SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Journal Editor-in-Chief, Nanoscale Research Letters (Springer)

Book Series Editor, Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology (Springer), Springer Series in Materials Science

Conference Chair, Villa Conference on Interaction Among Nanostructures (2008, 2009, 2010), Villa Conference on Complex Oxide Heterostructures (2008, 2009, 2010),  Virtual Conference on Nanoscale Science and Technology (2007, 2008), 14th Semiconducting and Insulating Materials Conferences (2007), Collaborative Conference on Interacting Nanostructures (2009, 2010)

Advisory Committee, 14th Canadian Semiconductor Technology Conference and 2009 Nano & Giga Forum

Symposium Organizer, Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting (2006, 2007, 2009), Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting (2007, 2008)

Grant Reviewer, US Department of Energy, US Department of Defense

Journal Referee, ACS Nano, Applied Physics Letters, Chemical Communications, Chemical Society Reviews, Crystal Growth & Design, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Electronic Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Journal of Materials Research, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Lab on a Chip, Langmuir, Materials Letters, Measurement Science and Technology, Modern Physics Letters B, Nanoscale, Nano Today, Nanotechnology, Nature Nanotechnology, Physica Status Solidi, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Physics Letters A, Semiconductor Science and Technology, Superlattices and Microstructures, Surface Science

ZHIMING WANG’S SPECIALTIES

Compound semiconductors, epitaxial crystal growth, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), quantum dots, surface, interface, nanostructures, nanoscience and nanotechnology; open-access scientific publishing, conference organization, and graduate education.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Professor (9/2007-present), Institute for Nanoscale Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

Research Associate (6/2000-8/2007), Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow (8/1998 – 5/2000), Paul-Drude-Institute for Solid State Electronics Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Physics: Semiconductor Physics (Jun 1998), Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Dissertation: “Growth and characterization of InAs/GaAs self-assembled islands"

M.S. Physics: Physics (Jun 1995), Peking University, Beijing, China
Dissertation: “Study of the origin of metal/semiconductor Schottky-barriers”

B.S. Physics: Applied Physics (Jun 1992), Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

PUBLICATIONS

Books, Book Chapters, Journal Special Sections or Issues

1. Zhiming M. Wang, Ed. Self-Assembled Quantum Dots, Springer, 2008
2. Zhiming M. Wang, Ed. One-Dimensional Nanostructures, Springer, 2008
3. Zhiming M. Wang, Ed. Towards Functional Nanomaterials, Springer, 2009
4. Zhiming M. Wang and Gregory J. Salamo, “Towards Quantum Dot Crystals via Multilayer Stacking on Different Indexed Surfaces” in Lateral Alignment of Epitaxial Quantum Dots, Ed. Oliver G. Schmidt, Springer, 2007
5. Zhiming M. Wang and Alexander Govorov, Eds. Forward, Journal of Electronic Materials, 36, 1545 (2007)
6. Zhiming M. Wang and Peter Kiesel, Eds. Preface, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 19, 677 (2008)
7. Zhiming M. Wang and Vladimir A. Basiuk, Eds. Editorial, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9, 3269 (2009).

Selected Publications in Refereed Journals (Full List)

• Intersublevel Infrared Photodetector with Strain-Free GaAs Quantum Dot Pairs Grown by High-Temperature Droplet Epitaxy
  Jiang Wu, Dali Shao, Vitaliy G. Dorogan, Alvason Z. Li, Shibin Li, Eric A. DeCuir, Jr., M. Omar Manasreh, Zhiming M. Wang*, Yuriy I. Mazure and Gregory J. Salamo
  Nano Letters 10 (4), 1512–1516 (2010)
• Energy Transfer within Ultralow Density Twin InAs Quantum Dots Grown by Droplet Epitaxy
  B. L. Liang, Zh. M. Wang*, X. Y. Wang, J. H. Lee, Yu. I. Mazur, C. K. Shih, and G. J. Salamo
  ACS Nano 2 (11), 2219 (2008)
• Synthesis of nanocrystals via microreaction with temperature gradient: towards separation of nucleation and growth
  Hongwei Yang, Weiling Luan*, Shan-tung Tu, and Zhiming M. Wang*
  Lab on a Chip 8 (3), 451 (1008)
• Spatially localized formation of InAs quantum dots on shallow patterns regardless of crystallographic directions
  Jihoon H. Lee, Zhiming M. Wang*, William T. Black, Vasyl Petrovych Kunets, Yuiry Ivanouych Mazur, and Gregory J. Salamo
  Advanced Functional Materials 17 (16), 3187 (2007)
• Nanoholes fabricated by self-assembled gallium nanodrill on GaAs(100)
  Zh. M. Wang, B. L. Liang, K. A. Sablon, and G. J. Salamo
  Applied Physics Letters 90(11), 113120 (2007)
• Self-Organization of InAs Quantum-Dot Clusters Directed by Droplet Homoepitaxy
  Zhiming M. Wang, Baolai Liang, Kimberly A. Sablon, Jihoon Lee, Yuriy I. Mazur, Neil W. Strom, and Gregory J. Salamo
  Small 3, 235 (2007).
• InGaAs quantum dot molecules around self-assembled GaAs nanomound templates
  J. H. Lee, Zh. M. Wang*, N. W. Strom, Yu. I. Mazur, and G. J. Salamo
  Applied Physics Letters 89, 202101 (2006)
  Featured on the Journal Cover of Volume 89, Issue 20.
• Self-organization of quantum-dot pairs by high-temperature droplet epitaxy
  Zhiming M. Wang, Kyland Holmes, Yuriy I. Mazur, Kimberly A. Ramsey, and Gregory J. Salamo
  Nanoscale Research Letters 1, 57 (2006).
• Controlling Planar and Vertical Ordering in Three-Dimensional (In,Ga)As Quantum Dot Lattices by GaAs Surface Orientation
  M. Schmidbauer, Sh. Seydmohamadi, D. Grigoriev, Zh. M. Wang, Yu. I. Mazur, P. Schafer, M. Hanke, R. Kohler, and G. J. Salamo
  Physics Review Letters 96, 066108 (2006).
• Localized formation of InAs quantum dots on shallow-patterned GaAs(100)
  Zh. M. Wang, J. H. Lee, B. L. Liang, W. T. Black, Vas. P. Kunets, Yu. I. Mazur, and G. J. Salamo
  Applied Physics Letters 88, 233102 (2006)
  Featured on the Journal Cover of Volume 88, Issue 23.
• Self-assembly of GaAs holed nanostructures by droplet epitaxy
  Zhiming M. Wang, Kyland Holmes, John L. Shultz, and Gregory J. Salamo
  Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 202, R85 (2005)
  Featured on the Journal Cover of Volume 202, Issue 8.
• Fabrication of (In,Ga)As quantum-dot chains on GaAs(100)
  Z.M.Wang, K. Holmes, Yu. I. Mazur, and G.J.Salamo
  Applied Physics Letters 84, 1931 (2004)
  Editors' Choice: Highlight of the Recent Literature, Science 303, 1947 (2004)
• Morphology evolution during strained (In,Ga)As epitaxial growth on GaAs vicinal (100) surfaces
  Z.M.Wang, J.L.Shultz, and G.J.Salamo
  Applied Physics Letters 83, 1749 (2003).
• Surface dynamics during phase transitions of GaAs(100)
  Z. M. Wang and G. J. Salamo
  Physics Review B 67, 125324 (2003).
• GaAs(311) templates for Molecular Beam Epitaxy growth: surface morphologies and reconstruction
  Z.M.Wang, V.R.Yazdanpanah, J.L.Shultz, and G.J.Salamo
  Applied Physics Letters 81, 2965 (2002).
• Molecular-beam epitaxial growth and surface characterization of GaAs(311)B
  Z.M.Wang, L.Daweritz, and K.H.Ploog
  Applied Physics Letters 78, 712 (2001).
• MBE growth, structure and magnetic properties of MnAs on GaAs on a microscopic scale
  L.Daweritz, F.Schippan, A.Trampert, M.Kastner, G.Behme, Z.M.Wang, M.Moreno, P.Schutzendube, and K. H. Ploog
  Journal of Crystal Growth 227/228, 834 (2001).
• Evolution of Si-on-GaAs (001) surface morphology towards self-organized ordered Si structures
  Z.M.Wang, L.Daweritz, P.Schutzendube, and K.H.Ploog
  Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 18, 2204 (2000).
• Effects of growth interruption on self-assembled InAs/GaAs islands
  Z.M.Wang, S.L.Feng, X.P.Yang Z.D.Lu, and Z.Y.Xu, H.Z.Zheng, F.L.Wang, P.D.Han, and X.F.Duan
  Journal of Crystal Growth 192, 97 (1998).
• Effects of hydrogen on Er/p-type Si Schottky-barrier diodes
  Z. M. Wang, Y. X. Zhang, K. Wu, M. H. Yuan, W. X. Chen, and G. G. Qin
  Physics Review B 51, 7878 (1995).