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Le Wang

Associate Researcher

Working Place: Room 714, Shenzhen International Quantum Academy

Email: wangle@iqasz.cn

Research Direction: 1.Single-crystal growth and characterization of heavy-fermion and quantum magnetic-frustration materials (mainly rare-earth compounds and frustrated magnets); 2.Single-crystal synthesis and characterization of two-dimensional magnetic materials (mainly van der Waals materials based on transition metals); 3.Exploration of novel quantum materials and investigation of low-temperature quantum critical behaviors.

Personal Biography

Le Wang, Ph.D., Associate Researcher, mainly engages in the single-crystal growth and physical-property characterization of quantum materials. In heavy-fermion research, he pioneered the successful growth of the heavy-fermion single crystals CeCo₂Ga₈, CeCoInGa₃, and CePd₂Al₈, and expanded the understanding of low-dimensional heavy-fermion quantum criticality and many-body effects in CeRh₂As₂ near the Fermi level 【npj Quantum Materials 2, 36 (2017); PRB 98 (11), 115119 (2018); PRB 100 (8), 085122 (2019); PRX 14, 021048 (2024)】. In quantum spin-liquid research, he optimized the growth of single-crystal H₃LiIr₂O₆, α-Li₂IrO₃, and Cu₃Zn(OH)₆FBr, and probed low-energy excitations and magnetic continua in these systems 【PRB 101, 201101 (2020); PRB 101, 174436 (2020); PRL 127, 267202 (2021)】. In magnetic-frustration studies, he grew single crystals Na₂BaCo(PO₄)₂ and Na₂BaNi(PO₄)₂, revealing the universality of quantum critical behavior in S = 1/2 triangular-lattice systems and the Bose–Einstein condensation of two-magnon bound states in S = 1 triangular lattices 【PNAS 119(51), e2211193119 (2022); Nat. Mater. 24(4), 544-551 (2025); The Innovation 6(4), 100769 (2025)】.

He serves as principal investigator of a National Natural Science Foundation of China Young Scientists Fund project and a China Postdoctoral Science Foundation project.

Education Background

2014/09–2019/06: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences — Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics

2010/09–2014/06: Zhejiang Sci-Tech University — B.S. in Applied Physics

Working Experience

2024/12–Present: Shenzhen International Quantum Academy — Research Fellow

2021/12–2024/11: Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology — Research Assistant Professor

2019/10–2021/11: University of Science and Technology of China / Southern University of Science and Technology — Postdoctoral Researcher

Papers and Patents (*co-first author, †co-corresponding author)

[1] J. Sheng^*, J.-W. Mei^*†, L. Wang^*, X. Xu, W. Jiang, L. Xu, H. Ge, N. Zhao, T. Li, A. Candini, B. Xi, J. Zhao, Y. Fu, J. Yang, Y. Zhang, G. Biasiol, S. Wang, J. Zhu, P. Miao, X. Tong, D. Yu, R. Mole, Y. Cui, L. Ma, Z. Zhang, Z. Ouyang, W. Tong, A. Podlesnyak, L.Wang, F. Ye, D. Yu^†, W. Yu^†, L. Wu^†, and Z. Wang^†, Bose-Einstein condensation of a two-magnon bound state in a spin-one triangular lattice, Nat. Mater. 24(4), 544-551 (2025).

[2] J. Sheng^* L. Wang^*, W. Jiang, H. Ge, N. Zhao, T. Li, M. Kofu, D. Yu, W. Zhu, J.-W. Mei^†, Z. Wang^†, L. Wu^†, Continuum of spin excitations in an ordered magnet, The Innovation 6(4), 100769 (2025).

[3] Observation of Highly Spin-Polarized Dangling Bond Surface States in Rare-Earth Pnictide Tellurides, Y. Cai, J. Zhang, H. Zha, F. Zhang, Y. Wang, W. Chen, Z. Hao, L. Deng, W. Liu, H. Rong, Z. Jiang, Y. Yang, Q. Jiang, Z. Liu, M. Ye, E. D. L. Rienks, Y. Huang, S. Guo, J. Lin, L. Wang^†, Q. Liu^†, S. Qiao^†, and C. Chen^†, Adv. Mater. 37(1), 2411733 (2024).

[4] X. Chen^*, L. Wang^*, J. Ishizuka^*, R. Zhang^*, K. Nogaki, Y. Cheng, F. Yang, Z. Chen, F. Zhu, Z. Liu, J. Mei, Y. Yanase^†, B. Lv^†, and Y. Huang^†, Coexistence of near-E_F Flat Band and Van Hove Singularity in a Two-Phase Superconductor, Phys. Rev. X 14(2), 021048 (2024).

[5] J. Sheng^*, L. Wang^*, A. Candini, W. Jiang, L. Huang, B. Xi, J. Zhao, H.Ge, N. Zhao, Y. Fu, J. Ren, J. Yang, P. Miao, X. Tong, D. Yu, S. Wang, Q. Liu, M. Kofu, R. Mole, G. Biasiol, D. Yu^†, I. A Zaliznyak^†, J.-W. Mei^†, and L. Wu^†, Two-dimensional quantum universality in the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice quantum antiferromagnet Na₂BaCo(PO₄)₂, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 119(51), e2211193119 (2022).

[6] Y. Fu^*, J. Chen^*, J. M. Sheng^*, H. Ge, L. L. Huang, C. Liu, Z. X. Wang, Z. W. Ouyang, X. B. Chen, D. P. Yu, S. M. Wang, L. S. Wu, H.-F. Li^†, L. Wang^†, and J.-W. Mei^†, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya anisotropy effect on field-induced magnon condensation in the kagome antiferromagnet α-Cu_3.26Mg_0.74(OH)₆Br₂, Phys. Rev. B 104, 245107 (2021).

[7] S. H. Pei^*, L.-L. Huang^*, G. M. Li, X. B. Chen, B. Xi, X. W. Wang, Y. G. Shi, D. P. Yu, C. Liu, L. Wang^†, F.Ye, M. Y. Huang^†, and J.-W. Mei^†, Magnetic Raman continuum in single-crystalline H₃LiIr₂O₆, Phys. Rev. B 101, 201101 (2020).

[8] L. Wang, C. X. Wang, Z. Y. Liu, J.-G. Cheng, S. S. Miao, Y. T. Song, Y. G. Shi^†, and Y.-F. Yang^†, Magnetic phase diagrams of the ferromagnetic Kondo lattice CePd₂Al₈, Phys. Rev. B 100 (8), 085122 (2019).

[9] L. Wang^*, Y. J. Xu^*, M. Yang, Q. Q. Wang, C. X. Wang, Y. T. Song, Y. G. Shi^†, and Y.-F. Yang^†, Anisotropic hybridization in the new Kondo lattice compound CeCoInGa₃, Phys. Rev. B 98 (11), 115119 (2018).

[10] L. Wang^*, Z. M. Fu^*, J. P. Sun, M. Liu, W. Yi, C. Y. Yi, Y. K. Luo, Y. M. Dai, G. T. Liu, Y. Matsushita, K. Yamaura, L. Lu, J.-G. Cheng, Y.-F. Yang^†, Y. G. Shi^†, and J. L. Luo, Heavy fermion behavior in the quasi-one-dimensional Kondo lattice CeCo₂Ga₈, npj Quantum Materials 2, 36 (2017).