RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computational materials design and theoretical simulations with the focus on: Carbon-based materials for energy and environment applications; Pentagon-based thermoelectric, piezoelectric, magnetic, and nonlinear optical materials; Lightweight metallic materials and topological materials; Magnetic coupling of carbon-based magnetic materials and dilute magnetic semiconductors; Superatoms and their assembled materials.

EDUCATION

1998-2001, Ph.D., in Materials Science, Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University, Japan.  

1985-1988, M.S. in Physics, Anhui University.

1981-1984, B.S. in Physics, Southwest University.  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021–present, Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

2010–2020, Professor, College of Engineering, Peking University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Y. H. Shen, Q. Wang*, Pentagon-Based 2D Materials: Classification, Properties and Applications. Physics Reports 2022,964, 1.

2. J. Sun, M. Hu, C. Z. Zhang, L. Bai, C. X. Zhang, Q. Wang*, Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Layered Bi₂O₂Se Induced by Twisting, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2209000.

3. X. Li, S.H. Zhang, H. Huang, L. Hu, F. Liu*, Q. Wang*, Unidirectional spin-orbit interaction induced by the line defect in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides for high-performance devices. Nano Lett. 2019,19, 6005.

4. S. H. Zhang, J. Zhou, Q. Wang*, X. S. Chen, Y. Kawazoe, P. Jena, Penta-graphene: A new carbon allotrope. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2015,112, 2372.

5. S. H. Zhang, Q. Wang*, X. Chen, P. Jena, Stable three-dimensional metallic carbon with interlocking hexagons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2013,110, 18809.