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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to the theory and methods of electronic structure and spectroscopic properties of materials, especially in complex ceramic crystals and their microstructures including grain boundaries, interfaces and defects

Overview

Wai-Yim Ching is affiliated with the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the United States. Their research intersects multiple disciplines, primarily focused on Engineering, Materials Science, and Medicine. Their work includes significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, Mechanical Engineering, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The main research topics covered in Wai-Yim Ching's work include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Phase-change materials and chalcogenides

Wai-Yim Ching has co-authored publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Puja Adhikari
  • Bahaa Jawad
  • Rudolf Podgornik
  • Saro San
  • Neng Li

Their research has been published in various scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • RSC Advances
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Some recent publications illustrating the scope of Wai-Yim Ching's research work include:

  • Key Interacting Residues between RBD of SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2 Receptor: Combination of Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Density Functional Calculation, 2021, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
  • Fundamental electronic structure and multiatomic bonding in 13 biocompatible high-entropy alloys, 2020, npj Computational Materials
  • Binding Interactions between Receptor-Binding Domain of Spike Protein and Human Angiotensin Converting Enzyme-2 in Omicron Variant, 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Intra- and intermolecular atomic-scale interactions in the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: implication for ACE2 receptor binding, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Density Functional Theory Study of Single Metal Atoms Embedded into MBene for Electrocatalytic Conversion of N2 to NH3, 2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials

Wai-Yim Ching's recognitions include election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018. They were also named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2008, cited specifically for contributions to the theory and methods of electronic structure and spectroscopic properties of materials, especially concerning complex ceramic crystals and their microstructures including grain boundaries, interfaces, and defects.

Best Publications

  • Electronic and optical properties of three phases of titanium dioxide: Rutile, anatase, and brookite

    Shang-Di Mo;W. Y. Ching

  • Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals.

    Yong-Nian Xu;W. Y. Ching

  • Experimental and theoretical determination of the electronic structure and optical properties of three phases of {ZrO2}

    R. H. French;S. J. Glass;F. S. Ohuchi;Y. N. Xu

  • Calculation of ground-state and optical properties of boron nitrides in the hexagonal, cubic, and wurtzite structures

    Yong-Nian Xu;W. Y. Ching

  • Grain Boundary Strengthening in Alumina by Rare Earth Impurities

    J. P. Buban;K. Matsunaga;K. Matsunaga;J. Chen;J. Chen;N. Shibata;N. Shibata

  • Long Range Interactions in Nanoscale Science.

    Roger H. French;V. Adrian Parsegian;Rudolf Podgornik;Rick F. Rajter

  • Analytic solution of a two-dimensional hydrogen atom. I. Nonrelativistic theory

    X. L. Yang;S. H. Guo;F. T. Chan;K. W. Wong

  • Ab Initio Calculation of Elastic Constants of Ceramic Crystals

    Hongzhi Yao;Lizhi Ouyang;Wai-Yim Ching

  • Theoretical Studies of the Electronic Properties of Ceramic Materials

    W. Y. Ching

  • Ground-state and optical properties of Cu 2 O and CuO crystals

    W. Y. Ching;Yong-Nian Xu;K. W. Wong

  • A minimal basis semi-ab initio approach to the band structures of semiconductors

    Ming-Zhu Huang;W.Y. Ching

  • Self-consistent band structures, charge distributions, and optical-absorption spectra in MgO, alpha -Al2O3, and MgAl2O4.

    Yong-Nian Xu;W. Y. Ching

  • Interesting Physical Properties of the New Spinel Phase of Si 3 N 4 and C 3 N 4

    Shang-Di Mo;Lizhi Ouyang;W. Y. Ching;Isao Tanaka

  • Calculation of optical excitations in cubic semiconductors. I. Electronic structure and linear response.

    Ming-Zhu Huang;W. Y. Ching

  • Electronic structure and optical properties of alpha and beta phases of silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, and with comparison to silicon dioxide.

    Yong-Nian Xu;W. Y. Ching

  • Electronic structure of yttrium aluminum garnet ( Y 3 Al 5 O 12 )

    Yong-Nian Xu;W. Y. Ching

  • First-principles calculation of optical properties of C60 in the fcc lattice.

    W. Y. Ching;Ming-Zhu Huang;Yong-Nian Xu;W. G. Harter

  • Electronic and optical properties of all polymorphic forms of silicon dioxide

    Yong-nian Xu;W. Y. Ching

  • Electronic structure and bonding in calcium apatite crystals: Hydroxyapatite, fluorapatite, chlorapatite, and bromapatite

    Paul Rulis;Lizhi Ouyang;W. Y. Ching

  • Electronic, structural, and optical properties of crystalline yttria

    Yong-Nian Xu;Zhong-quan Gu;W. Y. Ching;W. Y. Ching

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Podgornik
Rudolf Podgornik University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Roger H. French
Roger H. French Case Western Reserve University
Neng Li
Neng Li Wuhan University of Technology
Isao Tanaka
Isao Tanaka Kyoto University
Anil Misra
Anil Misra University of Kansas
Nicole F. Steinmetz
Nicole F. Steinmetz University of California, San Diego
Jacek K. Furdyna
Jacek K. Furdyna University of Notre Dame
Xiujian Zhao
Xiujian Zhao Wuhan University of Technology
Manfred Rühle
Manfred Rühle Max Planck Society

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