Assoc Prof Goki EDA, Outstanding Scientist Award, Faculty Awards (2020)

Assoc Prof Goki Eda
Departments of Chemistry and Physics

Assoc Prof Goki EDA is known for his pioneering work in the emerging field of two-dimensional (2D) materials, which are crystalline, sheet-like materials with thicknesses of no more than a few atoms. His research on the understanding of the fundamental electronic and photonic properties of 2D materials is highly recognised by the scientific community.

Prof Eda’s scientific contributions span over multiple disciplines. Over the past years, he and his collaborators revealed intriguing electrical, optical and electrochemical phenomena associated with atomically thin semiconductors.

Prof Eda and his co-workers discovered that the magnetism of some magnetic semiconductor shows exceptionally strong response to applied electric fields. With electric fields applied, the material was found to exhibit ferromagnetism at temperatures up to 200 K (-73°C). At such temperatures, ferromagnetic order is normally absent in this material. This unique phenomenon is of great interest to both fundamental research and technological applications.