1 Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) based composites for mechanical, electrical and biosensor applications;
2 Nanoporous ordered semiconductors and 1D nanomaterials;
3 Amorphous carbon films;
4 Polymer-derived ceramic approach, Layer-by-layer self-assembly technique, Electrochemical deposition, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and sol-gel technique;
5 SEM, AFM, TEM, Raman, FTIR, XPS, Electrochemical and mechanical characterization.
Curriculum Vitae:
EDUCATION
Sep., 2000－July, 2005, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Awarded Ph. D degree on July, 2005
Research Areas:
？ Electrochemical deposition and characterization of carbon-based films;
？ Polymer-derived preparation and characterization of amorphous carbon and carbon composite films
？ Fabrication of carbon nano-spheres and Si nanowires.
Sep., 1996－July, 2000, the Department of Chemistry, Shandong University, China
Awarded Bachelor degree on July, 2000
Major in physical chemistry
EDUCATION
Sep., 2000－July, 2005, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Awarded Ph. D degree on July, 2005
Research Areas:
？ Electrochemical deposition and characterization of carbon-based films;
？ Polymer-derived preparation and characterization of amorphous carbon and carbon composite films
？ Fabrication of carbon nano-spheres and Si nanowires.
Sep., 1996－July, 2000, the Department of Chemistry, Shandong University, China
Awarded Bachelor degree on July, 2000
Major in physical chemistry
International conferences attended:
1. X.B. Yan, S. Bernard, L. Gottardo, A. Brioude, H. Moutaabbid, P. Dibandjo, P. Miele. Preparation and Characterization of Nano-ordered SilicoBoron CarboNitride. Oral speak in 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, Shanghai China on Nov. 11-14 2007.
2. P. Miele, L. Gottardo, X.B. Yan, S. Bernard, Boron Based Nanostructured Materials Derived from Inorganic Polymers. Invited Speak in 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, Shanghai China on Nov. 11-14 2007.
3. X.B. Yan, P. Miele and Beng-Kang Tay, Three-dimensional ordered carbon nanotube-ZnO heterojunction arrays. Poster in MRS Spring Meeting in 2008, San Francisco, USA on March 24-28 2008.
4. X.B. Yan, Z.F. Xie, S. Bernard, P. Miele. Ordered Mesoporous Si-Ta-C Materials via Preceramic Polymer Nanocasting. Oral speak in 8th conference on Solid State Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia on July 6-11, 2008.
5. X.B. Yan, P. Dibandjo, S. Bernard, P. Miele. Nano-ordered mesoporous BN and SiBCN ceramics. Invited speak in 6th international mesostructured materials symposium, Namur, Belgium on Sept 7-12, 2008.
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