1. Y.-C. Lo, L.-J. Wang, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Bandgap engineering of nitrogen-doped monolayer WSe2 superlattice and its application to field effect transistor,” Adv. Electron. Mater. 12, e00754 (2026). doi: 10.1002/aelm.202500754. (IF: 5.9; Citations: 0).

2. Y.-C. Chen*, C.-Y. Ling, and K.-M. Lin, “Classical-to-quantum crossover in 2D TMD field-effect transistors: A first-principles study via sub-10 nm channel scaling beyond Boltzmann tyranny,” Appl. Phys. Rev. 13, 011409 (2026). doi: 10.1063/5.0303607. (IF: 11.6; Citations: 2). Selected as a Featured Article.

3. Y.-C. Chen* and Y.-C. Chang, “Thermoelectric optimization and quantum-to-classical crossover in gate-controlled two-dimensional semiconducting nanojunctions,” ACS Nano 19, 34906-34917 (2025). doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c10790. (IF: 17.3; Citations: 4). Also featured in Advances in Engineering

4. Y.-C. Lin, K.-M. Lin, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Quantum transport calculations: An effective medium theory based on the projector augmented wave method with the plane-wave basis,” Phys. Rev. B 112, 085155 (2025). doi: 10.1103/h62b-kjft. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 4).

5. Y.-C. Chen*, C.-C. Chang, K.-C. Lu, W.-B. Jian, C.-Y. Chang, and C.-C. Chang, “Dynamic Seebeck effect in nanojunctions of nickel-chelated DNA,” Phys. Rev. Appl. 22, 044046 (2024). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.044046. (IF: 4.4; Citations: 4).

6. K.-M. Lin, P.-J. Chen, C.-P. Chuu, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Effects of insertion of an h-AlN monolayer spacer in Pt-WSe2-Pt field-effect transistors,” Sci. Rep. 14, 24019 (2024). doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-74691-z. (IF: 4.9; Citations: 4).

7. M. Tsutsui* and Y.-C. Chen, “Heat dissipation in quasi-ballistic single-atom contacts at room temperature,” Sci. Rep. 9, 18677 (2019). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55048-3. (IF: 4.9; Citations: 7).

8. P.-C. Chang, C.-Y. Chang, W.-B. Jian, C.-J. Yuan, Y.-C. Chen, and C.-C. Chang, “The fabrication and application of Ni-DNA nanowire-based nanoelectronic devices,” Nano Res. 12, 1293-1300 (2019). doi: 10.1007/s12274-019-2363-2. (IF: 9.4; Citations: 12).

9. B. Ouyang, B. C. Hsu, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Quantum noise of current in a 1,4-benzenedithiol single-molecule junction: First-principles calculations,” J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 19266-19272 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06710. (IF: 3.4; Citations: 7).

10. C.-C. Kaun and Y.-C. Chen*, “Thermoelectric charge and spin current generation in magnetic single-molecule junctions: First-principles calculations,” J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 12185-12192 (2018). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02891. (IF: 3.4; Citations: 8).

11. H.-L. Chu, J.-J. Lai, L.-Y. Wu, S.-L. Chang, C.-M. Liu, W.-B. Jian*, Y.-C. Chen*, C.-J. Yuan, T.-S. Wu, Y.-L. Soo, M. Di Ventra, and C.-C. Chang*, “Exploration and characterization of the memcapacitor and memristor properties of Ni-DNA nanowire devices,” NPG Asia Mater. 9, e430 (2017). doi: 10.1038/am.2017.157. (IF: 9.0; Citations: 10).

12. B. C. Hsu and Y.-C. Chen*, “Band-engineered local cooling in nanoscale junctions,” Sci. Rep. 7, 42647 (2017). doi: 10.1038/srep42647. (IF: 4.9; Citations: 1).

13. I. Amanatidis and Y.-C. Chen*, “Electron transport and thermoelectric theory in nanoscale junctions by first-principles calculations,” Curr. Phys. Chem. 6, 179 (2016). (IF: N/A; Citations: 0).

14. I. Amanatidis, J.-K. Kao, L.-Y. Du, C.-W. Pao, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Thermoelectric efficiency of single-molecule junctions: Phase diagram constructed from first-principles calculations,” J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 28728 (2015). (IF: 3.4; Citations: 7).

15. Y.-C. Chen, “Electron transport in atomistic nanojunctions from density functional theory in scattering approaches,” in Molecular Electronics: An Experimental and Theoretical Approach (2015). (IF: N/A; Citations: 0).

16. B. C. Hsu, I. Amanatidis, W.-L. Liu, A. Tseng, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Effects of current-induced forces on Pt-benzene-Pt single-molecule junctions,” J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 2245-2252 (2014). (IF: 3.4; Citations: 8).

17. H.-L. Chu, S.-C. Chiu, C.-F. Sung, W. Tseng, Y.-C. Chang, W.-B. Jian*, Y.-C. Chen*, C.-J. Yuan, H.-Y. Li, F. X. Gu, M. Di Ventra, and C.-C. Chang*, “Programmable redox state of the nickel ion chain in DNA,” Nano Lett. 14, 1026-1031 (2014). doi: 10.1021/nl404601s. (IF: 9.1; Citations: 19).

18. B. C. Hsu, H.-T. Yao, W.-L. Liu, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Oscillatory and sign-alternating behaviors of the Seebeck coefficients in carbon monatomic junctions,” Phys. Rev. B 88, 115429 (2013). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.115429. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 7).

19. B. C. Hsu, C.-Y. Lin, Y.-S. Hsieh, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Tailoring thermopower of single-molecular junctions by temperature-induced surface reconstruction,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 243103 (2012). (IF: 3.8; Citations: 14).

20. B. C. Hsu, C.-W. Chiang, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Effect of electron-vibration interactions on the thermoelectric efficiency of molecular junctions,” Nanotechnology 23, 275401 (2012). doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/27/275401. (IF: 2.9; Citations: 21).

21. B. C. Hsu, Y.-S. Liu, S.-H. Lin, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Seebeck coefficients in nanoscale junctions: Effects of electron-vibration scattering and local heating,” Phys. Rev. B 83, 041404(R) (2011). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.041404. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 35).

22. Y.-S. Liu and Y.-C. Chen*, “Counting statistics in nanoscale junctions,” Phys. Rev. B 83, 035401 (2011). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.035401. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 11).

23. Y.-S. Liu, B. C. Hsu, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Effect of thermoelectric cooling in nanoscale junctions,” J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 6111-6125 (2011). doi: 10.1021/jp1111463. (IF: 3.4; Citations: 31).

24. Y.-S. Liu and Y.-C. Chen*, “Single-molecule refrigerators: Substitution and gate effects,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 213103 (2011). doi: 10.1063/1.3592576. (IF: 3.8; Citations: 10).

25. Y.-S. Liu, H.-T. Yao, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Atomic-scale field-effect transistor as a thermoelectric power generator and self-powered device,” J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 14988-14996 (2011). doi: 10.1021/jp204955x. (IF: 3.4; Citations: 17).

26. C.-L. Ma, Y.-C. Chen, D. Nghiem, A. Tseng, and P.-C. Huang, “First-principles study of the electron density distribution in a pair of bare metallic electrodes,” Appl. Phys. A 104, 325-328 (2011). (IF: 3.0; Citations: 1).

27. Y.-S. Liu, Y.-R. Chen, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Thermoelectric efficiency in nanojunctions: A comparison between atomic junctions and molecular junctions,” ACS Nano 3, 3497-3504 (2009). doi: 10.1021/nn900986r. (IF: 17.3; Citations: 97).

28. Y.-S. Liu and Y.-C. Chen*, “Seebeck coefficient of thermoelectric molecular junctions: First-principles calculations,” Phys. Rev. B 79, 193101 (2009). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.193101. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 86).

29. C.-L. Ma, D. Nghiem, and Y.-C. Chen*, “Alkanethiol-based single-molecule transistors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 222111 (2008). (IF: 3.8; Citations: 22).

30. Y.-C. Chen*, “Effects of isotope substitution on local heating and inelastic current in hydrogen molecular junctions,” Phys. Rev. B 78, 233310 (2008). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.233310. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 13).

31. J. Yao, Y.-C. Chen, M. Di Ventra, and Z. Yang, “Effect of atomic geometry on shot noise in aluminum quantum point contacts,” Phys. Rev. B 73, 233407 (2006). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.233407. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 10).

32. Z. Huang, B. Xu, Y.-C. Chen, M. Di Ventra, and N. J. Tao, “Measurement of current-induced local heating in a single molecule junction,” Nano Lett. 6, 1240-1244 (2006). doi: 10.1021/nl0602937. (IF: 9.1; Citations: 311).

33. Y.-C. Chen and M. Di Ventra, “Effect of electron-phonon scattering on shot noise in nanoscale junctions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 166802 (2005). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.166802. (IF: 9.4; Citations: 68).

34. Y.-C. Chen, M. Zwolak, and M. Di Ventra, “Inelastic effects on the transport properties of alkanethiols,” Nano Lett. 5, 621-624 (2005). doi: 10.1021/nl047899t. (IF: 9.1; Citations: 127).

35. Z. Yang, M. Chshiev, M. Zwolak, Y.-C. Chen, and M. Di Ventra, “Role of heating and current-induced forces in the stability of atomic wires,” Phys. Rev. B 71, 041402(R) (2005). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.041402. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 87).

36. Y.-C. Chen, M. Zwolak, and M. Di Ventra, “Inelastic current-voltage characteristics of atomic and molecular junctions,” Nano Lett. 4, 1709-1712 (2004). doi: 10.1021/nl0490598. (IF: 9.1; Citations: 128).

37. J. Lagerqvist, Y.-C. Chen, and M. Di Ventra, “Shot noise in parallel wires,” Nanotechnology 15, S459-S464 (2004). (IF: 2.9; Citations: 37).

38. M. Di Ventra, Y.-C. Chen, and T. N. Todorov, “Are current-induced forces conservative?,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 176803 (2004). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.176803. (IF: 9.4; Citations: 74).

39. Y.-C. Chen, M. Zwolak, and M. Di Ventra, “Local heating in nanoscale conductors,” Nano Lett. 3, 1691-1694 (2003). doi: 10.1021/nl034765i. (IF: 9.1; Citations: 270).

40. Y.-C. Chen and M. Di Ventra, “Shot noise in nanoscale conductors from first principles,” Phys. Rev. B 67, 153304 (2003). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.153304. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 52).

41. A. L. Chernyshev, Y.-C. Chen, and A. H. Castro Neto, “Effect of impurities on quasi-two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnet,” J. Appl. Phys. 91, 8387-8389 (2002). (IF: 2.7; Citations: 0).

42. A. L. Chernyshev, Y.-C. Chen, and A. H. Castro Neto, “Diluted quantum antiferromagnets: Spin excitations and long-range order,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 104407 (2002). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.104407. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 86).

43. A. L. Chernyshev, Y.-C. Chen, and A. H. Castro Neto, “Long-range order and low-energy spectrum of diluted 2D quantum antiferromagnets,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 067209 (2001). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.067209. (IF: 9.4; Citations: 42).

44. Y.-C. Chen and A. H. Castro Neto, “Effective field theory for layered quantum antiferromagnets with nonmagnetic impurities,” Phys. Rev. B 61, R3772-R3775 (2000). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.R3772. (IF: 3.9; Citations: 52).