Adam Wei Tsen

Assistant Professor

Adam Wei Tsen Wei Tsen's research focuses on the study of low-dimensional materials that exhibit exotic quantum phenomena, and their integration into novel electronic devices.

Contact information
Office: RAC 2102
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 30375
Email: awtsen@uwaterloo.ca
Website: Wei Tsen

Research

Structural, optical, and electronic properties of low-dimensional, quantum materials
Novel microscopy techniques and characterization
Manipulation and fabrication of mesoscopic electronic devices

Highlighted Publications

"Magnetic field-induced quantum phase transitions in a van der Waals magnet," S. Li, Z. Ye, X. Luo, G. Ye, H. H. Kim, B. Yang, S. Tian, C. Li, H. Lei, A. W. Tsen, K. Sun, R. He, L. Zhao, arXiv:2001.09536.
"Quantum tunneling devices incorporating two-dimensional magnetic semiconductors," H. H. Kim & A. W. Tsen, arXiv:1907.07087. Invited Review Article.
"Magneto-memristive switching in a 2D layer antiferromagnet," H. H. Kim, S. Jiang, B. Yang, S. Zhong, S. Tian, C. Li, H. Lei, J. Shan, K. F. Mak, A. W Tsen, Advanced Materials 32, 1905433 (2020). Inside front cover.
2019
"Generation and detection of coherent longitudinal acoustic waves in ultrathin 1T'-MoTe2," N. Rivas, S. Zhong. T. Dekker, M. Cheng, P. Gicala, F. Chen, X. Luo, Y. P. Sun, A. A. Petruk, K. Pichugin, A. W. Tsen, G. Sciaini. Applied Physics Letters 115, 223103 (2019).
"Tailored tunnel magnetoresistance response in three ultrathin chromium trihalides," H. H. Kim, B. Yang, S. Tian , C. Li , G.-X. Miao, H. Lei, A. W. Tsen, Nano Letters 19, 5739-5745 (2019).
"Evolution of interlayer and intralayer magnetism in three atomically thin chromium trihalides," H. H. Kim, B. Yang, S. Li, S. Jiang, C. Jin, Z. Tao, G. Nichols, F. Sfigakis, S. Zhong, C. Li, S. Tian, D. G. Cory, G.-X. Miao, J. Shan, K. F. Mak, H. Lei, K. Sun, L. Zhao, A. W. Tsen, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, 11131-11136 (2019).
"Atomic and electronic reconstruction at the van der Waals interface in twisted bilayer graphene," H. Yoo, R. Engelke, S. Carr, S. Fang, K. Zhang, P. Cazeaux, S. H. Sung, R. Hovden, A. W. Tsen, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, G.-C. Yi, M. Kim, M. Luskin, E. B. Tadmor, E. Kaxiras, P. Kim, Nature Materials 18, 448-453 (2019).