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99. [07-30-2024] Safdar Nazir, Sicon Jiang, and Kesong Yang*,
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98. [04-26-2024] Yuling Li, Yaqin Wang, YuXi Huang, Xiaohua Liu, Le Yuan and Kesong Yang*,
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97. [03-18-2024] Xiaoche Wang and Kesong Yang*, Engineering Mn3Ga/GaAs Interfaces: A First-Principles Study on Energetic Stability and Magnetic Anisotropy, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys, 57, 255006, (2024).
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96. [03-06-2024] Mahalakshmi Ramar, Sivalingam Muthu Mariappan, S. Gunasekaran, M. Navaneethan, Ayush Singhal, Kesong Yang*, K. Janani Archana, Susmitha Balagopalan, N. Ambikeswari, Mohd. Shkir, and Balasubramanian Karthikeyan, Tuning Electron-Phonon Coupling in Se Doped Fe2O3 for Efficient Photocatalysis: Experimental and First-Principle Calculations, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7, 6935-6945, (2024).
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2023
95. [08-15-2023] Amogh Vig, Ethan Doan, and Kesong Yang*, First-Principles Investigation of Size Effects on Cohesive Energies of Transition-Metal Nanoclusters, Nanomaterials, 13, 2356, (2023).
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2022
90. [12-12-2022] Liyuan Wu, Chao Dong, Changcheng Chen, Lina Zhao, Pengfei Lu, and Kesong Yang*, Interface Engineering at Sc2C MXene and Germanium Iodine Perovskite Interface: First-Principles Insights, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 13, 11801-11810, (2022).
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89. [08-26-2022] Yulin Gan, Yu Zhang, Sicong Jiang, Hongrui Zhang, Xiangxiang Guan, Lei Yan, Feng-xia Hu, Richeng Yu, Jirong Sun, Hong Ding, Kesong Yang*, Yunzhong Chen*, and Baogen Shen, Fractional-Unit-Cell-Doped Spinel/Perovskite Oxide Interfaces with Switchable Carrier Conduction, Appl. Phys. Lett., 121, 111601, (2022).
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84. [01-19-2022] Chen Ye, Xiangnan Xie, Wenxing Lv, Ke Huang, Allen Jian Yang, Sicong Jiang, Xue Liu, Dapeng Zhu, Xuepeng Qiu, Mingyu Tong, Tong Zhou, Chuang-Han Hsu, Guoqing Chang, Hsin Lin, Peisen Li, Kesong Yang, Zhenyu Wang, Tian Jiang, and Xiao Renshaw Wang, Nonreciprocal transport in a bilayer of MnBi2Te4 and Pt, Nano Lett., 22, 1366-1373, (2022).
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83. [12-28-2020] Yuan Zeng, Paul Hyunggyu Joo, Kesong Yang, and Andrea R. Tao, Computation-Motivated Design of Ternary Plasmonic Copper Chalcogenide Nanocrystals, Chem. Mater., 33, 117-125, (2021).
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81. [11-06-2020] Joseph Wong and Kesong Yang*, Two-Dimensional Hybrid Halide Perovskites: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications, Solar RRL., 5, 2000395, (2021).
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80. [09-15-2020] Yaqin Wang, Zhengtao Zhang, Jianli Cheng, Qinyong Zhang, Wu Tang and Kesong Yang*, Creating Two-Dimensional Hole Gas in Polar/Polar LaAlO3/KTaO3 Perovskite Heterostructure, J. Mater. Chem. C, 8, 14230-14237, (2020).
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78. [08-24-2020] Junfeng Ding, Jianli Cheng, Fatih Dogan, Yang Li, Weinan Lin, Yingbang Yao, Aurelien Manchon, Kesong Yang*, and Tom Wu*, Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at Spinel/Perovskite Interface: Interplay between Polar Catastrophe and Interfacial Defects, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 12, 42982-42991, (2020).
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75. [03-26-2020] Xiaofei Hu, Paul H. Joo, Yiwen Zhang, Edward Matios, Chuanlong Wang, Kesong Yang* and Weiyang Li*, Designing An All-Solid-State Sodium-Carbon Dioxide Battery Enabled by Nitrogen-Doped Nanocarbon, Nano. Lett., 20, 3620-3626, (2020).
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74. [03-04-2020] Paul H. Joo, Jingning Zhang, and Kesong Yang*, Size Effects and Odd-Even Effects of Hydrogen Adsorption in Janus MoSSe Nanosheet: First-Principles Studies, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 5, 829-834, (2020).
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2019
70. [11-07-2019] Leigang Li, Jianli Cheng, Hua Wang, Jijie Huang, Xingyao Gao, Xuejing Wang, Shikhar Misra, Bruce Zhang, Jie Jian, Aiping Chen, Ping Lu, Xiaofeng Qian, Kesong Yang, and Haiyan Wang*, Interfacial Engineering Enabled Novel Bi-Based Layered Oxide Supercells with Modulated Microstructures and Tunable Physical Properties, Cryst. Growth Des., 19, 7088-7095, (2019).
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68. [02-05-2019] Safdar Naziar, Sicong Jiang, Jianli Cheng, and Kesong Yang*, Enhanced Interfacial Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Fe/MgO Heterostructure via Interfacial Engineering, Appl. Phys. Lett.114, 072407, (2019).
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66. [04-19-2019] Maziar Behtash, Joseph Wong, Sicong Jiang, Jian Luo, and Kesong Yang*, First-Principles Study of Impurity Segregation in Zirconia, Hafnia, and Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia Grain Boundaries, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 39, 3812-3820, (2019).
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62. (Invited Review) Kesong Yang*, High-throughput Design of Functional Materials Using Materials Genome Approach, Chin. Phys. B,27, 128103, (2018).
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2011
21. Y.-b. Lv, Y. Dai, K. Yang, Z. Zhang, W. Wei, M. Guo and B. Huang, Density functional investigation of structural, electronic and optical
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2010
19. K. Yang, Y. Dai and B. Huang, Density functional study of B-doped anatase TiO2, J. Phys. Chem. C114, 19830 (2010).
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17. K. Yang, Y. Dai, B. Huang and Y. Feng, Density functional characterization of the antiferromagnetism in oxygen-deficient anatase
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2009
11. K. Yang, Y. Dai, B. Huang and M.-H. Whangbo, Density functional studies of the magnetic properties in nitrogen doped TiO2, Chem. Phys. Lett.481, 99 (2009).
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10. K. Yang, Y. Dai and B. Huang, Density functional characterization of electronic structure and visible-light absorption
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9. K. Yang, Y. Dai, B. Huang and M.-H. Whangbo, Density functional characterization of the visible-light absorption in substitutional
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2008
8. W. Wei, Y. Dai, K. Yang, M. Guo and B. Huang, Origin of the visible light absorption of GaN-rich Ga1-xZnxN1-xOx (x=0.125) solid solution, J. Phys. Chem C112, 15915 (2008).
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5. K. Yang, Y. Dai and B. Huang, First-principles calculations for geometrical structures and electronic properties of Si-doped TiO2, Chem. Phys. Lett.456, 71 (2008).
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2007
4. K. Yang, Y. Dai and B. Huang, Understanding photocatalytic activity of S- and P-doped TiO2 under visible light from first-principles, J. Phys. Chem. C111, 18985 (2007).
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2006
1. K. Yang, Y. Dai, B. Huang and S. Han, Theoretical study of N-doped TiO2 rutile crystals, J. Phys. Chem. B110, 24011 (2006).
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