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  • 2019 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For discoveries of novel physical phenomena in twodimensional electronics and advanced functional materials using computational and theoretical approaches, and for the firstprinciples prediction of new quantum materials

Overview

Wenhui Duan is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several specialized subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientific topics that Duan has focused on include:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Their recent publications reflect this diverse scope, featuring papers such as:

  • "Deep-learning density functional theory Hamiltonian for efficient ab initio electronic-structure calculation" (2022), published in Nature Computational Science
  • "Pseudospin-selective Floquet band engineering in black phosphorus" (2023), published in Nature
  • "Single atomic cobalt catalyst significantly accelerates lithium ion diffusion in high mass loading Li2S cathode" (2020), published in Energy Storage Materials
  • "Tailored Ising superconductivity in intercalated bulk NbSe2" (2022), published in Nature Physics
  • "Experimental Evidence of Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Kekulé-Ordered Graphene" (2021), published in Physical Review Letters

Wenhui Duan frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Yong Xu, Nianlong Zou, Shuyun Zhou, Changhua Bao, and He Li. These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in their main fields of study.

Publication venues where Duan's work appears often include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Nano Letters
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

In recognition of contributions to physics, Duan was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2019. The citation highlighted discoveries of novel physical phenomena in two-dimensional electronics and advanced functional materials using computational and theoretical approaches, as well as first-principles predictions of new quantum materials.

Best Publications

  • Graphene oxide as a sulfur immobilizer in high performance lithium/sulfur cells

    Yuegang Zhang;Elton J. Cairns;Liwen Ji;Mumin Rao

  • Topological crystalline insulators in the SnTe material class

    Timothy H. Hsieh;Hsin Lin;Junwei Liu;Junwei Liu;Wenhui Duan

  • Large-gap Quantum Spin Hall Insulators in Tin Films

    Yong Xu;Binghai Yan;Hai-Jun Zhang;Jing Wang

  • Discovery of robust in-plane ferroelectricity in atomic-thick SnTe

    Kai Chang;Junwei Liu;Junwei Liu;Haicheng Lin;Na Wang

  • Experimental observation of topological Fermi arcs in type-II Weyl semimetal MoTe2

    Ke Deng;Guoliang Wan;Peng Deng;Kenan Zhang

  • High-Rate, Ultralong Cycle-Life Lithium/Sulfur Batteries Enabled by Nitrogen-Doped Graphene

    Yongcai Qiu;Wanfei Li;Wen Zhao;Guizhu Li

  • Intrinsic Current−Voltage Characteristics of Graphene Nanoribbon Transistors and Effect of Edge Doping

    Qimin Yan;Bing Huang;Jie Yu;Fawei Zheng

  • Experimental Realization of an Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulator

    Yan Gong;Jingwen Guo;Jiaheng Li;Kejing Zhu

  • Adsorption of Gas Molecules on Graphene Nanoribbons and Its Implication for Nanoscale Molecule Sensor

    Bing Huang;Zuanyi Li;Zhirong Liu;Gang Zhou

  • Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators in van der Waals layered MnBi$_2$Te$_4$-family materials

    Jiaheng Li;Yang Li;Shiqiao Du;Zun Wang

  • Role of Symmetry in the Transport Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons under Bias

    Zuanyi Li;Haiyun Qian;Jian Wu;Bing-Lin Gu

  • Lorentz-violating type-II Dirac fermions in transition metal dichalcogenide PtTe 2

    Mingzhe Yan;Huaqing Huang;Kenan Zhang;Eryin Wang

  • Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators in van der Waals layered MnBi2Te4-family materials

    Jiaheng Li;Yang Li;Shiqiao Du;Zun Wang

  • Stable nontrivial Z2 topology in ultrathin Bi (111) films: a first-principles study.

    Zheng Liu;Chao Xing Liu;Yong Shi Wu;Yong Shi Wu;Wen Hui Duan

  • Spin-filtered edge states with an electrically tunable gap in a two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator

    Junwei Liu;Junwei Liu;Timothy H. Hsieh;Peng Wei;Wenhui Duan

  • Epitaxial growth of ultraflat stanene with topological band inversion.

    Jialiang Deng;Bingyu Xia;Xiaochuan Ma;Haoqi Chen

  • Lorentz-violating type-II Dirac fermions in transition metal dichalcogenide PtTe$_2$

    Mingzhe Yan;Huaqing Huang;Kenan Zhang;Eryin Wang

  • Probing superexchange interaction in molecular magnets by spin-flip spectroscopy and microscopy.

    Xi Chen;Ying-Shuang Fu;Ying-Shuang Fu;Shuai-Hua Ji;Shuai-Hua Ji;Tong Zhang;Tong Zhang

  • Type-II Dirac fermions in the PtSe 2 class of transition metal dichalcogenides

    Huaqing Huang;Shuyun Zhou;Wenhui Duan

  • Experimental evidence for type-II Dirac semimetal in PtSe 2

    Kenan Zhang;Mingzhe Yan;Haoxiong Zhang;Huaqing Huang

  • Adsorption of gas molecules on graphene nanoribbons and its implication for nano-scale molecule sensor

    Bing Huang;Zuanyi Li;Zhirong Liu;Gang Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Bing-Lin Gu
Bing-Lin Gu Tsinghua University
Jian Wu
Jian Wu Tsinghua University
Qi-Kun Xue
Qi-Kun Xue Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhirong Liu
Zhirong Liu Peking University
Shuyun Zhou
Shuyun Zhou Tsinghua University
Xucun Ma
Xucun Ma Tsinghua University
Ke He
Ke He Tsinghua University
Shengbai Zhang
Shengbai Zhang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Xiaolong Zou
Xiaolong Zou Tsinghua University
Shou-Cheng Zhang
Shou-Cheng Zhang Stanford University

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