Kai Chang

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Kai Chang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Chang has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 12 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Kai Chang's work include 2D Materials and Applications (12 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (9 papers) and Iron-based superconductors research (7 papers). Kai Chang is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (12 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (9 papers) and Iron-based superconductors research (7 papers). Kai Chang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Kai Chang's co-authors include Qi‐Kun Xue, Xi Chen, Shuai‐Hua Ji, S. Parkin, Peng Deng, Ke He, Xu-Cun Ma, Lili Wang, Hao Ding and Haicheng Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kai Chang

31 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Interface-Induced High-Temperature Superconductivity in S... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2016 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Interface-Induced High-Temperature Superconductivity in Single Unit-Cell FeSe Films on SrTiO 3
    2012 943 citations Qingyan Wang, Zhi Li et al. Chinese Physics Letters profile →
  2. Discovery of robust in-plane ferroelectricity in atomic-thick SnTe
    2016 883 citations Kai Chang, Junwei Liu et al. Science profile →

Peers

Kai Chang
Jun Sung Kim South Korea
Zuocheng Zhang United States
S. Shahab Naghavi Iran
Weidong Si United States
Tian‐Long Xia China
A. F. Santander-Syro France
Fangsen Li China
R. S. Gonnelli Italy
Jun Sung Kim South Korea
Kai Chang
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Countries citing papers authored by Kai Chang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Chang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Chang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Chang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Chang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kai Chang. Kai Chang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chang, Kai, et al.. (2026). Surface Diffusion in SnTe‐PbTe Monolayer Lateral Heterostructures. Advanced Functional Materials.
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Xi, Guoqiang, Shiyao Wu, Kai Chang, et al.. (2025). Multiferroic co-enhancement mechanism in double perovskite thin films through inequivalent chemical modulation. Applied Physics Reviews. 12(3).
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Xu, Shuai, S. Meyer, Shiyao Wu, et al.. (2025). Manipulation of Ferroic Orders via Continuous Biaxial Strain Engineering in Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite. Advanced Science. 12(19). e2417165–e2417165.
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Gong, Zhihao, et al.. (2025). Pure momentum-shift bulk photovoltaic effect in ferroelectric flat-band Mott insulators. Physical review. B.. 112(15).
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Wu, Shiyao, Walter P. D. Wong, Zhenyue Wu, et al.. (2024). Dion–Jacobson Perovskites with a Ferroelectrically Switchable Chiral Nonlinear Optical Response. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(1). 811–820. 21 indexed citations
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Ji, Jing‐Rong, John W. Villanova, Salvador Barraza‐Lopez, S. Parkin, & Kai Chang. (2024). Defect‐Free Nanowelding of Bilayer SnSe Nanoplates. Advanced Materials. 36(36). e2312199–e2312199. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenlin, et al.. (2024). Identification and Manipulation of Atomic Defects in Monolayer SnSe. ACS Nano. 18(37). 25478–25488. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Xu, Kai Chang, Hao Hu, et al.. (2023). Strain Effects in Twisted Spiral Antimonene. Advanced Science. 10(19). e2301326–e2301326. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Shuai, Pan Chen, Kuijuan Jin, et al.. (2023). Magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroics probed by optical second harmonic generation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2274–2274. 28 indexed citations
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Chang, Kai, Mengli Hu, Haicheng Lin, et al.. (2023). Oscillation of Electronic-Band-Gap Size Induced by Crystalline Symmetry Change in Ultrathin PbTe Films. Physical Review Letters. 131(1). 16202–16202. 4 indexed citations
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Bedoya‐Pinto, Amilcar, Defa Liu, Hengxin Tan, et al.. (2021). Large Fermi‐Energy Shift and Suppression of Trivial Surface States in NbP Weyl Semimetal Thin Films. Advanced Materials. 33(21). e2008634–e2008634. 10 indexed citations
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Chang, Kai, John W. Villanova, Jing‐Rong Ji, et al.. (2021). Vortex‐Oriented Ferroelectric Domains in SnTe/PbTe Monolayer Lateral Heterostructures. Advanced Materials. 33(32). e2102267–e2102267. 18 indexed citations
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Yang, S. Y., Kai Chang, & S. Parkin. (2020). Large planar Hall effect in bismuth thin films. Physical Review Research. 2(2). 21 indexed citations
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Chang, Kai & S. Parkin. (2020). Experimental formation of monolayer group-IV monochalcogenides. Journal of Applied Physics. 127(22). 38 indexed citations
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Chang, Kai, Brandon J. Miller, Hao Yang, et al.. (2019). Standing Waves Induced by Valley-Mismatched Domains in Ferroelectric SnTe Monolayers. Physical Review Letters. 122(20). 206402–206402. 31 indexed citations
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Chang, Kai, Junwei Liu, Haicheng Lin, et al.. (2016). Discovery of robust in-plane ferroelectricity in atomic-thick SnTe. Science. 353(6296). 274–278. 883 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zhi, Junping Peng, Huimin Zhang, et al.. (2014). Molecular beam epitaxy growth and post-growth annealing of FeSe films on SrTiO3: a scanning tunneling microscopy study. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 26(26). 265002–265002. 60 indexed citations
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Li, Wei, Hao Ding, Pengfei Zhang, et al.. (2013). Superconductivity in a single-layer alkali-doped FeSe: A weakly coupled two-leg ladder system. Physical Review B. 88(14). 11 indexed citations
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Ding, Hao, Zhi Li, Peng Deng, et al.. (2012). KFe2Se2is the Parent Compound of K-Doped Iron Selenide Superconductors. Physical Review Letters. 109(5). 57003–57003. 83 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingyan, Zhi Li, Wenhao Zhang, et al.. (2012). Interface-Induced High-Temperature Superconductivity in Single Unit-Cell FeSe Films on SrTiO 3. Chinese Physics Letters. 29(3). 37402–37402. 943 indexed citations breakdown →

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