Representative Publications

2D Materials 

  • Liheng An, Zishu Zhou, Xuemeng Feng, Meizhen Huang, Xiangbin Cai, Yong Chen, Pei Zhao, Xi Dai, Jingdi Zhang, Wang Yao, Junwei Liu and Ning Wang, "Unconventional ferroelectrivity in twisted WSe2"; National Science Open, 2: 20220033, (2023).
  • Meizhen Huang, Zefei Wu, Jinxin Hu, Xiangbin Cai, En Li, Liheng An, Xuemeng Feng, Ziqing Ye, Nian Lin, Kam Tuen Law, Ning Wang, "Giant Nonlinear Hall Transport in Twisted WSe2"; National Science Review, 10 (2023) nwac232. 
  • Xiangbin Cai, Zefei Wu, Xu Han, Yong Chen, Shuigang Xu, Jiangxiazi Lin, Tianyi Han, Pingge He, Xuemeng Feng, Liheng An, Run Shi, Jingwei Wang, Zhehan Ying, Yuan Cai, Mengyuan Hua, Junwei Liu, Ding Pan, Chun Cheng & Ning Wang, “Bridging the gap between atomically thin semiconductors and metal leads”, Nature Comm. 13, (2022) 1777.
  • En Li, Jin-Xin Hu, Xuemeng Feng, Zishu Zhou, Liheng An, Kam Tuen Law, Ning Wang & Nian Lin, “Lattice reconstruction induced multiple ultra-flat bands in twisted bilayer WSe2”, Nature Comm. 12 (2021)5601.

  • Liheng An, Xiangbin Cai, Ding Pei, Meizhen Huang,  Zefei Wu, Zishu Zhou, Jiangxiazi Lin, Zhehan Ying, Ziqing Ye, Xuemeng Feng, Ruiyan Gao, Cephise Cacho,Matthew Watson, Yulin Chenb and Ning Wang *” Interaction effects and superconductivity signatures in twisted double-bilayer WSe2”, Nanoscale Horiz., (2020), 5, 1309—1316.

  • Z. F. Wu, B. T. Zhou,… N. Wang, “Intrinsic valley Hall transport in atomically thin MoS2”, Nature Comm. 10 (2019)611.
  • Jiangxiazi Lin, Tianyi Han, Benjamin A. Piot, Zefei Wu, Shuigang Xu, Gen Long, Liheng An, Patrick Cheung, Peng-Peng Zheng, Paulina Plochocka, Xi Dai, Duncan K. Maude, Fan Zhang, and Ning Wang, “Determining Interaction Enhanced Valley Susceptibility in Spin-Valley-Locked MoS2”, Nano Lett. (2019), 19, 1736−1742.
  • HAN, Tianyi; SHEN, Junying; YUAN, Fanqi; LIN, Jiangxiazi; WU, Zefei; WU, Yingying; XU, Shuigang; AN, Liheng; LONG, Gen; WANG, Yuanwei; LORTZ, Rolf Walter; WANG, Ning, “Investigation of the two-gap superconductivity in a few-layer NbSe2-graphene heterojunction”, Physical Review B, v. 97, (6), February (2018).
  • “Odd-Integer Quantum Hall States and Giant Spin Susceptibility in p-Type Few-Layer WSe2”, S.G. Xu, J.Y. Shen, G. Long, Z.F. Wu, Z.Q. Bao, C.C. Liu,,…N. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett., 118 (2017) 067702.
  • "Even-Odd layer-dependent magnetotransport of high-mobility Q-valley electrons in transition metal disulfids", Z.F. Wu, S.G. Xu, H.H. Lu, A. Khamoshi, G.B. Liu, T.Y. Han, Y.Y. Wu, J.X.Z. Lin, G. Long, Y.H. He, Y. Cai, Y.G. Yao, F. Zhang, N.Wang, Nature Comm. 7 (2016) 12955.
  • G. Long, Denis Maryenko, Junying Shen, Shuigang Xu, Jianqiang Hou, Zefei Wu, Wing Ki Wong, Tianyi Han, Jiangxiazi Lin, Yuan Cai, Rolf Lortz, and Ning Wang, “Achieving Ultrahigh Carrier Mobility in Two-Dimensional Hole Gas of Black Phosphorus”, Nano Lett. 16 (2016)7768.
  • “Universal low-temperature Ohmic contacts for quantum transport in transition metal dichalcogenides”, Shuigang Xu, Zefei Wu, Huanhuan Lu, Yu Han, Gen Long, Xiaolong Chen, Tianyi Han, Weiguang Ye, Yingying Wu, Jiangxiazi Lin, Junying Shen, Yuan Cai, Yuheng He, Fan Zhang, Rolf Lortz, Chun Cheng, Ning Wang, 2D Materials 3(2016) 021007.
  • "High-quality sandwiched black phosphorus heterostructure and its quantum oscillations", Xiaolong Chen, Yingying Wu, Zefei Wu,Yu Han, Shuigang Xu, Lin Wang, Weiguang Ye, Tianyi Han, Yuheng He,Yuan Cai & Ning Wang, Nature Comm. 6 (2015) 7315.
  • "Probing the electron states and metal-insulator transition mechanisms in ​molybdenum disulphide vertical heterostructures", Xiaolong Chen, Zefei Wu, Shuigang Xu, Lin Wang, Rui Huang, Yu Han, Weiguang Ye, Wei Xiong, Tianyi Han, Gen Long, Yang Wang, Yuheng He, Yuan Cai, Ping Sheng & Ning Wang, Nature Comm. 6 (2015) 6088.

Graphene

  • Lin Wang, Xiaolong Chen,, Wei Zhu, Yang Wang, Chao Zhu, Zefei Wu, Yu Han, Mingwei Zhang, Wei Li, Yuheng He, and Ning Wang* , “Detection of resonant impurities in graphene by quantum capacitance measurement”, Phys. Rev. B 89 (2014) 075410.
  • Lin Wang, Yang Wang, Xiaolong Chen, Wei Zhu, Chao Zhu, Zefei Wu, Yu Han, Mingwei Zhang, Wei Li, Yuheng He, Wei Xiong, Kam Tuen Law, Dangsheng Su & Ning Wang*. “Negative Quantum Capacitance Induced by Midgap States in Single-layer Graphene”, Scientific Reports 3 (2013)2041.
  • Xiaolong Chen, Lin Wang, Wei Li, Yang Wang, Zefei Wu, Mingwei Zhang, Yu Han, Yuheng He, Ning Wang, “Electron-Electron Interactions in Monolayer Graphene Quantum Capacitors”, Nano Research, 6（2013）619-626.
  • Wei Li, Xiaolong Chen, Lin Wang, Yuheng He, Zefei Wu, Yuan Cai, Mingwei Zhang,Yang Wang, Yu Han, Rolf W. Lortz, Zhao-Qing Zhang, Ping Sheng & Ning Wang*, “Density of States and Its Local Fluctuations Determined by Capacitance of Strongly Disordered Graphene”, Scientific Reports, 3(2013)1772.
  • Haijing Zhang, Jianming Lu1 Wu Shi1, Zhe Wang, Ting Zhang, Mingyuan Sun, Yuan Zheng, Qihong Chen, Ning Wang, Juhn-Jong Lin, and Ping Sheng*, Large-scale Mesoscopic Transport in Nanostructured Graphene”, Phys. Rev. Lett . 110(2013)066805
  • Wenhao Guo , Shuigang Xu , Zefei Wu , Ning Wang , M. M. T. Loy and Shengwang Du, “Oxygen-Assisted Charge Transfer Between ZnO Quantum Dots and Graphene”, Small 2013 Mar 21. doi: 10.1002/smll.201202855.
  • L. Wang, X.L. Chen, Y. Wang, Z.F. Wu, W. Li, Y. Han, M.W. Zhang, Y.H. He, C. Zhu, K.K. Fung, N.Wang*, "Modification of electronic properties of top-gated graphene devices by ultrathin yttrium-oxide dielectric layers", Nanoscale, 5(3), (2013)1116
  • X. L. Chen, L. Wang, W. Li, Y. Wang, Y. H. He, Z. F. Wu, Y. Han, M. W. Zhang, W. Xiong, and N. Wang*, “Negative compressibility observed in graphene containing resonant impurities”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102(2013) 203103.
  • Wei Li, Yuheng He, Lin Wang, Guohui Ding, Zhao-Qing Zhang, Rolf W. Lortz, Ping Sheng, and Ning Wang*, "Electron localization in metal-decorated graphene", Phys. Rev. B84 (2011)045431.
  • Y. H. He, L. Wang, X. L. Chen, Z. F. Wu, W. Li, Y. Cai, and N. Wang*, "Modifying electronic transport properties of graphene by electron beam irradiation", Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 (2011)033109.

Nanotubes

  • W. Shi, Z. Wang, Q.C. Zhang, Y. Zheng, C. Ieong, M.Q. He, Rolf Lortz, Y. Cai, N. Wang, T. Zhang, H.J. Zhang, Z.K. Tang, P. Sheng, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Yoong Ahm Kim, Morinobu Endo, Paulo T. Araujo & Mildred S. Dresselhaus, "Superconductivity in bundles of double-wall carbon nanotubes", Scientific Reports 2(2012) 625.
  • R. Lortza, Q.C. Zhang, W. Shi, J.T. Ye, et al, “Superconducting characteristics of 4-angstrom carbon nanotube-zeolite composite”, PNAS 106 (2009) 299-7303.
  • Z. K. Tang, L. Zhang, N. Wang, X. X. Zhang, G. H. Wen, G. D. Li, J. N. Wang, C. T. Chan, P. Sheng, “Superconductivity in 4 Angstrom Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes” Science, 292 (2001)2462.
  • N. Wang, Z.K. Tang, G.D. Li, J.S. Chen, “Single-walled 4-Å carbon nanotube arrays”, Nature, 408 (2000)50.
  • B.D. Yao, Y.F. Chan, X.Y. Zhang, W.F. Zhang, Z.Y. Yang and N. Wang, “Formation Mechanism of TiO2 Nanotubes”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82(2003) 281.
  • J.Y. Miao, Z.L. Xu, X.Y. Zhang, N. Wang, Z.Y. Yang, P. Sheng, “Micropumps Based on the Enhanced Electroosmotic Effect of Aluminum Oxide Membranes”, Adv. Mater. 19 (2007) 4234 – 4237.

Nanowires

  • Shuigang Xu, Wenhao Guo, Shengwang Du, M. M. T. Loy, and Ning Wang, “Strain-induced piezoelectric field effects on the optical properties of ZnO nanowires”, Nano Lett. 12 (2012)5802-5807.
  • T.L. Wong, C. Cheng, W. Li, K.K. Fung and N. Wang, “Nanostructural Transformation and Formation of Heterojunctions from Si Nanowires”, ACS Nano 4 (2010)5559.
  • C. Cheng, M. Lei, L. Feng, T. L. Wong, K. M. Ho, K. K. Fung, M. M. T. Loy, D.P. Yu and N. Wang, “High-quality ZnO nanowire arrays directly from photoresists”, ACS Nano 3 (2009)53-58.
  • Y. Cai, S. K. Chan, I. K. Sou, Y. F. Chan, D. S. Su and N. Wang , “The size-dependent growth direction of ZnSe nanowires”, Adv. Mater. 18 (2006) 109-114.
  • N. Wang, B. D. Yao, Y. F. Chan, X. Y. Zhang, “Enhanced Photothermal Effect in Si Nanowires”, Nano Lett., 3 (2003)475.
  • B.D Yao, Y. F. Chan, N. Wang, “Formation of ZnO nanostructures by a simple way of thermal evaporation”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81(2002) 757.
  • N. Wang, Y.H. Tang, Y.F. Zhang, C.S. Lee and S.T. Lee, “Nucleation and growth of Si nanowires from silicon oxide”, Phys. Rev. B58 (1998) R16024-16026.

Nanomaterials

  • Shi, YT, Zhu, C, Wang, L, Zhao, CY , Li, W, Fung, KK, Ma, TL, Hagfeldt, A, Wang, N, “Ultrarapid Sonochemical Synthesis of ZnO Hierarchical Structures: From Fundamental Research to High Efficiencies up to 6.42% for Quasi-Solid Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 25(2013)1000-1012.
  • Yantao Shi, Chao Zhu, Lin Wang, Wei Li, Chun Cheng, Kin Ming Ho, Kwok Kwong Fung and Ning Wang*, “Optimizing nanosheet-based ZnO hierarchical structure through ultrasonic-assisted precipitation for remarkable photovoltaic enhancement in quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cells”, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 22 (2012) 13097-13103.
  • C. Cheng, Y.T. Shi, C. Zhu, W. Li, L. Wang, K.K. Fung, N.Wang, "ZnO hierarchical strucures for efficient quasi-solid dye-sensitized solar cells", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13(2011)10631.
  • S. T. Lee, H.Y. Peng, X.T. Zhou, N. Wang, C.S. Lee, I. Bello, Y. Lifshitz, “A nucleation site and Mechanism leading to epitaxial growth of diamond films”, Science 287(2000)104.

Quasicrystals

  • J.C. Jiang, N. Wang, K.K. Fung and K.H. Kuo, “Direct observation of domains and discommensurations in Mn-Si-Al octagonal quasicrystal by transmission electron microscopy”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 (1991) 1302-1305.
  • N. Wang, H. Chen and K. H. Kuo, “Two-dimensional quasicrystal with eightfold rotational symmetry”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 59 (1987) 1010-1013.

Book Chapters & Review Articles

  • “Transmission Electron Microscopy of Nanomateriaals”, Ed. Z.L. Wang and C. Hui, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2002. Chapter 4 “The Smallest Carbon Nanotubes”, by N. Wang.
  • "Nanocrystalline Materials”, Ed. S.C. Tjong, Elsevier Science, Netherlands 2006. Chapter 4, pp93-130, “Fabrication and Structural Characterization of Ultrathin Nanoscale Wires and Particles”, by N. Wang and K.K. Fung,
  • Special Issue: Electron Microscopy of Advanced Materials (2000), Guess Editors: K.K. Fung and N. Wang, MICRON 33 (6): 513-513 (2002). - “Growth of Nanowires”, N. Wang, Y. Cai, R.Q. Zhang, Mater. Sci. Eng. R60 (2008)1-51.
  • “Semiconductor nanowires from oxide”, S. T. Lee, N. Wang, Y.F. Zhang and Y.H. Tang, MRS Bulletin 24(1999)36-42.