Biography

• Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2014-now)

• Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2009-2014)

• Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, USA (2005-2009)

• Ph.D., Peking University (2005)

• B.S., Jilin University (2000)

Research Interests

The Peng research group is interested in nanomaterials science and engineering towards the better performance of nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, and membrane devices. Currently research interests are focused on the controlled growth, chemical modifications, heterostructures and functional devices of high-mobility 2D materials, such as graphene, topological insulator, and layered bismuth oxychalcogenides (Bi₂O₂Se).

Teaching

Nanochemistry

Awards

• Distinguished Professor Chang Jiang Scholarship (2022)

• XPLORER PRIZE (2021)

• Young Scientist Award - Ministry of Education of China (2018)

• “Ten thousand plan” - National high level talents special support plan (2018)

• the second prize of National Natural Science Award of China (2017)

• SMALL Young Innovator Award (2017)

• the MRS Singapore ICON-2DMAT Young Scientist Award (2017)

• National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (2015)

Selected Publications

1. Congwei Tan^#, Mengshi Yu^#, Junchuan Tang^#, Xiaoyin Gao^#, Yuling Yin, Yichi Zhang, Jingyue Wang, Xinyu Gao, Congcong Zhang, Xuehan Zhou, Liming Zheng, Hongtao Liu, Kaili Jiang, Feng Ding, Hailin Peng*. 2D fin field-effect transistors integrated with epitaxial high- k  gate oxide.  Nature 2023,  616 , 66.

2. Yani Wang^#, Chao Zhao^#, Xin Gao^#, Liming Zheng^#, Jun Qian, Xiaoyin Gao, Jiade Li, Junchuan Tang, Congwei Tan, Jiahao Wang, Xuetao Zhu, Jiandong Guo, Zhongfan Liu, Feng Ding*, Hailin Peng*. Ultraflat single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride for wafer-scale integration of 2D-compatible high- κ  metal gate.  Nature Mater.  2024,  23 , 1495–1501.

3. Jingyue Wang^#, Junwei Huang^#, Daniel Kaplan^#, Xuehan Zhou^#, Congwei Tan^#, Jing Zhang, Gangjian Jin, Xuzhong Cong, Yongchao Zhu, Xiaoyin Gao, Yan Liang, Huakun Zuo, Zengwei Zhu, Ruixue Zhu, Ady Stern, Hongtao Liu, Peng Gao, Binghai Yan*, Hongtao Yuan*, Hailin Peng*. Even-integer Quantum Hall Effect in an Oxide caused by a Hidden Rashba Effect.  Nature Nanotech  .  2024,  19,  1452–1459.

4. Congcong Zhang^#, Teng Tu^#, Jingyue Wang^#, Yongchao Zhu^#, Congwei Tan, Liang Chen, Mei Wu, Ruixue Zhu, Yizhou Liu, Huixia Fu, Jia Yu, Yichi Zhang, Xuzhong Cong, Xuehan Zhou, Jiaji Zhao, Tianran Li, Zhimin Liao, Xiaosong Wu, Keji Lai, Binghai Yan, Peng Gao, Qianqian Huang, Hai Xu, Huiping Hu, Hongtao Liu, Jianbo Yin^#, Hailin Peng*. Single-crystalline van der Waals layered dielectric with high dielectric constant.  Nature Materials  2023,  22  ,  832.

5. Liming Zheng^#, Nan Liu^#*, Xiaoyin Gao^#, Wenqing Zhu^#, Rui Yan, Jincan Zhang, Xin Gao, Yating Yao, Bing Deng, Jie Xu, Ye Lu, Xiaoding Wei*, Hong-Wei Wang*, Hailin Peng*. Uniform thin ice on ultraflat graphene for high-resolution cryo-EM.  Nature Methods  2023,  20 , 123.

6. Yichi Zhang, Jia Yu, Ruixue Zhu, Mengdi Wang, Congwei Tan, Teng Tu, Xuehan Zhou, Congcong Zhang, Mengshi Yu, Xiaoyin Gao, Yufei Wang, Hongtao Liu, Peng Gao, Keji Lai, Hailin Peng*. A single-crystalline native dielectric for two-dimensional semiconductors with an equivalent oxide thickness below 0.5 nm.  Nature Electronics  2022,  5,  643 .

7. Tianran Li^#, Teng Tu^#, Yuanwei Sun, Huixia Fu, Jia Yu, Lei Xing, Ziang Wang, Huimin Wang, Rundong Jia, Jinxiong Wu, Congwei Tan, Yan Liang, Yichi Zhang, Congcong Zhang, Yumin Dai, Chenguang Qiu, Ming Li, Ru Huang, Liying Jiao, Keji Lai, Binghai Yan, Peng Gao, Hailin Peng*. A native oxide high-κ gate dielectric for two-dimensional electronics.  Nature Electronics  2020,  3 , 473-478.

8. Jinxiong Wu^#, Hongtao Yuan^#, Mengmeng Meng, Cheng Chen, Yan Sun, Zhuoyu Chen, Wenhui Dang, Congwei Tan, Yujing Liu, Jianbo Yin, Yubing Zhou, Shaoyun Huang, H. Q. Xu, Yi Cui, Harold Y. Hwang, Zhongfan Liu,Yulin Chen, Binghai Yan, Hailin Peng*. High electron mobility and quantum oscillations in non-encapsulated ultrathin semiconducting Bi₂O₂Se.  Nature Nanotechnology 2017, 12, 530–534.

9. Hailin Peng*, Wenhui Dang, Jie Cao, Yulin Chen, Di Wu, Wenshan Zheng, Hui Li, Zhi-Xun Shen, Zhongfan Liu. Topological insulator nanostructures for near-infrared transparent flexible electrodes.  Nature Chemistry 2012, 4, 281–286.

10. Hailin Peng^†, Keji Lai^†, Desheng Kong, Stefan Meister, Yulin Chen, Xiao-Liang Qi, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Zhi-Xun Shen, Yi Cui*. Aharonov-Bohm Interference in Topological Insulator Nanoribbons.  Nature Materials  2010,  9(3) , 225–229.