Hui Zhang
huiz@ustc.edu.cn
Education
2007-2012 Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
2003-2007 Bachelor's Degree in Applied Physics, Anhui University
Experience
2021-Present Junior Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2023-Present Associate Research Fellow, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
2017-2023 Specially-appointed Research Fellow, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
2017-2018 Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin
2013-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
2012-2013 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Zhang Hui’s research focuses on the systematic study of atomic-scale fabrication and precise characterization of two-dimensional quantum functional materials, specifically addressing challenges in high-precision manufacturing equipment and technology. In the past two years, he has co-authored multiple high-impact papers in journals such as Nature Physics, and has been granted 10 national invention patents.
His major achievements include:
* Independently designed and developed a novel integrated platform for 2D quantum material preparation, in-situ device fabrication and quantum precision detection with proprietary intellectual property rights and international-leading performance. This platform significantly improves the preparation efficiency of 2D quantum materials and devices, while also pioneering the world's first scanning Casimir force microscope based on quantum fluctuation technology.
* Developed a universal method in transition metal dichalcogenides to balance the formation energy between T-phase and H-phase for spontaneous assembly into superlattice materials. Developed a two-dimensional honeycomb shaped BeO material with macroscopic dimensions and no existence in bulk, overcoming the problem of high dependence on the layered material as parent material in the preparation of two-dimensional materials.
* Designed and fabricated a series of 2D material functional devices using self-developed advanced platform, including low-noise photodetectors with high on/off ratios controlled by ferroelectric residual polarization fields, and thin-film devices exhibiting light-tunable reversible metal-insulator transitions.
Research Directions/Fields:
Construction of novel quantum functional material systems
Precision cooperative observation and control of quantum phase transitions
Development of novel quantum functional devices
Major Honors and Awards
2025 12th "Challenge Cup" Anhui Province College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition (First Prize, Second Advisor)
2023 10th "Challenge Cup" Anhui Province College Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition (First Prize, Invited Speaker at Award Ceremony, National Third Prize); 5th "USTC Qingfeng Cup" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (First Prize, Second Advisor)
2019 Selected Awardee, CAS Pioneer Initiative Hundred Talents Program (Youth Project)
2019 Selected Talent, Anhui Province 8th Batch "Hundred Talents Program" (Introduced Talents)
Representative Publications
1.Luo, C. et al. Self-assembly of 1T/1H superlattices in transition metal dichalcogenides. Nat. Commun. 15, 10584 (2024).
2.Zhang, Y. et al. Magnetic-field tuning of the Casimir force. Nat. Phys. 20, 1282–1287 (2024).
3.Jia, C. et al. Ferroelectrically modulated and enhanced photoresponse in a self-powered α-In2Se3/Si heterojunction photodetector. ACS Nano 17, 6534-6544 (2023).
4.Zhang, H. et al. Epitaxial growth of two-dimensional insulator monolayer honeycomb BeO. ACS Nano 15, 2497 (2021).
5.Yang, Y. J. et al. Reversible optical control of the metal–insulator transition across the epitaxial heterointerface of a VO2/Nb: TiO2 junction. Sci. China Mater. 64, 1687 (2021).
6.Wu, D. et al. Controlled CVD preparation and quality characterization of graphene based on biphenyl refined from low rank coal. Carbon Lett. 34, 997–1005, (2024).
7.Wu, D. et al. Preparation and characterization of graphene from refined benzene extracted from low-rank coal: Based on the CVD technology. Molecules 26, 1900 (2021).
8.樊金泽等。低维材料中的电荷密度波，物理学报（邀请综述）71(12), 127103 (2022).
9.Zhang, H. et al. Stabilization and manipulation of electronically phase-separated ground states in defective indium atom wires on silicon. Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 196802 (2014).
10.Zhang, H. et al. Atomic structure, energetics, and dynamics of topological solitons in indium chains on Si(111). Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 026801 (2011).