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Zai-Quan Xu is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of materials science, with an emphasis on materials chemistry. They have contributed significantly to subfields such as atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work spans a range of topics including graphene research and applications, 2D materials and their applications, diamond and carbon-based materials research, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, quantum and electron transport phenomena, advanced fiber laser technologies, as well as MXene and MAX phase materials.

Xu has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Igor Aharonovich, Milos Toth, Chi Li, Mehran Kianinia, and Noah Mendelson. These co-authors have appeared multiple times in their published works.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Electrolyte gating in graphene-based supercapacitors and its use for probing nanoconfined charging dynamics (2020, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • Diffraction-limited imaging with monolayer 2D material-based ultrathin flat lenses (2020, Light Science & Applications)
  • Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Building Next-Generation Energy-Efficient Devices (2021, ACS Energy Letters)
  • Scalable and Deterministic Fabrication of Quantum Emitter Arrays from Hexagonal Boron Nitride (2021, Nano Letters)
  • Quantum emitters in 2D materials: Emitter engineering, photophysics, and integration in photonic nanostructures (2022, Applied Physics Reviews)

Xu's research has been published in several frequent venues including Light Science & Applications, Nano Letters, 2D Materials, arXiv (Cornell University), and Nature Nanotechnology.

Best Publications

  • Scalable Production of a Few-Layer MoS2/WS2 Vertical Heterojunction Array and Its Application for Photodetectors

    Yunzhou Xue;Yunzhou Xue;Yupeng Zhang;Yan Liu;Hongtao Liu

  • Two-Dimensional CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite: Synthesis and Optoelectronic Application

    Jingying Liu;Yunzhou Xue;Ziyu Wang;Zai-Quan Xu

  • Broadband photodetectors based on graphene-Bi2Te3 heterostructure.

    Hong Qiao;Jianyu Yuan;Zaiquan Xu;Caiyun Chen

  • Photonics and optoelectronics of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene.

    Joice Sophia Ponraj;Zai Quan Xu;Sathish Chander Dhanabalan;Sathish Chander Dhanabalan;Haoran Mu

  • Wafer-scale two-dimensional semiconductors from printed oxide skin of liquid metals

    Benjamin J Carey;Benjamin J Carey;Jian Zhen Ou;Rhiannon M Clark;Rhiannon M Clark;Kyle J Berean

  • Synthesis and Transfer of Large-Area Monolayer WS2 Crystals: Moving Toward the Recyclable Use of Sapphire Substrates

    Zaiquan Xu;Zaiquan Xu;Yupeng Zhang;Shenghuang Lin;Shenghuang Lin;Changxi Zheng;Changxi Zheng

  • Deterministic Coupling of Quantum Emitters in 2D Materials to Plasmonic Nanocavity Arrays

    Toan Trong Tran;Danqing Wang;Zai Quan Xu;Ankun Yang

  • Solution-Processable Ultrathin Black Phosphorus as an Effective Electron Transport Layer in Organic Photovoltaics

    Shenghuang Lin;Shenghuang Lin;Shenghua Liu;Zhibin Yang;Yanyong Li

  • Surface plasmon-enhanced electroluminescence in organic light-emitting diodes incorporating Au nanoparticles

    Y. Xiao;J. P. Yang;P. P. Cheng;J. J. Zhu

  • Strong Depletion in Hybrid Perovskite p-n Junctions Induced by Local Electronic Doping.

    Qingdong Ou;Yupeng Zhang;Ziyu Wang;Jodie A Yuwono

  • Highly responsive MoS2 photodetectors enhanced by graphene quantum dots.

    Caiyun Chen;Hong Qiao;Shenghuang Lin;Chi Man Luk

  • Single photon emission from plasma treated 2D hexagonal boron nitride

    Zai-Quan Xu;Christopher Elbadawi;Toan Trong Tran;Mehran Kianinia

  • Engineering and Tuning of Quantum Emitters in Few-Layer Hexagonal Boron Nitride

    Noah Mendelson;Zai-Quan Xu;Toan Trong Tran;Mehran Kianinia

  • Giant Plasmene Nanosheets, Nanoribbons, and Origami

    Kae Jye Si;Debabrata Sikdar;Yi Chen;Yi Chen;Fatima Eftekhari

  • Strain relaxation of monolayer WS2 on plastic substrate

    Qianhui Zhang;Zhenyue Chang;Guanzhong Xu;Ziyu Wang

  • Band structure engineering in 2D materials for optoelectronic applications

    Xiaozhi Bao;Qingdong Ou;Zai Quan Xu;Zai Quan Xu;Zai Quan Xu;Yupeng Zhang;Yupeng Zhang

  • Atomically thin lateral p–n junction photodetector with large effective detection area

    Zai-Quan Xu;Yupeng Zhang;Ziyu Wang;Yuting Shen

  • Electrolyte gating in graphene-based supercapacitors and its use for probing nanoconfined charging dynamics.

    Jing Xiao;Hualin Zhan;Xiao Wang;Zai Quan Xu

  • Diffraction-limited imaging with monolayer 2D material-based ultrathin flat lenses.

    Han Lin;Zai-Quan Xu;Guiyuan Cao;Yupeng Zhang

  • Wavelength-tunable waveguides based on polycrystalline organic–inorganic perovskite microwires

    Ziyu Wang;Jingying Liu;Zai-Quan Xu;Yunzhou Xue;Yunzhou Xue

  • Light out-coupling enhancement of organic light-emitting devices with microlens array

    J. P. Yang;Q. Y. Bao;Z. Q. Xu;Y. Q. Li

  • All-optical control and super-resolution imaging of quantum emitters in layered materials.

    Mehran Kianinia;Carlo Bradac;Bernd Sontheimer;Fan Wang

  • Broadband Photodetectors Based on GrapheneBi 2 Te 3 Heterostructure

    Hong Qiao;Zaiquan Xu;Caiyun Chen;Shenghuang Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Aharonovich
Igor Aharonovich University of Technology Sydney
Qiaoliang Bao
Qiaoliang Bao University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Yupeng Zhang
Yupeng Zhang Shenzhen University
Yan-Qing Li
Yan-Qing Li East China Normal University
Shuit-Tong Lee
Shuit-Tong Lee Macau University of Science and Technology
Jian-Xin Tang
Jian-Xin Tang Soochow University
James H. Edgar
James H. Edgar Kansas State University
Han Zhang
Han Zhang Shenzhen University
Michael S. Fuhrer
Michael S. Fuhrer Monash University
Yi-Bing Cheng
Yi-Bing Cheng Wuhan University of Technology

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