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Research and Teaching Interests: Nanoelectronics, spintronics and nanomagnetics, non-volatile electronics and low dissipation devices, quantum device and systems, frontier materials by molecular beam epitaxy, photonics and energy |
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| Awards and Recognitions |
| 2010-2014 | IEEE Tnano Editor-in-Chief |
| 2009 | Semiconductor Industry Award Research Award |
| 2009 | Director of King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) |
| 2007 | IBM Faculty Award |
| 2006 | Raytheon Chair Professor of Physical Electronics |
| 2006 | Director of Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN) |
| 2003 | Director of National Center of Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA) |
| 1996 | Semiconductor Research Corporation Technical Excellency Award |
| 1992 | Fellow, IEEE |
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1987-1988 |
Guggenheim Fellow Award, Max Planck Institute, Germany |
| Selected Publications |
- Kou, X., Guo, S.-T., Fan, Y., Pan, L., Lang, M., Jiang, Y., Shao, Q., Nie, T., Murata, K., Tang, J., Wang, Y., He, L., Lee, T.-K., Lee, W.-L., and Wang, K. L., “Scale-Invariant Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Magnetic Topological Insulators Beyond the Two-Dimensional Limit”, Physical Review Letters, 113 (13): 137201/1-5. (September 26, 2014)
- Tang, J., Chang, L-T., Kou, X., Murata, K., Choi, E.S., Lang, M., Fan, Y., Jiang, Y., Montazeri, M., Jiang, W., Wang, Y., He, L., and Wang, K.L., “Electrical Detection of Spin-Polarized Surface States Conduction in (Bi53Sb0.47)2Te3 Topological Insulator”, Nano Letters, 14 (9): 5423-5429. (August 26, 2014)
- Yu, G., Upadhyaya, P., Fan, Y., Alzate, J.G., Jiang, W., Wong, K.L., Takei, S., Bender, S.A., Chang, L.-T., Jiang, Y., Lang, M., Tang, J., Wang, Y., Tserkovnyak, T., Khalili Amiri, P., and Wang, K.L., “Switching of Perpendicular Magnetization by Spin-Orbit Torques in the Absence of External Magnetic Fields”, Nature Nanotechnology, 9 (7):548-554. (May 11, 2014)
- Fan, Y., Upadhyaya, P., Kou, X., Lang, M., Takei, S., Wang, Z., Tang, J., He, L., Chang, L.-T., Montazeri, M., Yu, G., Jiang, W., Nie, T., Schwartz, R.N., Tserkovnyak, Y., and Wang, K.L., “Magnetization Switching Through Giant Spin-Orbit Torque in a Magnetically Doped Topological Insulator Heterostructure”, Nature Materials, 13 (7):699-704. (April 28, 2014)
- Cherepov, S., Khalili Amiri, P., Alzate, J. G., Wong, K., Lewis, M., Upadhyaya, P., Nath, J., Bao, M., Bur, A., Wu, T., Carman, G. P., Khitun, A., and Wang, K. L., “Electric-Field-Induced Spin Wave Generation Using Multiferroic Magnetoelectric Cells”, Applied Physics Letters, 104 (8): 082403/1-5. (February 25, 2014)
- Upadhyaya, P., Dusad, R., Hoffman, S., Tserkovnyak, Y., Alzate, J.G., Amiri, P.K., and Wang, K.L., “Electric Field Induced Domain-Wall Dynamics: Depinning and Chirality Switching”, Selected as Editors’ Suggestion in Physical Review B, 88 (22): 224422/1-6. (December 26, 2013)
- Jiang, W., Upadhyaya, P., Fan, Y., Zhao, J., Wang, M., Chang, L.-T., Lang, M., Wong, K.L., Lewis, M., Lin, Y.-T., Tang, J., Cherepov, S., Zhou, X., Tserkovnyak, Y., Schwartz, R.N., and Wang, K.L., “Direct Imaging of Thermally Driven Domain Wall Motion in Magnetic Insulators”, Physical Review Letters, 110 (17): 177202/1-5. (April 22, 2013)
- Wang, K.L., Alzate, J.G., Khalili Amiri, P., “Low-Power Non-Volatile Spintronic Memory: STT-RAM and Beyond”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46 (7): 074003/1-10. (January 31, 2013)
- Wang, K.L and Khalili-Amiri, P., “Nonvolatile Spintronics: Perspectives on Instant-on Nonvolatile Nanoelectronic Systems”, Spin, 2 (2): 1250009/1-22. (November 7, 2012)
- Tang, J., Wang, C.-Y., Hung, M.-H., Jiang, X., Chang, L.-T., He, L., Liu, P.-H., Yang, H.-J., Tuan, H.-Y., Chen, L.-J., and Wang, K.L., “Ferromagnetic Germanide in Ge Nanowire Transistors for Spintronics Application”, ACS Nano, 6 (6): 5710-5717. (June 1, 2012)