Biography:Xue Qikun
Xue Qikun | |
|---|---|
 Xue in 2023 | |
| Born | Mengyin County, Linyi, 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 |
Xue Qikun (Chinese: 薛其坤; 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]
Career
Xue 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
Xue 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
- 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
- Experimental Observation of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in a Magnetic Topological Insulator[18]
- Superconductivity in One-Atomic-Layer Metal Films Grown on Si(111)[19]
- Superconductivity Modulated by Quantum Size Effects[20]
References
- ↑ NTU-CTS (2013-09-26), Qikun Xue, Experiments on Topological Insulator and Quantum Anomalous Hall effect Part I, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgQhMw8W2e4, retrieved 2016-02-04
- ↑ "IAS Channel". http://video.ust.hk/Watch.aspx?Video=A8570AA231850330.
- ↑ "清华大学 - Tsinghua University". http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/newthuen/newthuen_cnt/faculties/faculties-2-32.html.
- ↑ "First winners of 'China's Nobel' prize announced - China". Chinadaily.com.cn. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-09/19/content_26831838.htm. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ Cyranoski, David (2016). "China-only science prize honours pathologist and experimental physicist". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20644. https://www.nature.com/news/china-only-science-prize-honours-pathologist-and-experimental-physicist-1.20644.
- ↑ "Qi-Kun Xue". https://physics.aps.org/authors/qi_kun_xue.
- ↑ "Qikun Xue". https://www.fleet.org.au/team/?mgc_91=97/partner-investigator&mgi_91=809/qikun-xue.
- ↑ "XUE Qikun - Leadership - SUSTech". https://www.sustech.edu.cn/en/xueqikun.html?lang=en.
- ↑ "系统提示". https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/thu2018en/11491/2018/20180606142103665544278/20180606142103665544278_.html.
- ↑ "Xue Group". http://info.phys.tsinghua.edu.cn/xuegroup/.
- ↑ "TWAS Announces 2010 Prize Winners". http://twas.org/article/twas-announces-2010-prize-winners.
- ↑ "Outstanding Scientific Research Team Award - Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation". http://en.qiushi.org/html/Team_Award/.
- ↑ "Outstanding Scientist Award - Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation". http://www.qiushi.org/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=lists&catid=166.
- ↑ "QikunXue and Yuk-MingDennis Lo awarded the first Future Science Prize". https://www.futureprize.org/eng/newsDetail/14.
- ↑ "Chinese scientist wins int'l award for quantum discovery". http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/25/c_138817137.htm.
- ↑ "Tsinghua Professor Xue Qikun awarded Oliver E. Buckley Prize". https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1419/12487.htm.
- ↑ "2024 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize Recipient". https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Xue&first_nm=Qikun&year=2024.
- ↑ Chang, Cui-Zu; Zhang, Jinsong; Feng, Xiao; Shen, Jie; Zhang, Zuocheng; Guo, Minghua; Li, Kang; Ou, Yunbo et al. (2013-04-12). "Experimental Observation of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in a Magnetic Topological Insulator" (in en). Science 340 (6129): 167–170. doi:10.1126/science.1234414. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 23493424. Bibcode: 2013Sci...340..167C.
- ↑ Zhang, Tong; Cheng, Peng; Li, Wen-Juan; Sun, Yu-Jie; Wang, Guang; Zhu, Xie-Gang; He, Ke; Wang, Lili et al. (2010-02-01). "Superconductivity in one-atomic-layer metal films grown on Si(111)" (in en). Nature Physics 6 (2): 104–108. doi:10.1038/nphys1499. ISSN 1745-2473. Bibcode: 2010NatPh...6..104Z.
- ↑ Guo, Yang; Zhang, Yan-Feng; Bao, Xin-Yu; Han, Tie-Zhu; Tang, Zhe; Zhang, Li-Xin; Zhu, Wen-Guang; Wang, E. G. et al. (2004-12-10). "Superconductivity Modulated by Quantum Size Effects" (in en). Science 306 (5703): 1915–1917. doi:10.1126/science.1105130. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 15591197. Bibcode: 2004Sci...306.1915G.
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