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• Y. M. Lu, Y. Choi, C. M. Ortega, X. M. Cheng, J. W. Cai, S. Y. Huang, L. Sun, and C. L. Chien
  "Pt Magnetic Polarization on Y3Fe5O12 and Magnetotransport Characteristics"
  Phys. Rev. Lett., 110,147207 (2013).
• Marta Z. Cieplak, Z. Adamus, M. Konczykowski, L. Y. Zhu, X. M. Cheng, and C. L. Chien
  "Tuning vortex confinement by magnetic domains in a superconductor/ferromagnet bilayer"
  Phys. Rev. B, 87, 014519 (2013).
• Wenbin Wang, Hongwei Wang,Xiaoying Xu, Leyi Zhu, Lixin He, Elizabeth Wills#, Xuemei Cheng, David J. Keavney, Jian Shen, Xifan Wu, and Xiaoshan Xu
  "Crystal field splitting and optical bandgap of hexagonal LuFeO3 films"
  Applied Physics Letters, 101, 241907 (2012); doi: 10.1063/1.4771601
• X. M. Cheng and D. J. Keavney
  "Studies of nanomagnetism using synchrotron-based x-ray photoemission electron microscopy"
  Reports on Progress in Physics, 75, 026501 (2012) (Invited Review Paper)
• Wenbin Wang, Zheng Gai, Miaofang Chi, Jason D. Fowlkes, Jieyu Yi, Leyi Zhu, Xuemei Cheng, David J. Keavney, Paul C. Snijders, Thomas Z. Ward, Jian Shen, and Xiaoshan Xu
  "Growth diagram and magnetic properties of hexagonal LuFe2O4 thin films"
  Phys. Rev. B. 85, 155411 (2012).
• Ling Fei, Leyi Zhu, Xuemei Cheng*, Haiyan Wang, Stacy M. Baber, Joshua Hill, Qianglu Lin, Yun Xu, Shuguang Deng, Hongmei Luo*
  "Structure and magnetotransport properties of epitaxial nanocomposite La0.67Ca0.33MnO3:SrTiO3 thin films grown by a chemical solution approach"
  Applied Physics Letters 100, 082403 (2012).
• X. M. Cheng, K. S. Buchanan, R. Divan, K.Y. Guslienko and D. J. Keavney
  "Nonlinear vortex dynamics and transient domains in ferromagnetic disks "
  Phys. Rev. B, 79, 172411 (2009).
  
• D. J. Keavney, X. M. Cheng, and K. S. Buchanan
  "Polarity reversal of a magnetic vortex core by a unipolar, nonresonant in-plane pulsed magnetic field"
  Applied Physics Letters 94, 172506 (2009).
• D. S. Gianola, C. Eberl, X. M. Cheng, and K. J. Hemker
  "Stress-driven surface topography evolution in nanocrystalline Al thin films"
  Advanced Materials, 20, 303 (2008).
• V. Rose, X. M. Cheng, D. J. Keavney, J. W. Freeland, K. S. Buchanan, B. llic, and V. Metlushko
  "The breakdown of the fingerprinting of vortices by hysteresis loops in circular multilayer ring arrays"
  Applied Physics Letters (cover), 91, 132501 (2007).
• Y. L. Iunin, Y. P. Kabanov, V. I. Nikitenko, X. M. Cheng, D. Clarke, O. A. Tretiakov, O. Tchernyshyov, A. J. Shapiro, R. D. Shull, and C. L. Chien
  "Asymmetric Domain Nucleation and Unusual Magnetization Reversal in Ultrathin Co Films with Perpendicular Anisotropy"
  Physical Review Letters, 98, 117204 (2007).
• X. M. Cheng, V.I. Nikitenko, A.J. Shapiro, R.D. Shull, and C. L. Chien,
  "Unusual magnetic reversal in [Co/Pt]4 multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy"
  Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 08c905 (2006).
• X. M. Cheng, S. Urazhdin, O. Tchernyshyo, C. L. Chien, V.I. Nikitenko, A.J. Shapiro and R.D. Shull
  "Antisymmetric magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy"
  Physical Review Letters, 94, 017203 (2005).
• X. M. Cheng and C. L. Chien
  "Magnetic properties of Epitaxial Mn doped ZnO thin films"
  Journal of Applied Physics, 93, 7876 (2003).
• X. M. Cheng, X. K. Zhang, D. Z. Zhang, S. H. Lee, A. Duckham, T. P. Weihs, R. C. Cammarata, John. Q. Xiao and C. L. Chien
  "Magnetic core loss of ultrahigh strength FeCo alloys"
  Journal of Applied Physics, 93, 7121(2003).
• Mingwei Chen, En Ma, Kevin J Hemker, Hongwei Sheng, Yiming Wang and X. M. Cheng
  "Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline Aluminum"
  Science, 300,1275 (2003).
• X. M. Cheng, Youdou Zheng et al.
  "Room temperature blue luminescence of thermally oxidized Si1-x-yGexCy thin films on Si (100) substrates"
  Applied Physics Letters, 75 3333 (1999).

(* Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate Studente, #Bryn Mawr College Undergraduate Studentes)

• Bingqing Li*, Kathryn F. Murphy, Daniel S. Gianola, X. M. Cheng
  "Study of Thermal Conductivity of Si Nanowires with micro-Raman Spectroscopy"
  American Physical Society March Meeting, 2013, Baltimore, MD.
  (Outstanding Undergraudate Presentation Award)
• Xilei Kuang*, Zhuyun Xiao*, Eun Ju Moon, Steven May, David Keavney, Yaohua Liu, Xuemei Cheng
  "X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism Study of La(1-x)SrxMnO3 Thin Films"
  American Physical Society March Meeting, 2013, Baltimore, MD.
• Zhuyun Xiao*, Xiao Wang#, Yaohua Liu, Suzanne G.E. te Velthuis, Daniel Rosenmann, Ralu Divan, and X. M. Cheng
  "Magnetization reversal of patterned disks with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy"
  American Physical Society March Meeting, 2013, Baltimore, MD.
• Jiabing Liu*, Han-Chang Yang, and Xuemei Cheng
  "Magnetic Properties of Ordered Nanoporous Nickel Films"
  American Physical Society March Meeting, 2012, Boston, MA.
• X. M. Cheng
  "Imaging of spin dynamics in magnetic nanostructures" (Invited talk)
  Condensed Matter Physics seminar, August, 2011, Colorado State University.
• X. M. Cheng and D. J. Keavney
  "Time-resolved PEEM studies of nonlinear vortex dynamics" (Invited talk)
  IEEE International Magnetics Conference, April 25-29, 2011, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Han-Chang Yang*, Stephanie I. Lim, Jiabin Liu*, Qian Wu*, and Xuemei Cheng
  "Templated Electrodeposition of Highly Porous Nanostructured Materials "
  American Physical Society March Meeting, 2011, Dallas, TX.
• Stephanie I. Lim,Karine Namur, Florie Martineau, Jiabin Liu*, Qian Wu*, Han-Chang Yang*, Jérémy Mallet, and Xuemei Cheng
  "Templated electrodeposition of nanoporous silicon for battery applications "
  American Physical Society March Meeting, 2011, Dallas, TX.
• "Spin dynamics in magnetic nanostructures" (Invited talk)
  Mechanical Engineering Department seminar, September. 30, 2010, Villanova University.
• X. M. Cheng, D. J. Keavney, and K. S. Buchanan
  "Polarity reversal of magnetic vortex core by in-plane non-resonant pulsed magnetic field "
  American Physical Society March Meeting, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.
• X. M. Cheng
  "Capturing spin dancing in magnetic nanostructures " (Invited talk)
  Condensed Matter Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Feb. 2009, Baltimore, MD.
• X. M. Cheng, D. J. Keavney, and K. S. Buchanan
  "Polarity reversal of a magnetic vortex core by an in-plane pulsed magnetic field "
  International Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) 08, Nov. 2008, Austin, TX.
• X. M. Cheng, D. J. Keavney, K. S. Buchanan, and R. Divan,
  "The influence of excitation fields on vortex core dynamics in micron-sized magnetic disks "
  International Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) 07, Nov. 2007, Tampa, FL.
• X. M. Cheng, V.I. Nikitenko, A.J. Shapiro, R.D. Shull, and C. L. Chien,
  "Unusual magnetization reversal in [Co/Pt]4 multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy"
  8th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Aug. 2006, Bangalore, India.
• X. M. Cheng, L.Y. Zhu, C.L. Chien, Marta Z. Cieplak, Z. Adamus, A. Abal’oshev, and M. Berkowski,
  "Magnetic pinning in Nb and YBCO thin films by [Co/Pt]n multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy "
  American Physical Society March Meeting, 2006,  Baltimore, MD.
• X. M. Cheng, V.I. Nikitenko, A.J. Shapiro, R.D. Shull, and C. L. Chien,
  "Unusual magnetic reversal in [Co/Pt]4 multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy"
  International Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) 05, Nov. 2005, San Jose, CA.
• X. M. Cheng, S. Urazhdin, O. Tchernyshyo, C. L. Chien, V.I. Nikitenko, A.J. Shapiro and R.D. Shull
  "Antisymmetric magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy"
  International Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) 04, Nov. 2004, Jacksonville, FL
• X. M. Cheng, B. Q. Luan and C. L. Chien
  "Probing magnetization reversal in Co/Pt multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy by magnetoresistance, Hall resistance and magnetic force microscopy "
  9TH Joint INTERMAG - MMM Conference, Jan. 2004, Anaheim, CA
• X. M. Cheng and C. L. Chien
  "Magnetic properties of Epitaxial Mn doped ZnO thin films"
  International Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) 02, Nov. 2002, Tampa, FL
• X. M. Cheng, X. K. Zhang, D. Z. Zhang, S. H. Lee, A. Duckham, T. P. Weihs, R. C. Cammarata, John. Q. Xiao and C. L. Chien
  "Magnetic core loss of ultrahigh strength FeCo alloys"
  International Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) 02, Nov. 2002, Tampa, FL
• X. M. Cheng, Youdou Zheng, Lan Zang, Xiabing Liu, et al.
  "Room temperature ultraviolet luminescence from 8000C thermally oxidized Si1-x-yGexCy thin films on Si (100) substrates"
  Materials Research Society 1999 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA.