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Yiyang Sun
Research Assistant Professor
Contact: suny4@rpi.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Physics, National University of Singapore, 2004
M.S., Physics, Xiamen University, China, 1999
B.E., Materials Science, Jilin University, China, 1996
Career Highlights:
2010-present Research Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2008-2010 Postdoc Research Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2006-2008 Postdoc Research Scientist, National Renewable National Lab
2004-2006 Postdoc Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
Research Interests:
- Computational materials science
- Energy storage materials
- Photovoltaic and solid-state lighting materials
- Theory of defects in materials
- Van der Waals interactions in polymers and bio-molecular systems
Selected Publications:
1. D. West, Y. Y. Sun, S. B. Zhang, T. Zhang, X. Ma, P. Cheng, Y. Y. Zhang, X. Chen, J. F. Jia, and Q. K. Xue, “Identification of magnetic dopants on the surfaces of topological insulators: Experiment and theory for Fe on Bi2Te3(111)”, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication) 85, 081305 (2012).
2. Y. Jiang, Y. Y. Sun, M. Chen, Y. Wang, Z. Li, C. Song, K. He, L. Wang, X. Chen, Q.-K. Xue, X. Ma, and S. B. Zhang, “Fermi-Level Tuning of Epitaxial Sb2Te3 Thin Films on Graphene by Regulating Intrinsic Defects and Substrate Transfer Doping”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 066809 (2012).
3. L. Wang, J. Zhao, Y. Y. Sun, and S. B. Zhang, “Characteristics of Raman spectra for graphene oxide from ab initio simulations”, J. Chem. Phys. 135, 184503 (2011).
4. T. A. Abtew, Y. Y. Sun, B.-C. Shih, P. Dev, S. B. Zhang, and P. Zhang, “Dynamic Jahn-Teller Effect in the NV- Center in Diamond”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 146403 (2011).
5. G. Wang, X.-G. Zhu, Y. Y. Sun, Y.-Y. Li, T. Zhang, J. Wen, X. Chen, K. He, L.-L. Wang, X.-C. Ma, J.-F. Jia, S. B. Zhang, and Q.-K. Xue, “Topological Insulator Thin Films of Bi2Te3 with Controlled Electronic Structure”, Adv. Mater. 23, 2929 (2011).
6. W. Xie, Y. Y. Sun, S. B. Zhang, and J. E. Northrup, “Structure and sources of disorder in poly(3-hexylthiophene) crystals investigated by density functional calculations with van der Waals interactions”, Phys. Rev. B 83, 184117 (2011).
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