Hechen Ren

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 855 citations indexed

About

Hechen Ren is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hechen Ren has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 855 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Hechen Ren's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (7 papers), Graphene research and applications (6 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (4 papers). Hechen Ren is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (7 papers), Graphene research and applications (6 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (4 papers). Hechen Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Hechen Ren's co-authors include Amir Yacoby, Sean Hart, L. W. Molenkamp, H. Buhmann, Yiran Zhang, Felix von Oppen, Stevan Nadj-Perge, Alex Thomson, Jason Alicea and Harpreet Singh Arora and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hechen Ren

12 papers receiving 839 citations

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Electronic correlations in twisted bilayer graphene near the magic angle

2019 477 citations Youngjoon Choi, Jeannette Kemmer et al. Nature Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hechen Ren China	6	724	562	284	56	49	16	855
Jeannette Kemmer Germany	7	458 0.6×	449 0.8×	144 0.5×	69 1.2×	49 1.0×	11	592
Harpreet Singh Arora Japan	3	542 0.7×	596 1.1×	116 0.4×	45 0.8×	58 1.2×	4	691
Martin Rodriguez-Vega United States	18	505 0.7×	325 0.6×	164 0.6×	94 1.7×	66 1.3×	40	651
Yonglong Xie United States	9	852 1.2×	540 1.0×	366 1.3×	66 1.2×	57 1.2×	13	951
Marlou R. Slot Netherlands	8	504 0.7×	274 0.5×	205 0.7×	48 0.9×	63 1.3×	12	610
Sihang Liang China	8	725 1.0×	562 1.0×	260 0.9×	164 2.9×	48 1.0×	11	824
Ying Su United States	19	773 1.1×	466 0.8×	373 1.3×	181 3.2×	129 2.6×	37	990
Haining Pan United States	15	626 0.9×	339 0.6×	320 1.1×	34 0.6×	59 1.2×	32	724
Ai Yamakage Japan	19	947 1.3×	617 1.1×	547 1.9×	145 2.6×	55 1.1×	62	1.1k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Wang, C., et al.. (2025). One-parameter scaling function for Anderson localization transitions in high-dimensional lattices with nonreciprocity. Physical review. B.. 112(21).

Ren, Hechen, et al.. (2025). Nanorobotic actuator based on interlayer sliding ferroelectricity and field-tunable friction. Physical Review Materials. 9(1). 1 indexed citations

Wang, C., et al.. (2025). Unified One-Parameter Scaling Function for Anderson Localization Transitions in Nonreciprocal Non-Hermitian Systems. Physical Review Letters. 134(17). 176301–176301. 2 indexed citations

Li, Menghan, Qing Zhang, Lin Li, et al.. (2025). Precursor Engineering for Synergetic Growth of Superposition Multiheterostructures. Small Methods. 9(8). e2401418–e2401418. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Qing, Yongshuai Wang, Wei Gao, et al.. (2025). Oxygen‐Mediated Topological Growth of MoS ₂ for Symmetry‐Anisotropy Coengineered Ultrafast Electronic Switching. Advanced Materials. 38(6). e13984–e13984.

Xu, Ke, et al.. (2024). Exergy Flow as a Unifying Physical Quantity in Applying Dissipative Lagrangian Fluid Mechanics to Integrated Energy Systems. Entropy. 26(9). 791–791.

Fan, Kaixuan, Peng Zhu, Guangtong Liu, et al.. (2024). Superconductivity at Pd/Bi2Se3 Interfaces Due to Self-Formed PdBiSe Interlayers. Materials. 17(22). 5460–5460.

Wang, C., et al.. (2024). Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless-like localization-localization transitions in disordered two-dimensional quantized quadrupole insulators. Physical review. B.. 109(2). 5 indexed citations

Li, Minghui, Qing Zhang, Li Lin, et al.. (2024). Substrate Engineering toward Selective Growth of Ultrathin WC Crystals and Heterostructures via Liquid Cu‐Zn Catalyst. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(32). 9 indexed citations

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Scharf, Benedikt, Falko Pientka, Hechen Ren, Amir Yacoby, & Ewelina M. Hankiewicz. (2019). Tuning topological superconductivity in phase-controlled Josephson junctions with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling. Physical review. B.. 99(21). 36 indexed citations

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Choi, Youngjoon, Jeannette Kemmer, Yang Peng, et al.. (2019). Electronic correlations in twisted bilayer graphene near the magic angle. Nature Physics. 15(11). 1174–1180. 477 indexed citations breakdown →

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Choi, Youngjoon, Jeannette Kemmer, Yang Peng, et al.. (2019). Author Correction: Electronic correlations in twisted bilayer graphene near the magic angle. Nature Physics. 15(11). 1205–1205. 3 indexed citations

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Ren, Hechen, Falko Pientka, Sean Hart, et al.. (2018). Topological Superconductivity in a Phase-Controlled Josephson Junction. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2019. 2 indexed citations

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Hart, Sean, Hechen Ren, Philipp Leubner, et al.. (2016). Controlled finite momentum pairing and spatially varying order parameter in proximitized HgTe quantum wells. Nature Physics. 13(1). 87–93. 72 indexed citations

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Hart, Sean, Hechen Ren, Timo Wagner, et al.. (2014). Induced superconductivity in the quantum spin Hall edge. Nature Physics. 10(9). 638–643. 245 indexed citations

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Young, Andrea F., Cory R. Dean, Lei Wang, et al.. (2012). Spin and valley quantum Hall ferromagnetism in graphene on hexa-Boron nitride substrates. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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