Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Asst Prof Xue Can

Assistant Professor 
Division of Materials Science 
School of Materials Science & Engineering 
College of Engineering 



Email: CXUE@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 6180 
Office: N4.1-02-29 
Education
  • PhD (Chem) Northwestern University 2007
  • BS (Chem) University of Sci. & Technology of China 2002
Biography
Dr. Xue entered the Special Class for the Gifted Young (SCGY) at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1997 and received his B.S. degree in 2002. He then went to pursue his Ph.D. degree in chemistry with Prof. Chad A. Mirkin at Northwestern University (USA). After obtaining PhD regree, he joined School of Materials Science and Engineering at NTU as a teaching fellow in January 2008, and became an assistant professor since November 2009.
Research Interests
1)Development of novel plasmonic nanomaterials for solar energy applications (photovoltaics and photocatalysis) using anisotropic metallic nanostructures that exhibit unique surface plasmon resonance properties in the visible and near-IR region.

2) Fabrication of novel metal-semiconductor conjugated nanocomposites for plasmon-driven photocatalysis.

3) Development of hybrid semiconductor nanomaterials for solar-driven water splitting
Research Grant
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2012-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2013-)
  • LKY Post Doctoral Fellowship (2009-)
  • Start Up Grant (2010-)
Current Projects
  • Development of New Hetero-Nanoparticles for Solar Photocatalysis
  • Facet-Controllable Ultra-Thin Metal Nanostructures towards Efficient Catalysis
  • Plasmonic Metal Nanostructures for Photocatalysis
  • Toward Efficient Sunlight Harvesting
Selected Publications
  • C. Xue, G. S. Métraux, J. E. Millstone, C. A. Mirkin. (2008). Mechanistic Study of Photomediated Triangular Silver Nanoprism Growth. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, 8337-8344.
  • C. Xue; J. E. Millstone, S. Y. Li, C. A. Mirkin. (2007). Plasmon-Driven Synthesis of Triangular Core-Shell Nanoprisms from Gold Seeds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46(44), 8436-8439.
  • C. Xue; C. A. Mirkin. (2007). pH-Switchable Silver Nanoprism Growth Pathways. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46(12), 2036-2038.
  • L. D. Qin, S. L. Zou, C. Xue, A. Atkinson, G. C. Schatz, C. A. Mirkin. (2006). Designing, Fabricating, and Imaging Raman Hot Spots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(36), 13300-13303.
  • E. K. Payne, N. L. Rosi, C. Xue, C. A. Mirkin. (2005). Sacrificial Biological Templates for the Formation of Nanostructured Metallic Microshells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 44(32), 5064-5067.
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