Rate My Professor Dexian Ye

Dexian Ye is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2006 and his B.S. from Peking University in 1997. His research centers on experimental nanoscience and semiconductors, encompassing semiconductor processing, nanomaterial fabrication, Monte Carlo simulations, and atomic layer deposition. Ye investigates dynamic shadowing growth, field emission, lithium battery technologies, and water splitting. He is affiliated with the Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment at VCU and teaches courses such as Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetism, and University Physics. His office is located at 701 W. Grace St., room 2413.

Dexian Ye has advanced the field of nanotechnology through pioneering work on nanostructure fabrication using glancing angle and oblique-angle deposition techniques. Key publications include "Novel nano-column and nano-flower arrays by glancing angle deposition" (Nano Letters, 2002), "Designing nanostructures by glancing angle deposition" (2003), "Highly efficient electron field emission from graphene oxide sheets supported by nickel nanotip arrays" (Nano Letters, 2012), "β-phase tungsten nanorod formation by oblique-angle sputter deposition" (Applied Physics Letters, 2003), "Very low-refractive-index optical thin films consisting of an array of nanorods" (Optics Letters, 2006), "Uniform Si nanostructures grown by oblique angle deposition with substrate swing rotation" (Nanotechnology, 2005), "Low temperature melting of copper nanorod arrays" (Journal of Applied Physics, 2006), "Fabrication of Si nanocolumns and Si square spirals on self-assembled monolayer colloid substrates" (International Journal of Nanoscience, 2002), "Metal-coated Si springs: Nanoelectromechanical actuators" (Applied Physics Letters, 2004), and "Magnetic properties of Co nanocolumns fabricated by oblique-angle deposition" (Journal of Applied Physics, 2003). These contributions highlight his expertise in creating nanostructures with tailored optical, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties for applications in energy, sensing, and photonics.