In 1997,Professor Xiangfeng Duan received a chemistry bachelor from China University of Science and Technology.In 1999, received a Master of Chemistry degree from Harvard University in the United States.In 2002 received a doctorate in physics.In UCLA has served as assistant professor and associate professor during 2008~2012, since 2013 as a professor.

     Main research direction: Nanoscale materials, devices and their applications in future electronics, energy technologies and biomedical science. In particular, we focus on rational design and synthesis of highly complex nanostructures with precisely controlled chemical composition, structural morphology and physical dimension; fundamental investigation of new chemical, optical, electronic and magnetic properties; and exploration of new technological opportunities arising in these nanoscale materials. A strong emphasis is placed on the hetero-integration of multi-composition, multi-structure and multi-function at the nanoscale, and by doing so, creating a new generation of integrated nanosystems with unprecedented performance or unique functions to break the boundaries of traditional technologies.

     Awards and honors: National Institute of Health Director’s New Innovator Award (2008); National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2010); Alpha Chi Sigma Glen T. Seaborg Award (2011); Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2011); Office of Naval Research Young Investigator (2012); Human Frontier Science Program Young Investigator (2012); Department of Energy Early Career Scientist (2012); Dupont Young Professor (2012); IUMRS-MRS Singapore Young Researcher Award (2012); Beilby Medal and Prize (2013).

     Article masterpiece:

    1.Yu WJ, Liu Y, Zhou H, Yin A, Li Z, Huang Y, Duan X. Highly efficient gate-tunable photocurrent generation from vertical heterostructures of layered materials. Nature Nanotechnol 2013; 8-952-958 (doi: 10.1038/NNANO.2013.219).

    2.Jiang S, Cheng R, Wang X, Xue T, Liu Y, Nel A, Huang Y,  Duan X. Real-time electrical detection of nitric oxide in biological systems with sub-nanomolar sensitivity. Nature Commun 2013; 4: 2225. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms3225).

    3.Halim U, Zheng CR, Chen Y, Lin Z, Jiang S, Cheng R, Huang Y, Duan X. A rational design of cosolvent exfoliation of layered materials by directly probing liquid–solid interaction. Nature Commun 2013; 4: 2213. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms3213).

    4.Zhou H, Yu WJ, Liu L, Cheng R, Chen Y, Huang X, Liu Y, Wang Y, Huang Y,  Duan X. Chemical vapour deposition growth of large single crystals of monolayer and bilayer graphene. Nature Commun 2013; 4: 2096. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms3096).

    5.Yu WJ, Li Z, Zhou H, Chen Y, Wang Y, Huang Y,  Duan X. Vertically stacked multi-heterostructures of layered materials for logic transistors and complementary inverters. Nature Mater 2013; 12: 246–252. (doi: 10.1038/nmat3518).

    6.Cheng R, Bai J, Liao L, Zhou H, Chen Y, Liu Y, Lin Y, Jiang S, Huang Y, Duan X. High frequency self-aligned graphene transistors with transferred gate stack. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2012; 109: 11588-11592. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1205696109).

    7.Liu Y, Cheng R, Liao L, Zhou H, Bai J, Liu G, Liu L, Huang Y, Duan X. Plasmon resonance enhanced multicolour photodetection by graphene. Nature Commun 2011; 2: 579. (doi: 10.1038/ ncomms1589).

    8.Liao L, Lin Y, Bao M, Cheng R, Bai J, Liu Y, Qu Y. Wang KL, Huang Y, Duan X. High speed graphene transistors with a self-aligned nanowire gate. Nature 2010; 467: 305-308. (doi: 10.1038/nature09405).

    9.Bai J, Cheng R, Xiu F, Liao L, Wang M, Shailos A, Wang KL, Huang Y, Duan X. Very large magnetoresistance in graphene nanoribbons. Nature Nanotechnol 2010; 5: 655-659. (doi: 10.1038/nnano.2010.154).

    10.Bai J, Zhong X, Jiang S, Huang Y, Duan X. Graphene nanomesh. Nature Nanotechol 2010; 5: 190-194. (doi: 10.1038/nnano.2010