Our Publications
Molecular Biophysics: Nanopore DNA Sequencing
- S.R. Park, H. Peng, and X.S. Ling,
"Fabrication of Nanopores in Silicon Chips Using Feedback Chemical Etching",
Small 3, 116 (2007) (appeared online on 11/19/06). (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)
- A.J. Storm, J.H. Chen, X.S. Ling, H.W. Zandbergen, and C. Dekker,
“Electron-beam-induced deformations of SiO2 nanostructures”,
Journal of Applied Physics, 98, 014307 (2005). (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)
Patents and Inventions
- [1] X. S. Ling, B. Bready, and A. Pertsinidis,
"Hybridization-Assisted Nanopore Sequencing of Nucleic Acids",
USPTO Patent Application No. 20070190542
- [2] X. S. Ling,
"Nanopores, methods for using same, methods for making same and methods for characterizing biomolecules using same",
USPTO Patent Application No. 20070042366
- [3] X. S. Ling,
“Addressable nanopores and micropores including methods for making and using same”,
USPTO Patent Application No. 20050127035
Vortex Matter: Bragg Glass and Peak Effect
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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 Review Letters, 99, 147007 (2007), (PDF)
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Nikolaos Daniilidis, Ivo Dimitrov and Xinsheng Sean 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, 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)
- 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).PR Focus (PDF , PR Focus , La Recherche)
- J. Shi, X. S. Ling, R. Liang, D.A. Bonn, W.N. Hardy,
“Giant Peak Effect Observed in an Ultra-pure YBa2Cu3O7 Crystal",
Physical Review, B Rapid Communications, 60, R12593 (1999).
- X.S. Ling, S.J. Smullin, J.E. Berger, W.L. Karlin, D.E. Prober, R. Liang,
“Equilibrium and Driven Vortex Phases in the Anomalous Peak Effect”,
Philosophical Magazine Letters, 79, 399 (1999).
- J. Shi, J.E. Berger, and X.S. Ling,
“Growth of YBa2Cu3O7 Crystals with BaZrO3-Coated Alumina Crucibles",
Physica C, 301, 215 (1998) .
- X.S. Ling, J.E. Berger, and D. E. Prober,
“Nature of Vortex Lattice Disordering at the Onset of the Peak Effect",
Physical Review, B Rapid Communications, 57, R3249 (1998) .
Colloidal Crystals: defects in 2D colloidal crystals and 2D melting
- A. Pertsinidis and X.S. Ling,
"Statics and Dynamics of 2D Colloidal Crystals in a Random Pinning Potential"
, Physical Review Letters, 100, 028303 (2008) (PDF).
- X. S. Ling,
"Scars on a colloidal crystal ball",
Nature Materials (London), 4, 360 (2005). (PDF)
- A. Pertsinidis and X. S. Ling,
"Video microscopy and micromechanics studies of one- and two-dimensional colloidal crystals",
New Journal of Physics 7, 33 (2005). (PDF in a special focus issue celebrating Einstein's 1905 paper on Brownian motion)
- A. Pertsinidis and X.S. Ling,
“Diffusion of Point Defects in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals”,
Nature (London) 413, 147 (2001). (PDF , VIDEO)
- 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)