Prof. Junling Wang (王峻嶺), Chair Professor at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in Physics, visited IAPME on 5 September, 2025. During his visit, he delivered an insightful presentation titled “Electric-field Control of Spin in Ferroelectric vdW Heterostructures” The seminar was hosted by Prof. Yongqing Cai, who extended the invitation to Prof. Wang.
Prof. Wang obtained his B.S. degree from Nanjing University, China in 1999, and Ph.D. degree from University of Maryland, College Park in 2005. He joined Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as an Assistant Professor in 2006. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2011 and Full Professor in 2017. In 2024, he joined CityU as a Chair Professor in Physics. Prof. Wang’s research activities focus on multiferroic materials. His pioneering work on BiFeO3 thin films has attracted much attention in the field. His recent interests also include 2D vdW materials that possess ferroelectric and/or magnetic properties.
During his talk, Prof. Wang shared the latest progress on the control of spin by electric field on the basis of two-dimensional vdW heterostructures by his research group. The seminar covered the discovery and development of the unique layered structure of WTe2 for its coexistence of switchable polarization and high conductivity, ideally for realizing the electric-field control of spin and magnetization.
Through this visit, Prof. Wang expressed great interests in potential collaborations on 2D vdW heterostructures with IAPME members. Potential collaborative works on spintronics are also promised.
