News

2024

24-02: Dr. Yang was appointed Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (Impact Factor: 5.3).
24-01: Dr. Yang was elected Secretary of the IEEE Hong Kong Chapter on Electronic Devices and Solid-State Circuits (ED/SSC).
24-01: Our collaborative study was published in npj 2D Materials and Applications (DOI: 10.1038/s41699-024-00443-2).
24-01: Our research highlight was published in National Science Review (DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad316). Congratulations to Dr. Yang Tong.
24-01: We contributed a chapter to "Two‐Dimensional Transition‐Metal Dichalcogenides: Phase Engineering and Applications in Electronics and Optoelectronics" (Wiley, DOI:10.1002/9783527838752).
24-01: Dr. Yang attended the workshop “AI for Vaccine”, Xiamen University.
24-01: Our joint research was published in Nature Materials (DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01788-7). Kudos to Lucas and Dr. Yang Ke.

2024

2023

23-12: RGC-CRF project was granted (Dr Yang as the Co-PI).
23-12: Dr. Yang received an internal grant from the Research Centre for Data Sciences & Artificial Intelligence at PolyU.
23-12: Dr. Yang became a member of the Research Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (RCNN) at PolyU.
23-12: Our collaborative study was published in JACS (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10516). Congratulations to Qikun and Dr. Yang Ke.
23-11: Dr. Yang was awarded a Guangdong NSFC grant.
23-11: Dr. Yang delivered an invited talk at the 9th National Surface Analysis Science Conference, Fuzhou, China.
23-11 We were pleased to host Prof. Wang Xiao (NTU) and Prof. Li Changjian (SUST) for a group visit.
23-11: Our joint research appeared in ACS Catalysis (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c03528). Congratulations to Dina and Dr. Cheng Hao.
23-10: We contributed an invited mini-review to Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101404). Congratulations to Keda.
23-09: Welcome Yang Kang as a new Ph.D. student in our group.
23-09 We were pleased to host Dr. Kai Exner for a group visit.
23-09: We welcomed Alex, Yiting, and Yu Ruixi for a research attachment under the URIS scheme.
23-09: Greetings to Oscar, Zuo Yang, Ruixi, and Ruojia as they join our group for their Final Year Project (FYP).
23-08: Wu Hao joined our group as a Research Assistant.
23-07: Our collaborative work was published in Applied Physics Reviews (DOI: 10.1063/5.0141814).
23-07: Our research was featured in JPCC (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c03926). Congratulations to Dr. Yang Tong.
23-06: Our collaborative study appeared in Applied Physics Reviews (Applied Physics Reviews 10, 021420).
23-06: Dr. Yang was awarded an RGC ECS grant.
23-06: Dr. Yang presented an invited talk at the EcoMat Conference 2023, PolyU.
23-06: Congratulations to Jing Yu on receiving the Best Paper Award at the IEEE HK ED/SSC Joint Chapter Student Symposium 2023.
23-06: Dr. Yang gave an invited talk at ICMAT-2023, Singapore.
23-06: We welcomed Prof. Feng Yuanping and Prof. Lu Yunhao for group visits.
23-06: Our joint research was published in Nanoscale Horizon (DOI: 10.1039/D3NH00150D).
23-05: Our collaborative study was published in Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38550-1).
23-05: Congratulations to Keda on successfully passing his Ph.D. qualification.
23-04: Dr. Yang joined the Research Centre for Data Sciences & Artificial Intelligence at PolyU.
23-04: Congratulations to Haifa on the publication in JMCA (DOI: 10.1039/D2TA07907K).
23-03: Our work was featured in JPCC (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00690). Congratulations to Dr. Yang Tong.
23-03: Our joint research was published in Catalysis Science and Technology (DOI: 10.1039/D3CY00217A).
23-03: Our collaborative study appeared in Nano Research (DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5461-0).

2022

22-02: Our work “Selective hydrogenation improves interface properties of high-k dielectrics on 2D semiconductors” has been published on Nano Research.
22-02: Welcome Dr. Cheng Hao for joining our group.
22-03: Dr. Yang Ming was elected as Secretary of IEEE Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuit joint chapter, Hong Kong.
22-03: Mr. Wang Aoning and Chen Jiahao joined our group for part time research assistants.
22-04: Many congratulations to Haifa for passing his Ph. D. conformation.
22-04: Our collaborative work “Wafer-Scale 2H-MoS2 Monolayer for High Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Performance: Charge-Transfer Coupled with Molecule Resonance” has been published on Advanced Materials Technologies.
22-05: Our collaborative work “Improving carrier mobility in two-dimensional semiconductors with rippled materials" has been accepted on Nature Electronics.
22-05: Dr. Yang Ming gave an invited talk “Tuning carrier mobility and interfacial properties of 2D semiconductors” on Hong Kong – Singapore Bilateral Workshop on Functional Materials.
22-05: Dr. Yang Ming gave an invited talk “High-throughput first-principles calculations accelerated development of electrocatalysts” on International Conference on Frontier Materials 2022.
22-05: Our collaborative work “High-Throughput Computational Discovery and Intelligent Design of Two-Dimensional Functional Materials for Various Applications” has been published on Accounts of Materials Research.
22-05: Our collaborative work “"Low Dimensional Porous Carbon Networks using Single-/Triple-Coupling Polycyclic Hydrocarbon Precursors” has been accepted on ACS Nano.
22-08: Mr He Jingyu joined our group for his Ph. D study.
22-08: Mr Wang Aonign and Chen Jiahao joined our group for their final year project.
22-08: Dr. Yang Ming conducted an on-line lecture talk on Machine Learning Summer School for college students, Jiang Su Normal University.
22-10: Our collaborative research was published in Science Advances (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo077). Kudos to Dr. Zheng Xiaodong, Dr. Han Wei, and Dr. Yang Ke.
22-12: Our joint research was featured in Nature Nanotechnology (DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01257-3). Congratulations to Dr. Han Wei, Dr. Xiao Dong, and Dr. Yang Ke.

2021

21-06: Mr. Chan Chun Ho joined us as research assistant.
21-07: Dr. Tong Yang joined us with the awarded postdoctoral matching fund.
21-07: Dr. Ming Yang delivered an invited talk “High-throughput firs-principles accelerated materials innovation” on International Conference on "Materials for Humanity (MH 21)”
21-07: Our work “Ag2S Monolayer: an Ultrasoft Inorganic Lieb Lattice” was published on Nanoscale
21-07: Dr. Ming Yang co-authored the manuscript “Room temperature ferromagnetism of monolayer chromium telluride with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy” accepted on Adv. Mater.
21-07: Dr. Ming Yang co-authored the manuscript “On-Surface Synthesis of Variable Bandgap Nanoporous Graphene"” accepted on Small.
21-09: Welcome Dr. Yang Ke for joining our group.
21-10: Our work “Tunable Rashba spin-orbit coupling and its interplay with multiorbital effect and magnetic ordering at oxide interfaces” has been published on Phys. Rev. B.
21-11: Dr. Yang Ming gave an invited talk “High-Throughput Calculations on Screening Electrocatalysts for Energy Applications” for Smart Materials.
21-12: Dr. Yang Ming organized the Student Symposium of IEEE Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuit (s-EDSSC).
21-12: Many congratulations to Ding Keda for the “Best Paper Award” on s-EDSSC, Hong Kong.