
XIDONG CHEN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Department of Science and Mathematics
Cedarville University
251 N Main Street
Cedarville, Ohio 45314
Office: ENS 237
Phone: (937) 766-3236
Education:
Ph.D., Solid State Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.
Teaching Activities:
- Courses taught: PHYS 2110, PHYS 2120, PHYS 2130, PHYS 3310, PHYS 3350, PHYS 4110, PHYS4210, PHYS 4800, PHYS 4880
Research Activities:
Medium-range order in amorphous materials, such as amorphous tetrahedral diamond-like carbon films, aluminum oxides, high-k and low-k dielectric oxides.
Electron holography and applications.
Fluctuation microscopy and beyond, statistical theory of correlations of stochastic variables
Roughness and roughening.
Fractional calculus and applications in dynamical growth.
Personal Homepage:
Details of my research activities, teaching materials, spiritual journey and more.
Related links:
I also hold a special term appointment at Argonne National Lab, where I conduct most of my experiments. Here is the link to the Electron Microscopy Center where I work.
This page is under construction.