Summary:20 Nature sister journals (Nature Physics, Nature Electronics, Nature Communications etc), 8 Nano Letters, 3 Advanced Materials, 4 Physical Review Letters, 43 Physical Review B, 9 Physical Review Applied, 39 Applied Physics Letters, 1 NPG Asia Materials, 1 Proceedings of the IEEE, 6 review papers, 7 invited book chapters, 23 patents. Total Google Scholar Citation of 16100 and H-index=60
Research Highlights [Representative publications in recent years] (* represents the corresponding author)
1. “Topological transformation of synthetic ferromagnetic skyrmions: thermal assisted switching of helicity by spin-orbit torque”
Kai Wu （课题组成员）, Yuelei Zhao, Hongyuan Hao, Sheng Yang, Shuang Li, Qingfang Liu, Senfu Zhang*, Xixiang Zhang, Johan Akerman, Li Xi, Ying Zhang, Kaiming Cai and Yan Zhou*
Nature Communications,15, 10463 (2024).
2. “Topological Spin Textures: Basic Physics and Devices”
Yuqing Zhou （课题组成员）, Shuang Li, Xue Liang, Yan Zhou*
Advanced Materials,37, 2312935 (2024).
3. “Identifying and Exploring Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Skyrmions”
Y. Zhao（课题组成员）, S. Yang, K. Wu, S. Li, Y. Gao, H. Hao, X. Zhang, S. Wang, Q. Liu, S. Zhang*, Z. Chu, J. Åkerman, and Yan Zhou*
Advanced Functional Materials,2303133 (2023).
4. “Reversible Conversion Between Skyrmions and Skyrmioniums”
Sheng Yang（课题组成员）, Yuelei Zhao, Kai Wu, Zhiqin Chu, Xiaohong Xu, Xiaoguang Li, Johan Åkerman, and Yan Zhou*
Nature Communications,14, 3406 (2023).
5. “Universal quantum computations based on nano-skyrmion helicity qubits in frustrated magnets”
Jing Xia（课题组成员）, Xichao Zhang, Xiaoxi Liu, Yan Zhou*, Motohiko Ezawa*
Physical Review Letters,130, 106701(2023).
6. “Event-based Vision in Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect Microscopy”
Kai Zhang（课题组成员）, Yuelei Zhao, Z. Q. Chu, Yan Zhou*
AIP Advances,12, 095315 (2022). [Feature article]
Highlight: New “add-on” mimics human eye, elevates traditional microscopy technology.
Scilight "Integrating revolutionary sensor technology with Magneto-optic Kerr effect microscopy,"
7. “A comparative study of the domain wall motion in ferrimagnets (Fe,Co)1−x(Gd,Tb)x”
Yuqing Zhou（课题组成员）, Teng Xu, Xue Liang, Le Zhao, Hengan Zhou, Wanjun Jiang*, and Yan Zhou*
Nanoscale,14, 13526 (2022). Front cover
8. “Current-induced dynamics and chaos of antiferromagnetic bimerons”
L. Shen（课题组成员）, J. Xia, X. Zhang, M. Ezawa, O. A. Tretiakov, X. Liu, G. Zhao*, and Yan Zhou*
Physical Review Letters,124, 037202 (2020).
9. “Detection of HIV-1 antigen based on magnetic tunnel junction sensor and magnetic nanoparticles”
L. Li（课题组成员）, K. Y. Mak, Yan Zhou*
Chinese Physics B,29, 088701 (2020). “Editor’s suggestion”
10. “Magnetic skyrmions: intriguing physics and new spintronic device concepts”
Yan Zhou*
National Science Review,vol. 6, No. 2, pp 210-212 (2019).