Faculty

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 Experiments


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


High temperature superconductivity

1. S. Hu, J. Qiao*, G. Gu, Q.-K. Xue*, and D. Zhang*,

Vortex entropy and superconducting fluctuations in ultrathin underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x superconductor,

Nature Communications 15, 4818 (2024) *corresponding author

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48899-6

2. H. Wang, Y. Zhu*, Z. Bai, Z. Wang, S. Hu, H.-Y. Xie, X. Hu, J. Cui, M. Huang, J. Chen, Y. Ding, L. Zhao, X. Li, Q. Zhang, L. Gu, X. J. Zhou, J. Zhu, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Prominent Josephson tunneling between twisted single copper oxide planes of Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+y,

Nature Communications 14, 5201 (2023) *corresponding author

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40525-1

3. M. Liao, Y. Zhu, S. Hu, R. Shang, 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

4. 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 Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x flakes,

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

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

5. 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 B2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ flakes,

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

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


Novel low-dimensional superconductors

6. 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

7. 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

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


Quantum Hall effect:

9. 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

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