education experience:

• 2007/08 - 2011/12 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Physics, PhD

• 2003/08 - 2007/06 Department of Intensive Instructions, Nanjing University, B. S.

job experience:

• 2014/12 to present Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of physics, professor.

• 2013/09 to 2014/12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, postdoctoral fellow

• 2012/01 to 2013/09 Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Physics, postdoctoral fellow

research interests:

• First-principles calculations

• Low-dimensional nanostructures

• Low-dimensional ferroics

research porjects:

• 国家自然科学基金面上项目“二维铁电材料的设计” (21573084), 2016-2021

Publications:

1. Wu MH*, Dong S, Yao KL, Liu J-M*, Zeng XC*.Ferroelectricity in Covalently functionalized Two-dimensional Materials: Integration of High-mobility Semiconductors and Non-volatile Memory. Accepted by Nano Lett.

2. Wu MH*, Zeng XC*. Intrinsic Ferroelasticity and/or Multiferroicity in Two-Dimensional Phosphorene and Phosphorene Analogues., Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 3236.

3. Wu MH*, Fu HH, Zhou L, Yao KL, Zeng XC*. Nine New Phosphorene Polymorphs with Non-Honeycomb Structures: A Much Extended Family, Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 3557.

4. Wu MH, Qian X，Li J. Tunable exciton funnel using Moire superlattice in twisted van der Waals bilayer. Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 5350.

5. Wu MH, Pei Y, Zeng XC, Edge decorated SiC nanoribbons with metal: Coexistence of planar tetracoordinate carbon and silicon. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2013, 580, 78-81.

6. Wu MH, Jena P. Magnetic hollow cages with colossal moments. J. Chem. Phys. 2013，139, 044301. (Cover Page in J. Chem. Phys., 28 Jul 2013.)

7. Wu MH*, Zeng XC, Jena P. Unusual Magnetic Properties of Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbons, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 2482-2488.

8. Wu MH*, Wang Q, Sun Q, Jena P. Functionalized graphitic carbon nitride for efficient energy storage. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 6055.

9. Wu MH*, Burton J D, Tsymbal EY, Zeng XC*, Jena P*. Hydroxyl-decorated graphene systems as candidates for organic metal-free ferroelectrics, multiferroics, and high-performance proton battery cathode materials. Phys. Rev. B (rapid communications) 2013, 87, 081406(R).

10. Wu MH*, Jena P. Giant magnetic moments of B and C doped cuboctahedral Mn13 clusters. Nanoscale 2013, 5, 2114-2117.

11. Wu MH, Kandalam, AK, Jena P. Origin of the anomalous magnetic behavior of the Fe13+ cluster. Phys. Rev. B 2012, 86, 174410.

12. Wu MH*, Burton J D, Tsymbal EY, Zeng XC, Jena P. Multiferroic materials based on transition-metal-molecular nanowires. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134(35), 14423-14429.

13. Wu MH, Pei Y, Dai J, Li H, Zeng XC. Tri-wing graphene nano-paddle-wheel with a single-file metal joint: formation of multi-planar tetracoordinated-carbon (ptc) strips. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116(20), 11378-11385.

14. Wu MH, Dai J, Zeng XC. Ab initio computation based design of three-dimensional structures of carbon allotropes. Progress in Chemistry, 2012, 24(06), 1050-1057.

15. Wu MH, Gao Y, Zhang ZY, Zeng XC. Edge-decorated graphene nanoribbons by scandium as hydrogen storage media. Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 915-920..

16. Wu MH, Zeng XC. Transition-metal-molecular sandwich nanowires as magnetic on/off switch Appl.Phys.Lett. 2011, 99, 053121.

17. Wu MH, Wu XJ, Pei Y, Wang Y, Zeng XC. Three-dimensional network model of carbon containing only sp2-carbon bonds and boron nitride analogues. Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 4406-4408.

18. Wu MH, Wu XJ, Pei Y, Zeng XC. Inorganic nanoribbons with unpassivated zigzag edges: Half metallicity and edge reconstruction. Nano Res.2011,4(2),233-239.

19. Wu MH, Zhang ZH, Zeng XC. Charge-injection induced magnetism and half metallicity in single-layer hexagonal group III/V (BN, BP, AIN, AIP) systems. Appl.Phys.Lett. 2010, 97, 093109.

20. Wu MH, Pei Y, Zeng XC. Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon Strips in Edge Decorated Graphene Nanoribbon J.Am.Chem.Soc.2010, 132,16,5554.

course teaching:

• Advanced Statistics Physics, for graduates