P. Wei, Low-Loss Superconducting Components Fabricated Using Thin Metal Heterostructures, U.S. Patent (pending) (2025)
UC Technology Transfer Highlights: "Low-Loss Superconducting Ultra-Thin Film Heterostructures"
J. Ingla-Aynés, Y. Hou, S. Wang, E.-D. Chu, O. A. Mukhanov, P. Wei & J. S. Moodera, Nature Electronics 8, 411–416 (2025)
C. Chen, J. Tran, A. McFadden, R. Simmonds, K. Saito, E.-D. Chu, D. Morales, V. Suezaki, Y. Hou, J. Aumentado, P. A. Lee, J. S. Moodera & P. Wei*, Science Advances 10, eado4875 (2024) (arXiv:2408.16146)
News release: "Unconventional interface superconductor could benefit quantum computing"
T. Yang, C. Shou, J. Tran, A. Almujtabi, Q. S. Mahmud, E. Zhu, Y. Li, P. Wei & Jianlin Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett. 125, 071903 (2024)
Y. Li, H. Gomez, J. Tran, Y. He, C. Shou, T. Yang, P. Wei, R. K. Lake & Jianlin Liu, Nanotechnology 34, 505602 (2023)
T. Yang, C. Shou, A. Almujtabi, J. Tran, Q. Lin, Y. Li, Q. S. Mahmud, P. Wei & Jianlin Liu, ACS Appl. Opt. Mater. 1, 1670−1678 (2023)
T. Yang, C. Shou, L. Xu, J. Tran, Y. He, Y. Li, P. Wei & J. Liu, Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Photodetectors Based on β-MgGaO Thin Films, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 5, 2122−2130 (2023)
Y. He, Y. Li, M. Isarraraz, P. Pena, J. Tran, L. Xu, H. Tian, T. Yang, P. Wei, C. S. Ozkan, M. Ozkan & J. Liu, Robust Nanocapacitors Based on Wafer-Scale Single-Crystal Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayer Films, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 4, 6, 5685-5695 (2021)
J. Moodera, P. Lee, P. Wei, S. Manna, Majorana Pair based Qubits for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing Architecture using Superconducting Gold Surface States, US Patent App. 16/867, 601 (2021)
C. Chen, P. Das, E. Aytan, W. Zhou, J. Horowitz, B. Satpati, A. A. Balandin, R. Lake & P. Wei*, Strain controlled superconductivity in few-layer NbSe2, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2020) [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c08804] [arXiv:1907.05392]
S. Manna, P. Wei*, Y. Xie, K. T. Law, P. Lee* & J. Moodera*, Signature of a pair of Majorana zero modes in superconducting gold surface states, PNAS (2020) [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919753117]
News Release: "First sighting of mysterious Majorana fermion on a common metal", MIT, UCR
P. Wei* & J. S. Moodera*, One compound with two distinct topological states. Nature Materials (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-0628-5]
J. Li, C. B. Wilson, R. Cheng, M. Lohmann, M. Kavand, W. Yuan, M. Aldosary, N. Agladze, P. Wei, M. S. Sherwin & J. Shi, Spin current from sub-terahertz-generated antiferromagnetic magnons , Nature (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-1950-4]
Y. He, H. Tian, A. Khanaki, W. Shi, J. Tran, Z. Cui, P. Wei and J. Liu, Large-area Adlayer-free Single-layer h-BN Film Achieved by Controlling Intercalation Growth, Applied Surface Science 498, 143851 (2019).
P. Wei*, S. Manna*, M. Eich, P. Lee* & J. Moodera*, Superconductivity in the surface state of noble metal gold and its Fermi level tuning by EuS dielectric. Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 247002 (2019).
J. Li, Z. Shi, V. H. Ortiz, M. Aldosary, C. Chen, V. Aji, P. Wei, J. Shi, Spin Seebeck effect from antiferromagnetic magnons and critical spin fluctuations in epitaxial FeF2 films. Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 217204 (2019)
Before starting at UCR:
P. Wei, F. Katmis, C.-Z. Chang & J. S. Moodera, “Induced superconductivity and engineered Josephson tunneling devices in epitaxial (111)-oriented gold/vanadium heterostructures”, Nano Lett. 16 (4), pp 2714–2719 (2016) (news release: AIE)
P. Wei, S. Lee, F. Lemaitre, L. Pinel, D. Cutaia, W. Cha, F. Katmis, Y. Zhu, D. Heiman, J. Hone, J. S. Moodera & C.-T. Chen, “Strong interfacial exchange field in the graphene/EuS heterostructures”, Nature Materials 15, 711–716 (2016) (news release: NanoTechWeb)
P. Wei, F. Katmis, B. A. Assaf, H. Steinberg, P. Jarillo-Herrero, D. Heiman & J. S. Moodera, “Exchange-Coupling-Induced Symmetry Breaking in Topological Insulators”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 186807 (2013) (news release: NSF MRSEC)
F. Katmis, V. Lauter, F. Nogueira, B. Assaf, M. Jamer, P. Wei, B. Satpati, J. Freeland , I. Eremin , D. Heiman , P. Jarillo-Herrero & J. S. Moodera, “A high-temperature ferromagnetic topological insulating phase by proximity coupling”, Nature 33, 513–516 (2016) (news relaease: MIT)
M. Li, C.-Z. Chang, B. J. Kirby, M. E. Jamer, W. Cui, L. Wu, P. Wei, Y. Zhu, D. Heiman, J. Li & J. S. Moodera, “Proximity-Driven Enhanced Magnetic Order at Ferromagnetic-Insulator–Magnetic-Topological-Insulator Interface”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 087201 (2015)
C.-Z. Chang, W. Zhao, D. Y. Kim, P. Wei, J. K. Jain, C. Liu, M. H. W. Chan, J. S. Moodera, “Zero-Field Dissipationless Chiral Edge Transport and the Nature of Dissipation in the Quantum Anomalous Hall State”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 057206 (2015)
Z. Jiang, C.-Z. Chang, C. Tang, P. Wei, J. S. Moodera, J. Shi, “Independent Tuning of Electronic Properties and Induced Ferromagnetism in Topological Insulators with Heterostructure Approach”, Nano Lett. 15(9), pp 5835-5840 (2015)
B. A. Assaf, F. Katmis, P. Wei, C. Z. Chang, B. Satpati, J. S. Moodera & D. Heiman, “Inducing magnetism onto the surface of a topological crystalline insulator”, Phys. Rev. B 91, 195310 (2015)
C.-Z. Chang, P. Wei & J. S. Moodera, “Breaking time reversal symmetry in topological insulators”, MRS Bulletin 39, 867 (2014) (a review article)
J. Liu, T. H. Hsieh, P. Wei, W. Duan, J. S. Moodera & L. Fu, “Spin-filtered edge states with an electrically tunable gap in a two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator”, Nature Materials 13, 178-183 (2014)
S. Matzen, J.-B. Moussy, P. Wei, C. Gatel, J. C. Cezar, M. A. Arrio, Ph. Sainctavit & J. S. Moodera, “Structure, magnetic ordering, and spin filtering efficiency of NiFe2O4 (111) ultrathin films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 182404 (2014)
B. A. Assaf, F. Katmis, P. Wei, B. Satpati, Z. Zhang, S. P. Bennett, V. G. Harris, J. S. Moodera & D. Heiman, “Quantum coherent transport in SnTe topological crystalline insulator thin films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 102108 (2014)
Z. Jiang, F. Katmis, C. Tang, P. Wei, J. S. Moodera & J. Shi, “A comparative transport study of Bi2Se3 and Bi2Se3/yttrium iron garnet”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 222409 (2014)
B. A. Assaf, T. Cardinal, P. Wei, F. Katmis, J. S. Moodera & D. Heiman, “Linear magnetoresistance in topological insulators: Quantum phase coherence effects at high temperatures”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 012102 (2013)
B. A. Assaf, T. Cardinal, P. Wei, F. Katmis, J. S. Moodera & D. Heiman, “Modified electrical transport probe design for standard magnetometer”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 033904 (2012)
P. Wei, Z. Wang, X. Liu, V. Aji & J. Shi, “Field-effect mobility enhanced by tuning the Fermi level into the band gap of Bi2Se3”, Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communications 85, 201402(R) (2012)
X. Liu, D. Wang, P. Wei, L. Zhu & J. Shi, “Effect of carrier mobility on magnetothermoelectric transport properties of graphene”, Phys. Rev. B 86, 155414 (2012)
Z. Wang, P. Wei & J. Shi, “Tuning the Fermi level in Bi2Se3 bulk materials and transport devices”, Front. Phys. 7, 160-164 (2012)
Z. Wang, T. Lin, P. Wei, X. Liu, R. Dumas, K. Liu & J. Shi, “Tuning carrier type and density in Bi2Se3 by Ca-doping”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 042112 (2010)
H. Jung, Y. Rheem, N. Chartuprayoon, J.-H. Lim, K.-H. Lee, B. Yoo, K.-J. Lee, Y.-H. Choa, P. Wei, J. Shi & N. V. Myung, “Ultra-long bismuth telluride nanoribbons synthesis by lithographically patterned galvanic displacement”, J. Mater. Chem. 20, 9982-9987 (2010)
P. Wei, W. Bao, Y. Pu, C. N. Lau & J. Shi, “Anomalous Thermoelectric Transport of Dirac Particles in Graphene”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 166808 (2009) (> 300 citations)
W. Han, K. Pi, W. H. Wang, K. M. McCreary, Y. Li, W. Bao, P. Wei, J. Shi, C. N. Lau, R. K. Kawakami, “Spin transport in graphite and graphene spin valves”, Proc. SPIE 7398, Spintronics II, 739819 (2009)
D. Wu, P. Wei, E. Johnston-Halperin, D. D. Awschalom & J. Shi, “High-field magnetocrystalline anisotropic resistance effect in (Ga,Mn)As”, Phys. Rev. B 77, 125320 (2008)
W. H. Wang, K. Pi, Y. Li, Y. F. Chiang, P. Wei, J. Shi & R. K. Kawakami, “Magnetotransport properties of mesoscopic graphite spin valves”, Phys. Rev. B 77, 020402(R) (2008)