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Crystal Growth and Sample Preparation of Quantum Magnetic Materials

Single-crystal and polycrystalline synthesis of correlated quantum materials using flux growth, chemical vapor transport, and solid-state reaction techniques.

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Signatures of low-dimensional magnetism and short-range magnetic order in Co-based trirutiles

Published in Physical Review B 100, 184407 (2019), 2019

Combined density functional theory and experimental study revealing competing magnetic ground states, low-dimensional magnetism, and short-range magnetic order in Co-based trirutile CoTa₂O₆ and its Mg-diluted variants.

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Effects of electron-correlation, spin–orbit coupling, and modified Becke–Johnson potential in double perovskites SrLaBB′O6 (B = Ni, Fe; B′ = Os, Ru)

Published in Computational Materials Science 170 (2019) 109168, 2019

First-principles study of electronic and magnetic properties of SrLaBB′O6 double perovskites, demonstrating the roles of electron correlation, spin–orbit coupling, and modified Becke–Johnson potential in driving metal–insulator transitions, antiferromagnetic ground states, and magnetic anisotropy.

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Electronic, magnetic, optical and thermoelectric properties of Ca₂Cr₁−ₓNiₓOsO₆ double perovskites

Published in RSC Advances 10, 16179–16186 (2020), 2020

Density functional theory study of electronic, magnetic, optical, and thermoelectric properties of Ca₂Cr₁−ₓNiₓOsO₆ double perovskites, revealing ferrimagnetic insulating behavior, half-metallicity upon Ni doping, strong optical anisotropy, and limited thermoelectric performance.

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Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of half-Heusler alloys NiTZ

Published in AIP Advances 11, 025304 (2021), 2021

First-principles study of electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of 18-valence-electron half-Heusler alloys NiTZ (T = Sc, Ti; Z = P, As, Sn, Sb), demonstrating indirect band-gap semiconducting behavior and identifying enhanced thermoelectric performance through optimized doping, with ZT values up to ~0.46 at high temperature.

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Pressure-induced creation and annihilation of Weyl points in Td–Mo₀.₅W₀.₅Te₂ and 1T’‘–Mo₀.₅W₀.₅Te₂

Published in Physical Review B 105, 125138 (2022), 2022

First-principles study of pressure-driven creation and annihilation of Weyl points in Td and 1T’’ phases of Mo₀.₅W₀.₅Te₂, revealing tunable topological transitions and structural phase competition under hydrostatic pressure.

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Rhodium-based half-Heusler alloys as thermoelectric materials

Published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24, Issue 33 (2022), 2022

First-principles investigation of structural, electronic, elastic, and thermoelectric properties of 18-valence-electron rhodium-based half-Heusler alloys, identifying promising p-type thermoelectric performance with ZT approaching unity.

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Electronic and optical properties of double perovskites Ba₂−xSrₓBiSbO₆ (x = 0, 1)

Published in Solid State Communications 361, 115085 (2023), 2023

First-principles study of electronic and optical properties of double perovskites Ba₂BiSbO₆ and BaSrBiSbO₆, revealing indirect band gaps and strong optical activity in the visible and ultraviolet regimes with potential optoelectronic applications.

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Large anomalous Hall effect in single crystals of the kagome Weyl ferromagnet Fe₃Sn

Published in Physical Review B 108, 075164 (2023), 2023

Combined experimental and theoretical study of a large anomalous Hall effect in the kagome Weyl ferromagnet Fe₃Sn, revealing band-intrinsic Berry-curvature-driven transport and Weyl physics.

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Electronic Structure, Optical Properties and Defect-Induced Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism in Kagome Cs₂Ni₃S₄

Published in Electronic Structure 5, 045008 (2023), 2023

First-principles study of electronic structure and optical response of kagome Cs₂Ni₃S₄, including defect-induced half-metallic ferromagnetism.

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Finite Spinon Density of States in Triangular-Lattice Delafossite TlYbSe₂

Published in arXiv:2504.05436, 2025

Thermodynamic and magnetic study of the triangular-lattice delafossite TlYbSe₂, revealing a finite low-energy spinon density of states and signatures of quantum-disordered behavior at low temperatures.

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Criticality and Magnetic Phases of Ising Shastry–Sutherland Candidate Holmium Tetraboride

Published in Materials 18(11), 2504 (2025), 2025

Neutron scattering and magnetization study of field-induced phases and criticality in the frustrated Shastry–Sutherland magnet HoB₄. This work was featured on the front cover of the journal.

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Wiedemann–Franz violation and thermal Hall effect in kagome metal TbCr₆Ge₆

Published in arXiv preprint, 2025

Experimental evidence for a breakdown of the Wiedemann–Franz law and a pronounced thermal Hall effect in the kagome metal TbCr₆Ge₆.

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Magnetism in Ytterbium-Based Spin-½ Triangular-Lattice Delafossites

Published: March 18, 2025

I presented our preliminary results on new tringular lattice delafossite TlYbSe2.

Preliminary Exam: Signature of Order and Disorder in Low-dimensional Spin-1/2 Frustrated Magnets

Published: April 23, 2025

I have successfully passed my prelim exam!

Teaching Assistant – Mathematical Methods of Physics I (PHYS 306)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2021

Served as a teaching assistant for PHYS 306 (Mathematical Methods of Physics I).

Teaching Assistant – Modern Mechanics (PHYS 172)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2022

Teaching assistant for PHYS 172 (Modern Mechanics).

Teaching Assistant – Electricity and Optics (PHYS 241)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2022

Graduate teaching assistant for PHYS 241 (Electricity and Optics).

Teaching Assistant – Thermal and Statistical Physics (PHYS 515)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2022

Graduate teaching assistant for PHYS 515 (Thermal and Statistical Physics).

Teaching Assistant – Quantum Mechanics II (Honors, PHYS 461)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2023

Graduate Teaching assistant for the honors section of PHYS 461 (Quantum Mechanics II).

Teaching Assistant – Quantum Mechanics II (Honors, PHYS 461)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2024

Graduate teaching assistant for the honors section of PHYS 461 (Quantum Mechanics II).