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Summary: Lan Lab’s research covers multidisciplinary topics in Applied Physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, and Nanotechnology. It has consistently contributed to advancing the understanding of these fields, with solid results published in well-regarded journals, including Nature Series (6), Nano Letters (5), and Advanced Materials (4). If you are interested in the impact factors of journals, you can also find them in the Impact Metrics of our research. According to Google Scholar, it has led to 41 published journal articles, with an h-index of 23, an i10-index of 28, and over 2,600 citations as of February 2026.
Nature/Science/Cell Series: [Nat. Com. 2023], [Nat. Com. 2022], [Nat. Com. 2021], [Nat. Com. 2017], [Nat. Mat. 2015], [Nat. Com. 2014]
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Under Review
| # | Article | Year |
| 43 | Reciprocal quantum electrodynamics with bound states in the continuum S. Lan Under Review, [arxiv:2512.20779 – 12/23/2025] |
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| 42 | Gigahertz directional light modulation with electro-optic metasurfaces S. Lin, Y. Chen, T. Hwang, A.Upadhyay, R. Rady, D. Dolt, S. Palermo, K. Entesari, C. Madsen, Z.J. Wong, S. Lan Under Review, [arxiv:2501.06102 – 01/10/2025] |
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2026
| 41 | Optical propulsion and levitation of metajets K. Kudtarkar, Y. Chen, Z. Cai, P. Cunha, X. Wang, S. Lin, Z.J. Wong, Y. Liu, S. Lan accepted, [arxiv:2502.17334 – 02/24/2025] |
2026 |
2025
| 40 | Direct writing of nanostructured metasurfaces by hot-electron-driven laser sintering K. Chang, K. Wei, K. Kudtarkar, C. Yelkarasi, A. Erdemir, S. Lan, M.C. Hipwell, H. Pan Nano Letters 25, 15098-15106 |
2025 |
| 39 | Predictive design of tactile friction for micro/nanostructured haptic surfaces Y. Ma, X. Li, X. Ma, C. Choi, L. Kruse, S. Lan, M.C. Hipwell Communications Materials 6, 1 |
2025 |
2024
| 38 | Femtosecond laser ablation responses of kerogen-rich, argillaceous, and bituminous shale rocks P. Raj, P. Cunha, S. Lan, K.Y. Xie Geoenergy Science and Engineering 240, 213047 |
2024 |
2023
| 37 | Ferromagnetism emerged from non-ferromagnetic atomic crystals C. Gong, P. Zhang, T. Norden, Q. Li, Z. Guo, A. Chaturvedi, A. Najafi, S. Lan, X. Liu, Y. Wang, H. Zeng, H. Zhang, A. Petrou, X. Zhang Nature Communications 14, 3839 |
2023 |
| 36 | Synergistic, adaptive, continuous-flow, and low-carbon solar evaporation and electrochemical treatment (SEET) system – A combined numerical and experimental study T. Fan, S. Lan, Y. Li Separation and Purification Technology 323, 124354 |
2023 |
2022
| 35 | Coherent momentum control of forbidden excitons X. Ma, K. Kudtarkar, Y. Chen, P. Cunha, Y. Ma, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, X. Qian, M.C. Hipwell, Z.J. Wong, S. Lan Nature Communications 13, 6916 – [arxiv:2110.09639 – 10/18/2021] |
2022 |
| 34 | Strategical deep learning for photonic bound states in the continuum X. Ma, Y. Ma, P. Cunha, Q. Liu, K. Kudtarkar, D. Xu, J. Wang, Y. Chen, Z.J. Wong, M. Liu, M.C. Hipwell, S. Lan Laser & Photonics Reviews 16, 2100658 – [Featured Frontispiece], [arxiv:2105.03001 – 05/06/2021] |
2022 |
| 33 | Integrating solar steam generation with electrocatalysis to achieve simultaneous fouling–resistant desalination and accelerated organics degradation T. Fan, W. Deng, X. Feng, S. Lan, J. Pellessier, Y. Li Desalination 532, 115763 |
2022 |
| 32 | Review of optically active and nonlinear chiral metamaterials – [Invited Article] S. P. Rodrigues, P. Cunha, K. Kudtarkar, E. M. Dede, S. Lan Journal of Nanophotonics 16, 020901 – [arxiv:2201.09820 – 01/24/2022] |
2022 |
| 31 | Superparamagnetic iron oxide enclosed hollow gold nanostructure with tunable surface plasmonic resonances to promote near-infrared photothermal conversion M. Yuan, X. Feng, T. Yan, J. Chen, X. Ma, P. Cunha, S. Lan, Y. Li, H. Zhou, Y. Wang Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials 5, 2387–2398 |
2022 |
| 30 | High-harmonic optical vortex generation from photonic bound states in the continuum L. Kang, Y. Wu, X. Ma, S. Lan, and D.H. Werner Advanced Optical Materials 10, 2101497 |
2022 |
2021
| 29 | Nanotexture shape and surface energy impact on electroadhesive human–machine interface performance X. Li, Y. Ma, C. Choi, X. Ma, S. Chatterjee, S. Lan, M.C. Hipwell Advanced Materials 33, 2008337 – [Featured Cover] |
2021 |
| 28 | Observation of strong excitonic magneto-chiral anisotropy in twisted bilayer van der Waals crystals S. Lan, X. Liu, S. Wang, H. Zhu, Y. Liu, C. Gong, S. Yang, J. Shi, Y. Wang, X. Zhang Nature Communications 12, 2088 – [Preprint – 07/10/2020] |
2021 |
| 27 | Engineering photonic environments for two-dimensional materials – [Invited Article] X. Ma, N. Youngblood, X. Liu, Y. Cheng, P. Cunha, K. Kudtarkar, X. Wang, S. Lan Nanophotonics 10, 1031-1058 – [arxiv:2009.09133 – 09/19/2020] |
2021 |
2020
| 26 | Monolithic full-Stokes near-infrared polarimetry with chiral plasmonic metasurface integrated graphene-silicon photodetector L. Li, J. Wang, L. Kang, W. Liu, L. Yu, B. Zheng, M.L. Brongersma, D.H. Werner, S. Lan, Y. Shi, Y. Xu, and X. Wang ACS Nano 14, 16634-16642 |
2020 |
| 25 | Nonlinear optics at excited states of exciton polaritons in two-dimensional atomic crystals X. Liu, J. Yi, Q. Li, S. Yang, W. Bao, C. Ropp, S. Lan, Y. Wang, X. Zhang Nano Letters 20, 1676-1685 |
2020 |
2019 & Before
| 24 | Metasurfaces for near-eye augmented reality S. Lan, X. Zhang, M. Taghinejad, S. Rodrigues, K. T. Lee, Z. Liu, W. Cai ACS Photonics 6, 864-870 – [arXiv:1901.06408 – 01/18/2019] |
2019 |
| 23 | Preserving spin states upon reflection: linear and nonlinear responses of a chiral meta-mirror L. Kang, S. Rodrigues, M. Taghinejad, S. Lan, K. Lee, Y. Liu, D. H. Werner, A. Urbas, W. Cai Nano Letters 17, 7102-7109 |
2017 |
| 22 | Dark plasmonic modes in diatomic gratings for plasmoelectronics S. Lan, S. Rodrigues, M. Taghinejad, W. Cai Laser & Photonics Reviews 11, 1600312 |
2017 |
| 21 | Intensity-dependent modulation of optically active signals in a chiral metamaterial S. Rodrigues, S. Lan, L. Kang, Y. Cui, P. Panuski, S. Wang, A. M. Urbas, W. Cai Nature Communications 8, 14602 |
2017 |
| 20 | Optical properties of black phosphorus – [Invited Article] X. Wang, S. Lan Advances in Optics and Photonics 8, 618-655 |
2016 |
| 19 | Electrically tunable harmonic generation of light from plasmonic structures in electrolytes S. Lan, S. Rodrigues, Y. Cui, L. Kang, W. Cai Nano Letters 16, 5074-5079 |
2016 |
| 18 | Visualizing optical phase anisotropy in black phosphorus S. Lan, S. Rodrigues, L. Kang, W. Cai ACS Photonics 3, 1176-1181, 2016 |
2016 |
| 17 | Backward phase-matching: rethinking nonlinear optical rules – [Invited Article] S. Lan, S. Rodrigues, W. Cai SPIE Newsroom, DOI:10.1117/2.1201508.006089 – [PDF] |
2015 |
| 16 | An active metamaterial platform for chiral responsive optoelectronics L. Kang, S. Lan, Y. Cui, S. Rodrigues, Y. Liu, D. H. Werner, W. Cai Advanced Materials 27, 4377-4383 |
2015 |
| 15 | Backward phase-matching for nonlinear optical generation in negative-index materials S. Lan, L. Kang, D. T. Schoen, S. Rodrigues, Y. Cui, M. L. Brongersma, W. Cai Nature Materials 14, 807-811 |
2015 |
| 14 | Metamaterials enable chiral-selective enhancement of two-photon excitation from quantum emitters S. Rodrigues, Y. Cui, S. Lan, L. Kang, W. Cai Advanced Materials 27, 1124-1130 |
2015 |
| 13 | Electrifying photonic metamaterials for tunable nonlinear optics L. Kang, Y. Cui, S. Lan, S. Rodrigues, M. L. Brongersma, W. Cai Nature Communications 5, 4680 |
2014 |
| 12 | Nonlinear imaging and spectroscopy of chiral metamaterials S. Rodrigues, S. Lan, L. Kang, Y. Cui, W. Cai Advanced Materials 26, 6157-6162 |
2014 |
| 11 | Giant chiral optical response from a twisted-arc metamaterial Y. Cui, L. Kang, S. Lan, S. Rodrigues, W. Cai Nano Letters 14, 1021-1025 |
2014 |
| 10 | Application of dynamic line narrowing in resonant optical sensing F. Liu, S. Lan, M. Hossein-Zadeh Optics Letters 36, 4395-4397 |
2011 |
| 9 | Faraday effect in high-Q whispering-gallery mode optical cavities S. Lan, M. Hossein-Zadeh IEEE Photonics Journal 3, 871-880 |
2011 |
| 8 | Implement of a new fiber optical coherence tomography system in the diagnosis of dental caries Z. Meng, X. S. Yao, S. Lan, H. Yao, T. Liu, Y. Li, Y. Liang, G. Wang Acta Laser Biology Sinica 19, 98-102 |
2010 |
| 7 | Measurement of the refractive index of human teeth by optical coherence tomography Z. Meng, X. S. Yao, H. Yao, Y. Liang, T. Liu, Y. Li, G. Wang, S. Lan Journal of Biomedical Optics 14, 034010 |
2009 |
| 6 | Three-dimensional image of the human tooth based on optical coherence tomography Y. Liang, X. S. Yao, S. Lan, H. Yao, T. Liu, M. Wan, Y. Liang, Y. Li, B. Shi, G. Wang Progress in Electromagnetics Research C 8, 13-25 |
2009 |
| 5 | Study of automatic elimination of polarization fluctuation method for all fiber oral OCT system Z. Meng, X. S. Yao, S. Lan, T. Liu, Y. Liang Journal of Optoelectronics Laser 20, 133-136 |
2009 |
| 4 | A novel method of polarization state control for polarization division multiplexing system T. Wang, S. Lan, J. Jiang, T. Liu Chinese Optics Letters 6, 812-814 |
2008 |
| 3 | The demodulation of all-fiber optical coherence tomography dental diagnosis system Z. Meng, X. S. Yao, T. Liu, S. Lan, J. Jiang Chinese Journal of Sensors and Actuators 21, 1858-1861 |
2008 |
| 2 | Implement of fast scanning probe applied to all-fiber optical coherence tomography system Y. Liang, T. Liu, J. Wang, Z. Meng, S. Lan, X. S. Yao Laser and Infrared 12, 17 |
2008 |
| 1 | Polarization control for polarization division multiplexing system T. Wang, T. Liu, M. Wan, S. Lan, X. S. Yao Optics and Optoelectronic Technology 6, 9-12 |
2008 |