Dr Xiuwen Zhou
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
School of Mathematics and Physics
Physics Annexe (06), Room 416
Researcher biography
Xiuwen Zhou received her PhD in 2014 from the University of Geneva (Switzerland), where she worked with Prof Tomasz A. Wesolowski, who is recognized as the co-inventor of Frozen-Density Embedding Theory (FDET) alongside Nobel laureate Prof. Arieh Warshel (co-winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). Then she moved to the University of Queensland (UQ) as a visiting scholar, supported by two awarded fellowships, i.e., a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship (2015) and an Australian-APEC Women in Research Fellowship (2016). She then took up a UQ Development Fellowship in 2017, working as a teaching and research fellow at UQ School of Mathematics and Physics. Later, she was awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA) commencing in 2019.
Publications
Journal Articles
Xiao, Yonghao, Bradley, David G., Chan, Wei Xin, Hu, Xinwen, Xiao, Lian, Liu, Zhenpeng, Tan, Zi Yang, Zhao, Xin, Li, Chenfei, Sadek, Mansour, Ravi, Vikash Kumar, Tam, Ying Hern, Wang, Xiaotao, García, Felipe, Sun, Handong, Low, Seow Chin, Phua, Poh Boon, Sum, Tze Chien, Zhou, Xiuwen, Lim, Yee-Fun, Hanna, John V. and Soo, Han Sen (2025). Optical time-lapsed in situ mechanochemical studies on metal halide perovskite systems. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 1362, 1. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56571-w
Wu, Yixin, Tong, Kai-Ning, Kuhn, Martin, Wu, Chengcheng, Hung, Wen-Yi, Wei, Guodan, Yan, Jie, Chi, Yun and Zhou, Xiuwen (2025). Blue electroluminescence and hyperluminescence generated from Ir(III) phosphors with 5-cyano-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-ylidene cyclometalates. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 13 (7), 3501-3510. doi: 10.1039/d4tc04498c
Yan, Jie, Wu, Chengcheng, Yiu, Shek‐Man, Kuhn, Martin, Huang, Manli, Zhang, Youming, Zhou, Xiuwen, Yang, Chuluo, Wei, Guodan and Chi, Yun (2024). Blue‐Emitting Iridium(III) Carbene Phosphors with Suppressed Efficiency Roll‐Off and Enhanced Durability of Hyper‐OLED Devices. Advanced Optical Materials, 13 (4) 2402332. doi: 10.1002/adom.202402332
Fan, Jingyi, Gu, Zhuoya, Han, Xiao, Zhou, Xiuwen, Hou, Hong-Wei and Ding, Jie (2024). Tunable phosphorescence in metastable CuI assemblies prepared by acid-fueled crystal-to-crystal conversion. Chemphotochem, 8 (6) e202300305, 1-7. doi: 10.1002/cptc.202300305
Yan, Jie, Nakamura, Takeru, Tan, Xiaolan, Yiu, Shek-Man, Mimura, Ryunosuke, Hoshi, Keigo, Zhou, Xiuwen, Chi, Yun, Sasabe, Hisahiro and Kido, Junji (2024). Blue electroluminescence from homoleptic Ir(III) carbene phosphors and peripheral decorated multiple resonance boron emitters. Chemical Engineering Journal, 488 150791, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.150791
Yan, Jie, Qu, Zhi-Hao, Zhou, Dong-Ying, Yiu, Shek-Man, Qin, Yanyan, Zhou, Xiuwen, Liao, Liang-Sheng and Chi, Yun (2024). Bis-tridentate Ir(III) phosphors and blue hyperphosphorescence with suppressed efficiency roll-off at high brightness. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16 (3), 3809-3818. doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c16260
Zhou, Xiu-Wen, Yao, Xing-Dong, He, De-Xin, Sun, He-Xiang and Xie, Fu-Ti (2023). Comparative physiological and transcriptomic analysis of two salt-tolerant soybean germplasms response to low phosphorus stress: role of phosphorus uptake and antioxidant capacity. Bmc Plant Biology, 23 (1) 662, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12870-023-04677-y
Yan, Jie, Zhou, Dong-Ying, Liao, Liang-Sheng, Kuhn, Martin, Zhou, Xiuwen, Yiu, Shek-Man and Chi, Yun (2023). Electroluminescence and hyperphosphorescence from stable blue Ir(III) carbene complexes with suppressed efficiency roll-off. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 6419, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42090-z
Yan, Jie, Song, Min, Zhou, Dong-Ying, Ni, Guowei, Gu, Muhua, Yiu, Shek-Man, Zhou, Xiuwen, Liao, Liang-Sheng and Chi, Yun (2023). Red and Near Infrared Emissive Bis-Tridentate Ir(III) Phosphors for Organic Light Emitting Diodes. Advanced Optical Materials, 12 (5) 2301739. doi: 10.1002/adom.202301739
Qin, Yanyan, Yang, Xilin, Jin, Jibiao, Li, Deli, Zhou, Xiuwen, Zheng, Zhong, Sun, Yingjie, Wong, Wai‐Yeung, Chi, Yun and Su, Shi‐Jian (2022). Facially coordinated, tris ‐bidentate purin‐8‐ylidene Ir(III) complexes for blue electrophosphorescence and hyperluminescence. Advanced Optical Materials, 10 (23) 2201633, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/adom.202201633
Peng, Xiaomei, Yeh, Chia‐Hsiu, Wang, Sheng Fu, Yan, Jie, Gan, Shifeng, Su, Shi‐Jian, Zhou, Xiuwen, Zhang, Ye‐Xin and Chi, Yun (2022). Near‐infrared OLEDs based on functional pyrazinyl azolate Os(II) phosphors and deuteration. Advanced Optical Materials, 10 (20) 2201291, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/adom.202201291
Yang, Xilin, Zhou, Xiuwen, Zhang, Ye‐Xin, Li, Deli, Li, Chensen, You, Caifa, Chou, Tai‐Che, Su, Shi‐Jian, Chou, Pi‐Tai and Chi, Yun (2022). Blue phosphorescence and hyperluminescence generated from imidazo[4,5‐b]pyridin‐2‐ylidene‐based iridium(III) phosphors. Advanced Science, 9 (25) 2201150, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/advs.202201150
Murase, Ryuichi, Hudson, Timothy A., Aldershof, Thomas S., Nguyen, Ky V., Gluschke, Jan G., Kenny, Elise P., Zhou, Xiuwen, Wang, Tiesheng, van Koeverden, Martin P., Powell, Benjamin J., Micolich, Adam P., Abrahams, Brendan F. and D’Alessandro, Deanna M. (2022). Multi-redox responsive behavior in a mixed-valence semiconducting framework based on bis-[1,2,5]-thiadiazolo-tetracyanoquinodimethane. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144 (29), 13242-13253. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c03794
Zhu, Ze-Lin, Gnanasekaran, Premkumar, Yan, Jie, Zheng, Zhong, Lee, Chun-Sing, Chi, Yun and Zhou, Xiuwen (2022). Efficient blue electrophosphorescence and hyperphosphorescence generated by bis-tridentate iridium(III) complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 61 (23) c01026, 8898-8908. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01026
Jin, Jibiao, Zhu, Zelin, Yan, Jie, Zhou, Xiuwen, Cao, Chen, Chou, Pi-Tai, Zhang, Ye-Xin, Zheng, Zhong, Lee, Chun-Sing and Chi, Yun (2022). Iridium(III) phosphors–bearing functional 9‐Phenyl‐7,9‐dihydro‐8H‐purin‐8‐ylidene chelates and blue hyperphosphorescent OLED devices. Advanced Photonics Research, 3 (7), 2100381. doi: 10.1002/adpr.202100381
You, Caifa, Wang, Xue-Qi, Zhou, Xiuwen, Yuan, Yi, Liao, Liang-Sheng, Liao, Yu-Chan, Chou, Pi-Tai and Chi, Yun (2021). Homoleptic Ir(III) phosphors with 2-phenyl-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylidene chelates for efficient blue organic light-emitting diodes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (49), 59023-59034. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c17308
Tai, Wun-Shan, Gnanasekaran, Premkumar, Chen, Yi-Yang, Hung, Wen-Yi, Zhou, Xiuwen, Chou, Tai-Che, Lee, Gene-Hsiang, Chou, Pi-Tai, You, Caifa and Chi, Yun (2021). Rational tuning of bis-tridentate Ir(III) phosphors to deep-blue with high efficiency and sub-microsecond lifetime. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (13), 15437-15447. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c00238
Zhou, Xiuwen and Powell, Benjamin J. (2020). Quantitative calculations of the non-radiative rate of phosphorescent Ir(iii) complexes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22 (46), 27348-27356. doi: 10.1039/d0cp04709k
Zhao, Yingnan, Ding, Jie, Han, Xiao, Geng, Ting, Zhou, Xiuwen, Hu, Chen, Wang, Yashu, Xiao, Guanjun, Zou, Bo and Hou, Hongwei (2020). Tuning the optical properties of N-aryl benzothiadiazole via Cu(ii)-catalyzed intramolecular C–H amination: the impact of the molecular structure on aggregation and solid state luminescence. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 7 (23), 3853-3861. doi: 10.1039/d0qo00915f
Tai, Wun-Shan, Hsu, Ling-Yang, Hung, Wen-Yi, Chen, Yi-Yang, Ko, Chang-Lun, Zhou, Xiuwen, Yuan, Yi, Jen, Alex K.-Y. and Chi, Yun (2020). Methoxy-substituted bis-tridentate iridium(iii) phosphors and fabrication of blue organic light emitting diodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8 (39), 13590-13602. doi: 10.1039/d0tc03453c
Hsu, Ling-Yang, Liang, Qiumin, Wang, Zhiheng, Kuo, Hsin-Hung, Tai, Wun-Shan, Su, Shi-Jian, Zhou, Xiuwen, Yuan, Yi and Chi, Yun (2019). Bis-tridentate Ir-III phosphors bearing two fused five-six-membered metallacycles: a strategy to improved photostability of blue emitters. Chemistry - A European Journal, 25 (67) chem.201903707, 15375-15386. doi: 10.1002/chem.201903707
Gnanasekaran, Premkumar, Yuan, Yi, Lee, Chun-Sing, Zhou, Xiuwen, Jen, Alex K.-Y. and Chi, Yun (2019). Realization of highly efficient red phosphorescence from Bis-Tridentate Iridium(III) phosphors. Inorganic Chemistry, 58 (16) acs.inorgchem.9b01383, 10944-10954. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01383
Zhou, Xiuwen and Powell, Benjamin J. (2018). Nonradiative decay and stability of N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(III) complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 57 (15) acs.inorgchem.8b00800, 8881-8889. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00800
Zhou, Xiuwen, Burn, Paul L and Powell, Benjamin J (2017). Correction to bond fission and non-radiative decay in iridium(III) complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 56 (13), 7574-7574. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01260
Zhou, Xiuwen, Burn, Paul L. and Powell, Benjamin J. (2017). Effect of n-propyl substituents on the emission properties of blue phosphorescent iridium(iii) complexes. Journal of Chemical Physics, 146 (17) 174305, 174305-1-174305-6. doi: 10.1063/1.4981797
Wawrzinek, Robert, Zhou, Xiuwen, Ullah, Mujeeb, Namdas, Ebinazar B. and Lo, Shih-Chun (2017). Aggregates of diketopyrrolopyrrole dimers in solution. Dyes and Pigments, 136, 678-685. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.08.064
Zhou, Xiuwen, Burn, Paul L. and Powell, Benjamin J. (2016). Bond fission and non-radiative decay in iridium(III) complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 55 (11), 5266-5273. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00219
Wesolowski, Tomasz A., Shedge, Sapana and Zhou, Xiuwen (2015). Frozen-density embedding strategy for multilevel simulations of electronic structure. Chemical Reviews, 115 (12), 5891-5928. doi: 10.1021/cr500502v
Shedge, Sapana V., Zhou, Xiuwen and Wesolowski, Tomasz A. (2014). Non-uniform continuum model for solvated species based on Frozen-Density Embedding Theory: The study case of solvatochromism of coumarin 153. Chimia, 68 (9), 609-614. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2014.609
Zhou, Xiuwen, Sundholm, Dage, Wesolowski, Tomasz A. and Kaila, Ville R. I. (2014). Spectral tuning of rhodopsin and visual cone pigments. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (7), 2723-2726. doi: 10.1021/ja411864m
Humbert-Droz, Marie, Zhou, Xiuwen, Shedge, Sapana V. and Wesolowski, Tomasz A. (2014). How to choose the frozen density in frozen-density embedding theory-based numerical simulations of local excitations?. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts: Theory, Computation, and Modeling, 133 (1) 1405, 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s00214-013-1405-1
Zhou, Xiuwen, Wesolowski, Tomasz A., Tabacchi, Gloria, Fois, Ettore, Calzaferri, Gion and Devaux, Andre (2013). First-principles simulation of the absorption bands of fluorenone in zeolite L. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15 (1), 159-167. doi: 10.1039/c2cp42750h
Zhou, Xiuwen, Kaminski, Jakub W. and Wesolowski, Tomasz A. (2011). Multi-scale modelling of solvatochromic shifts from frozen-density embedding theory with non-uniform continuum model of the solvent: the coumarin 153 case. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (22), 10565-10576. doi: 10.1039/c0cp02874f
Cheng, Fang, Liu, Ting-Yu, Zhang, Qi-Ren, Qiao, Hai-Ling and Zhou, Xiu-Wen (2011). Computer simulation of the electronic structures and absorption spectra for a KMgF3 crystal containing a potassium vacancy. Chinese Physics Letters, 28 (3) 036106, 036106. doi: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/3/036106
Qiao, Hailing, Liu, Tingyu, Zhang, Qiren, Cheng, Fang and Zhou, Xiuwen (2010). First-principles study of LiBaF3 crystals containing interstitial fluoride. Current Applied Physics, 10 (5), 1286-1289. doi: 10.1016/j.cap.2010.02.057
Cheng, Fang, Liu, Tingyu, Zhang, Qiren, Qiao, Hailin and Zhou, Xiuwen (2010). First principle studies on the electronic structures and absorption spectra in KMgF3 crystal with fluorine vacancy. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 268 (15), 2403-2407. doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.03.008
Cheng, Fang, Liu, Ting-Yu, Zhang, Qi-Ren, Qiao, Hai-Lin and Zhou, Xiu-Wen (2010) First-principle with regard to electronic structures and optical properties of perfect KMgF 3 single crystal. Shanghai Ligong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 32 3: 263-267.
Qiao, Hailing, Liu, Tingyu, Zhang, Qiren, Cheng, Fang and Zhou, Xiuwen (2010). Study on the electronic structures and the optical properties of the Mg-doped LiBaF3 crystal. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 405 (7), 1759-1762. doi: 10.1016/j.physb.2010.01.035
Qiao, Hailing, Liu, Tingyu, Zhang, Qiren, Cheng, Fang and Zhou, Xiuwen (2010). First-principles study on the F-type color centers in LiBaF3 crystals. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 405 (3), 932-935. doi: 10.1016/j.physb.2009.10.018
Zhou, Xiuwen, Liu, Tingyu, Zhang, Qiren, Cheng, Fang and Qiao, Hailing (2010). Electronic structure and optical properties of CdWO4 with oxygen vacancy studied from first principles. Solid State Communications, 150 (1-2), 5-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ssc.2009.10.019
Zhou, Xiuwen, Liu, Tingyu, Zhang, Qiren, Cheng, Fang and Qiao, Hailing (2009). First-principles study of cadmium vacancy in CdWO4 crystal. Solid State Sciences, 11 (12), 2071-2074. doi: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2009.09.006
Qiao, Hailing, Liu, Tingyu, Zhang, Qiren, Cheng, Fan and Zhou, Xiuwen (2009). Study of the electronic structures of oxygen doped in LiBaF3 crystal. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 267 (15), 2467-2470. doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.05.072