Publications

Most up-to-date publication list can be seen at Google Scholar | ORCID

* = equal contribution.

† = corresponding author (last author unless otherwise indicated)

Preprints and Under Review:

[6] Real-Space Selection Rule for Moiré Exciton-Phonon Coupling

Yixuan Liu*, Shiyu Peng*, Yifan Wang, Peiyao Qin, Wang Yao, Chen Hu†

arXiv:2610.36782(2026) (under review, 2026)

[5] Symmetry fingerprints and ultrafast dynamics of excitons in a topological insulator

Fei Wang*, Wanying Chen*, Peiyao Qin*, Tianyun Lin, Changhua Bao, Xuanxi Cai, Tianshuang Sheng, Xiao Tang, Dongqing Huang, Hongyun Zhang, Jin Zhao, Pu Yu, Chen Hu†, and Shuyun Zhou†

(under review, 2026)

[4] Broad Band Color Tuning of Molecular Luminescence through Van der Waals Confinement Engineering

Zike Gao, Qingqiang Ran, Yixuan Liu, Saqib Nawaz Khan, Xirong Yang, Zdeněk Sofe, Zijie Qiu, Zheng Zhao, Chen Hu, Zhong Wan, Qi Qian

(under review, 2026)

[3] Nonlinear optical responses of semiconducting graphene nanoribbons: Strong constraint from a hidden symmetry

Jiawei Ruan, Weichen Tang, Yang-Hao Chan, Chen Hu, Xiaoxun Gong, and Steven G. Louie

arXiv:2609.37418 (2026) (under review, 2026)

[2] Quantum Theory of Exciton Magnetic Moment: Interaction and Topological Effects

Gurjyot Sethi, Jiawei Ruan, Fang Zhang, Weichen Tang, Chen Hu, Mit Naik, and Steven G. Louie

arXiv:2509.07284 (2025) (under review, 2026)

[1] Ab initio study of exciton insulator phase: Emergent p-wave spin textures from spontaneous excitonic condensation

Fang Zhang, Jiawei Ruan, Gurjyot Sethi, Chen Hu, and Steven G. Louie

arXiv:2503.11563v1 (2025) (under review, 2026)

Published:

[24] Observation of Wannier-Rydberg and charge-transfer hybrid moiré excitons under pressure

Jing Song*, Yifan Wang*, Xuan Zhao*, Yuxuan Song*, Song Liu, Chen Hu†, and Yang Xu†

Physical Review X 16, 041007 (2026)

[23] Extended valley lifetime and giant energy splitting induced by chiral plasmon-valley exciton selective coupling

Jiahe Liu, Feihong Liu, Tingyang Xing, Yifan Wang, Zhiwei Peng, Liang Guo, Chen Hu, Wang Yao, Xiang Zhang, and Dangyuan Lei

Nature Communications 17, 2444 (2026)

[22] An electric molecular Faraday cage

Ping Zhou, Kai Cheng, Kai Qu, Leng Wang, Chen Hu, Wenqi Liu, and Hongliang Chen

Journal of the American Chemical Society 147, 19272 (2025)

[21] Efficient on-chip terahertz generation and detection with GaN photoconductive emitters

Can B. Uzundal, Qixin Feng, Weichen Tang, Chen Hu, Collin Sanborn, Yoseob Yoon, Sudi Chen, Jiawei Ruan, Steven G. Louie, and Feng Wang

Light: Science & Applications 14, 226 (2025)

[20] Excitonic interactions and mechanism for ultrafast interlayer photoexcited response in van der Waals heterostructures

Chen Hu, Mit H. Naik, Yang-Hao Chan, and Steven G. Louie

Physical Review Letters 131, 236904 (2023) (Editors’ Suggestion)

[19] Light-induced shift current vortex crystals in moiré heterobilayers

Chen Hu, Mit H. Naik, Yang-Hao Chan, Jiawei Ruan, and Steven G. Louie

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, e2314775120 (2023)

[18] Dual-gated single-molecule field-effect transistors beyond Moore’s law

Linan Meng*, Na Xin*, Chen Hu*, Hassan Al Sabea*, Miao Zhang*, Hongyu Jiang, Yiru Ji, Chuancheng Jia, Zhuang Yan, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Xiaoyan He, Pramila Selvanathan, Lucie Norel, Stéphane Rigaut, Hong Guo, Sheng Meng, and Xuefeng Guo

Nature Communications 13, 1410 (2022) (Top 25 Physics Articles of 2022)

[17] Tunable symmetry-breaking-induced dual functions in stable and photoswitched single-molecule junctions

Na Xin*, Chen Hu*, Hassan Al Sabea*, Miao Zhang*, Chenguang Zhou*, Linan Meng, Chuancheng Jia, Yao Gong, Yu Li, Guojun Ke, Xiaoyan He, Pramila Selvanathan, Lucie Norel, Mark A. Ratner, Zhirong Liu, Shengxiong Xiao, Stéphane Rigaut, Hong Guo, and Xuefeng Guo

Journal of the American Chemical Society 143, 20811 (2021)

[16] Electron-catalyzed dehydrogenation in a single-molecule junction

Hongliang Chen*, Feng Jiang*, Chen Hu*, Yang Jiao, Su Chen, Yunyan Qiu, Ping Zhou, Long Zhang, Kang Cai, Bo Song, Xiao-Yang Chen, Xingang Zhao, Michael R. Wasielewski, Hong Guo, Wenjing Hong, and J. Fraser Stoddart

Journal of the American Chemical Society 143, 8476 (2021) (Highlighted by Nature Catalysis 4, 444 (2021))

[15] 2N-rule: Searching topological phases and robust edge modes in carbon nanotubes

Chen Hu and Hong Guo

Applied Physics Letters 117, 083101 (2020)

[14] Giant conductance enhancement of intramolecular circuits through interchannel gating

Hongliang Chen*, Haining Zheng*, Chen Hu*, Kang Cai, Yang Jiao, Long Zhang, Feng Jiang, Indranil Roy, Yunyan Qiu, Dengke Shen, Yuanning Feng, Fehaid M. Alsubaie, Hong Guo, Wenjing Hong, and J. Fraser Stoddart

Matter 2, 378–389 (2020) (Featured on the front cover)

[13] Spin-polarized quantum transport in Si dangling bond wires

Qi An, Chen Hu, Guanghua Yu, and Hong Guo

Nanoscale 12, 6079 (2020)

[12] Theoretical design of topological heteronanotubes

Chen Hu, Vincent Michaud-Rioux, Wang Yao, and Hong Guo

Nano Letters 19, 4146 (2019)

[11] Side-Group chemical gating via reversible optical and electric control in a single-molecule transistor

Linan Meng*, Na Xin*, Chen Hu*, Jinying Wang, Bo Gui, Junjie Shi, Cheng Wang, Cheng Shen, Guangyu Zhang, Hong Guo, Sheng Meng, and Xuefeng Guo

Nature Communications 10, 1450 (2019)

[10] Tunable giant anomalous Hall angle in perpendicular multilayers by interfacial orbital hybridization

Jingyan Zhang, Wenlin Peng, Guanghua Yu, Zhanbing He, Feng Yang, Wei Ji, Chen Hu, and Shouguo Wang

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 24751 (2019)

[9] Moiré valleytronics: Realizing dense arrays of topological helical channels

Chen Hu, Vincent Michaud-Rioux, Wang Yao, and Hong Guo

Physical Review Letters 121, 186403 (2018)

[8] Label-free dynamic detection of single-molecule nucleophilic-substitution reactions

Chunhui Gu*, Chen Hu*, Ying Wei, Dongqing Lin, Chuancheng Jia, Mingzhi Li, Dingkai Su, Jianxin Guan, Andong Xia, Linghai Xie, Abraham Nitzan, Hong Guo, and Xuefeng Guo

Nano Letters 18, 4156 (2018)

[7] Giant antidamping orbital torque originating from the orbital Rashba-Edelstein effect in ferromagnetic heterostructures

Xi Chen, Yang Liu, Guang Yang, Hui Shi, Chen Hu, Minghua Li, and Haibo Zeng

Nature Communications 9, 2569 (2018)

[6] Dirac electrons in Moiré superlattice: From two to three dimensions

Chen Hu, Vincent Michaud-Rioux, Xianghua Kong, and Hong Guo

Physical Review Materials 1, 061003(R) (2017)

[5] Moiré impurities in twisted bilayer black phosphorus: Effects on the carrier mobility

Peng Kang, Wan-Ting Zhang, Vincent Michaud-Rioux, Xiang-Hua Kong, Chen Hu, Guang-Hua Yu, and Hong Guo

Physical Review B 96, 195406 (2017)

[4] Nonvolatile modulation of electronic structure and correlative magnetism of L10-FePt films using significant strain induced by shape memory substrates

Chun Feng, Jiancheng Zhao, Feng Yang, Kui Gong, Shijie Hao, Yi Cao, Chen Hu, Jingyan Zhang, Zhongqiang Wang, Lei Chen, Sirui Li, Li Sun, Lishan Cui, and Guanghua Yu

Scientific Reports 6, 20199 (2016)

[3] Conductance quantization in resistive random access memory

Yang Li, Shibing Long, Yang Liu, Chen Hu, Jiao Teng, Qi Liu, Hangbing Lv, Jordi Suñé, and Ming Liu

Nanoscale Research Letters 10, 420 (2015)

[2] Switchable valley injection into graphene

Chen Hu, Wengang Lu, Wei Ji, Guanghua Yu, Yu Yan, and Jiao Teng

Physical Review B 92, 115404 (2015)

[1] Conditions for quantized anisotropic magnetoresistance

Chen Hu, Jiao Teng, Guanghua Yu, Wengang Lu, and Wei Ji

Physical Review B 91, 045438 (2015)