1. X. Lin, J. C. Lu, Y. Shao, Y. Y. Zhang, X. Wu, J. B. Pan, L. Gao, S. Y. Zhu, K. Qian, Y. F. Zhang, D. L. Bao, L. F. Li, Y. Q. Wang, Z. L. Liu, J. T. Sun, T. Lei, C. Liu, J. O. Wang, K. Ibrahim, D. N. Leonard, W. Zhou, H. M. Guo, Y. L. Wang, S. X. Du, S. T. Pantelides and H.-J. Gao
“Intrinsically patterned two-dimensional materials for selective adsorption of molecules and nanoclusters”
Nat. Mater., 16, 717 (2017)

2. G.Q. Wang, A. Ruhling, S. Amirjalayer, M. Knor, J.B. Ernst, C. Richter, H.J. Gao, A. Timmer, H.Y. Gao, N.L. Doltsinis, F. Glorius, H. Fuchs
“Ballbot-type motion of N-heterocyclic carbenes on gold surfaces”
Nat. Chem. 9, 152-156 (2017)

3. W. Yao, E.Y. Wang, H.Q. Huang, K. Deng, M.Z. Yan, K.N. Zhang, K. Miyamoto, T. Okuda, L.F. Li, Y.L. Wang, H.J. Gao, C.X. Liu, W.H. Duan, S.Y. Zhou
“Direct observation of spin-layer locking by local Rashba effect in monolayer semiconducting PtSe₂ film”
Nat. Commun. 8, 14216 (2017)

4. J.D. Ren, H.M. Guo, J.B. Pan, Y.F. Zhang, Y.F. Yang, X. Wu, S.X. Du, M. Ouyang, H.J. Gao
“Interatomic Spin Coupling in Manganese Clusters Registered on Graphene”
Phys. Rev. Lett.  119, 176806 (2017)

5. Z.H. Qin, J.B. Pan, S.Z. Lu, S. Yan, Y.L. Wang, S.X. Du, H.J. Gao, G.Y. Cao
“Direct Evidence of Dirac Signature in Bilayer Germanene Islands on Cu(111)”
Adv. Mater. (Weinheim, Ger.) 29, 1606046 (2017)

6. X. Wu, Y. Shao, H. Liu, Z. Feng, Y.L. Wang, J.T. Sun, C. Liu, J.O. Wang, Z.L. Liu, S.Y. Zhu, Y.Q. Wang, S.X. Du, Y.G. Shi, K. Ibrahim, H.J. Gao
“Epitaxial Growth and Air-Stability of Monolayer Antimonene on PdTe₂”
Adv. Mater. (Weinheim, Ger.) 29, 1605407 (2017)

7. H. Chen, T. Pope, Z.Y. Wu, D.F. Wang, L. Tao, D.L. Bao, W.D. Xiao, J.L. Zhang, Y.Y. Zhang, S.X. Du, S. Gao, S.T. Pantelides, W.A. Hofer, H.J. Gao
“Evidence for Ultralow-Energy Vibrations in Large Organic Molecules”
Nano Lett. 17, 4929-4933 (2017)

8. L. Huang, Y.F. Zhang, Y.Y. Zhang, W.Y. Xu, Y.D. Que, E. Li, J.B. Pan, Y.L. Wang, Y.Q. Liu, S.X. Du, S.T. Pantelides, H.J. Gao
“Sequence of Silicon Monolayer Structures Grown on a Ru Surface: from a Herringbone Structure to Silicene”
Nano Lett., 17, 1161-1166 (2017)

9. R.S. Ma, Q. Huan, L.M. Wu, J.H. Yan, W. Guo, Y.Y. Zhang, S. Wang, L.H. Bao, Y.Q. Liu, S.X. Du, S.T. Pantelides, H.J. Gao
“Direct Four-Probe Measurement of Grain-Boundary Resistivity and Mobility in Millimeter-Sized Graphene”
Nano Lett., 17, 5291-5296 (2017)

10.X. Fei, J. Neilson, Y. Li, V. Lopez, S. J. Garrett, L. Gan, H. J. Gao, and L. Gao
“Controlled Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene on Ruthenium from Azafullerene”
Nano Lett., 17, 2887-2894 (2017)

11.R.S. Ma, Q. Huan, L.M. Wu, J.H. Yan, Q. Zou, A.W. Wang, C.A. Bobisch, L.H. Bao, H.J. Gao
“Upgrade of a commercial four-probe scanning tunneling microscopy system”
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 88, 063704 (2017)

12. J.C. Lu, D.L. Bao, K. Qian, S. Zhang, H. Chen, X. Lin, S.X. Du, H.J. Gao
“Identifying and Visualizing the Edge Terminations of Single-Layer MoSe2 Island Epitaxially Grown on Au(111)”
ACS Nano 11, 1689 (2017)

13. Jianchen Lu, De-Liang Bao, Huanli Dong, Kai Qian, Shuai Zhang, Jie Liu, Yanfang Zhang, Xiao Lin, Shi-Xuan Du, Wenping Hu, and Hong-Jun Gao
“Construction of Two-Dimensional Chiral Networks through Atomic Bromine on Surfaces”
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 326 (2017)

14. J.H. Yang, S.R. Song, S.X. Du, H.J. Gao, B.I. Yakobson
“Design of Two-Dimensional Graphene-like Dirac Materials β₁₂-XBeB₅ (X = H, F, Cl) from Non-graphene-like β₁₂-Borophene”
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 4594-4599 (2017)

15. Y. Shao, S.R. Song, X. Wu, J. Qi, H.L. Lu, C. Liu, S.Y. Zhu, Z.L. Liu, J.O. Wang, D.X. Shi, S.X. Du, Y.L. Wang, H.J. Gao
“Epitaxial fabrication of two-dimensional NiSe₂ on Ni(111) substrate”
Appl. Phys. Lett. 111, 113107 (2017)

16. R.T. Wu, J.H. Ren, L. Dong, Y.L. Wang, Q. Huan, H.J. Gao
“Quasi-free-standing graphene nano-islands on Ag(110), grown from solid carbon source”
Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 213107 (2017)

17. H. Chen, C. Keiser, S.X. Du, H.J. Gao, P. Sutter, E. Sutter
“Termination of Ge surfaces with ultrathin GeS and GeS₂ layers via solid-state sulfurization”
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 32473, (2017)

18. J.H. Ren, D.L. Bao, L. Dong, L. Gao, R.T. Wu, L.H. Yan, A.W. Wang, J.H. Yan, Y.L. Wang, Q. Huan, J.T. Sun, S.X. Du, H.J. Gao
“Lattice-Directed Construction of Metal–Organic Molecular Wires of Pentacene on the Au(110) Surface”
J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 21650-21657 (2017)

19. Y.F. Zhang, Y. Zhang, G. Li, J.C. Lu, Y.D. Que, H. Chen, R. Berger, X.L. Feng, K. Mullen, X. Lin, Y.Y. Zhang, S.X. Du, S.T. Pantelides, H.J. Gao
“Sulfur-doped graphene nanoribbons with a sequence of distinct band gaps”
Nano Research 10, 3377-3384 (2017)

20. L. Meng, Y.L. Wang, L.F. Li, H-J. Gao
“Fabrication of graphene-silicon layered heterostructures by carbon penetration of silicon film”
Nanotechnology 28, 084003 (2017)

21. R. Shi, L. Gao, H. Lu, Q. Li, T.-B. Ma, H. Guo, S. Du, X.-Q. Feng, S. Zhang, Y. Liu, P. Cheng, Y.-Z. Hu, H.-J. Gao, J. Luo
“Moiré superlattice-level stick-slip instability originated from geometrically corrugated graphene on a strongly interacting substrate”
2D Materials 4, 025079 (2017)

22. G.C. Wang, L.H. Bao, R.S. Ma, T.F. Pei, Y.Y. Zhang, L.M. Wu, Z. Zhou, H.F. Yang, J.J. Li, C.Z. Gu, S.X. Du, S.T. Pantelides, H.J. Gao
“From bidirectional rectifier to polarity-controllable transistor in black phosphorus by dual gate modulation”
2D Materials 4, 025056 (2017)

23. T. Liang, G. He, X. Wu, J. D. Ren, H. X. Guo, Y. H. Kong, H. D. Iwai, D. Fujita, H. J. Gao, H. M. Guo, Y. C. Liu and M. S. Xu
“Permeation through graphene ripples”
2D Materials 4, 025010 (2017)

24. R.S. Ma, Q. Huan, L.M. Wu, J.H. Yan, Y.Y. Zhang, L.H. Bao, Y.Q. Liu, S.X. Du, H.J. Gao
“Direct measurements of conductivity and mobility in millimeter-sized single-crystalline graphene via van der Pauw geometry”
Chin. Phys. B 26, 066801 (2017)

25. J.H. Ren, D.L. Bao, L. Dong, L. Gao, R.T. Wu, L.H. Yan, A.W. Wang, J.H. Yan, Y.L. Wang, S.X. Du, Q. Huan, H.J. Gao
“Thermo-controllable self-assembled structures of single-layer 4, 4''-diamino-p-terphenyl molecules on Au (110)”
Chin. Phys. B, 26, 086801 (2017)

26. H. Guo, H.L. Lu, L. Huang, X.Y. Wang, X. Lin, Y.L. Wang, S.X. Du, H.-J. Gao
“Intercalation and its mechanism of high quality large area graphene on metal substrates”
Acta Physica Sinica, 66, 216803 (2017)

27. J. Yang, G. M. Zhang, H. T. Zhou, J. D.Wei, Y. H. Chen, C. M. Shen
“Modulation of field emission by small AC signals”
Science China Tech. Sci. 60, 1897 (2017)