Latest News

  • Oct 2026
    Jian receives the 2026 Materials Today Rising Star Award (Link) in Quantum Materials & Electronics, sponsored by Materials Today Quantum. This award recognizes outstanding early-career researchers who demonstrate exceptional potential to advance materials science and engineering. Congratulations! (See details at News)
  • Oct 2026
    Our collaborative paper, Discerning Hall and non-Hall transverse currents in linear and nonlinear regimes, has been published in Phys. Rev. B. Congratulations! (Link)
  • Sept 2026
    Our collaborative review, Light-controlled van der Waals tunnel junctions: mechanisms, architectures, functionalities, and opportunities, has been accepted for publication in Applied Physics Reviews. Congratulations! (Link)
  • Aug 2026
    Our collaborative paper, Electrostatic quantum nanocorral for composite charged excitons, has been published in Nature Nanotechnology (Link).
    Schematic of the electrostatic quantum nanocorral This work demonstrates that nanopores in monolayer TaIrTe4 can enable the quantum confinement of composite charged excitons in monolayer WSe2. Congratulations! Also see News and Views (Link).
  • July 2026
    The Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer has been installed in our lab. Many thanks to Dr. Zhao for his assistance!
  • Jun 2026
    The transfer stage has been installed in our interim lab space. The glovebox and optical microscope are on their way, further expanding our in-house capabilities for vdW heterostructure assembly and device fabrications. Stay tuned!
  • May 2026
    Our collaborative paper, In-plane anomalous Hall effect in a low-dimensional system, has been published in Nature Materials (Link).
    Direction 1 schematic This work demonstrates a gate-tunable, magnetization-driven in-plane anomalous Hall effect in a heterostructure composed of TaIrTe4 and layered ferromagnetic insulator Cr2Ge2Te6. Congrats!
  • May 2026
    Our collaborative work, Interaction-driven topological transitions in monolayer TaIrTe4, has been accepted by Phys. Rev. X (Link).
    PRX article figure This work reveals correlation-driven topological phenomena, including QSH insulator, trivial insulator, higher-order topological insulator, and metal phases. Congratulations!
  • May 2026
    Our News & Views article, A nonlinear route to altermagnetism, has been published in Nature Nanotechnology (Link).
    Direction 1 schematic The article highlights nonlinear electrical responses as a route to revealing quantum geometry and signatures of altermagnetism in ruthenium dioxide thin films. Cheers!
  • Apr 2026
    Jian joined Zhejiang University and launched the Jian Tang Lab in the Department of Physics.