Areas of Focus
- Experimental condensed matter physics, focusing on the preparation and physical properties of low-dimensional materials
Work Experience
- 2010.12 - Present: Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Professor
- 2006.5 - 2010.12: Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Assistant Professor
- 2004.8 - 2006.4: University of California, Irvine, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004 PhD: Cornell University, Department of Physics
- 1996 Master's: Tsinghua University, Department of Physics
- 1993 Bachelor's: Tsinghua University, Department of Physics
Publications
- Experimental observation of Dirac-like surface states and topological phase transition in Pb1xSnxTe(111) films, X. Chen et al., 2014
- Fully gapped topological surface states in Bi2Se3 films induced by a d-wave high-temperature superconductor, X. Chen et al., 2013
- KFe2Se2 is the parent compound of K-doped iron selenide superconductors, X. Chen et al., 2012
- Phase separation and magnetic order in K-doped iron selenide superconductor, X. Chen et al., 2012
- Direct observation of nodes and twofold symmetry in FeSe superconductor, X. Chen et al., 2011
- Landau quantization of topological surface states in Bi2Se3, X. Chen et al., 2010
- Superconductivity in one-atomic-layer metal films grown on Si(111), X. Chen et al., 2010
- Experimental demonstration of topological surface states protected by time-reversal symmetry, X. Chen et al., 2009
- Identifying charge states of molecules with spin-flip Spectroscopy, X. Chen et al., 2009
- Probing superexchange interaction in molecular magnets by spin-flip spectroscopy and microscopy, X. Chen et al., 2008
- High-resolution tunneling spectroscopy of magnetic impurity induced bound states in the superconducting gap of Pb thin films, X. Chen et al., 2008
- Manipulating the Kondo resonance through quantum size effects, X. Chen et al., 2007
Awards
- Tan Kah Kee Science Award (2012)
- National Natural Science Award, Second Class (2011)
- Qiushi Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Group Award (2011)
- Top Ten Scientific Advances in China (2010)
