Yanwu Xie
ywxie@zju.edu.cn
Education
2004-2007 Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2001-2004 Master's Degree in Condensed Matter Physics, Jilin University
1997-2001 Bachelor's Degree in Optical Information Science and Technology, Jilin University
Experience
2024-Present Professor, Zhejiang University
2022-Present Senior Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2021-2023 Tenured Associate Professor, Zhejiang University
2015-2020 Hundred-Talent Researcher, Zhejiang University
2011-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University
2009-2011 JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, University of Tokyo
2007-2009 Associate Professor, Yanshan University
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Xie investigates oxide interface superconductivity, focusing on new material systems, tuning methods, and low-dimensional superconducting physics. Key achievements include the discovery of superconductivity in KTaO3(110) interfaces, and the electrical control of KTaO3 interface superconductivity.
Current research focuses on oxide interface superconductivity and high-Tc superconducting films.
Major Honors and Awards
Representative Publications
1. Yishuai Wang, Siyuan Hong, Wenze Pan, Yi Zhou, and Yanwu Xie. Superconducting Quantum Oscillations and Anomalous Negative Magnetoresistance in a Honeycomb Nanopatterned Oxide Interface Superconductor. Phys. Rev. X 15, 011006 (2025).
2. Zheng Chen, Yuan Liu, Hui Zhang, Zhongran Liu, He Tian, Yanqiu Sun, Meng Zhang, Yi Zhou, Jirong Sun and Yanwu Xie. Electric field control of superconductivity at the LaAlO3/KTaO3(111) interface. Science 372, 721-724 (2021).
3. Zheng Chen, Zhongran Liu, Yanqiu Sun, Xiaoxin Chen, Yuan Liu , Hui Zhang, Hekang Li, Meng Zhang, Siyuan Hong, Tianshuang Ren, Chao Zhang, He Tian, Yi Zhou, Jirong Sun and Yanwu Xie. Two-Dimensional Superconductivity at the LaAlO3/KTaO3(110) Heterointerface. Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 026802 (2021).
4. Tianshuang Ren, Miaocong Li, Xikang Sun, Lele Ju, Yuan Liu, Siyuan Hong, Yanqiu Sun, Qian Tao, Yi Zhou, Zhu-An Xu, and Yanwu Xie. Two-dimensional superconductivity at the surfaces of KTaO3 gated with ionic liquid. Sci. Adv. 8, eabn4273 (2022).
5. Yanqiu Sun, Yuan Liu , Siyuan Hong, Zheng Chen, Meng Zhang, and Yanwu Xie. Critical thickness in superconducting LaAlO3/KTaO3(111) Heterostructures. Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 086804 (2021).