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Lei Yin is affiliated with Wuhan University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research primarily spans several specialized subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their work covers a variety of main topics, notably:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Graphene research and applications

Lei Yin's recent publications include contributions to several high-profile venues. Some notable works are:

  • "Optoelectronic Synaptic Devices for Neuromorphic Computing," 2020, published in Advanced Intelligent Systems
  • "Tunable Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism in Two-Dimensional Cr2Te3," 2020, published in Nano Letters
  • "Optically Stimulated Synaptic Devices Based on the Hybrid Structure of Silicon Nanomembrane and Perovskite," 2020, published in Nano Letters
  • "Emerging 2D Memory Devices for In-Memory Computing," 2021, published in Advanced Materials
  • "Recent Advances in 2D Materials for Photodetectors," 2021, published in Advanced Electronic Materials

The frequent coauthors associated with Lei Yin include:

  • Ruiqing Cheng
  • Jun He
  • Yao Wen
  • Baoxing Zhai
  • Jian Jiang

Prominent publication venues where Lei Yin has published include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Nano Letters
  • ACS Nano
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Bulletin

The body of work reflects a focus on two-dimensional materials and their applications, with a considerable number of publications related to memory devices and neural computing. Lei Yin's research includes the development and study of optoelectronic synaptic devices, ferromagnetic materials at room temperature, and emerging technologies in 2D memory and photodetection.

Best Publications

  • Tunable GaTe-MoS2 van der Waals p–n Junctions with Novel Optoelectronic Performance

    Feng Wang;Zhenxing Wang;Kai Xu;Fengmei Wang

  • Recent Progress in CVD Growth of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Related Heterostructures

    Yu Zhang;Yuyu Yao;Yuyu Yao;Marshet Getaye Sendeku;Marshet Getaye Sendeku;Lei Yin;Lei Yin

  • High-performance, multifunctional devices based on asymmetric van der Waals heterostructures

    Ruiqing Cheng;Ruiqing Cheng;Feng Wang;Lei Yin;Lei Yin;Zhenxing Wang

  • High-Performance Ultraviolet Photodetector Based on a Few-Layered 2D NiPS3 Nanosheet

    Junwei Chu;Junwei Chu;Fengmei Wang;Fengmei Wang;Lei Yin;Lei Yin;Le Lei

  • High-Performance Near-Infrared Photodetector Based on Ultrathin Bi2O2Se Nanosheets

    Jie Li;Jie Li;Zhenxing Wang;Yao Wen;Yao Wen;Junwei Chu

  • 2D library beyond graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides: a focus on photodetection

    Feng Wang;Zhenxing Wang;Lei Yin;Lei Yin;Ruiqing Cheng;Ruiqing Cheng

  • Tunable Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism in Two-Dimensional Cr2Te3.

    Yao Wen;Zhehong Liu;Yu Zhang;Congxin Xia

  • Ultrathin Magnetic 2D Single-Crystal CrSe

    Yu Zhang;Junwei Chu;Lei Yin;Lei Yin;Tofik Ahmed Shifa

  • Two-Dimensional Non-Layered Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

    Feng Wang;Feng Wang;Zhenxing Wang;Tofik Ahmed Shifa;Tofik Ahmed Shifa;Yao Wen;Yao Wen

  • Ultrasensitive Phototransistors Based on Few-Layered HfS2.

    Kai Xu;Zhenxing Wang;Feng Wang;Yun Huang

  • Nonvolatile infrared memory in MoS2/PbS van der Waals heterostructures

    Qisheng Wang;Qisheng Wang;Yao Wen;Kaiming Cai;Ruiqing Cheng

  • Sub-10 nm Nanopattern Architecture for 2D Material Field-Effect Transistors

    Kai Xu;Dongxue Chen;Dongxue Chen;Dongxue Chen;Fengyou Yang;Zhenxing Wang

  • Synthesis, properties and applications of 2D layered MIIIXVI (M = Ga, In; X = S, Se, Te) materials

    Kai Xu;Kai Xu;Lei Yin;Lei Yin;Yun Huang;Yun Huang;Tofik Ahmed Shifa;Tofik Ahmed Shifa

  • Emerging 2D Memory Devices for In-Memory Computing.

    Lei Yin;Ruiqing Cheng;Yao Wen;Chuansheng Liu

  • Recent Advances in 2D Materials for Photodetectors

    Jian Jiang;Yao Wen;Hao Wang;Lei Yin

  • Ultrathin Single‐Crystalline CdTe Nanosheets Realized via Van der Waals Epitaxy

    Ruiqing Cheng;Ruiqing Cheng;Yao Wen;Yao Wen;Lei Yin;Lei Yin;Fengmei Wang;Fengmei Wang

  • Sub-millimeter-Scale Growth of One-Unit-Cell-Thick Ferrimagnetic Cr2S3 Nanosheets

    Junwei Chu;Yu Zhang;Yao Wen;Ruixi Qiao

  • Synthesis, properties and applications of 2D non-graphene materials

    Feng Wang;Zhenxing Wang;Qisheng Wang;Fengmei Wang

  • Edge-Epitaxial Growth of 2D NbS2 -WS2 Lateral Metal-Semiconductor Heterostructures.

    Yu Zhang;Lei Yin;Lei Yin;Junwei Chu;Junwei Chu;Tofik Ahmed Shifa;Tofik Ahmed Shifa

  • Gate‐Coupling‐Enabled Robust Hysteresis for Nonvolatile Memory and Programmable Rectifier in Van der Waals Ferroelectric Heterojunctions

    Wenhao Huang;Feng Wang;Lei Yin;Lei Yin;Ruiqing Cheng;Ruiqing Cheng

  • Ultrahigh sensitive MoTe2 phototransistors driven by carrier tunneling

    Lei Yin;Xueying Zhan;Kai Xu;Feng Wang

  • Configuration-Dependent Electrically Tunable Van der Waals Heterostructures Based on MoTe2/MoS2

    Feng Wang;Lei Yin;Zhen Xing Wang;Kai Xu

  • Integrated High-Performance Infrared Phototransistor Arrays Composed of Nonlayered PbS–MoS2 Heterostructures with Edge Contacts

    Yao Wen;Lei Yin;Peng He;Zhenxing Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun He
Jun He Nottingham Trent University
Zhenxing Wang
Zhenxing Wang National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Feng Wang
Feng Wang University of California, Berkeley
Kai Xu
Kai Xu National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Fengmei Wang
Fengmei Wang Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Xueying Zhan
Xueying Zhan National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Jie Xiong
Jie Xiong University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Chong-Xin Shan
Chong-Xin Shan Zhengzhou University
Yanrong Li
Yanrong Li University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Jia Liu
Jia Liu Tsinghua University

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