Yong‐Chang Lau

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yong‐Chang Lau 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, Yong‐Chang Lau has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 37 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 24 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Yong‐Chang Lau's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (39 papers), Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties (21 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (18 papers). Yong‐Chang Lau is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (39 papers), Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties (21 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (18 papers). Yong‐Chang Lau collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Ireland. Yong‐Chang Lau's co-authors include J. M. D. Coey, Karsten Rode, Plamen Stamenov, Davide Betto, Masamitsu Hayashi, Yuya Sakuraba, Naganivetha Thiyagarajah, Sheng Peng, Hüseyin Kurt and Seiji Mitani and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yong‐Chang Lau

58 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Spin–orbit torque switching without an external field using interlayer exchange coupling

2016 449 citations Yong‐Chang Lau, Davide Betto et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong‐Chang Lau China	21	1.2k	778	474	445	374	62	1.5k
Rahul Mishra Singapore	17	1.2k 1.0×	549 0.7×	697 1.5×	393 0.9×	397 1.1×	38	1.5k
Dahai Wei China	19	1.5k 1.2×	606 0.8×	585 1.2×	705 1.6×	496 1.3×	65	1.9k
Hengan Zhou China	18	857 0.7×	486 0.6×	397 0.8×	390 0.9×	328 0.9×	49	1.1k
OukJae Lee South Korea	13	907 0.7×	580 0.7×	425 0.9×	377 0.8×	294 0.8×	37	1.2k
Tianping Ma Germany	13	1.1k 0.9×	742 1.0×	266 0.6×	383 0.9×	555 1.5×	25	1.4k
Mahdi Jamali United States	14	1.1k 0.9×	454 0.6×	364 0.8×	460 1.0×	394 1.1×	27	1.3k
A. A. Stashkevich France	11	1.4k 1.2×	720 0.9×	371 0.8×	304 0.7×	712 1.9×	26	1.5k
Bivas Rana Japan	20	964 0.8×	531 0.7×	395 0.8×	375 0.8×	294 0.8×	45	1.3k
Li‐Te Chang United States	11	1.9k 1.6×	715 0.9×	742 1.6×	776 1.7×	721 1.9×	14	2.2k
S. Y. Huang Taiwan	20	1.6k 1.3×	597 0.8×	746 1.6×	464 1.0×	611 1.6×	71	1.9k

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Ding, Bei, Yurong You, Hang Li, et al.. (2025). Modulating Nanometric Spin Spiral States via Spontaneous Lattice Distortion in a Short Period Helimagnet MnCoSi. ACS Nano. 19(10). 10392–10399. 3 indexed citations

Li, Hang, Bei Ding, Feng Zhou, et al.. (2025). Emergent Magnetic Skyrmions in a Topological Weyl Nodal Ring Semimetal. Nano Letters. 25(7). 2903–2910. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Yue, Feng Zhou, Jie Chen, et al.. (2025). Large Negative Magnetoresistance and Quantum Oscillation in a Field‐Induced Weyl Semimetal ErAuSn. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(21).

Lu, Yue, Jie Chen, Feng Zhou, et al.. (2025). Angular dependence of large negative magnetoresistance in a field‐induced Weyl semimetal candidate HoAuSn. Rare Metals. 44(6). 4302–4308. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Zhigang, Yimeng Gao, Jianfei Liu, et al.. (2024). Picotesla-sensitivity microcavity optomechanical magnetometry. Light Science & Applications. 13(1). 279–279. 15 indexed citations

Xi, Xuekui, et al.. (2024). Tailoring-compensated ferrimagnetic state and anomalous Hall effect in quaternary Mn–Ru–V–Ga Heusler compounds. Chinese Physics B. 33(7). 77504–77504. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Feng, Jie Chen, Hang Li, et al.. (2024). In-plane anisotropic magnetoresistance and planar Hall effect in off-stoichiometric single crystal Mn3Ga. Applied Physics Letters. 125(10). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jie, Xiuxian Yang, Feng Zhou, et al.. (2024). Colossal anomalous Hall effect in the layered antiferromagnetic EuAl ₂ Si ₂ compound. Materials Horizons. 11(19). 4665–4673. 8 indexed citations

Pingel, S., et al.. (2023). Progress on the reduction of silver consumption in metallization of silicon heterojunction solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 265. 112620–112620. 20 indexed citations

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Lau, Yong‐Chang, Junya Ikeda, Kohei Fujiwara, et al.. (2023). Intercorrelated anomalous Hall and spin Hall effect in kagome-lattice Co3Sn2S2-based shandite films. Physical review. B.. 108(6). 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie, Hang Li, Peng Chen, et al.. (2023). Anomalous anisotropic magnetoresistance in the topological semimetal HoPtBi. NPG Asia Materials. 15(1). 4 indexed citations

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Li, Hang, et al.. (2023). Enhanced magnetic anisotropy induced by praseodymium ferromagnetic order and anomalous transport properties in PrMn2Ge2 single crystals. Physical review. B.. 107(22). 7 indexed citations

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Li, Hang, Bei Ding, Jie Chen, et al.. (2023). Coherent magnetic and electronic structure symmetry broken in frustrated bilayer Kagome ferromagnet Fe₃Sn₂. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 35(47). 475701–475701. 2 indexed citations

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Seki, Takeshi, Yong‐Chang Lau, Junya Ikeda, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of spin-charge conversion efficiency for Co3Sn2S2 across transition from paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase. Physical Review Research. 5(1). 5 indexed citations

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Li, Xue, Zefang Li, Hang Li, et al.. (2022). Angular-dependent magnetoresistance in Cr1/3NbS2 single crystals. Applied Physics Letters. 120(11). 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Jian, Takeshi Seki, Yong‐Chang Lau, Y. K. Takahashi, & Kōki Takanashi. (2021). Origin of magnetic anisotropy, role of induced magnetic moment, and all-optical magnetization switching for Co100−xGdx/Pt multilayers. APL Materials. 9(6). 8 indexed citations

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Seki, Takeshi, et al.. (2021). Spin Hall effect in a non-equilibrium Cu76Ir24 alloy measured at various temperatures. AIP Advances. 11(9). 1 indexed citations

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Iguchi, Ryo, Yong‐Chang Lau, Shunsuke Daimon, et al.. (2018). Thermographic measurements of spin-current-induced temperature modulation in metallic bilayers. Physical review. B.. 98(1). 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Junyang, Yong‐Chang Lau, J. M. D. Coey, Mo Li, & Jian‐Ping Wang. (2017). High Performance MgO-barrier Magnetic Tunnel Junctions for Flexible and Wearable Spintronic Applications. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42001–42001. 88 indexed citations

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Lau, Yong‐Chang, Davide Betto, Karsten Rode, J. M. D. Coey, & Plamen Stamenov. (2016). Spin–orbit torque switching without an external field using interlayer exchange coupling. Nature Nanotechnology. 11(9). 758–762. 449 indexed citations breakdown →

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