Professional Preparation:

Professional Appointments

Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 2002-present
Associate Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 1997-2002
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, SIUC, 1993-1997

Selected Publications

"FTIR spectroscopy of buried interfaces in molecular junctions", Y. Jun and X.-Y. Zhu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 13224-13225 (2004).

"Exciton dynamics at molecule-metal interfaces: C₆₀/Au(111)", G. Dutton, D. P. Quinn, C.D. Lindstrom, and X.-Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. B, 72, 045441 (2005).

"Shallow trap states in pentacene thin films from molecular sliding", J. H. Kang, Demetrio da Silva Filho, Jean-Luc Bredas, and X.-Y. Zhu, Appl. Phys. Lett., 86, 152115 (2005).

"Formation of two-dimensional electron polarons that are absent in three-dimensional crystals", M. Muntwiler and X.-Y. Zhu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 246801 (2007).

"Vibrational spectroscopy reveals electrostatic and electrochemical doping in organic thin film transistors gated with a polymer electrolyte dielectric", L. Kaake, Y. Zou, M. Panzer, C. D. Frisbie, and X.-Y. Zhu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 7824 - 7830, (2007).

"Electronic structure and electron dynamics at molecule-metal interfaces: implication for molecule-based electronics", X.-Y. Zhu, Surf. Sci. Rep. 56, 1-83 (2004).

"Feature Article. Charge transport across molecule-metal interfaces: a spectroscopic view", X.-Y. Zhu, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 8778-8793 (2004).

"Photo-induced electron transfer at metal-molecule interfaces", C.D. Lindstrom and X.-Y. Zhu Chem. Rev. 106, 4281-4300 (2006).

"Molecular quantum well at the C₆₀/Au(111) interface", X.-Y. Zhu, G. Dutton, D. P. Quinn, C. D. Lindstrom, N. E. Schultz, and D. G. Truhlar, Phys. Rev. B, 74, 241401R (2006).

"Electron dynamics at polyacene/Au(111) interfaces", C.D. Lindstrom, M. Muntwiller, and X.-Y. Zhu, J. Phys. Chem. B. 111, 6913 Ð 6920 (2007).