Publications

2025

1. Chao-Yao Yang, Sheng-Huai Chen, Chih-Hsiang Tseng, Hsiu-Hau Lin*, Chih-Huang Lai*, “Néel Tensor Torque in Polycrystalline Antiferromagnets”, Advanced Materials 37, e06462 (2025).

2. Fang-Mei Chan, Chia-Yun Hsieh, Wun-Jhen Yu, Chun-Wen Chan, Shih-Chu Lin, Wei-Chen Tseng, Yu-Chun Wang, Ssu-Yen Huang, Wen-Hao Chang* and Chao-Yao Yang*, “Exploring YIG-induced magnetic proximity effect on the evolution of spin-polarized trion state in MoS2 monolayer”, Nanotechnology 36, 335701(2005). 

3. Chun-Wen Chan, Fang-Mei Chan, Sheng-Kuei Chiu, Lu-Chih Chen, Wun-Jhen Yu, Chia-Yun Hsieh, and Chao-Yao Yang*, “Intrinsic setting of exciton state in MoS2 monolayer via tailoring Moiré correlation with a sapphire substrate”, Nanoscale 17, 5700-5706 (2025).

4. Yang Cheng*, Hanshen Huang, Junyu Tang, Joseph Lanier, Katelyn Lazareno, Hao‐Kai Chang, Shang‐Jui Chui, Chao‐Yao Yang, Fengyuan Yang, Ran Cheng, Kang L Wang*, “Observation of Real‐Time Spin‐Orbit Torque Driven Dynamics in Antiferromagnetic Thin Film”, Advanced Materials 2417240 (2025).

5. Qiqi Zhang, Hongjun Xu, Zhongchen Xu, Congli He*, Xinlu Li, Guibin Lan, Jia Zhang, Youguo Shi, Qinghua Zhang, Chao-Yao Yang, Jing Chen, Yawei Gao, Chaoqun Hu, Jiahui Li, Yunchi Zhao, Yuping Huo, Jian Ge, Yu Zhang, Hao-Kai Chang, Chi-Yen Huang, Shipeng Shen, Yuelin Zhang, Hongxiang Wei, Guoqiang Yu, and Shouguo Wang*, “Interface-Induced Anomalous Behavior of Magnetism in FexGeTe2/Pt Bilayer”, Advanced Functional Materials 35, 2414742 (2025). 

6. Hsiang-Hsuan Tseng, Ting-I Wu, Cheng-Hsun Hsieh, Yu-Hui Wu, Chao-Yao Yang*, “Probing an amplified spin-orbit torque effect in antiferromagnetic oxide utilizing a magnetoresistance-based loop-shift method”, Physica Scripta 100, 015998 (2025).

2024

1. Chao-Yao Yang*, Chih-Hsiang Tseng, Sheng-Huai Chen, Chih-Wei Cheng, and Chih-Huang Lai*, “Unveiling a hidden order transition at the interface of an exchange-spring-coupled ferromagnet/antiferromagnet”, ACS Applied Electronic Materials 6, (2024).

2. Margaret Kane, Purnima P. Balakrishnan, Okan Köksal, Megan Holtz, Andreas Suter, Michael R. Fitzsimmons, Chao-Yao Yang, Christoph Klewe, P. Quarterman, Timothy R. Charlton, Andrew Herzing, Zaher Salman, Thomas Prokscha, Rossitza Pentcheva, Alexander J. Grutter, and Yuri Suzuki, "Evidence of antiferromagnetism in ultrathin metallic (111)-oriented LaNiO3 films", Physical Review Materials 8, 124406 (2024).

3. Hao-Kai Chang, Kuan-Yu Chi, Yu-Lon Lin, Yu-Hsien Lai, Yen-Lin Huang, Chi-Feng Pai*, Chao-Yao Yang*, Spin-orbit torque booster in antiferromagnet via facilitating a global antiferromagnetic order: A route toward an energy-efficient memory", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2024).

4. Hao-Kai Chang, Meng-Chi Yang, Ssu-Yuan Wang, Chih-Huang Lai*, and Chao-Yao Yang*, “A spin-orbit torque knob to tailor stochasticity for physically secured applications” Advanced Electronic Materials 10, 2400422 (2024).

5. Chun-Wen Chan, Chia-Yun Hsieh, Fang-Mei Chan, Pin-Jia Huang, and Chao-Yao Yang*, “Valley-spin-polarization of MoS2 monolayer induced by ferromagnetic order in an antiferromagnet”, Materials 17, 3933 (2024).

6. Margaret Kane, Churna Bhandari, Megan E. Holtz, Purnima P. Balakrishnan, Alexander J. Grutter,  Michael Fitzsimmons, Chao-Yao Yang, Sashi Satpathy, Durga Paudyal, and Yuri Suzuki*, “Emergent Ferromagnetism in CaRuO3/CaMnO3 (111)-Oriented Superlattices” Nano Letters 24, 2567−2573 (2024).

7. Jie Zheng, Wenxiao Shi, Zhe Li, Jing Zhang,* Chao-Yao Yang, Zhaozhao Zhu, Mengqin Wang, Jine Zhang, Furong Han, Hui Zhang, Yunzhong Chen, Fengxia Hu, Baogen Shen, Yuansha Chen,* and Jirong Sun*, “Charge-Transfer-Induced Interfacial Ferromagnetism in Ferromagnet Free Oxide Heterostructures”, ACS Nano 18, 9232 (2024).

2023

1. Ssu-Yuan Wang, Sheng-Huai Chen, Hao-Kai Chang, Yi-Ting Li, Chih-Hsiang Tseng, Po-Chuan Chen, Chao-Yao Yang*, Chih-Huang Lai*, “A spin-orbit torque switch at ferromagnet/antiferromagnet interface toward stochastic or memristive applications via tailoring antiferromagnetic ordering”, Advanced Electronic Materials 9, 2300472 (2023).

2. Rudis Ismael Salinas, Po-Chuan Chen, Chao-Yao Yang* & Chih-Huang Lai*, Spintronic materials and devices towards an artificial neural network: accomplishments and the last mile, Material Research Letters 11:5, 305-326 (2023).

2022

1. Yu-Han Huang, Chao-Yao Yang*, Chih-Wei Cheng, Albert Lee, Chih-Hsiang Tseng, Hao Wu, Quanjun Pan, Xiaoyu Che, Chih-Huang Lai, Kang-Lang Wang, Hong-Ji Lin, and Yuan-Chieh Tseng*, “A Spin-Orbit Torque Ratchet at Ferromagnet/Antiferromagnet Interface via Exchange Spring”, Advanced Functional Materials 32, 2111653 (2022).

2. Hao Wu, Deniz Turan, Quanjun Pan, Chao-Yao Yang, Guanjie Wu, Seyed Armin Razavi, Bingqian Dai, Nezih Tolga Yardimci, Zhi Huang, Jing Zhang, Yi-Ying Chin, Hong-Ji Lin, Chih-Huang Lai, Zongzhi Zhang, Mona Jarrahi, and Kang L. Wang*, “Spin-orbit torque switching of ferrimagnets by terahertz electrical pulses”, Physical Review Applied 18, 064012 (2022).

3. Hao Wu, Hantao Zhang, Baomin Wang, Felix Groß, Chao-Yao Yang, Gengfei Li, Chenyang Guo, Haoran He, Kin Wong, Di Wu, Xiufeng Han, Chih-Huang Lai, Joachim Gräfe, Ran Cheng, and Kang Wang*, “Current-induced Néel order switching facilitated by magnetic phase transition”, Nature Communications 13, 1629 (2022).

2021

1. Chao-Yao Yang, Liang-Ching He, Yu-Shen Yen, Po-Chuan Chen, Jih-Chao Chiu, San-Ding Huang, Chih-Hsiang Tseng, Chih-Huang Lai*, “Effect of interfacial spin configuration on y-type spin-orbit torque switching in an antiferromagnetic heavy alloy/ferromagnet bilayer”, Applied Physics Letters. 118, 102403 (2021).

2. Heng-Jui Liu+, Mao Ye+, Chao-Yao Yang+, Yue-Wen Fang, Yi-Ying Chin, Chun-Ying Chen, Ruei Tze Hung, Yuanmin Zhu, Liang-Ching He, Min-Yuan Huang, Lang Chen, Meng Gu, Shanming Ke, Yen-Fa Liao, Ku-Ding Tsuei, Hong-Ji Lin, Chien-Te Chen, Stefano Agrestini, Javier Herrero-Martin, Chih-Huang Lai, “Atomic origin of room-temperature two-dimensional itinerant ferromagnetism in an oxide-monolayer heterostructure” Applied Materials Today 24, 101101  (2021).

2020

1. Chao-Yao Yang*, Lei Pan, Alexander J. Grutter, Haiying Wang, Xiaoyu Che, Qinglin He, D. A. Gilbert, Elke Arenholz, Yingying Wu, Gen Yin, Peng Deng, J. A. Borchers, W. Ratcliff II, Kang L. Wang, “Termination switching of antiferromagnetic proximity effect in topological insulator”, Science Advances 6, eaaz8463 (2020).

2. Lei Pan, Xiaoyang Liu, Qing Lin He, Alexander Stern, Gen Yin, Xiaoyu Che, Qiming Shao, Peng Zhang, Peng Deng, Chao-Yao Yang, Brian Casas, Eun Sang Choi, Jing Xia, Xufeng Kou, and Kang L. Wang “Probing the low temperature limit of the quantum anomalous Hall effect”, Science Advances 6, eaaz3595 (2020).

3. Shiao-Po Tsai, Chao-Yao Yang*, Chien-Ju Lee, Li-Syuan Lu, Hsia-Ling Liang, Jun Xiao Lin, Yi-Hsing Yu, Chin-Chung Chen, Tien-Kan Chung, Chao-Cheng Kaun, Hua-Shu Hsu, Ssu-Yen Huang, Wen-Hao Chang, Kang L. Wang, “YIG-induced antiferromagnetic proximity effect in MoS2 single-layer at room temperature”, Advanced Quantum Technologies 2, 2000104 (2020).

2019

1. Chao-Yao Yang, Yen-Hsun Lee, Kui-Hon Ou Yang, Kuan-Chia Chiu, Chi Tang, Yawen Liu, Cui-zu Chang, Fan-Hsiu Chang, Hong-Ji Lin, Jing Shi, and Minn-Tsong Lin, “Direct observation of proximity-induced magnetism and spin reorientation in topological insulator on a ferrimagnetic oxide”, Applied Physics Letters 114, 082403 (2019).

2. Qiming Shao, Alexander Grutter, Yawen Liu, Guoqiang Yu, Chao-Yao Yang, Dustin A. Gilbert, Elke Arenholz, Padraic Shafer, Xiaoyu Che, Chi Tang, Aryan Navabi, Qing Lin He, Brian J. Kirby, Jing Shi, Kang L. Wang, “Exploring interfacial exchange coupling and sublattice effect in heavy-metal/ferrimagnetic-insulator heterostructures using Hall measurements, x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, and neutron reflectometry”, Physical Review B 99, 104401 (2019).

3. Ping Kwan Johnny Wong, Wen Zhang, Fabio Bussolotti, Xinmao Yin, Tun Seng Herng, Lei Zhang, Yu Li Huang, Giovanni Vinai, Sridevi Krishnamurthi, Yu Jie Zheng, Rebekah Chua, Alpha T. N’Diaye, Simon A. Morton, Chao-Yao Yang, Kui-Hon Ou Yang, Piero Torelli, Wei Chen, Kuan Eng Johnson Goh, Jun Ding, Minn-Tsong Lin, Geert Brocks, Michel P. de Jong, Antonio H. Castro Neto, and Andrew Thye Shen Wee, “Evidence of Spin Frustration in Vanadium Diselenide Monolayer Magnet”, Advanced Materials 31, 1901185 (2019).

2018

1. Thanh-Nga Tran, Tu-Ngoc Lam, Chao-Yao Yang, Wen-Chin Lin, Po-Wen Chen, and Yuan-Chieh Tseng, “Superparamagnetic ground state of CoFeB/MgO magnetic tunnel junction with dual-barrier”, Applied Surface Science 457, 529 (2018).

2. Chao-Yao Yang, Yi-Hsuan Chiu, Kai-An Tsai, Hua-Shu Hsu, Jun-Xiao Lin, Pei-Jung Ho, Po-Wen Chen, Yung-Jung Hsu, Yuan-Chieh Tseng, “Tailor magnetic order and spin-polarized gap states of opto-spintronic compounds by carrier mediation”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 460, 78 (2018).

2016

1. C. Y. Yang, K. C. Chiu, S. J. Chang, X. Q. Zhang, J. Y. Liang, C. S. Chung, H. Pan, J. M. Wu, Y. C. Tseng*, and Y. H. Lee, “Phase-driven magneto-electrical characteristics of single-layer MoS2”, Nanoscale 8, 5627 (2016).

2. S. J. Chang, T. N. Lam, C. Y. Yang, Y. L. Chen, Y. H. Chu, Y. L. Chueh and Y. C. Tseng*, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49, 275001 (2016).

2015

1. C. Y. Yang, S. H. Chang, M. H. Lee, K. H. Shen, S.Yi. Yang, H. J. Lin, and Y. C. Tseng*, “Competing anisotropy-tunneling correlation of the CoFeB/MgO perpendicular magnetic tunnel Junction: an electronic approach”, Scientific Reports 5, 17169 (2015).

2014

1. C. Y. Yang, Y. H. Lu, W. H. Lin, M. H. Lee, Y. Jung Hsu, H. J. Lin, and Y. C. Tseng* “Structural imperfections and attendant localized/itinerant ferromagnetism in ZnO”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 47, 345003 (2014).

2. Y. H. Lu, W. H. Lin, C. Y. Yang, Y. H. Chiu, Y. C, Pu, M. H. Lee, Y. C. Tseng, and Y. Jung Hsu*, “A facile green antisolvent approach to Cu2+-doped ZnO nanocrystals with visible-light-responsive photoactivities”, Nanoscale 6, 8796 (2014).

3. P. A. Chen, C. Y. Yang, S. J. Chang, M. H. Lee, and Y. C. Tseng*, “Soft and hard natures of Nd2Fe14B permanent magnet explored by first-order-reversal-curves”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 370, 45 (2014).

2013

1. C .C. Huang, S. J. Chang, C. Y. Yang, H. Chou, and Y. C. Tseng* “Instrument for x-ray absorption spectroscopy with in-situ electrical control characterizations”, Review of Scientific Instruments 84, 123904 (2013).

2. C. Y. Yang, L. W. Wang, P. A Chen, H. J. Lin, C. H. Lai and Y. C Tseng*, “Sharp Variation in Coercivity and Magnetic Interactions in Patterned CoxNi1-x Nanoarrays”, Journal of Applied Physics, 114, 063902 (2013).

3. C. Y. Yang, Y.C. Tseng* and H. J. Lin, "Element-specific study of the coupled magneto-structural and magneto-electronic properties of CoNi nano-arrays", Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15, 1542 (2013).

4. S. J. Chang, C. Y. Yang, H. C. Ma and Y. C. Tseng* "Complex magnetic interactions and charge transfer effects in highly ordered NixFe1-x nano-wires", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 332, 21 (2013).

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2011

1. C. Y. Yang, C. C. Huang, Y. C. Tseng*, C. M. Liu, C. Chen, and H. J. Lin, "Coupled microstructural and magnetic transition in Co-doped Ni nano-arrays", Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 073913 (2011).

2. Y. C. Tseng*, H. J. Ma, C. Y. Yang, Ya. Mudryk, V. K. Pecharsky, K. A. Gschneidner Jr., N. M. Souza-Neto and D. Haskel, "Effect of Si-doping and applied pressure upon magneto-structural properties of Tb5(SixGe1-x)4 magnetocaloric compounds", Physical Review B 83, 104419 (2011).