Z. T., Gao, X. D., Ding, X. M. & Hou, X. Y.

Current Applied Physics. 7, 3, 231-235.