Yabin Chen
E-Mail: chyb0422@gmail.com chyb0422@bit.edu.cn
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2019 – present Beijing Institute of Technology School of Aerospace Engineering Professor
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary science
2013 – 2018 University of California Berkeley Department of Materials Science & Engineering Postdoc
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Materials Sciences Division Affiliate
Advisor: Prof. Junqiao Wu
EDUCATION
2008 – 2013 Peking University College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Ph.D. [Phys Chem]
Supervisor: Prof. Jin Zhang (Center led by Prof. Zhongfan Liu) in physical chemistry
Thesis: Surface-Directed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Structure Control and Chirality Characterization
2004 – 2008 Lanzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering B.S. [Chemistry]
Supervisor: Prof. Haoli Zhang
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Electrical transport and device fabrication in diamond anvil cell (DAC);
Phase transition of functional materials under extreme conditions;
Design the new high-temperature high-pressure apparatus;
Electrical and optical properties of layered nanomaterials: Band gap and transport performance;
CVD Growth of low-dimensional nanomaterials: Controlled structures and growth mechanism.
Author of ~50 articles in SCI-index journals, such as Nature Comm., PNAS, Acc. Chem. Res., Nano Lett., and Adv. Mater.;
Google citation of ~5000 (Google Scholar).
RESEARCH KEYWORDS
Diamond anvil cell; Phase transition; 2D materials; Electrical transport; Optics