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Academic profiles of Minh Triet Dang and graduate researchers, with links to scientific collaborators.

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Minh Triet Dang

Associate Professor of Physics
School of Education, Can Tho University

Condensed matter physicist working on colloidal systems, low-dimensional materials, batteries and supercapacitors.

Appointment: Associate Professor, Department of Physics Education, School of Education, Can Tho University.

Research areas: colloidal systems; electronic and optical properties of low-dimensional materials; lithium- and sodium-ion batteries; supercapacitor electrodes.

PhD in Physics, University of Amsterdam. Dissertation: “Non-equilibrium transitions in colloidal glasses and gels”. Previous appointment: Overlay Metrology Engineer at ASML, Flight Forum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Research funding: NAFOSTED, Ministry of Education and Training, VINIF, VinUniversity, Japanese ODA and Can Tho University. Intellectual property: one granted patent and two submitted patent applications.

PhD in Physics University of Amsterdam, 2011-2016

Master of Physics, cum laude University of Amsterdam, 2008-2011

Master of Mathematics and Science Education, cum laude University of Amsterdam, 2008-2010

BSc in Physics and Computer Science Education, with an Excellent classification Can Tho University, 2002-2006

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Scientific collaborators

Peter Schall Laurens Siebbeles Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Chi M. Phan

Research group

Graduate students

Current PhD candidates at Can Tho University.

PhD candidate
Can Tho University and FPT University

Nguyen Vo Anh Duy

PhD candidate in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Teacher, FPT University

Research areas: electronic, optical and electrochemical properties of low-dimensional materials. Methods: first-principles calculations.

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First-principles methods

Electronic structure, adsorption, ion diffusion, defect engineering, external electric fields and chemical doping.

Energy materials

Lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery electrodes, nickel-rich cathodes, MXenes and transition-metal compounds for supercapacitors.

Optoelectronics and sensing

Graphene nanoribbons, phosphorene quantum dots, two-dimensional heterostructures, optical absorption and gas sensing.

Selected publications

PhD candidate
Can Tho University and FPT University

Nguyen Thi Bao Trang

PhD candidate in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Lecturer, FPT University

Research areas: first-principles materials modelling, electronic structure, low-dimensional energy materials and metal nanoclusters.

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Energy storage materials

MXenes for lithium-sulfur and sodium-sulfur batteries, nickel-rich cathodes, adsorption and dopant engineering.

Low-dimensional optoelectronics

Defect blue phosphorene quantum dots, charge transport, electronic structure and optical response.

Metal nanoclusters

Tubular gold and silver clusters, structural stability, electronic properties and nonlinear optical response.

Selected publications

2026 Optoelectronic Properties of Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Derivatives Decorated with Tube-like W₂@Ag₁₇ Cluster Journal of Cluster Science, 37, 72 2025 First-principles insights into selenium and sulfur doping on Ti₂CO₂ MXene for mitigating the shuttle effect in lithium-sulfur batteries Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 16, 045008 2025 Enhancement of stability and electronic properties of ultra-high nickel cathodes by aluminium and boron codoping studied by combined density functional theory and neural network models RSC Advances, 15, 47803-47813 2024 Polaronic defect enhances optoelectronic and transport properties of blue phosphorene quantum dots using first-principles methods Computational Materials Science, 241, 113020

PhD candidate
Can Tho University and Van Lang University

Trong Nhan Duong

PhD candidate in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Institute for Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence

Research areas: defects, adsorption, electronic structure and ion transport in low-dimensional and energy materials. Methods: first-principles calculations.

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Electronic structure and defects

Hybrid-functional and density-functional calculations of defect formation, band topology, optical response and surface adsorption.

Energy materials

Lithium transport in MXenes, sodium-ion cathodes, sodium polysulfide adsorption and electrochemical performance.

Low-dimensional systems

Graphene and silicene nanoribbons, two-dimensional heterostructures, hydrogenation, chemical doping and gas sensing.

Selected publications

PhD candidate
Can Tho University and Dak Nong Community College

Tran Van Thien

Physics lecturer and PhD candidate

Research areas: machine learning for materials research, first-principles modelling and battery materials.

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Machine learning for materials

Neural-network models combined with density functional theory to evaluate structural stability and electronic properties.

Battery cathodes

Aluminium and boron codoping in ultra-high-nickel cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

First-principles methods

Electronic structure, dopant engineering and electrode screening for computational battery materials research.

Selected research outputs

2025 Enhancement of stability and electronic properties of ultra-high nickel cathodes by aluminium and boron codoping studied by combined density functional theory and neural network models RSC Advances, 15, 47803-47813

2026 Platform and method for screening, evaluating and optimising amorphous molybdenum sulfide electrode structures for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries Patent application submitted to the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam

PhD candidate
Can Tho University

Nguyen Chi Ben

PhD candidate in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Research areas: first-principles materials modelling, quantum-dot optoelectronics and computational battery materials.

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Quantum dots and optoelectronics

Electronic, optical and transport properties of blue phosphorene and graphene quantum dots.

Battery cathode materials

Transition-metal and fluorine co-doping in sodium-lithium-manganese oxide cathodes.

First-principles methods

Electronic structure, defect states, adsorption and dopant engineering in low-dimensional materials.

Selected publications

PhD candidate
Can Tho University

Tran Huynh Hoang Loc

PhD candidate in Organic Chemistry
Quality Assurance, South Centre for Environmental Monitoring

Research areas: computational and quantum chemistry; density functional theory (DFT); transition-metal cluster chemistry; metal-organic and metal-biomolecule interactions; electronic and optical properties; antioxidant activity.

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Research scope

Computational and quantum chemistry

Density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory for molecular geometry, electronic structure and optical response.

Transition-metal cluster chemistry

Transition-metal clusters, metal-organic systems and metal-biomolecule interactions.

Electronic and molecular properties

Electronic and optical properties, charge transport, nonlinear optical response and antioxidant activity.

Selected publications

Optoelectronic Properties of Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Derivatives Decorated with Tube-like W₂@Ag₁₇ Cluster Journal of Cluster Science, 37, article 72 2026 Effects of substituents on the charge transport properties and nonlinear optical responses of TMCz-BO Structural Chemistry, 2026 2026

PhD candidate

Lam Ngoc Com

PhD candidate in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Teacher, Ly Tu Trong High School for the Gifted

Research areas: electronic, optical and electrochemical properties of low-dimensional materials. Methods: first-principles calculations.

Research group

Master's students

Current master's students at Can Tho University.

Master's student
Can Tho University

Nguyen Hoang Hieu

Physics lecturer and master's student

Research areas: computational materials science, battery electrodes, physics teacher education and geophysical data analysis.

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Research scope

Computational materials science

Electronic structure, ion diffusion, electric-field effects and dopant engineering using first-principles methods.

Battery materials

Penta-graphene nanoribbon anodes and aluminium- and boron-codoped nickel-rich cathodes for lithium-ion batteries.

Physics education and data analysis

Physics teacher education, wavelet transforms and optimisation methods for regional gravity data analysis.

Selected publications

Co-doping aluminum and boron enhances the stability and electrochemical properties of nickel-rich cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries Dalton Transactions, 54, 14173-14190 2025 Electric field enhances the electronic and diffusion properties of penta-graphene nanoribbon anodes in lithium-ion batteries RSC Advances, 14, 33524-33535 2024

Research supervision

Supervision: 28 completed bachelor's theses, 12 completed master's theses, one completed doctoral supervision and seven ongoing PhD supervisions.

Supervision record

Supervision of bachelor's, master's and doctoral research in Physics Education and Theoretical and Mathematical Physics.

Current PhD candidates

Bachelor's and master's theses supervised

Research and activities

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