2017
1 “Skyrmion dynamics in a frustrated ferromagnetic film and current-induced helicity locking-unlocking
transition”
Xichao Zhang, Jing Xia, Yan Zhou (correspondence author), Xiaoxi Liu, Han Zhang, and Motohiko Ezawa
Nature Communications, 8, 1717, (2017)
2 “Skyrmion dynamics in width-varying nanotracks and implications for skyrmionic applications”
Xing Chen, Wang Kang, Daoqian Zhu, Xichao Zhang, Na Lei, Youguang Zhang, Yan Zhou, and Weisheng Zhao
Applied Physics Letters, 111, 202406 (2017).
3 “A microwave field-driven transistor-like skyrmionic device with the microwave current-assisted skyrmion creation”
Jing Xia, Yangqi Huang, Xichao Zhang, Wang Kang, Chentian Zheng, X.X. Liu, Weisheng Zhao and Yan Zhou*
Journal of Applied Physics, 122, 153901 (2017).
4 “Directional Spin Wave in Spin-Torque Oscillators Induced by Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction”,
Long Yang, Philipp Dürrenfeld, Yongbing Xu, and Yan Zhou*
IEEE Magnetics Letters, 8, 3509504, (2017).
5 “Controlled Skyrmion nucleation in extended magnetic layers using a nano-contact geometry”,
Philipp Dürrenfeld, Yongbing Xu, Johan Akerman, and Yan Zhou
Physical Review B, 96, 054430 (2017).
6 “Direct Observation of the Skyrmion Hall Effect”
W. Jiang, X. C. Zhang, Guoqiang Yu, Wei Zhang, M. Benjamin Jungfleisch, John E. Pearson, Olle Heinonen, Kang L. Wang, Yan Zhou, Axel Hoffmann, Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis
Nature Physics, 13, 162–169 (2017)
*My student X. C. Zhang is co-first author.
*Leading contribution in the theory part.
7 “Domain Wall Engineering in Nanoscale Permalloy Junction”
Junlin Wang, Xichao Zhang, Xianyang Lu, Jason Zhang, Yu Yan, Hua Ling, Jing Wu, Yan Zhou, and Yongbing Xu
Applied Physics Letters, 111, 072401 (2017).
8 “Magnonic analog of relativistic Zitterbewegung in an antiferromagnetic spin chain”
Weiwei Wang, Chenjie Gu, Yan Zhou, and Hans Fangohr
Physical Review B, 96, 024430 (2017).
9 “Chopping skyrmions from magnetic chiral domains with uniaxial stress in magnetic nanowire”
Y. Liu, N. Lei, W. S. Zhao, H. B. Braun, A. Ruotolo, Y. Zhou
Applied Physics Letters, 111, 022406 (2017).
10 “Magnetic skyrmion-based artificial neuron device”
Sai Li, Wang Kang, Yangqi Huang, Xichao Zhang, Yan Zhou and Weisheng Zhao
Nanotechnology, 28, 31LT01 (2017)
11 “Exchange bias study of sub-100 nm-diameter CoFeB/IrMn antidot and nanodot arrays fabricated by nanosphere lithography”
Xu Li, C. W. Leung, C.-C. Chiu, Ko-Wei Lin, Mansun Chan, Yan Zhou, Philip W. T. Pong
Physics Letters A (2017) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2017.06.010
12 Manipulating and trapping skyrmions by magnetic field gradients
Chengjie Wang, Dun Xiao, Xing Chen, Yan Zhou, and Yaowen Liu
New Journal of Physics, 19, 083008 (2017).
13 “Paving Spin-Wave Fibers in Magnonic Nanocircuits Using Spin-Orbit Torque”
Xiangjun Xing, Philip W. T. Pong, J. Åkerman, Yan Zhou*
Physical Review Applied 7, 054016 (2017).
14 “Reduced magnetic coercivity and switching field in NiFeCuMo/Ru/NiFeCuMo synthetic-ferrimagnetic nanodots”
X. Li, C.W. Leung, C.-C. Chiu, K.-W. Lin, M. Chan, Yan Zhou and P.W.T. Pong
Applied Surface Science, 410, 479 (2017).
15 “Compact Modeling and Evaluation of Magnetic Skyrmion-Based Racetrack Memory”
Wang Kang, C. Zheng, Yangqi Huang, Xichao Zhang, Weifeng Lv, Yan Zhou, Weisheng Zhao
IEEE Transactions on Electron Device, 64, 1060 (2017).
16 “Interfacial Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy of 1x nm Tunnel Junctions for Large-Capacity STT-MRAMs”
Shouzhong Peng, Wang Kang, Mengxing Wang, Kaihua Cao, Xiaoxuan Zhao, Lezhi Wang, Yue Zhang, Youguang Zhang, Yan Zhou, Kang L. Wang, and Weisheng Zhao
IEEE Magnetic Letters, 8, 3105805 (2017).
17 “An Improved Racetrack Structure for Transporting a Skyrmion”
P. Lai, G. P. Zhao, H. Tang, N. Ran, S. Q. Wu, J. Xia, X. Zhang and Yan Zhou
Scientific Reports, 7, 45330 (2017).
18 “The influence of the edge effect on the skyrmion generation in a magnetic nanotrack”
N. Ran, G. P. Zhao, H. Tang, L. C. Shen, P. Lai, J. Xia, X. Zhang and Yan Zhou
AIP Advances 7, 025105 (2017).
19 “Magnetic skyrmion-based synaptic devices”
Yangqi Huang, Wang Kang, Xichao Zhang, Yan Zhou* and Weisheng Zhao
Nanotechnology, 28, 08LT02 (2017).
Selected as Highlights of 2017 by IOP Publishing
Media coverage:
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/70720
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/67629
20 “Phase-locking of multiple magnetic droplets by a microwave magnetic field”,
Chengjie Wang, Dun Xiao, Yan Zhou, J. Åkerman, and Yaowen Liu
AIP Advances, 7, 056019 (2017).
21 “Motion and Switching of Dual-vortex Cores in Elliptical Permalloy Nanodisk Stimulated by a Gaussian Magnetic Field Pulse”,
X. Li, Yan Zhou*, T. Zeng, K. W. Lin, P. T. Lai, P. W. T. Pong
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 53, 4300106, (2017).
22 “Parametric Auto-Excitation of Magnetic Droplet Soliton Perimeter Modes”,
D. Xiao, Vasil Tiberkevich, Y. H. Liu, Y. W. Liu and Andrei Slavin, Johan Åkerman, Yan Zhou*
Physical Review B, 95, 024106 (2017).
23 “Magnetic skyrmion transport in a nanotrack with spatially varying damping and non-adiabatic torque”
Xichao Zhang, Jing Xia, G. P. Zhao, Xiaoxi Liu, Yan Zhou*
IEEE Trans. Magn. 53(3), 1500206 (2017).
24 “Magnonic band structure of domain wall magnonic crystals”
D. Wang, Yan Zhou, Zhi-xiong Li, Yaozhuang Nie, Xi-guang Wang and Guang-hua Guo
IEEE Trans. Magn. 53(3), 1300110 (2017).
25 “Impurity-limited quantum transport variability in magnetic tunnel junctions”
Jianing Zhuang, Yin Wang, Yan Zhou*, Jian Wang, and Hong Guo
Front. Phys. 12(4), 127304 (2017) DOI:10.1007/s11467-016-0644-8