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Di Xiao is a researcher affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. They have contributed extensively to fields related to physics and materials science, particularly focusing on topics in atomic and molecular physics, optics, materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and computational mechanics.

Their research emphasizes several main topics, including:

  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Magnetic Properties of Thin Films

Di Xiao's recent publications highlight their work on quantum materials and magnetic properties in two-dimensional systems. Notable papers include:

  • Signatures of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in twisted MoTe2, 2023, Nature
  • Observation of fractionally quantized anomalous Hall effect, 2023, Nature
  • Emergent phenomena and proximity effects in two-dimensional magnets and heterostructures, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Direct visualization of magnetic domains and moiré magnetism in twisted 2D magnets, 2021, Science
  • Reversible strain-induced magnetic phase transition in a van der Waals magnet, 2022, Nature Nanotechnology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Xiaodong Xu
  • Chong Wang
  • Ting Cao
  • Kenji Watanabe
  • Takashi Taniguchi

Di Xiao has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Nano Letters

Their work largely spans the intersection of physics and materials science, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to studying the electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of materials at the atomic and molecular level.

Best Publications

  • Layer-dependent ferromagnetism in a van der Waals crystal down to the monolayer limit

    Bevin Huang;Genevieve Clark;Efrén Navarro-Moratalla;Dahlia R. Klein

  • Coupled spin and valley physics in monolayers of MoS2 and other group-VI dichalcogenides.

    Di Xiao;Gui-Bin Liu;Wanxiang Feng;Wanxiang Feng;Wanxiang Feng;Xiaodong Xu

  • Berry phase effects on electronic properties

    Di Xiao;Ming Che Chang;Qian Niu

  • Valley polarization in MoS2 monolayers by optical pumping

    Hualing Zeng;Junfeng Dai;Junfeng Dai;Wang Yao;Di Xiao

  • Two-dimensional material nanophotonics

    Fengnian Xia;Han Wang;Di Xiao;Madan Dubey

  • Spin and pseudospins in layered transition metal dichalcogenides

    Xiaodong Xu;Wang Yao;Di Xiao;Tony F. Heinz

  • Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene

    Ganesh R. Bhimanapati;Zhenqiu Lin;Vincent Meunier;Vincent Meunier;Yeonwoong Jung

  • Valley-Contrasting Physics in Graphene : Magnetic Moment and Topological Transport

    Di Xiao;Wang Yao;Qian Niu

  • Electrical control of neutral and charged excitons in a monolayer semiconductor

    Jason S. Ross;Sanfeng Wu;Hongyi Yu;Nirmal J. Ghimire;Nirmal J. Ghimire

  • Optical generation of excitonic valley coherence in monolayer WSe2

    Aaron M. Jones;Hongyi Yu;Nirmal J. Ghimire;Nirmal J. Ghimire;Sanfeng Wu

  • Two-dimensional itinerant ferromagnetism in atomically thin Fe3GeTe2.

    Zaiyao Fei;Bevin Huang;Paul Malinowski;Wenbo Wang

  • Prediction of intrinsic two-dimensional ferroelectrics in In 2 Se 3 and other III 2 -VI 3 van der Waals materials.

    Wenjun Ding;Jianbao Zhu;Zhe Wang;Yanfei Gao

  • Electrical control of 2D magnetism in bilayer CrI 3 .

    Bevin Huang;Genevieve Clark;Dahlia R. Klein;David MacNeill

  • Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in spin-filter van der Waals heterostructures.

    Tiancheng Song;Xinghan Cai;Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu;Xiaoou Zhang

  • Valley-dependent optoelectronics from inversion symmetry breaking

    Wang Yao;Di Xiao;Qian Niu

  • Three-band tight-binding model for monolayers of group-VIB transition metal dichalcogenides

    Gui-Bin Liu;Gui-Bin Liu;Wen-Yu Shan;Yugui Yao;Wang Yao

  • Electrical Control of 2D Magnetism in Bilayer CrI3

    Bevin Huang;Genevieve Clark;Dahlia R. Klein;David MacNeill

  • Van der Waals engineering of ferromagnetic semiconductor heterostructures for spin and valleytronics

    Ding Zhong;Kyle L. Seyler;Xiayu Linpeng;Ran Cheng

  • Electrical tuning of valley magnetic moment through symmetry control in bilayer MoS2

    Sanfeng Wu;Jason S. Ross;Gui-Bin Liu;Grant Aivazian

  • Two-Dimensional Itinerant Ising Ferromagnetism in Atomically thin Fe3GeTe2

    Zaiyao Fei;Bevin Huang;Paul Malinowski;Wenbo Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaodong Xu
Xiaodong Xu University of Washington
Wang Yao
Wang Yao University of Hong Kong
Qian Niu
Qian Niu The University of Texas at Austin
Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science
Satoshi Okamoto
Satoshi Okamoto Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David Cobden
David Cobden University of Washington
Jiaqiang Yan
Jiaqiang Yan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Takashi Taniguchi
Takashi Taniguchi National Institute for Materials Science

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