2026 Moses H. W. Chan: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	56	8240	7967	2032	1889	268	11588

Moses H. W. Chan publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Moses H. W. Chan sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 268 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Moses H. W. Chan D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Moses H. W. Chan sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering studies if the nature of phases and phase transitions in two and three dimensions
1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Moses H. W. Chan is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and materials science, with a strong focus on topological materials and condensed matter phenomena.

The main fields of study covered by Moses H. W. Chan include:

Physics and Astronomy
Materials Science

More specifically, their work addresses subfields such as:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The primary research topics of Moses H. W. Chan encompass:

Topological Materials and Phenomena
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Graphene research and applications
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
2D Materials and Applications

Their recent notable publications include:

"Absence of evidence for chiral Majorana modes in quantum anomalous Hall-superconductor devices" (2020), published in Science
"Even-Odd Layer-Dependent Anomalous Hall Effect in Topological Magnet MnBi₂Te₄ Thin Films" (2021), published in Nano Letters
"Crossover from Ising- to Rashba-type superconductivity in epitaxial Bi2Se3/monolayer NbSe2 heterostructures" (2022), published in Nature Materials
"Confinement-Induced Chiral Edge Channel Interaction in Quantum Anomalous Hall Insulators" (2023), published in Physical Review Letters
"Creation of chiral interface channels for quantized transport in magnetic topological insulator multilayer heterostructures" (2023), published in Nature Communications

Moses H. W. Chan frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Cui-Zu Chang
Ling-Jie Zhou
Ruoxi Zhang
Yi-Fan Zhao
Chao-Xing Liu

Their publications often appear in high-impact venues such as:

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

Moses H. W. Chan has been recognized with several honors including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1987, cited for pioneering studies of the nature of phases and phase transitions in two and three dimensions
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1986

Best Publications

High-precision realization of robust quantum anomalous Hall state in a hard ferromagnetic topological insulator

Cui Zu Chang;Weiwei Zhao;Duk Y. Kim;Haijun Zhang

731
Citations
Electrochemical Growth of Single-Crystal Metal Nanowires via a Two-Dimensional Nucleation and Growth Mechanism

Mingliang Tian;Jinguo Wang;James Kurtz;Thomas E. Mallouk

489
Citations
Correlated metals as transparent conductors

Lei Zhang;Yuanjun Zhou;Lu Guo;Lu Guo;Weiwei Zhao

400
Citations
Disorder and the Superfluid Transition in Liquid 4He

M. H. W. Chan;K. I. Blum;S. Q. Murphy;G. K. S. Wong

381
Citations
Realization of the Axion Insulator State in Quantum Anomalous Hall Sandwich Heterostructures.

Di Xiao;Jue Jiang;Jae Ho Shin;Wenbo Wang

365
Citations
Evidence for electron-electron interaction in topological insulator thin films

Jian Wang;Jian Wang;Ashley M. Dasilva;Cui Zu Chang;Cui Zu Chang;Ke He

337
Citations
Preparation, Structure, and Optical Properties of Nanoporous Gold Thin Films

Matthew C. Dixon;Thomas A. Daniel;Mitsunori Hieda;Detlef M. Smilgies

273
Citations
Interplay between superconductivity and ferromagnetism in crystalline nanowires

Jian Wang;Meenakshi Singh;Mingliang Tian;Nitesh Kumar;Nitesh Kumar

273
Citations
Absence of Supersolidity in Solid Helium in Porous Vycor Glass

Duk Y. Kim;Moses H. W. Chan

271
Citations
Template-Grown Metal Nanowires

Timothy R. Kline;Mingliang Tian;Jinguo Wang;Ayusman Sen

249
Citations
Dissipation in quasi-one-dimensional superconducting single-crystal Sn nanowires

Mingliang Tian;Jinguo Wang;James S. Kurtz;Ying Liu

232
Citations
Freezing and melting of fluids in porous glasses.

Eric Molz;Apollo P. Y. Wong;M. H. W. Chan;J. R. Beamish

228
Citations
Nanometer-scale modification and welding of silicon and metallic nanowires with a high-intensity electron beam.

Shengyong Xu;Mingliang Tian;Jinguo Wang;Jian Xu

222
Citations
Penetrating the oxide barrier in situ and separating freestanding porous anodic alumina films in one step.

Mingliang Tian;Shengyong Xu;Jinguo Wang;Nitesh Kumar

214
Citations
Liquid-vapor critical point of 4He in aerogel.

Apollo P. Y. Wong;M. H. W. Chan

202
Citations
Superconducting proximity effect and possible evidence for Pearl vortices in a candidate topological insulator

Duming Zhang;Jian Wang;Ashley M. DaSilva;Joon Sue Lee

190
Citations
Microtwinning in Template-Synthesized Single-Crystal Metal Nanowires

Jinguo Wang;Mingliang Tian;Thomas E. Mallouk;Moses H. W. Chan

174
Citations
Tuning Chern Number in Quantum Anomalous Hall Insulators

Yifan Zhao;Ruoxi Zhang;Ruobing Mei;Ling-Jie Zhou

172
Citations
Ultrasensitive quartz crystal microbalance with porous gold electrodes

Mitsunori Hieda;Mitsunori Hieda;Rafael Garcia;Matt Dixon;Tad Daniel

168
Citations
Synthesis and characterization of superconducting single-crystal Sn nanowires

Mingliang Tian;Jinguo Wang;Joseph Snyder;James Kurtz

165
Citations
Critical Casimir force in 4He films: confirmation of finite-size scaling.

A Ganshin;S Scheidemantel;R Garcia;M H W Chan

158
Citations
Suppression of superconductivity in zinc nanowires by bulk superconductors.

Mingliang Tian;Nitesh Kumar;Shengyong Xu;Jinguo Wang

143
Citations