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20142023
most citedThe formation of boron sheet at the Ag(111) surface: From clusters, ribbons, to monolayers

107 citations · 329 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 8 cited

Strain-induced interlayer magnetic coupling spike of two-dimensional van der Waals material FeGeTe

Wen-Qiang Xie, Chang-Chun He, Xiao-Bao Yang +2

A stronger interlayer magnetic coupling (ILMC) can open up new opportunities in spintronics devices for FeGeTe (F5GT), a demonstrated two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vd…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 4 cited

Exact Results for the Residual Entropy of Ice Hexagonal Monolayer

De-Zhang Li, Wei-Jie Huang, Yao Yao +1

Since the problem of the residual entropy of square ice was exactly solved, exact solutions for two-dimensional realistic ice models have been of interest. In this paper, we study…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 4 cited

Residual Entropy of a Two-dimensional Ising Model with Crossing and Four-spin Interactions

De-Zhang Li, Yu-Jun Zhao, Yao Yao +1

We study the residual entropy of a two-dimensional Ising model with crossing and four-spin interactions, both for the case that in zero magnetic field and that in an imaginary magn…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 8 cited

Five-fold Symmetry in Au-Si Metallic Glass

Chang-Chun He, Shao-Gang Xu, Shao-Bin Qiu +4

The first metallic glass of Au-Si alloy has been discovered for over half a century, but its atomic structure is still puzzling. Herein, Au 8 Si dodecahedrons with local five-fold…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 5 cited

Determining ground states of alloy by a symmetry-based classification

Yu-Jie Cen, Chang-chun He, Shao-Bin Qiu +2

Reducing the number of candidate structures is crucial to improve the efficiency of global optimization. Herein, we demonstrate that the generalized Hamiltonian can be described by…

physics.chem-ph2020★ 8 cited

Motif based high-throughput structure prediction of superconducting monolayer titanium boride

Jason Yu, Jihai Liao, Yujun Zhao +2

Two-dimensional boron structures, due to the diversity of properties, attract great attention because of their potential applications in nanoelectronic devices. A series of \ce{TiB…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018

Insights into the Unusual Semiconducting Behavior in Low-Dimensional Boron

Shao-Gang Xu, Xiao-Tian Li, Yu-Jun Zhao +5

Elementary semiconductors are rare and attractive, especially for low-dimensional materials. Unfortunately, most of boron nanostructures were found to be metallic, despite of their…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 77 cited

Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Boron Monolayers

Shao-Gang Xu, Xiao-Tian Li, Yu-Jun Zhao +3

The two-dimensional boron monolayers were reported to be metallic both in previous theoretical predictions and experimental observations, however, we have firstly found a family of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 21 cited

Geometrical Eigen-subspace Framework Based Molecular Conformation Representation for Efficient Structure Recognition and Comparison

Xiao-Tian Li, Xiao-bao Yang, Yu-Jun Zhao

We have developed an extended distance matrix approach to study the molecular geometric configuration through spectral decomposition. It is shown that the positions of all atoms in…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016

Minimum Vertex-type Sequence Indexingfor Clusters on Square Lattice

Longguang Liao, Yu-Jun Zhao, Zexian Cao +1

An effective indexing scheme for clusters that enables fast structure comparison and congruence check is desperately desirable in the field of mathematics, artificial intelligence,…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 107 cited

The formation of boron sheet at the Ag(111) surface: From clusters, ribbons, to monolayers

Shao-Gang Xu, Yu-Jun Zhao, Ji-Hai Liao +2

Boron (B) sheet has been intently studied and various candidates with vacancies have been proposed by theoretical investigations, including the possible growth on metal surface. Ho…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 1 cited

Quasilattice-conserved optimization of the atomic structure of decagonal Al-Co-Ni quasicrystals

Xiao-Tian Li, Xiao-Bao Yang, Yu-Jun Zhao

The detailed atomic structure of quasicrystals has been an open question for decades. Here, we present a quasilattice-conserved optimization method (quasiOPT), with particular quas…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 86 cited

Theoretical search for half-Heusler topological insulators

Shi-Yuan Lin, Xiao-Bao Yang, Yu-Jun Zhao +3

We have performed ab-initio band structure calculations on more than two thousand half-Heusler compounds in order to search for new candidates for topological insulators. Herein, L…