College of Engineering News • Iowa State University

Xiu advances discovery on emerging topological insulators; paper featured in Nature Journal—Scientific Reports

Faxian Xiu, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his senior postdoctoral fellow Lihong Bao have published successive works on topological insulators in the Nature Journal Scientific Reports. The original article, published on September 18, discussed findings that indicate unique electrical charge carrier transport exists on the surfaces of topological insulator thin films. The …Continue reading “Xiu advances discovery on emerging topological insulators; paper featured in Nature Journal—Scientific Reports”

Xiu’s research on topological insulators published in Scientific Reports, hosted on Nature.com

The research of Faxian Xiu, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his first PhD student Nicholas Meyer attracted global attention when it was published in Scientific Reports, a primary research publication from the publishers of Nature. As part of this research, Xiu and his team have grown high-quality topological insulator thin films on …Continue reading “Xiu’s research on topological insulators published in Scientific Reports, hosted on Nature.com”

ECpE welcomes new assistant professor

Faxian Xiu joined Iowa State’s electrical and computer engineering department this fall as an assistant professor. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in materials science and engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology and the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and his PhD in electrical engineering from the University …Continue reading “ECpE welcomes new assistant professor”

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