Xue Qikun (Chinese: 薛其坤; pinyin: Xuē Qíkūn; born December 1963) is a Chinese physicist. He is a professor of Tsinghua University, Beijing. He has done much work in condensed matter physics, especially on superconductors and topological insulators.[1][2] In 2013, Xue was the first to achieve the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), an unusual orderly motion of electrons in a conductor, in his laboratory at Tsinghua University. Xue is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, vice president for research of Tsinghua University, and director of State Key Lab of Quantum Physics.[3] In 2016, he was one of the first recipients of the new Chinese Future Science Prize for experimental discovery of high-temperature superconductivity at material interfaces and the QAHE. This award has been described as "China's Nobel Prize".[4][5]
Xue Qikun | |
|---|---|
薛其坤 | |
 Xue in 2023 | |
| President of Southern University of Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Shiyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1963 Mengyin County, Shandong, China |
| Alma mater | Chinese Academy of Sciences Shandong University |
| Known for | quantum anomalous Hall effect |
| Awards | TWAS Prize (2010) Future Science Prize (2015) Oliver E. Buckley Prize (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum physics Topological insulators |
| Institutions | Tsinghua University |
| Website | info |
Career
editXue earned his PhD from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1994.[6] From 1994 to 2000, he worked as a research associate at Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan, and as a visiting assistant professor at the Physics Department of North Carolina State University, US. He became a professor at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1999, and since 2005 has worked as a professor in the Physics Department of Tsinghua University. He is a partner investigator in Australia's ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies.[7] In 2020, he became the president of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech).[8]
Research and achievements
editXue pioneered high quality thin films of topological insulators and, in 2013, first achieved the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), at Tsinghua University. Nobel Laureate Chen-Ning Yang called this discovery "worthy of a Nobel Prize".[9] Xue's current research aims at preparation of low-dimensional structures exhibiting pronounced quantum phenomena, and understanding of growth dynamics and quantum mechanical effects on solid surfaces and in thin films,[10] including:
- atomic-scale probing of surface electronic and magnetic properties by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
- molecular beam epitaxial growth of novel quantum materials including low-dimensional and interface-related superconductivity and topological insulators
- quantum size effects in various low-dimensional structures
- study of electronic band structures of thin films using angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and molecular beam epitaxy.
- exploration of novel quantum phenomena in materials with transport measurements
- development of new measurement techniques with high spatial and energy resolutions
Honors
edit- 2004, State Natural Science Second Class Award
- 2005, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2010, TWAS Prize in Physics [11]
- 2011, State Natural Science Second Class Award
- 2011, Outstanding Scientific Research Team Award[12]
- 2014, Outstanding Scientist Award[13]
- 2016, Future Science Prize in physical science [14]
- 2020, Fritz London Memorial Prize for low-temperature physics[15]
- 2024, Oliver E. Buckley Prize[16][17]
Selected papers
editReferences
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- ^ "清华大学 - Tsinghua University". www.tsinghua.edu.cn. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ "First winners of 'China's Nobel' prize announced - China". Chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ Cyranoski, David (2016). "China-only science prize honours pathologist and experimental physicist". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20644. S2CID 114699291.
- ^ "Qi-Kun Xue". Physics. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Qikun Xue". FLEET. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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- ^ "TWAS Announces 2010 Prize Winners". TWAS. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ^ "Outstanding Scientific Research Team Award - Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation". en.qiushi.org. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ^ "Outstanding Scientist Award - Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation". www.qiushi.org. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ^ "QikunXue and Yuk-MingDennis Lo awarded the first Future Science Prize". www.futureprize.org/eng.
- ^ "Chinese scientist wins int'l award for quantum discovery". zinhua.net.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020.
- ^ "Tsinghua Professor Xue Qikun awarded Oliver E. Buckley Prize".
- ^ "2024 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ Chang, Cui-Zu; Zhang, Jinsong; Feng, Xiao; Shen, Jie; Zhang, Zuocheng; Guo, Minghua; Li, Kang; Ou, Yunbo; Wei, Pang (2013-04-12). "Experimental Observation of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in a Magnetic Topological Insulator". Science. 340 (6129): 167–170. arXiv:1605.08829. Bibcode:2013Sci...340..167C. doi:10.1126/science.1234414. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 23493424. S2CID 29455044.
- ^ Zhang, Tong; Cheng, Peng; Li, Wen-Juan; Sun, Yu-Jie; Wang, Guang; Zhu, Xie-Gang; He, Ke; Wang, Lili; Ma, Xucun (2010-02-01). "Superconductivity in one-atomic-layer metal films grown on Si(111)". Nature Physics. 6 (2): 104–108. Bibcode:2010NatPh...6..104Z. doi:10.1038/nphys1499. ISSN 1745-2473.
- ^ Guo, Yang; Zhang, Yan-Feng; Bao, Xin-Yu; Han, Tie-Zhu; Tang, Zhe; Zhang, Li-Xin; Zhu, Wen-Guang; Wang, E. G.; Niu, Qian (2004-12-10). "Superconductivity Modulated by Quantum Size Effects". Science. 306 (5703): 1915–1917. Bibcode:2004Sci...306.1915G. doi:10.1126/science.1105130. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 15591197. S2CID 24040396.