WANG RESEARCH GROUP
Department of Physics - University of Miami
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Book Chapter
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Modulation and control of charge transport through single-molecule junctions
K. Wang and BQ Xu
Molecular-Scale Electronics: Current Status and Perspectives, Chapter 1, Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 9783030033057 (2019) link
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Modulate and control of detailed electron transport of single molecule
BQ Xu, K. Wang, J. Hamill, R. Colvard
Molecular Electronics: An Experimental and Theoretical Approach, Chapter 4. Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd. ISBN: 9789814613903 (2015) link
Peer - Reviewed Journal Paper
2024
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From Small Changes to Big Gains: Pyridinium-Based Tetralactam Macrocycle for Enhanced Sugar Recognition in Water
Canjia Zhai, Ethan Cross Zulueta, Alexander Mariscal, Chengkai Xu, Yunpeng Cui, Xudong Wang, Huang Wu, Carson Doan, Lukasz Wojtas, Haixin Zhang, Jianfeng Cai, Libin Ye, Kun Wang and Wenqi Liu
Chemical Science (Accepted) link
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Energy conversion and transport in molecular-scale junctions
Haixin Zhang*, Yunxuan Zhu*, Ping Duan*, Mehrdad Shiri, Sai Chandra Yelishala, Shaocheng Shen, Ziqi Song, Chuancheng Jia#; Xuefeng Guo#, Longji Cui#, Kun Wang#
Applied Physics Review 11, 041312 (2024) link
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Exploiting Materials Binding Peptides for the Organization of Resilient Biomolecular Constructs
Sradha M. Thomas, Haixin Zhang, Kun Wang, Marc R. Knecht, Tiffany R. Walsh
Biomacromolecules (Accepted) link
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No More Conductance Decay: Toward Efficient Long-Range Transport in Molecular Wires
Mehrdad Shiri, Haixin Zhang, Kun Wang#
ACS Applied Electronics Materials (Accepted) link
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Nanodevice simulations and electronic transport properties of a two-dimensional PbBr2 monolayer
Yilian Li, Yi Wu, Xiaozheng Fan, Mehrdad Shiri, Kun Wang#, Chunlan Ma#, Shijing Gong, Xiao Dong, Guoliang Xu, Tianxing Wang, Yipeng An#
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 2024, 158, 115881 link
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Eco-friendly Solvent Engineered CsPbI2.77Br0.23 Ink for Large-Area And Scalable High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
Seid Yimer Abate, Yifang Qi, Qiqi Zhang, Surabhi Jha, Haixin Zhang, Guorong Ma, Xiaodan Gu, Kun Wang, Derek Patton, Qilin Dai
Advanced Materials 2024, 36, 2310279 link
2023
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The Pivotal Role of Non-Covalent Interactions in Single-Molecule Charge Transport
Ridwan Ayinla*, Mehrdad Shiri*, Bo Song, Mahesh Gangishetty, Kun Wang#
Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2023, 7, 3524-3542 link
This work is featured as a 2023 MCF Hot Article
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Hourglass-Shaped Nanocages with Concaved Structures Based on Selective Self-Complementary Coordination Ligands and Tunable Hierarchical Self-Assembly
Yaping Xu, Haixin Zhang, Haoyue Su, Jianjun Ma, Hao Yu, Kehuan Li, Junjuan Shi, Xin-Qi Hao, Kun Wang#, Bo Song#, Ming Wang#
Small 19, 2300009 (2023) link
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Accelerated Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Carbons Using Plasma
Anthony Griffin, Genwei Chen, Mark Robertson, Kun Wang, Yizhi Xiang, and Zhe Qiang
ACS Omega 2023, 8, 17, 15781–15789 link
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Controlled self-assembly of a giant isohedral triakis tetrahedron
Zhilong Jiang*, Jun Wang*, Haixin Zhang*, Weiya Liu, Zihao Wu, He Zhao, Jia-Fu Yin, Bangtang Chen, Yiming Li, Panchao Yin, Yi-Tsu Chan, Kun Wang#, Mingzhao Chen#, Pingshan Wang#
Cell Reports Physical Science 4, 101293 (2023) link
This work is highlighted by Nature: "No assembly required: giant 12-faced molecule builds itself"
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Nanodevice design and electronic transport properties of Ge2Sb2-based monolayers
Jiabao Liao, Yifan Gao, Yilian Li, Yi Wu, Kun Wang#, Chunlan Ma, Tianxing Wang, Xiao Dong, Zhongyao Li#, Yipeng An#
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 150, 115681 (2023) link
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Room temperature slot-die coated perovskite layer modified with sulfonyl-γ-AApeptide for high performance perovskite solar devices
Seid Yimer Abatea, Ziqi Yang, Surabhi Jha, Guorong Ma, Zhongliang Ouyang, Haixin Zhang, Shafi Muhammad, Nihar Pradhan, Xiaodan Gu, Derek Patton, Kun Wang, Dawen Li, Jianfeng Cai, QilinDai
Chemical Engineering Journal 457, 141199 (2023) link
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Construction of π‑Stacked Supramolecular Framework Using Triphenylene-cored Metallo-organic Cage
Zhilong Jiang, Jun Wang, Mingzhao Chen, Chaolong Tang, He Zhao, Qiangqiang Dong, Weidong Yu, Zhiyuan Jiang, Bangtang Chen, Xiaorui Li, Die Liu, Liao-Yuan Yao, Hui Liu, Tingzheng Xie, Tun Wu, Jie Yuan, Kun Wang, Yiming Li, and Pingshan Wang
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2023,10, 621-629 link
2022
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Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions Unveiled in Molecular Junctions
Ian Bunker, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, and Kun Wang#
Processes 2022, 10(12), 2574 link
Ian is an undergraduate student in our group, and this work is featured as Editor's Choice.
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Electronic transport properties and nanodevice designs for monolayer MoSi2P4
Yifan Gao, Jiabao Liao, Heyan Wang, Yi Wu, Yilian Li, Kun Wang#, Chunlan Ma, Shijing Gong, Tianxing Wang, Xiao Dong, Zhaoyong Jiao, and Yipeng An#
Physics Review Applied 18, 034033 link
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Switching the conductance of a single molecule: Lessons from molecular junctions
Haixin Zhang*, Mehrdad Shiri*, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Zhe Qiang, and Kun Wang#
MRS Communications 12, 495–509 (2022) link
Featured in MRS Communications Early Career Materials Researcher special issue
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Beyond Electrical Conductance: Progress and Prospects of Single-Molecule Junctions
Chaolong Tang*, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla*, and Kun Wang#
Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Advance Article) link
Featured in JMCC Emerging Investigator-Themed Collection
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Light-Driven Charge Transport and Optical Sensing in Molecular Junctions
Chaolong Tang, Mehrdad Shiri, Haixin Zhang, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, and Kun Wang#
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(4), 698 link
Selected as Editor's Choice
2021
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Superconductivity and topological properties of MgB2-type diborides from first principles
Yipeng An, Jie Li, Kun Wang, Guangtao Wang, Shijing Gong, Chunlan Ma, Tianxing Wang, Zhaoyong Jiao, Xiao Dong, Guoliang Xu, Ruqian Wu & Wuming Liu
Phys. Rev. B 104, 134510 (2021) link
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Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Nanowires on the Surface by Metallo-Supramolecular Truncated Cuboctahedra
Heng Wang*, Kun Wang*, Yaping Xu*, Wu Wang*, Shaohua Chen, Matthew Hart, Lukasz Wojtas, Li-Peng Zhou, Lin Gan, Xuzhou Yan, Yiming Li, Juhoon Lee, Xian-Sheng Ke, Xu-Qing Wang, Chang-Wei Zhang, Shasha Zhou, Tianyou Zhai, Hai-Bo Yang, Ming Wang, Jiaqing He, Qing-Fu Sun, Bingqian Xu, Yang Jiao, Peter J. Stang, Jonathan L. Sessler, and Xiaopeng Li (*equal contribution)
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 15, 5826–5835 (2021) link
Featured in C&EN News: "Self-assembling twisted nanowires"
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Nanodevices engineering and spin transport properties of MnBi2Te4 monolayer
Yipeng An, Kun Wang, Shijing Gong, Yusheng Hou, Chunlan Ma, Mingfu Zhu, Chuanxi Zhao, Tianxing Wang, Shuhong Ma, Heyan Wang, Ruqian Wu & Wuming Liu
2020
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Double‐layered supramolecular prisms self‐assembled by geometrically non‐equivalent tetratopic subunits
H Wang LP Zhou, Y Zheng K Wang, B Song X Yan, L Wojtas, XQ Wang, X Jiang, M Wang, Q Sun, B Xu, HB Yang, ACH Sue, YT Chan J.L. Sessler, Y Jiao, P. J. Stang X Li
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 1298-1305 (2020) link
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Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurement
H Reddy*, K Wang*, Z Kudyshev, L Zhu, S Yan, A Vezzoli, S.J. Higgins, V Gavini, A Boltasseva, P Reddy, V.M. Shalaev, E Meyhofer (*equal contribution)
Science 369, 423-426 (2020) link
Featured in Science Perspective: "Interrogating hot electrons in tunnel junctions"
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Multifunctional Lateral Transition-Metal Disulfides Heterojunctions
Y An, Y Hou, K Wang, S Gong, C Ma, C Zhao, T Wang, Z Jiao, H Wang, R Wu
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 2002939 link
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Thermal and thermoelectric properties of molecular junctions
Kun Wang, Edgar Meyhofer, Pramod Reddy
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1904534 link
2019
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Assembling pentatopic terpyridine ligand with three types of coordination moieties into giant supramolecular hexagonal prism: synthesis, self-assembly, characterization, and antimicrobial study
H Wang, C Liu, K Wang, M Wang, H Yu, S Kandapal, R Brzozowski, B Xu, M Wang, S Lu, XQ Hao, P Eswara, MP Nieh, J Cai, X Li
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 16108-16116 link
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Charge transfer complexation boosts molecular conductance through Fermi level pinning
K Wang*, A Vezzoli*, IM Grace*, M McLaughlin, RJ Nichols, B Xu, C Lambert, S Higgins (*equal contribution)
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 2396-2403. link
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Negative differential conductance effect and electrical anisotropy of 2D ZrB2 monolayers
Y An, J Jiao, Y Hou, H Wang, R Wu, C Liu, X Chen, T Wang, K Wang
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2019, 31, 065301. link
2018
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Influence of Quantum Interference on the Thermoelectric Properties of Molecular Junctions
R Miao, H Xu, M Skripnik, L Cui, K Wang, KG Pedersen, M Leijnse, F Pauly, K Warnmark, E Meyhofer, P Reddy, H Linke
Nano Lett., 2018, 18, 9, 5666-5672. link
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Tuning the electronic structures and transport properties of zigzag blue phosphorene nanoribobons
Y An, Y Sun, M Zhang, J Jiao, D Wu, T Wang, K Wang
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 65, 4646-4651. link
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Supramolecular Kandinsky circles with high antibacterial activity
H Wang, X Qian, K Wang, M Su, W Haoyang, X Jiang, R Brzozowski, M Wang, X Gao, Y Li, B Xu, P Eswara, X Hao, W Gao, J Hou, J Cai, X Li
Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 1815. link
Highlighted by Phys.Org
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DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function
K Wang (Corresponding Author)
Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2018, 9(1), 8. link
Featured as Journal Front Cover
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Photoconductance from Exciton Binding in Molecular Junctions
J Zhou, K Wang, B Xu, Y Dubi
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 70-73. link
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Peltier Cooling in Molecular Junctions
L Cui, R Miao, K Wang, D Thompson, L Zotti, JC Cuevas, E Meyhofer, P Reddy
Nature Nanotechnology, 13, 122-127.(2018). link
Featured as Journal Front Cover
Featured in Nature Nanotechnology News and Views: "Peltier Cooling at Molecular Scale"
Featured in an Nature Nanotechnology Editorial: "A Cool Paper"
2017
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Side group-mediated mechanical conductance switching in molecular junctions
K Wang*, AK Ismael*, A Vezzoli*, MK Al-Khaykanee, HE Gallagher, IM Grace, CJ Lambert, B Xu, RJ Nichols, SJ Higgins (*equal contribution)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 15378-15382. link
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The rectifying effect of heterojunctions composed of carbon and boron nitride nanotubes
Y An, Y Sun, J Jiao, M Zhang, K Wang, X Chen, D Wu, T Wang, Z Fu, Z Jiao
Organic Electronics, 2017, 50, 43-47. link
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The electronic transport properties of zigzag phosphorenelike MX (M=Ge/Sn, X=S/Se) nanostructures
M Zhang, Y An, Y Sun, D Wu, X Chen, T Wang, G Xu, K Wang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 17210-17215 link
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Self-assembly of a supramolecular pentagram and a supramolecular hexagram
Z Jiang, Y Li, M Wang, B Song, K Wang, M Sun, D Liu, X Li, J Yuan, M Chen, Y Guo, X Yang, T Zhang, C.N. Moorefield, G.R. Newkome, B Xu, X Li, P Wang
Nature Communications, 8, 15476 (2017) link
Highlighted in media news: UGA news
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Direct self-assembly of 2D and 3D Star of David
B Song, Z Zhang, K Wang, CH Hsu, O Bolarinwa, J Wang, Y Li, G Yin, E Rivera, H Yang, C Liu, B Xu, X Li
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 5258-5262. link
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Modulation and control of charge transport through single molecule junctions
K Wang, BQ Xu
Topics in Current Chemistry, 2017, 375, 17. (Invited Review) link
2016
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The electronic transport properties of transition-metal dichalcogenides lateral heterojunctions
Y An, M Zhang, D Wu, Z Fu, K Wang
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 10962-10966. link
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The rectifying and negative differential resistance effects in heterojunctions of graphene/h-BN nanoribbons
Y An, M Zhang, T Wang, Z Jiao, C Xia, D Wu, Z Fu, K Wang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 27976-27980. link
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Self-assembly of concentric hexagons and hierarchical self-assembly of supramolecular metal-organic nanoribbons (SMON) at solid/liquid interface
M Wang, K Wang, C Wang, M Huang, XQ Hao, MZ Shen, GQ Shi, Z Zhang, B Song, A Cisneros, MP Song, B Xu and X Li
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 9258–9268. link
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Molecular rectifier composed of DNA with high rectification ratio enabled by intercalation
C.L. Guo*, K. Wang*, E. Zerah-Harush, J. Hamill, B. Wang, Y. Dubi, B.Q. Xu (*equal contribution)
Nature Chemistry, 8, 484-490. link
Altmetric Score ranked 1st among the 61 tracked articles of a similar age in Nature Chemistry
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Electron tunneling through molecule-electrode contacts of single alkane molecular junctions:experimental determination and a practical barrier model
K. Wang, B.Q. Xu
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 9569-9576. link
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The magnetism and spin-dependent electronic transport properties of boron nitride atomic chains
Y An, M Zhang, D Wu, Z Fu, T Wang, Z Jiao, K Wang
J. Chem. Phys. 145, 044301. link
Featured as journal front cover
2015
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Gating of single molecule junction conductance by charge transfer complex formation
A. Vezzoli, G. Lain, C. Brooke, K. Wang, C. Lambert, B.Q. Xu, R. Nichols, S. Higgins
Nanoscale 7,18949-18955. link
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Molecualr-level insights of early-stage prion protein aggregation on mica and gold surface determined by AFM imaging and molecular simulation
Z. Lou, B. Wang, C.L. Guo, K. Wang, H.Q. Zhang, B.Q. Xu
Colloids Surf. B, 135, 371-378. link
2014
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Mapping the details of contact effect of modulated Au-octanedithiol-Au break junction by force-conductance cross-correlation
K. Wang, J. Hamill, J. Zhou, B.Q. Xu
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,136, 17406–17409. link
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Measurement and understanding of single molecule junction rectification caused by asymmetric contacts
K. Wang, J. Zhou, J. Hamill, B.Q. Xu
J. Chem. Phys., 141, 054712. link
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Measurement and control of detailed electronic properties of single molecule junction
K. Wang, J. Hamill, J. Zhou, C.L. Guo, B.Q. Xu
Faraday Discussions, 174, 91-104. link
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Structure determined charge transport in single DNA molecule break junctions
K. Wang, J Hamill, B Wang, CL Guo, S Jiang, Z Huang, BQ Xu
Chem. Sci., 5, 3425-3431. link
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Characterizing molecular junctions through mechanically controlled break-junction approach
J. Hamill, K. Wang, BQ Xu
Reports in Electrochemistry, 4, 1-11 (Invited Review) link
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Force and conductance molecular junctions with time series crosscorrelation
J. Hamill, K. Wang, BQ Xu
Nanoscale, 6, 5657-5661. link