PAPERS

At IU:

Recent Progress on Topological Semimetal IrO₂: Electronic Structures, Synthesis, and Transport Properties, T. X. Zhang, A. L. Coughlin, Chi-Ken Lu, J. -J. Heremans, and S. X. Zhang, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (Invited Review), Accepted.

Nanotube Spin Defects for Omnidirectional Magnetic Field Sensing, X. Gao et al., arXiv:2310.02709

Extreme Air-Sensitivity and Non-Self-Limited Oxidation of Two-Dimensional Magnetic Tellurides, A. L. Coughlin, J.-J. Zhang, S. Bourji, B. Q. Wei, G. H. Ye, Z. P. Ye, J. H. Hong, T. X. Zhang, M. Andrade, X. Zhan, R. He, J. Wang, B. Yakobson, Y. Losovyj, C.-W. Chu, L. Z. Deng, and S. X. Zhang, ACS Materials Letters 5, 1945 (2023)

Silver Nanocoating of LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂ Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries, X. T. Li, K. Chang, S. M. Abbas, R. S. El-Tawil, A. E. Abdel-Ghany, A. M. Hashem, H. Wang, A. L. Coughlin, S. X. Zhang, A. Mauger, L. K. Zhu, and C. M. Julien, Micromachines 14, 907 (2023)

Ligand-Controlled Electroreduction of CO₂ to Formate over Facet-Defined Bimetallic Sulfide Nanoplates, Y. Liu, Z. Jiang, C. L. Huang, S. J. Jeong, A. L. Coughlin, S. X. Zhang, Y. Y. Liu and X. C. Ye, Nano Letters 23, 5911 (2023)

Experimental Observation of Geometric Effect on the Electron Diffraction of Quasi-One-Dimensional Nanostructures, T. X. Zhang, A. T. Eaton, D. K. Mukherjee, M. Cao, A. L. Coughlin, T. Ruch, X. Zhan, H. Y. Zhu, Y. M. Han, H. A. Fertig, and S. X. Zhang, Materials Today Physics 33, 101048 (2023)

Enhanced Electron Correlation and Significantly Suppressed Thermal Conductivity in Dirac Nodal-line Metal Nanowires by Chemical Doping, A. L. Coughlin, Z. Pan, J. Hong, T. X. Zhang, X. Zhan, W. Wu, D. Y. Xie, T. Tong, T. Ruch, J. J. Heremans, J. M. Bao, H. A. Fertig, J. Wang, J. W. Kim, H. Y. Zhu, D. Y. Li, and S. X. Zhang, Advanced Science 10, 2204424 (2023)

Nanostructured Molybdenum-Oxide Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: An Outstanding Increase in Capacity, H. Wang, T. Li, A. M. Hashem, A. E. Abdel-Ghany, R. S. El-Tawil, H. M. Abuzeid, A. L. Coughlin, K. Chang, S. X. Zhang, H. El-Mounayri, A. Tovar, L. Zhu, and C. M. Julien, Nanomaterials 12, 13 (2022)

Van der Waals Superstructure and Twisting in Self-Intercalated Magnet with Near Room-Temperature Perpendicular Ferromagnetism, A. L. Coughlin, D. Y. Xie, X. Zhan, Y. Yao, L. Z. Deng, H. Hewa-Walpitage, T. Bontke, C.-W. Chu, Y. Li, J. Wang, H. A. Fertig, and S. X. Zhang, Nano Letters 221, 9517 (2021)

Remarkable suppression of lattice thermal conductivity by electron-phonon scattering in iridium dioxide nanowires, Y. Tao, Z. Pan, T. Ruch, X. Zhan, Y. Chen, S. X. Zhang, D. Li, Materials Today Physics 21, 100517 (2021)

Near Degeneracy of Magnetic Phases in Two-Dimensional Chromium Telluride with Enhanced Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy, A. L. Coughlin, D.Y. Xie, Y. Yao, X. Zhan, Q. Chen, H. Hewa-Walpitage, X. Zhang, H. Guo, H. Zhou, J. Lou, J. Wang, Y. S. Li, H. A. Fertig, and S. X. Zhang, ACS Nano 14, 15256 (2020)

Self-organization of various phase-separated nanostructures in a single chemical vapor deposition, J. M. Wang, D. Xie, Z. Li, X. H. Zhang, X. Sun, A. L. Coughlin, T. Ruch, Q. Chen, Y. Losovyj, S. Lee, H. Yu, H. D. Zhou, H. Wang, J. Wang, and S. X. Zhang, Nano Research 13, 1723 (2020)

RKKY Interactions in Graphene Landau Levels, J. Cao, H. A. Fertig and S. X. Zhang, Physical Review B 99, 205430 (2019)

Highly tunable Raman scattering and transport in layered magnetic Cr₂S₃ nanoplates grown by sulfurization, W. C. Yang, A. L. Coughlin, L. Webster, G. H. Ye, K. Lopez, H. A. Fertig, R. He, J.-A. Yan and S. X. Zhang, 2D Materials 6, 035029 (2019)

Magnetic order and spin-orbit coupled Mott state in double perovskite (La_1−xSr_x)₂CuIrO₆, Zhu et al. (arXiv:1608.07763)

Stoichiometry control, electronic and transport properties of pyrochlore Bi₂Ir₂O₇ thin films, W. C. Yang, Y. T. Xie, X. Sun, X. H. Zhang, K. Park, S. C. Xue, Y. L. Li, C. G. Tao, Q.X. Jia, Y. Losovyj, H. Wang, J. J. Heremans, and S. X. Zhang, Physical Review Materials 2, 114206 (2018)

Large-size niobium disulfide nanoflakes down to bilayers grown by sulfurization, Z. Li, W. C. Yang, Y. Losovyj, J. Chen, E. Z. Xu, H. M. Liu, M. Werbianskyj, H. A. Fertig, X. C. Ye, and S. X. Zhang, Nano Research 11, 5978 (2018)

Manipulating thermal and electronic transports in thermoelectric Bi₂Te₃ nanowires by porphyrin adsorption, E. Song, A. Baranovskiy, E. Z. Xu, T. Busani, B. Swartzentruber, S. X. Zhang, Y. Amouyal, and J. A. Martinez, AIP Advances 8, 105010 (2018)

Surface Magnetism in Topological Crystalline Insulators, S. Reja, H. A. Fertig, L. Brey, and S. X. Zhang, Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 96, 201111 (2017)

Surface oxidation and thermoelectric properties of indium-doped tin telluride nanowires, Z. Li,a E. Z. Xu, Y. Losovyj, N. Li, A. p. Chen, B. Swartzentruber, N. Sinitsyn, J. K. Yoo, Q. X. Jia and S. X. Zhang, Nanoscale 9, 13014 (2017)

Robust pinning of magnetic moments in pyrochlore iridates, W. C. Yang, W. K. Zhu, H. D. Zhou, L. Ling, E. S. Choi, M. Lee, Y. Losovyj, Chi-Ken Lu, and S. X. Zhang, Physical Review B 96, 094437 (2017)

W. C. Yang, Y. T. Xie, W. K. Zhu, K. Park, A. P. Chen, Y. Losovyj, Z. Li, H. M. Liu, M. Starr, J. A. Acosta, C. G. Tao, N. Li, Q. X. Jia, J. J. Heremans, and S. X. Zhang, Epitaxial thin films of pyrochlore iridate Bi_2−xIr_2-yO_7-delta: structure, defects and transport properties, Scientific Reports 7, 7740 (2017)

Z. Li, S. Yadav, Y. X. Chen, N. Li, X.-Y. Liu, J. Wang, S. X. Zhang, J. K. Baldwin, A. Misra and N. Mara, Mechanically controlling the reversible phase transformation from zinc blende to wurtzite in AlN, Materials Research Letters, 5, 426 (2017).

E. Z. Xu, H. M. Liu, K. Park, Z. Li, Y. Lozovyy, M. Starr, M. Werbianskyj, H. A. Fertig, and S. X. Zhang, p-type transition-metal doping of large-area MoS2 thin films grown by chemical vapor deposition, Nanoscale 9, 3576 (2017)

Y.-C. Lin, D. Kim, Z. Li, B.-M. Nguyen, N. Li, S. X. Zhang and J. K. Yoo, Strain-induced structural defects and their effects on electrochemical performances of silicon core/germanium shell nanowire heterostructures, Nanoscale 9, 1213 ( 2017)

E. Z. Xu, Z. Li, J. A. Acosta, N. Li, B. Swartzentruber, S. J. Zheng , N. Sinitsyn, H. Htoon, J. Wang and S. X. Zhang, "Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Topological Crystalline Insulator PbSnTe Nanowires Grown by a Vapor Transport Approach", Nano Research 9, 820 (2016)

W. K. Zhu, Chi-Ken Lu, W. Tong, J. M. Wang, H. D. Zhou, and S. X. Zhang, "Strong Ferromagnetism Induced by Canted Antiferromagnetic Order in Double Perovskite Iridates (La_1−xSr_x)₂ZnIrO₆", Physical Review B 91, 144408 (2015)

E. Z. Xu, Z. Li, J. A. Martinez, N. Sinitsyn, H. Htoon, Nan Li, B. Swartzentruber, J. A. Hollingsworth, Jian Wang and S. X. Zhang, "Diameter Dependent Thermoelectric Properties of Individual SnTe Nanowires", Nanoscale 7, 2869 (2015)

W. K. Zhu, M. Wang, B. Seradjeh, F.Y. Yang, and S. X. Zhang, "Enhanced Weak Ferromagnetism and Conductivity in Hole-doped Pyrochlore Iridate Y₂Ir₂O₇", Physical Review B 90, 054419 (2014)

Z. Li, S. Shao, N. Li, K. McCall, J. Wang, and S. X. Zhang, "Single Crystalline Nanostructures of Topological Crystalline Insulator SnTe with Distinct Facets and Morphologies ", Nano Letters 13, 5443 (2013)

J. K. Hyun, S. X. Zhang, and L. J. Lauhon, “ Nanowire Heterostructures”, Annual Review of Materials Research 43, 451 (2013) (Invited Review)

Prior to IU (selected):

S. X. Zhang, S. Dayeh, Y. Li, S. A. Crooker, D. L. Smith and S. T. Picraux, “Electrical Spin Injection and Detection in Silicon Nanowires through Oxide Tunnel Barriers”, Nano Letters 13, 430 (2013)  

S. X. Zhang, R. D. McDonald, A. Shekhter, Z. X. Bi, Y. Li, Q. X. Jia, S. T. Picraux, " Magneto-resistance up to 60 Tesla in Topological Insulator Bi₂Te₃ Thin Films", Applied Physics Letters, 101, 202403 (2012)  

S. X. Zhang, I. S. Kim, and L. J. Lauhon, “Stoichiometry Engineering of Monoclinic to Rutile Phase Transition in Suspended Single Crystalline Vanadium Dioxide Nanobeams”,  Nano Letters 11, 1443 (2011)  

S. X. Zhang, F. J. Lopez, J. K. Hyun, L. J. Lauhon, “Direct Detection of Hole Gas in Ge-Si Core-Shell Nanowires by Enhanced Raman Scattering”, Nano Letters 10, 4483 (2010)  

S. X. Zhang, J. Y. Chou, and L. J. Lauhon, “Direct Correlation of Structural Domain Formation with the Metal Insulator Transition in a VO₂ Nanobeam”, Nano Letters 9, 4527 (2009) 

S. X. Zhang, S. B. Ogale, W. Yu, X. Gao, T. Liu, Saurabh Ghosh, G. P. Das, Andrew T. S. Wee, R. L. Greene, and T. Venkatesan, “Electronic Manifestation of Cation Vacancy Induced Magnetic Moments in Transparent Oxide Semiconductor: Anatase Nb:TiO₂”, Advanced Materials 21, 2282 (2009)  

S. X. Zhang, E. R. Hemesath, D. E. Perea, E. Wijaya, J. L. Lensch-Falk and L. J. Lauhon, “Relative Influence of Surface States and Bulk Impurities on the Electrical Properties of Ge  Nanowires”, Nano Letters 9, 3268 (2009)  

H. Xu, S. X. Zhang, S. M. Anlage, L. Hu and G. Gruner, “Frequency and Electric Field Dependent Conductivity of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Networks of Varying Density”,  Physical Review B 77, 075418 (2008) 

X. Bai, S. J. Son, S. X. Zhang, W. Liu, E. K. Jordan, J. A. Frank, T. Venkatesan, and S. B. Lee, “Synthesis of Superparamagnetic Nanotubes as MRI Contrast Agents and for Cell Labeling”, Nanomedicine, 3, 163 (2008)  

S. X. Zhang, S. Dhar, W. Yu, H. Xu, S. B. Ogale, and T. Venkatesan, “Growth Parameter — Property Phase Diagram for Pulsed Laser Deposited Transparent Oxide Conductor Anatase Nb: TiO₂”, Applied Physics Letters 91, 112113 (2007)  

S. X. Zhang, W. Yu, S. B. Ogale , S. R. Shinde, D. C. Kundaliya, Wang-Kong Tse, S. Y. Young, J. S. Higgins, L. G. Salamanca-Riba, M. Herrera, L. F. Fu, N. D. Browning, R. L. Greene, and T. Venkatesan, “Magnetism and Anomalous Hall Effect in Co-(La,Sr)TiO_3-δ”,  Physical Review B 76, 085323 (2007)  

S. X. Zhang, D. C. Kundaliya, W. Yu, S. Dhar, S. Y. Young, and L. G. Salamanca-Riba, S. B. Ogale, R. D. Vispute, and T. Venkatesan, “Nb Doped TiO₂: Intrinsic Transparent Metallic Anatase Versus Highly Resistive Rutile Phase”, Journal of Applied Physics 102, 013701 (2007)

 S. X. Zhang, S. B. Ogale, Darshan C. Kundaliya, L. F. Fu, N. D. Browning, S. Dhar, W. Ramadan, J. S. Higgins, R. L. Greene, and T. Venkatesan, "Search for Ferromagnetism in Conductive Nb:SrTiO₃ with Magnetic Transition Element (Cr, Co, Fe, Mn) Dopants", Applied Physics Letters 89, 012501 (2006)

S. X. Zhang, S. B. Ogale, L. Fu, S. Dhar, Darshan C. Kundaliya, W. Ramadan, N. D. Browning, and T. Venkatesan, "Consequences of niobium doping for the ferromagnetism and microstructure of anatase Co:TiO2 films", Applied Physics Letters 88, 012513 (2006)