Publications

Selected Publications

Publications marked with asterisk () indicate equal contribution*

2025 Publications

Imaging quantum melting in a disordered 2D Wigner solid

Science 388(6748), 736-740.

Xiang, Z.*, Li, H.*, Xiao, J.*, Naik, M. H., Ge, Z., He, Z., ... & Wang, F. (2025).

DOI: 10.1126/science.ado7136

2024 Publications

Imaging tunable Luttinger liquid systems in van der Waals heterostructures

Nature 631(8022), 765–770.

Li, H.*, Xiang, Z.*, Wang, T. et al. (2024).

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07596-6

Wigner molecular crystals from multielectron moiré artificial atoms

Science 385(6704), 86-91.

Li, H.*, Xiang, Z.*, Wang, T. et al. (2024).

DOI: 10.1126/science.adk1348

Imaging moiré excited states with photocurrent tunnelling microscopy

Nature Materials 23(5), 633–638.

Li, H.*, Xiang, Z.*, Naik, M.H.* et al. (2024).

DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01753-4

Mapping charge excitations in generalized Wigner crystals

Nature Nanotechnology 19(5), 618–623.

Li, H.*, Xiang, Z.*, Regan, E. et al. (2024).

DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01594-x

2021 Publications

Visualizing electron localization of WS₂/WSe₂ moiré superlattices in momentum space

Science Advances 7(37), eabf4387.

Stansbury, C., M Iqbal Bakti Utama, Fatuzzo, C., Regan, E., Wang, D., Xiang, Z. et al. (2021).

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf4387

Awards & Recognition

Kavli Graduate Student Fellow
Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute (ENSI)
Kavli ENSI Fellowship

Research Highlights

Key Contributions

• First observation of quantum melting in disordered Wigner solids
• Development of photocurrent tunneling microscopy for excited state imaging
• Discovery of Wigner molecular crystals in artificial atoms
• Characterization of tunable Luttinger liquid physics

Publication Metrics

• Total Publications: 6 (as of December 2024)
• First/Co-first Author Papers: 5
• High-Impact Journals: Nature (1), Science (2), Nature Materials (1), Nature Nanotechnology (1)

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