Yinong Zhou
Department of Physics
Assistant Professor

Research Areas: Computational Condensed Matter Physics

Office: Leach Science Center 3138

Address: 380 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849

Phone: (334) 844-4292

Email: yinong.zhou@auburn.edu

Website


Education
Ph.D., University of Utah, Materials Science and Engineering
2021
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Applied Physics
2016


Professional Employment
Assistant Professor, Auburn University, Department of Physics
2024 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy
2021-2024


Research and Teaching Interests

My research focuses on developing and applying density functional theory (DFT) simulations coupled with theoretical models to design and predict diverse nanomaterials and quantum materials and reveal their novel electronic, topological, magnetic, optical, and phononic properties. My recent research interests include, but not limited to, the study of topological materials, chiral materials, superconductors, and integrating machine learning in materials discovery.


Selected Publications

[1] Higher-dimensional spin selectivity in chiral crystals

Y. Zhou, D. L. M. Cordova, G. M. Milligan, M. Q. Arguilla, and R. Wu

Physical Review B 110, 045434 (2024)

[2] Controllable strain-driven topological phase transition and dominant surface-state transport in HfTe5

J. Liu*, Y. Zhou*, S. Y. Rodriguez, M. A. Delmont, R. A. Welser, T. Ho, N. Sirica, K. McClure, P. Vilmercati, J. W. Ziller, N. Mannella, J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi, M. T. Pettes, R. Wu, and L. A. Jauregui

Nature Communications 15, 332 (2024)

[3] Bonding-directed crystallization of ultra-long one-dimensional NbS3 van der Waals nanowires

D. Lopez, Y. Zhou, D. L. M. Cordova, G. M. Milligan, K. S. Ogura, R. Wu, and M. Q. Arguilla

Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, 33: 22863-22868 (2024)

[4] Exceptional electronic transport and quantum oscillations in thin bismuth crystals grown inside van der Waals materials

L. Chen, A. X. Wu, N. Tulu, J. Wang, A. Juanson, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. T. Pettes, M. Campbell, C. A. Gadre, Y. Zhou, H. Chen, P. Cao, L. A. Jauregui, R. Wu, X. Pan, and J. D. Sanchez-Yamagish

Nature Materials 13:1-6 (2024).

[5] Remote control of spin polarization of topological corner states

Y. Zhou, and R. Wu

Physical Review B 107.3: 035412 (2023)

[6] Growth of mesoscale ordered two-dimensional hydrogen-bond organic framework with the observation of flat band

M. Pan*, X. Zhang*, Y. Zhou*, P. Wang*, Q. Bian, H. Liu, X. Wang, X. Li, A. Chen, X. Lei, S. Li, Z. Cheng, Z. Shao, H. Ding, J. Gao, F. Li, and F. Liu

Physical Review Letters 130.3: 036203, Editor’s Suggestion, (2023)

[7] Sensitive thermochromic behavior of InSeI, a highly anisotropic and tubular 1D van der Waals crystal

D. L. Cordova, Y. Zhou, G. M. Milligan, L. Cheng, T. Kerr, J. Ziller, R. Wu, and M. Q. Arguilla

Advanced Materials 2312597 (2023)

[8] Electrical manipulation of topological phases in quantum anomalous Hall insulator

S. K. Chong*, P. Zhang*, J. Li*, Y. Zhou, J. Wang, H. Zhang, A. V. Davydov, C. Eckberg, P. Deng, L. Tai, J. Xia, R. Wu, and K. L. Wang

Advanced Materials 35.11: 2207622 (2022)

[9] Realization of an antiferromagnetic superatomic graphene: Dirac Mott insulator and circular dichroism Hall effect

Y. Zhou, and F. Liu

Nano Letters 21.1: 230-235 (2021)

[10] Flat-band-enabled triplet excitonic insulator in a diatomic kagome lattice

G. Sethi, Y. Zhou, L. Zhu, L. Yang, and F. Liu

Physical Review Letters 126.19: 196403 (2021)

[11] Sierpiński structure and electronic topology in Bi thin films on InSb(111)B surfaces

C. Liu, Y. Zhou, G. Wang, Y. Yin, C. Li, H. Huang, D. Guan, Y. Li, S. Wang, H. Zheng, C. Liu, Y. Han, J. W. Evans, F. Liu, and J. Jia

Physical Review Letters 126.17: 176102 (2021)

[12] Giant intrinsic circular dichroism of enantiomorphic flat Chern bands and flatband devices

Y. Zhou, G. Sethi, C. Zhang, X. Ni, and F. Liu

Physical Review B 102, 125115 (2020).

* Co-first author (equally contributed)







Last updated: 09/13/2024