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Research Interests

• Nanostructure study: thin film, interface, nanotube

• Ferroelectric, optical, piezoelectric, magnetic properties of materials

• Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials

• Spintronic materials

• Transport properties of magnetic and ferroelectric tunnel junctions

• Strongly correlated systems

• Molecular dynamics, Monte-Carlo simulation

Recent Selective Publications (click here to see full publication list)

1. Chun-gang Duan, R. F. Sabiryanov, W. N. Mei, P. A. Dowben, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, “Electronic, magnetic and transport properties of rare-earth monopnictides”, invited Review Article, J. Phys: Cond. Matt. 19, 315220 (2007).

2. J. P. Velev, Chun-Gang Duan, K. D. Belashchenko, S. S. Jaswal and E. Y. Tsymbal, "Effect of ferroelectricity on electron transport in Pt/BaTiO3/Pt ferroelectric tunnel junctions",  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 137201 (2007). Selected for the April 9, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology) (APS Link)

3. Chun-gang Duan, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, “Predicted Magnetoelectric Effect in Fe/BaTiO3 Multilayers: Ferroelectric Control of Magnetism”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 047201 (2006). (Selected for the August 7, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology and highlighted in the Research News section in Materials Today Vol. 9, October 2006, also see an immediate review by Ramesh and Spaldin in Nature Materials 6, 21, 2007). (APS Link)

4. Chun-gang Duan, R. F. Sabiryanov, W. N. Mei, S. S. Jaswal, P. A. Dowben, E. Y. Tsymbal, “Magnetic ordering in Gd monopnictides: indirect exchange versus superexchange interaction”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 182505 (2006).

5. Chun-gang Duan, R. F. Sabiryanov, W. N. Mei, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, “Interface Effect on Ferroelectricity at the Nanoscale”, Nano Lett. 6, 483 (2006).

6. Chun-gang Duan, R. F. Sabiryanov, Jianjun Liu, W. N. Mei, P. A. Dowben, J. R. Hardy, “Strain induced half-metal to semiconductor transition in GdN”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 237201 (2005). (APS Link)

7. Chun-gang Duan, W. N. Mei, Wei-guo Yin, Jianjun Liu, J. R. Hardy, Stephen Ducharme, and P. A. Dowben, “Simulations of ferroelectric polymer film polarization: the role of dipole interactions”, Phys. Rev. B 69, 235106 (2004).

8. Chun-gang Duan, W. N. Mei, Jianjun Liu, Wei-Guo Yin, J. R. Hardy,  R. W. Smith, M. J. Mehl, L. L. Boyer, “Electronic properties of NaCdF₃: a first-principles prediction”, Phys. Rev. B 69, 033102 (2004).

9. Chun-gang Duan, W. N. Mei, J. R. Hardy, Stephen Ducharme, Jaewu Choi, and P. A. Dowben, “Comparison of the Theoretical and Experimental Band Structure of Poly(vinylidene Fluoride) Crystal”, Europhysics Letter 61，81 (2003).  

Recent Presentations 

1. “Magnetic ordering of rare-earth compounds: firstprinciples studies”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, 2006.

2. “Interface effect to the nanoscale ferroelectricity”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, 2006.

3. “Ferroelectricity in Ultrathin Perovskite Films in Metal-Ferroelectric-Metal Junctions”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, 2005.

4. “GdN: an excellent candidate for high performance spintronic devices”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, 2005.

5. “Theoretical study of the magnetic ordering in rare-earth compounds with face-centered cubic structure”, the 49th Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM04), Jacksonville, Florida, 2004.

6. “Theoretical studies of the ferroelectric polymer polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)”, the 41st Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2004.

7. “Simulations of ferroelectric polymer film polarization: the role of dipole interactions”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Montreal, 2004.

8. “First-principles prediction of the electronic properties of NaCdF₃”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Austin, 2003.

9. “Theoretical study on the optical properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) crystal”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Austin, 2003.

10. “Theoretical investigation on the electronic structures of poly(vinylidene fluoride) crystals”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, 2002.

     

Education

Ph. D      Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China, August 1998
B.  S.      Department of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, June 1994

Professional Services 

· Referee:  Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. Lett. and Appl. Phys. Lett.

· Referee:  MMM annual conference proceedings.

· Referee:  external review of project proposal on Limburgs University Centrum, Belgium.

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