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DMREF PUBLICATIONS

       Seed work:
 

  • ​C.-C. Liu, J.-J. Zhou, Y. Yao, and F. Zhang, Weak topological insulators and composite Weyl semimetals: β-Bi₄X₄ (X=Br, I), Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 066801 (2016).​


    Quasi-1D Topological Materials (DMREF team works):
     

  1. Z. Zhang, J. Wang, A. Rajesh, W. Liu, C. Yoon, N. Dhale, P. Yadav, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, R. J. Birgeneau, M. Yi, B. Lv, F. Zhang, M. Bockrath, and C. N. Lau, Mixed Dimensional Transport and Evidence for Higher Order Topological Hinge Modes in Thin Film Bi4Br4 Field Effect Transistors, Newton 2, 100442 (2026).
     

  2. W. Liu, Y. Zheng, A. L. N. Kondusamy, D. L. Sherm, A. V. Malko, and B. Lv, Electrical transport crossover and large magnetoresistance in selenium deficient van der Waals HfSe2-x (0≤x≤0.2), Phys. Rev. Mater. 8, 054006 (2024). 
     

  3. Y. C. Zhang, R. X. Zhou, H. L. Wu, J. S. Oh, S. Li, J. W. Huang, J. D. Denlinger, M. Hashimoto, D. H. Lu, S. K. Mo, K. F. Kelly, G. T. McCandless, J. Y. Chan, R. J. Birgeneau, B. Lv, G. Li, and M. Yi, Charge order induced Dirac pockets in the nonsymmorphic crystal TaTe4, Phys. Rev. B 109, 199901 (2024).
     

  4. H. Wu, S. Li, Y. Lyu, Y. Guo, W. Liu, J. S. Oh, Y. Zhang, S. K. Mo, C. dela Cruz, R. J. Birgeneau, K. M. Taddei, M. Yi, L. Yang, and B. Lv, Tailoring physical properties of crystals through synthetic temperature control: A case study for new polymorphic NbFeTe2 phases,  Phys. Rev. B 109, 174427 (2024).
     

  5. D. Shcherbakov, G. Voigt, S. Memaran, G.-B. Liu, Q. Wang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. Smirnov, L. Balicas, F. Zhang, and C. N. Lau, Giant tunability of intersubband transitions and quantum Hall quartets in few-layer InSe quantum well, Nano Lett. 24, 3851–3857 (2024). 
     

  6. Y. Zhang, H. Tian, H. Li, C. Yoon, R. A. Nelson, Z. Li, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. Smirnov, R. K. Kawakami, J. E. Goldberger, F. Zhang, C. N. Lau, Quantum octets in high mobility pentagonal two-dimensional PdSe2, Nat. Commun. 15, 761 (2024).
     

  7. W. Liu, N. Dale, C. Yoon, J. S. Oh, Z. Zhang, S. Li, J. Wang, H. Wu, G. C. Ortiz, J. Hwang, R. J. Birgeneau, C. N. Lau, M. Yi, F. Zhang, and B. Lv, New structural and topological phases in the phase diagram of Bi₄I₄₋ₓBrₓ (0 ≤ x ≤ 4), to be submitted (2023).
     

  8. J. S. Oh, T. Y. Xu, N. Dhale, S. Li, C. Lei, C. Yoon, W. H. Liu, J. W. Huang, H. L. Wu, M. Hashimoto, D. H. Lu, C. Jozwiak, A. Bostwick, E. Rotenberg, C. N. Lau, B. Lv, F. Zhang, R. J. Birgeneau, and M. Yi. Ideal weak topological insulator and protected helical saddle points, Phys. Rev. B 108, L201104 (2023). 
     

  9. Y. Liu, R. Chen, Z. Zhang, M. Bockrath, C. N. Lau, Y.-F. Zhou, C. Yoon, S. Li, X. Liu, N. Dhale, B. Lv, F. Zhang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Huang, M. Yi, J. S. Oh, and R. J. Birgeneau, Gate-tunable transport in quasi-one-dimensional α-Bi4I4 field effect transistors, Nano Lett. 22, 1151 (2022).
     

  10. J. Huang, S. Li, C. Yoon, J. S. Oh, H. Wu, X. Liu, N. Dhale, Y.-F. Zhou, Y. Guo, Y. Zhang, M. Hashimoto, D. Lu, J. Denlinger, X. Wang, C. N. Lau, R. J. Birgeneau, F. Zhang, B. Lv, and M. Yi, Room-temperature topological phase transition in quasi-one-dimensional material Bi₄I₄, Phys. Rev. X 11, 031042 (2021).


    Quasi-1D Topological Materials (External collaboration):
     

  11. M. S. Hossain, Q. Zhang, Z. Wang, N. Dhale, W. Liu, M. Litskevich, B. Casas, N. Shumiya, J. X. Yin, T. A. Cochran, Y. Li, Y. Jiang, Y. Yang, G. Cheng, Z. J. Cheng, X. P. Yang, N. Yao. T. Neupert, L. Balicas, Y. Yao, B. Lv, and M. Z. Hasan. Transport response of topological hinge modes, Nat. Phys., 20, 776–782 (2024).  
     

  12. N. Shumiya, M. S. Hossain, J.-X. Yin, Z. Wang, M. Litskevich, C. Yoon, Y. Li, Y. Yang, Y.-X. Jiang, G. Cheng, Y.-C. Lin, Q. Zhang,
    Z.-J. Cheng, T. A. Cochran, D. Multer, X. P. Yang, B. Casas, T.-R. Chang, T. Neupert, Z. Yuan, S. Jia, H. Lin, N. Yao, L. Balicas, F. Zhang, Y. Yao, and M. Z. Hasan, Evidence of a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state in     a higher-order topological insulator, Nat. Mater. 21, 1111 (2022), [ highlighted as the cover story. ]
     

  13. C. Yoon, C.-C. Liu, H. Min, and F. Zhang, Quasi-one-dimensional higher-order topological insulators, preprint arXiv:2005.14710. (2020).
     

  14. S. Talkington, P. Cheung, and F. Zhang, Infrared optical properties of quasi-one-dimensional topological insulators,
    to be submitted (2023).      [ Video link to this work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ocucYUpC3w ]


    Materials enrichment:
     

  15. Z.H. Wang, Y.C. Guo, H.Y. Huang, F. Xie, Y.F. Huang, B. Gao, J.S. Oh, H. Wu, J. Okamoto, G. Channagowdra, C.T. Chen, F. Ye, X.Y. Lu, Z.Y. Liu, Z. Ren, Y. Fang, Y.M. Wang, A. Biswas, Y.C. Zhang, Z.Q. Yue, C. Hu, C. Jozwiak, A. Bostwick, E. Rotenberg, M. Hashimoto, D.H. Lu, J. Kono, J.H. Chu, B.I. Yakobson, R.J. Birgeneau, G.H. Cao, A. Fujimori, D.J. Huang, Q.M. Si, M. Yi, P.C. Dai, Spin Excitations and Flat Electronic Bands in a Cr-based Kagome Superconductor, Nat. Commun. 16, 7573 (2025). 
     

  16. H. Wu, W. Liu, N. Dhale, P. Koirala, D. L. I. Scherm, X. Wang, W.-C. Lee, B. Lv, A Monoclinic Variant of ThCr2Si2‑Type BaAg2Sb2: Electronic Structure and Physical Properties, Inorg. Chem. 64, 7869 (2025).
     

  17. S. Subedi, W. Liu, W. Fang, C. Fox, Z. Zhai, F. Fei, Y. Ping, B. Lv, J. Xiao, Colossal Terahertz Emission with Ultrafast Tunability Based on Van der Waals Ferroelectric NbOI2, Adv. Optical Mater. 13, 2403471 (2025).
     

  18. S. B. Lee, H. E. M. Warden, A. Schmidt, B. Lv, J. Y. Chan, D. C. Fredrickson, Interstitial Atoms and the Frustrated and Allowed Structural Transitions Principle: Tunability in the Electronic Structure of AuCu3-type Frameworks in Dy4T1−xGa12 (T = Ag, Ir), Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 651, e202500079 (2025).
     

  19. Q. Li, X. Xie, A. Alfrey, C. W. Beach, N. McLellan, Y. Lu, J. Hu, W. Liu, N. Dhale, B. Lv, L. Zhao, K. Sun, H. Deng, Two-Dimensional Magnetic Exciton Polariton with Strongly Coupled Atomic and Photonic Anisotropies, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 266901 (2024).
     

  20. S. Smolenski, M. Wen, Q. Li, E. Downey, A. Alfrey, W. Liu, A. LN Kondusamy, A. Bostwick, C. Jozwiak, E. Rotenberg, L. Zhao, H. Deng, B. Lv, D. Zgid, E. Gull, N. H. Jo, Large Exciton Binding Energy in a Bulk van der Waals Magnet from Quasi-1D Electronic Localization, Nat. Commun. 16, 1134 (2025).
     

  21. X. Guo, W. Liu, J. Schwartz, S. H. Sung, D. Zhang, M. Shimizu, A. L. N. Kondusamy, L. Li, K. Sun, H. Deng, H. O. Jeschke, I. I. Mazin, R. Hovden, B. Lv, and L. Zhao, Extraordinary phase transition revealed in a van der Waals antiferromagnet, Nat. Commun. 15, 6472 (2024).
     

  22. F. Fei, Y. Mao, W. Fang. W. Liu, J. P. Rollins, A. L. N. Kondusamy, B. Lv, Y. Ping, Y. Wang, and J. Xiao, Spin-mechanical coupling in 2D antiferromagnet CrSBr, Nano Lett. 24, 10467–10474 (2024).
     

  23. X. Teng, J. S. Oh, H. Tan, L. Chen, J. Huang, B. Gao, J.-X. Yin, J.-H. Chu, M. Hashimoto, D. Lu, C. Jozwiak, A. Bostwick, E. Rotenberg, G. E. Granroth, B. Yan, R. J. Birgeneau, P. Dai, and M. Yi, Intertwined magnetism and charge density wave order in kagome FeGe, Nat. Phys. (2023).
     

  24. X. Chen, Y.-T. Shao, R. Chen, S. Susarla, T. Hogan, Y. He, H. Zhang, S. Wang, J. Yao, P. Ercius, D. A. Muller, R. Ramesh, and R. J. Birgeneau, Pervasive beyond room-temperature ferromagnetism in a doped van der Waals magnet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 217203 (2022).
     

  25. H. Wu, A. M. Hallas, X. Cai, J. Huang, J. S. Oh, V. Loganathan, A. Weiland, G. T. McCandless, J. Y. Chan, S.-K. Mo, D. Lu, M. Hashimoto, J. Denlinger, R. J. Birgeneau, A. H. Nevidomskyy, G. Li, E. Morosan, and M. Yi, Nonsymmorphic symmetry-protected band crossings in a square-net metal PtPb₄, npj Quantum Mater. 7, 31 (2022).​
     

  26. W. Liu, X. Guo, J. Schwartz, H. Xie, N. U. Dhale, S. H. Sung, A. L. N. Kondusamy, X. Wang, H. Zhao, D. Berman, R. Hovden, L. Zhao, and B. Lv, A three-stage magnetic phase transition revealed in ultrahigh-quality van der Waals bulk magnet CrSBr, ACS Nano 16, 15917 (2022).
     

  27. X. Chen, E. Schierle, Y. He, M. Vranas, J. W. Freeland, J. L. McChesney, R. Ramesh, R. J. Birgeneau, and A. Frano, Antiferromagnetic order in Co-doped Fe₅GeTe₂ probed by resonant magnetic x-ray scattering, Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 094404 (2022).
     

  28. H. Wu, S. Li, X. Wang, S. Kwon, W. Liu, G. A. Ofenstein, M. J. Kim, and B. Lv, New layered quaternary BaCu₆Sn₂As₄₋ₓ and BaCu₆Sn₂P₄₋ₓ phases: Crystal growth and physical properties, J. Alloys Compd. 892, 162111 (2022).
     

  29. S. Li, Y. Zhang, H. Wu, H. Zhai, W. Liu, D. P. Petit, J. S. Oh, J. Denlinger, G. T. McCandless, J. Y. Chan, R. J. Birgeneau, G. Li, M. Yi, and B. Lv, Transport anomalies in the layered compound BaPt₄Se₆, npj Quantum Mater. 6, 80 (2021).
     

  30. W. Liu, M. R. Osanloo, X. Wang, S. Li, N. Dhale, H. Wu, M. L. Van de Put, S. Tiwari, W. G. Vandenberghe, and B. Lv, New Verbeekite-type polymorphic phase and rich phase diagram in the PdSe₂₋ₓTeₓ system, Phys. Rev. B 104, 024507 (2021).
     

  31. X. Liu, K. M. Taddei, S. Li, W. Liu, N. Dhale, R. Kadado, D. Berman, C. D. Cruz, and B. Lv, Canted antiferromagnetism in the quasi-one-dimensional iron chalcogenide BaFe₂Se₄, Phys. Rev. B 102, 180403 (2020).
     

  32. H. Wu, H. Zhai, S. Li, M. Sorolla, II, G. T. McCandless, D. P. Petit, J. Y. Chan, and B. Lv, Crystal structure and electronic properties of new compound Zr6.5Pt6Se19, Inorg. Chem. 59, 8196 (2020).
     

  33. H. Wu, S. Li, Z. Wu, X. Wang, G. A. Ofenstein, S. Kwon, M. J. Kim, P. C. W. Chu, and B. Lv, Novel polymorphic phase of BaCu₂As₂: impact of flux for new phase formation in crystal growth, Cryst. Growth Des. 20, 5922 (2020).
     

  34. S. Li, X. Liu, M. Sorolla, II, G. T. McCandless, H. Wu, H. Zhai, J. Y. Chan, and B. Lv, Synthesis and structure of a nonstoichiometric Zr3.55Pt4Sb4 compound, Inorg. Chem. 58, 12017 (2019).


    Quantum devices and applications:
     

  35. B. Deng, H. Ahn, J. Wang, G. Moon, N. Dongre, C. Lei, G. Scuri, J. Sung, E. Brutschea, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, F. Zhang, M.-H. Jo, and H. Park, Epitaxially Defined Luttinger Liquids on MoS2 Bicrystals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 046301 (2025). 
     

  36. W. Pan, D. B. Burckel, C. D. Spataru, K. R. Sapkota, A. J. Muhowski, S. D. Hawkins, J. F. Klem, L. S. Smith, D. A. Temple, Z. A. Enderson, Z. Jiang, K. Thirunavukkuarasu, L. Xiang, M. Ozerov, D. Smirnov, C. Niu, P. D. Ye, P. Pai, and F. Zhang, Lithography-Defined Semiconductor Moirés with Anomalous In-Gap Quantum Hall States, Nano Lett. 25, 10536–10543 (2025).
     

  37. A. Seiler, M. Statz, C. Eckel, I. Weimer, J. F. Pöhls, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, F. Zhang, R. T. Weitz, Signatures of Sliding Wigner Crystals in Bilayer Graphene at Zero and Finite Magnetic Fields, Nat. Commun. 16, 8921 (2025).
     

  38. A. Seiler, Y. Zhumagulov, K. Zollner, C. Yoon, D. Urbaniak, F. R. Geisenhof, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Fabian, F. Zhang, and R. T. Weitz, Layer-Selective Spin-Orbit Coupling and Strong Correlation in Bilayer Graphene, 2D Mater. 12, 035009 (2025).
     

  39. J. Yang, X. Shi, S. Ye, C. Yoon, Z. Lu, V. Kakani, T. Han, J. Seo, L. Shi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, F. Zhang, and L. Ju, Impacts of Spin-Orbit Coupling on Superconductivity in Rhombohedral Graphene, Nat. Mater. 24, 1058–1065 (2025).
     

  40. P. Pai and F. Zhang, Shedding Light on Quantum Geometry (News &Views),  Nat. Mater. 24, 983–984 (2025). 
     

  41. F. Zhang and F. Xia, Metasurfaces: Polarization Detection in Miniature (News &Views), Nat. Electron. 7, 948–949 (2024).
     

  42. C. Nnokwe, C. J. Cunningham, W. Liu, G. Ye, T. Nguyen, K. Wu, C. Hemesath, C. Sadler, P. Lukashev, Z. Zhai, B. Lv, J.-A. Yan, P. M Shand, A. J. Stollenwerk, R. He, Tuning the Magnetic Properties of CrI3 Using Ni Thin Film Deposition for Applications in Spintronic Devices, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 8, 2412-2420 (2025).
     

  43. Q. Li, X. Wan, S. Li, A. Alfrey, W. Liu, Z. Zhai, W. Alpers, Y. Yang, I. Wladyszewska, C. W. Beach, L. Zhao, B. Lv, C. R. Du, K. Sun, H. Deng, Twist Engineering of Anisotropic Excitonic and Optical Properties of a Two-Dimensional Magnetic Semiconductor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 156901 (2025).
     

  44. A. L. Melendez, S. Das, F. A. Rodriguez, I-H. Kao, W. Liu, A. J. Williams, B. Lv, J. Goldberger, S. Chatterjee, S. Singh, P. C. Hammel, Quantum Sensing of Broadband Spin Dynamics and Magnon Transport in Antiferromagnets, Sci. Adv. 11, eadu9381 (2025).
     

  45. F. Winterer, F. R. Geisenhof, N. Fernandez, A. M. Seiler, F. Zhang, and R. T. Weitz, Ferroelectric and spontaneous quantum Hall states in intrinsic rhombohedral trilayer graphene, Nat. Phys., 20, 422–427 (2024). 
     

  46. T. Han, Z. Lu, Y. Yao, J. Yang, J. Seo, C. Yoon, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. Fu, F. Zhang, and L. Ju, Large quantum anomalous Hall effect in spin-orbit proximitized rhombohedral graphene, Science, 384, 647–651 (2024).
     

  47. S. Yuan, C. Ma, E. Fetaya, T. Mueller, D. Naveh, F. Zhang, and F. Xia., Geometric deep optical sensing, Science 379, 1103 & eade1220 (2023).
     

  48. H. Tian, X. Gao, Y. Zhang, S. Che, T. Xu, P. Cheung, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. Randeria, F. Zhang, C. N. Lau, and M. W. Bockrath, Evidence for Dirac flat band superconductivity enabled by quantum geometry, Nature 614, 440 (2023).
     

  49. A. M. Seiler, F. R. Geisenhof, F. Winterer, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Xu, F. Zhang, and R. T. Weitz, Quantum cascade of correlated phases in trigonally warped bilayer graphene, Nature 608, 298 (2022).
     

  50. C. Ma, S. Yuan, P. Cheung, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, F. Zhang, and F. Xia, Intelligent infrared sensing enabled by tunable moiré quantum geometry, Nature 604, 266 (2022).
     

  51. C. N. Lau, M. W. Bockrath, K. F. Mak, and F. Zhang, Reproducibility in the fabrication and physics of moiré materials, Nature 602, 41 (2022).
     

  52. ​M. Fortin-Deschênes, R. Pu, Y.-F. Zhou, C. Ma, P. Cheung, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, F. Zhang, X. Du, and F. Xia, Uncovering topological edge states in twisted bilayer graphene, Nano Lett. 22, 6186 (2022).
     

  53. F. R. Geisenhof, F. Winterer, A. M. Seiler, J. Lenz, T. Xu, F. Zhang, and R. T. Weitz, Quantum anomalous Hall octet driven by orbital magnetism in bilayer graphene, Nature 598, 53 (2021).​​
     

  54. B. Deng, C. Ma, Q. Wang, S. Yuan, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, F. Zhang, and F. Xia, Strong mid-infrared photoresponse in small-twist-angle bilayer graphene, Nat. Photon. 14, 549 (2020).
     

  55. C. Ma, Q. Wang, S. Mills, X. Chen, B. Deng, S. Yuan, C. Li, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, X. Du, F. Zhang, and F. Xia, Moiré band topology in twisted bilayer graphene, Nano Lett. 20, 6076 (2020).
     

  56. L. Ju, L. Wang, X. Li, S. Moon, M. Ozerov, Z. Lu, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, E. Mueller, F. Zhang, D. Smirnov, F. Rana, and P. L. McEuen, Unconventional valley-dependent optical selection rules and landau level mixing in bilayer graphene,
    Nat. Commun. 11, 2941 (2020).
     

  57. W. Yu, R. Haenel, M. A. Rodriguez, S. R. Lee, F. Zhang, M. Franz, D. I. Pikulin, and W. Pan, Zero-bias conductance peak in Dirac semimetal-superconductor devices, Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 032002 (2020).​
     

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