Chak Wah Tang

26.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
135 papers, 21.9k citations indexed

About

Chak Wah Tang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chak Wah Tang has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 21.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 62 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Chak Wah Tang's work include GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (62 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (41 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (30 papers). Chak Wah Tang is often cited by papers focused on GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (62 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (41 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (30 papers). Chak Wah Tang collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and China. Chak Wah Tang's co-authors include Steven A. Van Slyke, Kei May Lau, Jianmin Shi, Yongli Gao, V.‐E. Choong, Yongsup Park, A. C. Albrecht, B. R. Hsieh, M. G. Mason and L. S. Hung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chak Wah Tang

134 papers receiving 21.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Organic electroluminescent diodes

1987 12.0k citations Chak Wah Tang et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
Electroluminescence of doped organic thin films

1989 2.5k citations Chak Wah Tang et al. profile →
Organic electroluminescent devices with improved stability

1996 1.2k citations Chak Wah Tang et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
Work function of indium tin oxide transparent conductor measured by photoelectron spectroscopy

1996 586 citations Chak Wah Tang et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chak Wah Tang Hong Kong	42	19.6k	8.2k	7.5k	1.4k	1.4k	135	21.9k
C. Taliani Italy	39	7.9k 0.4×	3.9k 0.5×	4.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	477 0.3×	186	10.8k
Chih‐I Wu Taiwan	60	9.7k 0.5×	7.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	709 0.5×	314	13.8k
Zheng‐Hong Lu Canada	72	20.6k 1.1×	16.5k 2.0×	6.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	205 0.1×	408	25.3k
J. C. Scott United States	53	9.8k 0.5×	2.7k 0.3×	6.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	551 0.4×	178	13.4k
Christos Dimitrakopoulos United States	32	11.9k 0.6×	8.2k 1.0×	3.8k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	281 0.2×	69	16.2k
Taishi Takenobu Japan	55	6.6k 0.3×	7.8k 1.0×	1.9k 0.2×	1.6k 1.1×	829 0.6×	247	12.0k
Norbert Koch Germany	78	19.4k 1.0×	10.3k 1.3×	7.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	220 0.2×	457	23.6k
P. E. Burrows United States	52	14.5k 0.7×	7.1k 0.9×	4.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	123 0.1×	111	16.5k
Vitaly Podzorov United States	41	8.4k 0.4×	3.8k 0.5×	3.0k 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	375 0.3×	82	10.3k
J. H. Burroughes United Kingdom	31	18.1k 0.9×	5.5k 0.7×	11.7k 1.6×	698 0.5×	128 0.1×	81	20.3k

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Bai, Xue, Jiayan Liao, Bibo Lou, et al.. (2025). Reversible Photochromism and Multicolor Luminescence Modulation for X‐Ray Detection and Secure Information Encryption. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(4). 1 indexed citations

Tang, Chak Wah, et al.. (2024). Research on the quantitative characterization of Dissemination of coal Macerals. Fuel. 385. 134206–134206. 1 indexed citations

Morgan, Jesse, et al.. (2023). Bias-Insensitive GaAsSb/InP CC-MUTC Photodiodes for mmWave Generation up to 325 GHz. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 41(23). 7092–7097. 7 indexed citations

Jiang, Huaxing, et al.. (2022). GaN quasi-vertical trench MOSFETs grown on Si substrate with ON-current exceeding 1 A. Applied Physics Express. 15(12). 121004–121004. 11 indexed citations

Zhao, Chunyu, Xu Zhang, Chak Wah Tang, Jiannong Wang, & Kei May Lau. (2020). Selective lateral photoelectrochemical wet etching of InGaN nanorods. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 38(6). 5 indexed citations

Jiang, Huaxing, et al.. (2020). Thin-barrier heterostructures enabled normally-OFF GaN high electron mobility transistors. Semiconductor Science and Technology. 36(3). 34001–34001. 12 indexed citations

Zhao, Chunyu, Chak Wah Tang, Jiannong Wang, & Kei May Lau. (2020). Ultra-low threshold green InGaN quantum dot microdisk lasers grown on silicon. Applied Physics Letters. 117(3). 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Chunyu, et al.. (2020). Low-efficiency-droop InGaN quantum dot light-emitting diodes operating in the “green gap”. Photonics Research. 8(5). 750–750. 30 indexed citations

Zhao, Chunyu, Chak Wah Tang, Guanghui Cheng, Jiannong Wang, & Kei May Lau. (2020). InGaN quantum dots with short exciton lifetimes grown on polar c-plane by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. Materials Research Express. 7(11). 115903–115903. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xu, et al.. (2019). Active Matrix Monolithic Full-Color LED Micro Display. Proceedings of the International Display Workshops. 433–433. 1 indexed citations

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Tang, Chak Wah, Hao Feng, Huaxing Jiang, et al.. (2018). A Novel 700 V Monolithically Integrated Si-GaN Cascoded Field Effect Transistor. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 39(3). 394–396. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xu, Xinbo Zou, Chak Wah Tang, & Kei May Lau. (2017). Switching performance of quasi-vertical GaN-based p-i-n diodes on Si. physica status solidi (a). 214(8). 1600817–1600817. 17 indexed citations

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Shi, Bei, Si Zhu, Qiang Li, et al.. (2017). 1.55 μm room-temperature lasing from subwavelength quantum-dot microdisks directly grown on (001) Si. Applied Physics Letters. 110(12). 49 indexed citations

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Zou, Xinbo, Xu Zhang, Xing Lu, Chak Wah Tang, & Kei May Lau. (2016). GaN‐オン‐Siエピ層を用いた完全垂直型GaN p‐i‐nダイオード. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 37(5). 639. 2 indexed citations

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Zou, Xinbo, Xu Zhang, Xing Lü, Chak Wah Tang, & Kei May Lau. (2016). Fully Vertical GaN p-i-n Diodes Using GaN-on-Si Epilayers. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 37(5). 636–639. 91 indexed citations

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Li, Qiang, Ming Li, Chak Wah Tang, & Kei May Lau. (2011). InP lattice-matched HEMT with regrown Source/Drain by MOCVD. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Tang, Chak Wah, et al.. (2010). High-performance implant-free InGaAs MOSFETs on GaAs substrate grown by MOCVD. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 723. 1377–1379. 1 indexed citations

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Lau, Kei May, et al.. (2008). AlInAs/GaInAs mHEMTs on silicon substrates grown By MOCVD. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 1–4. 10 indexed citations

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Tang, Chak Wah & Raymond Kai‐Yu Tong. (2002). A compact large signal model of LDMOS. Solid-State Electronics. 46(12). 2111–2115. 11 indexed citations

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Hung, L. S., Chak Wah Tang, M. G. Mason, Pratap Raychaudhuri, & J. Madathil. (2001). Application of an ultrathin LiF/Al bilayer in organic surface-emitting diodes. Applied Physics Letters. 78(4). 544–546. 253 indexed citations

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