Institute of High Performance Computing

• Directors
• Computing Science (CS)
• Electronics & Photonics (EP)
• Engineering Mechanics (EM)
• Fluid Dynamics (FD)
• Material Science & Engineering (MSE)
• IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³)

IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³)

Dr. LUO Xin

• Title: Scientist
• Tel: 64191576
• Email: luox@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg

Research Interests:

• Electronic calculations, phonon properties
• Multiferroics and Thermoelectric
• Topological insulator, layer compound, high-k oxides
• tunneling junctions, 2D transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor (1st Honor), Material Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2006
• PhD, Materials Physics and Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2011

Published Journals/ Articles:

Journals

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1. Yanyuan Zhao^†, Xin Luo^†, Hai Li, Jun Zhang, Paulo T. Araujo, Chee Kwan Gan, Jumiati Wu, Hua Zhang, Su Ying Quek, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, and Qihua Xiong, Interlayer Breathing and Shear Modes in Few-Trilayer MoS2 and WSe2, Nano Letters, 2013,13, 1007. (^† Y.Z and X.L contributed equally)

2. Xin Luo, Michael B. Sullivan, and Su Ying Quek, First Principles Investigations of the Atomic, Electronic, and Thermoelectric Properties of Equilibrium and Strained Bi2Se3 & Bi2Te3, with van der Waals Interactions, Phys. Rev. B, 2012, 86, 184111.

3. Xin Luo, Yue Zheng, and Biao Wang, First-principles calculations of size-dependent giant electroresistance effect in nanoscale asymmetric ferroelectric tunnel junctions. Journal of Applied Physics. 2012, 111, 074102.

4. Xin Luo, Biao Wang, Yue Zheng, Tunable tunneling electro-resistance in ferroelectric tunnel junctions by mechanical loads, ACS Nano, 2011, 5, 1649.

5. Xin Luo, Shaopeng Lin, Biao Wang, Yue Zheng, Impact of applied strain on the electron transport through ferroelectric tunnel junctions, Applied Physics Letters, 2010, 97, 012905.

6. Xin Luo, Biao Wang, Yue Zheng, First-principles study on energetics of intrinsic point defects in LaAlO3, Physcal Review B, 2009, 80, 104115.

7. Xin Luo, Biao Wang, Yue Zheng, Microscopic mechanism of leakage currents in silica junctions, Journal of Applied Physics, 2009, 106, 073711.

8. Xin Luo, Biao Wang, First-principles study of the electronic and optical properties in the rhombohedral LaAlO3, Journal of Applied Physics, 2008, 104, 053503.

9. Xin Luo, Biao Wang, Structural and elastic properties of LaAlO3 from first-principles calculations, Journal of Applied Physics, 2008, 104, 073518.

10. Genghong Zhang, Xin Luo, Yue Zheng, and Biao Wang, Giant piezoelectric resistance effect of nanoscale zinc oxide tunnel junctions: first principles simulations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2012, 14, 7051.

11. Yue Zheng, W.J.Chen, X. Luo, B. Wang, and C.H.Woo, Critical properties of nanoscale asymmetric ferroelectric tunnel junctions or capacitors. Acta Materialia. 2012, 60, 1857.

 

Conferences

• Thermoelectric Properties of Strained Bi2Se3 and Bi2Te3 from Density Functional Theory with Van der Waals Interaction, Luo Xin and Quek Su Ying, poster, The 5^th MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, 2012, Singapore
• Thermoelectric Properties in Strained Bi2X3(X=Se, Te) and Bi2Te2Se Systems,Luo Xin and Quek Su Ying, poster, International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (ICYRAM), 2012, Singapore
• Theoretical Study of High-frequency Raman Modes in Bulk and Few Trilayer MoS2, Luo Xin and Quek Su Ying, poster, School on Modern Topics in Condensed Matter Physics, 2013, Singapore