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Xinfu Chen is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with significant contributions also in Computational Theory and Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Applied Mathematics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics addressed in their work include stochastic processes and financial applications, mathematical and theoretical epidemiology and ecology models, advanced mathematical modeling in engineering, credit risk and financial regulations, evolution and genetic dynamics, mathematical biology tumor growth, and gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors.

Recent publications by Xinfu Chen cover a range of interdisciplinary themes and journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Au@ZnO functionalized three-dimensional macroporous WO3: A application of selective H2S gas sensor for exhaled breath biomarker detection" (2020), Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Incorporating of Lanthanides Ions into Perovskite Film for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells" (2020), Small
  • "Highly dispersed Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Pt nanoparticles on three-dimensional macroporous ZnO for trace-level H2S sensing" (2020), Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Cobalt-doped ZnO nanoparticles derived from zeolite imidazole frameworks: Synthesis, characterization, and application for the detection of an exhaled diabetes biomarker" (2020), Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Comprehensive analysis of prognostic value and immune infiltration of kindlin family members in non-small cell lung cancer" (2021), BMC Medical Genomics

Their frequent co-authors reflect a collaborative network spanning related disciplines and include Jin Liang, Lin Xu, Min Dai, Shuo Yang, and Shidong Zhu.

Xinfu Chen often publishes findings in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées.

Best Publications

  • Existence, uniqueness, and asymptotic stability of traveling waves in nonlocal evolution equations

    Xinfu Chen

  • Convergence of the Cahn-Hilliard equation to the Hele-Shaw model

    Nicholas D. Alikakos;Nicholas D. Alikakos;Nicholas D. Alikakos;Peter W. Bates;Peter W. Bates;Peter W. Bates;Xinfu Chen;Xinfu Chen;Xinfu Chen

  • Generation and propagation of interfaces for reaction-diffusion equations

    Xinfu Chen

  • Existence and Asymptotic Stability of Traveling Waves of Discrete Quasilinear Monostable Equations

    Xinfu Chen;Jong-Shenq Guo

  • Uniqueness and existence of traveling waves for discrete quasilinear monostable dynamics

    Xinfu Chen;Jong-Shenq Guo

  • Convergence of the phase field model to its sharp interface limits

    Gunduz Caginalp;Xinfu Chen

  • Spectrum for the allen-chan, chan-hillard, and phase-field equations for generic interfaces

    Xinfu Chen

  • Global asymptotic limit of solutions of the Cahn-Hilliard equation

    Xinfu Chen

  • Traveling Waves of Bistable Dynamics on a Lattice

    Peter W. Bates;Xinfu Chen;Adam J. J. Chmaj

  • A Free Boundary Problem Arising in a Model of Wound Healing

    Xinfu Chen;Avner Friedman

  • Evolution of conditional dispersal: a reaction-diffusion-advection model

    Xinfu Chen;Richard Hambrock;Yuan Lou

  • The Hele-Shaw problem and area-preserving curve-shortening motions

    Xinfu Chen

  • Periodic traveling waves and locating oscillating patterns in multidimensional domains

    Nicholas D. Alikakos;Nicholas D. Alikakos;Peter W. Bates;Xinfu Chen

  • A mathematical analysis of the optimal exercise boundary for american put options

    Xinfu Chen;John Chadam

  • Finite dimensional exponential attractor for the phase field model

    D. Brochet;D. Hilhorst;Xinfu chen

  • Principal eigenvalue and eigenfunctions of an elliptic operator with large advection and its application to a competition model

    Xinfu Chen;Yuan Lou

  • Local existence and uniqueness of solutions of the Stefan Problem with surface tension and kinetic undercooling

    Xinfu Chen;Fernando Reitich

  • Traveling Waves in Discrete Periodic Media for Bistable Dynamics

    Xinfu Chen;Jong-Shenq Guo;Chin-Chin Wu

  • Maxwell’s equations in a periodic structure

    Xinfu Chen;Avner Friedman

  • Existence and uniqueness of entire solutions for a reaction-diffusion equation

    Xinfu Chen;Jong-Shenq Guo

  • A Free Boundary Problem for an Elliptic-Hyperbolic System: An Application to Tumor Growth

    Xinfu Chen;Avner Friedman

Frequent Co-Authors

Avner Friedman
Avner Friedman The Ohio State University
Jong-Shenq Guo
Jong-Shenq Guo Tamkang University
Peter W. Bates
Peter W. Bates Michigan State University
Mingxin Wang
Mingxin Wang Harbin Institute of Technology
Charles M. Elliott
Charles M. Elliott University of Warwick
Yuan Lou
Yuan Lou Shanghai Jiao Tong University
G. Bard Ermentrout
G. Bard Ermentrout University of Pittsburgh
Thomas Y. Hou
Thomas Y. Hou California Institute of Technology
François Hamel
François Hamel Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Michel Roquejoffre
Jean-Michel Roquejoffre Toulouse Mathematics Institute

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