个人简介

天津理工大学材料科学与工程学院教授、硕士研究生导师。北京同步辐射用户委员会委员、天津市X射线研究会理事。近年来主要从事二维类石墨烯半导体材料的磁、光电特性研究，熟悉纳米磁性、半导体薄膜的制备、结构与物性测试，具有丰富的同步辐射实验经验，有数百小时的北京同步辐射实验室、合肥同步辐射国家实验室实验经历。作为课题负责人先后主持或参与国家自然科学基金、863子课题、天津自然科学基金、天津高等学校发展基金等项目。以第一作者或通讯作者在国际重要学术期刊发表SCI收录论文100余篇。指导学生获第17届“挑战杯”天津大学生课外科技作品特等奖、第18届“挑战杯”全国大学生课外科技作品一等奖。Physical Review B、Applied Physical Letter、Nanoscale、ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces、Chemistry of materials等期刊的审稿人。课题组在宽禁带半导体材料、磁性材料、光子学材料等方面具有较强研究背景，综合了低维材料合成、薄膜制备、分析测试与表征、理论研究等各种知识结构的人员。

研究成果

1. Xiaosong Zhao, Yukai An*, Multiple topological phases with electronic correlation in intrinsic ferromagnetic semimetal VI3 monolayer, Small 2024, 2407232
2. Yankai Chen, Xiaosong Zhao, and Yukai An*, Prediction for an intrinsic ferrovalley semiconductor in a Janus 2H-CeBrCl monolayer with a high Curie temperature and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, Physical Review B, 109 (2024) 125421
3. Zhigang Cao, Yukai An*, Enhancement of electrocatalytic performance of Janus In2SSe monolayer for oxygen evolution reaction by the introduction of N, Applied Surface Science, 639 (2023) 158303
4. Caixia Ren, Jiangbo. Peng, Hu Chen, Weili Zhang, Xiaoguang Pan, Hangxin Bai, Yongzheng Wang, Fangli Jing, Hailong Qiu, Yukai An, Zhanggui Hu, Hongjun Liu, Understanding Dopant-Host Interactions on Electronic Structures and Optical Properties in Ce-Doped WS2 Monolayers, Advance Function Materials, 33 (2023) 2301533
5. Cunqun Li, Yukai An*, Two-dimensional rare-earth Janus 2H-GdXY (X, Y=Cl, Br, I; X not equal Y) monolayers: Bipolar ferromagnetic semiconductors with high Curie temperature and large valley polarization, Physical Review B, 107 (2023) 115428
6. Cunqun Li, Yukai An*, Two-dimensional ferromagnetic semiconductors of rare-earth Janus 2H-GdIBr monolayers with large valley polarization, Nanoscale, 15 (2023) 8304-831
7. Cunqun Li, Yukai An*, Tunable magnetocrystalline anisotropy and valley polarization in an intrinsic ferromagnetic Janus 2H-VTeSe monolayer，Physical Review B, 107 (2022) 115417
8. Cunqun Li, Yukai An*, Two-dimensional intrinsic ferrovalley Janus 2H-VSeS monolayer with high Curie temperature and robust valley polarization，Physical Review Materials, 6 (2022) 094012  
9. Chongxin Wang, Yukai An*, Valley polarization, magnetic anisotropy and band alignment engineering in two-dimensional 2H-VTe2/1T-FeCl2 van der Waals heterostructures, Applied Surface Science, 583 (2022) 152520
10. Chen Wang, Yukai An*, Effects of strain and stacking patterns on the electronic structure, valley polarization and magnetocrystalline anisotropy of layered VTe2, Applied Surface Science, 538 (2021) 148098