[99 published since 2010, also see arXiv and citations]
Special Outreach: click here [Youtube or TED-Ed] to watch a TED-Ed lesson on topological quantum matter.
Special Honor: Dr. Patrick Cheung was awarded the 2023 Steven Weinberg Research Award from TS APS (one awardee per year). Congratulations!
Special Honor: Dr. Patrick Cheung won the 2023 David Daniel Thesis Award, the highest recognition at UTD for PhD students. Congratulations!
Special Honor: Dr. Qiyue Wang was awarded the 2021 (first) Steven Weinberg Research Award from TS APS (one awardee per year). Congratulations!
Special News: Higher-order topological matter, first demonstrated by us in 2013, has been shown to be universal and
abundant since 2018: from semiconductors to superconductors, from quantum materials to classical
structures, from electronics to photonics and acoustics.
Special News: Our 2011 prediction on rhombohedral graphite has been verified in Nature (2020) by Geim's group (Nobel laureate).
Special News: The first weak topological insulator has been experimentally confirmed in Nature (2019) following our 2016 prediction.
Special News: Intrinsic valley Hall effect without any extrinsic electromagnetic field has been discovered by us in Nat. Comm. (2019).
99. P. Pai and F. Zhang*.
Shedding light on quantum geometry (News &Views).
Nature Materials, in press (2025), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02172-3.
98. 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.
Nature Materials, in press (2025), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02156-3.
97. 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), selected as an Editors' Suggestion.
96. K. Huang, X. Li, S. Das Sarma, and F. Zhang.
Self-consistent theory of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in rhombohedral graphene.
Phys. Rev. B 110, 115146 (2024).
95. F. Zhang* and F. Xia*.
Metasurfaces: Polarization detection in miniature (News &Views).
Nature Electronics 7, 948–949 (2024).
94. 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).
93. 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.
Nature Physics, 20, 422–427 (2024).
92. 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.
Nature Communications 15, 761 (2024).
91. 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).
90. J. S. Oh, T. Xu, N. Dhale, S. Li, C. Lei, C. Yoon, W. Liu, J. Huang, H. Wu, M. Hashimoto, D. 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).
89. S. Yuan, C. Ma, E. Fetaya, T. Mueller*, D. Naveh*, Fan Zhang*, and F. Xia*.
Geometric deep optical sensing (review).
Science 379, 1103 & eade1220 (2023).
88. H. Tian, X. Gao, Y. Zhang, S. Che, T. Xu, P. Cheung, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. Randeria, Fan Zhang, C. N. Lau, M. W. Bockrath.
Evidence for Dirac flat band superconductivity enabled by quantum geometry.
Nature, 614, 440–444 (2023).
87. H. Qiu, Q. Zhang, T. Liu, X. Fan, Fan Zhang, and C. Qiu.
Minimal non-abelian nodal braiding in ideal metamaterials.
Nature Communications 14, 1261 (2023).
86. Fan Zhang* and X.-C. Xie*.
Graphene supremacy: the duo duo.
National Science Review 9: nwac233 (2022).
85. N. Shumiya, M. S. Hossain, J. Yin, Z. Wang, M. Litskevich, C. Yoon, Y. Li, Y. Yang, Y. Jiang, G. Cheng, Y. Lin, Q. Zhang, Z. Cheng,
T. Cochran, D. Multer, X. Yang, B. Casas, T. Chang, T. Neupert, Z. Yuan, S. Jia, H. Lin, N. Yao, L. Balicas, Fan Zhang, Y. Yao, M. Z. Hasan.
Evidence of a room-temperature quantum spin Hall edge state in a higher-order topological insulator.
Nature Materials 21, 1111–1115 (2022), highlighted as the cover story.
84. T. Li, J. Du, Q. Zhang, Y. Li, X. Fan, Fan Zhang*, and C. Qiu*.
Acoustic Möbius insulators from projective symmetry.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 116803 (2022), selected as an Editors' Suggestion and for Viewpoint in Physics 15, 36 (2022).
83. F. Geisenhof, F. Winterer, A. M. Seiler, J. Lenz, Fan Zhang, and R. T. Weitz.
Impact of electric field disorder on broken-symmetry states in ultra-clean bilayer graphene.
Nano Lett. 22, 7378–7385 (2022).
82. M. Fortin-Deschênes, R. Pu, Y.-F. Zhou, C. Ma, P. Cheung, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Fan Zhang, X. Du, and F. Xia.
Uncovering topological edge states in twisted bilayer graphene.
Nano Lett. 22, 6186−6193 (2022).
81. Y. Liu, R. Chen, Z. Zhang, M. Bockrath, C. N. Lau* (OSU), Y.-F. Zhou, C. Yoon, S. Li, X. Liu, N. Dhale, B. Lv*, Fan Zhang* (UTD),
K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi (Japan), J. Huang, M. Yi* (Rice), J. S. Oh, and R. J. Birgeneau (UC Berkeley)*.
Gate-tunable transport in quasi-one-dimensional α-Bi4I4 field effect transistors.
Nano Lett. 22, 1151–1158 (2022).
80. A. M. Seiler, F. Winterer, F. R. Geisenhof, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Xu, Fan Zhang*, and R. T. Weitz*.
Quantum cascade of correlated phases in trigonally warped bilayer graphene.
Nature, 608, 298–302 (2022).
79. C. Ma, S. Yuan, P. Cheung, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Fan Zhang*, and F. Xia*.
Intelligent infrared sensing enabled by tunable moiré quantum geometry.
Nature, 604, 266–272 (2022), selected for News & Views in Nature 604, 252-253 (2022).
78. C. N. Lau, M. W. Bockrath, K. F. Mak, and Fan Zhang.
Reproducibility in the fabrication and physics of moiré materials (review).
Nature 602, 41–50 (2022).
77. F. R. Geisenhof, F. Winterer, A. M. Seiler, J. Lenz, T. Xu, Fan Zhang*, and R. T. Weitz*.
Quantum anomalous Hall octet driven by orbital magnetism in bilayer graphene.
Nature, 598, 53–58 (2021), selected for Research Highlight in Nature Reviews Materials 6, 968 (2021).
76. Y. Ge, Fan Zhang*, and R. J. Hemley*.
Room-temperature superconductivity in boron- and nitrogen-doped lanthanum superhydride.
Phys. Rev. B 104, 214505 (2021).
75. H. Qiu, M. Xiao, Fan Zhang, and C. Qiu.
Higher-order Dirac sonic crystals.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 146601 (2021).
74. 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*, Fan Zhang*, B. Lv*, and M. Yi*.
Room-temperature topological phase transition in quasi-one-dimensional material Bi4I4.
Phy. Rev. X, 11, 031042 (2021).
73. Y. Ge, Fan Zhang*, R. P. Dias, R. J. Hemley, and Y. Yao*.
Hole-doped room-temperature superconductivity in H3S1-xZx (Z=C,Si).
Mater. Today Phys. 15, 100330 (2020) [click here].
72. C. Ma, Q. Wang, S. Mills, X. Chen, B. Deng, S. Yuan, C. Li, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. Xu*, Fan Zhang*, and F. Xia*.
Moiré band topology in twisted bilayer graphene.
Nano Lett. 20, 6076–6083 (2020).
71. B. Deng, C. Ma, Q. Wang, S. Yuan, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Fan Zhang*, and F. Xia*.
Strong mid-infrared photoresponse in small-twist-angle bilayer graphene.
Nature Photonics 14, 549–553 (2020).
70. L. Ju, L. Wang, X. Li, S. Moon, M. Ozerov, Z. Lu, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe,
E. Mueller, Fan Zhang, D. Smirnov, F. Rana, and P. L. McEuen.
Unconventional valley-dependent optical selection rules and Landau level mixing in bilayer graphene.
Nature Communications 11, 2941 (2020).
69. H. He, C. Qiu, X. Cai, M. Xiao, M. Ke, Fan Zhang, and Z. Liu.
Observation of quadratic Weyl points and double-helicoid arcs.
Nature Communications 11, 1820 (2020).
68. W. Yu, R. Haenel, M. A. Rodriguez, S. R. Lee, Fan Zhang, M. Franz, D. I. Pikulin, and W. Pan.
Zero bias conductance peak in Dirac semimetal-superconductor devices.
Phys. Rev. Research 2, 032002 (2020).
67. Z.-Q. Bao and Fan Zhang*.
Line up for high-temperature Majoranas (Research Highlight).
Science Bulletin 65, 1234–1236 (2020).
66. E. Codecido, Q. Wang, R. Koester, S. Che, H. Tian, R. Lv, S. Tran, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi,
Fan Zhang*, M. Bockrath*, and C. Lau*.
Correlated insulating and superconducting states in twisted bilayer graphene below the magic angle.
Science Advances 5, eaaw9770 (2019).
65. P. Stepanov, Y. Barlas, S. Che, K. Myhro, G. Voight, Z. Pi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi,
D. Smirnov, Fan Zhang, R. Lake, A. MacDonald, and C. Lau.
Quantum parity Hall effect in Bernal-stacked trilayer graphene.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116, 10286 (2019).
64. Z. Zhu, Z. Yu, W. Wu, L. Zhang, W. Zhang, Fan Zhang*, and S. A. Yang*.
Composite Dirac semimetals.
Phys. Rev. B 100, 161401(R) (2019).
63. Y. Lee, J. Hwang, Fan Zhang, and K. Cho.
First-principles study on metal-graphene edge contact for ballistic Josephson junction.
Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 064801 (2019).
62. J. Lin, T. Han, B. Piot, Z. Wu, S. Xu, G. Long, L. An, P. Cheung,
P. Zheng, P. Plochocka, X. Dai, D. Maude, Fan Zhang*, and N. Wang*.
Determining interaction enhanced valley susceptibility in spin-valley-locked MoS2.
Nano Lett. 19, 1736 (2019).
61. Z. Wu, B. Zhou, X. Cai, Patrick Cheung, G. Liu, J. Lin, T. Han, L. An,
Y. Wang, S. Xu, G. Long, C. Cheng, K. Law, Fan Zhang*, and N. Wang*.
Intrinsic valley Hall transport in atomically thin MoS2.
Nature Communications 10, 611 (2019).
60. X. Wen, C. Qiu, Y. Qi, L. Ye, M. Ke, Fan Zhang, and Z. Liu.
Acoustic Landau quantization and quantum-Hall-like edge states.
Nature Physics 15, 352–356 (2019), selected for News & Views in Nature Physics 15, 307–308 (2019).
59. Fan Zhang* and W. Pan.
Fractional Josephson effect: A missing step is a key step (News & Views).
Nature Materials 17, 851–852 (2018) [click here].
58. Fan Zhang*.
Topological valleytronics: Brought to light (News & Views).
Nature Physics 14, 111–113 (2018) [click here].
57. H. He, C. Qiu, L. Ye, X. Cai, X. Fan, M. Ke, Fan Zhang, and Z. Liu.
Topological negative refraction of surface acoustic waves in a Weyl phononic crystal.
Nature 560, 61–64 (2018) [click here], selected for News & Views in Nature 560, 37-38 (2018).
56. Q. Wang, C.-C. Liu, Y.-M. Lu, and Fan Zhang*.
High-temperature Majorana corner states.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 186801 (2018).
[This work proposes the prototype higher-order topological superconductor.]
55. H. Hu, Fan Zhang, and C. Zhang.
Majorana doublets, flat bands, and Dirac nodes in s-wave superfluids.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 185302 (2018).
54. H. Hu, J. Hou, Fan Zhang, and C. Zhang.
Topological triply-degenerate points induced by spin-tensor-momentum couplings.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 240401 (2018).
53. W. Yu, W. Pan*, D. L. Medlin, M. A. Rodriguez, S. R Lee, Z.-Q. Bao, Fan Zhang*.
π and 4π Josephson effects mediated by a Dirac semimetal.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 177704 (2018).
52. J. Lu, C. Qiu, W. Deng, X. Huang, F. Li, Fan Zhang, S. Chen, and Z. Liu.
Valley topological phases in bilayer sonic crystals.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 116802 (2018).
51. Y. Liu, S. A. Yang, and Fan Zhang*.
Circular dichroism and radial Hall effects in topological materials.
Phys. Rev. B 97, 035153 (2018).
50. C. Qu, C. Zhang, and Fan Zhang*.
Valley-selective topological ordered states in irradiated bilayer graphene.
2D Materials 5, 011005 (2018).
49. Z.-Q. Bao and Fan Zhang*.
Topological Majorana two-channel Kondo effect.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 187701 (2017).
48. L. Ye, C. Qiu, J. Lu, X. Wen, Y. Shen, M. Ke, Fan Zhang, and Z. Liu.
Observation of acoustic valley vortex states and valley-chirality locked beam splitting.
Phys. Rev. B 95, 174106 (2017), selected as Editors' Suggestion.
47. S. Xu, J. Shen, G. Long, Z. Wu, Z.-Q. Bao, C.-C. Liu, X. Xiao, T. Han, J. Lin, Y. Wu, H. Lu,
J. Hou, L. An, Y. Wang, Y. Cai, K. M. Ho, Y. He, R. Lortz, Fan Zhang*, and N. Wang*.
Odd-integer quantum Hall states and giant spin susceptibility in p-type few-layer WSe2.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 067702 (2017), selected as an Editors' Suggestion.
46. J. Lu, C. Qiu, L. Ye, X. Fan, M. Ke, Fan Zhang, and Z. Liu.
Observation of topological valley transport of sound in sonic crystals.
Nature Physics 13, 369–374 (2017) [click here].
45. W. Wan, Y. Yao*, L. Sun, C.-C. Liu, and Fan Zhang*.
Topological, valleytronic, and optical properties of monolayer PbS.
Advanced Materials 29, 1604788 (2017), highlighted by Advanced Science News.
44. F.-Y. Li, X. Luo, X. Dai, Y. Yu, Fan Zhang, and G. Chen.
Hybrid Weyl semimetal.
Phys. Rev. B 94, 121105(R) (2016).
43. C.-C. Liu, J. Zhou, Y. Yao*, and Fan Zhang*.
Weak topological insulators and composite Weyl semimetals: β-Bi4X4 (X=Br, I).
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 066801 (2016).
[This work, highlighted by Nature Materials News & Views, proposed to discover the first weak topological insulator
in quasi-1D materials. The prediction has been experimentally confirmed in Nature (2019).]
42. Y. Shi, Y. Lee, S. Che, Z. Pi, T. Espiritu, D. Smirnov, C. N. Lau*, and Fan Zhang*.
Energy gaps and layer polarization of integer and fractional quantum Hall states in bilayer graphene.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 056601 (2016).
41. X. Li, Fan Zhang*, and A. H. MacDonald.
SU(3) quantum Hall ferromagnetism in SnTe.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 026803 (2016).
[Our predicted ground state has been observed in at least two systems, for example,
Bi (111) surface in Science 354, 316 (2016) and ABA trilayer graphene in PRL 121, 167601 (2018).]
40. Z. Wu, S. Xu, H. Lu, A. Khamoshi, G. Liu, T. Han, Y. Wu, J. Lin, G. Long, Y. He, Y. Cai, Y. Yao, Fan Zhang*, and N. Wang*.
Even–odd layer-dependent magnetotransport of high-mobility Q-valley electrons in transition metal disulfides.
Nature Communications 7, 12955 (2016).
39. S. Xu, Z. Wu, H. Lu, Y. Han, G. Long, X. Chen, T. Han, W. Ye, Y. Wu, J. Lin,
J. Shen, Y. Cai, Y. He, Fan Zhang, R. Lortz, C. Cheng, and N. Wang.
Universal low-temperature ohmic contacts for quantum transport in transition metal dichalcogenides.
2D Materials 3, 021007 (2016).
38. Y. Ge, Fan Zhang*, and Y. Yao*.
First-principles demonstration of superconductivity at 280 K in hydrogen sulfide with low phosphorus substitution.
Phys. Rev. B 93, 224513 (2016), highlighted by Nature News [Nature 524, 277 (2015)].
37. Fan Zhang*.
Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in bilayer graphene.
Invited review article: Synthetic Metals 210, 9–18 (2015).
36. C. L. Kane and Fan Zhang.
Time reversal invariant fractional Josephson effect.
Invited Nobel Symposium: Phys. Scr. T164 014011 (2015).
35. Y. Xu, Fan Zhang, and C. Zhang.
Structured Weyl points in spin-orbit coupled fermionic superfluids.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 265304 (2015).
[Our predicted structured Weyl points have later been confirmed in Type II Weyl semimetals, for example,
WTe2 in Nature 527, 495 (2015), MoTe2 in Nat. Mater. 15, 1155 or Nat. Phys. 12, 1105 (2016), click here.]
34. S. A. Yang, H. Pan, and Fan Zhang*.
Chirality-dependent Hall effect in Weyl semimetals.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 156603 (2015).
33. Y. Chen*, Y. Xie, S. Yang*, H. Pan, Fan Zhang*, M. L. Cohen, and S. Zhang*.
Nanostructured carbon allotropes with Weyl-like loops and points.
Nano Lett. 15, 6974 (2015).
32. H. Pan, X. Li, Fan Zhang*, and S. A. Yang*.
Perfect valley filter in topological domain wall.
Phys. Rev. B 92, 041404(R) (2015).
31. B. J. Wieder, Fan Zhang, and C. L. Kane.
Critical behavior of four-terminal conductance of bilayer graphene domain walls.
Phys. Rev. B 92, 085425 (2015).
30. S. A. Yang, H. Pan, and Fan Zhang*.
Buckled honeycomb lattice and unconventional magnetic response.
RSC Advances 5, 83350 (2015).
29. Y. Shi, M. Wu, Fan Zhang*, and J. Feng*.
(111) surface states of SnTe.
Phys. Rev. B 90, 235114 (2014).
28. X. Li, Fan Zhang*, Q. Niu, and A. H. MacDonald.
Spontaneous layer-pseudospin domain walls in bilayer graphene.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 116803 (2014).
27. S. A. Yang, H. Pan, and Fan Zhang*.
Dirac and Weyl superconductors in three dimensions.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 046401 (2014).
[Click here to see the application of our theory to UPt3, UTe2, and CuxBi2Se3.]
26. J. Velasco Jr., Y. Lee, Fan Zhang*, K. Myhro, D. Tran, M. Deo, D. Smirnov, A. H. MacDonald, and C. N. Lau*.
Distinct competing ordered ν=2 states in bilayer graphene.
Nature Communications 5, 4550 (2014).
25. X. Li, Fan Zhang, Q. Niu, and J. Feng.
Superlattice valley engineering for designer topological insulators.
Scientific Reports 4, 6397 (2014).
[Below are NOT affiliated to The University of Texas at Dallas.]
24. Fan Zhang and C. L. Kane.
Time-reversal-invariant Z4 fractional Josephson effects.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 036401 (2014).
23. Fan Zhang and C. L. Kane.
Anomalous topological pumps and fractional Josephson effects.
Phys. Rev. B 90, 020501(R) (2014), selected as an Editors' Suggestion.
22. B. J. Wieder, Fan Zhang, and C. L. Kane.
Signatures of Majorana fermions in topological insulator Josephson junction devices.
Phys. Rev. B. 89, 075106 (2014).
21. T. Cai, S. A. Yang, X. Li, Fan Zhang, J. Shi, W. Yao, and Q. Niu.
Magnetic control of the valley degree of freedom of massive Dirac fermions with application to transition metal dichalcogenides.
Phys. Rev. B 88, 115140 (2013).
20. Fan Zhang*, C. L. Kane and E. J. Mele.
Topological mirror superconductivity.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 056403 (2013), published back-to-back with No.19 below.
19. Fan Zhang*, C. L. Kane and E. J. Mele.
Time-reversal-invariant topological superconductivity and Majorana Kramers pairs.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 056402 (2013), published back-to-back with No.20 above.
18. Fan Zhang, A. H. MacDonald, and E. J. Mele.
Valley Chern numbers and boundary modes in gapped bilayer graphene.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 10546 (2013).
[Click here to see the best experimental evidence: Nature 520, 650 (2015).]
17. Y. Lee, J. Velasco Jr., D. Tran, Fan Zhang, W. Bao, L. Jing, K. Myhro, D. Smirnov, and C. Lau.
Broken symmetry quantum Hall states in dual gated ABA trilayer grapehene.
Nano Lett. 13, 1627 (2013).
16. K. Zou, Fan Zhang, C. Clapp, A. H. MacDonald, and J. Zhu.
Transport studies of dual-gated ABC and ABA trilayer graphene:
band gap opening and band structure tuning in very large perpendicular electric fields.
Nano Lett. 13, 369 (2013).
15. X. Li, Fan Zhang*, and Q. Niu.
Unconventional quantum Hall effect and tunable spin Hall effect in Dirac materials: application to an isolated MoS2 trilayer.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 066803 (2013).
[Click here to see the first experimental confirmation: doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.213.]
14. Fan Zhang*, C. L. Kane, E. J. Mele.
Surface state magnetization and chiral edge states on topological insulators.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 046404 (2013).
[Click here to see the simplest application of our theory: Science 340, 167 (2013);
Our work proposed the first 2nd-order topological insulators with chiral hinge states.
Click here to see a more detailed first-principles study in Nature Physics (2019).]
13. Fan Zhang*, H. Min, and A. H. MacDonald.
Competing ordered states in bilayer graphene.
Phys. Rev. B 86, 155128 (2012).
12. Fan Zhang*, C. L. Kane, and E. J. Mele.
Surface states of topological insulators.
Phys. Rev. B 86, 081303(R) (2012), selected as an Editors' Suggestion.
[Click here to see one of the many experimental evidences: Nature Physics 9, 410 (2013).]
11. W. Bao, J. Velasco Jr, Fan Zhang (co-first), L. Jing, B. Standley, D. Smirnov, M. Bockrath, A. MacDonald, and C. Lau.
Evidence for a spontaneous gapped state in ultraclean bilayer graphene.
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 109, 10802 (2012).
10. Fan Zhang*, D. Tilahun, and A. H. MacDonald.
Hund's rules for the N=0 Landau levels of trilayer graphene.
Phys. Rev. B 85, 165139 (2012).
9. A. H. MacDonald, J. Jung, and Fan Zhang.
Pseudospin order in monolayer, bilayer, and double-layer graphene.
Invited Nobel Symposium: Phys. Scr., T146, 014012 (2012).
8. J. Velasco Jr., L. Jing, W. Bao, Y. Lee, P. Kratz, V. Aji, M. Bockrath, C. N. Lau, C. Varma (UCR),
R. Stillwell, D. Smirnov (NHMFL), Fan Zhang, J. Jung, and A. H. MacDonald (UT-Austin).
Transport spectroscopy of symmetry-broken insulating states in bilayer graphene.
Nature Nanotechnology 7, 156 (2012), selected for a Viewpoint in journal club for condensed matter physics.
7. Fan Zhang* and A. H. MacDonald.
Distinguishing spontaneous quantum Hall states in bilayer graphene.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 186804 (2012).
6. Fan Zhang*, J. Jung, and A. H. MacDonald.
Spontaneous quantum Hall states and novel Luttinger liquids in chiral graphene.
Journal of Physics 334, 012002 (2011).
5. J. Jung, Fan Zhang, Z. Qiao, and A. H. MacDonald.
Valley-Hall kink and edge states in multilayer graphene.
Phys. Rev. B 84, 075418 (2011).
4. Fan Zhang*, J. Jung, G. A. Fiete, Q. Niu, and A. H. MacDonald.
Spontaneous quantum Hall states in chirally-stacked few-layer graphene systems.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 156801 (2011).
[Click here to see one conclusive experimental evidence: Nature Nano. 7, 156 (2012).]
3. J. Jung, Fan Zhang, and A. H. MacDonald.
Lattice theory of pseudospin ferromagnetism in bilayer graphene: competing orders and interaction induced quantum Hall states.
Phys. Rev. B 83, 115408 (2011).
2. Fan Zhang*, B. Sahu, H. Min, and A. H. MacDonald.
Band structure of ABC-stacked graphene trilayers.
Phys. Rev. B 82, 035409 (2010).
[Click here to see the first experimental evidence: Nature Physics 7, 944 (2011).]
1. Fan Zhang, H. Min, M. Polini, and A. H. MacDonald.
Spontaneous inversion symmetry breaking in graphene bilayers.
Phys. Rev. B 81, 041402(R) (2010), selected as an Editors' Suggestion and for a Viewpoint in Physics 3, 1 (2010).
[Click here to see the first experimental evidence: Science 330, 812 (2010).]