Education and Employment

Education：

2011.05: Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, University of California, Berkeley

2006.06: M.S., Condensed Matter Physics, Tsinghua University

2002.06: B.S., Physics, Tsinghua University

Employment：

2018.06-now: Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Professor

2017.01-2018.05: Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Associate Professor

2012.03-2016.12: Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Assistant Professor

2011.11-2012.12: RIKEN, Postdoctoral Researcher

2011.05-2011.10: University of California at Berkeley, Postdoctoral Researcher

Teaching

College Physics B2; Advanced Semiconductor Physics

Research Interests

Condensed matter physics and Materials Science

* Complex Oxide Growth (OMBE, PLD)

* Correlated Electronic states (Ferromagnetism, ferroelectricity, multiferroics)

* Applications with ionic evolutions (hydrogen energy, neuromorphic computing)

Awards&Services

Awards：

2017 Top 10 Scientific Achievements in 2017 of Tsinghua University

2018 Oxide Electronics Prize for Excellency in Research Award from 25^th IWOE

2024 Top 10 Scientific Achievements in 2024 of SHMFF

Services：

2024-now Associate Editor, NPJ-Spintronics

2024-now Deputy Director, Solid State Defects Committee of CPS

Selected Publications

We have published more than 180 papers with the total citations of 15000+.

1. S. Shen, T. Oh, J. Song, D. Tian, X. Shu, Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, D. Yi, T. W. Noh, B. Yang, Y. Li, and P. Yu. "Selective Control of Electric Charge of Weyl Fermions in Pyrochlore Iridates." Advanced Materials, 36, 2403306 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202403306

2. J. Zhang, S. Shen, D. Puggioni, M. Wang, H. Sha, X. Xu, Y. Lyu, H. Peng, W. Xing, L.N. Walters, L. Liu, Y. Wang, H. De, C. Xi, L. Pi, H. Ishizuka, Y. Kotani, M. Kimata, H. Nojiri, T. Nakamura, T. Liang, Y. Di, T. Nan, J. Zang, Z. Sheng, Q. He, S. Zhou, N. Nagaosa, C. Nan, Y. Tokura, R. Yu, J.M. Rondinelli and P. Yu. "A Correlated Ferromagnetic Polar Metal by Design." Nature Materials, 23, 912-919 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01856-6

3. Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, Y. Wu, X. Shu, F. Zhang, H. Peng, S. Shen, N. Ogawa, J. Zhu and P. Yu. "Artificially controlled nanoscale chemical reduction in VO₂ through electron beam illumination." Nature Communications, 14, 4012 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39812-8

4. F. Zhang, Y. Zhang, L. Li, X. Mou, H. Peng, S. Shen, M. Wang, K. Xiao, S. Ji, D. Yi, T. Nan, J. Tang and P. Yu. "Nanoscale multistate resistive switching in WO₃ through scanning probe induced proton evolution." Nature Communications, 14, 3950 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39687-9

5. S. Shen, M. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y. Lyu, D. Tian, C. Gao, Y. Long, J. Zhao and P. Yu. "Coexistence of both localized electronic states and electron gas at rutile TiO₂ surfaces." Advanced Materials, 35, 2301453 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202301453

6. N. Lu, Z. Zhang, Y. Wang, H. Li, S. Qiao, B. Zhao, Q. He, S. Lu, C. Li, Y. Wu, M. Zhu, X. Lyu, X. Chen, Z. Li, M. Wang, J. Zhang, S.C. Tsang, J. Guo, S. Yang, J. Zhang, K. Deng, D. Zhang, J. Ma, J. Ren, Y. Wu, J. Zhu, S. Zhou, Y. Tokura, C. Nan, J. Wu and P. Yu. "Enhanced low-temperature proton conductivity in hydrogen-intercalated brownmillerite oxide." Nature Energy, 7 (12), pp. 1208-1216 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-022-01166-8

7. L. Li, M. Wang, Y. Zhou, Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, Y. Wu, Y. Wang, Y. Lyu, N. Lu, G. Wang, H. Peng, S. Shen, Y. Du, Z. Zhu, C. Nan and P. Yu. "Manipulating the insulator-metal transition through tip-induced hydrogenation." Nature Materials, 21 (11), pp. 1246-1251 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01373-4

8. D. Tian#, Z. W. Liu#, S. C. Shen#, *, Z. L. Li, Y. Zhou, H. Q. Liu, H. H. Chen* and P. Yu*. "Manipulating Berry curvature of SrRuO₃ thin films via epitaxial strain." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 118, e2101946118 (2021).

9. S. C. Shen, Z. L. Li, Z. J. Tian, W. D. Luo*, S. Okamoto* and P. Yu*. "Emergent ferromagnetism with Fermi-liquid behavior in proton intercalated CaRuO₃." Physical Review X, 11, 021018 (2021).

10. Y. J. Wang, Q. He*, W. Ming, M. Du, N. P. Lu, M. Cafolla, J. Fujioka, Q. H. Zhang, D. Zhang, S. Shen, Y. Lyu, A. T. N'Diaye, E. Arenholz, L. Gu, C. W. Nan, Y. Tokura, S. Okamoto* and P. Yu. "Robust Ferromagnetism in Highly Strained SrCoO₃ Thin Films." Physical Review X 10, 021030 (2020).

11. Z. Li, S. Shen, Z. Tian, K. Hwangbo, M. Wang, Y. Wang, F. M. Bartram, L. He, Y. Lyu, Y. Dong, G. Wan, H. Li, N. Lu, J. Zang, H. Zhou, E. Arenholz, Q. He, L. Yang*, W. Luo* and P. Yu*. "Reversible manipulation of the magnetic state in SrRuO₃ through electric-field controlled proton evolution." Nature Communications 11(1): 184 (2020).

12. M. Wang, X. Sui, Y. Wang, Y.-H. Juan, Y. Lyu, H. Peng, T. Huang, S. Shen, C. Guo, J. Zhang, Z. Li, H.-B. Li, N. Lu, A. T. N’Diaye, E. Arenholz, S. Zhou, Q. He, Y.-H. Chu, W. Duan,* P. Yu*. "Manipulate the Electronic and Magnetic States in NiCo₂O₄ Films through Electric-Field Induced Protonation at Elevated Temperature." Advanced Materials, 1900458 (2019).

13. N. P. Lu, P. Zhang, Q. Zhang, R. Qiao, Q. He, H. –B. Li, Y. J. Wang, J. W. Guo, D. Zhang, Z. Duan, Z. L. Li, M. Wang, S. Z. Yang, M. Z. Yan, E. Arenholz, S. Y. Zhou, W. L. Yang, L. Gu, C. W. Nan, J. Wu*, Y. Tokura, P. Yu*. "Electric-field control of tri-state phase transformation with a selective dual-ion switch." Nature, 546, 124(2017).

14. H. B. Li, N. P. Lu, Q. Zhang, Y. J. Wang, D. Q. Feng, T. Z. Chen, S. Z. Yang, Z. Duan, Z. L. Li, Y. J. Shi, W. C. Wang, W. H. Wang, K. Jin, H. Liu, J. Ma, L. Gu, C. W. Nan and P. Yu*. "Electric-field control of ferromagnetism through oxygen ion gating." Nature Communications, 8, 2156 (2017).

15. M. Wang, S. Shen, J. Y. Ni, N. P. Lu, Z. L. Li, H. B. Li, S. Z. Yang, T. Z. Chen, J. W. Guo, Y. J. Wang, H. J. Xiang and P. Yu*. "Electric-Field Controlled Phase Transformation in WO₃ Thin Films through Hydrogen Evolution." Advanced Materials, 1703628, (2017).