Faculty Profiles
Fan Yang
Title： Professor
Tel： 8613426293996
Department： Department of Theoretical Physics
E-mail： yangfan_blg@bit.edu.cn
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Education
1999-09 to 2002-07, Peking University, Ph.D
1996-09 to 1999-07, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academic of Science, Master
1992-09 to 1996-07, Wuhan University, Bachlor
Professional experience
2013-07 to now, Beijing Institute of Technology, full professor
2009-10 to 2011-01，University of California, Berkeley, visiting professor
2004-09 to 2013-07，Beijing Institute of Technology, associate professor
2002-09 to 2004-08，Institute of Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, postdoc
Research Interests
Research area: theory of strongly-correlated systems and superconductivity
Research focus：unconventional pairing mechanisms and pairing symmetries；quantum magnetism and quantum spin liquid；electron correlation driven exotic phases；quantum many-body calculation methods
Recent interests: nickel-based high-temperature superconductivity; correlated electronic states on quasi-crystals; secondary orders and vestigial orders; doped quantum spin liquids; correlated twisted bilayer systems; variational and quantum Monte-Carlo; tensor network states
Publications
Fundings: National Natural Science Foundation of China
(1). Grant No.12074031，”Theoretical Researches on Electronic Correlations Driven Exotic Quantum States in Twisted Multilayer Graphene Families”, 2021-01 to 2024-12. Finished. Leader
(2). Grant No.11674025，”Theoretical Researches on the Material Realization of Intrinsic Topological Superconductors”，2017-01 to 2020-12. Finished. Leader
(3). Grant No.11274041，”Variational Monte-Carlo studies for unconventional superconductivities and related propblems”，2013-01 to 2016-12. Finished. Leader
(4). Grant No. 12234016, “Study of Novel Correlations and Topological States of Matter in Multi-Orbital Systems”, 2023-01 to 2027-12. On-going. Participant.
(5). Grant No.11334012，”Exotic Quantum States in complicated multi-orbital systems.” 2014-01 to 2018-12. Finished. Participant.
(6). Grant No.10704008，”Variational studies for theories of High-Temperature Superconductors”, 2008-01 to 2010-12. Finished. Leader.
Selected Papers in Recent Years
1. Lu Liu, Zi-Xiang Li*, and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 206001 (2025), “Superconductivity and Charge Density Wave in the Holstein Model on the Penrose Lattice”.
2. M. Zhang, C. Pei, D. Peng, X. Du, W. Hu, Y. Cao, Q. Wang, J. Wu, Y. Li, H. Liu, C. Wen, J. Song, Y. Zhao, C. Li, W. Cao, S. Zhu, Q. Zhang, N. Yu, P. Cheng, L. Zhang, Z. Li, J. Zhao, Y. Chen, C. Jin, H. Guo*, C. Wu, F. Yang*, Q. Zeng, S. Yan*, L. Yang*, and Y. Qi*, Phys. Rev. X 15, 021005 (2025), “Superconductivity in Trilayer Nickelate La4Ni3O10 under Pressure”.
3. Chen Lu, Zhiming Pan, Fan Yang*, and Congjun Wu*, Phys. Rev. B 111, 134515 (2025),“Superconductivity in La4Ni3O10 under pressure”.
4. M. Zhang, H. Sun, Y.-B. Liu, Q. Liu, W.-Q. Chen*, and F. Yang*, Phys. Rev. B 111, 144502 (2025), “Spin-density wave and superconductivity in La4Ni3O10 under ambient pressure”.
5. Yitong Yao, Jun Li, Jiacheng Ye, Fan Yang*, and Dao-Xin Yao*, Chin. Phys. Lett. 42 067504 (2025), “Electric Field Induced Superconductivity in Bilayer Octagraphene”.
6. Y.-B. Liu, J. Zhou, and F. Yang*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 136002 (2024)(Editor's suggestion), “Nematic Superconductivity and Its Critical Vestigial Phases in the Quasicrystal”.
7. Chen Lu, Zhiming Pan, Fan Yang*, and Congjun Wu*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 146002 (2024), “Interlayer-Coupling-Driven High-Temperature Superconductivity in La3Ni2O7 under Pressure”. (ESI highly-cited paper & hot paper).
8. X.-Z. Qu, D.-W. Qu, J. Chen, C. Wu, F. Yang, W. Li*, and Gang Su*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 036502 (2024), “Bilayer t-J-J⊥ Model and Magnetically Mediated Pairing in the Pressurized Nickelate La3Ni2O7”. (ESI highly-cited paper)
9. Ming Zhang, Hongyi Sun, Yu-Bo Liu, Qihang Liu, Wei-Qiang Chen*, and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. B 110, L180501 (2024)，“s±-wave superconductivity in pressurized La4Ni3O10”.
10. Chen Lu, Zhiming Pan, Fan Yang*, and Congjun Wu*, Phys. Rev. B 110, 094509 (2024), “Interplay of two Eg orbitals in superconducting La3Ni2O7 under pressure”.
11. Zhiming Pan, Chen Lu, Fan Yang*, and Congjun Wu*, Chin. Phys. Lett. 41, 087401 (2024), “Effect of Rare-Earth Element Substitution in Superconducting R3Ni2O7 under Pressure”.
12. Jialin Chen, Fan Yang*, and Wei Li*, Phys. Rev. B 110, L041111 (2024), “Orbital-selective superconductivity in the pressurized bilayer nickelate La3Ni2O7: An infinite projected entangled-pair state study”.
13. Ming Zhang, Chen Lu, Yajiang Chen, Yunbo Zhang, and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. B 110, 094519 (2024)，“Hydrogen doping induced px ± ipy triplet superconductivity in quasi-one-dimensional K2Cr3As3”.
14. Zhiming Pan, Chen Lu, Fan Yang*, and Congjun Wu*, Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron. 67, 287412 (2024), “Frustrated superconductivity and sextetting order”.
15. Yu-Bo Liu, Jia-Wei Mei*, Fei Ye, Wei-Qiang Chen*, and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 236002 (2023), “s±-Wave Pairing and the Destructive Role of Apical-Oxygen Deficiencies in La3Ni2O7 under Pressure”. (ESI highly-cited paper and hot paper)
16. Yu-Bo Liu, Jing Zhou, Congjun Wu, Fan Yang*, Nat. Commun. 14, 7926(2023). “Charge-4e superconductivity and chiral metal in 45°-twisted bilayer cuprates and related bilayers”.
17. Yu-Bo Liu, Zhi-Yan Shao, Ye Cao*, and Fan Yang*, Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron.66, 290312 (2023), “Unconventional superfluidity of superconductivity on Penrose lattice”.
18. Yu-Bo Liu, Jing Zhou, Yongyou Zhang, Wei-Qiang Chen, and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. B 108, 064508 (2023), “Making chiral topological superconductors from nontopological superconductors through large angle twists”.
19. Yu-Bo Liu, Yongyou Zhang, Wei-Qiang Chen* and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. B 107, 014501 (2023), “High-angular-momentum topological superconductivities in twisted bilayer quasicrystal systems”.
20. Chen Lu, Yongyou Zhang*, Yu Zhang, Ming Zhang, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Yu Wang, Zheng-Cheng Gu, Wei-Qiang Chen, and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. B 106, 024518 (2022). “Chiral SO(4) spin-valley density wave and degenerate topological superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene”.
21. M. Zhang, J.-J. Hao, X. Wu*, and F. Yang*, Phys. Rev. B 105, 134509 (2022) . “Lifshitz transition enhanced triplet pz-wave superconductivity in hydrogen-doped KCr3As3”.
22. Chen Lu, Lun-Hui Hu, Yu Wang*, Fan Yang*, and Congjun Wu*, Phys. Rev. B 105, 054516 (2022). “Two-orbital model for possible superconductivity pairing mechanism in nickelates”
23. Yu-Bo Liu, Juan-Juan Hao, Yongyou Zhang*, Ye Cao, Wei-Qiang Chen, and Fan Yang*,
Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron. 65, 287411 (2022).
“Cooper instability and superconductivity of the Penrose lattice”.
24. Yi-Fan Jiang, Hong Yao* and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 187003 (2021).
“Possible Superconductivity with a Bogoliubov Fermi Surface in a Lightly Doped Kagome U(1) Spin Liquid”.
25. Ye Cao, Yongyou Zhang ,Yu-Bo Liu, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Wei-Qiang Chen, and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 017002 (2020). “Kohn-Luttinger Mechanism Driven Exotic Topological Superconductivity on the Penrose Lattice”
26. Cheng-Cheng Liu, Chen Lu, Li-Da Zhang, Xianxin Wu, Chen Fang, and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 033050 (2020).
“Intrinsic topological superconductivity with exactly flat surface bands in the quasi-one-dimensional A2Cr3As3 (A=Na, K, Rb, Cs) superconductors”
27. Y.-N. Ren, C. Lu, Y. Zhang, S.-Y. Li, Y.-W. Liu, C. Yan, Z.-H. Guo, C.-C. Liu*, F. Yang* and Lin He*, ACS Nano 14, 13081 (2020), “Spectroscopic Evidence for a Spin- and ValleyPolarized Metallic State in a Nonmagic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene”
28. Jun Li, Shangjian Jin, Fan Yang and Dao-Xin Yao, Phys. Rev. B 102, 174509 (2020),
“Electronic structure, magnetism, and high-temperature superconductivity in multilayer octagraphene and octagraphite”
29. L.-D. Zhang, X. Zhang, J.-J. Hao, W. Huang,and F. Yang*, Phys. Rev. B 99, 094511 (2019),
“Singlet s±-wave pairing in quasi-one-dimensional ACr3As3 (A=K,Rb Cs) superconductors”.
30. Y.-T. Kang, C. Lu, F. Yang* and D.-X. Yao*, Phys. Rev. B 99, 184506 (2019), “Single-orbital realization of high-temperature s± superconductivity in the square-octagon lattice”
31. Cheng-Cheng Liu, Li-Da Zhang, Wei-Qiang Chen,and Fan Yang*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 217001 (2018), “Chiral Spin Density Wave and d + id Superconductivity in the Magic-Angle-Twisted Bilayer Graphene”. (ESI highly-cited paper and hot paper)
32. Y. Li, M. Liu, Z. Fu, X. Chen, F. Yang, and Y.-f. Yang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 217001 (2018), “Gap Symmetry of the Heavy Fermion Superconductor CeCu2Si2 at Ambient Pressure”.
33. C. Lu, L.-D. Zhang, X. Wu, F. Yang*, J. Hu*， Phys. Rev. B 97, 165110 (2018),
“d+id chiral superconductivity in a triangular lattice from trigonal bipyramidal complexes”.
34. L.-D. Zhang, W. Huang*, F. Yang*, H. Yao*, Phys. Rev. B(Rapid Communication) 97, 060510 (2018), “Superconducting pairing in Sr2RuO4 from weak to intermediate coupling”
35. T. Ma*, F. Yang*, Z. Huang*, H.-Q. Lin, Sci Rep. 7, 42262 (2017),
“Triplet p-wave pairing correlation in low-doped zigzag graphene nanoribbons”.
36. L.-D. Zhang, X. Wu, H. Fan, F. Yang*, J. Hu*, Europhys. Lett. 113, 37003(2016), “Revisitation of superconductivity in K2Cr3As3 based on the six-band model”
37. Li-Da Zhang, Fan Yang*, Yugui Yao*, Phys. Rev. B 92, 104504 (2015).
“Itinerant Ferromagnetism and $p+ip'$ Superconductivity in Doped Bilayer Silicene.”
38. Xianxin Wu, Fan Yang*, Congcong Le, Heng Fan, Jiangping Hu*, Phys. Rev. B 92, 104511 (2015). “Triplet pz-wave pairing in quasi one dimensional A2Cr3As3 superconductors”
39. Zi Yang Meng*, Fan Yang, Kuang-Shing Chen, Hong Yao, Hae-Young Kee, Phys. Rev. B 91, 184509 (2015). “Evidence for spin-triplet odd-parity superconductivity close to type-II van Hove singularities”
40. Fan Yang*, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Yugui Yao*, Dung-Hai Lee, Phys. Rev. B 91, 134514 (2015). “Time-reversal-invariant topological superconductivity in n-doped BiH”
41. Xi Chen, Yugui Yao, Hong Yao*, Fan Yang*, Jun Ni*, Phys. Rev. B 92, 174503 (2015). “Topological p+ip superconductivity in doped graphene-like single-sheet materials BC$_3$”
42. Hong Yao and Fan Yang, Phys. Rev. B 92, 035132 (2015).
“Topological Odd-Parity Superconductivity at Type-II 2D Van Hove Singularities”
43. Li-Da Zhang, Fan Yang*, Yugui Yao*, Sci. Rep. 5, 8203 (2015).
“Possible Electric-Field-Induced Superconducting States in Doped Silicene”
44. Yanfeng Ge, Wenhui Wan, Fan Yang and Yugui Yao*, New J. Phys. 17, 035008 (2015).
“The strain effect on superconductivity in phosphorene: a firstprinciples prediction”
45. Tianxing Ma, Fan Yang*, Hong Yao*, Hai-Qing Lin, Phys. Rev. B 90, 245114 (2014).
“Possible Triplet $p+ip$ Superconductivity in Graphene at Low Filling”
46. Wenhui Wan, Yanfeng Ge, Fan Yang, Yugui Yao*, Europhy. Lett, 104 (2013) 36001. “Phonon-mediated Superconductivity in Silicene”
47. Fan Yang, Fa Wang, Dung-Hai Lee, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication) 88, 100504 (2013). “Fermiology, Orbital Order, Orbital Fluctuation and Cooper Pairing in Iron-based Superconductors”
48. Feng Liu, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Kehui Wu, Fan Yang*, Yugui Yao*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 066804 (2013). “d+id' Chiral Superconductivity in Bilayer Silicene”
49. Fan Yang and Hong Yao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 147209 (2012).
“Frustrated RVB states in 2D: classifications and short-range correlations”
50. Chung-Pin Chou, Fan Yang*, Ting-Kuo Lee，Phys. Rev. B 85, 054510 (2012). “Grand-canonical variational approach for the t-J model”
51. Wan-Sheng Wang, Yuan-Yuan Xiang, Qiang-Hua Wang, Fa Wang, Fan Yang, Dung-Hai Lee, Phys. Rev. B 85, 035414(2012). “Functional renormalization group and variational Monte Carlo studies of the electronic instabilities in graphene near 1/4 doping”
52. Yi-Zhuang You, Fan Yang, Su-Peng Kou, Zheng-Yu Weng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 167001 (2011). “Phase diagram and a possible unified description of intercalated iron selenide superconductors”
53. Yi-Zhuang You, Fan Yang, Su-Peng Kou, Zheng-Yu Weng, Phys. Rev. B 84, 054527 (2011). “Magnetic and superconducting instabilities in a hybrid model of itinerant/localized electrons for iron pnictides”
54. Fa Wang, Fan Yang, Miao Gao, Zhong-Yi Lu, Tao Xiang, Dung-Hai Lee, EPL 93, 57003 (2011). “The Electron Pairing of K$_x$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$”
55. Fan Yang and Tao Li, Phys. Rev. B 83, 064524 (2011). “Theory of the quasiparticle excitation in high T$_{c}$ cuprates: quasiparticle charge and nodal-antinodal dichotomy”.
56. Fan Yang, Hui Zhai, Fa Wang, Dung-Hai Lee, Phys. Rev. B 83, 134502 (2011). “The electronic instabilities of the Iron-based superconductors: a variational Monte-Carlo study”
57. F. Yang, S.-P. Kou, Z.-Y. Weng*, Phys. Rev. B 81, 245130 (2010). “Collective spin mode in a multi-component system of coupled itinerant and localized electrons”.
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