Xinghan Cai

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Xinghan Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinghan Cai has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Xinghan Cai's work include 2D Materials and Applications (19 papers), Graphene research and applications (15 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (8 papers). Xinghan Cai is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (19 papers), Graphene research and applications (15 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (8 papers). Xinghan Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Xinghan Cai's co-authors include David Cobden, Xiaodong Xu, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Michael A. McGuire, Wang Yao, Tiancheng Song, Di Xiao, Xiaoou Zhang and Nathan P. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xinghan Cai

31 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in spin-filter van der ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2018 2014 2017 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. Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in spin-filter van der Waals heterostructures
    2018 962 citations Tiancheng Song, Xinghan Cai et al. Science profile →
  2. Sensitive room-temperature terahertz detection via the photothermoelectric effect in graphene
    2014 493 citations Xinghan Cai, A. B. Sushkov et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  3. Edge conduction in monolayer WTe2
    2017 442 citations Zaiyao Fei, Tauno Palomaki et al. profile →

Peers

Xinghan Cai
Shuigang Xu China
Rusen Yan United States
Xiaodong Xu China
Thiti Taychatanapat Japan
Shriram Shivaraman United States
O. Makarovsky United Kingdom
Vincent Gambin United States
Peng Wei United States
Mandar M. Deshmukh India
Shuigang Xu China
Xinghan Cai
Citations per year, relative to Xinghan Cai Xinghan Cai (= 1×) peers Shuigang Xu

Countries citing papers authored by Xinghan Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xinghan Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinghan Cai

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

All Works

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Wang, Chen, et al.. (2025). Gallium oxide/indium gallium zinc oxide heterojunction Schottky barrier thin-film transistors with ultrahigh 2D electron density over 6 × 1013/cm2. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 43(4).
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Qiao, Gang, et al.. (2025). Tunable Photoconductivity Polarity in a Two-Dimensional Ferromagnet for Enhanced Image Recognition. ACS Photonics. 12(4). 1746–1753. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Weilin Chen, Yu Chen, et al.. (2025). Sensitive photodetection in a violet phosphorus tunnel junction. Optics Letters. 50(9). 3114–3114.
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Zhao, Jiaxin, et al.. (2024). A Piezoelectrically Driven Microrobot Using a Novel Monolithic Spatial Parallel Mechanism as Its Hip Joint. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 21(2). 803–820. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jiaxin, et al.. (2024). A piezoelectric driven amphibious microrobot capable of fast and controllable movement. Smart Materials and Structures. 33(11). 115035–115035. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Hao, Ruan Zhang, Kenji Watanabe, et al.. (2024). Tunable Ambipolar Transport in a 2D Kagome Semiconductor. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(2). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, An, Ruan Zhang, Jianmin Zeng, et al.. (2023). Strong In-Plane Optoelectronic Anisotropy and Polarization Sensitivity in Low-Symmetry 2D Violet Phosphorus. Nano Letters. 23(23). 10821–10831. 27 indexed citations
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Xie, Binghe, et al.. (2023). Probing the photocurrent in two-dimensional titanium disulfide. Nanotechnology. 35(1). 15708–15708. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Tiancheng, Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu, Xinghan Cai, et al.. (2019). Voltage Control of a van der Waals Spin-Filter Magnetic Tunnel Junction. Nano Letters. 19(2). 915–920. 136 indexed citations
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Shi, Yanmeng, Joshua Kahn, Ben Niu, et al.. (2019). Imaging quantum spin Hall edges in monolayer WTe 2. Science Advances. 5(2). eaat8799–eaat8799. 122 indexed citations
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Song, Tiancheng, Xinghan Cai, Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu, et al.. (2018). Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in spin-filter van der Waals heterostructures. Science. 360(6394). 1214–1218. 962 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jadidi, Mohsen, Ryan J. Suess, Cheng Tan, et al.. (2016). Tunable Ultrafast Thermal Relaxation in Graphene Measured by Continuous-Wave Photomixing. Physical Review Letters. 117(25). 257401–257401. 13 indexed citations
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Fei, Zaiyao, Tauno Palomaki, Wenjin Zhao, et al.. (2016). Topological insulator behavior in monolayer WTe2. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yilin, Shudong Xiao, Xinghan Cai, et al.. (2015). Electronic transport properties of Ir-decorated graphene. arXiv (Cornell University). 13 indexed citations
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Cai, Xinghan, Ryan J. Suess, H. D. Drew, et al.. (2015). Pulsed Near-IR Photoresponse in a Bi-metal Contacted Graphene Photodetector. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14803–14803. 7 indexed citations
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Cai, Xinghan, A. B. Sushkov, Ryan J. Suess, et al.. (2014). Sensitive room-temperature terahertz detection via the photothermoelectric effect in graphene. Nature Nanotechnology. 9(10). 814–819. 493 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bao, Wenzhong, Jiayu Wan, Xiaogang Han, et al.. (2014). Approaching the limits of transparency and conductivity in graphitic materials through lithium intercalation. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4224–4224. 229 indexed citations
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Bao, Wenzhong, Xinghan Cai, Do Hun Kim, & Michael S. Fuhrer. (2013). High mobility ambipolar MoS$_{2}$ field-effect transistors. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Xinghan, Gregory S. Jenkins, Michael S. Fuhrer, et al.. (2013). Single layer graphene plasmonic detector for broadband THz spectroscopy. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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