Faculty Profiles - KANG Kaifei | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Kaifei KANG
康凱飛

PhD in Applied and Engineering Physics
Cornell University, 2022

Assistant Professor
Department of Physics

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ResearcherID

CXV-6230-2022

Scopus ID

57190609906

Research Interest

Condensed matter physics
Topological phases and topological materials
Semiconductor quantum structures
Nano-magnetism and spintronics
Superconductors

Publications

2024 3

Double Quantum Spin Hall Phase in Moiré WSe2

Nano Letters, v. 24, (46), November 2024, p. 14901-14907
Kang, Kaifei; Qiu, Yichen; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

Evidence of the fractional quantum spin Hall effect in moiré MoTe₂

Nature, v. 628, (8008), April 2024, p. 522-526
Kang, Kaifei; Shen, Bowen; Qiu, Yichen; Zeng, Yihang; Xia, Zhengchao; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

Realization of the Haldane Chern insulator in a moiré lattice

Nature Physics, v. 20, (2), February 2024, p. 275-280
Zhao, Wenjin; Kang, Kaifei; Zhang, Yichi; Knüppel, Patrick; Tao, Zui; Li, Lizhong; Tschirhart, Charles L.; Redekop, Evgeny; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Young, Andrea F.; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

2023 4

Gate-tunable heavy fermions in a moiré Kondo lattice

Nature, v. 616, (7955), April 2023, p. 61-65
Zhao, Wenjin; Shen, Bowen; Tao, Zui; Han, Zhongdong; Kang, Kaifei; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie
Article

Quantum Oscillations in Graphene Using Surface Acoustic Wave Resonators

Physical Review Letters, v. 130, (24), June 2023, article number 246201
Fang, Yawen; Xu, Yang; Kang, Kaifei; Davaji, Benyamin; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Lal, Amit; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie; Ramshaw, B.J.
Article

Switchable moiré potentials in ferroelectric WTe₂/WSe₂ superlattices

Nature Nanotechnology, v. 18, (8), August 2023, p. 861-866
Kang, Kaifei; Zhao, Wenjin; Zeng, Yihang; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

Thermodynamic evidence of fractional Chern insulator in moiré MoTe₂

Nature, v. 622, (7981), October 2023, p. 69-73
Zeng, Yihang; Xia, Zhengchao; Kang, Kaifei; Zhu, Jiacheng; Knüppel, Patrick; Vaswani, Chirag; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie
Article

2022 2

A tunable bilayer Hubbard model in twisted WSe₂

Nature Nanotechnology, v. 17, (9), September 2022, p. 934-939
Xu, Yang; Kang, Kaifei; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie
Article

Van der Waals πjosephson Junctions

Nano Letters, v. 22, (13), July 2022, p. 5510-5515
Kang, Kaifei; Berger, Helmuth; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Forró, László; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

2021 3

Continuous Mott transition in semiconductor moiré superlattices

Nature, v. 597, (7876), September 2021, p. 350-354
Li, Tingxin; Jiang, Shengwei; Li, Lizhong; Zhang, Yang; Kang, Kaifei; Zhu, Jiacheng; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Chowdhury, Debanjan; Fu, Liang; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

Enhanced photoresponse of a MoS₂monolayer using an AAO template

RSC Advances, v. 11, (54), October 2021, p. 34410-34415
Deng, Chenhua; Kang, Kaifei; Yu, Zhonghai; Zhou, Chao; Yang, Sen
Article

Giant anisotropic magnetoresistance in Ising superconductor-magnetic insulator tunnel junctions

Physical Review B, v. 104, (6), August 2021, article number L060501
Kang, Kaifei; Jiang, Shengwei; Berger, Helmuth; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Forró, László; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

2020 2

Imaging and control of critical fluctuations in two-dimensional magnets

Nature Materials, v. 19, (12), December 2020, p. 1290-1294
Jin, Chenhao; Tao, Zui; Kang, Kaifei; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie
Article

Manipulation of the van der Waals Magnet Cr₂Ge₂Te₆ by Spin-Orbit Torques

Nano Letters, v. 20, (10), October 2020, p. 7482-7488
Gupta, Vishakha; Cham, Thow Min; Stiehl, Gregory M.; Bose, Arnab; Mittelstaedt, Joseph A.; Kang, Kaifei; Jiang, Shengwei; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie; Buhrman, Robert A.; Ralph, Daniel C.
Article

2018 1

An unusual continuous paramagnetic-limited superconducting phase transition in 2D NbSe₂

Nature Materials, v. 17, (6), June 2018, p. 504-508
Sohn, Egon; Xiao, Xiaoxiang; He, Wenyu; Jiang, Shengwei; Wang, Zefang; Kang, Kaifei; Park, Ju-Hyun; Berger, Helmuth; Forró, László; Law, Kam Tuen; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

2017 1

Enhanced valley splitting in monolayer WSe2 due to magnetic exchange field

Nature Nanotechnology, v. 12, (8), August 2017, p. 757-762
Zhao, Chuan; Norden, Tenzin; Zhang, Peiyao; Zhao, Puqin; Cheng, Yingchun; Sun, Fan; Parry, James P.; Taheri, Payam; Wang, Jieqiong; Yang, Yihang; Scrace, Thomas; Kang, Kaifei; Yang, Sen; Miao, Guo-Xing; Sabirianov, Renat; Kioseoglou, George; Huang, Wei; Petrou, Athos; Zeng, Hao
Article

2016 1

Growth mechanism of largescale MoS₂ monolayer by sulfurization of MoO₃ film

Materials Research Express, v. 3, (7), July 2016, article number 075009
Taheri, Payam; Wang, Jieqiong; Xing, Hui; Destino, Joel F.; Arik, Mumtaz Murat; Zhao, Chuan; Kang, Kaifei; Blizzard, Brett; Zhang, Lijie; Zhao, Puqin; Huang, Shaoming; Yang, Sen; Bright, Frank V.; Cerne, John; Zeng, Hao
Article

Article 3

Double Quantum Spin Hall Phase in Moiré WSe2

Nano Letters, v. 24, (46), November 2024, p. 14901-14907
Kang, Kaifei; Qiu, Yichen; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai

Evidence of the fractional quantum spin Hall effect in moiré MoTe₂

Nature, v. 628, (8008), April 2024, p. 522-526
Kang, Kaifei; Shen, Bowen; Qiu, Yichen; Zeng, Yihang; Xia, Zhengchao; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai

Realization of the Haldane Chern insulator in a moiré lattice

Nature Physics, v. 20, (2), February 2024, p. 275-280
Zhao, Wenjin; Kang, Kaifei; Zhang, Yichi; Knüppel, Patrick; Tao, Zui; Li, Lizhong; Tschirhart, Charles L.; Redekop, Evgeny; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Young, Andrea F.; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai

Article 4

Gate-tunable heavy fermions in a moiré Kondo lattice

Nature, v. 616, (7955), April 2023, p. 61-65
Zhao, Wenjin; Shen, Bowen; Tao, Zui; Han, Zhongdong; Kang, Kaifei; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie

Quantum Oscillations in Graphene Using Surface Acoustic Wave Resonators

Physical Review Letters, v. 130, (24), June 2023, article number 246201
Fang, Yawen; Xu, Yang; Kang, Kaifei; Davaji, Benyamin; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Lal, Amit; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie; Ramshaw, B.J.

Switchable moiré potentials in ferroelectric WTe₂/WSe₂ superlattices

Nature Nanotechnology, v. 18, (8), August 2023, p. 861-866
Kang, Kaifei; Zhao, Wenjin; Zeng, Yihang; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai

Thermodynamic evidence of fractional Chern insulator in moiré MoTe₂

Nature, v. 622, (7981), October 2023, p. 69-73
Zeng, Yihang; Xia, Zhengchao; Kang, Kaifei; Zhu, Jiacheng; Knüppel, Patrick; Vaswani, Chirag; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie

Article 2

A tunable bilayer Hubbard model in twisted WSe₂

Nature Nanotechnology, v. 17, (9), September 2022, p. 934-939
Xu, Yang; Kang, Kaifei; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie

Van der Waals πjosephson Junctions

Nano Letters, v. 22, (13), July 2022, p. 5510-5515
Kang, Kaifei; Berger, Helmuth; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Forró, László; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai

Article 3

Continuous Mott transition in semiconductor moiré superlattices

Nature, v. 597, (7876), September 2021, p. 350-354
Li, Tingxin; Jiang, Shengwei; Li, Lizhong; Zhang, Yang; Kang, Kaifei; Zhu, Jiacheng; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Chowdhury, Debanjan; Fu, Liang; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai

Enhanced photoresponse of a MoS₂monolayer using an AAO template

RSC Advances, v. 11, (54), October 2021, p. 34410-34415
Deng, Chenhua; Kang, Kaifei; Yu, Zhonghai; Zhou, Chao; Yang, Sen

Giant anisotropic magnetoresistance in Ising superconductor-magnetic insulator tunnel junctions

Physical Review B, v. 104, (6), August 2021, article number L060501
Kang, Kaifei; Jiang, Shengwei; Berger, Helmuth; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Forró, László; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai

Article 2

Imaging and control of critical fluctuations in two-dimensional magnets

Nature Materials, v. 19, (12), December 2020, p. 1290-1294
Jin, Chenhao; Tao, Zui; Kang, Kaifei; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie

Manipulation of the van der Waals Magnet Cr₂Ge₂Te₆ by Spin-Orbit Torques

Nano Letters, v. 20, (10), October 2020, p. 7482-7488
Gupta, Vishakha; Cham, Thow Min; Stiehl, Gregory M.; Bose, Arnab; Mittelstaedt, Joseph A.; Kang, Kaifei; Jiang, Shengwei; Mak, Kin Fai; Shan, Jie; Buhrman, Robert A.; Ralph, Daniel C.

Article 1

An unusual continuous paramagnetic-limited superconducting phase transition in 2D NbSe₂

Nature Materials, v. 17, (6), June 2018, p. 504-508
Sohn, Egon; Xiao, Xiaoxiang; He, Wenyu; Jiang, Shengwei; Wang, Zefang; Kang, Kaifei; Park, Ju-Hyun; Berger, Helmuth; Forró, László; Law, Kam Tuen; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai

Article 1

Enhanced valley splitting in monolayer WSe2 due to magnetic exchange field

Nature Nanotechnology, v. 12, (8), August 2017, p. 757-762
Zhao, Chuan; Norden, Tenzin; Zhang, Peiyao; Zhao, Puqin; Cheng, Yingchun; Sun, Fan; Parry, James P.; Taheri, Payam; Wang, Jieqiong; Yang, Yihang; Scrace, Thomas; Kang, Kaifei; Yang, Sen; Miao, Guo-Xing; Sabirianov, Renat; Kioseoglou, George; Huang, Wei; Petrou, Athos; Zeng, Hao

Article 1

Growth mechanism of largescale MoS₂ monolayer by sulfurization of MoO₃ film

Materials Research Express, v. 3, (7), July 2016, article number 075009
Taheri, Payam; Wang, Jieqiong; Xing, Hui; Destino, Joel F.; Arik, Mumtaz Murat; Zhao, Chuan; Kang, Kaifei; Blizzard, Brett; Zhang, Lijie; Zhao, Puqin; Huang, Shaoming; Yang, Sen; Bright, Frank V.; Cerne, John; Zeng, Hao

2018 1

An unusual continuous paramagnetic-limited superconducting phase transition in 2D NbSe₂

Nature Materials, v. 17, (6), June 2018, p. 504-508
Sohn, Egon; Xiao, Xiaoxiang; He, Wenyu; Jiang, Shengwei; Wang, Zefang; Kang, Kaifei; Park, Ju-Hyun; Berger, Helmuth; Forró, László; Law, Kam Tuen; Shan, Jie; Mak, Kin Fai
Article

2017 1

Enhanced valley splitting in monolayer WSe2 due to magnetic exchange field

Nature Nanotechnology, v. 12, (8), August 2017, p. 757-762
Zhao, Chuan; Norden, Tenzin; Zhang, Peiyao; Zhao, Puqin; Cheng, Yingchun; Sun, Fan; Parry, James P.; Taheri, Payam; Wang, Jieqiong; Yang, Yihang; Scrace, Thomas; Kang, Kaifei; Yang, Sen; Miao, Guo-Xing; Sabirianov, Renat; Kioseoglou, George; Huang, Wei; Petrou, Athos; Zeng, Hao
Article

2016 1

Growth mechanism of largescale MoS₂ monolayer by sulfurization of MoO₃ film

Materials Research Express, v. 3, (7), July 2016, article number 075009
Taheri, Payam; Wang, Jieqiong; Xing, Hui; Destino, Joel F.; Arik, Mumtaz Murat; Zhao, Chuan; Kang, Kaifei; Blizzard, Brett; Zhang, Lijie; Zhao, Puqin; Huang, Shaoming; Yang, Sen; Bright, Frank V.; Cerne, John; Zeng, Hao
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