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Weixing Li, Ph.D.

Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015 to now)

Research staff , Stanford University (2014-2015)

Research fellow, University of Michigan (2010-2014)

 

Selected Papers

Effect of orientation on ion track formation in apatite and zircon, American Mineralogist, 99 (5-6),1127-1132 (2014)

Thermal annealing of unetched fission tracks in apatite, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 321–322, 121-127 (2012)

Controlling the Structure and Size of Au Nanocrystals by Annealing and Ion Sputtering, Langmuir 28, 51-55 (2012)

Thermal annealing mechanisms of latent fission tracks: Apatite vs. zircon, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 302, 227 (2011)

Porous fission fragment tracks in fluorapatite, PRB 82, 144109 (2010)

Magnetic properties of Sm3(Fe,Co,Mo)29 compounds,PRB 69,174427 (2004)

Contacts

Weixing Li, Professor

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

E-mail: wxli@itpcas.ac.cn

Can you roughly estimate the size of a highly-porous track in apatite using the distance relation between the diffraction spots from the {1000} spacings (0.81 nm) and the Airy pattern from the track along the [0001] direction?

 

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Introduction

I moved to Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences in October 2015 after I received an award for China's 1000-Talents Plan Youth Program. I study Radiation Effects in Materials, especially Radiation Damage for Thermochronology.

I was a research staff in the Department of Geological Sciences at Stanford University from 2014-2015, and a research fellow in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan from 2010 to 2014.

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering,The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2010

M.S.E. in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2010

M.S. in Condensed Matter Physics, joint program between Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China, 2003

B.S. in Physics, USTB, China, 2000

   

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor, in Radiation Damage for Thermochronology, Ion and Matter Interaction, Fission Tracks, High Pressure (DAC), Radiation Effects, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015.10-now

Research staff, in Radiation Effects in Materials (including minerals and nuclear materials), Stanford University, 2014.2-2015.10

Research fellow, in Radiation Effects (e.g. radiation induced amorphization, and swift ion tracks, particularly fission tracks, and alpha-recoil tracks), nuclear materials (apatite, zircon and perovskite), nanomaterials (e.g. carbon nanotubes and Au/TiO2), sample preparation (e.g. mircotome cutting and FIB), and materials characterization (e.g. AFM, SEM, XRD, Raman and TEM, particularly in situ TEM annealing). Working with Prof. Rodney C. Ewing at The University of Michigan, USA, 2010.5-2014.2

Research assistant, in Radiation Effects, The University of Michigan, USA. Dissertation title: Hollow fission fragment tracks in fluorapatite, Co-Chairs: Prof. Lumin Wang and Prof. Rodney C. Ewing, 2005-2010

Research assistant, in Hard Magnetic Materials, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Dissertation title: Experimental and simulation studies of structure and magnetic properties for rare-earth intermetallic compounds, Co-Chairs: Prof. Fuming Yang and Prof. Nanxian Chen, 2000-2004

 

HONORS

Recipient of China's 1000-Talents Plan Youth Program, 2015

OPEN POSITIONS

Openings available for assistant professors, postdoctoral researchers, master and Ph.D. students

PUBLICATIONS (SCI AND PEER-REVIEWED)

29). W. X. Li, Yahui Shen, Yueqing Zhou, Shuai Nan, Chien-Hung Chen, and Rodney C. Ewing , In situ TEM observation of alpha-particle induced annealing of radiation damage in Durango apatite, Scientific Reports, 7,14108, (2017).
28). J. Shamblin, C. L.Tracy, R. C. Ewing, F. X. Zhang, W. X. Li, C. Trautmann, and M. Lang , Structural response of titanate pyrochlores to swift heavy ion irradiation, Acta Materialia,117, 207-215, (2016).
27). Alex B. Cusick, Maik Lang, Fuxiang Zhang, Kai Sun, W. X. Li, Patrick Kluth, Christina Trautmann, and Rodney C. Ewing, Amorphization of Ta2O5 under swift heavy ion irradiation, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 365,522-524, (2017).
26). F. Pellemoine, M. S. Avilov, M. Bender, R. C. Ewing, S. Fernades, M. Lang, W. X. Li, W. Mittig, M. E Schein, D. Severin, M. Tomut, C. Trautmann, and F. X. Zhang, Study on structural recovery of graphite irradiated with swift heavy ions at high temperature, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 407, 25-33, (2015).
25). W. X. Li, Patrick Kluth, Daniel Schauries, Maik Lang, Fuxiang Zhang, Maxim Zdorovets, Christina Trautmann, and Rodney C. Ewing, Effect of orientation on ion track formation in apatite and zircon, American Mineralogist, 99 (5-6 ),1127-1132, (2014).
24).W. X. Li, Maik Lang, Andrew J. W. Gleadow,  Maxim V. Zdorovets, and R.C. Ewing, Thermal annealing of unetched fission tracks in apatite, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 321–322, 121-127, (2012).
23). W. X. Li, L. M. Wang, M. Lang, C. Trautmann, and R.C. Ewing, Thermal annealing mechanisms of latent fission tracks: Apatite vs. zircon , Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 302, 227-235 (2011). (Top 2 most downloaded EPSL article, January 2012.)
22). W. X. Li, Yanbin Chen, Jiaming Zhang, Lumin Wang, and Rodney C. Ewing, Controlling the Structure and Size of Au Nanocrystals by Annealing and Ion Sputtering, Langmuir, 28, 51-55 (2012) .
21). F.X. Zhang, M.K. Lang, J.W. Wang, W. X. Li, K. Sun, V. Prakapenka, and R.C. Ewing, High-pressure U3O8 with the fluorite-typestructure, J. Solid State Chemistry, 213 (2014) 110-115.
20). D. Schauries, M. Lang, O. H. Pakarinen, S. Botis, B. Afra, M. D. Rodriguez, F. Djurabekova, K. Nordlund, D. Severin, M. Bender,W. X. Li, C. Trautmann, R. C. Ewing, N. Kirby and P. Kluth, “Temperature dependence of ion track formation in quartz and apatite”, J. Appl. Cryst. 46, 1558-1563 (2013).
19). W. X. Li, M. D. Rodriguez, P. Kluth, M. Lang, N. Medvedev, M. Sorokin, J. Zhang, B. Afra, M. Bender, D. Severin, C. Trautmann, and R. C. Ewing, "Effect of doping on the radiation response of conductive Nb-SrTiO3, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 302, 40-70, (2013).
18). Maik Lang, Fuxiang Zhang, W. X. Li, Daniel Severin, Markus Bender, Siegfried Klaumunzer, Christina Trautmann, and Rodney C. Ewing, "Swift Heavy Ion-Induced Amorphization of CaZrO3 Perovskite", Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 286,271-276 (2012).
17).P. Kluth, J. Sullivan, W. X. Li, C. S. Schnohr, R. Giulian, L. L. Araujo, W. Lei, M. D. Rodriguez, B. Afra, R. C. Ewing, and M. C. Ridgway, "Nano-porosity in GaSb induced by swift heavy ion irradiation", Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 023105 (2014).
16). M.D. Rodriguez,W. X. Li, F. Chen, C. Trautmann, T. Bierschenk, D. Schauries, R.C. Ewing,. S.T. Mudie and P. Kluth, "SAXS and TEM investigation of ion tracks in Nd:YAG", Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 326,150 (2014).
15). D. Schauries, B. Afra, T. Bierschenk, M. Lang, M. D. Rodriguez, C. Trautmann,W. X. Li, R. C. Ewing, and P. Kluth, The shape of ion tracks in natural apatite,Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B, 326,117 (2014)
14).W. X. Li, L. M. Wang, K. Sun, M. Lang, C. Trautmann, and  R.C. Ewing, Porous fission fragment tracks in fluorapatite,Phys. Rev. B, 82, 144109 (2010).
13). Q. M. Wei, J. Lian, S. Zhu, W.X. Li, K. Sun and L.M. Wang, Ordered nanocrystals on argon ion sputtered polymer film, Chem. Phys. Lett., 452.124-128(2008)  
12). Q. M. Wei, W. X. Li, K. Sun, J. Lian, and L.M. Wang, Morphological instability of Cu nanolines induced by Ga+-ion bombardment: In situ scanning electron microscopy and theoretical model, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 074306 (2008).
11). W.X. Li, J. G. Guo, B. D. Liu, J. Shen, G. H. Wu, N. X. Chen and F. M. Yang, Magnetic properties of Sm3(Fe,Co,Mo)29 compounds, Phys. Rev. B, 69,174427 (2004).
10). W. X. Li, L. Z. Cao, B. D. Liu, J. L. Wang, J. Shen, Y. X. Li, G. H. Wu, F. M. Yang and N. X. Chen.,Effect of Mo content on the structure stability of R3(Fe,Co,Mo)29, J. Appl. Phys., 93(10),6921 (2003).
9). W. X. Li, B. D. Liu, J. L. Wang, G. H. Wu, F. M. Yang, J. Shen, N. X. Chen and Frank de Boer, Sm3(Fe,Co,Mo)29 compounds: Promising materials for permanent magnets, Chin. Phys.,12(06), 0661 (2003).
8). B. D. Liu, W. X. Li, Y. X. Li, W. Q. Wang, G. H. Wu and F. M. Yang, Structure and magnetic properties of Nd3Fe29-x-yCoxCry compounds, J. Appl. Phys., 93(10), 6927 (2003).
7). W. Q. Wang, J.L. Wang, W.X. Li, B.D. Liu, G.H. Wu, H.M. Jin, F.M. Yang, Structural and magnetic properties of Sm3(Fe1-xCox)29-yCry compounds, J. Alloy and Comp., 358, 12-16(2003).
6). J. L. Wang, M. R. Ibarra, C. Marquina, B. Garcia-Landa,W. X. Li, N. Tang, W. Q.  Wang, F. M. Yang and G. H. Wu, Effect of Mn substitution on volume and magnetic properties of Er2Fe17, J. Appl. Phys., 92, 1453(2002).
5). B. D. Liu, W. X. Li, J. L. Wang, Y. X. Li, G. H. Wu and F. M. Yang. Structure and magnetic properties of (Nd1-xErx)2Fe18Co6Cr5 compounds, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 35, 3161-3165(2002).
4). B. D. Liu, Y. X. Li, W. X. Li, F. B. Meng, G. H. Wu and F. M. Yang. Structure and anisotropy evolution of (Nd1-xErx)2Co15.5V1.5 compounds, Physica B 325, 265(2003).
3). W. Q. Wang, J. L. Wang, B. D. Liu, W. X. Li, G. H. Wu, H. M. Jin, F. M. Yang and F. R. de Boer. Structure and magnetic properties of (Nd1-xTbx)3Fe27.31Ti1.69 (0 < x < 1.0) compounds, Physica B 319, 52 (2002).
2). B. D. Liu, J. L. Wang, J.L. Yao, W. X. Li, Z.H. Liu, G. H. Wu and F. M. Yang. Formation, structure and magnetic properties of Nd3Fe26.8-xCoxV2.2 compounds , J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 36, 1759-1763 (2003).
1). B. D. Liu, Y. X. Li, W. X. Li, H.Y. Liu, G.H. Wu, G. H. Wu, F. M. Yang and F.R. de Boer., Structural and magnetic properties of Nd2Co17-xVx compounds, Physica B 319, 28-34 (2002).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1). W. X. Li, M. D. Rodriguez, P. Kluth, M. Lang, N. Medvedev, M. Sorokin, J. Zhang, B. Afra, M. Bender, D. Severin, C. Trautmann, and R. C. Ewing, "Effect of doping on the radiation response of conductive Nb-SrTiO3", GSI Scientific Report 388 (2013).
2). M. Lang, F.X. Zhang,W. X. Li, D. Severin, M. Bender, S. Klaumünzer, C. Trautmann, and R.C. Ewing, “Swift Heavy Ion-Induced Amorphization of CaZrO3 Perovskite”, GSI Scientific Report 399 (2012).
3). Bart W.H. Hendriks, M. Lang, W.X. Li, Patrick Kluth, and R.C. Ewing,“New insights into the formation and annealing behavior of latent fission tracks” , Ontrack 36 - Apr 2011 (Vol 18, Issue 2)
4). W. X. Li, L. M. Wang, M. Lang, C. Trautmann, and R.C. Ewing, “Thermal annealing mechanisms of latent tracks: Apatite versus zircon”, GSI Scientific Report 372 (2010).
5). W. X. Li, L. M. Wang, K. Sun, M. Lang, C. Trautmann, and R.C. Ewing, “Highly porous tracks in fluorapatite”, GSI Scientific Report 371 (2010).
6). W. X. Li, K. Sun, Q.M. Wei, M. Lang, L. M. Wang, and R.C. Ewing,“Effects of electron and ion irradiation on the annealing behavior of fission tracks and the microstructure of fluorapatite” , Microscopy and Microanalysis, 15(2), 1354 (2009).
7). M. Eddy, A.P. Deditius, Q. Wei, W. X. Li, R.C. Ewing, and L.M. Wang, “Microbeam analysis of plasma effects in synthetic mica-like compound”, Microsc. Microannal., 14(2), 1426 (2008).

 

GRANTED PATENT

1). W. X. Li, J. Shen, N. X. Chen, B. D. Liu, G. H. Wu and F. M. Yang, Noninterstitial rare-earth 3:29 permanent magnetic materials and their synthesis methods , (Chinese patent: CN02121547.2).

 

JOURNALS REVIEWER

  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Langmuir
  • Laser Physics Letters
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B
  • NIMB Proceedings
  • Physica Status Solidi (a)
  • CrystEngComm
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Philosophical Magazine & Philosophical Magazine Letters
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Journal of Materials Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Modern Physics B

CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SEMINARS

1). W. X. Li, Maik Lang, A. J. W. Gleadow, and Rodney C. Ewing, Formation and annealing behavior of unetched fission tracks: Apatite vs. zircon, Goldschmidt2014 (Sacramento, California, June 8-13, 2014, invited talk)
2). W. X. Li, Maik Lang, Andrew J. W. Gleadow,  Maxim V. Zdorovets, and R.C. Ewing, Observing the thermal annealing of unetched fission fragment tracks along the entire ion trajectories, CAARI conference, (Fort Worth, Texas, August 4-9, 2012, invited talk)
3). W. X. Li, Radiation Effects in Materials: A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study, School of Nuclear Engineering Seminar, Purdue University, (March 20, 2012, invited talk)
4). W. X. Li, Maik Lang, Andrew J. W. Gleadow, Maxim V. Zdorovets, and Rodney C. Ewing, Observing the entire length and thermal annealing of unetched fission tracks in apatite, The 13th International Conference on Thermochronology (Guilin, China; 24-28 August, 2012)
5). W. X. Li, Yanbin Chen, Jiaming Zhang, Lumin Wang, and Rodney C. Ewing, Controlling the structure and size of nanoparticles by ion modification, CAARI conference, (Fort Worth, Texas, August 4-9, 2012)
6). Jiaming Zhang, Fuxiang Zhang, W. X. Li, Maik Lang, Rodney C. Ewing, Ion Irradiation-induced Amorphization in RE Silicate with Apatite Structure, (Fort Worth, Texas, August 4-9, 2012)
7). W. X. Li, Lumin Wang, Kai Sun, Maik Lang, Christina Trautmann, Rodney C. Ewing, Structure and thermal annealing of latent fission  tracks in apatite and zircon, Material Research Society Spring Meeting, (San Francisco, California, April 25 – 29, 2011).
8). W. X. Li, Hollow Fission Fragment Tracks in Fluorapatite, American Nuclear Society student conference (Ann Arbor, Michigan April 8-11, 2010).
9). W. X. Li, K. Sun, Q. M. Wei, M. Lang, L. M. Wang , R. C. Ewing, Effects of electron irradiation on the annealing behavior of fission tracks and the microstructure of fluorapatite, The Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting, (Richmond, Virginia, July 26-30, 2009).
10). Kun-Dar Li, W. X. Li, Lumin Wang, Rodney C. Ewing, Eugene A. Kotomin, Dynamics of Microstructural Evolution in Electron-Irradiated Fluor-Apatite, REI-15 (Radiation Effects in Insulators), (Padova, Italy, Aug. 30- Sept. 4, 2009).
11). L.M. Wang, Q. Wei, A. Perez-Bergquist, X. Xiang, W. X. Li, K. D. Li, Y. W. Zhang, V. Skuratov, Ion Beam Processing of Nanostructures: From KeV to GeV in Ion Energy, TMS 2008 the 137th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, (New Orleans, Louisiana, March 9-13, 2008).
12). W. X. Li, Kun-Dar Li, Kai Sun, Rod Ewing, Lumin Wang,  A model for fission track formation in fluorapatite considering radiation induced decomposition, 2007 MRS Fall Meeting, (Boston, MA, November 26 - 30, 2007).
13). L.M. Wang, W. X. Li, K.Sun, K.D. Li, J. Lian, Rodney Ewing, Study of the nature and annealing behavior of tracks in natural apatite, The 14th International Conference on Radiation Effects in Insulators, (Caen France, August 2007).
14). W. X. Li, B. D. Liu, J. Shen, G. H. Wu, F. M. Yang and N. X. Chen, Novel high Curie temperature magnetic material Sm3(Fe, Co, Mo)29, 6th nationwide and international conference on the development and applied technology of magnetism & magnetic materials (Hainan, China, February 2003 ).
15). W. X. Li, B. D. Liu, L. Z. Cao, J. L. Wang, J. Shen, Y. X. Li, G. H. Wu, F. M. Yang and N. X. Chen., Effect of Mo content on the structure stability of R3(Fe,Co,Mo)29，47th annual conference on magnetism & magnetic materials (Tampa, Florida, November 2002).

 

OTHER RESOURCES AND COLLABORATORS      

  • Advanced materials characterization: Advanced user of the materials characterization facilities at the University of Michigan Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory; ShaRE user of the advanced electron microscopies at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.   
  • Low energy ion radiation effects: Independent user of the HVEM/IVEM-Tandem Facility at Argonne National Laboratory.
  • High energy heavy ion irradiation: Dr. Christina Trautmann, the UNILAC accelerator at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany; Dr. V. Skuratov, the IC-100 cyclotron at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubana, Russia; Maxim V. Zdorovets, the cyclotron DC-60 at Institute of Nuclear Physics, the National Nuclear Centre in Kazakhstan; Dr. Nikita Medvedev, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg, Germany; and Dr. Michael Sorokin, National Research Centre ‘Kurchatov Institute’ in Moscow, Russia.
  • Fission track dating: Professor Andrew Gleadow, School of Earth Sciences of The University of Melbourne, Australia; Professor Sandro Guedes, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
  • SAXS measurements: Prof. Patrick Kluth and Dr. Matias D. Rodriguez, the SAXS/WAXS beamline at the Australian Synchrotron. 

 

 


 

 

News

The entire lengths and thermal annealing of latent fission tracks in apatite have been observed for the first time through a novel microtome cutting method. This work will appear in EPSL soon (2012)

Ontrack Thermochronology News (April 2011)

Bart Hendriks of Geological Survey of Norway wrote an article, "New insights into the formation and annealing behavior of latent fission tracks", to introduce our study to the track dating community.

Links

Personal website @ Academia.edu for more research

Research group's website

Facilities in the EMAL of Univeristy of Michigan

website last updated: December, 5, 2017

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