Wei Li
>Wei Li
Department of Physics
Email: weili83@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
2016.1-present
Assistant professor, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University,
2012.10-2015.10
Postdoctoral research fellow, Prof. Zhi-Xun Shen’s group, Stanford University
2011.9-2012.9
Research assistant, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University,
2005.9-2011.9
Ph.D. in Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing,
Advisor: Prof. Qi-Kun Xue
2001.9-2005.7
B.S. in Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 09/2001 – 07/2005
Research interests:
Low dimensional quantum materials
High temperature superconductivity and Topological Insulator
Molecular beam epitaxy growth
Scanning tunneling microscopy, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and microwave impedance microscope
Selected publications :
Wei Li, Hao Ding, Peng Deng, Kai Chang, Canli Song, Ke He, Lili Wang, Xucun Ma, Jiang-Ping Hu, Xi Chen and Qi-Kun Xue, “Phase separation and magnetic order in K-doped iron-selenide superconductor”, Nature Physics 8, 126-130 (2012).
Wei Li, Hao Ding, Zhi Li, Peng Deng, Kai Chang, Ke He, Lili Wang, Xucun Ma, Jiang-Ping Hu, Xi Chen and Qi-Kun Xue, “KFe2Se2 is the parent compound of K-doped Iron selenide superconductors”, Physical Review Letters 109, 057003 (2012).
Wei Li, Hao Ding, Pengfei Zhang, Peng Deng, Kai Chang, Ke He, Shuaihua Ji, Lili Wang, Xucun Ma, Jian Wu, Jiang-Ping Hu, Xi Chen and Qi-Kun Xue, “Superconductivity in a single layer alkali-doped FeSe: a weakly coupled two-leg ladder system”, Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Comm. 88, 140506(R) (2013). This paper has been selected as the “Editor’s suggestion”.
Huimin Zhang†, Yi Sun†, Wei Li†, Junping Peng, et al. “Detection of a superconducting phase in a two-atom layer of hexagonal Ga film grown on semiconducting GaN(0001)”, Physical Review Letters 114, 107003 (2015). Equally contributing author. This paper has been selected as the “Editor’s suggestion”.
Wei Li, Wei-guo Yin, Lili Wang, Ke He, Xucun Ma, Qi-Kun Xue and Xi Chen, “Charge ordering in stoichiometric FeTe: Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy”, Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Comm. 93, 041101(R) (2016).
Wei Li, Yan Zhang, J. J. Lee, Hao Ding, Ming Yi, Zhi Li, Peng Deng, Kai Chang, S.-K. Mo, M. Hashimoto, Donghui Lu, Xi Chen, R. G. Moore, Qi-Kun Xue and Zhi-Xun Shen, “Electrically driven nematicity in FeSe films on SrTiO3”, under review of Physical Review Letters. Preprint in http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.01892 (2015).
Wei Li, M. Claassen, Cui-zu Chang, M. Hashimoto, Donghui Lu, R. G. Moore, Jagadeesh S. Moodera, T. P. Devereaux and Zhi-Xun Shen, “Origin of the low critical observing temperature of the quantum anomalous Hall effect in V-doped (Bi, Sb)2Te3 film”, in preparation.
Wei Li, Canli Song, Xucun Ma, Xi Chen and Qi-Kun Xue, “MBE growth and STM studies of iron-based superconductor thin films”, Feature Article， Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) Bulletin 22, 12 (2012).
Jing Wang, Wei Li, Peng Cheng, Canli Song, Tong Zhang, Peng Deng, Xi Chen, Xucun Ma, Ke He, Jinfeng Jia, Qi-Kun Xue and Bang-Fen Zhu, “Power-law decay of standing waves on the surface of topological insulators”, Phys. Rev. B 84, 235447 (2011).
Hongtao Yuan, Xiaoge Liu, Farzaneh Afshinmanesh, Wei Li, Gang Xu, Jie Sun, Biao Lian, Alberto G. Curto, Guojun Ye, Yasuyuki Hikita, Zhixun Shen, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Xianhui Chen, Mark Brongersma, Harold Y. Hwang and Yi Cui, “Polarisation-sensitive broadband photodetector using a black phosphorus vertical p-n junction”, Nature Nanotechnology (2015) online, doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.112.
M. Yi, Z. K. Liu, Y. Zhang, R. Yu, J.-X. Zhu, J. J. Lee, R. G. Moore, F. Schmitt, W. Li, S. Riggs, J.-H. Chu, B. Lv, J. Hu, M. Hashimoto, S.-K. Mo, Z. Hussain, Z. Q. Mao, C. W. Chu, I. R. Fisher, Q. Si, Z.-X. Shen and D.-H. Lu, “Observation of universal strong orbital-dependent correlation effects in iron chalcogenides”, Nature Communication 6:7777 (2015).
Y. Zhang, M. Yi, Z. Liu, W. Li, J. J. Lee, R. G. Moore, M. Hashimoto, M. Nakajima, H. Eisaki, S.-K. Mo, Z. Hussainm T. Devereaux, Z. –X. Shen and D.- H. Lu, “Distinctive orbital anisotropy in the nematic state of FeSe thin film”, submitted, preprint in http://arXiv:1503.01556 (2015).
J. J. Lee, F. T. Schmitt, R. G. Moore, S. Johnston, Y.-T. Cui, W. Li, M. Yi, Z. K. Liu, M. Hashimoto, Y. Zhang, D. H. Lu, T. P. Devereaux, D.-H. Lee and Z.-X. Shen, “Interfacial mode coupling as the origin of the enhancement of Tc in FeSe films on SrTiO3”, Nature 515, 245 (2014).
J. A. Sobota, S.-L. Yang, A. F. Kemper, J. J. Lee, F. T. Schmitt, W. Li, R. G. Moore, J. G. Analytis, I. R. Fisher, P. S. Kirchmann, T. P. Devereaux and Z.-X. Shen, “Direct optical coupling to an unoccupied Dirac surface state in the topological insulator Bi2Se3”, Physical Review Letters 111, 136802 (2013).
Qingyan Wang, Zhi Li, Wenhao Zhang, Zuocheng Zhang, Jinsong Zhang, Wei Li, Hao Ding, Yunbo Ou, Peng Deng, Ke He, Shuaihua Ji, Yayu Wang, Lili Wang, Xi Chen, Xucun Ma and Qi-Kun Xue, “Interface induced high temperature superconductivity in single unit-cell FeSe films on SrTiO3”, Chin. Phys. Lett. 29, 037402 (2012).
Can-Li Song, Yi-Lin Wang, Peng Cheng, Ye-Ping Jiang, Wei Li, Tong Zhang, Zhi Li, Ke He, Lili Wang, Jin-Feng Jia, Hsiang-Hsuan Hung, Congjun Wu, Xucun Ma, Xi Chen, and Qi-Kun Xue, “Direct observation of nodes and two-fold symmetry in FeSe superconductor”, Science 332, 1410 (2011).