Tai Kong

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• Shu, Z., & Kong, T. (2021). Spin stiffness of chromium-based van der Waals ferromagnets. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.
• Mudiyanselage, R., Marshall, M., Kong, T., & Xie, W. (2020). Li4Ru2OCl10textperiodcentered 10H2O: crystal structure, magnetic properties and bonding interactions in ruthenium-oxo complexes. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, 76(5), 884--891.
• Saunders, S. M., Xiang, L. i., Khasanov, R., Kong, T., Lin, Q., Bud'ko, S. L., & Canfield, P. C. (2020). Exceedingly small moment itinerant ferromagnetism of single crystalline La 5 Co 2 Ge 3. Physical Review B, 101(21), 214405.
• Carnicom, E. M., Xie, W., Yang, Z., G'ornicka, K., Kong, T., Klimczuk, T., & Cava, R. J. (2019). Importance of Specific Heat Characterization when Reporting New Superconductors: An Example of Superconductivity in LiGa2Rh. Chemistry of Materials, 31(6), 2164--2173.
• Chang, T., Pletikosic, I., Kong, T., Bian, G., Huang, A., Denlinger, J., Kushwaha, S. K., Sinkovic, B., Jeng, H., Valla, T., & others, . (2019). Realization of a Type-II Nodal-Line Semimetal in Mg3Bi2. Advanced Science, 6(4), 1800897.
• Chung, M., Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2019). Looking for a quantum spin liquid in the BaNi2 (V1- xPx) 2O8 spin 1 honeycomb system. Philosophical Magazine, 99(16), 2051--2062.
• Gati, E., Inagaki, Y., Kong, T., Cava, R. J., Furukawa, Y., Canfield, P. C., & Bud'ko, S. L. (2019). Multiple ferromagnetic transitions and structural distortion in the van der Waals ferromagnet VI 3 at ambient and finite pressures. Physical Review B, 100(9), 094408.
• Guo, S., Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2019). NaBaR (BO3) 2 (R= Dy, Ho, Er and Tm): structurally perfect triangular lattice materials with two rare earth layers. Materials Research Express, 6(10), 106110.
• Guo, S., Kong, T., Cevallos, F. A., Stolze, K., & Cava, R. J. (2019). Crystal growth, crystal structure and anisotropic magnetic properties of KBaR (BO3) 2 (R= Y, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Tm, Yb and Lu) triangular lattice materials. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 472, 104--110.
• Guo, S., Kong, T., Xie, W., Nguyen, L., Stolze, K., Cevallos, F. A., & Cava, R. J. (2019). Triangular Rare-Earth Lattice Materials RbBa R (BO3) 2 (R= Y, Gd--Yb) and Comparison to the KBa R (BO3) 2 Analogs. Inorganic chemistry, 58(5), 3308--3315.
• Kong, T., Guo, S., Ni, D., & Cava, R. J. (2019). Crystal structure and magnetic properties of the layered van der Waals compound VB r 3. Physical Review Materials, 3(8), 084419.
• Kong, T., Stolze, K., Timmons, E. I., Tao, J., Ni, D., Guo, S., Yang, Z., Prozorov, R., & Cava, R. J. (2019). VI3—a New Layered Ferromagnetic Semiconductor. Advanced Materials, 31(17), 1808074.
• Mitra, S., Kang, J., Shin, J., Ng, J. Q., Sunku, S. S., Kong, T., Canfield, P. C., Shastry, B. S., Sengupta, P., & Panagopoulos, C. (2019). Quadratic to linear magnetoresistance tuning in TmB 4. Physical Review B, 99(4), 045119.
• Nguyen, L. T., Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2019). Trimers of MnO6 octahedra and ferrimagnetism of Ba4NbMn3O12. Materials Research Express, 6(5), 056108.
• Ni, D., Guo, S., Powderly, K. M., Zhong, R., Lin, J., Kong, T., Cevallos, F. A., & Cava, R. J. (2019). Crystal structure and elementary properties of PbS2 with a pressure--stabilized SS dimer. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 269, 442--446.
• Ryan, D. H., Cadogan, J. M., Kong, T., Canfield, P. C., Goldman, A. I., & Kreyssig, A. (2019). A neutron diffraction demonstration of long-range magnetic order in the quasicrystal approximant DyCd6. AIP Advances, 9(3), 035312.
• Carnicom, E. M., Kong, T., Klimczuk, T., & Cava, R. J. (2018). The $sigma$-phase superconductors Nb20. 4Rh5. 7Ge3. 9 and Nb20. 4Rh5. 7Si3. 9. Solid State Communications, 284, 96--101.
• Cevallos, F. A., Stolze, K., Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2018). Anisotropic magnetic properties of the triangular plane lattice material TmMgGaO4. Materials Research Bulletin, 105, 154--158.
• Fente, A., Meier, W. R., Kong, T., Kogan, V. G., Bud’ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., Guillam'on, I., & Suderow, H. (2018). Influence of multiband sign-changing superconductivity on vortex cores and vortex pinning in stoichiometric high-$ T_c $ CaKFe $ _4 $ As $ _4$. Physical Review B, 97(13), 134501.
• Forbes, S., Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2018). RE 3Mo14O30 and RE 2Mo9O19, Two Reduced Rare-Earth Molybdates with Honeycomb-Related Structures (RE= La--Pr). Inorganic chemistry, 57(7), 3873--3882.
• Kaluarachchi, U. S., Xiang, L. i., Ying, J., Kong, T., Struzhkin, V., Gavriliuk, A., Bud'ko, S. L., & Canfield, P. C. (2018). Collapse of the Kondo state and ferromagnetic quantum phase transition in YbFe 2 Zn 20. Physical Review B, 98(17), 174405.
• Kong, T., G'ornicka, K., Golk{a}b, S., Wiendlocha, B., Klimczuk, T., & Cava, R. (2018). A Family of Pb-based Superconductors with Variable Cubic to Hexagonal Packing. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 87(7), 074711.
• Kong, T., Stolze, K., Ni, D., Kushwaha, S. K., & Cava, R. J. (2018). Anisotropic magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic semiconductor CrSbSe 3. Physical Review Materials, 2(1), 014410.
• Kushwaha, S. K., Wang, Z., Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2018). Magnetic and electronic properties of the Cu-substituted Weyl semimetal candidate ZrCo2Sn. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 30(7), 075701.
• Nguyen, L. T., Halloran, T., Xie, W., Kong, T., Broholm, C. L., & Cava, R. J. (2018). Geometrically frustrated trimer-based Mott insulator. Physical Review Materials, 2(5), 054414.
• Oey, Y. M., Park, J. E., Tao, J., Carnicom, E. M., Kong, T., Sanders, M. B., & Cava, R. J. (2018). Stabilizing the Tb-based 214 cuprate by partial Pd substitution. Journal of Materials Research, 33(11), 1690--1697.
• Song, G., Kong, T., Dusoe, K. J., Canfield, P. C., & Lee, S. (2018). Shear localization and size-dependent strength of YCd 6 quasicrystal approximant at the micrometer length scale. Journal of Materials Science, 53(9), 6980--6990.
• Stolze, K., Cevallos, F. A., Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2018). High-entropy alloy superconductors on an $alpha$-Mn lattice. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(39), 10441--10449.
• Stolze, K., Kong, T., Rohr, F. O., & Cava, R. J. (2018). Crystal structure and anisotropic magnetic properties of CaCo4 (TeO3) 4Cl2. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 263, 141--147.
• Stolze, K., Tao, J., Rohr, F. O., Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2018). Sc--Zr--Nb--Rh--Pd and Sc--Zr--Nb--Ta--Rh--Pd High-Entropy Alloy Superconductors on a CsCl-Type Lattice. Chemistry of Materials, 30(3), 906--914.
• Trinh, J., Mitra, S., Panagopoulos, C., Kong, T., Canfield, P. C., & Ramirez, A. P. (2018). Degeneracy of the 1/8 Plateau and Antiferromagnetic Phases in the Shastry-Sutherland Magnet TmB 4. Physical Review Letters, 121(16), 167203.
• Zhang, W., Meier, W. R., Kong, T., Canfield, P. C., & Blumberg, G. (2018). High-T c superconductivity in CaKFe 4 As 4 in absence of nematic fluctuations. Physical Review B, 98(14), 140501.
• Zhong, R., Chung, M., Kong, T., Nguyen, L. T., Lei, S., & Cava, R. J. (2018). Field-induced spin-liquid-like state in a magnetic honeycomb lattice. Physical Review B, 98(22), 220407.
• Bud’ko, S. L., Kong, T., Meier, W. R., Ma, X., & Canfield, P. C. (2017). 57Fe M"ossbauer study of stoichiometric iron-based superconductor CaKFe4As4: a comparison to KFe2As2 and CaFe2As2. Philosophical Magazine, 97(29), 2689--2703.
• Carnicom, E. M., Klimczuk, T., Rohr, F., Winiarski, M. J., Kong, T., Stolze, K., Xie, W., Kushwaha, S. K., & Cava, R. J. (2017). Growth, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Characterization of Zn-Stabilized CePtIn4. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 86(8), 084710.
• Carnicom, E. M., Xie, W., Sobczak, Z., Kong, T., Klimczuk, T., & Cava, R. J. (2017). Superconductivity in the Nb-Ru-Ge $sigma$ phase. Physical Review Materials, 1(7), 074802.
• Cho, K., Fente, A., Teknowijoyo, S., Tanatar, M. A., Joshi, K. R., Nusran, N. M., Kong, T., Meier, W. R., Kaluarachchi, U., Guillam'on, I., & others, . (2017). Nodeless multiband superconductivity in stoichiometric single-crystalline CaKFe 4 As 4. Physical Review B, 95(10), 100502.
• Cui, J., Ding, Q., Meier, W. R., B"ohmer, A., Kong, T., Borisov, V., Lee, Y., Bud'ko, S., Valent'i, R., Canfield, P. C., & others, . (2017). Magnetic fluctuations and superconducting properties of CaKFe 4 As 4 studied by As 75 NMR. Physical Review B, 96(10), 104512.
• Das, P., Lory, P., Flint, R., Kong, T., Hiroto, T., Bud'ko, S., Canfield, P. C., Boissieu, M., Kreyssig, A., & Goldman, A. I. (2017). Crystal electric field excitations in the quasicrystal approximant TbCd 6 studied by inelastic neutron scattering. Physical Review B, 95(5), 054408.
• Gui, X., Chang, T., Kong, T., Pan, M. T., Cava, R. J., & Xie, W. (2017). Monoclinic 122-Type BaIr2Ge2 with a Channel Framework: A Structural Connection between Clathrate and Layered Compounds. Materials, 10(7), 818.
• Jo, N. H., Lin, Q., Nguyen, M. C., Kaluarachchi, U. S., Meier, W. R., Manni, S., Downing, S. S., B"ohmer, A. E., Kong, T., Sun, Y., & others, . (2017). Growth and characterization of BaZnGa. Philosophical Magazine, 1--8.
• Kaluarachchi, U. S., Taufour, V., Sapkota, A., Borisov, V., Kong, T., Meier, W. R., Kothapalli, K., Ueland, B. G., Kreyssig, A., Valent'i, R., & others, . (2017). Pressure-induced half-collapsed-tetragonal phase in CaKFe 4 As 4. Physical Review B, 96(14), 140501.
• Kong, T., & Cava, R. J. (2017). Crystal structure and magnetic properties of Ba2 R 2/3TeO6 (R= Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm--Lu) double perovskites. Materials Research Express, 4(10), 106101.
• Kong, T., Taufour, V., Bud'ko, S. L., & Canfield, P. C. (2017). Tuning the Kondo effect in Yb (Fe 1- x Co x) 2 Zn 20. Physical Review B, 95(15), 155103.
• Meier, W. R., Kong, T., Bud'ko, S., & Canfield, P. C. (2017). Optimization of the crystal growth of the superconductor CaKFe 4 As 4 from solution in the FeAs- CaFe 2 As 2- KFe 2 As 2 system. Physical Review Materials, 1(1), 013401.
• Wu, Y., Lee, Y., Kong, T., Mou, D., Jiang, R., Huang, L., Bud'ko, S., Canfield, P. C., & Kaminski, A. (2017). Electronic structure of R Sb (R= Y, Ce, Gd, Dy, Ho, Tm, Lu) studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Physical Review B, 96(3), 035134.
• Armstrong, N., Mortimer, K. D., Kong, T., Bud’ko, S., Canfield, P. C., Basov, D. N., & Timusk, T. (2016). Quantum diffusion of electrons in quasiperiodic and periodic approximant lattices in the rare earth-cadmium system. Philosophical Magazine, 96(11), 1122--1130.
• Canfield, P. C., Kong, T., Kaluarachchi, U. S., & Jo, N. H. (2016). Use of frit-disc crucibles for routine and exploratory solution growth of single crystalline samples. Philosophical Magazine, 96(1), 84--92.
• Kong, T., Balakirev, F. F., Meier, W. R., Bud'ko, S. L., Gurevich, A., & Canfield, P. C. (2016). Anisotropic magnetoresistance and upper critical fields up to 63 T in CaKFe $ _4 $ As $ _4 $ single crystals. arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.02241.
• Kong, T., Meier, W. R., Lin, Q., Saunders, S. M., Bud'ko, S. L., Flint, R., & Canfield, P. C. (2016). Physical properties of single crystalline R Mg 2 Cu 9 (R= Y, Ce- Nd, Gd- Dy, Yb) and the search for in-plane magnetic anisotropy in hexagonal systems. Physical Review B, 94(14), 144434.
• Meier, W. R., Kong, T., Kaluarachchi, U. S., Taufour, V., Jo, N. H., Drachuck, G., B"ohmer, A., Saunders, S. M., Sapkota, A., Kreyssig, A., & others, . (2016). Anisotropic thermodynamic and transport properties of single-crystalline CaKFe 4 As 4. Physical Review B, 94(6), 064501.
• Mou, D., Kong, T., Meier, W. R., Lochner, F., Wang, L., Lin, Q., Wu, Y., Bud’ko, S., Eremin, I., Johnson, D. D., & others, . (2016). Enhancement of the Superconducting Gap by Nesting in CaKFe 4 As 4: A New High Temperature Superconductor. Physical Review Letters, 117(27), 277001.
• Sunku, S. S., Kong, T., Ito, T., Canfield, P. C., Shastry, B. S., Sengupta, P., & Panagopoulos, C. (2016). Hysteretic magnetoresistance and unconventional anomalous Hall effect in the frustrated magnet TmB 4. Physical Review B, 93(17), 174408.
• Wu, Y., Kong, T., Wang, L., Johnson, D. D., Mou, D., Huang, L., Schrunk, B., Bud'ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., & Kaminski, A. (2016). Asymmetric mass acquisition in LaBi: Topological semimetal candidate. Physical Review B, 94(8), 081108.
• Yamada, T., Takakura, H., Kong, T., Das, P., Jayasekara, W. T., Kreyssig, A., Beutier, G., Canfield, P. C., Boissieu, M., & Goldman, A. I. (2016). Atomic structure of the i-R-Cd quasicrystals and consequences for magnetism. Physical Review B, 94(6), 060103.
• Balakirev, F. F., Kong, T., Jaime, M., McDonald, R. D., Mielke, C. H., Gurevich, A., Canfield, P. C., & Bud'ko, S. (2015). Anisotropy reversal of the upper critical field at low temperatures and spin-locked superconductivity in K 2 Cr 3 As 3. Physical Review B, 91(22), 220505.
• Bud’ko, S. L., Kong, T., Ma, X., & Canfield, P. C. (2015). Study of 57Fe M"ossbauer effect in RFe2Zn20 (R= Lu, Yb, Gd). Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 27(33), 336003.
• Kong, T., Bud'ko, S. L., & Canfield, P. C. (2015). Anisotropic H c 2, thermodynamic and transport measurements, and pressure dependence of T c in K 2 Cr 3 As 3 single crystals. Physical Review B, 91(2), 020507.
• Kong, T., Masters, M. W., Bud’ko, S. L., & Canfield, P. C. (2015). Physical properties of V 1- x Ti x O2 (0< x< 0.187) single crystals. APL Materials, 3(4), 041502.
• Liu, M., Sternbach, A. J., Wagner, M., Slusar, T. V., Kong, T., Bud'ko, S. L., Kittiwatanakul, S., Qazilbash, M. M., McLeod, A., Fei, Z., & others, . (2015). Phase transition in bulk single crystals and thin films of V O 2 by nanoscale infrared spectroscopy and imaging. Physical Review B, 91(24), 245155.
• Narayanan, A., Watson, M. D., Blake, S. F., Bruyant, N., Drigo, L., Chen, Y. L., Prabhakaran, D., Yan, B., Felser, C., Kong, T., & others, . (2015). Linear magnetoresistance caused by mobility fluctuations in n-doped Cd 3 As 2. Physical review letters, 114(11), 117201.
• Wierschem, K., Sunku, S. S., Kong, T., Ito, T., Canfield, P. C., Panagopoulos, C., & Sengupta, P. (2015). Origin of modulated phases and magnetic hysteresis in TmB 4. Physical Review B, 92(21), 214433.
• Kong, T., Bud'ko, S. L., Jesche, A., McArthur, J., Kreyssig, A., Goldman, A. I., & Canfield, P. C. (2014). Magnetic and transport properties of i-R-Cd icosahedral quasicrystals (R= Y, Gd-Tm). Physical Review B, 90(1), 014424.
• Kong, T., Cunningham, C. E., Taufour, V., Bud, S. L., Buffon, M. L., Lin, X., Emmons, H., Canfield, P. C., & others, . (2014). Thermodynamic and transport properties of single crystalline RCo 2 Ge 2 (R= Y, La--Nd, Sm--Tm). Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 358, 212--227.
• Goldman, A. I., Kong, T., Kreyssig, A., Jesche, A., Ramazanoglu, M., Dennis, K. W., Bud’ko, S. L., & Canfield, P. C. (2013). A family of binary magnetic icosahedral quasicrystals based on rare earths and cadmium. Nature materials, 12(8), 714--718.

Proceedings Publications

• Yamada, T., Takakura, H., Euchner, H., Pay, G. C., Kong, T., Canfield, P., Goldman, A., & Boissieu, M. (2017). Atomic structures of the Sc-Zn and R-Cd icosahedral quasicrystals. In Acta Crystallografica section A Foundations and Advances, 73.

Others

• Kong, T. (2016). Study of rare earth local moment magnetism and strongly correlated phenomena in various crystal structures.