Publications
Publications
Preprints
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)
Evidence of topological Kondo insulating state in MoTe2/WSe2 moiré bilayers
Z. Han, Y. Xia, Z. Xia, W. Zhao, Y. Zhang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
arXiv: 2507.03287 (2025)
Thermoelectricity of moiré heavy fermions in MoTe2/WSe2 bilayers
Y. Zhang, W. Zhao, Z. Han, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Shan, K. F. Mak
arXiv: 2510.26958 (2025)
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).
Valley-coherent quantum anomalous Hall state in AB-stacked MoTe2/WSe2 bilayers
Z. Tao, B. Sheng, S. Jiang, T. Li, L. Li, L. Ma, W. Zhao, J. Hu, K. Pistunova, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. F. Heinz, K. F. Mak, J. Shan
Physical Review X, 14, 011004 (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).