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Yang Xu is a researcher affiliated with Zhejiang University in China. Their work focuses primarily on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a strong emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. Their research also extends into Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their scientific contributions cover several main topics, notably:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices

Yang Xu has authored publications in a variety of venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • InfoMat
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Materials

Some recent example papers include:

  • "Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: A Molecular Platform for Designing Functions beyond Chemical Recycling and Self-Healing" (2021) in Chemical Reviews
  • "2D Heterostructures for Ubiquitous Electronics and Optoelectronics: Principles, Opportunities, and Challenges" (2022) in Chemical Reviews
  • "Direct imaging of single-molecule electrochemical reactions in solution" (2021) in Nature
  • "High-performance silicon−graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm" (2020) in Light Science & Applications
  • "Monolithic Full-Stokes Near-Infrared Polarimetry with Chiral Plasmonic Metasurface Integrated Graphene-Silicon Photodetector" (2020) in ACS Nano

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Bin Yu
  • Yuda Zhao
  • Srikrishna Chanakya Bodepudi
  • Huan Hu
  • Feng Tian

Best Publications

  • Black phosphorus ink formulation for inkjet printing of optoelectronics and photonics

    Guohua Hu;Tom Albrow-Owen;Xinxin Jin;Ayaz Ali

  • Contacts between Two- and Three-Dimensional Materials: Ohmic, Schottky, and p-n Heterojunctions.

    Yang Xu;Cheng Cheng;Sichao Du;Jianyi Yang

  • Ultrastiff and Strong Graphene Fibers via Full-Scale Synergetic Defect Engineering.

    Zhen Xu;Yingjun Liu;Xiaoli Zhao;Li Peng

  • Plasmonic Silicon Quantum Dots Enabled High-Sensitivity Ultrabroadband Photodetection of Graphene-Based Hybrid Phototransistors

    Zhenyi Ni;Lingling Ma;Sichao Du;Yang Xu

  • Three-dimensional macro-structures of two-dimensional nanomaterials

    Khurram Shehzad;Yang Xu;Yang Xu;Chao Gao;Xiangfeng Duan

  • A self-powered high-performance graphene/silicon ultraviolet photodetector with ultra-shallow junction: breaking the limit of silicon?

    Xia Wan;Yang Xu;Yang Xu;Hongwei Guo;Khurram Shehzad

  • Graphene Coupled with Silicon Quantum Dots for High-Performance Bulk-Silicon-Based Schottky-Junction Photodetectors

    Ting Yu;Feng Wang;Yang Xu;Lingling Ma

  • High-performance silicon-graphene hybrid plasmonic waveguide photodetectors beyond 1.55 μm.

    Jingshu Guo;Jiang Li;Chaoyue Liu;Yanlong Yin

  • Broadband optoelectronic synaptic devices based on silicon nanocrystals for neuromorphic computing

    Hua Tan;Zhenyi Ni;Wenbing Peng;Sichao Du

  • Solar-blind Photodetector with High Avalanche Gains and Bias-tunable Detecting Functionality Based on Metastable Phase α-Ga2O3/ZnO Isotype Heterostructures

    Xuanhu Chen;Yang Xu;Dong Zhou;Sen Yang

  • Fast response and high sensitivity ZnO/glass surface acoustic wave humidity sensors using graphene oxide sensing layer.

    Weipeng Xuan;Mei He;Nan Meng;Xingli He

  • Ab initio study of electronic and optical behavior of two-dimensional silicon carbide

    Xiao Lin;Shisheng Lin;Yang Xu;Ayaz Ali Hakro

  • Graphene Hybrid Structures for Integrated and Flexible Optoelectronics

    Xiaoqing Chen;Xiaoqing Chen;Khurram Shehzad;Li Gao;Mingsheng Long

  • Double-Stranded DNA Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Hybrids for Optical Hydrogen Peroxide and Glucose Sensing

    Yang Xu;Pehr E. Pehrsson;Liwei Chen;Ru Zhang

  • A high-performance self-powered broadband photodetector based on a CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite/ZnO nanorod array heterostructure

    Jichao Yu;Xu Chen;Yi Wang;Hai Zhou

  • Graphene charge-injection photodetectors

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  • Light-Harvesting Using High Density p-type Single Wall Carbon Nanotube/n-type Silicon Heterojunctions

    Zhongrui Li;Vasyl P. Kunets;Viney Saini;Yang Xu

  • Flexible surface acoustic wave resonators built on disposable plastic film for electronics and lab-on-a-chip applications

    Hao Jin;Jian Zhou;Xingli He;Wenbo Wang

  • Monolithic Full-Stokes Near-Infrared Polarimetry with Chiral Plasmonic Metasurface Integrated Graphene-Silicon Photodetector.

    Lingfei Li;Lingfei Li;Junzhuan Wang;Lei Kang;Wei Liu

  • A Broadband Fluorographene Photodetector

    Sichao Du;Wei Lu;Ayaz Ali;Pei Zhao

  • Pushing the Performance Limit of Sub-100 nm Molybdenum Disulfide Transistors.

    Yuan Liu;Jian Guo;Yecun Wu;Enbo Zhu

  • A high performance humidity sensor based on surface acoustic wave and graphene oxide on AlN/Si layered structure

    Xianhao Le;Xiaoyi Wang;Jintao Pang;Yingjun Liu

  • Review of optical coherence tomography in oncology

    Jianfeng Wang;Yang Xu;Stephen A. Boppart

  • High sensitivity flexible Lamb-wave humidity sensors with a graphene oxide sensing layer

    Weipeng Xuan;Xingli He;Jinkai Chen;Wenbo Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jikui Luo
Jikui Luo Zhejiang University
Tawfique Hasan
Tawfique Hasan University of Cambridge
Chao Gao
Chao Gao Zhejiang University
Xiangfeng Duan
Xiangfeng Duan University of California, Los Angeles
Zhen Xu
Zhen Xu Zhejiang University
Deren Yang
Deren Yang Zhejiang University
Ping-Heng Tan
Ping-Heng Tan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaomu Wang
Xiaomu Wang Nanjing University
Weida Hu
Weida Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaodong Pi
Xiaodong Pi Zhejiang University

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