Research Interests：
Two-dimensional materials, transition metal dichalcogenides, 2D field-effect transistors, scalability of quantum devices, quantum transport and semiconductor device physics.

Employment

2022 ~	Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2021 – 2022	Assistant Research Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2018 – 2021	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.
2017 – 2018	Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2014 – 2016	Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
2011 – 2014	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.

Education

2007 – 2011	PhD in Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.
2003 – 2007	Masters (MEng) Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Oxford

 

• L. W. Smith, J. O. Batey, J. A. Alexander-Webber, Yu-Chiang Hsieh, Shin-Jr Fung, Tom Albrow-Owen, H. E. Beere, O. J. Burton, S. Hofmann, D. A. Ritchie, M. J. Kelly, T.-M. Chen, H. J. Joyce, C. G. Smith, Giant Magnetoresistance in a CVD Graphene Constriction ACS Nano 16, 2833 (2022).
• L. W. Smith, H.-B. Chen, C.-Wei Chang, C.-W. Wu, S.-T. Lo, S-H Chao, I. Farrer, H. E. Beere, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, Y.-N. Chen, T.-M. Chen, Electrically Controllable Kondo Correlation in Spin-Orbit-Coupled Quantum Point Contacts Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 027701 (2022). Editors’ Suggestion.
• L. W. Smith, J. O. Batey, J. A. Alexander-Webber, Y. Fan, Y.-C. Hsieh, S.-J. Fung, D. Jevtics, J. Robertson, B. J. E. Guilhabert, M. J. Strain, M. D. Dawson, A. Hurtado, J. P. Griffiths, H. E. Beere, C. Jagadish, O. J. Burton, S. Hofmann, T.-M. Chen, D. A. Ritchie, M. J. Kelly, H. J. Joyce, C. G. Smith, High-Throughput Electrical Characterisation of Nanomaterials from Room to Cryogenic Temperatures ACS Nano 14, 15293 (2020).
• H. Hou, Y. Kozuka, Jun-Wei Liao, L. W. Smith, D. Kos, J. P. Griffiths, J. Falson, A. Tsukazaki, M. Kawasaki, and C. J. B. Ford, Quantized conductance of one-dimensional strongly correlated electrons in an oxide heterostructure Phys. Rev. B 99, 121302(R) (2019).
• J. C. Abadillo-Uriel, B. Thorgrimsson, D. Kim, L. W. Smith, C. B. Simmons, D. R. Ward, R. H. Foote, J. Corrigan, D. E. Savage, M. G. Lagally, M. J. Calderón, S. N. Coppersmith, M. A. Eriksson, and M. Friesen, Signatures of atomic-scale structure in the energy dispersion and coherence of a Si quantum-dot qubit Phys. Rev. B 98, 165438 (2018).
• B. Thorgrimsson, D. Kim, Y.-C. Yang, L. W. Smith, C. B. Simmons, D. R. Ward, R. H. Foote, J. Corrigan, D. E. Savage, M. G. Lagally, M. Friesen, S. N. Coppersmith and M. A. Eriksson, Extending the coherence of a quantum dot hybrid qubit Npj Quantum Information 3, 32 (2017).
• S.-T. Lo, C.-H. Chen, J.-C. Fan, L. W. Smith, G. L. Creeth, C.-W. Chang, M. Pepper, J. P. Griffiths, I. Farrer, H. E. Beere, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, and T.-M. Chen, Controlled spatial separation of spins and coherent dynamics in spin-orbit-coupled nanostructures Nature Communications 8, 15997 (2017).
• L. W. Smith, H. Al-Taie, A. A. J. Lesage, F. Sfigakis, K. J. Thomas, P. See, J. P. Griffiths, I. Farrer, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, M. J. Kelly and C. Smith, Effect of Split Gate Size on the Electrostatic Potential and 0.7 Anomaly within Quantum Wires on a Modulation-Doped GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructure Phys. Rev. Applied 5, 044015 (2016).
• R. K. Puddy, L. W. Smith, H. Al-Taie, C. H. Chong, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, D. A. Ritchie, M. J. Kelly and C. Smith, Multiplexed Charge-Locking Device for Large Arrays of Quantum Devices Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 143501 (2015).
• H. Al-Taie, L. W. Smith, A. A. J. Lesage, P. See, J. P. Griffiths, H. E. Beere, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, M. J. Kelly and C. Smith, Spatial mapping and statistical reproducibility of an array of 256 one-dimensional quantum wires J. Appl. Phys. 118, 075703 (2015).
• L. W. Smith, H. Al-Taie, A. A. J. Lesage, F. Sfigakis, P. See, J. P. Griffiths, H. E. Beere, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, A. R. Hamilton, M. J. Kelly and C. Smith, Dependence of the 0.7 anomaly on the curvature of the potential barrier in quantum wires Phys. Rev. B 91, 235402 (2015).
• P. Chuang, S.-J. Ho, L. W. Smith, F. Sfigakis, M. Pepper, C.-H. Chen, J.-C. Fan, J. P. Griffiths, I. Farrer, H. E. Beere, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, and T.-M. Chen, All-electric all semiconductor field effect transistors Nature Nanotechnology 10, 35 (2015).
• A. A. J. Lesage, L. W. Smith, H. Al-Taie, P. See, J. P. Griffiths, I. Farrer, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, M. J. Kelly and C. Smith, Assisted extraction of the energy level spacings and lever arms in DC bias measurements of one-dimensional quantum wires, using an image recognition routine J. Appl. Phys. 117, 015704 (2015).
• S. Kumar, K. J. Thomas, L. W. Smith, M. Pepper, G. L. Creeth, I. Farrer, D. Ritchie, G. A. C. Jones, and J. P. Griffiths, Many-body effects in a quasi-one-dimensional electron gas Phys. Rev. B 90, 201304(R) (2014).
• L. W. Smith, H. Al-Taie, F. Sfigakis, P. See, A. A. J. Lesage, B. Xu, J. Griffiths, H. E. Beere, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, M. J. Kelly and C.  Smith, Statistical study of conductance properties in one-dimensional quantum wires focusing on the 0.7 anomaly Phys. Rev. B 90, 045426 (2014).
• H. Al-Taie, L. W. Smith, B. Xu, P. See, J. Griffiths, H. E. Beere, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, M. Kelly, and C. G. Smith, Cryogenic on-chip multiplexer for the study of quantum transport in 256 split-gate devices Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 243102 (2013).
• S. Kano, Y. Azuma, D. Tanaka, M. Sakamoto, T. Teranishi, L. W. Smith, C. G. Smith, and Y. Majima, Random telegraph signals by alkanethiol-protected Au nanoparticles in chemically assembled single-electron transistors J. Appl. Phys. 114, 223717 (2013).
• S. Kano, Y. Azuma, K. Maeda, D. Tanaka, M. Sakamoto, T. Teranishi, L. W. Smith, C. G. Smith, and Y. Majima, Ideal Discrete Energy Levels in Synthesized Au Nanoparticle for Chemically Assembled Single-Electron Transistors ACS Nano 99, 72 (2012).
• L. W. Smith, A. R. Hamilton, K. J. Thomas, M. Pepper, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, and D. A. Ritchie, Compressibility Measurements of Quasi-One-Dimensional Quantum Wires Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 126801 (2011).
• L. W. Smith, W. K. Hew, K. J. Thomas, M. Pepper, I. Farrer, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, and D. A. Ritchie, Row Coupling in an Interacting Quasi-One-Dimensional Quantum Wire Investigated Using Transport Measurements Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communications 80, 041306 (2009). Editors’ Suggestion.