Xiao Cheng Zeng
Ameritas University Professor
Courtesy Professor of Physics
Department of Chemistry
536 Hamilton Hall
Phone: (402) 472-9894
Email: xzeng@unlserve.unl.edu
Xiao Cheng Zeng's Chemistry 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
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)
