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Our research has been published in leading journals including Nature Nanotechnology, Science Advances, ACS Nano, and Nature Communications.

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20252 papers

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Nature Reviews Methods Primers(2025)Corresponding Author

Kelvin probe force microscopy under ambient conditions

Amirhossein Zahmatkeshsaredorahi, Ruben Millan-Solsona, Devon S. Jakob, Liam Collins, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 5, pp. 35

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The Journal of Chemical Physics(2025)Corresponding Author · Featured perspective · Editor's pick · Featured as cover art

Action-Based Two-dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy on the Horizon

Qing Xie and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 162, pp. 100901

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20244 papers

63
Trends in Chemistry(2024)

Supercapacitive swing adsorption of CO2: advances and future prospects

Fareed ulHaq Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Jiajie Li, Xiaoji Xu, Kai Landskron

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024)

Stabilizing Ti3C2Tx MXene flakes in air by removing confined water

Hui Fang, Anupma Thakur, Amirhossein Zahmatkeshsaredorahi, Zhenyao Fang, Vahid Rad, Ahmad A Shamsabadi, Claudia Pereyra, Masoud Soroush, Andrew M Rappe, Xiaoji G Xu, Babak Anasori, and Zahra Fakhraai

Vol. 121 (28), pp. e2400084121

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C(2024)Corresponding Author · Featured article

Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy—A New Type of Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy under Ambient Conditions

Amirhossein Zahmatkeshsaredorahi, Devon S. Jakob, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 128 (24), pp. 9813–9827

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Nature Nanotechnology(2024)FeaturedCorresponding Author

Atomic-force-microscopy-based time-domain two-dimensional infrared nanospectroscopy

Qing Xie, Yu Zhang, Eli Janzen, James H. Edgar, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 19, pp. 1108-1115

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20234 papers

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Langmuir(2023)Corresponding Author

What do different Modes of AFM-IR Mean for Measuring Soft Matter Surfaces?

Qing Xie and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 39 (49), pp. 17593–17599

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Nano Letters(2023)Corresponding Author

Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy through Integration of Lock-in Detection

Amirhossein Zahmatkeshsaredorahi, Devon S. Jakob, Hui Fang, Zahra Fakhraai, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 23 (19), pp. 8953–8959

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Nature Immunology(2023)

Inducing Trained Immunity in Pro-metastatic Macrophages to Control Tumor Metastasis

Chuanlin Ding, Rejeena Shrestha, Xiaojuan Zhu, Anne E. Geller, Shouzhen Wu, Matthew R. Woeste, Wenqian Li, Haomin Wang, Fang Yuan, Raobo Xu, Julia H. Chariker, Xiaoling Hu, Hong Li, David Tieri, Huang-Ge Zhang, Eric C. Rouchka, Robert Mitchell, Leah J. Siskind, Xiang Zhang, Xiaoji G. Xu, Kelly M. McMasters, Yan Yu and Jun Yan

Vol. 24, pp. 239–254

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Analyst(2023)Corresponding Author

Lock-in Amplifier Based Peak Force Infrared Microscopy

Andrea Dorsa, Qing Xie, Martin Wagner, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 148, pp. 227

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20226 papers

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Nano Letters(2022)Corresponding Author · Figure 1 correction

Fourier-Transform Atomic Force Microscope-Based Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy with Broadband Source

Qing Xie, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 22 (22), pp. 9174-9180

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Chemical Society Reviews(2022)Corresponding Author

Principle and Applications of Peak Force Infrared Microscopy

Le Wang, Haomin Wang, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 51, pp. 5268-5286

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C(2022)Corresponding Author

Dual-Frequency Peak Force Photothermal Microscopy for Simultaneously Spatial Mapping Chemical Distributions and Energy Dissipation

Qing Xie, Haomin Wang, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 126 (19), pp. 8393–8399

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Atomic Force Microscopy for Energy Research. CRC Press(2022)Corresponding Author · Book chapter

Atomic Force Microscopy-Based Infrared Microscopy for Chemical Nano-Imaging and Spectroscopy

Xiaoji G. Xu

pp. 213-240

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Analytical Chemistry(2022)Corresponding Author

Dual-color Peak Force Infrared Microscopy

Qing Xie, Jared Wiemann, Yan Yu, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 94 (2), pp. 1425-1431

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Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews(2022)Corresponding Author · Invited review

Super-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectro-Microscopy of Biological Applications through Tapping Mode and Peak Force Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscope

Haomin Wang, Qing Xie, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 180, pp. 14080

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20218 papers

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Analytical Chemistry(2021)Corresponding Author

Nano-Chemical and Mechanical Mapping of Fine and Ultrafine Indoor Aerosols with Peak Force Infrared Microscopy

Joseph M. González-Fialkowski, Le Wang, Yongjie Li, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 93 (50), pp. 16845-16852

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Joule(2021)

Nanoscale Heterogeneous Distribution of Surface Energy at Interlayers in Organic Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells

Yanxun Li, Jianwei Ding, Cheng Liang, Xuning Zhang, Jianqi Zhang, Devon S. Jakob, Boxin Wang, Xing Li, Hong Zhang, Lina Li, Yingguo Yang, Guangjie Zhang, Xiaoxian Zhang, Wenna Du, Xinfeng Liu, Yuan Zhang, Yong Zhang, Xiaoji Xu, Xiaohui Qiu, and Huiqiong Zhou

Vol. 5 (12), pp. 3154-3168

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Small(2021)Corresponding Author · Featured as cover art

Integrated Tapping Mode Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy with Photo-induced Force Microscopy for Correlative Chemical and Surface Potential Mapping

Devon S. Jakob, Nengxu Li, Huanping Zhou, and Xiaoji G. Xu

pp. 2102495

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Science(2021)

Liquid Medium Annealing for Fabricating Durable Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Reproducibility

Nengxu Li, Xiuxiu Niu, Liang Li, Hao Wang, Zijian Huang, Yu Zhang, Yihua Chen, Xiao Zhang, Cheng Zhu, Huachao Zai, Yang Bai, Sai Ma, Huifen Liu, Xixia Liu, Zhenyu Guo, Guilin Liu, Rundong Fan, Hong Chen, Jianpu Wang, Yingzhuo Lun, Xueyun Wang, Jiawang Hong, Haipeng Xie, Devon S. Jakob, Xiaoji G. Xu, Qi Chen, and Huanping Zhou

Vol. 373 (6554), pp. 561-567

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C(2021)Corresponding Author

Photothermally Probing Vibrational Excited-State Absorption with Nanoscale Spatial Resolution through Frequency Domain Pump-Probe Peak Force Infrared Microscopy

Haomin Wang, Qing Xie, Yu Zhang, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 125 (15), pp. 8333-8338

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Analytical Chemistry(2021)FeaturedCorresponding Author

Liquid-Phase Peak Force Infrared Microscopy for Chemical Nano-imaging and Spectroscopy

Haomin Wang, Joseph M. González-Fialkowski, Wenqian Li, Qing Xie, Yan Yu, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 93 (7), pp. 3567-3575

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Analytical Chemistry(2021)

Vibrational Spectroscopic Detection of a Single Virus by Mid-Infrared Photothermal Microscopy

Yi Zhang, Celalettin Yurdakul, Alexander J. Devaux, Le Wang, Xiaoji G. Xu, John H. Connor, M. Selim Ünlü, and Ji-Xin Cheng

Vol. 93 (8), pp. 4100-4107

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Analytical Chemistry(2021)Corresponding Author

Total Internal Reflection Peak Force Infrared Microscopy

Haomin Wang, Le Wang, Eli Janzen, James H. Edgar, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 93 (2), pp. 731–736

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202010 papers

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Science Advances(2020)

Macrophage activation on "phagocytic synapse" arrays: Spacing of nanoclustered ligands directs TLR1/2 signaling with an intrinsic limit

Miao Li, Haomin Wang, Wenqian Li, Xiaoji G. Xu, and Yan Yu

Vol. 6 (49), pp. eabc8482

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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules(2020)

Differences in surface chemistry of regenerated lignocellulose fibers determined by chemically sensitive scanning probe microscopy

Claudia Gusenbauer, Tiina Nypelö, Devon S. Jakob, Xiaoji G. Xu, Dmitri V. Vezenov, Shirin Asaadi, Herbert Sixta, and Johannes Konnerth

Vol. 165, pp. 2520-2527

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Biomacromolecules(2020)

Nanoscale chemical features of the natural fibrous material wood

Claudia Gusenbauer, Devon S. Jakob, Xiaoji G. Xu, Dmitri V. Vezenov, Etienne Cabane, and Johannes Konnerth

Vol. 21 (10), pp. 4244–4252

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Soft Matter(2020)Corresponding Author · 2021 Soft Matter Emerging Investigators

Peak force visible microscopy

Haomin Wang, Le Wang, Yuequn Shang, Sajedehalsadat Yazdanparast Tafti, Wenpeng Cao, Zhijun Ning, X. Frank Zhang, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 16, pp. 8372-8379

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Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed.(2020)FeaturedCorresponding Author

Peak Force Infrared – Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

Devon S. Jakob, Haomin Wang, Guanghong Zeng, Daniel E. Otzen, Yong Yan, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 59, pp. 16083

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Langmuir(2020)Corresponding Author

Simultaneous Nanoscale Imaging of Chemical and Architectural Heterogeneity on Yeast Cell Wall Particles

Wenqian Li, Haomin Wang, Xiaoji G. Xu, and Yan Yu

Vol. 36 (22), pp. 6169–6177

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Nano Letters(2020)Corresponding Author

Probing Mid-Infrared Phonon Polaritons in the Aqueous Phase

Haomin Wang, Eli Janzen, Le Wang, James, H. Edgar, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 20 (5), pp. 3986-3991

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ACS Nano(2020)FeaturedCorresponding Author

Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

Devon S. Jakob, Haomin Wang, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 14 (4), pp. 4839-4848

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Nanoscale(2020)FeaturedCorresponding Author

Three-dimensional Near-field Analysis Through Peak Force Scattering-type Near-field Optical Microscopy

Haomin Wang, Jiahan Li, James, H. Edgar, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 12, pp. 1817-1825

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Advanced Optical Materials(2020)Corresponding Author · Featured as cover art

Revealing Phonon Polaritons in Hexagonal Boron Nitride by Multi-Pulse Peak Force Infrared Microscopy

Le Wang, Martin Wagner, Haomin Wang, Siuling Pau-Sanchez, Jiahan Li, James H. Edgar, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 8, pp. 1901084

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20193 papers

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Analytical Chemistry(2019)Corresponding Author

Generalized Heterodyne Configurations for Photo-induced Force Microscopy

Le Wang, Devon S. Jakob, Haomin Wang, Alexis Apostolos, Marcos Pires, Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 91 (20), pp. 13251–13259

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters(2019)

Surface and Volume Phonon Polaritons in Boron Nitride Nanotubes

Cassandra Phillips, Leonid Gilburd, Xiaoji G. Xu, and Gilbert C. Walker

Vol. 10 (17), pp. 4851-4856

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Analytical Chemistry(2019)Corresponding Author

Spectro-mechanical Characterization of Aromaticity and Maturity of Kerogens in Oil Shale at 6 nm Spatial Resolution

Devon S. Jakob, Le Wang, Haomin Wang, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 91 (14), pp. 8883-8890

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20183 papers

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C(2018)Corresponding Author

Direct Measurement of Photo-Induced Force for Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemical-Sensitive Imaging

Le Wang, Haomin Wang, Dmitri V. Vezenov, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 122 (41), pp. 23808

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Nature Communications(2018)FeaturedCorresponding Author

Tomographic and Multimodal Scattering-Type Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy with Peak Force Tapping Mode

Haomin Wang, Le Wang, Devon S. Jakob, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 9, pp. 2005

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ACS Photonics(2018)Corresponding Author

Ultra-broadband Nano-spectroscopy with a Laser-driven Plasma Source

Martin Wagner, Devon S. Jakob, Steve Horne, Henry Mittel, Sergey Osechinskiy, Cassandra Phillips, Gilbert C. Walker, Chanmin Su and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 5 (4), pp. 1467

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20174 papers

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Optics Express(2017)

Optical hot-spots in boron-nitride nanotubes at mid infrared frequencies: one-dimensional localization due to random-scattering

Jian-Hua Jiang, Xiaoji G. Xu, Leonid Gilburd, and Gilbert C. Walker

Vol. 25, pp. 25059

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Chemical Communications(2017)Corresponding Author · 2017 ChemComm Emerging Investigators

Nanoscale spectroscopic and mechanical characterization of individual aerosol particles using peak force infrared microscopy

Le Wang, Dandan Huang, Chak K. Chan, Yong Jie Li, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 53, pp. 7397

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Science Advances(2017)FeaturedCorresponding Author

Nanoscale Simultaneous Chemical and Mechanical Imaging via Peak Force Infrared Microscopy

Le Wang, Haomin Wang, Martin Wagner, Yong Yan, Devon S. Jakob and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 3 (6), pp. e1700255

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AIP Advances(2017)Corresponding Author

Mapping three-dimensional near-field responses with reconstruction scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy

Haomin Wang, Le Wang, Devon S. Jakob, and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 7, pp. 055118

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20163 papers

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Nature Communications(2016)Corresponding Author

Scattering-type Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy with Low Repetition Rate Pulsed Light Source through Phase-domain Sampling

Haomin Wang, Le Wang and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 7, pp. 13212

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry C(2016)

Defects and Deformation of Boron Nitride Nanotubes Studied by Joint Nanoscale Mechanical and Infrared Near-Field Microscopy

Xiaoji G. Xu, Leonid Gilburd, Yoshio. Bando, Dmitri Golberg and Gilbert C. Walker

Vol. 120 (3), pp. 1945

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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters(2016)

Near-Field Infrared Pump–Probe Imaging of Surface Phonon Coupling in Boron Nitride Nanotubes

Leonid Gilburd, Xiaoji G. Xu, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg and Gilbert C. Walker

Vol. 7 (2), pp. 289

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20151 paper

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Nature Communications(2015)Corresponding Author

Scattering Type Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy with Reconstruction of Vertical Interaction

Le Wang and Xiaoji G. Xu

Vol. 6, pp. 8973

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20145 papers

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Applied Physics Letters(2014)

Phase Stabilized Homodyne of Infrared Scattering Type Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy

X. G. Xu, L. Gilburd, and G. C Walker

Vol. 105 (26), pp. 263104

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ACS Nano(2014)

Mid-Infrared Polaritonic Coupling between Boron Nitride Nanotubes and Graphene

X. G. Xu, J-H. Jiang, L. Gilburd, C. Zhi, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, and G. C Walker

Vol. 8 (11), pp. 11305

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Journal of Optics(2014)

Mid-infrared surface phonon polaritons in boron-nitride nanotubes

B. G. Ghamsari, X.G. Xu, L. Gilburd, and G. C Walker, P. Berini

Vol. 16 (11), pp. 114008

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ACS Photonics(2014)

Accessing the Optical Magnetic Near-Field through Babinet's Principle

H. U. Yang, R. L. Olmon, K. S. Deryckx, X. G. Xu, H. A. Bechtel, Y. Xu, B. A. Lail and M. B. Raschke

Vol. 1, pp. 894

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Nature Communications(2014)FeaturedHighlighted in Nature Materials 13, 1081–1083 2014

One-dimensional surface phonon polaritons in boron nitride nanotubes

X. G. Xu, B. G. Ghamsari, J-H. Jiang L. Gilburd, G. O. Andreev, C. Zhi, Y. Bando, D. Golberg, P. Berini, and G. C Walker

Vol. 5, pp. 4782

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20133 papers

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Journal of Physical Chemistry A(2013)Featured as cover art

Phase Controlled Homodyne Infrared Near-field Microscopy Reveal Inhomogeneity within and among Individual Boron Nitride Nanotubes

X. G. Xu, A. E. Tanur, and G. C. Walker

Vol. 117 (16), pp. 3348

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Journal of Physical Chemistry C(2013)

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering in Purely Dielectric Structures via Bloch Surface Waves

S. Pirotta, X. G. Xu, A. Delfan, S. Mysore, S. Maiti, G. Dacarro, M. Patrini, M. Galli, G. Guizzetti, D. Bajoni, J. Sipe, G. C. Walker, and M. Liscidini

Vol. 117 (13), pp. 6821

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Nano Letters(2013)

Near-field Infrared Vibrational Dynamics and Tip-Enhanced Decoherence

X. G. Xu, and M. B. Raschke

Vol. 13 (4), pp. 1588

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20121 paper

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Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters(2012)

Pushing the Sample Size Limit of Infrared Vibrational Nanospectroscopy: From Monolayer towards Single Molecule Sensitivity

X. G. Xu, M. Rang, I. M. Craig and M. B. Raschke

Vol. 3 (13), pp. 1836

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20111 paper

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Nano Letters(2011)

Ultrafast nanofocusing with full optical waveform control

S. Berwerger, J. Atkins, X. G. Xu, R. L. Olmon, and M. B. Raschke

Vol. 11 (10), pp. 4309

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20101 paper

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Nano Letters(2010)Equal contribution

Few-Femtosecond Plasmon Dephasing of a Single Metallic Nanostructure from Optical Response Function Reconstruction by Interferometric Frequency Resolved Optical Gating

A. Anderson, K. S. Deryckx, X. G. Xu, G. Steinmeyer and M. B. Raschke

Vol. 10 (7), pp. 2519

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20093 papers

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Journal of Chemical Physics(2009)

Characterization of transient molecular vibration excited with shaped femtosecond pulses

S. O. Konorov, X. G. Xu, J. W. Hepburn, and V. Milner

Vol. 130, pp. 234505

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Phys. Rev. A(2009)Rapid Communication

Narrowband Spectroscopy by All-optical Correlation of Broadband pulses

S. O. Konorov, X. G. Xu, J. W. Hepburn, and V. Milner

Vol. 79, pp. 031801

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Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia(2009)Ph.D. dissertation

New methods of coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy based on broadband pulses

Xiaoji Xu

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20082 papers

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Optics Letters(2008)

Background-free Coherent Raman Spectroscopy by Detecting the Spectral Phase of Molecular Vibrations

X. G. Xu, S. O. Konorov, J. W. Hepburn, and V. Milner

Vol. 33 (11), pp. 1177-1179

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Nature Physics(2008)

Noise autocorrelation spectroscopy with coherent Raman scattering

X .G. Xu, S. O. Konorov, J. W. Hepburn, and V. Milner

Vol. 4, pp. 125-129

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20072 papers

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Optics Express(2007)

Pulse optimization for Raman spectroscopy with cross-correlation frequency resolved optical gating

S. O. Konorov, X. G. Xu, M. W. Blades, R. B. Turner, J. W. Hepburn, and V. Milner

Vol. 15 (12), pp. 7564-7571

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Journal of Chemical Physics(2007)FeaturedRapid communication

Complete characterization of molecular vibration using frequency resolved gating

X. G. Xu, S. O. Konorov, S. Zhdanovich, J. W. Hepburn, and V. Milner

Vol. 126, pp. 091102-5

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