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Zhiqiang Mao

Professor of Physics, Material Science and Engineering, and Chemistry
Dr. Zhiqiang Mao

Education

Ph.D. University of Science and Technology, China
B.S. Nanjing Normal University

Honors and Awards

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2015
  • Nicholas J. Altiero Professor in Physics, Tulane University, 2011-2018
  • Changjiang Lectureship Chair Professor at Nanjing University, 2009-2012.
  • NSF CAREER award, 2007
  • Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation, 2005.

Selected Publications

1. Evidence for a Magnetic-Field-Induced Ideal Type-II Weyl State in Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator Mn(Bi1−xSbx)2Te4
   Seng Huat Lee, Yanglin Zhu, Hemian Yi, David Graf, Rabindra Basnet, Arash Fereidouni, Aaron Wegner, Yi-Fan Zhao, Lujin Min, Katrina Verlinde, Jingyang He, Ronald Redwing, Hugh OH Churchill, Nitin Samarth, Cui-Zu Chang, Jin Hu, and Z.Q. Mao*
   Phys. Rev. X 11, 031032 (2021).

2. Spin-valley locking and bulk quantum Hall effect in a no ncentrosymmetric Dirac semimetal BaMnSb2
   J.Y. Liu, J. Yu, J.L. Ning, H.M. Yi, L. Miao, L.J. Min, Y.F. Zhao, W. Ning, K.A. Lopez, Y.L. Zhu, T. Pillsbury, Y. B. Zhang, Y. Wang, J. Hu, H.B. Cao, B. C. Chakoumakos, F. Balakirev, F. Weickert, M. Jaime, Y. Lai, Kun Yang, J.W. Sun, N. Alem, V. Gopalan, C.Z. Chang, N. Samarth, C.X. Liu*, R.D. McDonald*, Z.Q. Mao*
   Nature Communications 12, 4062 (2021).

3. Giant room temperature anomalous Hall effect and tunable topology in a ferromagnetic topological semimetal Co2MnAl,
   Peigang Li, Jahyun Koo, Wei Ning, Jinguo Li, Leixin Miao, Lujin Min, Yanglin Zhu, Yu Wang, Nasim Alem, Chao-Xing Liu, Z.Q. Mao*, Binghai Yan*,
   Nature Communications 11, 3476 (2020).

4. Electronic correlations in nodal-line semimetals,
   Yinming Shao, AN Rudenko, Jin Hu, Zhiyuan Sun, Yanglin Zhu, Seongphill Moon, AJ  Millis, Shengjun Yuan, AI Lichtenstein, Dmitry Smirnov, Z.Q. Mao, MI Katsnelson, DN Basov
   Nature Physics 16, 636 (2020).

5. Ultrasound evidence for a two-component superconducting order parameter in Sr2RuO4,
   S. Benhabib, C. Lupien, I. Paul, L. Berges, M. Dion, M. Nardone, A Zitouni, Z.Q. Mao, Y Maeno, A Georges, L Taillefer, C Proust,
   Nature Physics 17, 194 (2020).

6. Spin scattering and noncollinear spin structure-induced intrinsic anomalous Hall effect in antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4
   Seng Huat Lee, Yanglin Zhu, Yu Wang, Leixin Miao, Timothy Pillsbury, Hemian Yi, Susan Kempinger, Jin Hu, Colin A. Heikes, P. Quarterman, William Ratcliff, Julie A. Borchers, Heda Zhang, Xianglin Ke, David Graf, Nasim Alem, Cui-Zu Chang, Nitin Samarth, and Z.Q. Mao*
   Phys. Rev. Research 1, 012011(R).

7. Discovery of a magnetic topological semimetal Sr1-yMn1-zSb2 (y, z < 0.10),
   J.Y. Liu, J. Hu, S.M.A. Radmanesh, D.J. Adams, Y.L. Zhu, G.F. Chen, X. Liu, J. Wei, I. Chiorescu L. Spinu and Z.Q. Mao*,
   Nature Materials 16, 905 (2017).

8. Unusual interlayer quantum transport behavior caused by the zeroth Landau level in YbMnBi2
   J.Y. Liu, J. Hu*, D. Graf, T. Zou, M. Zhu, Y. Shi, S. Che, S.M.A. Radmanesh, C.N. Lau, L. Spinu, H.B. Cao, X. Ke and Z.Q. Mao*
   Nature Communications 8, 646 (2017).

9. Evidence of Topological Nodal-Line Fermions in ZrSiSe and ZrSiTe,
   Jin Hu, Zhijie Tang, Jinyu Liu, Xue Liu, Yanglin Zhu, David Graf, Kevin Myhro, Son Tran, Chun Ning Lau, Jiang Wei, and Z.Q. Mao*
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 016602 (2016).

10. Colossal Magnetoresistance in a Mott Insulator via magnetic field-driven insulator-metal transition,
   M. Zhu, J. Peng, T. Zou, K. Prokes, S.D. Mahanti, T. Hong, Z.Q. Mao, G.Q. Liu and X. Ke.
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 216401 (2016).

11. Drastic pressure effect on the extremely large magnetoresistance in WTe2,
   P. L. Cai, J. Hu, L. P. He, J. Pan, X. C. Hong, Z. Zhang, J. Zhang, J. Wei, Z. Q. Mao, S. Y. Li.
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 057202 (2015).

12. Enhancing Electron Coherence via Quantum Phonon Confinement in Atomically Thin Nb3SiTe6,
   J. Hu, X. Liu, C.L. Yue, J.Y. Liu, H.W. Zhu, J. B. He, J. Wei*, Z.Q. Mao*,  L.Yu. Antipina, Z.I. Popov, P.B. Sorokin, T.J. Liu, P.W. Adams, S.M.A Radmanesh, L. Spinu, H. Ji and D. Natelson,
   Nature Physics 11, 471 (2015).

13. From (pi, 0) magnetic order to superconductivity with (pi, pi) magnetic resonance in Fe1.02(Te1-xSex)
   T.J. Liu, J. Hu, B. Qian, D. Fobes, Z.Q. Mao*, W. Bao*, M. Reehuis, S.A.J. Kimber, K. Prokes, S. Matas, D.N. Argyriou, A. Hiess, A. Rotaru, H. Pham, L. Spinu, Y. Qiu, V.Thampy, A.T. Savici, J. A. Rodriguez, and C. Broholm
   Nature materials 9, 716 (2010).

14. Tunable (dp;dp)-type antiferromagnetic order in a-Fe(Te,Se) superconductor
   W. Bao, Y. Qiu, Q. Huang, M.A. Green, P. Zajdel, M.R. Fitzsimmons, M. Zhernenkov, M.H. fang, B. Qian, E.K. Vehstedt, J.H. Yang, H,M. Pham, L. Spinu, and Z.Q. Mao
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 247001 (2009).

15. Phase separation in the itinerant metamagnetic transition of Sr4Ru3O10,
   Z.Q. Mao*, M. Zhou, J. Hooper, V. Golub, and C. J. O’Connor,
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 077205 (2006).

Research Interests

Synthesis and study of quantum materials, including unconventional superconductors, strongly correlated electron systems, low-dimensional materials, Weyl and Dirac semimetals.