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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation In recognition of his contributions to electronic structure calculation for the study of surface geometrys and lattice dynamics, and for his work on photonic band gap materials

Overview

Kai-Ming Ho is a researcher primarily affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their work spans significant contributions in the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular emphasis on Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The researcher has published extensively on topics including high-pressure geophysics and materials, rare-earth and actinide compounds, machine learning applications in materials science, x-ray diffraction in crystallography, boron and carbon nanomaterials research, crystallization and solubility studies, and phase-change materials and chalcogenides.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on advanced materials and computational methods, including:

  • "A light-induced phononic symmetry switch and giant dissipationless topological photocurrent in ZrTe5" (2021), published in Nature Materials
  • "A deep learning interatomic potential developed for atomistic simulation of carbon materials" (2021), published in Carbon
  • "Efficient Step-Merged Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution Algorithm for Quantum Chemistry" (2020), published in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • "Topochemical Deintercalation of Li from Layered LiNiB: toward 2D MBene" (2021), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Light control of surface-bulk coupling by terahertz vibrational coherence in a topological insulator" (2020), published in npj Quantum Materials

Frequent collaborators of Kai-Ming Ho include Cai-Zhuang Wang, Yang Sun, Renhai Wang, Feng Zhang, and Shunqing Wu. These partnerships have resulted in numerous joint publications, reflecting sustained collaborative research efforts.

The venues where Kai-Ming Ho commonly publishes involve both high-impact journals and preprint repositories, such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Their research outputs comprise over a hundred papers, with a large body of work focusing on the application of machine learning techniques to materials science problems, alongside studies on structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of materials under various conditions.

Best Publications

  • Existence of a Photonic Gap in Periodic Dielectric Structures

    Kaiming Ho;Che Ting Chan;Costas M. Soukoulis

  • A three-dimensional photonic crystal operating at infrared wavelengths

    S. Y. Lin;J. G. Fleming;D. L. Hetherington;B. K. Smith

  • Molecular Geometry Optimization with a Genetic Algorithm

    D. M. Deaven;Kai-Ming Ho

  • Photonic band gaps in three dimensions: New layer-by-layer periodic structures

    Km Ho;Che Ting Chan;CM Soukoulis;R. Biswas

  • All-metallic three-dimensional photonic crystals with a large infrared bandgap

    J. G. Fleming;S. Y. Lin;I. El-Kady;R. Biswas

  • A transferable tight-binding potential for carbon

    CH Xu;CZ Wang;Che Ting Chan;KM Ho

  • Structures of medium-sized silicon clusters

    Kai-Ming Ho;Alexandre A. Shvartsburg;Bicai Pan;Zhong-Yi Lu

  • First-principles calculation of the equilibrium ground-state properties of transition metals: Applications to Nb and Mo

    C. L. Fu;K. M. Ho

  • Melting line of aluminum from simulations of coexisting phases.

    James R. Morris;Caizhuang Wang;Kaiming Ho;Changfeng Chan

  • Diffusion, Coalescence, and Reconstruction of Vacancy Defects in Graphene Layers

    Gun-Do Lee;C. Z. Wang;Euijoon Yoon;Nong-Moon Hwang

  • Self-consistent mixed-basis approach to the electronic structure of solids

    Steven G. Louie;Kai-Ming Ho;Marvin L. Cohen

  • Order- N spectral method for electromagnetic waves

    C. T. Chan;Q. L. Yu;K. M. Ho

  • Metallic photonic band-gap materials

    Mihail M. Sigalas;Che Ting Chan;Kaiming Ho;Costas M. Soukoulis

  • Measurement of a three-dimensional photonic band gap in a crystal structure made of dielectric rods.

    E. Özbay;A. Abeyta;G. Tuttle;M. Tringides

  • Structural optimization of Lennard-Jones clusters by a genetic algorithm

    D.M. Daven;N. Tit;J.R. Morris;K.M. Ho

  • Micromachined millimeter‐wave photonic band‐gap crystals

    E. Özbay;E. Michel;G. Tuttle;R. Biswas

  • Nonbasal deformation modes of HCP metals and alloys: Role of dislocation source and mobility

    M. H. Yoo;J. R. Morris;K. M. Ho;S. R. Agnew

  • Environment-dependent tight-binding potential model

    Mingsheng Tang;Caizhuang Wang;Che Ting Chan;Che Ting Chan;Kai Ming Ho

  • Transferable tight-binding models for silicon.

    I. Kwon;R. Biswas;C. Z. Wang;K. M. Ho

  • Structure, dynamics, and electronic properties of diamondlike amorphous carbon.

    C. Z. Wang;K. M. Ho

Frequent Co-Authors

Cai-Zhuang Wang
Cai-Zhuang Wang Iowa State University
Che Ting Chan
Che Ting Chan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Matthew J. Kramer
Matthew J. Kramer Ames Laboratory
Mikhail I. Mendelev
Mikhail I. Mendelev Ames Research Center
Rana Biswas
Rana Biswas Iowa State University
Costas M. Soukoulis
Costas M. Soukoulis Iowa State University
Mihail M. Sigalas
Mihail M. Sigalas University of Patras
Koichiro Umemoto
Koichiro Umemoto Tokyo Institute of Technology
Patricia A. Thiel
Patricia A. Thiel Iowa State University
James R. Chelikowsky
James R. Chelikowsky The University of Texas at Austin

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