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Welcome to Xuan Gao's Group Website

Welcome to the homepage of Professor Xuan Gao's research group at the Physics Department of Case Western Reserve University. We are a group of experimental physicists studying a wide range of interesting subjects in the fast-growing field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Our research is centered on semiconductor nanostructures (quantum wells and nanowire materials) in which the quantum nature of particles (electrons, phonons etc) plays a fundamental role in their electrical, thermal, and magnetic properties. We seek to understand and exploit the quantum physics in these nanostructures for novel device applications.

Our current research interests include:

1. Quantum transport of strongly correlated electrons in semiconductor
   nanostructures, including quasi-one-dimensional nanowires and
   two-dimensional quantum wells.
   
2. Spin injection, control and detection in nanowires for spintronic device
   applications.
3. Nanowire materials for efficient thermoelectric energy conversion.
   
4. Nanoelectronics for chemical and bio-molecule sensing.
   

Please visit our research projects webpage for more details.

What's New

• Our review article (written jointly with researchers from Stanford Univ, Univ of Washington and Northeastern Univ) on Transport in strongly correlated two dimensional electron fluids has been accepted for publication in Reviews of Modern Physics, which publishes the most influential review papers in modern physics research.
  

• Our collaborative paper with Prof. M. Sankaran at Case Chemical Engineering on selective synthesis of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes has been accepted for publication in ACS Nano.
  

• Our collaborative paper with Prof. C.M. Lieber at Harvard Chemistry on silicon nanowire biosensors has been accepted for publication in Nano Letters.
  

Openings

We invite applications for a postdoc position in our lab to work on electron, spin and energy transport in semiconductor nanostructures. Applicants are expected to have low temperature/mesoscopic physics background and experience in microfabrication (photolithography and e-beam lithography). Please send your CV and references to Prof. Gao (xuan.gao@case.edu).

Every year, we have a few research openings for motitaved graduate and undergraduate students, please contact Prof. Gao if you are interested.