Education

Ph.D. in physics, January 2008, Tsinghua University

Bachelor D. in physics, June 2003, Tsinghua University

Professional Positions Held

Associate Professor of Physics, June 2010-August 2012

Professor of Physics, September 2012-present

International Communication and Visit

2008.1-2010.5：City University of Hong Kong, postdoctor;

Research Grants Funded So Far

I. Theoretical investigations on the modulations of group-IV nano-materials’ structures and properties by surface decoration

The National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 1474100, ￥800,000, January 2015-December 2018.

II. Structure prediction and performance modulation of carbon nanomaterials

Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars Grant No. 2014A030306024, ￥1,000,000, January 2015-December 2018.

Representative papers

1. Shao-Bin Qiu, Yu-Jun Zhao, Yao Yao, and Xiao-Bao Yang*, Possible high-spin states in hydrogenated C60 molecules, Phys. Rev. B 104, 134409 (2021)

2. Chang-Chun He, Shao-Gang Xu, Yu-Jun Zhao, Hu Xu* and Xiao-Bao Yang*, All-boron planar ferromagnetic structures: from clusters to monolayers, Nanoscale ,13, 9881 (2021)

3. Chang-Chun He, Shao-Bin Qiu, Ju-Song Yu, Ji-Hai Liao, Yu-Jun Zhao, and Xiao-Bao Yang*, Atom Classification Model for Total Energy Evaluation of Two Dimensional Multicomponent Materials, J. Phys. Chem. A , 124, 22, 4506（2020）

4. Yun-Hua Cheng,Ji-Hai Liao,Yu-Jun Zhao,Jun Ni and Xiao-Bao Yang*, Theoretical investigations on stable structures of C60-nNn (n=2~12): symmetry,model interaction,global optimization, Carbon 140-149, 154(2019)

5. Shao-Gang Xu+,Xiao-Tian Li+,Yu-Jun Zhao,Ji-Hai Liao,Hu Xu* and Xiao-Bao Yang*, An Electron Compensation Mechanism for Polymorphism of Boron Monolayers, Nanoscale 10,13410(2018).

6. Shao-Gang Xu+, Xiao-Tian Li+,Yu-Jun Zhao,Ji-Hai Liao,Wang-Ping Xu, Xiao-Bao Yang*,and Hu Xu*, Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Boron Monolayers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139,17233(2017).