Ph.D., Science and Engineering of Materials – Arizona State University, 2004

The Xu research lab develops and applies highly-integrated SPM-based technologies to study single molecule electronic, mechanical, and interaction properties, establishing molecular structure-functionality relationships and how environmental factors contribute to such properties. Ultrahigh resolution imaging in liquids; Single molecule recognition imaging, kinetics and dynamics; Controlling electronic transport in single molecule junction devices; SPM nanolithography

BQ Xu, K Wang, J Hamill, R Colvard, 2014 Modulate and control of detailed electron transport of single molecule, Molecular Electronics: An Experimental and Theoretical Approach, Chapter 4. Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd. GJ Chen, B Park, BQ Xu, 2013 Food Toxin Detection with Atomic Force Microscope, ACS Symposium Series: Advances in Applied Nanotechnology for Agriculture, Chapter 7, 125-143 HX He, S. Boussaad, BQ Xu and NJ Tao. 2003. Molecular and Ionic Adsorption onto Atomic-Scale Metal Wires, Nanowires and Nanobelts,Materials, Properties and Devices, Ed. Z.L. Wang, Kluwer Academic Press HX He, YW Zhao, BQ Xu and NJ Tao. 2001. Electrochemical Potential Controlled Electron Transport in Conducting Polymer Nanowires, Quantum Confinement VI: Nanostructured Materials and Devices, ISBN 1-56677-352-0, Editor, M. Cahay, J. P. Leburton, D. J. Lockwood, S. Bandyopadhyay, J. S. Harris. Proceeding Volume 2001-19, the Electrochemical Society, INC. Page 20-2 NJ Tao, CZ Li, HX He, A Bogozi, BQ Xu, O Lam. 2001. Electrochemistry of STM Fabricated Metallic Nanowries, Scacing Probe Techniques for Materials Characterization at Nanometer Scale, ISBN 1-56677-302-4, Editer, D.C. Hansen, H. S. Issacs, K. Sieradzki, Page 148-162 Z Zhang, H Wang, X Wang, Y Li, B Song, O Bolarinwa, A Reese, T Zhang, X Wang, J Cai, B Xu, M Wang, C Liu, H Yang, X Li, 2017 Super Snowflakes: Step-Wise Self-Assembly and Dynamic Exchange of Rhombus Star-Shaped Supramolecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Just Accepted Manuscript B Wang, B Park, BQ Xu, YK Kwon, 2017 Label-free biosensing of Salmonella enterica serovars at single-cell level, J. Nanobiotechnology 15, 40 (pdf) Bo Song, Zhe Zhang, Kun Wang, Dr. Chih-Hao Hsu, Olapeju Bolarinwa, Jing Wang, Yiming Li, Guang-Qiang Yin, Edwin Rivera, Hai-Bo Yang, Changlin Liu, Bingqian Xu and Xiaopeng Li, 2017, Direct Self-Assembly of a 2D and 3D Star of David , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 5258 –5262 (pdf) Z Jiang, Y Li, M Wang, B Son , K Wang, M Sun, D Liu, X Li, J Yuan, M Chen, Y Guo, X Yang, T Zhang, CN Moorefield, GR Newkome, B Xu, X Li, P Wang, 2017, Self-Assembly of a Supramolecular Hexagram and a Supramolecular Pentagram, Nat. Commun., 8, 15476 (pdf) K Wang, BQ Xu, 2017, Modulation and Control of Charge Transport Through Single-Molecule Junctions, Top. Curr. Chem., 315:17. 10.1007/s41061-017-0105-z) Y Pan, B Wang, T Zhang, Y Zhang, H Wang BQ Xu, 2016 Nonoscale Insights into Full-length Prion Protein Aggregation on Model Lipid Membranes, Chem. Commun,52, 8533-8536 (pdf) Y Zhang, M Zhang, RA Reese, H Zhang, BQ Xu, 2016 Real-time single molecular study of a pretreated cellulose hydrolysis mode and individual enzyme movement,Biotechnol. Biofuels, 9, 85 (pdf) K Wang, BQ Xu, 2016 Electron tunneling through molecule-electrode contacts of single alkane molecular junctions: experimental determination and a practical barrier model, Phys. Chem. Chem.Phys., 18 9569-9576.(pdf)