Zhixian Zhou
Professor
313-577-2751
243 Physics Building
Department
Zhixian Zhou
- Professor, Wayne State University, 2021 - present
- Associate Professor, Wayne State University, 2013 - 2021
- Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, 2007 - 2013
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2005 - 2007
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Condensed matter physics, nanoelectronics, 2D materiails and devices
Research
Our current research efforts are centered on investigating the electrical transport properties and device physics of low dimensional materials, particularly two-dimensional van der Waals semiconductors including MoS2, MoSe2, WSe2, PdSe2 and black phosphorus.
Education
- B.S. in Physics, Lanzhou University
- Ph.D. in Physics, Florida State University
Awards and grants
- College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award (2010)
- Career Development Chair Award (2016-2017)
- Sultana N. Nahar Prize for Distinction in Research in Physics and Astronomy (2017)
- Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award in the Natural Sciences and Engineering (2021)
- NSF-ECCS
- NSF-DMR
- President's Research Enhancement Award
Selected publications
2021
- Kraig Andrews, Upendra Rijal, Arthur Bowman, Hsun-Jen Chuang, Michael R. Koehler, Jiaqiang Yan, David G. Mandrus, Pai-Yen Chen, and Zhixian Zhou， Accumulation-Type Ohmic van der Waals Contacts to Nearly Intrinsic WSe2 Nanosheet-Based Channels: Implications for Field-Effect Transistors，ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c01138
- Stanley, Lily; Chuang, Hsun-Jen; Zhou, Zhixian; Koehler, Michael; Yan, Jiaqiang; Mandrus, David; Popovic, Dragana, Low-Temperature 2D/2D Ohmic Contacts in WSe<sub>2</sub> Field-Effect Transistors as a Platform for the 2D Metal-Insulator Transition, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c21440
2020
- Christian Ornelas, Arthur Bowman, Thayer Walmsley, Tianjiao Wang, Kraig Andrews, Zhixian Zhou, and Ya-Qiong Xu, Ultrafast Photocurrent Response and High Detectivity in 2D MoSe2-based Heterojunctions, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c12155
- Kraig Andrews， Arthur Bowman， Upendra Rijal， Pai-Yen Chen and Zhixian Zhou*, Improved Contacts and Device Performance in MoS2 Transistors Using a 2D Semiconductor Interlayer, ACS Nano 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c02303
2019
- Xuyi Luo, Kraig Andrews, Tianjiao Wang, Arthur Bowman, Zhixian Zhou, Ya-Qiong Xu, Reversible photo-induced doping in WSe2 field effect transistors, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 7358-7363, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR09929D
- Zhibin Gao, Zhixian Zhou, David Tománek, Degenerately Doped Transition Metal Dichalcogenides as Ohmic Homojunction Contacts to Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors, ACS Nano, 2019, 13, 5, 5103-5111, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b08190
- Thayer Walmsley, Kraig Andrews, Tianjiao Wang, Amanda Haglund, Upendra Rijal, Arthur Bowman, David Mandrus, Zhixian Zhou*, Yaqiong Xu*，Near-infrared optical transitions in PdSe2 phototransistors, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 14410-14416, DOI: 10.1039/C9NR03505B
2018
- Thayer S. Walmsley, Bhim Chamlagain, Upendra Rijal, Tianjiao Wang, Zhixian Zhou, Ya‐Qiong Xu， Gate‐Tunable Photoresponse Time in Black Phosphorus–MoS2 Heterojunctions, Advanced Optical Materials, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201800832
- Tianjiao Wang, Kraig Andrews, Arthur Bowman, Tu Hong, Michael Koehler, Jiaqiang Yan, David Mandrus, Zhixian Zhou*, and Ya-Qiong Xu*, High-Performance WSe2 Phototransistors with 2D/2D Ohmic Contacts, Nano Lett. 2018, DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04205
2017
- Ajay Kumar, Parisa Bashiri, Balaji Mandal, Kulwinder Dhindsa, Khadije Bazzi, Ambesh Dixit, Maryam Nazri, Zhixian Zhou, Vijayendra Garg, Aderbal Oliveira, Prem Vaishnava, Vaman M Naik, Gholam-Abbas Nazri, and Ratna Naik， Optimization of electrochemical performance of LiFePO4/C by indium doping and high temperature annealing, Inorganics, 2017, 5(4), 67; DOI:10.3390/inorganics5040067
- Jinshui Miao, Zhihao Xu, Qing Li, Arthur Bowman, Suoming Zhang, Weida Hu, Zhixian Zhou, and Chuan Wang， Vertically Stacked and Self-Encapsulated van der Waals Heterojunction Diodes Using Two-Dimensional Layered Semiconductors，ACS Nano, 2017 DOI:10.1021/acsnano.7b05755
- Zhixian Zhou 1,* and Yoke Khin Yap 2,* Two-Dimensional Electronics and Optoelectronics: Present and Future, Electronics, 2017, 6(3), 53; DOI:10.3390/electronics6030053
- Bhim Chamlagain, Qingsong Cui, Sagar Paudel, Mark Cheng, Pai-Yen Chen and Zhixian Zhou*, Thermally Oxidized Two-dimensional TaS2 as a High-κ Gate Dielectric for MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors, 2D Materials, 2017, DOI:10.1088/2053-1583/aa780e
- Ali Shahini, Hai Jin, Zhixian Zhou, Yang Zhao, Pai-Yen Chen, Jing Hua, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Toward individually tunable compound eyes with transparent graphene electrode, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2017, 12, 046002
- Guan, Jie; Chuang, Hsun-Jen; Zhou, Zhixian; Tomanek, David， Optimizing Charge Injection across Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterojunctions: Theory and Experiment，ACS Nano, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00285
- R. Mukherjee, H. J. Chuang, M. Koehler, N. Combs, A. Patchen, Z. X. Zhou, and D. Mandrus, Substitutional electron and hole doping of WSe2 : Synthesis, electrical characterization, and observation of band-to-band tunneling, Physical Review Applied, 2017, 7 (3), 034011
2016
- Cui, Qingsong; Sakhdari, Maryam; Chamlagain, Bhim; Chuang, Hsun-Jen; Liu, Yi; Cheng, Mark Ming-Cheng; Zhou, Zhixian*; Chen, Pai-Yen*, Ultrathin and Atomically Flat Transition-Metal Oxide: Promising Building Blocks for Metal-Insulator Electronics,ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11302
- Tianjiao Wang, Shuren Hu, Bhim Chamlagain, Tu Hong, Zhixian Zhou*, Sharon M. Weiss*, and Ya-Qiong Xu*, Visualizing Light Scattering in Silicon Waveguides with Black Phosphorous Photodetectors, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28 (33), 7162-7166, DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201506277
- K. S. Dhindsa, A. Kumar, G. A. Nazri, V. M. Naik, V. K. Garg, A. C. Oliveira, P. P. Vaishnava, Z. X. Zhou, R. Naik, Enhanced electrochemical performance of LiFePO4/C nanocomposites due to in situ formation of Fe2P impurities, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s10008-016-3239-y
- AY Boroujeni, M Tehrani, M Manteghi, Z Zhou, M Al-Haik, Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of a Hybrid Carbon Nanotube/Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 2016,138 (4), 041001
- Hsun-Jen Chuang, Bhim Chamlagain, Michael Koehler, Meeghage Madusanka Perera, Jiaqiang Yan, David Mandrus, David Tománek, and Zhixian Zhou*, Low-Resistance 2D/2D Ohmic Contacts: A Universal Approach to High-Performance WSe2, MoS2, and MoSe2 Transistors, Nano Lett. 2016, 16, (3) 1896-1902, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b05066
- Ali Shahini, Jinjun Xia, Zhixian Zhou, Yang Zhao, and Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng , Versatile Miniature Tunable Liquid Lenses Using Transparent Graphene Electrodes, Langmuir, 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03407
2015
- Hong, T.; Chamlagain, B.; Wang, T.; Chuang, H.-J.; Zhou, Z.*; Xu, Y.* , Anisotropic Photocurrent Response at Black Phosphorous-MoS2 p-n Heterojunctions, Nanoscale 2015, DOI: 10.1039/c5nr03400k
- Tu Hong, Bhim Chamlagain, Shuren Hu, Sharon M. Weiss, Zhixian Zhou, and Ya-Qiong Xu, Plasmonic Hot Electron Induced Photocurrent Response at MoS2-Metal Junctions, ACS Nano, 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01065
2014
- Lanka D. Wickramasinghe, Shivnath Mazumder, Sunalee Gonawala, Meeghage Madusanka Perera,Habib Baydoun, Bishnu Thapa, Li Li, Lingxiao Xie, Guangzhao Mao, Zhixian Zhou, H. Bernhard Schlegel, and Cláudio N. Verani, Mechanisms of Rectification in Au|molecule|Au Devices Based on Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers of Iron(III) and Copper(II) Surfactants, Angewandte Chemie, 2014, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408649
- Hsun-Jen Chuang1, Xuebin Tan2, Nirmal Jeevi Ghimire3,4, Bhim Chamlagain1, Meeghage Madusanka Perera1, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng2, Jiaqiang Yan3,4, David Mandrus3,4, David Tomanek, and Zhixian Zhou1, High Mobility WSe2 p- and n-Type Field Effect Transistors Contacted by Highly Doped Graphene for Low-Resistance Contacts, Nano Lett. 2014, DOI: 10.1021/nl501275p
- Tu Hong, Bhim Chamlagain, Wenzhi Lin, Hsun-Jen Chuang, Minghu Pan, Zhixian Zhou, and Ya-Qiong Xu, Polarized photocurrent response in black phosphorus field-effect transistors, Nanoscale 2014, DOI:10.1039/c4nr02164a
- Chamlagain, B.; Li, Q.; Ghimire, N. J.; Chuang, H.-J.; Perera, M. M.; Tu, H.; Xu, Y.; Pan, M.; Xiao, D.; Yan, J.; Mandrus, D.; Zhou, Z. Mobility Improvement and Temperature Dependence in Mose2 Field-Effect Transistors on Parylene-C Substrate. ACS Nano 2014, 10.1021/nn501150r
2013
- Xuebin Tan, Hsun-Jen Chuang, Ming-Wei Lin, Zhixian Zhou and Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Edge Effects on the pH Response of Graphene Nanoribbon Field Effect Transistors, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117 (51), 27155
- Meeghage Madusanka Perera, Ming-Wei Lin, Hsun-Jen Chuang, Bhim Prasad Chamlagain, Chongyu Wang, Xuebin Tan, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, David Tománek, and Zhixian Zhou , Improved Carrier Mobility in Few-Layer MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors with Ionic-Liquid Gating, ACS Nano, 2013, 7, 4449
- Lanka D. Wickramasinghe, Meeghage Madusanka Perera, Li Li, GuangzhaoMao,Zhixian Zhou, and Cláudio N. Verani* Rectifying Behavior in Nanoscale Devices Based on Asymmetric Five-Coordinate Iron(III)/Phenolate Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 1- 6 (2013) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306765
- Kulwinder S. Dhindsa1, B.P. Mandal1, K. Bazzi1 M. W. Lin1, M. Nazri1, G.A. Nazri1*, V. M. Naik2, V. K. Garg4, 5, A.C. Oliveira4, P.Vaishnava3, R. Naik1*, Z.X. Zhou1*, Enhanced electrochemical performance of graphene modified LiFePO4 cathode material for lithium ion batteries, Solid State Ionics 253, 94-100 (2013)
2012
- Ming-Wei Lin, Lezhang Liu, Qing Lan, Xuebin Tan, Kulwinder Dhindsa , Peng Zeng, Vaman M. Naik, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, and Zhixian Zhou, Mobility enhancement and highly efficient gating of monolayer MoS2 transistors with Polymer Electrolyte, J. Phys. D, 45, 345102 (2012)
- Xuebin Tan, Zhixian Zhou and Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Electrowetting on Dielectric (EWOD) Using Graphene, Nanotechnology, 23, 375501 (2012)
- Bazzi, K.; Dhindsa, K. S.; Dixit, Ambesh; Sahana, M. B.; Sudakar, C.; Nazri, M.; Zhou, Z. X.; Vaishnava, P.; Naik, V. M.; Nazri, Gulam Abbas; Naik, R.. Nanostructured high specific capacity C-LiFePO4 cathode material for lithium ion batteries, Journal of Materials Research, 27, No.2, 424 (2012)
2011
- Ming-Wei Lin1,*, Cheng Ling1,*, Yiyang Zhang1,2, Hyeun Joong Yoon2, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng2, Noppi Widjaja1, Luis A. Agapito3, Nicholas Kioussis3, and Zhixian Zhou1, a) Room-Temperature High On/Off Ratio in Suspended Graphene Nanoribbon Field Effect Transistors, Nanotechnology 22, 265201 (2011)
- Ming-Wei Lin1,#, Cheng Ling1,#, Luis A. Agapito2,#, Nicholas Kioussis2, Yiyang Zhang1,3, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng3,Wei L. Wang4, Efthimios Kaxiras4and Zhixian Zhou1,*Approaching the Intrinsic Bandgap in Suspended High-Mobility Graphene Nanoribbons, Phys. Rev. B 84, 125411 (2011)
- Cheng Ling1, Gabriel Setzler1,2, Ming-Wei Lin1, Kulwinder Singh Dhindsa1, Jin Jin1, Hyeun Joong Yoon2, Seung Soo Kim1,2, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng2, Noppi Widjaja1 and Zhixian Zhou1,3 Electrical transport properties of graphene nanoribbons produced from sonicating graphite in solution, Nanotechnology 22 325201 (2011)
- Hyeun Joong Yoon, Jin Ho Yang, Zhixian Zhou, Sang Sik Yang, Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Carbon dioxide sensor using a multi-layered graphene sheet, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, (2011) doi:10.1016/j.snb.2011.03.035
2009
- Zhixian zhou, Gyula Eres, Rongying Jin, Alaska Subedi, David Mandrus and Eugene, H. Kim, Performance of in situ fabricated Schottky-barrier single wall carbon nanotube field-effect transistors, Nanotechnology, 20, 085709 (2009)
2008
- E Čižmár, M Ozerov, O Ignatchik, T P Papageorgiou, J Wosnitza, S A Zvyagin, J Krzystek, Z Zhou, C P Landee4, B R Landry4, M M Turnbull4 and J L Wikaira, Magnetic properties of the Haldane-gap material [Ni(C2H8N2)2NO2](BF4), New J. Phys. 10 033008 (2008)
2007 and earlier
- Zhixian Zhou, R. Jin, Gyula Eres, D. Mandrus, P. Schlottmann, Y. S. Hor, Z. L. Xiao and J.F. Mitchell, Resistance and Current-voltage Characteristics of Individual Superconducting NbSe2 Nanowires, Phys. Rev. B 76, 104511 (2007) (selected for inclusion in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
- Zhixian Zhou, K. Xiao, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, Jing Tao, D.B. Geohegan and Stephen Pennycook, One-Dimensional Electron Transport in Cu-Tetracyanoquinodimethane Organic Nanowires, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 193115 (2007) (selected for inclusion in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology)
- Zhixian Zhou, R. Jin, Gyula Eres, Alaska Subedi and D. Mandrus, The Control of Electron Transport Related Defects in In situ Fabricated Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Devices, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 133124 (2006) (selected for inclusion in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science &Technology)
- Xin, Y.; Wang, X.; Zhou, Z.X.; and Zheng, J.P., Epitaxial Ca2RuO4+δ thin films grown on (001) LaAlO3 by pulsed laser deposition, Thin Solid Films, 515 (7-8), 3946 (2007)
- R. Jin, Z.X. Zhou, I.N. Ivanov, G. Eres, D. Mandrus and D.B. Geohegan, Annealing Effect on Electrical and Thermal Transport Properties of Carbon-Nanotube Bundles, Physica B 388, 326 (2007)
- R. P. Guertin, N. Harrison, F. Dymytrious, Zhixian Zhou and S. McCall, Very High Field Magnetization and AC Susceptibility of Native Horse Spleen Ferritin, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 308, 97-100 (2007)
- V. Durairaj, X. N. Lin, Z.X. Zhou, S. Chikara, E. Ehami, A. Douglass, P. Schlottmann and G.Cao, Observation of oscillatory magnetoresistance periodic in 1/B and B in Ca3Ru2O7 , Phys.Rev. B 73, 054434 (2006)
- R. C. Rai, J. Cao, J. L. Musfeldt, D. J. Singh, X. Wei, R. Jin, Z. X. Zhou, B. C. Sales, and D. Mandrus Magnetodielectric effect in the S=1⁄2 quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet K2V3O8, Phys. Rev. B 73, 075112 (2006)
- X.N. Lin, Z.X. Zhou, V. Durairaj, P. Schlottmann and G. Cao, Colossal Magnetoresistance by Avoiding a Ferromagnetic State in the Mott System Ca3Ru2O7, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 017203 (2005)
- Z.X Zhou, and P.Schlottmann, Orbital Order and Uniaxial Spin Anisotropy in EuBaCo2O5.5 Single Crystals, Phys. Rev. B 71, 174401 (2005)
- Z.X Zhou, S. McCall, C.S. Alexander, J.E. Crow, P.Schlottmann, A. Bianchi, C. Capan, R. Movshovich, K.H. Kim, M. Jaime, N. Harrison, M.K. Haas, R.J. Cava and G. Cao, Transport and Thermodynamic Properties of Sr3Ru2O7 Near the Quantum Critical Point, Phys. Rev. B 69,140409(R) (2004)
- Z.X. Zhou, S. McCall, C.S. Alexander, J.E. Crow, P. Schlottmann, S.N, Barilo, S.V.Shiryaev, G.L. Bychkov and R.P. Guertin, Magnetization and Magnetotransport of LnBaCo2O5.5 (Ln = Gd, Eu) Single Crystals, Phys. Rev. B 70, 024425 (2004)
- Yan, S.; Ren, C.; Wang, X.; Xin, Y.; Zhou, Z.X.; Mei, L.M.; Ren, M.J.; Chen, Y.X.; Liu, Y.H. and Garmestani, H., Ferromagnetism and magnetoresistance of Co–ZnO inhomogeneous magnetic semiconductors, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 2376 (2004)
- Zhou, Z.X.; Cao, G.; McCall, S.; Crow, J.E.; Guertin, R.P.; Mielke, C.H. and Rickel, D.G., Magnetic interactions in (Pr,La)3RuO7 and Pr3(Ru,Nb)O7, Philos. Mag. B, 82, 1401-1412 (2002) Cao, G.; McCall, S.; Zhou, Z.X.; Alexander, C.S.; Crow, J.E. and Guertin, R.P., Thermodynamic properties of RE2RuO5(RE=Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd and Tb), J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 226-230, 218 (2001)
- Cao, G.; McCall, S.; Zhou, Z.X.; Alexander, C.S.; Crow, J.E.; Guertin, R.P. and Mielke, C.H., Magnetic Ordering and Enhanced Electronic Specific Heat Capacity in Insulating L2RuO5 (L=Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, and Tb), Phys. Rev. B, 63, 14 4427 (2001)