Chi Ming Yim

T. D. Lee Fellow of TDLI

Publications

As on 11 Feb 2025, I have published 38 peer-review papers, including 5 in Nature Communications, 2 in Science Advances, 5 in Physical Review Letters, 1 in Nano Letters, 3 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1 in Advanced Materials and 1 in PNAS etc.

# Co-first authors ; * corresponding author(s).

  1. Chi Ming Yim, S. Khim, A. Mackenzie, and P. Wahl, Non-equilibrium effects in vibrational modes pumped by inelastic tunneling, Submitted.
  2. Yu Zheng#, Q. Hu#*, H. Ji, I. Timoshuk, H. Xu, Y. Li, Ye Gao, X. Yu, R. Wu, X. Lu, V. Grinenko, E. Babaev, N. F. Q. Yuan, B. Lv*, Chi Ming Yim*, H. Ding*, Direct observation of quantum vortex fractionalization in multiband superconductors, arXiv:2407.18610
  3. Chi Ming Yim*, Yu Zheng, O. R. Armitage, D. Chakraborti, C. J. Wells, S. Khim, A. Mackenzie, and P. Wahl*, Adsorbate-induced formation of a surface-polarity driven non-periodic superstructure, Under consideration.
  4. Q. Hu#, Yu Zheng#, H. Xu, J. Deng, C. Liang, F. Yang, Z. Wang, V. Grinenko, B Lv*, H. Ding*, Chi Ming Yim*, Evidence for saddle-point driven charge density wave on the surface of heavily hole-doped iron arsenide superconductors, Nature Communications 16, 253 (2025).
  5. Chi Ming Yim, M. Allan, C. L. Pang and G. Thornton*, Scanning tunneling microscopy visualization of polaron charge trapping by hydroxyls on TiO2(110), The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128(33), 14100-14106 (2024)
  6. Hong Du, Yu Zheng, Cuiying Pei, Chi Ming Yim, Yanpeng Qi, Ruidan Zhong, Crystal structure, properties and pressure-induced insulator-metal transition in layered kagome chalcogenides，Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 36, 365702 (2024)
  7. Chi Ming Yim#*, G-R. Siemann#, S. Stavrić#, S. Khim, I. Benedičič, P. A. E. Murgatroyd, T. Antonelli, M. D. Watson, A. P. Mackenzie, S. Picozzi*, P. D. C. King* and P. Wahl*, Avoided metallicity in a hole-doped Mott insulator on a triangular lattice, Nature Communications 15, 8098 (2024), arXiv:2311.17139
  8. I. Shipulin, N. Stegani, I. Maccari, K. Kihou, C. Lee, Q. Hu, Yu Zheng, F. Yang, Y. Li, Chi Ming Yim, R. Huehne, H-H. Klauss, M. Putti, F. Caglieris*, E. Babaev* and V. Grinenko*, Calorimetric evidence for two phase transitions in Ba1−xKxFe2As2 with fermion pairing and quadrupling states, Nature Communications 14, 6734 (2023)
  9. D. C. Grinter, B.-J. A. Shaw, C. L. Pang, Chi Ming Yim, C. A. Muryn, C. A. Hall, F. Maccherozzi, S. S. Dhesi, M. Suzuki, T. Yasue, T. Koshikawa, and G. Thornton, Fabrication of Isolated Iron Nanowires, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 14, 8507-8512 (2023)
  10. M. Flokstra, R. Stewart, Chi Ming Yim, C. Trainer, P. Wahl, D. Miller, N. Satchell, G. Burnell, H. Luetkens, T. Prokscha, A. Suter, E. Morenzoni, I. V. Bobkova, A. M. Bobkov and S. Lee*, Spin-orbit driven superconducting proximity effects in Pt/Nb thin films, Nature Communications 14, 5081 (2023)
  11. F. Mazzola, Chi Ming Yim, V. Sunko, S. Khim, P. Kushwaha, O. J. Clark, L. Bawden, I. Markovic, D. Chakraborti, T. Kim, M. Hoesch, A. Mackenzie, P. Wahl and Phil D. C. King*, Tuneable electron-magnon coupling of ferromagnetic surface states in PdCoO2, npj Quantum Materials 7, 20 (2022)
  12. Chi Ming Yim, P. S. Lamoureux, A. Mellor, C. L. Pang, H. Idriss, G. Pacchioni, and G. Thornton*, Size and Shape Dependence of the Electronic Structure of Gold Nanoclusters on TiO2, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12, 8363 (2021)
  13. C. Trainer, Chi Ming Yim, C. Heil, L. S. Farrar, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, and P. Wahl*, Probing Magnetic Exchange Interactions with Helium, Physical Review Letters 127, 166803 (2021) (Editors’ Suggestion)
  14. C. A. Marques#, L. C. Rhodes#, R. Fittipaldi, V. Granata, Chi Ming Yim, R. Buzio, A. Gerbi, A. Vecchione, A. W. Rost, and P. Wahl*, Magnetic-Field Tunable Intertwined Checkerboard Charge Order and Nematicity in the Surface Layer of Sr2RuO4, Advanced Materials 33, 2100593 (2021) (Back Cover Image)
  15. Chi Ming Yim*, S. N. Panja, C. Trainer, C. Topping, C. Heil, A. S. Gibbs, O. V. Magdysyuk, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, A. W. Rost, and P. Wahl*, Strain-stabilized (π, π) order at the surface of Fe1+xTe, Nano Letters 21, 2786 (2021)
  16. Chi Ming Yim*, D. Chakraborti, L. C. Rhodes, S. Khim, A. P. Mackenzie, and P. Wahl*, Quasi-particle interference and quantum confinement in a correlated Rashba spin-split 2D electron liquid, Science Advances 7, abd7361 (2021)
  17. C. Trainer, M. Songvilay, N. Qureshi, A. Stunault, Chi Ming Yim, E. E. Rodriguez, C. Heil, V. Tsurkan, M. A. Green, A. Loidl, P. Wahl, and C. Stock*, Magnetic surface reconstruction in the van der Waals antiferromagnet Fe1+x Te, Physical Review B 103, 024406 (2021)
  18. C. M. M. Dover, D. C. Grinter, Chi Ming Yim, C. A. Muryn, H. Bluhm, M. Salmeron, G. Thornton*, Orientation of acetic acid hydrogen bonded to acetate terminated TiO2(110), Surface Science 699, 121628 (2020)
  19. C. A. Marques, M. J. Neat, Chi Ming Yim, M. D. Watson, L. C. Rhodes, C. Heil, K. Pervakov, V. Vlasenko, V. Pudalov, A. Muratov, T. Kim and P. Wahl*, Electronic structure and superconductivity of the non-centrosymmetric Sn4As3, New Journal of Physics 22, 063049 (2020)
  20. A. Mellor, A. Wilson, C. L. Pang, Chi Ming Yim, F. Maccherozzi, S. S. Dhesi, C. A. Muryn, H. Idriss and G. Thornton*, Photoemission core level binding energies from multiple sized nanoparticles on the same support: TiO2(110)/Au, The Journal of Chemical Physics 152, 024709 (2020)
  21. C. Trainer, Chi Ming Yim, C. Heil, F. Giustino, D. Croitori, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, E. E. Rodriguez, C. Stock, and P. Wahl*, Manipulating surface magnetic order in iron telluride, Science Advances 5, eaav3478 (2019)
  22. Chi Ming Yim*, C. Trainer, B. Braunecker*, A. Yaresko, D. C. Peets, and P. Wahl*, Kinetic stabilization of 1D surface states near twin boundaries in non-centrosymmetric BiPd, Physical Review Letters 121, 206401 (2018)
  23. Chi Ming Yim#, J. Chen#, Y. Zhang, B.-J. Shaw, C. L. Pang, D. C. Grinter, H. Bluhm, M. Salmeron, C. A. Muryn, A. Michaelides and G. Thornton*, Visualization of adsorbate-induced surface segregation of polarons on rutile TiO2, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 9, 4865-4871 (2018)
  24. Chi Ming Yim#, C. Trainer#, R. Aluru, S. Chi, W. N. Hardy, R. Liang, D. Bonn, and P. Wahl*, Discovery of a strain-stabilised smectic electronic order in LiFeAs, Nature Communications 9, 2602 (2018) (Editors’ Highlight)
  25. A. Yaresko*, A. P. Schnyder*, H. M. Benia, Chi Ming Yim, G. Levy, A. Damascelli, C. R. Ast, D. C. Peets*, and P. Wahl, Correct Brillouin zone and electronic structure of BiPd, Physical Review B 97, 075108 (2018)
  26. R. Gubó, Chi Ming Yim, M. Allan, C. L. Pang, A. Berkó and G. Thornton*, Variation of SMSI with the Au:Pd Ratio of Bimetallic Nanoparticles on TiO2(110), Topics in Catalysis 61, 308–317 (2018)
  27. C. Trainer, Chi Ming Yim, M. McLaren and P. Wahl*, Cryogenic STM in 3D vector magnetic fields realized through a rotatable insert, Review of Scientific Instruments 88, 093705 (2017)
  28. H. Hussain, G. Tocci, T. Woolcot, X. Torrelles, C. L. Pang , D. S. Humphrey, Chi Ming Yim, D. Grinter, G. Cabailh, O. Bikondoa, R. Lindsay, J. Zegenhagen, A. Michaelides and G. Thornton*, Structure of a Model TiO2 Photocatalytic Interface, Nature Materials 16, 461-466 (2017)
  29. Chi Ming Yim, M. B. Watkins, M. J. Wolf, C. L. Pang, K. Hermansson and G. Thornton*, Engineering Polarons at a Metal Oxide Surface, Physical Review Letters 117, 116402 (2016)
  30. H. M. Benia, E. Rampi, C. Trainer, Chi Ming Yim, A. Maldonado, D. C. Peets, A. Stöhr, U. Starke, K. Kern, A. Yaresko, G. Levy, A. Damascelli, C. R. Ast, A. P. Schnyder, and P. Wahl*, Observation of Dirac surface states in the non-centrosymmetric superconductor BiPd, Physical Review B 94, 121407 (2016)
  31. Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang and G. Thornton*, Probing the local electronic structure of the cross-linked (1×2) reconstruction of rutile TiO2(110), Surface Science 650, 71-75 (2016)
  32. G. T. Harrison, M. C. Spadaro, C. L. Pang, D. C. Grinter, Chi Ming Yim, P. Luches, and G. Thornton*, Lepidocrocite-like TiO2 and TiO2(110)-(1×2) supported on W(100), Journal of Materials Science Technology 32, 203-208 (2016)
  33. D. C. Grinter, C. A. Muryn, A. Sala, Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang, T. O. Mentes, A. Locatelli, and G. Thornton*, Spill-over Reoxidation of Ceria Nanoparticles, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 11037-11044 (2016)
  34. Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang, G. Thornton*, Simulation of Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure(NEXAFS) Measurements of CO on Supported Pd Nanoparticles, Topics in Catalysis 59, 708 (2016)
  35. Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang and G. Thornton*, Direct visualization of soliton CO overlayers on supported Pd nanoparticles, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 22044-22049 (2015)
  36. Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang, D. R. Hermoso, C. M. Dover, C. A. Muryn, F. Maccherozzi, S. S. Dhesi, R. Pérez, and G. Thornton*, Influence of support morphology on the bonding of molecules to nanoparticles, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, 7903-7908 (2015)
  37. D. C. Grinter, Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang, B. Santos, T. O. Mentes, A. Locatelli and G. Thornton*, Oxidation state imaging of ceria island growth on Re(0001), The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 177, 16509-16514 (2013)
  38. Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang, D. S. Humphrey, C. A. Muryn, K. Schulte, R. Pérez and G. Thornton*, CO and O overlayers on Pd nanocrystals supported on TiO2(110), Faraday Discussions 174, 191-200 (2013)
  39. Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang and G. Thornton*, Yim, Pang and Thornton Reply, Physical Review Letters 104, 259704 (2010)
  40. Chi Ming Yim, C. L. Pang and G. Thornton*, Oxygen vacancy origin of the surface band gap state of TiO2(110), Physical Review Letters 104, 036806 (2010)
  41. Chi Ming Yim, K. L. Man, X. Xiao, M. S. Altman*, Low Energy Electron Microscopy of CO/Pt(111)Surface Diffusion by Non-equilibrium Coverage Profile Evolution, Physical Review B 78, 155439 (2008)

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