Publications

Preprints

Stacking-order-dependent electronic properties of MoTe2/WSe2 moiré bilayers

Z. Han, W. Zhao, E. Chung, C.-H. Lee, Z. Tao, Z. Xia, Y. Zhang, Y. Xia, J. Lee, B. Shen, A. Ray, Y.-T. Shao, T. Li, S. Jiang, Y. Zeng, K. Watanabe, T.Taniguchi, D. Muller, K. F. Mak, J. Shan

arXiv: 2605.21233 (2026)

Emergence of Chern metal in a moiré Kondo lattice

W. Zhao, Z. Tao, Y. Zhang, B. Shen, Z. Han, P. Knüppel, Y. Zeng, Z. Xia, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi , J. Shan, K. F. Mak

arXiv: 2506.14063 (2025)

2026

Topological Kondo insulator in MoTe2/WSe2 moiré bilayers

Z. Han, Y. Xia, Z. Xia, W. Zhao, Y. Zhang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak

Nature Physics 22, 396-401 (2026)

Thermoelectricity of moiré heavy fermions in MoTe2/WSe2 bilayers

Y. Zhang, W. Zhao, Z. Han, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak

Physical Review Letters 136, 186501 (2026)

2025

Magnetochiral anisotropy on a quantum spin Hall edge 

Y. Chen, G. Quaresima, W. Zhao, E. Runburg, D. Cobden, D. A. Pesin

Physical Review B 111, 245137 (2025)

Before 2025

Emergence of ferromagnetism at the onset of moiré Kondo breakdown

W. Zhao, B. Shen, Z. Tao, S. Kim, P. Knüppel, Z. Han, Y. Zhang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. Chowdhury, J. Shan, K. F. Mak

Nature Physics 20, 1772-1777 (2024)

Realization of the Haldane Chern insulator in a moiré lattice

W. Zhao, K. Kang, Y. Zhang, P. Knüppel, Z. Tao, L. Li, C. Tschirhart, E. Redekop, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. Young, J. Shan, K. F. Mak

Nature Physics 20, 275-280 (2024).

Observation of spin polarons in a frustrated moiré Hubbard system

Z. Tao, W. Zhao, B. Shen, T. Li, P. Knüppel, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak

Nature Physics 20, 783-787 (2024).

Giant spin Hall effect in AB-stacked MoTe2/WSe2 bilayers

Z. Tao, B. Shen, W. Zhao, N. Hu, T. Li, S. Jiang, L. Li, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. MacDonald, J. Shan, K. F. Mak

Nature Nanotechnology 19, 28-33 (2024).

Gate-tunable heavy fermions in a moiré Kondo lattice

W. Zhao, B. Shen, Z. Tao, Z. Han, K. Kang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. F. Mak, J. Shan

Nature 616, 61-65 (2023).

Switchable moiré potentials in ferroelectric WTe2/WSe2 superlattices

K. Kang, W. Zhao, Y. Zeng, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak

Nature Nanotechnology 18, 861-866 (2023).

Magnetotransport on quantum spin Hall edge coupled to bulk midgap states

Y. Chen, W. Zhao, E. Runburg, D. H. Cobden, D. Pesin

Physical Review B 108, 085436 (2023).

Evidence for equilibrium exciton condensation in monolayer WTe2

B. Sun, W. Zhao, T. Palomaki, Z. Fei, E. Runburg, P. Malinowski, X. Huang, J. Cenker, Y.-T. Cui, J.-H. Chu, X. Xu, S. S. Ataei, D. Varsano, M. Palummo, E. Molinari, M. Rontani, D. H. Cobden

Nature Physics 18, 94-99 (2022).

Determination of the spin axis in quantum spin Hall insulator candidate monolayer WTe2

W. Zhao, E. Runburg, Z. Fei, J. Mutch, P. Malinowski, B. Sun, X. Huang, D. Pesin, Y.-T. Cui, X. Xu, J.-H. Chu, D. H. Cobden

Physical Review X 11, 041034 (2021).

Magnetic proximity and nonreciprocal current switching in a monolayer WTe2 helical edge

W. Zhao, Z. Fei, T. Song, H. Choi, T. Palomaki, B. Sun, P. Malinowski, M. A. McGuire, J. H. Chu, X. Xu, D. H. Cobden

Nature Materials 19, 503-507 (2020).

Ferroelectric switching of a two-dimensional metal

Z. Fei, W. Zhao, T. Palomaki, B. Sun, M. K. Miller, Z. Zhao, J. Yan, X. Xu, D. H. Cobden

Nature 560, 336-339 (2018).

Gate-induced superconductivity in a monolayer topological insulator

E. Sajadi, T. Palomaki, Z. Fei, W. Zhao, P. Bement, C. Olsen, S. Luescher, X. Xu, J. A. Folk, D. H. Cobden

Science 362, 922-925 (2018).

Edge conduction in monolayer WTe2

Z. Fei, T. Palomaki, S. Wu, W. Zhao, X. Cai, B. Sun, P. Nguyen, J. Finney, X. Xu, D. H. Cobden

Nature Physics 13, 677-682 (2017).