Home People Teaching Staff LU Xinhui

Education:

• PhD, Yale University, USA, 2010
• BS, Nanjing University, China, 2004

Position:

• 2016-now, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2012-2016, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2010-2012, Research Associate, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Lab, NY

Research Interest:

• Soft matter
• Photovoltaic devices
• X-ray scattering

Selected Recent Publications:

• X.H. Lu, H. Hlaing, D. Germack, J. Peet, W.H. Jo, D. Andrienko, K. Kremer and B.M. Ocko, "Bilayer ordering in a polycarbazole conjugated polymer: a new structural motif", Nature Communications 3, 795 (2012).
• C.-Y. Nam, Y. Qin, Y.S. Park, H. Hlaing, X.H. Lu, B.M. Ocko, C.T. Black and R.B. Grubbs, "Photocrosslinkable azide-functionalized polythiophene for thermally stable bulk heterojunction solar cells", Macromolecules 45 (5), 2338–2347 (2012).
• X.H. Lu, S.G.J. Mochrie, S. Narayanan, A.R. Sandy and M. Sprung, "X-ray Near Field Speckle: Implementation and Critical Analysis", J. Synchrotron Rad. 18, 823-834 (2011).
• H. Hlaing, X.H. Lu, T. Hofmann, K.G. Yager, C.T. Black and B.M. Ocko, "Nanoimprint-induced molecular orientation in semiconducting polymer nanostructures", ACS Nano 5 (9), 7532-7538 (2011).
• S.F. Liew, J. Forster, H. Noh, C.F. Schreck, V. Saranathan, X.H. Lu, L. Yang, R.O. Prum, C.S. O'Hern, E.R. Dufresne and H. Cao, "Short-range order and near-field effects on optical scattering and structural coloration", Opt. Express 19, 8208-8217 (2011).
• X.H. Lu, S.G.J. Mochrie, S. Narayanan, A.R. Sandy and M. Sprung, "Temperature-dependent structural arrest of silica colloids in a water-lutidine binary mixture", Soft Matter 6, 6160-6177 (2010).
• X.H. Lu, S.G.J. Mochrie, S. Narayanan, A.R. Sandy and M. Sprung, "How a liquid becomes a glass both on cooling and on heating", Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 045701 (2008).