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Xue Qikun

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Xue.
Xue Qikun
薛其坤
Xue in 2023
President of Southern University of Science and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2020
Preceded byChen Shiyi
Personal details
Born (1963-12-19) 19 December 1963 (age 60)
Mengyin County, Shandong, China
Alma materChinese Academy of Sciences
Shandong University
Known forquantum anomalous Hall effect
AwardsTWAS Prize (2010)
Future Science Prize (2015)
Oliver E. Buckley Prize (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum physics
Topological insulators
InstitutionsTsinghua University
Websiteinfo.phys.tsinghua.edu.cn/xuegroup/

Xue Qikun (Chinese: 薛其坤; pinyin: Xuē Qíkūn; born December 1963) is a Chinese physicist. He is a professor of Tsinghua University, Beijing. He has done much work in condensed matter physics, especially on superconductors and topological insulators.[1][2] In 2013, Xue was the first to achieve the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), an unusual orderly motion of electrons in a conductor, in his laboratory at Tsinghua University. Xue is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, vice president for research of Tsinghua University, and director of State Key Lab of Quantum Physics.[3] In 2016, he was one of the first recipients of the new Chinese Future Science Prize for experimental discovery of high-temperature superconductivity at material interfaces and the QAHE. This award has been described as "China's Nobel Prize".[4][5]

Career

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Xue earned his PhD from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1994.[6] From 1994 to 2000, he worked as a research associate at Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan, and as a visiting assistant professor at the Physics Department of North Carolina State University, US. He became a professor at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1999, and since 2005 has worked as a professor in the Physics Department of Tsinghua University. He is a partner investigator in Australia's ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies.[7] In 2020, he became the president of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech).[8]

Research and achievements

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Xue pioneered high quality thin films of topological insulators and, in 2013, first achieved the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), at Tsinghua University. Nobel Laureate Chen-Ning Yang called this discovery "worthy of a Nobel Prize".[9] Xue's current research aims at preparation of low-dimensional structures exhibiting pronounced quantum phenomena, and understanding of growth dynamics and quantum mechanical effects on solid surfaces and in thin films,[10] including:

Honors

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Selected papers

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  1. Experimental Observation of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in a Magnetic Topological Insulator[18]
  2. Superconductivity in One-Atomic-Layer Metal Films Grown on Si(111)[19]
  3. Superconductivity Modulated by Quantum Size Effects[20]

References

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  1. ^ NTU-CTS (2013-09-26), Qikun Xue, Experiments on Topological Insulator and Quantum Anomalous Hall effect Part I, retrieved 2016-02-04
  2. ^ "IAS Channel". video.ust.hk. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  3. ^ "清华大学 - Tsinghua University". www.tsinghua.edu.cn. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  4. ^ "First winners of 'China's Nobel' prize announced - China". Chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  5. ^ Cyranoski, David (2016). "China-only science prize honours pathologist and experimental physicist". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20644. S2CID 114699291.
  6. ^ "Qi-Kun Xue". Physics. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Qikun Xue". FLEET. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. ^ "XUE Qikun - Leadership - SUSTech".
  9. ^ "系统提示".
  10. ^ "Xue Group".
  11. ^ "TWAS Announces 2010 Prize Winners". TWAS. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  12. ^ "Outstanding Scientific Research Team Award - Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation". en.qiushi.org. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  13. ^ "Outstanding Scientist Award - Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation". www.qiushi.org. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  14. ^ "QikunXue and Yuk-MingDennis Lo awarded the first Future Science Prize". www.futureprize.org/eng.
  15. ^ "Chinese scientist wins int'l award for quantum discovery". zinhua.net.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020.
  16. ^ "Tsinghua Professor Xue Qikun awarded Oliver E. Buckley Prize".
  17. ^ "2024 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  18. ^ Chang, Cui-Zu; Zhang, Jinsong; Feng, Xiao; Shen, Jie; Zhang, Zuocheng; Guo, Minghua; Li, Kang; Ou, Yunbo; Wei, Pang (2013-04-12). "Experimental Observation of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in a Magnetic Topological Insulator". Science. 340 (6129): 167–170. arXiv:1605.08829. Bibcode:2013Sci...340..167C. doi:10.1126/science.1234414. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 23493424. S2CID 29455044.
  19. ^ Zhang, Tong; Cheng, Peng; Li, Wen-Juan; Sun, Yu-Jie; Wang, Guang; Zhu, Xie-Gang; He, Ke; Wang, Lili; Ma, Xucun (2010-02-01). "Superconductivity in one-atomic-layer metal films grown on Si(111)". Nature Physics. 6 (2): 104–108. Bibcode:2010NatPh...6..104Z. doi:10.1038/nphys1499. ISSN 1745-2473.
  20. ^ Guo, Yang; Zhang, Yan-Feng; Bao, Xin-Yu; Han, Tie-Zhu; Tang, Zhe; Zhang, Li-Xin; Zhu, Wen-Guang; Wang, E. G.; Niu, Qian (2004-12-10). "Superconductivity Modulated by Quantum Size Effects". Science. 306 (5703): 1915–1917. Bibcode:2004Sci...306.1915G. doi:10.1126/science.1105130. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 15591197. S2CID 24040396.
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Mathematical Science Award of the Chen Jiageng Science Award [zh]
2012 		Succeeded by
Educational offices
Preceded by President of Southern University of Science and Technology
2020–present 		Incumbent
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