2014–2018 PhD: National University of Singapore, School of Integrated Science and Engineering (Supervisors: Stephen J. Pennycook & Loh Kian Ping)
2010–2014 Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours: Nanyang Technological University, School of Materials Science and Engineering
2022–Present: Peking University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor, Researcher, PhD Supervisor
2020–2022: Nanyang Technological University, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow (Co-supervisor: Liu Zheng)
2018–2020: National University of Singapore, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Postdoctoral Fellow (Co-supervisors: Stephen J. Pennycook & Andrew T.S. Wee)
2022: MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 Asia-Pacific
2022: Forbes China's Top 100 Young Elite Returnees
2018: National Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad Award
2014: National University of Singapore, Full PhD Scholarship
2014: Nanyang Technological University, Dean’s List
2013: Nanyang Technological University, Dean’s List
2009: Singapore Ministry of Education, Full Undergraduate Scholarship
Research
Low-dimensional quantum materials Aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy Artificial construction and property regulation of materials
Engineering Covalently Bonded 2D Layered Materials by Self-Intercalation, Xiaoxu Zhao, Peng Song, Chengcai Wang, Anders C. Riis-Jensen, Wei Fu, Ya Deng, Dongyang Wan, Lixing Kang, Shoucong Ning, Jiadong Dan, T. Venkatesan, Zheng Liu, Wu Zhou, Kristian S. Thygesen, Xin Luo, Stephen J. Pennycook, Kian Ping Loh, 2020
Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries, Xiao Hai, Shibo Xi, Sharon Mitchell, Karim Harrath, Haomin Xu, Dario Faust Akl, Debin Kong, Jing Li, Zejun Li, Tao Sun, Huimin Yang, Yige Cui, Chenliang Su, Xiaoxu Zhao, Jun Li, Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Jiong Lu, 2022
Atomically Engineering Metal Vacancies in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Xiaocang Han, Mengmeng Niu, Yan Luo, Runlai Li, Jiadong Dan, Yanhui Hong, Xu Wu, Alex V. Trukhanov, Wei Ji, Yeliang Wang, Jiahuan Zhou, Jingsi Qiao, Jin Zhang, Xiaoxu Zhao, 2024
Stoichiometry-Tunable Synthesis and Magnetic Property Exploration of Two-Dimensional Chromium Selenides, Fangfang Cui, Kun He, Shengqiang Wu, Hongmei Zhang, Yue Lu, Zhenzhu Li, Jingyi Hu, Shuangyuan Pan, Lijie Zhu, Yahuan Huan, Bo Li, Xidong Duan, Qingqing Ji, Xiaoxu Zhao, Yanfeng Zhang, 2024
A general thermodynamics-triggered competitive growth model to guide the synthesis of two-dimensional nonlayered materials, Zijing Zhao, Zhi Fang, Xiaocang Han, Shiqi Yang, Cong Zhou, Yi Zeng, Biao Zhang, Wei Li, Zhan Wang, Ying Zhang, Jian Zhou, Jiadong Zhou, Yu Ye, Xinmei Hou, Xiaoxu Zhao, Song Gao, Yanglong Hou, 2023
Atomically Unveiling an Atlas of Polytypes in Transition-MetalTrihalides, Xiaocang Han, Jing-Yang You, Shengqiang Wu, Runlai Li, Yuan Ping Feng, Kian Ping Loh, Xiaoxu Zhao, 2023
High-Performance Sliding Ferroelectric Transistor Based on Schottky Barrier Tuning, Renji Bian, Guiming Cao, Er Pan, Qing Liu, Zefen Li, Lei Liang, Qingyun Wu, Lay Kee Ang, Wenwu Li, Xiaoxu Zhao, Fucai Liu, 2023
Learning motifs and their hierarchies in atomic resolution microscopy, Jiadong Dan, Xiaoxu Zhao, Shoucong Ning, Jiong Lu, Kian Ping Loh, Qian He, N. Duane Loh, Stephen J. Pennycook, 2022
Strong moire excitons in high-angle twisted transition metal dichalcogenide homobilayers with robust commensuration, Xiaoxu Zhao, Jingsi Qiao, Xin Zhou, Hao Chen, Jun You Tan, Hongyi Yu, Si Min Chan, Jing Li, Henshui Zhang, Jiadong Zhou, Jiadong Dan, Zhen Liu, Wu Zhou, Zheng Liu, Bo Peng, Longjiang Deng, Stephen John Pennycook, Su Ying Quek, Kian Ping Loh, 2022
Unveiling atomic-scale moire features and atomic reconstructions in high-angle commensurately twisted transition metal dichalcogenide homobilayers, Xiaoxu Zhao, Jingsi Qiao, Si Min Chan, Jing Li, Jiadong Dan, Shoucong Ning, Wu Zhou, Su Ying Quek, Stephen John Pennycook, Kian Ping Loh, 2021
Spin-Valley Locking Effect in Defect States of Monolayer MoS2, Yaqian Wang, Longjiang Deng, Qilin Wei, Yi Wan, Zhen Liu, Xiao Lu, Yue Li, Lei Bi, Li Zhang, Haipeng Lu, Haiyan Chen, Peiheng Zhou, Linbo Zhang, Yingchun Cheng, Xiaoxu Zhao, Yu Ye, Wei Huang, Stephen John Pennycook, Kian Ping Loh, Bo Peng, 2020
Healing of Planar Defects in Two-Dimensional Materials via Grain Boundary Sliding, Xiaoxu Zhao, Yujin Ji, Jianyi Chen, Wei Fu, Jiadong Dan, Yuanyue Liu, Stephen J. Pennycook, Wu Zhou, Kian Ping Loh, 2019
Edge Segregated Polymorphism in Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Carbide, Xiaoxu Zhao, Weiwei Sun, Dechao Geng, Wei Fu, Jiadong Dan, Yu Xie, Paul R. C. Kent, Wu Zhou, Stephen J. Pennycook, Kian Ping Loh, 2019
Phase-Controlled Synthesis of Monolayer Ternary Telluride with a Random Local Displacement of Tellurium Atoms, Bijun Tang, Jiadong Zhou, Pingping Sun, Xiaowei Wang, Lichun Bai, Jiadong Dan, Jiefu Yang, Kun Zhou, Xiaoxu Zhao, Stephen J. Pennycook, Zheng Liu, 2019
Atomic engineering of high-density isolated Co atoms on graphene with proximal-atom controlled reaction selectivity, Huan Yan, Xiaoxu Zhao, Na Guo, Zhiyang Lyu, Yonghua Du, Shibo Xi, Rui Guo, Cheng Chen, Zhongxin Chen, Wei Liu, Chuanhao Yao, Jing Li, Stephen J. Pennycook, Wei Chen, Chenliang Su, Chun Zhang, Jiong Lu, 2018
Atom-by-atom fabrication of monolayer molybdenum membranes, Xiaoxu Zhao, Jiadong Dan, Jianyi Chen, Zijing Ding, Wu Zhou, Kian Ping Loh, Stephen J. Pennycook, 2018
Differentiating polymorphs in molybdenum disulfide via electron microscopy, Xiaoxu Zhao, Shoucong Ning, Wei Fu, Stephen J. Pennycook, Kian Ping Loh, 2018
Strain modulation by van der waals coupling in bilayer transition metal dichalcogenide, Xiaoxu Zhao, Zijing Ding, Jianyi Chen, Jiadong Dan, Sock Mui Poh, Wei Fu, Stephen J. Pennycook, Wu Zhou, Kian Ping Loh, 2018
Mo-terminated edge reconstructions in nanoporous molybdenum disulfide film, Xiaoxu Zhao, Deyi Fu, Zijing Ding, Yu-Yang Zhang, Dongyang Wan, Sherman J. R. Tan, Zhongxin Chen, Kai Leng, Jiadong Dan, Wei Fu, Dechao Geng, Peng Song, Yonghua Du, T. Venkatesan, Sokrates T. Pantelides, Stephen
Area of Focus
Electron Microscopy | Functional Oxides | Energy Storage | Catalysis | Atomic Structure | Electronic Structure | Orbital Degrees | Material Science | Oxide Materials | Microscopy
Area of Focus
Quantum Materials | Low-Dimensional | Light Elements | Controlled Preparation | Material Properties | Isotope Effects | Two-Dimensional | Novel Materials | Disordered Materials | Material Research
