-先进功能材料(包括强关联量子材料, 拓扑材料,铁性材料)在人工智能、微电子、光学、以及传感领域的应用
-材料物理化学行为的探索、调控
-薄膜材料的合成、外延生长、以及微纳光电器件制备
代表性文章:
- Neuromorphic learning with Mott insulator NiO, Zhen Zhang, Sandip Mondal, Subhasish Mandal, Jason M. Allred, Neda Alsadat Aghamiri, Alireza Fali, Zhan Zhang, Hua Zhou, Hui Cao, Fanny Rodolakis, Jessica L. McChesney, Qi Wang, Yifei Sun, Yohannes Abate, Kaushik Roy, Karin M. Rabe, and Shriram Ramanathan, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 28, 118 (39) 2021.
- Sudden collapse of magnetic order in oxygen deficient nickelate films, J. Li, R. Green, Z. Zhang, R. Sutarto, J. Sadowski, Z. Zhu, G. Zhang, D. Zhou, Y. Sun, F. He, S. Ramanathan, R. Comin, Physical Review Letters 126, 187602 (2021).
- Carrier localization in perovskite nickelates from oxygen vacancies, M. Kotiuga, Z. Zhang, J. Li, F. Rodolakis, H. Zhou, R. Sutarto, F. He, Q. Wang, Y. Sun, Y. Wang, N. A. Aghamiri, S. B. Hancock, L. P. Rokhinson, D. P. Landau, Y. Abate, J. W. Freeland, R. Comin, S. Ramanathan, K. M. Rabe, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 116, 44, pp. 21992–21997, 2019.
- Perovskite nickelates as electric-field sensors in salt water, Z. Zhang, D. Schwanz, B. Narayanan, M. Kotiuga, J. A. Dura, M. Cherukara, H. Zhou, J. W. Freeland, J. Li, R. Sutarto, F. He, C. Wu, J. Zhu, Y. Sun, K. Ramadoss, S. S. Nonnenmann, N. Yu, R. Comin, K. M. Rabe, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, S. Ramanathan, Nature, 553, 68–72, 2018.
- Ultrahigh sensitivity of anomalous Hall effect sensor based on Cr-doped Bi2Te3 topological insulator thin films, Yan Ni, Z. Zhang, C. Nlebedim and D. Jiles, IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 1–4, 2016.
- Nonhysteretic superelasticity of shape memory alloys at the nanoscale, Z. Zhang, X. Ding, J. Sun, T. Suzuki, T. Lookman, K. Otsuka, and X. Ren, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 111, no. 14, p. 145701, 2013.