Publications

Yani Ren, Chunmei Zhang, Jian Zhou (2026). Electric and magnetic order dependent bulk photovoltaic effect in a multiferroic CuCrP2S6 monolayer. Physical Review B in press.

Zhiyuan Li, Jian Zhou (2026). Nonrelativistic Optically-Induced Spin Torque in Noncollinear Magnets. Physical Review Letters 137, 186905 (Selected as Editors’ Suggestion).

Runke Zhan, Shuangyi Xu, Rui Xu, Hanli Cui, Hui Liang, Ying Luo, Yanan Wang, Hai Zhu, Jian Zhou, Yunwei Zhang (2026). Inverse Design of Photoinduced Structural Phase Transitions in Monolayer Metal Diiodides MI2 (M = Sn, Pb, Hg, Mg). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 17, 8953.

Chunmei Zhang, Jian Zhou, Liang Si (2026). Bulk photovoltaic effect in two-dimensional perovskite oxides. Physical Review B 114, 045303.

Qianqian Xue, Jian Zhou (2026). Magnetic precession induced spin accumulation in collinear antiferromagnets. Physical Review B, 113, 214425.

Xueqing Wan, Zhenlong Zhang, Charles Paillard, Jian Zhou, Jinyang Ni, Chuanlu Yang, Zhijun Jiang, Laurent Bellaiche (2026). Light-Driven Ferroic Switching Enables Reversible Control of Hydrogen Adsorption Thermodynamics. Nano Letters, 26, 7312.

Yue Gao, Jian Zhou, Chunmei Zhang (2026). Strain-modulated bulk photovoltaic effect in negative piezoelectrics. Frontiers of Physics, 21, 125204.

Yiwei Zhao, Qianqian Xue, Xingchi Mu, Hanli Cui, Jian Zhou (2026). Recent Advances of Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in Exotic Quantum Materials: Progress and Challenges. Advanced Materials 38, e17783.

Xingchi Mu, Jian Zhou (2025). Valley-dependent giant orbital moments and transport features in rhombohedral graphene multilayers. Physical Review B 111, 165102 (Editors’ Suggestion).

Hanli Cui, Jian Zhou (2025). Unraveling phase transformation with phononic hyperbolicity using off-resonant terahertz light. Physical Review Materials 9, 034602.

Zhen Lei, Jiawei Chang, Qiyi Zhao, Jian Zhou, Yuanyuan Huang, Qihua Xiong, Xinlong Xu (2025). Ultrafast Photocurrent Hysteresis in Photoferroelectric α-In2Se3 Diagnosed by Terahertz Emission Spectroscopy. Science Advances 11, eads8786.

Qianqian Xue, Jian Zhou (2025). Reversing Néel Vector in Parity-Time Antiferromagnets by Nonreciprocal Light Scattering. Nano Letters 25, 9054.

Mengtong Yang, Chunmei Zhang, Jian Zhou (2025). Pure spin and orbital bulk photovoltaic effect in topological screw dislocations. Physical Review B 112, 035152.

Xiantuo Zhao, Hong Wang, Jian Zhou (2025). Prediction of high Chern number and bulk photovoltaic current in Janus 1T' transition metal dichalcogenides under circularly polarized light. Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters 19, 2500014.

Jian Zhou, Hanli Cui (2025). Nonvolatile Ferroic and Topological Phase Control under Nonresonant Light. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 16, 222.

Jiaojian Shi, Christian Heide, Haowei Xu, Yuejun Shen, Meredith Henstridge, Isabel Sedwick, Anudeep Mangu, Xinyue Peng, Shangjie Zhang, Mariano Trigo, Tony F. Heinz, Ju Li, Keith A. Nelson, Edoardo Baldini, Jian Zhou, Shambhu Ghimire, David A. Reis, Aaron M. Lindenberg (2025). Nonresonant Raman control of ferroelectric polarization. Advanced Materials 37, e10524.

Yiwei Zhao, Xiantuo Zhao, Chunmei Zhang, Jian Zhou (2025). Layer-dependent disorder controlling shift current generation in two-dimensional centrosymmetric systems. Physical Review B 112, 115112.

Jian Zhou, Chunmei Zhang (2025). Contrasting Light-Induced Spin Torque in Antiferromagnetic and Altermagnetic Systems. Physical Review Letters 134, 176902.

Xueqiu Zheng, Kunyan Zhang, Xiantuo Zhao, Jian Zhou, Hongzhi Shen, Jing Kong, Yunfan Guo (2025). Achieving High-Yield Conversion of Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides on Diverse Substrates. ACS Nano 19, 20744.

Xiulian Fan, Jiali Yi, Bin Deng, Cong Zhou, Zejuan Zhang, Jia Yu, Weihan Li, Cheng Li, Guangcheng Wu, Xilong Zhou, Tulai Sun, Yihan Zhu, Jian Zhou, Juan Xia, Zenghui Wang, Keji Lai, Zheng Peng, Dong Li, Anlian Pan, Yu Zhou (2025). 2D edge-seeded heteroepitaxy of ultrathin high-κ dielectric CaNb2O6 for 2D field-effect transistors. Nature Communications 16, 2585.

Youxuan Wu, Shiyuan Wang, Chuoqi Chen, Cong Zhou, Kun Chen, Jian Zhou, Zhi Wang, Ya-Qing Bie, Shaozhi Deng (2024). Raman-active interlayer phonons and moiré phonons in twisted thin-layer MoTe2. Advanced Optical Materials 12, 2301747.

Huang Cai, Xinke Cui, Yonghao Shi, Yuxin Zhang, Xinran Chen, Linghan Fan, Jian Zhou, Chuanjin Tian, Weijiang Xue (2024). Quasi-Solid-State Conversion with Fast Redox Kinetics Enabled by A Sulfonamide-Based Electrolyte in Li-Organic Batteries. ACS Nano 18, 32723.

Qianqian Xue, Yan Sun, Jian Zhou (2024). Nonlinear Optics-Driven Spin Reorientation in Ferromagnetic Semiconductors. ACS Nano 18, 24317.

Cong Zhou, Jian Zhou (2024). Light-Induced Topological Phase Transition with Tunable Layer Hall Effect in Axion Antiferromagnets. Nano Letters 24, 7311.

Chanjuan Shang, Haoxiang Dong, Yanyan Zhao, Wei Pei, Jijun Zhao, Jian Zhou, Si Zhou (2024). Light-induced pure spin transportation in twisted atomic wires of transition metal trichalcogenides. Physical Review B 110, 235428.

Dongyan Li, Zexin Li, Chen Pan, Yan Sun, Jian Zhou, Xingjian Yangdong, Xiang Xu, Lixin Liu, Haoyun Wang, Yunxin Chen, Xingyu Song, Pengbin Liu, Xing Zhou, Shi-Jun Liang, Feng Miao, Tianyou Zhai (2024). Ionic Photovoltaics-in-Memory in van der Waals Material. Advanced Materials 36, 2406984.

Dongyan Li, Zexin Li, Yan Sun, Jian Zhou, Xiang Xu, Haoyun Wang, Yunxin Chen, Xingyu Song, Pengbin Liu, Zhengtang Luo, Su-Ting Han, Xing Zhou, Tianyou Zhai (2024). In-Sublattice Carrier Transition Enabled Polarimetric Photodetectors with Reconfigurable Polarity Transition. Advanced Materials 36, 2407010.

Mengtong Yang, Xiaoyan Miao, Si Li, Jian Zhou, Chunmei Zhang (2024). Driving and detecting topological phase transition in noncentrosymmetric systems via an all-optical approach. Physical Review B 109, 125101.

Haoxiang Dong, Jian Zhou (2024). Current Induced Spin and Orbital Polarization in Magnetic Sliding Ferroelectrics. Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters 18, 2400062.

Kun Liu, Jian Zhou (2024). Collective octahedral tilting in ultrathin Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite under terahertz light. Applied Physics Letters 124, 022902.

Chunmei Zhang, Hanqi Pi, Jian Zhou (2024). Bulk photovoltaic effects in helimagnets. Physical Review B 110, L041104.

Yue Gao, Mengtong Yang, Wenli Zou, Jian Zhou, Chunmei Zhang (2024). Band-Edge Mixture Engineered Giant and Switchable Shift Current Generation. Nano Letters 24, 12560.

Feiyang Huang, Mo Xiong, Jian Zhou, Tao Yang (2024). Assembly-inspired multiferroicity with nontrivial Chern insulating phase from exohedral metallofullerenes. Journal of Chemical Physics 160, 184302.

Feiyang Huang, Jian Zhou, Tao Yang (2024). 20-electron exohedral alkaline-earth-metallofullerenes M(C60)3 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26, 29475.

Cong Zhou, Jian Zhou (2023). Vibrational-anharmonicity-assisted phase transitions in perovskite oxides under terahertz irradiation. Physical Review Applied 20, 024020.

Qianqian Xue, Xingchi Mu, Yan Sun, Jian Zhou (2023). Valley contrasting bulk photovoltaic effect in a PT-symmetric MnPSe3 monolayer. Physical Review B 107, 245404.

Xiaozhe Wang, Suyang Sun, Jiang-Jing Wang, Shuang Li, Jian Zhou, Oktay Aktas, Ming Xu, Volker L. Deringer, Riccardo Mazzarello, En Ma, Wei Zhang (2023). Spin glass behavior in amorphous Cr2Ge2Te6 phase-change alloy. Advanced Science 10, 2302444.

Zhuang Qian, Jian Zhou, Hua Wang, Shi Liu (2023). Shift current response in elemental two-dimensional ferroelectrics. npj Computational Materials 9, 67.

Zihang Wu, Kun Liu, Xingchi Mu, Jian Zhou (2023). Renormalizing Antiferroelectric Nanostripes in β'-In2Se3 via Optomechanics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 14, 677.

Xingchi Mu, Qianqian Xue, Yan Sun, Jian Zhou (2023). Magnetic proximity enabled bulk photovoltaic effects in van der Waals heterostructures. Physical Review Research 5, 013001.

Yiwei Fu, Kejian Lu, Anlan Hu, Jie Huang, Liejin Guo, Jian Zhou, Jin Zhao, Oleg v. Prezhdo, Maochang Liu (2023). dz2 Band Links Frontier Orbitals and Charge Carrier Dynamics of Single-Atom Cocatalyst-Aided Photocatalytic H2 Production. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145, 28166.

Yan Li, Xinru Ma, Hongwei Bao, Jian Zhou, Fei Ma, Jingbo Li (2023). Carrier driven magnetic and topological phase transition in two-dimensional III-V semiconductors. Nano Research 16, 3443.

Zijing Zhao, Zhi Fang, Xiaocang Han, Shiqi Yang, Cong Zhou, Yi Zeng, Biao Zhang, Wei Li, Zhan Wang, Ying Zhang, Jian Zhou, Jiadong Zhou, Yu Ye, Xinmei Hou, Xiaoxu Zhao, Song Gao, Yanglong Hou (2023). A general thermodynamics-triggered competitive growth model to guide the synthesis of two-dimensional nonlayered materials. Nature Communications 14, 958.

Chengxi Huang, Jian Zhou, Huasheng Sun, Fang Wu, Yusheng Hou, Erjun Kan (2022). Toward Room-temperature Electrical Control of Magnetic Order in Multiferroic van der Waals Materials. Nano Letters 22, 5191.

Yan Sun, Xingchi Mu, Qianqian Xue, Jian Zhou (2022). Tailoring photoinduced nonequilibrium magnetizations in In2Se3 bilayers. Advanced Optical Materials 10, 2200428.

Chunmei Zhang, Ping Guo, Jian Zhou (2022). Tailoring Bulk Photovoltaic Effects in Magnetic Sliding Ferroelectric Materials. Nano Letters 22, 9297.

Xiao Li, Tao Yang, Jian Zhou (2022). Synergetic ligand and size effects of boron cage based electrolyte in Li-ion battery. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24, 11345.

Chunmei Zhang, Hanqi Pi, Liqin Zhou, Si Li, Jian Zhou, Aijun Du, Hongming Weng (2022). Switchable topological phase transition and nonlinear optical properties in a ReC2H monolayer. Physical Review B 105, 245108.

Yaguang Guo, Jian Zhou, Huanhuan Xie, Yanyan Chen, Qian Wang (2022). Screening transition metal-based polar pentagonal monolayers with large piezoelectricity and shift current. npj Computational Materials 8, 40.

Qianqian Xue, Mingmin Zhong, Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2022). Rational Design of Endohedral Superhalogens without Using Metal Cations and Electron Counting Rules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 126, 3536.

Kun Liu, Sheng Mao, Shunhong Zhang, Jian Zhou (2022). Photoinduced Rippling of Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Nitride Monolayers. Nano Letters 22, 9006.

Jian Zhou (2022). Photo-magnetization in two-dimensional sliding ferroelectrics. npj 2D Materials & Applications 6, 15.

Yue Zhao, Xingchi Mu, Gaoyang Gou, Jian Zhou, Xiaoli Lu, Yue Hao (2022). Optical generation and electric control of pure spin photocurrent in ferroelectric Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite (MA)2Pb(SCN)2I2 monolayer. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 10, 9602.

Jiawei Huang, Xu Duan, Sunam Jeon, Youngkuk Kim, Jian Zhou, Jian Li, Shi Liu (2022). On-demand quantum spin Hall insulators controlled by two-dimensional ferroelectricity. Materials Horizons 9, 1440.

Xu-Dong Wang, Jieling Tan, Jian Ouyang, Hangming Zhang, Jiang-Jing Wang, Yuecun Wang, Volker L. Deringer, Jian Zhou, Wei Zhang, En Ma (2022). Designing inorganic semiconductors with cold-rolling processability. Advanced Science 9, 2203776.

Kun Liu, Jian Zhou (2022). Anisotropic terahertz optostriction in group-IV monochalcogenide compounds. Physical Review B 105, 195406.

Yaoyao Zhao, Shicong Zhang, Shumao Xu, Xiao Li, Yifan Zhang, Yang Xu, Jian Zhou, Hui Bi, Fuqiang Huang, Tianquan Lin (2022). A π-Conjugated Polyimide-Based High-Performance Aqueous Potassium-Ion Asymmetric Supercapacitor. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 43, 2200040.

Xiaoyu Xuan, Tingfan Yang, Jian Zhou, Zhuhua Zhang, Wanlin Guo (2022). A Multiferroic Iron Arsenide Monolayer. Nanoscale Advances 4, 1324.

Chao Wang, Ahmed S. Helal, Ziqiang Wang, Jian Zhou, Xiahui Yao, Zhe Shi, Yang Ren, Jinhyuk Lee, Jeng-Kuei Chang, Bunshi Fugetsu, Ju Li (2021). Uranium In Situ Electrolytic Deposition with a Reusable Functional Graphene-Foam Electrode. Advanced Materials 33, 2102633.

Jian Zhou, Shunhong Zhang (2021). Terahertz optics-driven phase transition in two-dimensional multiferroics. npj 2D Materials & Applications 5, 16.

Jian Zhou, Haowei Xu, Yongliang Shi, Ju Li (2021). Terahertz Driven Reversible Topological Phase Transition of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Advanced Science 8, 2003832.

Haowei Xu, Hua Wang, Jian Zhou, Ju Li (2021). Pure spin photocurrent in non-centrosymmetric crystals: bulk spin photovoltaic effect. Nature Communications 12, 4330.

Xingchi Mu, Yiming Pan, Jian Zhou (2021). Pure bulk orbital and spin photocurrent in two-dimensional ferroelectric materials. npj Computational Materials 7, 61.

Haowei Xu, Jian Zhou, Hua Wang, Ju Li (2021). Light-induced static magnetization: nonlinear Edelstein effect. Physical Review B 103, 205417.

Haowei Xu, Jian Zhou, Ju Li (2021). Light-induced quantum anomalous Hall effect on the 2D surfaces of 3D topological insulators. Advanced Science 8, 2101508.

Xun Xiao, Jian Zhou, Kepeng Song, Jingjing Zhao, Yu Zhou, Peter Rudd, Yu Han, Ju Li, Jinsong Huang (2021). Layer number dependent ferroelasticity in 2D Ruddlesden-Popper organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites. Nature Communications 12, 1332.

Jianzhi Xu, Mengyang Li, Song Xu, Gerui Pei, Chuncai Kong, Xueguang Ren, Zhimao Yang, Tao Yang, Jian Zhou, Gao-Lei Hou (2021). Designing stable closo-B12 dianions in silico for Li- and Mg-ion battery applications. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 8, 5201.

Haowei Xu, Hua Wang, Jian Zhou, Yunfan Guo, Jing Kong, Ju Li (2021). Colossal switchable photocurrents in topological Janus transition metal dichalcogenides. npj Computational Materials 7, 31.

Yongliang Shi, Jian Zhou (2021). Coherence control of directional nonlinear photocurrent in spatially symmetric systems. Physical Review B 104, 155146.

Yan Li, Hongwei Bao, Jian Zhou, Fei Ma (2020). Tunable charge density wave in a black/blue phosphorene lateral heterostructure: A first-principles calculation. Physical Review B 102, 165308.

Yiming Pan, Jian Zhou (2020). Toggling valley-spin locking and nonlinear optical properties of single-element multiferroic monolayers via light. Physical Review Applied 14, 014024.

Jian Zhou (2020). Tailoring geometric phases of two-dimensional functional materials under light: a brief review. International Journal of Smart & Nano Materials 11, 191.

Xudong Wang, Jieling Tan, Chengqian Han, Jiang-Jing Wang, Lu Lu, Hongchu Du, Chun-Lin Jia, Volker Deringer, Jian Zhou, Wei Zhang (2020). Sub-Angstrom Characterization of Structural Origin for High In-Plane Anisotropy in 2D GeS2. ACS Nano 14, 4456.

Jian Zhou, Shunhong Zhang, Ju Li (2020). Normal-to-Topological Insulator Martensitic Phase Transition in Group-IV Monochalcogenides Driven by Light. NPG Asia Materials 12, 2.

Jian Zhou, Sheng Mao, Shunhong Zhang (2020). Noncontacting optostriction driven anisotropic and inhomogeneous strain in two-dimensional materials. Physical Review Research 2, 022059(R).

H. M. R. Ahamd, Jian Zhou (2020). Intercalation induced ferromagnetism in group-V transition metal dichalcogenide bilayer. AIP Advances 10, 045323.

Haowei Xu, Jian Zhou, Hua Wang, Ju Li (2020). Giant Photonic Response of Mexican-Hat Topological Semiconductors for Mid-Infrared to THz Applications. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11, 6119.

Xiaoqun Qi, Ying Yang, Qiang Jin, Fengyi Yang, Yong Xie, Pengfei Sang, Kun Liu, Wenbin Zhao, Xiaobin Xu, Yongzhu Fu, Jian Zhou, Long Qie, Yunhui Huang (2020). A Two-Plateaus Li-Se Chemistry for High-Volumetric-Capacity Se Cathodes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59, 13908.

Chengxi Huang, Junsheng Feng, Jian Zhou, Hongjun Xiang, Kaiming Deng, Erjun Kan (2019). Ultra-high-temperature Ferromagnetism in Intrinsic Tetrahedral Semiconductors. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141, 12413.

Haowei Xu, Jian Zhou, Yifei Li, R. Jaramillo, Ju Li (2019). Optomechanical control of stacking patterns of h-BN bilayer. Nano Research 12, 2634.

Akshay Singh, Yifei Li, Balint Fodor, Laszlo Makai, Jian Zhou, Haowei Xu, Austin J. Akey, Ju Li, Rafael Jaramillo (2019). Near-infrared optical properties and proposed phase-change usefulness of transition metal disulfides. Applied Physics Letters 115, 161902.

Yaguang Guo, Cunzhi Zhang, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2019). Lattice dynamic and instability in pentasilicene: A light single-element ferroelectric material with high Curie temperature. Physical Review Applied 11, 064063.

Joseph A. Teprovich Jr., Jason A. Weeks, Patrick A. Ward, Spencer C. Tinkey, Chengxi Huang, Jian Zhou, Ragaiy Zidan, Puru Jena (2019). Hydrogenated C60 as high-capacity stable anode materials for Li-ion batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2, 6453.

Hong Fang, Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2018). Super-alkalis as Building Blocks of One-Dimensional Hierarchical Electride. Nanoscale 10, 22963.

Dawei Wang, Zhiwei Li, Jian Zhou, Hong Fang, Xiang He, Puru Jena, Jing-Bin Zeng, Wei-Ning Wang (2018). Simultaneous Detection and Removal of Formaldehyde at Room Temperature: Janus Au@ZnO@ZIF-8 Nanoparticles. Nano-Micro Letters 10, 4.

Jian Zhou, Haowei Xu, Yifei Li, R. Jaramillo, Ju Li (2018). Opto-mechanics driven fast martensitic transition in two-dimensional materials. Nano Letters 18, 7794.

Xiao Su, Akihiro Kushima, Cameron Halliday, Jian Zhou, Ju Li, T. Alan Hatton (2018). Electrochemically-mediated selective capture of heavy metal chromium and arsenic oxyanions from water. Nature Communications 9, 4701.

Chengxi Huang, Jian Zhou, Kaiming Deng, Erjun Kan, Puru Jena (2018). Effect of Coulomb Correlation on the Magnetic Properties of Mn Clusters. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 122, 4350.

Chengxi Huang, Kaiming Deng, Jian Zhou, Erjun Kan (2018). Atomically dispersed tungsten on metal halide monolayer as a ferromagnetic Chern insulator. Physical Review B 98, 115424.

Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena (2017). Valley-Polarized Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Ferrimagnetic Honeycomb Lattices. Physical Review Letters 119, 046403.

Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2017). Two-dimensional topological crystalline quantum spin Hall effect in transition metal intercalated compounds. Physical Review B 95, 081102(R).

Mingmin Zhong, Jian Zhou, Hong Fang, Purusottam Jena (2017). Role of ligands on the stability of BnXn and CBn-1Xn (n = 5-10; X = H, F, CN) and their potential as building blocks of electrolytes in lithium ion batteries. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19, 17937.

Mingmin Zhong, Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2017). Rational Design of Stable Dianions by Functionalizing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. ChemPhysChem 18, 1937.

Chengxi Huang, Jian Zhou, Haiping Wu, Kaiming Deng, Puru Jena, Erjun Kan (2017). Quantum anomalous Hall effect in ferromagnetic transition metal halides. Physical Review B 95, 045113.

Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2017). Giant Valley Splitting and Valley Polarized Plasmonics in Group-V Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8, 5764.

Tianshan Zhao, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2017). Colossal Stability of Gas Phase Tri-anions: Super-pnictogens. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56, 13421.

Jian Zhou, Chengxi Huang, Erjun Kan, Puru Jena (2016). Valley contrasting in epitaxial growth of In/Tl homoatomic monolayer with anomalous Nernst conductance. Physical Review B 94, 035151.

Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2016). Two-dimensional topological nanomaterials and related Hall effects. Proceedings of SPIE (International Symposium on Clusters and Nanomaterials) 101740H, 242.

Hongmin Zhao, Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2016). Substituent-Stabilized Organic Dianions in the Gas Phase and Their Potential Use as Electrolytes in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ChemPhysChem 17, 2992.

Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena (2016). Strain and Carrier Induced Coexistence of Topologically Insulating and Superconducting Phase in Iodized Si(111) Films. Nano Research 9, 1578.

Hongmin Zhao, Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2016). Stability of B12(CN)12 2-: Implications for Lithium and Magnesium Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55, 3704.

Chengxi Huang, Jian Zhou, Haiping Wu, Kaiming Deng, Puru Jena, Erjun Kan (2016). Quantum Phase Transition in Germanene and Stanene Bilayer: From Normal Metal to Topological Insulator. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 7, 1919.

K. R. O'Neal, J. Zhou, J. G. Cherian, M. M. Turnbull, C. P. Landee, P. Jena, Z. Liu, J. L. Musfeldt (2016). Pressure-induced structural transition in copper pyrazine dinitrate and implications for quantum magnetism. Physical Review B 93, 104409.

Chuancheng Jia, Qing Wang, Na Xin, Jian Zhou, Yao Gong, Lidong Li, Qiang Sun, Xuefeng Guo (2016). Logic Control of Interface-Induced Charge-Trapping Effect for Ultrasensitive Gas Detection with All-Mirror-Image Symmetry. Advanced Materials Technologies 1, 1600067.

Tianshan Zhao, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2016). Like Charges Attract?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 7, 2689.

J. A. Teprovich Jr., A. L. Washington II, J. Dixon, P. A. Ward, J. H. Christian, B. Peters, J. Zhou, S. Giri, D. N. Sharp, J. A. Velten, R. N. Compton, P. Jena, R. Zidan (2016). Investigation of hydrogen induced fluorescence in C60 and its potential use in luminescent down shifting applications. Nanoscale 8, 18760.

Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun, Qian Wang, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2016). Intrinsic Quantum Spin Hall and Anomalous Hall Effect in h-Sb/Bi Epitaxial Growth on Ferromagnetic MnO2 Thin Film. Nanoscale 8, 11202.

Jian Zhou, Shunhong Zhang, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2016). Integrating superconducting phase and topological crystalline quantum spin Hall effect in hafnium intercalated gallium film. Applied Physics Letters 108, 253102.

Hongmin Zhao, Jian Zhou, Hong Fang, Puru Jena (2016). From Halogen to Superhalogen Behavior of Organic Molecules Created by Functionalizing Benzene. ChemPhysChem 17, 184.

Shunhong Zhang, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2016). Beyond Graphitic Carbon Nitride: Nitrogen-Rich Penta-CN2 Sheet. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 3993.

Tianshan Zhao, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2016). A ferromagnetic and half-metallic FeC2 monolayer containing C2 dimers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 26207.

Santanab Giri, Brandon Z. Child, Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2015). Unusual Stability of Multiply Charged Organo-Metallic Complexes. RSC Advances 5, 44003.

Jian Zhou, Shunhong Zhang, Qian Wang, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2015). Self-assembly of metal atoms (Na, K, Ca) on graphene. Nanoscale 7, 2352.

Shunhong Zhang, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Xiaoshuang Chen, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2015). Penta-Graphene: A New Carbon Allotrope. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 112, 2372.

Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2015). High-temperature superconductivity in heavily N- or B-doped graphene. Physical Review B 92, 064505.

Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2015). Giant magnetocrystalline anisotropy of 5d transition metal-based phthalocyanine sheet. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, 17182.

Yuzhen Liu, Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2015). Electronic Structure and Stability of Mono- and Bi-metallic Borohydrides and Their Underlying Hydrogen-Storage Properties--A Cluster Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 11056.

Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2014). Tailoring Li adsorption on graphene. Physical Review B 90, 205427.

Kun Tao, Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun, Qian Wang, V. S. Stepanyuk, Puru Jena (2014). Self-consistent determination of Hubbard U for explaining the anomalous magnetism of the Gd13 cluster. Physical Review B 89, 085103.

Yuzhen Liu, Santanab Giri, Jian Zhou, Puru Jena (2014). Intermediate Phases during Decomposition of Metal Borohydrides, M(BH4)n (M = Na, Mg, Y). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118, 28456.

Joseph A. Teprovich Jr., Hector R. Colon-Mercado, Patrick A. Ward, Brent Peters, Santanab Giri, Jian Zhou, Scott Greenway, Robert N. Compton, Purusottam Jena, Ragaiy Zidan (2014). Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Fast Lithium Ionic Conduction in a LiBH4-C60 Nanocomposite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118, 21755.

Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun (2014). Carrier induced magnetic coupling transitions in phthalocyanine-based organometallic sheet. Nanoscale 6, 328.

Jian Zhou, Santanab Giri, Purusottam Jena (2014). 18-Electron rule inspired Zintl-like ions composed of all transition metals. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16, 20241.

Min Kan, Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2013). The Intrinsic Ferromagnetism in a MnO2 Monolayer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4, 3382.

Shunhong Zhang, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2013). Structure, Stability and Property Modulations of Stoichiometric Graphene Oxide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117, 1064.

Xiaowei Li, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2013). Patterning Graphitic C-N Sheets into Kagome Lattice for Magnetic Materials. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4, 259.

Wen Qian, Rui Hao, Jian Zhou, Micah Eastman, Beth A. Manhat, Qiang Sun, Andrea M. Goforth, Jun Jiao (2013). Exfoliated graphene-supported Pt and Pt-based alloys as electrocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cells. Carbon 52, 595.

Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun (2013). Absorption induced modulation of magnetism in two-dimensional metal phthalocyanine porous sheets. Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 204706.

Min Kan, Jian Zhou, Yawei Li, Qiang Sun (2012). Using carbon chains to mediate magnetic coupling in zigzag graphene nanoribbons. Applied Physics Letters 100, 173106.

Lin Gan, Jian Zhou, Fen Ke, Hang Gu, Danna Li, Zonghai Hu, Qiang Sun, Xuefeng Guo (2012). Tuning the properties of graphene using a reversible gas-phase reaction. NPG Asia Materials 4, e31.

Min Kan, Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun, Qian Wang, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2012). Tuning magnetic properties of graphene nanoribbons with topological line defects: From antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic. Physical Review B 85, 155450.

Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2012). Strain-Induced Spin Crossover in Phthalocyanine-Based Organometallic Sheets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3, 3109.

Kun Lü, Jian Zhou, Le Zhou, Xiao Shuang Chen, Siew Hwa Chan, Qiang Sun (2012). Pre-combustion CO2 capture by transition metal ions embedded in phthalocyanine sheets. Journal of Chemical Physics 136, 234703.

Xiaowei Li, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Xiaoshuang Chen, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Puru Jena (2012). Magnetism of two-dimensional triangular nanoflake-based kagome lattices. New Journal of Physics 14, 033043.

Shunhong Zhang, Jian Zhou, Xiaowei Li, Qian Wang (2012). Magnetism of triangular nanoflakes with different compositions and edge terminations. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 14, 1171.

Xiaowei Li, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2012). Magnetic properties of two-dimensional silicon carbide triangular nanoflakes-based kagome lattices. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 14, 1056.

Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun (2012). How to fabricate a semihydrogenated graphene sheet? A promising strategy explored. Applied Physics Letters 101, 073114.

Min Kan, Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena (2011). Tuning the band gap and magnetic properties of BN sheets impregnated with graphene flakes. Physical Review B 84, 205412.

Xiao Zhou, Jian Zhou, Kun Lü, Qiang Sun (2011). Tripyrrylmethane based 2D porous structure for hydrogen storage. Frontiers of Physics 6, 220.

J. Zhou, Q. Wang, Q. Sun, P. Jena (2011). Stability and electronic structure of bilayer graphone. Applied Physics Letters 98, 063108.

Kun Lü, Jian Zhou, Le Zhou, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena (2011). Sc-phthalocyanine sheet: Promising material for hydrogen storage. Applied Physics Letters 99, 163104.

Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun (2011). Magnetism of Phthalocyanine-Based Organometallic Single Porous Sheet. Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 15113.

Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena (2011). Intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional carbon structures: Triangular graphene nanoflakes linked by carbon chains. Physical Review B 84, 081402(R).

Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena (2011). Enhanced Hydrogen Storage on Li Functionalized BC3 Nanotube. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 6136.

Jian Zhou, Kun Lü, Qian Wang, Xiao Shuang Chen, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena (2011). Electronic structures and bonding of graphyne sheet and its BN analog. Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 174701.

Miao Miao Wu, Xiao Zhou, Jian Zhou, Qiang Sun, Qian Wang, Puru Jena (2010). Interaction of C59Si with Si based clusters: a study of Janus nanostructures. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 22, 275303.

Jian Zhou, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Puru Jena (2010). Electronic and magnetic properties of a BN sheet decorated with hydrogen and fluorine. Physical Review B 81, 085442.

J. Zhou, Q. Wang, Q. Sun, P. Jena, X. S. Chen (2010). Electric field enhanced hydrogen storage on polarizable materials substrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 107, 2801.

J. Zhou, M. M. Wu, X. Zhou, Q. Sun (2009). Tuning electronic and magnetic properties of graphene by surface modification. Applied Physics Letters 95, 103108.

X. Zhou, M. M. Wu, J. Zhou, Q. Sun (2009). Hydrogen storage in Al-N cage based nanostructures. Applied Physics Letters 94, 103105.

J. Zhou, Q. Wang, Q. Sun, X. S. Chen, Y. Kawazoe, P. Jena (2009). Ferromagnetism in semihydrogenated graphene sheet. Nano Letters 9, 3867.