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Dr. Xiao Cheng Zeng, Ameritas University Professor
Willa Cather Ameritas Professor & Courtesy Professor of Physics
Chemistry
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
536 Hamilton Hall
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304
office: (402) 472-9894
email: xczeng@phase2.unl.edu
Zeng's web page

Current Research

"Research activities in my group include computational and theoretical studies of liquids, solids, thin films, interfaces, nanotubes, and nano-clusters. We are also interested in computational nanotribology and modeling of atomic force microscopy (AFM). Research tools include Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics computer simulation, density-functional theory and ab initio quantum chemical calculations."

Recent Publications

Xiao Cheng Zeng becomes an Associate Editor for the journal "Nanoscale" of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Y. Pei, Y. Gao, N. Shao, and X.C. Zeng, "Thiolate-Protected Au20(SR)16 Cluster: Prolate Au8 Core with New [Au3(SR)4] Staple Motif," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 13619-13621 (2009).

Y. Gao, W. Huang, J. Woodford, L.S. Wang, and X.C. Zeng, "Detecting Weak Interactions between Au- and Gas Molecules: A Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Ab Initio Study," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 9484-9485 (2009).

W. Huang, S. Bulusu, R. Pal, X.C. Zeng, and L.S. Wang, "Structural Transition of Gold Nanoclusters: From the Golden Cage to the Golden Pyramid," ACS Nano 3, 1225-1230 (2009).

R. Pal, L.-M. Wang, W. Huang, L.S. Wang, and X.C. Zeng, "Structural Evolution of Doped Gold Clusters: MAux- (M = Si, Ge, Sn; x = 5 - 8)," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 3396-3404 (2009).

X. Wu and X.C. Zeng, "Double Metallocene Nanowires," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 14246-14248 (2009).

X. Zhang, J.L. Wang, Y. Gao, and X.C. Zeng, "Ab Initio Study of Structural and Magnetic Properties of TMn(ferrocene)n+1 (TM= Sc, Ti, V, Mn) Sandwich Clusters and Nanowire (n = )," ACS Nano 3, 537-545 (2009).

J. Jiang, O.V. Lima, Y. Pei, X.C. Zeng, L. Tan, and E. Forsythe, "Dipole-Induced, Thermally Stable Lamellar Structure by Polar Aromatic Silane," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 900-901 (2009).

J. Yan, Z. Chen, J.Y. Jiang, L. Tan, and X.C. Zeng, "Free-Standing All-Nanoparticle Thin Firbers: A Novel Nanostructure Bridging Zero-and One-Dimensional Nanoscale Features," Adv. Mater. 21, 314-319 (2009).

M. Wu, X. Wu, Y. Gao, and X.C. Zeng, "Materials Design of Half Metallic Graphene and Graphene Nanoribbons," Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 223111/1-3 (2009)

Y. Pei, Y. Gao, and X.C. Zeng, "Structural Prediction of Thiolate-Protected Au38: A Face-Fused Bi-icosahedral Au Core," J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 130, 7830-7832 (2008).

T. Koishi, K. Yasuoka, S. Fujikawa, T. Ebisuzaki, and X.C. Zeng, "Coexistence and Transition between Cassie and Wenzel State on Pillared Hydrophobic Surface," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106,8435-8440 (2009).

Wu, XJ (Wu, Xiaojun); Pei, Y (Pei, Yong); Zeng, XC (Zeng, Xiao Cheng), "B2C Graphene, Nanotubes, and Nanoribbons", Nano Letters, 9 (4): 1577-1582 Apr 2009.

Wu, XJ (Wu, Xiaojun); Zeng, XC (Zeng, Xiao Cheng), "Periodic Graphene Nanobuds", Nano Letters, 9 (1): 250-256 Jan 2009.

Pei, Y (Pei, Yong); An, W (An, Wei); Ito, K (Ito, Keigo); Schleyer, PV (Schleyer, Paul von Rague); Zeng, XC (Zeng, Xiao Cheng), "Planar pentacoordinate carbon in CAl5+: A global minimum", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (31): 10394-10400 Aug 6 2008.

Gao, Y (Gao, Yi); Shao, N (Shao, Nan); Zeng, XC (Zeng, Xiao Cheng), "Ab initio study of thiolate-protected Au-102 nanocluster", ACS Nano, 2 (7): 1497-1503 Jul 2008.

Arai, N (Arai, Noriyoshi); Yasuoka, K (Yasuoka, Kenji); Zeng, XC (Zeng, X. C.), "Self-assembly of surfactants and polymorphic transition in nanotubes", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (25): 7916-7920 Jun 25 2008.

Apte, PA (Apte, Pankaj A.); Zeng, XC (Zeng, X. C.), "Anisotropy of crystal-melt interfacial free energy of silicon by simulation", Applied Physics Letters, 92 (22): Art. No. 221903 Jun 2 2008.

Recent Graduates

  • Ruben D. Parra (1999), now an Associate Professor at DePaul University.
  • Kwang-Jin Oh (2000), now a Senior Research Scientist at Korea, Institute of Science and Technology Information.
  • Tikhon Bykov (2003), now an Assistant Professor at McMurry University (Texas) .
  • Satya Bulusu (2007), postdoc (York University, Canada)
  • Wei An (2008), postdoc (University of Alabama)