Rate My Professor Maohai Xie

Xie’s research is in experimental condensed matter physics, particularly surface and materials science. His group utilizes molecular-beam epitaxy for thin film growth and low-dimensional structures, along with scanning tunneling microscopy, electron diffraction, and photoelectron spectroscopy for surface characterization. Current research focuses on quantum materials, including two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides such as MoSe2 and WSe2, their heterostructures, and phases like blue phosphorene and tellurene. Representative publications include: “Wafer-scale single-crystalline MoSe2 and WSe2 monolayers grown by molecular-beam epitaxy at low-temperature — the role of island-substrate interaction and surface steps” (Natural Sciences, 2023); “Charge Density Modulation and the Luttinger Liquid State in MoSe2 Mirror Twin Boundaries” (ACS Nano, 2020); “Quantum Confined Tomonaga–Luttinger Liquid in Mo6Se6 Nanowires Converted from an Epitaxial MoSe2 Monolayer” (Nano Letters, 2020); “Two-dimensional metal-phosphorus network” (Matter, 2020); “Observation of intervalley quantum interference in epitaxial monolayer WSe2” (Nature Communications, 2015); and “Dense network of one-dimensional midgap metallic modes in monolayer MoSe2 and their spatial undulations” (Physical Review Letters, 2014). He has obtained funding as principal investigator from the NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme and Collaborative Research Fund.