2026 Tai-Chang Chiang: 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	67	5104	4939	1341	1257	447	16478

Research.com Recognitions

1986 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his numerous contributions to the understanding of bulk, surface and interface states of metals and semiconductors using photoemission techniques

Overview

Tai-Chang Chiang is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Their specialization also extends to Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their primary topics of study include:

Topological Materials and Phenomena
Graphene research and applications
2D Materials and Applications
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Tai-Chang Chiang has co-authored numerous papers with frequent collaborators including Meng-Kai Lin, Joseph A. Hlevyack, Guang Bian, Sung-Kwan Mo, and Peter Abbamonte. Their work appears in a range of scientific journals and repositories, most notably:

arXiv (Cornell University)
ACS Nano
Physical Review Letters
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Nano Letters

Among their recent publications are:

Dimensionality-Mediated Semimetal-Semiconductor Transition in Ultrathin PtTe₂ Films (2020) in Physical Review Letters
Realization of Symmetry-Enforced Two-Dimensional Dirac Fermions in Nonsymmorphic α-Bismuthene (2020) in ACS Nano
Dimensional crossover and band topology evolution in ultrathin semimetallic NiTe2 films (2021) in npj 2D Materials and Applications
Realization of unpinned two-dimensional dirac states in antimony atomic layers (2022) in Nature Communications
Realization of a two-dimensional Weyl semimetal and topological Fermi strings (2024) in Nature Communications

Their research addresses quantum and electronic properties of thin films and low-dimensional materials, investigating topics such as semimetal-to-semiconductor transitions, Dirac fermions, and topological semimetals.

In 1986, Tai-Chang Chiang was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for contributions to the understanding of bulk, surface, and interface states of metals and semiconductors using photoemission techniques.

Best Publications

Photoemission studies of quantum well states in thin films

T.-C Chiang

612
Citations
Signatures of exciton condensation in a transition metal dichalcogenide

Anshul Kogar;Melinda S. Rak;Sean Vig;Ali A. Husain

513
Citations
Dirac Fermions in Borophene.

Baojie Feng;Osamu Sugino;Ro Ya Liu;Jin Zhang

477
Citations
Surface Core-Level Binding-Energy Shifts for GaAs(110) and GaSb(110)

D. E. Eastman;T. C. Chiang;P. Heimann;F. J. Himpsel

382
Citations
Angle-resolved photoemission, valence-band dispersions E ( k → ) , and electron and hole lifetimes for GaAs

T. C. Chiang;J. A. Knapp;M. Aono;D. E. Eastman

338
Citations
Emergence of charge density wave domain walls above the superconducting dome in TiSe2

Y. I. Joe;X. M. Chen;P. Ghaemi;K. D. Finkelstein

333
Citations
Charge density wave transition in single-layer titanium diselenide

Peng Chen;Yang-hao Chan;Xinyue Fang;Yi Zhang

303
Citations
Experimental realization of two-dimensional Dirac nodal line fermions in monolayer Cu 2 Si

Baojie Feng;Botao Fu;Shusuke Kasamatsu;Suguru Ito

296
Citations
Electron-hole coupling and the charge density wave transition in TiSe2.

T. E. Kidd;T. Miller;M. Y. Chou;T.-C. Chiang

293
Citations
Quantum-well states as fabry-Perot modes in a thin-film electron interferometer

J. J. Paggel;T. Miller;T.-C. Chiang

266
Citations
Distance-Dependent Relaxation Shifts of Photoemission and Auger Energies for Xe on Pd(001)

G. Kaindl;T. C. Chiang;D. E. Eastman;F. J. Himpsel

245
Citations
Unique Gap Structure and Symmetry of the Charge Density Wave in Single-Layer VSe_{2}.

P. Chen;P. Chen;Woei Wu Pai;Y.-H. Chan;V. Madhavan

238
Citations
Quantum electronic stability of atomically uniform films.

D.-A. Luh;T. Miller;J. J. Paggel;M. Y. Chou

209
Citations
Visualizing electronic chirality and Berry phases in graphene systems using photoemission with circularly polarized light.

Y. Liu;G. Bian;T. Miller;T.-C. Chiang

208
Citations
Discovery of two-dimensional Dirac nodal line fermions in monolayer Cu2Si

Baojie Feng;Botao Fu;Shusuke Kasamatsu;Suguru Ito

196
Citations
Thermal stability and electronic structure of atomically uniform Pb films on Si(111).

M. H. Upton;C. M. Wei;C. M. Wei;M. Y. Chou;T. Miller

190
Citations
X-ray studies of phonon softening in tise2.

M. Holt;P. Zschack;Hawoong Hong;M. Y. Chou

180
Citations
Quantum-well states in a metallic system: Ag on Au(111).

T. Miller;A. Samsavar;G. E. Franklin;T.-C. Chiang

167
Citations
Large quantum-spin-Hall gap in single-layer 1T' WSe2.

P. Chen;P. Chen;Woei Wu Pai;Y.-H. Chan;W.-L. Sun

156
Citations
Layer-resolved shifts of photoemission and Auger spectra from physisorbed rare-gas multilayers.

T.-C. Chiang;G. Kaindl;T. Mandel

150
Citations
Interference between Bulk and Surface Photoemission Transitions in Ag(111).

T. Miller;W. E. McMahon;T.-C. Chiang

138
Citations