Cigang Xu, PhD208 St Peter's Rise, Bristol BS13 7QU / Mobile: 07886 852 407 / Email: cggeorger@yahoo.com

Accomplished scientist and project manager with FTSE 250 experience encompassing new product development and project management, emerging technology strategy, and exploration for new opportunities with great success.

Developed and launched three series of new products for the synthesis of new materials from the idea to profitable finished product worth multi-millions. Filed patent and presented more than 40 papers in the international conferences and journals, cited more than 400 times by other researchers (Patent and Publication list is available).

Led new product development projects, from idea, prototype, manufacturing to the market Developed intellectual property for new products worth multi-millions, contributed significantly

to the development of equipment (like Nanofab 800 Agile and high temperature tools for graphene and other 2D materials ) used worldwide in highly respected universities and companies, reported by many third-party media, like Solid State Technology and Fabtech

Delivered multi-million EU and UK projects, applied for Innovate UK grant as the coordinator Explored emerging technologies for new opportunities (Report to Chief technology Officer CTO) Possessed broad industrial knowledge for many industries

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Developed and launched middle temperature PECVD system and Nanofab 700 system with

wide applications by academic or industrial researchers in many countries Developed and launched agile high temperature PECVD system and NANOFAB System and

processes for growth of nanomaterials and deposition of thin films, used in highly respected universities and companies (The third-party reports are available)

Developed high temperature tool for growth of graphene and other 2D materials

PROJECT MANAGEMENT Led new product development projects involving design, engineering, manufacturing,

marketing and sale teams Managed and delivered many funded large projects worth multi-millions

2011-2014 NANOPV, EU FP7 (12 Universities/companies/10countries), €3.9M 2010–2012 ThinSi, EU FP7(11 Universities/companies), €4.4M, Work Package Leader 2003–2005 MINT, EU FP5(4 Universities/3 countries), €1.6M 2002–2003 LINK Foresight Program, DTI and EPSRC (3 Universities/companies) £800K

Coordinated the consortium and applied for Innovate UK grant (Flexible Manufacturing Call)

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT (Report to Chief technology Officer(CTO)) Explored atmosphere pressure-based plasma process and technology opportunities Proposed cost-effective induction heating technology and applications for products Initiated laser material processing for flexible manufacturing process chain Proposed 3D printing for future technology development

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Managed non-disclosure agreement with key suppliers Explored IP for potential new technology development Prepared patent application document

INTERPERSONAL/PEOPLE MANAGEMENT Managed team for the area office (sale, process and application) Developed and maintained good relationships with suppliers, customers and collaborators A strong team player and active networker

CAREER CHRONOLOGY

Senior Development Scientist, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology 2005-April 2015Developed and launched 3 series of equipments worth multi-millions to the international markets, including high temperature vacuum equipment for graphene and other 2D materials; Delivered 2 EU FP 7 projects (around (€8.1M) to develop new process and tool for the scalable production of solar cells; 2010 Finalist for Oxford Instruments Chairman Awards

Project management for new product development, funded projects and external collaboration Process development for nanotubes/nanowires, thin films and graphene/2D materials Leading multi-disciplinary product development teams Defining function specification for software and product specification Following the regulation compliance, 5S Presenting and publishing the research work, preparation patent application document Exploring new technologies, like 3D printing, for new business opportunities (Report to CTO)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Glasgow 2003-2005Made significant contribution to realise the first example of RNA -based nano-circuit in the world with collaborators from UK, Ireland, USA in the EU FP5 (€1.6M) MINT project

Preparation of electrically conductive polymer surface on substrates, surface analysis Digital Image processing for fluorescence DNA purification, immobilisation, hybridisation and DNA/RNA assembly Nanofabrication and Nanoelectronic characterisation of RNA-based molecular interconnect Biosensor-related techniques

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Imperial College London 2002-2003Developed a novel procedure to deposit semiconducting film at low temperature; found a new type of device structure to realise flexible photovoltaic devices on plastics based on novel polymer materials supported by DTI and EPSRC through the LINK Foresight Program (£800K)

Process development to make new generation solar cells on flexible substrate Studies of the parameters affecting the efficiency of solar cells Evaluating the device performance containing novel polymer materials General management of laboratory routine running (health and safety risk assessments)

Du Pont Teflon® Chinese Agency, 1998Manager of Northern China and Special Assistant to President

Service for various industries (aerospace, automotive, medical, food, shoes and textiles) Project and team management for the Northern Office (sale, process and application) Budget for the monthly sale and income Developing new markets of 9 provinces within 3 months

EDUCATION

D.Phil. in Chemistry, University of Oxford, St Catherine’s College, UK 2002K. C. Wong Scholarship, (Full Scholarship), University of OxfordOxford University St. Catherine’s College Light Senior ScholarshipHenry Lester Trust fellowshipMSc. in Chemistry and Physics of Polymers, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China, 1997B.E. in Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, China, 1994Minister Scholarship, Ministry of Chemical Industry, ChinaUniversity Scholarship for First–Class Study every year

PROFESSIONAL/DEVELOPMENTGroup Chairman of Society of Chemical Industry (SCI)Member of Finance and Investment Advisory Committee of SCIWide variety of Project/Presentation training courses

Appendix for Patent and Publications

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:

1 Plasma treatment of ITO film for formation of nanoparticles towards scalable production of novel nanostructure-based solar cells, Cigang Xu, Björn Eisenhawer, Guobin Jia, Joachim Bergmann, Fritz Falk, Louise R. Bailey, Gary Proudfoot,Mike Cooke and Alexander Ulyashin, physica status solidi (a), 212, No. 1, 177–183 (2015) / DOI 10.1002/pssa.201431430.

2 Effect of plasma treatment on nanosphere mask and its use for etching of ITO nanostructures Cigang Xu, Ligang Deng, Adam Holder, Louise R. Bailey, Caspar Leendertz, Joachim Bergmann, Gary Proudfoot, Owain Thomas, Robert Gunn and Mike Cooke, physica status solidi (a), 212, No. 1, 171–176 (2015) / DOI 10.1002/pssa.201431228.

3 Metallic nanoparticle formation by sputtering and annealing for the potential development of solar cells Louise R. Bailey, Cigang Xu, Brodie Mackenzie & Gary Proudfoot EU PVSEC 2014

4 Metal-free plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of large area nanocrystalline graphene, Marek E Schmidt, Cigang Xu, Mike Cooke, HiroshiHiroshi Mizuta and Harold M H Chong, Mater. Res. Express 1, 025031, 2014.

5 Design of microstructures for mechanical characterization of nanocrystalline graphene. Sam J. Fishlock, Zainidi H. A. Hamid, Marek E. Schmidt, Cigang Xu, Mike Cooke, John W. McBride, Harold M. H. Chong, Suan Hui Pu, MNE, Oct. 16-23, 2013

6 Dry etching for the formation of ITO nanostructures and studies of their antireflection properties，Cigang Xu, Caspar Leendertz, Louise R. Bailey, Gary Proudfoot, Mike Cooke，E-MRS 2013 Spring Meeting May 27-31, 2013

7 Nucleation and growth of platinum films on high-k/metal gate materials by remote plasma and thermal ALD, Qi Fang, Chris Hodson, Cigang Xu and Robert Gunn, Physics Procedia 32 (2012) 551 – 560

8 High rate deposition & crystallization of silicon layers for thin film solar cells，L. R. Bailey, G. Proudfoot, B. Mackenzie, C. Xu, H. Nagayoshi, N. Andersen and A. Ulyashin，27th EU PVSEC 2012

9 Preparation of nanowires with the potential for solar cells ，Cigang Xu presented at Advanced concepts in silicon based photovoltaics workshop, Oslo, Norway, June 2012

10 A scalable approach for the continuous production of thin film solar cells, C Xu, L. R. Bailey, G. Proudfoot, B. Mackenzie, K. Beekmann, B. Gunn, M. Cooke, presented at Advanced concepts in silicon based photovoltaics workshop, Oslo, Norway, June 2012

11 Large Area Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Nanocrystalline Graphite on Insulator for Electronic Device Application. Marek E. Schmidt, Cigang Xu, Mike Cooke, Hiroshi Mizuta, Harold M.H. ChongPresented at Graphene April 2012 Belgium

12 Growth Mechanism of a Hybrid Structure with Graphite Layers on top of Vertical Carbon Nanotubes, N. Chiodarelli, C Xu, O. Richard, H. Bender, A.Klekachev, M Heyns, S. De Gendt, G. Groeseneken and P. M. Vereecken, J. Nanomaterials， 2012，doi：10.1155/2012/130725.

13 Template-based Approach for the Synthesis of 2D/3D NanostructuresCigang Xu, Qi Fang, Robert Gunn, Chris Hodson and Mike Cooke, MRS Proceedings (2012), 1412 : mrsf11-1412-ff07-26, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.1192

14 Towards Industrial Scale Deposition of Al2O3 Film for the Surface Passivation of Solar Cells , Cigang Xu, Mike Cooke, Presented at Advances in Photovoltaic's, IOP, 2011

15 Conformal ALD Layers Grown with AAO Templates and Carbon Nanotubes Q. Fang, C.G. Xu, M. Liu, G.H.Li and C. Hodson, AVS-ALD-2011 Conference, June, 2011, USA

16 Electrical and Optical Properties of Transparent Conducting Oxide Films Deposited by Electrostatic Spray Assisted Vapour Deposition,Xianghui Hou, Junpeng Liu, Kwang-Leong Choy, Alexander G Ulyashin, Cigang Xu and Mike Cooke, Presented for EUCVD 2011

17 Si Powder Based Substrates and Wafer Equivalent Based Solar Cells: Results of the European Project ThinSi, A. Ulyashin, M. Vardavoulis, S. Kamnis, R. Glockner, B. Emamifrd, J. P. Svanem, S. Reber, J. Hampel, M. Driessen, S. Janz, J. Hoeymissen, F. Dross, M. Stange, S. Diplas, M.Cooke,

C. Xu, K. Beekmann, K.L. Choy, A. Sytchkova, D. Kozidaev, M. Vazquez, Presented for EPVSEC-26 2011

18 Low-temperature growth of silicon nanotubes and nanowires on amorphous substrates Bn Mbenkum, AS Schneider, G Schutz, C Xu, G Richter, P Kopold, Hahn, PA van Aken, G Majer, JP Spatz, ACS Nano, 4(4), 1805-1812, 2010.

19 Nucleation and growth of platinum film on high k/metal gate materials by remote and thermal ALD, Qi Fang, Chris Hodson, Cigang Xu, Robert Gunn, 18th International Vacuum (IVC-18) August 2010, Beijing China

20 Plasma assisted growth and treatment of carbon nanotubes and ZnO nanowiresC Xu, H Griffiths, M Cooke, I McKingley, R White and M WellandCambridge Nanotube Symposium, Cambridge, UK, 2007

21 Controlled growth of nanotubes and nanowires, H Griffiths, C Xu, M Cooke,16th EURO-CVD Conference, The Netherlands, 2007

22 Plasma assisted growth of nanotubes and nanowires H. Griffiths, C Xu, T Barrass, M. Cooke, F. Iacopi, P. Vereecken, S. EsconjaureguiSurface and Coatings Technology, 201 (22-23), 9215-9220, 2007

23 Construction and characterisation of a gold nanoparticle wire assembled using Mg2+-dependent RNA-RNA interactions (in alphabetical order)AD. Bates, B P. Callen, J M. Cooper, R Cosstick, A Glidle, L Jaeger,JL.Pearson, M.P-Pe´rez,C Xu, DRS. Cumming, Nano Lett., 6 (3), 445 -448, 2006

24 RNA-based nanoscale integration (in alphabetical order)A. Bates, B. Callen, J. . Cooper, R Cosstick, D. Cumming, C. Geary, A. Glidle, L. Jaeger, J. Pearson, M.Proupin-Perez & C Xu DNA-Based Nanoscale Intergration, International Symposium, Germany, May 2006.

25 Gold nanoparticle wires made using RNA-based self-assembly Cumming DRS, Bates AD, Callen BP, Cooper JM, Cosstick R, Geary C, Glidle A, Jaeger L, Pearson JL, Proupin-Perez M, Xu C (in alphabetical order)J. Vac. Sci & Tech. B, 24(6), 3196-3199, 2006

26 A combined top-down bottom-up approach for introducing nanoparticle networks into nanoelectrode gaps, C Xu, H van Zalinge, JL Pearson, A Glidle, J M Cooper, DRS Cumming,W Haiss, JL Yao, DJ Schiffrin, MP Perez, R Cosstick and RJ NicholsNanotechnology 17(14) 3333-3339, 2006

27 Temperature-Programmed Desorption/Pulse Surface Reaction (TPD/TPSR) of CH4, C2H6, C2H4, and CO over Co/MWNTs Catalyst, Ji, S., Yang, J., Xu, C, Wang, J., Xue, J. React. Kinet. Catal. Lett ,89(2), 209-217, 2006

28 Creating nanoscale architectures by attaching RNA-nanoparticle constructs to patterned conducting polymer electrodes via ODN-RNA interactions (in alphabetical order)A.D. Bates, B. Callen, J.M. Cooper, R. Cosstick, D.R.S. Cumming, A. Glidle, L. Jager, J. Pearson, M. Proupin, C. Xu, 207th Electrochemistry Meeting, Quebec 2005

29 Self-assembling RNAs as components for nanoelectronicsB. Callen, M. Proupin, C Xu, A. Bates, R. Cosstick, A. Glidle, J.M. Cooper, D.R.S. Cumming, March 2005, Science, Engineering and Technology for Britain, 2005, UK Houses of Parliament, London UK,

30 Interface Engineering for Solid-State Dye-Sensitised Nanocrystalline Solar Cells: the use of ion solvating hole transporting polymers, Saif A. Haque, Taiho Park, Cigang Xu, Sara Koops, Niels Schulte, Rober J. Potter, Andrew B. Holmes, and James. R. Durrant, Ad. Func. Mater. 14 (5): 435-440, 2004

31 Immobilisation of Nucleic Acid for the assembly of RNA-based nanocircuitCigang Xu, Andrew Glidle, John Pearson, David Cumming and Jon CooperThe 8th Annual European Conference On Micro & Nanoscale Technologies for the Biosciences November, 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland

32 Slow charge recombination at a dye sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 / organic semiconductor heterojunction employing Al2O3 coatings. Saif A. Haque, Emilio Palomares, Cigang Xu, Robert J. Potter, Andrew B. Holmes & James R. Durrant, Proc. SPI, The International Soc. for Opt. Eng., 5215, 9-15, 2004

33 Dye-Sensitised Solid-State Solar Cells

Cigang Xu, Saif A. Haque, Taiho Park, Niels Schultes, Lucy Ottley, Robert J. Potter, Andrew B. Holmes, and James Durrant, Society of Chemical Industry-Chinese UK Section Annual Conference (2003)The Society of Chemical Industry (UK) Third Prize for Best Poster Presentation, CSCST and SCICS annual meeting (2000), The Chinese Society of Chemical Science and Technology (CSCST), The Chinese Section of Society of Chemical Industry (SCICS)

34 Solid-state solar cells with novel hole conducting materialsCigang Xu, Saif A. Haque, Taiho Park, Niels Schultes, Lucy Ottley, Robert J. Potter, Andrew B. Holmes, and James Durrant, SYMPOSIUM L, Organic and Polymeric Materials and Devices, April 22 - 25, 2003

35 Studies of Dye-Sensitised Solid-State Solar Cells based on New Hole Conductor MaterialsCigang Xu, Saif A. Haque, Taiho Park, Niels Schultes, Lucy Ottley, Robert J. Potter, Andrew B. Holmes, and James Durrant, 3rd World Conference on PV Energy Conversion, May 2003

36 New hole conductors for solid state dye-sensitised solar cells.Saif A. Haque, Taiho Park, Cigang Xu, Ravi Punamurthy, Jenny Nelson, Sara Koops, Niels Schultes, Lucy Ottley, Robert J. Potter, Andrew B. Holmes and James R. Durrant, Organic and Polymeric Materials and Devices, April 22 - 25, 2003

37 Correlation of diameters of single-walled carbon nanotubes formed using the same catalyst in separate chemical vapour deposition and arc discharge methods. Costa, Pedro, Xu Cigang, Coleman, Karl, Sloan, Jeremy, and Green, Malcolm L H, Trends in Nanotechnology (TNT 2002), Spain

38 Gas purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes synthesised using chemical vapour deposition Xu C, Flahaut E, Bailey SR, Brown G, Sloan J, Coleman KS, Williams VC, Green MLH, Chemical Studies in Chinese Universities, 18(2), 130-132, 2002.

39 1-Dimensional Crystals inside single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs).Xu CG, Sloan J, Brown G, Bailey S, Williams VC, Friedrichs S, Coleman KS, Flahaut E, Hutchison JL, Dunin-Borkowski RE, Green MLH. Abstr. Pap.-Am. Chem. Soc. (2001), 221st, USA, April, 2001

40 Electron beam induced in situ clusterisation of 1D ZrCl4 chains within single-walled carbon nanotubes, Brown G, Bailey SR, Sloan J, Xu C, Friedrichs S, Flahaut E, Coleman KS, Hutchison JL, D-Borkowski RE and Green MLH, Chem. Comm. 845-846, 2001.

41 Filling of Single –Walled Carbon NanotubesThe Society of Chemical Industry (UK) Prize for Best Oral Presentation, CSCST and SCICS annual meeting (2000), The Chinese Society of Chemical Science and Technology (CSCST), The Chinese Section of Society of Chemical Industry (SCICS)

42 The crystallography of metal halides formed within single walled carbon nanotubesJeremy Sloan, Gareth Brown, Sam Bailey, Karl Coleman, Steffi Friedrichs, Cigang Xu, Malcolm Green, Rafal Dunin-Borkowski, John Hutchison, Angus Kirkland, Rüdiger Meyer, SYMPOSIUM A Nanotubes and Related Materials November 27 - 30, 2000

43 1D crystal of Lanthanide Halide into Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Xu CG, Sloan J, Brown G, Bailey S, Williams VC, Friedrichs S, Coleman KS, Flahaut E, Hutchison JL, Dunin-Bork. RE, Green MLH, Chemical Communications, 24, 2427, 2000.

44 The size distribution, imaging and obstructing properties of C-60 and high fullerenes formed with arc-grown single-walled carbon nanotubes, Sloan J, D-Borkowski RE, Hutchison JL, Coleman KS, Williams VC, Claridge JB, York APE, Xu CG, Bailey SR, Brown G, Friedrichs S, Green MLH, Chemical Physics Letters, 316, 191, 2000.

45 Two layer 4:4 co-ordinated KI crystals grown within single-walled carbon nanotubes,Sloan J, Novotny MC, Bailey SR, Brown G, Xu C, Williams VC, Friedrichs S, Flahaut E, Callender RL, York APE, Coleman KS, Green MLH, D-Borkowski RE, Hutchison JLChemical Physics Letters, 329, 61, 2000.

46 Spectroscopic study of the photophysical properties of rare earth ions encapsulated: water soluble functional calixresorcin[4]arene,Yan B, Zhang HJ, Xu CG, Chen TL, Ni JZ, Spectroscopic Letters, 33(5), 705, 2000 .

PAPERS (IN PREPARATION):1 Optimisation of Photoresist Removal from Silicon Wafers Using Atmospheric-Pressure

Plasma Jet Effluent, A. West, M. van der Schans, C. Xu, T. Gans, M. Cooke, E. Wagenaars

ISPC - 22nd International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, July 2015, Belgium (submitted)2 Bias required for precise removal of a monolayer of material, L. Lea, C. Xu, C. Welch and A.

Goodyear, ALD 2015 Conference (Atomic Layer Etching Workshop), July, 2015 (submitted).

3 Radio frequency plasma induced growth of aligned carbon nanotubes (To be submitted)4 New sol-gel MgO supported Co/Mo catalyst system for the synthesis of SWNTs using chemical

vapour deposition and arc-evaporation processes （to be submitted）

PATENT (FILED):

1 Surface Processing Apparatus and Method, GB1500732.1, Cigang Xu, Ray Watson, Ravi Sundaram