Group SF4, State Key Laboratory for Surface Physics
Atomic-level Control and Quantum Effects of Low-dimensional Nanostructures

 

Prof. Xucun Ma, Group Leader (Chinese Version)

 

Personal Resume:

  Ma Xucun, born in November 1971, received her BS degree in Chemistry from Department of Chemistry, Peking University in 1992, received her PhD degree in Physics from Institute of Physics, CAS in 2000. She has been an research fellow at Institute of Salt Lakes, CAS from 1992 to 1997, postdoctoral research fellow at Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Germany from 2000 to 2002 and associate professor at Institute of Physics, CAS from 2003 to 2007. Currently she is working as a full professor and the group leader in Institute of Physics, CAS.

Tel: 010-82649008(Office)  Email: xcma@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

Research Interest:

  Growth and atomic-level control of thin films (including topological insulators), and the novel physical/chemical properties and quantum effects in nanostructures.

Selected Publications:(More detailed: MA_Xucun_Publication_List

1. Yi-Lin Wang, Yong Xu, Ye-Ping Jiang, Jun-Wei Liu, Cui-Zu Chang, Mu Chen, Zhi Li, Can-Li Song, Li-Li Wang, Ke He, Xi Chen, Wen-Hui Duan, Qi-Kun Xue, and Xu-Cun Ma, “Structural defects and electronic properties of Cu doped topological insulator Bi2Se3”, Phys. Rev. B 84, 075335 (2011)

2. C. L. Song, Y. L. Wang, Y. P. Jiang, Z. Li, L. L. Wang, K. He, X. Chen, X. C. Ma, Q. K. Xue, “Molecular-beam epitaxy and robust superconductivity of stoichiometric FeSe crystalline films on bilayer graphene”, Phys. Rev. B 84, 020503 (2011)

3. Can-Li Song, Yi-Lin Wang, Peng Cheng, Ye-Ping Jiang, Wei Li, Tong Zhang, Zhi Li, Ke He, Lili Wang, Jin-Feng Jia, Hsiang-Hsuan Hung, Congjun Wu, Xucun Ma, Xi Chen, and Qi-Kun Xue, “Direct observation of nodes and twofold symmetry in FeSe superconductor”, Science 332, 1410 (2011)

4. Y. Zhang, C. Z. Chang, K. He, L. L. Wang, X. Chen, J. F. Jia, X. C. Ma, and Q. K. Xue, “Doping effects of Sb and Pb in epitaxial topological insulator Bi2Se3 thin films: An in situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 194102 (2010)

5. C. L. Song, Y. L. Wang, Y. P. Jiang, Y. Zhang, C. Z. Chang, L. L. Wang, K. He, X. Chen, J. F. Jia, Y. Y. Wang, Z. Fang, X. Dai, X. C. Xie, X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang, Q. K. Xue, and X. C. Ma, “Topological insulator Bi2Se3 thin films grown on double-layer graphene by molecular beam epitaxy”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 143118 (2010)

6. P. Cheng, C. L. Song, T. Zhang, Y. Y. Zhang, Y. L. Wang, J. F. Jia, J. Wang, Y. Y. Wang, B. F. Zhu, X. Chen, X. C. Ma, K. He, L. L. Wang, X. Dai, Z. Fang, X. C. Xie, X. L. Qi, C. X. Liu, S. C. Zhang, and Q. K. Xue, “Landau quantization of topological surface states in Bi2Se3”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 076801 (2010)

7. Y. Zhang, K. He, C. Z. Chang, C. L. Song, L. L. Wang, X. Chen, J. F. Jia, Z. Fang, X. Dai, W. Y. Shan, S. Q. Shen, Q. Niu, X. L. Qi, S. C. Zhang, X. C. Ma, and Q. K. Xue, “Crossover of the three-dimensional topological insulator Bi2Se3 to the two-dimensional limit”, Nat. Phys. 6, 584 (2010)

8. Z. L. Guan, Y. X. Ning, C. L. Song, J. Wang, J. F. Jia, X. Chen, Q. K. Xue, and X. C. Ma,“Sample-size dependence of the superconducting transition of ribbon-shaped Pb nanocrystals studied by scanning tunneling spectroscopy”, Phys. Rev. B 81, 054516 (2010)

9. T. Zhang, P. Cheng, W. J. Li, Y. J. Sun, G. Wang, X.G. Zhu, K. He, L. L. Wang, X. C. Ma, X. Chen, Y. Y. Wang, Y. Liu, H. Q. Lin, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Superconductivity in one-atomic-layer metal films grown on Si(111)”, Nat. Phys. 6, 104 (2010)

10. C. L. Song, Y. L. Wang, Y. X. Ning, J. F. Jia, X. Chen, B. Sun, P. Zhang, Q. K. Xue, and X. C. Ma, “Tailoring phthalocyanine metalation reaction by quantum size effect”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 1456 (2010)

11. S. H. Ji, T. Zhang, Y. S. Fu, X.Chen, J. F. Jia, Q. K.Xue, and X. C. Ma, “Application of magnetic atom induced bound states in superconducting gap for chemical identification of single magnetic atoms”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 073113 (2010)

12. T. Zhang, P. Cheng, X. Chen, J. F. Jia, X. C. Ma, K. He, L. L. Wang, H. J. Zhang, X.Dai, Z. Fang, X. C. Xie, and Q. K. Xue, “Experimental demonstration of topological surface states protected by time-reversal symmetry”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 266803 (2009)

13. Y. S. Fu, T. Zhang, S. H. Ji, X. Chen, X. C. Ma, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Identifying charge states of molecules with spin-ip spectroscopy”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 257202 (2009)

14. R. Wu, Y. Zhang, F. Pan, L. L. Wang, X. C. Ma, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Self-assembled Pb nanostructures on Si(111) surfaces: from nanowires to nanorings”, Adv. Mater. 21, 4609 (2009)

15. L. Tang, Z. L. Guan, D. Hao, J. F. Jia, X. C. Ma, and Q. K. Xue, “Gold adsorption induced surface alloying on Si(111)-√3×√3-Pb surface”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 193102 (2009)

16. Y. Y. Li, M. Liu, D. Y. Ma, D. C. Yu, X. Chen, X. C. Ma, Q. K. Xue, K. W. Xu, J. F. Jia, and F. Liu, “Bistability of nanoscale Ag Island on a Si (111)-(4×1)-In surface induced by anisotropic stress”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 076102 (2009)

17. Y. S. Fu, S. H. Ji, T. Zhang, X. Chen, X. C. Ma, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Ultrathin lead oxide film on Pb(111) and its application in single spin detection”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 063107 (2009)

18. L. L.Wang, X. C. Ma, Y. X. Ning, S. H. Ji, Y. S. Fu, J. F. Jia, K. F. Kelly, and Q. K. Xue, “Atomic scale study of strain relaxation in Sn islands on Sn-induced Si(111)-(2√3 ×2√3) surface”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 153111 (2009)

19. L. Tang, Z. L. Guan, D. Hao, X. C. Ma, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Ordered Au/Pb nanoring arrays on Pb-induced Si(111)-1×1 surface”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 063112 (2009)

20. Y. X. Ning, C. L. Song, Z. L. Guan, X. C. Ma, X. Chen, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Observation of surface superconductivity and direct vortex imaging of a Pb thin island with a scanning tunneling microscope”, Europhys. Lett. 85, 27004 (2009)

21. Z. L. Guan, R. Wu, Y. X. Ning, C. L. Song, L. Tang, D. Hao, X. C. Ma, J. F. Jia, X. Chen, Q. K. Xue, Z. M. Liao, and D. P. Yu, “Highly ordered arrays of macroscopically long Pb nanobelts with atomic-evel controlled thickness and width on Si”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 023115 (2008)

22. P. Jiang, X. C. Ma, Y. X. Ning, C. L. Song, X. Chen, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Quantum size effect directed selective self-assembling of cobalt phthalocyanine on Pb(111) thin films”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 7790 (2008)

23. S. H. Ji, T. Zhang, Y. S. Fu, X. Chen, X. C. Ma, J. Li, W. H. Duan, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “High-resolution scanning tunneling spectroscopy of magnetic impurity induced bound states in the superconducting gap of Pb thin films”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 226801 (2008)

24. L. L. Wang, X. C. Ma, S. H. Ji, Y. S. Fu, Q. T. Shen, J. F. Jia, K. F. Kelly, and Q. K. Xue, “Epitaxial growth and quantum well states study of Sn thin fillms on Sn induced Si(111)-2√3× 2√3 R30º surface”, Phys. Rev. B 77, 205410 (2008)

25. Y. S. Fu, S. H. Ji, X. Chen, X. C. Ma, R. Wu, C. C. Wang, W. H. Duan, X. H. Qiu, B. Sun, P. Zhang, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Manipulating the kondo resonance through quantum size effects”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 256601 (2007)

26. X. C. Ma, P. Jiang, Y. Qi, J. F. Jia, Y. Yang, W. H. Duan, W. X. Li, X. H. Bao, S. B. Zhang, and Q. K. Xue, “Experimental observation of quantum oscillation of surface chemical reactivities”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104, 9204 (2007)

27. Y. F. Zhang, Z. Tang, T. Z. Han, X. C. Ma, J. F. Jia, Q. K. Xue, K. Xun, and S. C. Wu, “Oscillatory thermal expansion of Pb thin films modulated by quantum size effects”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 093120 (2007)

28. Y. Qi, X. C. Ma, P. Jiang, S. H. Ji, Y. S. Fu, J. F. Jia, Q. K. Xue, and S. B. Zhang, “Atomic-layer-resolved local work functions of Pb thin films and their dependence on quantum well states”, Appl. Phy. Lett. 90, 013109 (2007)