*These authors contributed equally to this work; †Denotes corresponding authorship
2026
Z. Ge*†, C. Smith*, Z. He*, Y. Yang, Q. Li, H. Kim, Z. Xiang, J. Xiao, W. Zhou, S. Kahn, A. Hu, M. Erdi, R. Banerjee, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, S, Tongay, M. A. Morales, S. Zhang, F. Wang†, M. F. Crommie†, “Visualizing the Impact of Quenched Disorder on 2D Electron Wigner Solids”, Nature 654, 902 (2026)
H. P. Bhusal, K. Tanaka, S. Zeltmann, C. Hanley, C. Ophus, K. C. Bustillo, S. M. Ribet, C. A. Gonzalez, B. Zhen, J. Ciston, Z. Ge, J. C. Lashley, A. K. Zettl, J. Velasco Jr, W. Chen, A. Yan, “Identifying Strain Stacking Boundaries between Multiphase Domains in Atomically Thin Two-Dimensional Magnets”, ACS Nano 20, 9079 (2026)
2025
Z. Xiang*, H. Li*, J. Xiao*, M. H. Naik, Z. Ge, Z. He, S. Chen, J. Nie, S. Li, Y. Jiang, R. Sailus, R. Banerjee, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, S. Tongay, S. G. Louie, M. F. Crommie†, F. Wang†, “Imaging Quantum Melting in a Disordered 2D Wigner Solid”, Science 388, 736 (2025)
2024
Z. Ge†, A. M. Graf, J. Keski-Rahkonen, S. Slizovskiy, P. Polizogopoulos, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, R. Van Haren, D. Lederman, V. I. Fal’ko, E. J. Heller, J. Velasco Jr.†, “Direct Visualization of Relativistic Quantum Scars in Graphene Quantum Dots”, Nature 635, 841 (2024)
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H. Li*†, Z. Xiang*, T. Wang*, M. H. Naik*, W. Kim, J. Nie, S. Li, Z. Ge, Z. He, Y. Ou, R. Banerjee, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, S. Tongay, A. Zettl, S. G. Louie†, M. P. Zaletel†, M. F. Crommie†, F. Wang†, “Imaging Tunable Luttinger Liquid Systems in Van der Waals Heterostructures”, Nature 631, 765 (2024)
2023
Z. Ge*, S. Slizovskiy*, P. Polizogopoulos, T. Joshi, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, D. Lederman, V. I. Fal’ko†, J. Velasco Jr. †, “Giant Orbital Magnetic Moments and Paramagnetic Shift in Artificial Relativistic Atoms and Molecules”, Nature Nanotechnology 18, 250 (2023)
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2022
F. Joucken, J. L. Davenport, Z. Ge, E. A. Quezada-Lopez, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Velasco Jr., J. Lagoute, R. A. Kaindl, “Denoising Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Images of Graphene with Supervised Machine Learning”, Physical Review Materials 6, 123802 (2022)
J. Balgley, J. Butler, S. Biswas, Z. Ge, S. Lagasse, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J.-Q. Yan, D. G. Mandrus, J. Velasco Jr., R. Valent and E. A. Henriksen†, “Ultra-sharp Lateral p-n Junctions in Modulation-doped Graphene”, Nano Letters 22, 4124 (2022)
2021
Z. Ge*, S. Slizovskiy*, F. Joucken, E. A. Quezada, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, V. I. Fal’ko†, J. Velasco Jr.†, “Control of Giant Topological Magnetic Moment and Valley Splitting in Trilayer Graphene”, Physical Review Letters 127, 136402 (2021)
Z. Ge*, D. Wong*, J. Lee, F. Joucken, E. A. Quezada-Lopez, S. Kahn, H. Tsai, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, F. Wang, A. Zettl, M. F. Crommie†, J. Velasco Jr.†, “Imaging Quantum Interference in Stadium-Shaped Monolayer and Bilayer Graphene Quantum Dots”, Nano Letters 21, 8993 (2021)
F. Joucken†, C. Bena, Z. Ge, E. A. Quezada-Lopez, F. Ducastelle, T. Tanagushi, K. Watanabe, J. Velasco Jr.†, “Sublattice Dependence and Gate Tunability of Midgap and Resonant States Induced by Native Dopants in Bernal-Stacked Bilayer Graphene”, Physical Review Letters 127, 106401(2021)
F. Joucken†, C. Bena, Z. Ge, E. Quezada-Lopez, S. Pinon, V. Kaladzhyan, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, A. Ferreira, J. Velasco Jr.†, “Direct Visualization of Native Defects in Graphite and Their Effect on the Electronic Properties of Bernal-Stacked Bilayer Graphene”, Nano Letters 21, 7100 (2021)
V. Kaladzhyan†, F. Joucken, Z. Ge, E. A. Quezada-Lopez, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Velasco Jr., C. Bena, “Quasiparticle Interference Patterns in Bilayer Graphene with Trigonal Warping”, Physical Review B 104, 235425 (2021)
V. Kaladzhyan†, S. Pinon, F. Joucken, Z. Ge, E. A. Quezada-Lopez, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Velasco Jr., C. Bena, “Surface States and Quasiparticle Interference in Bernal and Rhombohedral Graphite With and Without Trigonal Warping”, Physical Review B 104, 155418 (2021)
2020
Z. Ge*, F. Joucken*, E. Quezada*, D. R. Da Costa, J. Davenport, B. Giraldo, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, N. P. Kobayashi, T. Low, J. Velasco Jr.†, “Visualization and Manipulation of Bilayer Graphene Quantum Dots with Broken Rotational Symmetry and Nontrivial Topology”, Nano Letters 20, 8682 (2020)
E. A. Quezada-López*, Z. Ge*, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, F. Joucken, J. Velasco Jr.†, “Comprehensive Electrostatic Modeling of Exposed Quantum Dots in Graphene/Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterostructures”, Nanomaterials 10, 1154 (2020)
F. Joucken*, Z. Ge*, E. A. Quezada-López, J. L. Davenport, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, and J. Velasco, Jr.†, “Determination of the Trigonal Warping Orientation in Bernal-stacked Bilayer Graphene via Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”, Physical Review B 101, 161103(R) (2020)
2019
F. Joucken*, J. Avila*, Z. Ge, E. Quezada, H. Yi, R. Le Goff, E. Baudin, J. L. Davenport, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. C. Asensio†, J. Velasco Jr.†, “Visualizing the Effect of an Electrostatic Gate with Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy”, Nano Letters 19, 2682 (2019)
J. L. Davenport, Z. Ge, J. Liu, C. Nuñez-Lobato, S. Moon, Z. Lu, E. A. Quezada-Lopez, K. Hellier, P. G. LaBarre, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, S. Carter, A. P. Ramirez, D. Smirnov, and J. Velasco Jr.†, “Probing the Electronic Structure of Graphene Near and Far from the Fermi Level via Planar Tunneling Spectroscopy”, Applied Physics Letters 115, 163504 (2019)