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WANG Ning 王寧
PhD, University of Science and Technology, Beijing
Chair Professor
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Professor Wang obtained his BSc (1985) and PhD (1990) degrees in materials physics from the University of Science and Technology, Beijing. In 1989, he received an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship and worked in the Institute for Metal Physics, Goettingen University and the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Berlin, Germany. In 1993, he joined the Physics Department of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. During 1997-2000 he worked in the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, the City University of Hong Kong. Professor Wang has authored/co-authored 250 peer-reviewed research papers in reputed international journals. He received Chien-Shiung Wu Physics Award (1990), State Natural Science Award (2005), Achievement in Asia Award (2006), and School of Science Service Awards (2015).
Research Areas
Fundamental issues of 1D/2D nanostructure formation & device fabrication, quantum transport of low dimensional nanostructures, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.
Representative Publications
  • “Odd-Integer quantum Hall states and giant spin susceptibility in p-type few-layer WSe2”, S.G. Xu, et. al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 118 (2017) 067702.
  • “Even–odd layer-dependent magnetotransport of high-mobility Q-valley electrons in transition metal disulfides”, Z.F. Wu, et. al., Nature Comm.  7(2016) 12955.
  • “Achieving Ultrahigh Carrier Mobility in Two-Dimensional Hole Gas of Black Phosphorus”, Nano Lett., 16 (2016)7768.
  • “High-quality sandwiched black phosphorus heterostructure and its quantum oscillations”, X.L. Chen, et. al., Nature Comm. 6, (2015) 7315.
  • “Probing the Electron States and Metal-Insulator Transition Mechanisms in Atomically Thin MoS2 Based on Vertical Heterostructures”, X.L. Chen, et. al., Nature Comm. 6 (2015) 6088.
  • “Growth of Nanowires”, N. Wang, et. al., Mater. Sci. Eng. R60 (2008)1-51.
  • “Enhanced Photothermal Effect in Si Nanowires”, N. Wang, et. al., Nano Lett., 3(2003)475.
  • “Superconductivity in 4 Angstrom Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”, Z. K. Tang, et. al., Science 292 (2001) 2462.
  • “A nucleation site and Mechanism leading to epitaxial growth of diamond films”,  S. T. Lee, et. al., Science 287(2000)104.
  • “Single-walled 4-Å carbon nanotube arrays”, N. Wang, et al., Nature, 408 (2000) 50.
Research and Publication
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