Yalun Ku

Research Associate

Email:yalunku@hnas.ac.cn

Yalun Ku is a research associate in the Mozi laboratory who currently focuses on wide-bandgap semiconductor devices, AlGaN/GaN HEMT integration, diamond thermal management, interface engineering, and electron microscopy techniques. She has published 7 papers as the first author in high-impact SCI journals, including two papers with impact factors close to 20. She has also applied for two national invention patents and participated in formulating one local standard.

Education Background

2012.09-2016.07 China university of geosciences(Wuhan), Gemology and Materials Processing, Bachelor of Engineering

2017.09-2020.07 China university of geosciences(Wuhan), Gemology, Master of Science

2020.09-2024.12 Zhengzhou university, Condensed Matter Physics Doctor of Science

Work Experience

Since December 2024: Research Associate at Mozi Laboratory

Publications and patents in the past five years

(1) Yalun Ku, Kun Xu, Longbin Yan, Kuikui Zhang, Dongsheng Song, Xing Li*, Shunfang Li, Shaobo Cheng*, Chongxin Shan*; Revealing the atomic mechanism of diamond-iron interfacial reaction, Carbon Energy, 6(3), e440 (2024)

(2) Yalun Ku, Wentao Huang, Xing Li*, Li Wan, Kuikui Zhang, Longbin Yan, Ying Guo, Shaobo Cheng*, Chongxin Shan*; Rational design of diamond through microstructure engineering: From

synthesis to applications, Carbon Energy, 6(7), e570 (2024)

(3)  Yalun Ku, Kuikui Zhang, Ying Guo, Shulong Chang, Yu Yan, Guangsong Zheng, Han Gao, Dongsheng Song, Xun Yang*, Shaobo Cheng*, Lin Dong, Chongxin Shan*; Boron-doped diamond composites for durable oxygen evolution, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 677, 675-682 (2025)

(4) Longbin Yan, Shaobo Cheng*,  Yalun Ku, Dongyang Wang, Taiqiao Liu, Xing Li, Zhaofu Zhang*, Chongxin Shan*; Intralevel optical transitions of XV (XV=BV, SiV, and NV) centers in fluorinated damane, Nano letters, 25(12), 4818-4824 (2025)

(5) Kuikui Zhang, Chenglong Shen, Longbin Yan,  Yalun Ku, Chunxiang Zhao, Qing Lou*, Jinhao Zang, Chunyao Niu, Shaobo Cheng*, Shunfang Li, Chongxin Shan*; Long-lifetime phosphorescence in diamond for data storage[J]. Nano Today, 55, 102176 (2024)

(6) Fukui Li, Wenbo Zhao, Yong Wang, Wentao Huang,  Yalun Ku, Hang Liu, Rui Guo, Huihui Yu, Kaikai Liu*, Chongxin Shan*, Cationic engineered nanodiamonds for efficient antibacterial surface with strong wear resistance[J]. Nano Research, 17(3), 939-948 (2024).