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Xinsheng
Sean
Ling
Professor of Physics Experimental Condensed Matter Physics B.S. 1984, Wuhan University; M.S. 1987, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ph.D. 1992, the University of Connecticut. Postdoc 1992-1994, Yale University; Visiting Scientist 1994-1996, NEC Research Institute at Princeton. Assistant Professor (1996-2002), Associate Professor (2002-2008), Professor of Physics (2008-), Brown University. Visiting Professor 2002-2003(on sabbatical from Brown), Delft University of Technology. Research Innovation Award (1998), the Research Corporation; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1998); Guggenheim Fellow (2002); APS Fellow (elected by DCMP, 2005). RESEARCH INTERESTS: Soft
and hard Condensed Matter; Nanobioscience
Research
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:(For recent publications and preprints, visit our Lab) H. Peng and X. S. Ling, "Reverse DNA translocation through a solid-state nanopore by magnetic tweezers", (preprint). A. Pertsinidis and X.S. Ling, "Statics and Dynamics of 2D Colloidal N.D. Daniilidis, S.R. Park, I.K. Dimitrov, J.W. Lynn, and X.S. Ling, "Emergence of Quasi-Long-Range Order below the Bragg Glass Transition", Physical Reveiw Letters, 99, 147007 (2007).PDF N. Daniilidis, I. Dimitrov and X. S. Ling, "Ewald construction and resolution function for rocking-curve Small Angle Neutron Scattering experiments" J. Appl. Cryst. 40, 959–963 (2007).PDF I.K. Dimitrov, N.D. Daniilidis, C. Elbaum, J.W. Lynn, and X.S. Ling, "Peak Effect in Polycrystalline Vortex Matter", Physical Review Letters 99, 047001 (2007).PDF N.D. Daniilidis, I.K. Dimitrov, V.F. Mitrovic, C. Elbaum, and X.S. Ling, "Magnetocaloric Studies of the Peak Effect in Nb", Physical Review B 75, 174519 (2007).PDF S.R. Park, H. Peng, and X.S. Ling, "Fabrication of Nanopores in Silicon Chips Using Feedback Chemical Etching", Small 3, 116 (2007).PDF S. Wu, S.R. Park, and X.S. Ling, "Lithography-Free Formation of Nanopores in Plastic Membranes using Laser Heating”, Nano Letters 6, 2571(2006). PDF S.R. Park, S.M. Choi, D.C. Dender, J.W. Lynn, and X.S. Ling, “Fate of the Peak Effect in a Type-II Superconductor: Multicriticality in the Bragg-Glass Transition”, Physical Review Letters 91, 167003 (2003).PDF A.J. Storm, J.H. Chen, X.S. Ling, H.W. Zandbergen, and C. Dekker, “Fabrication of Solid-State Nanopores with Single-Nanometre Precision”, Nature Materials (London), 2, 537 (2003). PDF A. Pertsinidis and X.S. Ling, “Diffusion of Point Defects in
Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals”, Nature ( A. Pertsinidis and X.S. Ling, “Equilibrium Configurations and Energetics of Point Defects in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals”, Physical Review Letters 87, 098303 (2001).PDF X.S. Ling, S.R. Park, B.A. McClain, S.M. Choi, D.C. Dender, and J.W. Lynn, “Superheating and Supercooling of Vortex Matter in a Nb Single Crystal: Direct Evidence for a Phase Transition at the Peak Effect from Neutron Diffraction", Physical Review Letters 86, 712 (2001).PDF, PR Focus and La Recherche X.S. Ling, H.J. Lezec, M.J. Higgins, J.S. Tsai, J. Fujita, Y. Nakamura, Chao Tang, P.M. Chaikin, and S. Bhattacharya, Physical Review Letters, 76, 2989 (1996), “Nature of Phase Transitions of Superconducting Wire Networks in a Magnetic Field".PDF S. Field, J. Witt, F. Nori, and X.S. Ling, Physical Review Letters, 74, 1206 (1995), “Superconducting Vortex Avalanches”.PDF X.S. Ling, J.D. McCambridge, N.D. Rizzo, J.W. Sleight, D.E. Prober, L.R. Motowidlo, and B.A. Zeitlin, Physical Review Letters, 74, 805 (1995), “Fluctuation Effects on a Strongly Pinned Vortex Lattice in a Thin Type-II Superconducting Wire”.PDF X.S. Ling and J.I. Budnick, “AC Magnetic Susceptibility Studies of Type-II Superconductors: Vortex Dynamics”, in Magnetic Susceptibility of Superconductors and Other Spin Systems, Edited by R.A. Hein, T.L. Francavilla, & D.H. Liebenberg, (Plenum, New York, 1991), p.377.PDF Return to Physics Department Page. |
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