Xi Ling
· Associate Professor (Chemistry, MSE)Boston University · Electrical and Computer Engineering
Active 1997–2025
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About
Professor Xi Ling joined the Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science & Engineering at Boston University as an assistant professor in September 2016. She completed her postdoctoral research in the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT under the guidance of Professors Mildred Dresselhaus and Jing Kong, where she specialized in the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) materials and their heterostructures, as well as materials characterization using spectroscopic techniques. Professor Ling earned her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at Peking University in China, working with Professors Jin Zhang and Zhongfan Liu. During her doctoral studies, she discovered the graphene-enhanced Raman scattering (GERS) effect and conducted systematic investigations into this phenomenon. Her research focuses on nanomaterials, structures, and spectroscopy, particularly involving 2D materials and their applications.
Research topics
- Materials science
- Optoelectronics
- Nanotechnology
- Condensed matter physics
- Physics
- Optics
- Chemistry
- Molecular physics
- Chemical physics
Selected publications
Nature Electronics · 2020 · 321 citations
Nature Communications · 2021 · 281 citations
Senior authorCorrespondinglayer as the EC layer. Benefiting from the well-balanced porosity and connectivity of these assembled nanometer-thick heterostructures, they present fast and efficient ion and electron transport, as well as superior mechanical and electrochemical stability. We further demonstrate large-area flexible devices which could potentially be integrated onto curved and flexible surfaces for future ubiquitous electronics.
Modulation Doping via a Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystalline Acceptor
Nano Letters · 2020 · 79 citations
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Advancing Nanoelectronics Applications: Progress in Non-van der Waals 2D Materials
ACS Nano · 2024-06-20 · 24 citations
articleSenior authorCorrespondingExtending the inventory of two-dimensional (2D) materials remains highly desirable, given their excellent properties and wide applications. Current studies on 2D materials mainly focus on the van der Waals (vdW) materials since the discovery of graphene, where properties of atomically thin layers have been found to be distinct from their bulk counterparts. Beyond vdW materials, there are abundant non-vdW materials that can also be thinned down to 2D forms, which are still in their early stage of…
Nano Letters · 2024-06-10 · 19 citations
articleSenior authorCorrespondingNickel phosphorus trisulfide (NiPS3), a van der Waals 2D antiferromagnet, has received significant interest for its intriguing properties in recent years. However, despite its fundamental importance in the physics of low-dimensional magnetism and promising potential for technological applications, the study of magnetic domains in NiPS3 down to an atomically thin state is still lacking. Here, we report the layer-dependent magnetic characteristics and magnetic domains in NiPS3 by employing linear…
Recent grants
Frequent coauthors
- 92 shared
Jin Zhang
Jilin University
- 68 shared
Jing Kong
Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center
- 49 shared
M. S. Dresselhaus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 36 shared
Zhongfan Liu
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- 35 shared
Shengxi Huang
Jiangsu University
- 33 shared
Nannan Mao
IIT@MIT
- 28 shared
Liming Xie
Inner Mongolia Electric Power (China)
- 27 shared
Yuxuan Lin
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Education
- 2015
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
Boston University
- 2010
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering
University of X
- 2008
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering
University of Y
Awards & honors
- NSF Career Award (2020)
- BU Ignition Award, Boston University (2020)
- MSE Innovation Award, Boston University (2017)
- University Provost's Career Development Professorship, Bosto…
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Rising St…
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