ZHANG Ding-Department of Physics

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Ding ZHANG Associate Professor

Department of Physics, Tsinghua University

Beijing 100084

Tel：86-10-62792385

Email：dingzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn

www.researcherid.com/rid/AAE-7473-2022

www.orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-8349

Education and Research Experience

Education：

2004/09-2008/07 Peking University B.Sc.in Physics

2008/09-2014/03 Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research & University of Stuttgart Ph.D(summa cum laude), Supervisors:Klaus von Klitzing,Jurgen H.Smet

Research Experience：

2014/05-2016/08 Department of Physics,Tsinghua University Postdoc

2016/09-2018/11 Department of Physics,Tsinghua University Assistant Professor(tenure track)

2018/12-2022/12 Department of Physics,Tsinghua University Associate Professor(tenure track)

2019/12-present Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences（BAQIS） Adjunct Researcher

2021/04-present CEMS,RIKEN Unit Leader (Part time) https://cems.riken.jp/en/laboratory/ldtru

2023/01-present Department of Physics,Tsinghua University Associate Professor(tenured)

Awards

2020 MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators under 35 China

2020 Excellence in Advising Award, Tsinghua University

2019 Young Scholar Award, Tsinghua University

Teaching

College Physics B1, B2; Physics Lab Experiment

Research

Superconductivity is a fascinating macroscopic quantum phenomenon. Currently, my lab aims at addressing some of the basic properties in low-dimensional/high-temperature superconductors such as the pairing mechanism and the pairing symmetry. Furthermore, we look for novel quantum phenomena, such as Ising pairing, Little-Parks oscillations, etc., in reduced dimensions under specially designed conditions. The experimental knobs include stacking van der Waals heterostructures, injecting lithium/hydrogen/oxygen/fluorine ions, varying the magnetic field orientations (single axis or biaxial) at ultralow temperatures (base temperature 8 mK), and ramping up the magnetic field to an extremely high value (40 T). By collaborating closely with experimental and theoretical experts worldwide, we hope to gain a comprehensive understanding of those exotic and intriguing phenomena.

Selected Publications

1. M. Liao, Y. Zhu, S. Hu, R. Zhong, J. Schneeloch, G. Gu, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Little-Parks like oscillations in lightly doped cuprate superconductors,

Nature Communications 13, 1316 (2022) *corresponding author

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28954-w

2. J.-Y. Ji, T. Bao, H. Wang, Y. Xu, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue,

Homogeneous lateral lithium intercalation into transition metal dichalcogenides via ion backgating,

Nano Letters 22, 7336 (2022) *corresponding author

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01705

3. Y. Zhu^#, M. Liao^#, Q. Zhang^#, H.-Y. Xie, F. Meng, Y. Liu, Z. Bai, S. Ji, J. Zhang, K. Jiang, R. Zhong, J. Schneeloch, G. Gu, L. Gu, X. Ma, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Presence of s-wave pairing in Josephson junctions made of twisted ultrathin Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+x flakes,

Physical Review X 11, 031011 (2021), ^#equal contribution, *corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031011

4. M. Liao, H. Wang, Y. Zhu, R. Shang, M. Rafique, L. Yang, H. Zhang, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Coexistence of resistance oscillations and the anomalous metal phase in a lithium intercalated TiSe₂ superconductor,

Nature Communications 12, 5342 (2021) *corresponding author

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25671-8

5. D. Zhang* and J. Falson*,

Ising pairing in atomically thin superconductors,

Nanotechnology 32, 502003 (2021) *corresponding author, invited review

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ac238d

6. J. Falson, Y. Xu, M. Liao, Y. Zang, K. Zhu, C. Wang, Z. Zhang, Ho. Liu, W. Duan, K. He, Ha. Liu*, J. H. Smet*, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue,

Type-II Ising pairing in few-layer stanene,

Science 367, 1454 (2020) *corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax3873

7. D. Zhang*, J. Falson, S. Schmult, W. Dietsche, and J. H. Smet*,

Quasiparticle tunneling across an exciton condensate,

Physical Review Letters 124, 246801 (2020) *corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.246801

8. M. Liao^#, Y. Zang^#, Z. Guan, H. Li, Y. Gong, K. Zhu, X.-P. Hu, D. Zhang*, Y. Xu*, Y.-Y. Wang, K. He, X.-C. Ma, S.-C. Zhang, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Superconductivity in few-layer stanene,

Nature Physics 14, 344 (2018) ^#equal contribution, *corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-017-0031-6

9. M. Liao, Y. Zhu, J. Zhang, R. Zhong, J. Schneeloch, G. Gu, K. Jiang, D. Zhang*, X. Ma, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Superconductor-insulator transitions in exfoliated B₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ flakes,

Nano Letters 18, 5660 (2018), *corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02183

10. D. Zhang, W. Dietsche, and K. von Klitzing,

Anomalous interlayer transport of quantum Hall bilayers in the strongly Josephson-coupled regime,

Physical Review Letters 116, 186801 (2016), Editors’ Suggestion.

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.186801

PhD thesis of Ding Zhang in 2014：

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279825743_Probing_the_liquid_and_solid_phases_in_closely_spaced_two-dimensional_systems