Recent publications

2008

138. T. Mills, L. Kaake, X.-Y. Zhu, “Polaron and ion diffusion in a poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin film transistor gated with a polymer electrolyte dielectric,” Appl. Phys. A in press.

137. M. Muntwiler, X.-Y. Zhu, “Image potential states as probes of the metallic character of the Bi(111) surface,” New J. Phys.10 (2008) in press.

136. L. Kaake, X.-Y. Zhu, “Nanostructure and the Mott insulator-to-metal transition in poly (3-hexylthiophene),” J. Phys. Chem. C112 (2008) in press.

135. M. Muntwiler, Q. Yang, W. A. Tisdale, X.-Y. Zhu, “Coulomb barrier for charge separation at an organic semiconductor interface,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) In press.

134.  W. A. Tisdale, M. Muntwiler, D. Norris, E. Aydil, X.-Y. Zhu, “Electron dynamics at the ZnO(101bar0) surface,” J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (2008) 14682-14692.

133.  M. Goertz, X.-Y. Zhu, J. E. Houston, “Friction and deformation of an alkoxy-monolayer boundary lubricant on silicon,”  Tribology Lett. 30 (2008) 205-213.

132. B. Carlson, K. Leschkies, E. Aydil, X.-Y. Zhu “Electronic energy alignment at the CdSe quantum dot and crystalline ZnO(101bar0) interface,” J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (2008) 8419-8423. download

131. Yang  Deng, Y. Wang,  B. Holtz, J.-Y. Li, N. Traaseth, G. Veglia, B. Stottrup, D. Pei, R. Elde, Athena Guo, X.-Y. Zhu, “Fluidic and air-stable supported lipid bilayer and cell-mimicking microarrays,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 (2008) 6267-6271. download

2007

130.  J. Stähler, M. Meyer, U. Bovensiepen, X.-Y. Zhu, M. Wolf “Dynamics of electron transfer at polar molecule-metal interfaces: The role of thermally activated tunnelling” New J. Phys. 9 (2007) 394. download

129. M. Goertz, B. Stottrup, J. E. Houston, X.-Y. Zhu, “Density dependent friction of lipid monolayers,” J. Phys. Chem. A 111 (2007) in press. download

128. M. Muntwiler, X.-Y. Zhu “Formation of two-dimensional electron polarons that are absent in three-dimensional crystals,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 246801. download

127. P. Maksymovych, D. B. Dougherty, X.-Y. Zhu, J. T. Yates Jr. “Non-local dissociative chemistry of adsorbed molecules induced by localized electron-injection into metal surfaces,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 016101. download

126. L. Kaake, Y. Zou, M. Panzer, C. D. Frisbie, X.-Y. Zhu “Vibrational spectroscopy reveals electrostatic and electrochemical doping in organic thin film transistors gated with a polymer electrolyte dielectric,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (2007) 7824 - 7830. download

125. Y. Deng, X.-Y. Zhu “A nano-tumbleweed: breaking away a surface tethered polymer molecule by noncovalent interactions,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (2007) 7557-7561. download

124. B. Kim, J. M. Beebe, C. Olivier, S. Rigaut, D. Touchard, J. G. Kushmerick, X.-Y. Zhu, C. D. Frisbie, “Temperature and length dependence of charge transport in redox-active molecular wires incorporating ruthenium (II) Bis(s-arylacetylide) complexes”, J. Phys. Chem. C. 111 (2007) 7521-7526. download

123. B. Holtz, Y. Wang, X.-Y. Zhu, Athena Guo, “Denaturing and refolding of protein molecules on surfaces,” Proteomics 7 (2007) 1771-1774. download

122.  Athena Guo, X.-Y. Zhu “Surface chemistry for protein microarrays” Int. J. Nanosci. 6 (2007) 109-116. Cover feature.

121. C.D. Lindstrom, M. Muntwiller, X.-Y. Zhu “Electron dynamics at polyacene/Au(111) interfaces” J. Phys. Chem. B. 111 (2007) 6913 – 6920 (Norman Sutin Festschrift). download

120. M. Goertz, J. E. Houston, X.-Y. Zhu “Hydrophilicity and the viscosity of interfacial water” Langmuir 23 (2007) 5491-5497. download

119. A. Guo, X.-Y. Zhu “Chapter 4: The critical role of surface chemistry in protein microarrays,” in Functional Protein Microarrays in Drug Discovery, edt. Paul Predki, page 53-71 (CRC press, Boca Raton, 2007).

2006

118. X.-Y. Zhu, G. Dutton, D. P. Quinn, C. D. Lindstrom, N. E. Schultz, D. G. Truhlar “A molecular quantum well at the C60/Au(111) interface" Phys. Rev. B 74 (2006) 241401(R). download

117. C.D. Lindstrom, X.-Y. Zhu “Photo-induced electron transfer at metal-molecule interfaces" Chem. Rev. 106 (2006) 4281-4300. download

116. R. Major, J. E. Houston, M. McGrath, I. Siepmann, X.-Y. Zhu “Viscous Water meniscus under nano confinement” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 177803. download

115. BongSoo Kim, Jeremy M. Beebe, Yongseok Jun, X.-Y. Zhu, C. Daniel Frisbie, “Correlation between HOMO Alignment and Contact Resistance in Molecular Junctions: Aromatic Thiols vs. Aromatic Isocyanides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (2006) 4970-4971. download

114. Y. Jun, X.-Y. Zhu, and J. W. P. Hsu “Formation of alkanethiol and alkanedithiol monolayers on GaAs” Langmuir 22 (2006) 3627-3632. download

113. Y. Deng, X.-Y. Zhu, T. Kienlen, A. Guo “Transport at the air/water interface is the reason for rings in protein microarrays” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (2006) 2768-2769. download

112. M. Muntwiler, C. D. Lindstrom, X.-Y. Zhu “A delocalized electron resonance at the alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayer/Au(111) interface ” J. Chem. Phys. 124 (2006) 081104-1-3. download

111. J. H. Kang and X.-Y. Zhu “Non-epitaxial layer-by-layer growth of pentacene thin films on Au(111)" Chem. Mater. 18 (2006) 1318-1323. download

110. T.-W. Cha, A. Guo, and X.-Y. Zhu “Formation of supported phospholipid bilayers on molecular surfaces: role of surface charge density and electrostatic interaction," Biophys. J. 90 (2006) 1270-1274. download