Weiwei Xie
611 Choppin Hall, Chemistry Department
Louisiana State University
(225) 578-1074 | [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Chemistry (Research Excellence)
 Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
 Advisor: Prof. Gordon J. Miller (University Professor)
2010 – 2014
B.S. Chemistry
 Nankai University, Tianjin, China
 Advisors: Prof. Liangfu Tang
2006 – 2010
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Post-Doctoral. Research, Princeton University
 Design and Synthesis of New Superconductors.
 Advisor: Prof. Robert J. Cava, Russell Wellman Moore Professor
2014 – present
Ph.D. Research
2010 – 2014
 Discovery and Design of New Intermetallic Materials, Establishing Structure-Property Relationships.
 Advisor: Prof. Gordon J. Miller, University Professor
Undergraduate Research
 Design and Synthesis New Inorganic Material with Magnetically Spin-Transition.
 Advisor: Prof. Liangfu Tang
2007 – 2010
TEACHING
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Teaching Assistant, recitation and laboratory of General Chemistry & Inorganic Chemistry.
2011-2013
HONORS & AWARDS
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Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University
The Frank J. Moore and Thoreen Beth Moore Fellowship
2014
2013
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
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Reviewer: Science Advances; Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy; Journal of Solid State Chemistry
PUBLICATIONS
27. RR Reinig, D Mukherjee, ZB Weinstein, W Xie, T Albright, B Baird, TS Gray, A Ellern, GJ Miller, AH Winter,
SL Bud'ko, AD Sadow, “Synthesis and Oxidation Catalysis of [Tris(oxazolinyl)borato]cobalt(II) Scorpionates”,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2486 (2016).
26. H Luo, K Yan, I Pletikosic, W Xie, BF Phelan, T Valla, RJ Cava, “Superconductivity in a Misfit Phase That
Combines the Topological Crystalline Insulator Pb1−xSnxSe with the CDW-Bearing Transition Metal
Dichalcogenide TiSe2”, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn 85, 064705 (2016).
25. US Kaluarachchi, Q Lin, W Xie, V Taufour, SL Bud'ko, GJ Miller, PC Canfield, “Superconducting properties of
Rh9In4S4 single crystals”, Phy. Rev. B 93, 094524 (2016).
24. W Xie, EM Seibel, RJ Cava, “The New Superconductor tP-SrPd2Bi2: Structural Polymorphism and
Superconductivity in Intermetallics”, Inorg. Chem. 55, 3203 (2016).
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23. EM Seibel, W Xie, QD Gibson, RJ Cava, “Synthesis, Structure, and Basic Magnetic and Thermoelectric
Properties of the Light Lanthanide Aurobismuthides”, Inorg. Chem. 55, 3583 (2016).
22. H Luo, W Xie, J Tao, I Pletikosic, T Valla, GS Sahasrabudhe, G Osterhoudt, E Sutton, KS Burch, EM Seibel, JW
Krizan, Y Zhu, RJ Cava, “Differences in Chemical Doping Matter: Superconductivity in Ti 1–x TaxSe2 but Not in
Ti1–xNbxSe2”, Chem. Mater. 28, 1927 (2016).
21. N Haldolaarachchige, Q Gibson, W Xie, MB Nielsen, S Kushwaha, RJ Cava, “Anomalous composition
dependence of the superconductivity in In-doped SnTe”, Phys. Rev. B 93, 024520 (2016).
20. MB Nielsen, W Xie, RJ Cava, “Ternary rare earth silicides RE2M3Si4 (RE = Sc, Y, Lu; M = Mo, W): crystal
structure, coloring and electronic properties”, Dalton Trans. 45, 3771 (2016).
19. W Xie, H Luo, BF Phelan, T Klimczuk, FA Cevallos, RJ Cava, “Endohedral Gallide Cluster
Superconductors and the New Superconductor ReGa 5 ”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 112, E7048 (2015).
18. H Luo, W Xie, RJ Cava, “Cr-doped TiSe2– a layered dichalcogenide spin glass”, Chem. Mater. 27, 6810 (2015).
17. H Luo, W Xie, ES Seibel, RJ Cava, “Superconductivity in 3R-Ta1-xMxSe2 (M= Mo and W)”, J. Phys.: Condens.
Matter 27, 365701 (2015).
16. W Xie*, H Luo, BF Phelan, RJ Cava*, “Zr5Sb3-xRux, A New Superconductor in the W5Si3 Structure Type” J.
Mater. Chem. C, 3, 8235 (2015). *Corresponding Author
15. ES Seibel, W Xie, QD Gibson, RJ Cava, “Structure and Magnetic Properties of the REAuBi2 (RE = La-Nd, Sm)
Phases”, J. Solid State Chem. 230, 318 (2015).
14. L Xie, L Schoop, E Seibel, QW Gibson, W Xie, RJ Cava, A New Form of Ca3P2 with a Ring of Dirac Nodes,
APL Mat. 3, 083602 (2015).
13. US Kaluarachchi, W Xie, Q Lin, V Taufour, SL Bud'ko, GJ Miller, PC Canfield, “Superconductivity Versus
Structural Phase Transition in the Closely Related Bi2Rh 3.5S2 and Bi2Rh3S2”, Phys. Rev. B 91,174513 (2015).
12. W Xie*, H Luo, EM Seibel, MB Nielsen, RJ Cava*, “Superconductivity in Hf5Sb3-xRux: Are Ru and Sb a critical
charge-transfer pair for superconductivity?” Chem. Mater. 27, 4511 (2015) *Corresponding author.
11. BF Phelan, JW Krizan, W Xie, QD Gibson, RJ Cava, “New Material for Probing Spin-Orbit Coupling in
Iridates”, Phys. Rev. B 91, 155117 (2015).
10. H Luo, W Xie, J Tao, H Inoue, A Gyenis, JW Krizan, A Yazdani, Y Zhu, RJ Cava, “Polytypism, Polymorphism,
and Superconductivity in TaSe2-xTex”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. E1174, (2015).
9. W Xie*, MK Fuccillo, BF Phelan, H Luo, RJ Cava, “Stabilization of the Ti3Co5B2–type structure for
Ti3-xSixRu5B2 through Si-Ti substitution”, J. Solid State Chem. 227, 92-97 (2015). *Corresponding author.
8. H Luo, JW Krizan, L Muechler, N Haldolaarachchige, T Klimczuk, W Xie, MK Fuccillo, C Felser, RJ Cava, “A
Large New Family of Filled Skutterudites Stabilized by Electron Count”, Nat. Comm. 6, 6489 (2015).
7. W Xie, H Luo, K Baroudi, JW Krizan, BF Phelan, RJ Cava, “Fragment-based design of NbRuB as a new
metal-rich boride superconductor”, Chem. Mater. 257, 1149-1152 (2015).
6. ES Seibel, LM Schoop, W Xie, QD Gibson, JB Webb, MK Fuccillo, JW Krizan, RJ Cava, “Gold-Gold Bonding:
The Key to Stabilizing the 19-Electron Ternary Phases LnAuSb (Ln= La-Nd and Sm)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137,
1282-1289 (2014).
5. W Xie, J Liu, VK Pecharsky, GJ Miller, “-Brasses with Spontaneous Magnetization: Atom Site Preferences and
Magnetism in the Fe-Zn and Fe-Pd-Zn Phase Spaces”. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 641, 270-278 (2015).
4. J Liu, W Xie, KA Gschneidner Jr, GJ Miller, VK Pecharsky, “Spin-Glass Behavior in a Giant Unit Cell
Compound Tb117Fe52Ge113.8”, J. Phys. Condens. Matter. 26, 416003 (2014)
3. W Xie and GJ Miller, “New Co–Pd–Zn γ-Brasses with Dilute Ferrimagnetism and Co2Zn11 Revisited:
Establishing the Synergism between Theory and Experiment”, Chem. Mater. 26, 2624-2634 (2014).
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2. N Kazem, W Xie, AZ Williams, GJ Miller, JG Snyder, SM Kauzlarich, “High Temperature Thermoelectric
Properties of the Solid-Solution Zintl Phase Eu11Cd6Sb12-xAsx(x < 3)”, Chem. Mater. 26, 1393-1403 (2014).
1. W Xie, S Thimmaiah, J Lamsal, J Liu, TW Heitmann, D Quirinale, AI Goldman, VK Pecharsky, GJ Miller,
“β-Mn-Type Co8+xZn12−x as a Defect Cubic Laves Phase: Site Preferences, Magnetism, and Electronic Structure”,
Inorg. Chem. 52, 9399−9408 (2013).
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
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ACS Midwest Regional Meeting, 10/2013, Springfield, MO (Oral) "-Mn type Co8+xZn12–x as a Defect Cubic
Laves Phase: Site Preferences, Magnetism, and Electronic Structure ".
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Gordon Research Conference-Solid State Chemistry, 07/2012, NH (Poster) "Crystal Structures and Magnetic
Properties of -Mn type and -brass in Co-Zn and their derivate systems ".
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North American Solid State Chemistry Conference, 04/2015, Ontario, Canada (Poster) "Structure and Magnetic
Properties of -Mn type Compounds ".
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