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Yong P. Chen

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2003Rising activity
Graphene research and applicationsTopological Materials and PhenomenaQuantum and electron transport phenomenaCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates2D Materials and Applications

Publications

421

Citations

14,625

Est. group size

~25

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
AI-generated

Yong P. Chen's research centers on materials science, particularly the electronic and structural properties of nanoscale and quantum materials such as graphene, topological materials, and two-dimensional (layered) semiconductors. Work in this area often involves probing how electrons behave in these materials (electron transport) and mapping their electronic structure at very small scales, with potential relevance to future electronic and quantum devices. Note that the publication list provided contains many titles unrelated to this core area (e.g., chemistry, agriculture, medicine), suggesting possible name overlap with other authors in the underlying data.

Graphene and 2D materialsTopological materialsQuantum and electron transportCold atom/quantum physicsNanoscale electronic structure mapping

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from roughly 9-16 papers per year in 2017-2020 to around 24-31 papers per year in 2023-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 22.2/year recently
2017: 16 publications172018: 12 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 11 publications202021: 12 publications212022: 21 publications222023: 24 publications232024: 29 publications242025: 31 publications31252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×34
  • Nano Letters×11
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B×9
  • Physical Review Letters×7
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A×6
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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