Wai‐Lun Chan

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
78 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Wai‐Lun Chan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wai‐Lun Chan has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 43 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Wai‐Lun Chan's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (21 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (17 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (15 papers). Wai‐Lun Chan is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (21 papers), Ion-surface interactions and analysis (17 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (15 papers). Wai‐Lun Chan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Wai‐Lun Chan's co-authors include Eric Chason, Manuel Ligges, Askat E. Jailaubekov, John R. Tritsch, Loren G. Kaake, Ti Wang, Xiaoyang Zhu, Bhupal Kattel, Luis Miaja‐Avila and Tika R. Kafle and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Wai‐Lun Chan

78 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Hot charge-transfer excitons set the time limit for charge separation at donor/acceptor interfaces in organic photovoltaics

2012 548 citations Askat E. Jailaubekov, Adam P. Willard et al. Nature Materials profile →
Observing the Multiexciton State in Singlet Fission and Ensuing Ultrafast Multielectron Transfer

2011 461 citations Wai‐Lun Chan, Askat E. Jailaubekov et al. profile →
Making waves: Kinetic processes controlling surface evolution during low energy ion sputtering

2007 411 citations Wai‐Lun Chan, Eric Chason profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long-Lived Charge-Transfer Excitons in a Graphene–PTCDI–TiOPc Trilayer Heterostructure 2025 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wai‐Lun Chan, Qunfei Zhou, Hui Zhao	1
2	Visualizing nanoscale heterogeneity in perylene thin films via tip-enhanced photoluminescence with unsupervised machine learning 2024 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Chih-Feng Wang, Maxim Ziatdinov, Wai‐Lun Chan, Patrick Z. El‐Khoury	1
3	Endothermic Charge Separation Occurs Spontaneously in Non‐Fullerene Acceptor/Polymer Bulk Heterojunction 2024 ·Advanced Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nan Zhang, (unknown), Cindy L. Berrie, Hin‐Lap Yip, Wai‐Lun Chan	3
4	Modulation of Electrostatic Potential in 2D Crystal Engineered by an Array of Alternating Polar Molecules 2024 ·Nano Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hui Zhao, Hartwin Peelaers, Qunfei Zhou, Wai‐Lun Chan	2
5	Spontaneous Exciton Dissociation at Organic Semiconductor Interfaces Facilitated by the Orientation of the Delocalized Electron–Hole Wavefunction 2020 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Tika R. Kafle, Bhupal Kattel, (unknown), Ti Wang, Wai‐Lun Chan	29
6	Using Silver Nanoparticles-Embedded Silica Metafilms as Substrates to Enhance the Performance of Perovskite Photodetectors 2019 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Bo Liu, Rithvik R. Gutha, Bhupal Kattel, Mohammed Alamri, Maogang Gong, Seyed M. Sadeghi, Wai‐Lun Chan, Judy Wu	39
7	High-Sensitivity Light Detection via Gate Tuning of Organometallic Perovskite/PCBM Bulk Heterojunctions on Ferroelectric Pb_0.92La_0.08Zr_0.52Ti_0.48O₃ Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors 2018 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Liping Wu, Liang Qin, Yong Zhang, Mohammed Alamri, Maogang Gong, Wang Zhang, Di Zhang, Wai‐Lun Chan, Judy Wu	18
8	Scalable Graphene‐on‐Organometal Halide Perovskite Heterostructure Fabricated by Dry Transfer 2018 ·Advanced Materials Interfaces ·Liang Qin, Bhupal Kattel, Tika R. Kafle, Mohammed Alamri, Maogang Gong, (unknown), Yanbing Hou, Judy Wu, Wai‐Lun Chan	12
9	All-Printable ZnO Quantum Dots/Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures for Ultrasensitive Detection of Ultraviolet Light 2017 ·ACS Nano ·Maogang Gong, Qingfeng Liu, Brent Cook, Bhupal Kattel, Ti Wang, Wai‐Lun Chan, Dan Ewing, Matthew Casper, Alex Stramel, Judy Wu	175
10	Polarity‐Controlled Attachment of Cytochrome C for High‐Performance Cytochrome C/Graphene van der Waals Heterojunction Photodetectors 2017 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Maogang Gong, Puja Adhikari, Youpin Gong, Ti Wang, Qingfeng Liu, Bhupal Kattel, W. Y. Ching, Wai‐Lun Chan, Judy Wu	18
11	Inoperable Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Trachea: Complete Remission after Multi-modality Treatment 2014 ·Hong Kong Journal of Radiology ·Wai‐Lun Chan, Victor Lee, (unknown), (unknown)	2
12	Harvesting singlet fission for solar energy conversion via triplet energy transfer 2013 ·Nature Communications ·John R. Tritsch, Wai‐Lun Chan, Xiaoxi Wu, Nicholas R. Monahan, (unknown)	64
13	Hot charge-transfer excitons set the time limit for charge separation at donor/acceptor interfaces in organic photovoltaics breakdown → 2012 ·Nature Materials ·Askat E. Jailaubekov, Adam P. Willard, John R. Tritsch, Wai‐Lun Chan, Na Sai, Raluca I. Gearba, Loren G. Kaake, (unknown), Kevin Leung, Peter J. Rossky, (unknown)	548
14	Solidification Velocities in Deeply Undercooled Silver 2009 ·Physical Review Letters ·Wai‐Lun Chan, R. S. Averback, David G. Cahill, Yinon Ashkenazy	88
15	Stress-enhanced pattern formation on surfaces during low energy ion bombardment 2009 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Nikhil V. Medhekar, Wai‐Lun Chan, Vivek B. Shenoy, Eric Chason	31
16	Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations compared with continuum models and experimental properties of pattern formation during ion beam sputtering 2009 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Eric Chason, Wai‐Lun Chan	14
17	Kinetic phase diagram for morphological evolution on Cu(0 0 1) surfaces during ion bombardment 2007 ·Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms ·Eric Chason, Wai‐Lun Chan	3
18	Transient Topographies of Ion Patterned Si(111) 2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Ari-David Brown, Jonah Erlebacher, Wai‐Lun Chan, Eric Chason	58
19	Sputter ripples and radiation-enhanced surface kinetics on Cu(001) 2005 ·Physical Review B ·Wai‐Lun Chan, Eric Chason	25
20	Influence of Step-Edge Barriers on the Morphological Relaxation of Nanoscale Ripples on Crystal Surfaces 2004 ·Physical Review Letters ·Vivek B. Shenoy, Ashwin Ramasubramaniam, H. Ramanarayan, Dhananjay T. Tambe, Wai‐Lun Chan, Eric Chason	17

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