Wei Ku

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Wei Ku is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Ku has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 64 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wei Ku's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (43 papers), Iron-based superconductors research (39 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (35 papers). Wei Ku is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (43 papers), Iron-based superconductors research (39 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (35 papers). Wei Ku collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Wei Ku's co-authors include Tom Berlijn, Chi‐Cheng Lee, Wei‐Guo Yin, A. G. Eguiluz, Yogesh Singh, P. Gegenwart, Johannes Reuther, Ronny Thomale, Simon Trebst and Soham Manni and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Wei Ku

109 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Relevance of the Heisenberg-Kitaev Model for the Honeycomb Lattice IridatesA2IrO3

2012 577 citations Yogesh Singh, Soham Manni et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Ku United States	35	2.7k	2.7k	1.5k	1.2k	681	111	4.7k
R. Follath Germany	39	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	994 0.8×	698 1.0×	130	4.2k
Brian Moritz United States	38	3.1k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	816 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	619 0.9×	144	4.6k
Harald O. Jeschke Germany	38	3.6k 1.3×	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	754 1.1×	186	5.7k
Shiyan Li China	29	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	419 0.6×	113	3.6k
D. D. Khalyavin United Kingdom	36	3.4k 1.2×	4.3k 1.6×	2.0k 1.3×	552 0.5×	522 0.8×	300	5.3k
A. N. Yaresko Germany	41	3.7k 1.3×	4.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	1.9k 1.6×	653 1.0×	221	6.2k
Silke Biermann France	41	4.3k 1.6×	4.0k 1.5×	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	812 1.2×	109	6.6k
E. Pomjakushina Switzerland	45	4.7k 1.7×	5.1k 1.9×	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	547 0.8×	280	7.2k
Takahito Terashima Japan	46	4.9k 1.8×	4.4k 1.6×	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	896 1.3×	179	7.2k
Moritz Hoesch United Kingdom	40	2.4k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	3.5k 2.3×	3.2k 2.7×	749 1.1×	129	6.2k

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Ku, Wei, et al.. (2024). Pressure Driven Fractionalization of Ionic Spins Results in Cupratelike High-Tc Superconductivity in La3Ni2O7. Physical Review Letters. 132(12). 126503–126503. 49 indexed citations

Ku, Wei, et al.. (2023). Probing a Bose metal via electrons: inescapable non-Fermi liquid scattering and pseudogap physics. New Journal of Physics. 25(5). 53007–53007. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Fan, et al.. (2022). Mottness induced superfluid phase fluctuation with increased density. New Journal of Physics. 24(9). 93026–93026. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhen, Tay‐Rong Chang, Haiyang Pan, et al.. (2018). Quasiparticle interference and nonsymmorphic effect on a floating band surface state of ZrSiSe. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4153–4153. 45 indexed citations

Kreisel, Andreas, et al.. (2015). Interpretation of Scanning Tunneling Quasiparticle Interference and Impurity States in Cuprates. Physical Review Letters. 114(21). 217002–217002. 56 indexed citations

Xi, Xiaoxiang, Zhenxian Liu, Ruidan Zhong, et al.. (2014). Bulk Signatures of Pressure-Induced Band Inversion and Topological Phase Transitions inPb1−xSnxSe. Physical Review Letters. 113(9). 96401–96401. 31 indexed citations

Wang, Li-Min, Tom Berlijn, Yan Wang, et al.. (2013). Effects of disordered Ru substitution in BaFe$_2$As$_2$: possible superdiffusion mechanism in real materials. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013.

Berlijn, Tom, et al.. (2013). Effects of Disordered Ru Substitution inBaFe2As2: Possible Realization of Superdiffusion in Real Materials. Physical Review Letters. 110(3). 37001–37001. 21 indexed citations

Yin, Wei‐Guo, Chia‐Hui Lin, & Wei Ku. (2012). Novel Magnetism in K$_{0.8}$Fe$_{1.6}$Se$_2$ Explained in the Unified Picture. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Ekuma, Chinedu E., Chia‐Hui Lin, Juana Moreno, Wei Ku, & Mark Jarrell. (2012). Why does PdTe have such a weaker superconductivity compared to FeSe? A First-Principle Wannier function analysis of the electronic structure of PdTe. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Berlijn, Tom, P. J. Hirschfeld, & Wei Ku. (2012). Effective Doping and Suppression of Fermi Surface Reconstruction via Fe Vacancy Disorder inKxFe2−ySe2. Physical Review Letters. 109(14). 147003–147003. 38 indexed citations

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Singh, Yogesh, Soham Manni, Johannes Reuther, et al.. (2012). Relevance of the Heisenberg-Kitaev Model for the Honeycomb Lattice IridatesA2IrO3. Physical Review Letters. 108(12). 127203–127203. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Guangyong, Zhijun Xu, Jinsheng Wen, et al.. (2011). Evidence for local moment magnetism in superconducting FeTe$_{0.35}$Se$_{0.65}$. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Herng, Tun Seng, Dongchen Qi, Tom Berlijn, et al.. (2010). Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism of Cu-Doped ZnO Films Probed by Soft X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism. Physical Review Letters. 105(20). 207201–207201. 202 indexed citations

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Lee, Chi‐Cheng, Wei‐Guo Yin, & Wei Ku. (2009). Ferro-Orbital Order and Strong Magnetic Anisotropy in the Parent Compounds of Iron-Pnictide Superconductors. Physical Review Letters. 103(26). 267001–267001. 303 indexed citations

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Larson, B. C., Wei Ku, J. Z. Tischler, et al.. (2007). Nonresonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering and Energy-Resolved Wannier Function Investigation ofd−dExcitations in NiO and CoO. Physical Review Letters. 99(2). 26401–26401. 81 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yaguang, Jin‐Cheng Zheng, Lijun Wu, et al.. (2007). Nanoscale Disorder inCaCu3Ti4O12: A New Route to the Enhanced Dielectric Response. Physical Review Letters. 99(3). 37602–37602. 151 indexed citations

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Barnett, Ryan, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Eugene Demler, Wei‐Guo Yin, & Wei Ku. (2006). Coexistence of Gapless Excitations and Commensurate Charge-Density Wave in the2HTransition Metal Dichalcogenides. Physical Review Letters. 96(2). 26406–26406. 39 indexed citations

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Grenier, S., J. P. Hill, V. Kiryukhin, et al.. (2005). d−dExcitations in Manganites Probed by Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 94(4). 47203–47203. 53 indexed citations

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Ku, Wei & A. G. Eguiluz. (2002). Band-Gap Problem in Semiconductors Revisited: Effects of Core States and Many-Body Self-Consistency. Physical Review Letters. 89(12). 126401–126401. 151 indexed citations

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