MTD Dang Research Group

People

Academic profile of Minh Triet Dang, selected scientific collaborators and research supervision.

Experimental instrumentation used for nanoscale and surface measurements
Scientific instrumentation for nanoscale materials measurements.
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Minh Triet Dang

Associate Professor of Physics
School of Education, Can Tho University

Condensed matter physicist working in 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: Design Engineer, ASML, Veldhoven, 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, Excellent Can Tho University, 2002-2006
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Scientific collaborators

Appointments, research fields, methods and joint publications with Minh Triet Dang.

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Research collaborator
University of Amsterdam

Peter Schall

Prof. Dr. Peter Schall
Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute

Peter Schall studies soft condensed matter, quantum materials, colloidal assembly and mechanical response at micro- and nanometre scales.

Research at the Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute covers material assembly and the mechanical, optical and electronic properties of soft matter and quantum materials. Fields include equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical physics, condensed matter, materials science, biophysics, photonics and nanoengineering.

Research systems include colloidal designer particles, proteins and semiconductor nanocrystals. Methods include three-dimensional microscopy and light scattering for measurements of particle dynamics and bulk material response.

Soft matter

Glasses and yielding, colloidal assembly, nanomechanics and structured protein networks.

Quantum materials

Quantum dots, optoelectronic materials, two-dimensional systems and superlubricity.

Methods

Three-dimensional microscopy, light scattering and statistical-physics models.

Glasses and yielding Nanomechanics Colloidal assembly Quantum dots and optoelectronics 2D materials Superlubricity
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Research collaborator
Delft University of Technology

Laurens Siebbeles

Prof.dr. Laurens D.A. Siebbeles
Full Professor

Laurens Siebbeles studies electronic excited states and charge carriers in optoelectronic materials by combining ultrafast spectroscopy with quantum theory.

Research in TU Delft's Opto-electronic Materials Section addresses excitons and charge carriers in organic materials, quantum dots, nanorods, nanosheets and two-dimensional layered materials. Optical, microwave and terahertz measurements cover formation, mobility and decay from sub-picosecond to millisecond timescales.

Education and appointments: master's degree, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; doctoral research, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics; University of Paris Sud; TU Delft from 1994.

Materials

Organic semiconductors, quantum dots, nanorods, nanosheets and two-dimensional layered systems.

Spectroscopy

Time-resolved optical, microwave and terahertz techniques driven by ultrashort laser and electron pulses.

Theory

Electronic structure, DFT, GW, Bethe-Salpeter calculations and simulations of exciton and charge dynamics.

Laurens Siebbeles Group Opto-electronic Materials Experimental facilities Material synthesis Pulsed laser facilities Electron accelerator facility
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Research collaborator
Tohoku University

Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
Senior Professor, SRM University
Distinguished Professor, SUT, Thailand

Yoshiyuki Kawazoe works in computational materials science, including first-principles theory, electronic-structure methods and prediction of functional materials.

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Kawazoe Laboratory, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University

Research fields: first-principles materials physics and chemistry. Contributions include TOMBO, the TOhoku Mixed-Basis Ab Initio Simulation Program Package. Methods include DFT, GW and Bethe-Salpeter calculations.

The laboratory applies these methods to gas-storage systems, nanocarbon materials, magnetostrictive materials and cements, and develops materials databases.

Research subjects Publication record Kawazoe Laboratory Laboratory contact
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Research programme

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Ab initio methods

TOMBO development, DFT, GW, Bethe-Salpeter calculations and reaction-path simulation.

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Functional materials

Gas storage, nanocarbon systems, magnetostriction, cements and emerging low-dimensional structures.

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Materials foundations

Origins of magnetism and chemical bonding, plus structured databases for nonequilibrium, magnetic and high-pressure materials.

Shared research

Yoshiyuki Kawazoe and Minh Triet Dang coauthored three 2025 studies on ion transport and electronic structure in energy materials.

  1. 01 Enhanced sodium-ion intercalation and migration in boron/carbon-doped WS2/graphene bilayers: insights from electronic structure calculations RSC Advances, 2025
  2. 02 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, 2025
  3. 03 Site-specific lithium adsorption and directional ion transport in Ti2CO2 MXenes: insights from nuclear magnetic resonance and climbing-image nudged elastic band calculations RSC Advances, 2025
Associate Professor Chi M. Phan speaking at an academic event
Chemical Engineering, Curtin University

Research collaborator
Curtin University

Chi M. Phan

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Curtin University

Chi M. Phan studies surfactants and fluid interfaces, including air-water and liquid-liquid systems, using theoretical and experimental methods.

BE Environmental Engineering, RMIT University PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle
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Research scope

Interfacial science

Surfactant adsorption, air-water boundaries, liquid-liquid interfaces and surface thermodynamics.

Process engineering

Process simulation, numerical methods, mineral processing and multiphase systems.

Computational materials

First-principles studies of gas sensing, solid electrolytes and battery materials.

Appointment: Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, Curtin University. Education: BE in Environmental Engineering, RMIT University; PhD, University of Newcastle, Australia. Research fields: surfactant adsorption, fluid interfaces, water treatment, process engineering and computational materials.

Selected books

Where Water Meets Air: The Science of Surface Phenomena CRC Press, 2026 Numerical Calculations for Process Engineering Using Excel VBA CRC Press, 2023
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Research collaborator
FPT University, Can Tho Campus

Nguyen Vo Anh Duy

Researcher in computational materials physics
Master of Science

Nguyen Vo Anh Duy studies electronic, optical and electrochemical properties of low-dimensional materials using first-principles calculations.

Research areas: graphene nanoribbons, phosphorene quantum dots, two-dimensional heterostructures, gas-sensing materials, lithium and sodium battery electrodes, MXenes and transition-metal compounds for supercapacitors.

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First-principles methods

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

Energy materials

Lithium and sodium 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.

Shared research

Four joint publications with Minh Triet Dang in low-dimensional materials, optoelectronics and gas sensing.

  1. 01 Structural modification enhances the optoelectronic properties of defect blue phosphorene thin films Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2022
  2. 02 Electric Field as A Novel Switch to Enhance Optical Absorption Spectra of Defect Blue Phosphorene Thin-films VNU Journal of Science: Mathematics - Physics, 2022
  3. 03 Dopant-driven electronic coupling and fast gas sensing in gold-boron co-doped Si/MoS2 heterostructures: a first-principles study RSC Advances, 2026
  4. 04 Modulating band topology and optical response of fluorinated graphene nanoribbons through controlled oxygen adsorption Diamond and Related Materials, 2026
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Research collaborator
Van Lang University

Trong Nhan Duong

Computational materials researcher
Institute for Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence

Trong Nhan Duong uses first-principles calculations to study defects, adsorption, electronic structure and ion transport in low-dimensional and energy materials.

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Academic record

Affiliations: Institute for Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence; Laboratory for Computational Physics; Faculty of Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Van Lang University.

Education and previous affiliation: Can Tho University.

Electronic structure and defects

Hybrid-functional and density-functional studies 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.

Shared research

Six DOI-indexed papers with Minh Triet Dang

Six joint papers published in 2025 and 2026 on nanoribbons, battery materials, ion transport and gas sensing.

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Research collaborator
Can Tho University and Dak Nong Community College

Tran Van Thien

Physics lecturer and doctoral researcher

Research areas: computational battery materials and colloidal gelation. Two joint DOI-indexed publications with Minh Triet Dang.

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Battery cathodes

First-principles analysis of aluminium and boron codoping in ultra-high nickel cathode materials.

Computational methods

Density functional theory combined with neural-network models for stability and electronic-property calculations.

Colloidal physics

Gelation of anisotropic colloids governed by short-range attractive interactions.

Google Scholar coauthors

Minh Triet Dang Can Tho University Nguyen Thi Bao Trang PhD Nguyen Vo Anh Duy FPT University Quoc Tuan Truong University of Angers Yoshiyuki Kawazoe Tohoku University Trong Nhan Duong Van Lang University

Shared research

Two DOI-indexed publications with Minh Triet Dang

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 2020 Gelation of Anisotropic Colloids with Short-Range Attraction VNU Journal of Science: Mathematics - Physics, 36(1)

2026 research output

Submitted patent application: platform and method for screening, evaluating and optimising amorphous molybdenum sulfide electrode structures for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries.

Research supervision

Supervision: 28 bachelor's theses, 12 master's theses, one completed PhD and seven current PhD researchers.

Supervision record

Bachelor, master and doctoral supervision in Physics Education and Mathematical and Theoretical Physics.

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Current PhD researchers

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Completed bachelor and master thesis supervisions

Current doctoral supervision

Seven current PhD researchers in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics.

Research and activities

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Research areas Projects and service