Liyang Liao

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Liyang Liao is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liyang Liao has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 21 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 16 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Liyang Liao's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (28 papers), Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (11 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (10 papers). Liyang Liao is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (28 papers), Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (11 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (10 papers). Liyang Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Liyang Liao's co-authors include Cheng Song, Feng Pan, Yongjian Zhou, Hua Bai, Ruiqi Zhang, Wenxuan Zhu, Xianzhe Chen, Lei Han, Xiaolong Fan and Ruyi Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Liyang Liao

38 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Observation of Spin Splitting Torque in a Collinear Antif... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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  1. Observation of Spin Splitting Torque in a Collinear Antiferromagnet RuO2
    2022 266 citations Hua Bai, Lei Han et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liyang Liao China 15 1.0k 560 446 422 375 39 1.3k
Jiyong Yang China 20 812 0.8× 542 1.0× 756 1.7× 493 1.2× 237 0.6× 44 1.4k
Lorenzo Baldrati Germany 15 1.0k 1.0× 516 0.9× 424 1.0× 471 1.1× 395 1.1× 28 1.3k
Qirui Cui China 21 694 0.7× 581 1.0× 793 1.8× 401 1.0× 297 0.8× 44 1.3k
Simón Oyarzún Chile 13 794 0.8× 457 0.8× 572 1.3× 368 0.9× 345 0.9× 26 1.1k
Andrew Ross Germany 17 1.1k 1.1× 528 0.9× 382 0.9× 513 1.2× 436 1.2× 29 1.4k
Frédéric Bonell France 24 1.4k 1.4× 708 1.3× 972 2.2× 330 0.8× 484 1.3× 58 1.8k
Peter Milde Germany 14 1.0k 1.0× 706 1.3× 358 0.8× 672 1.6× 232 0.6× 25 1.4k
Alireza Qaiumzadeh Norway 22 1.4k 1.4× 505 0.9× 485 1.1× 861 2.0× 431 1.1× 59 1.7k
Jungbum Yoon South Korea 16 779 0.8× 523 0.9× 422 0.9× 376 0.9× 331 0.9× 47 1.1k
M. Buzzi Germany 19 580 0.6× 643 1.1× 509 1.1× 278 0.7× 224 0.6× 44 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liyang Liao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liyang Liao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liyang Liao 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 Liyang Liao. Liyang Liao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Liu, Jieyi, Qi Yao, Qiang Sun, et al.. (2025). Tunable chiral magneto-transport through band structure engineering in magnetic topological insulators Mn(Bi 1− x Sb x ) 2 Te 4. Science Advances. 11(20). eadt6084–eadt6084.
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Liao, Liyang, Hironari Isshiki, Junyeon Kim, et al.. (2025). Nonlocal electrical detection of reciprocal orbital Edelstein effect. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6380–6380. 1 indexed citations
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Ba, You, Jorge Puebla, Kei Yamamoto, et al.. (2025). Nonreciprocal resonant surface acoustic wave absorption in Y3Fe5O12. Physical review. B.. 111(10). 2 indexed citations
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Liao, Liyang, Jorge Puebla, Jun‐ichiro Kishine, et al.. (2024). Nonreciprocal magnetoacoustic waves with out-of-plane phononic angular momenta. Science Advances. 10(28). eado2504–eado2504. 7 indexed citations
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Han, Lei, Liyang Liao, Wenqing He, et al.. (2024). Spin-torque–driven antiferromagnetic resonance. Science Advances. 10(2). eadk7935–eadk7935. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Lin, Hongsong Qiu, Hua Bai, et al.. (2024). Terahertz oscillation driven by optical spin-orbit torque. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7227–7227. 8 indexed citations
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Huang, Lin, Liyang Liao, Hongsong Qiu, et al.. (2024). Antiferromagnetic magnonic charge current generation via ultrafast optical excitation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4270–4270. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Lin, Da Tian, Liyang Liao, et al.. (2024). Orbital Current Pumping From Ultrafast Light‐driven Antiferromagnetic Insulator. Advanced Materials. 37(6). e2402063–e2402063. 5 indexed citations
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Liao, Liyang, et al.. (2024). Hybrid magnon-phonon crystals. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 8 indexed citations
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Liao, Liyang, Jorge Puebla, Kei Yamamoto, et al.. (2023). Valley-Selective Phonon-Magnon Scattering in Magnetoelastic Superlattices. Physical Review Letters. 131(17). 176701–176701. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Chong, Sulei Fu, Lei Han, et al.. (2022). Energy Harvest in Ferromagnet‐Embedded Surface Acoustic Wave Devices. Advanced Electronic Materials. 8(11). 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yongjian, Liyang Liao, Hua Bai, et al.. (2022). Orthogonal interlayer coupling in an all-antiferromagnetic junction. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3723–3723. 9 indexed citations
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Huang, Lin, Yongjian Zhou, Hongsong Qiu, et al.. (2022). Antiferromagnetic Inverse Spin Hall Effect. Advanced Materials. 34(42). e2205988–e2205988. 30 indexed citations
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Chen, Xianzhe, Hua Bai, Yongjian Zhou, et al.. (2022). Control of spin current and antiferromagnetic moments via topological surface state. Nature Electronics. 5(9). 574–578. 32 indexed citations
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Chen, Ruyi, Qirui Cui, Liyang Liao, et al.. (2021). Reducing Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and field-free spin-orbit torque switching in synthetic antiferromagnets. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3113–3113. 74 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yu, Liyang Liao, Lun Li, et al.. (2021). Narrow-Band Semiconductor Heterostructures for Efficient Spintronic Memory Device Applications. 2021 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM). 32.5.1–32.5.4. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Xianzhe, Shuyuan Shi, Guoyi Shi, et al.. (2021). Observation of the antiferromagnetic spin Hall effect. Nature Materials. 20(6). 800–804. 177 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wenxuan, Cheng Song, Liyang Liao, et al.. (2020). Quantum anomalous Hall insulator state in ferromagnetically ordered MnBi2Te4/VBi2Te4 heterostructures. Physical review. B.. 102(8). 31 indexed citations
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Liao, Liyang, Peng Chen, Xufeng Kou, Feng Pan, & Cheng Song. (2019). Tuning the magnetotransport behavior of topological insulator with a transition-metal oxide layer. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 31(40). 405001–405001. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ruiqi, Jianwang Cai, Guangyuan Shi, et al.. (2019). Spin valve effect induced by spin-orbit torque switching. Applied Physics Letters. 114(9). 9 indexed citations

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