Xiaoning Zang

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I have great interest in developing new theories for efficient energy and information transfer, which is at the nexus of condensed matter physics, atomic/molecular/optical physics, computational physics, and quantum information. My current research topics includes quantum materials with nontrival band topology, light-matter interaction between twisted light and nano materials, and real-time time-dependent density functional theory.

Selected Publications

  • Conversion of twisted light to twisted excitons using carbon nanotubes, X. Zang, N. Singh, M. T. Lusk, U. Schwingenschlögl, npj Computational Materials 8, 42, (2022)
  • Origin of symmetry-forbidden high-order harmonic generation in the time-dependent Kohn-Sham formulation, X. Zang, C. Shang, P. Zhang, Y. Zhu, Z. Zhu, U. Schwingenschlögl, Physical Review A, 103, 043106, (2021)
  • Identification and resolution of unphysical multielectron excitations in the real-time time-dependent Kohn-Sham formulation, X. Zang, U. Schwingenschlögl, M. T. Lusk, Physical Review Letters, 124, 026402, (2020)
  • First-principles methodology for determining the angular momentum of excitons, X. Zang, U. Schwingenschlögl, Physical Review B, 100, 045120, (2019)
  • Valley-dependent current generation in nanotubes by twisted light, X. Zang, N. Singh, U. Schwingenschlögl, Physical Review B, 98, 085401, (2018)
  • Topological characterization of carbon nanotubes, X. Zang, N. Singh, U. Schwingenschlögl, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 30, 335301, (2018)

Education

  • B.Sc., Theoretical physics, Shandong university, Jinan, China, 2012
  • Ph.D., Applied physics, CSM, Golden, USA, 2017

Professional Profile

  • 2012-2017: Teaching assistant, CSM, Golden, USA
  • 2017-present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, SA

KAUST Affiliations

Research Interests Keywords

Nanomaterials Topological Phase Twisted Light Exciton TDDFT