Yu-Tian Zhang （张雨田）
PhD student in theoretical condensed matter physics
Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Email: zhangyutian@itp.ac.cn
Education
Sep. 2023 – ?
Ph.D. student
Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing
Supervisor: Prof. Tiantian Zhang
Sep. 2018 – Dec. 2021:
MA. Sc in condensed matter physics
School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy
of Sciences & Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing
Supervisors: Prof. Yu-Yang Zhang [*] & Prof. Shixuan Du
Sep. 2013 – Jun. 2017:
B. Sc
School of Physics & Optoelectronic Engineering,
Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou
Experience
May – Aug. 2023:
visiting student at Institute of Theoretical Physics, CAS
Mar. 2022 -- Apr. 2023:
research assistant at UCAS
(holding an unconditional PhD offer at King's College London; supervisor: Dr. Evgeny Kozik)
Mar. 2018 -- Aug. 2018:
visiting student at Institute of Physics, CAS
Research Interest
Ph.D.: topological & amorphous matter;
M.S.: moire superlattice; thermoelectric materials.
Methods:
density functional theory; molecular dynamics
Monte Carlo; tight-binding;
Skills
Programming: Python, Linux
First principles/tight-binding:
VASP, Wannier90, WannierTools, kwant, Phonopy, IRVSP
Molecular dynamics: LAMMPS
Language: English (IELTS 7.5 | TOEFL 96); Japanese (N1)
Publications
2024
"Structural and mechanical properties of monolayer amorphous carbon and boron nitride",
Xi Zhang#, Yu-Tian Zhang#, Yun-peng Wang et al., PHYSICAL REVIEW B 109, 174106 (2024)
2023
"Tunable Interband Transitions in Twisted h-BN/Graphene Heterostructures", Bingyao Liu#, Yu-Tian Zhang#, Ruixi Qiao# et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 016201 (2023)
2022
“The structure of amorphous two-dimensional materials: Elemental monolayer amorphous carbon versus binary monolayer amorphous boron nitride”, Y.-T. Zhang#, Y.-P. Wang#, X. Zhang, Y.-Y. Zhang, S. Du and S. T. Pantelides,
Nano Lett., 22, 19, 8018–8024 (2022).
supplementary cover art
“Thermal transport of monolayer amorphous carbon and boron nitride”, Y.-T. Zhang, Y.-P. Wang, Y.-Y. Zhang, S. Du and S. T. Pantelides, Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 222201 (2022)
(# equally contributed author)
Conference
APS March meeting, USA, 2022
Oral (virtual): “The amorphous-structure conundrum in two-dimensional materials: Monolayer amorphous carbon versus boron nitride”
APS March meeting, USA, 2021
Oral (virtual): “Unusual anisotropic thermal expansion in multilayer SnSe leads to positive-to-negative crossover of Poisson’s ratio”
CPS Fall Meeting, Zhengzhou, China, 2019
Poster: “Recovery of the Dirac states of graphene by intercalating two-dimensional traditional semiconductors”
