Qing-Feng Sun
sunqf@pku.edu.cn
Education
1995-2000 Ph.D. in physics, Peking University
1991-1995 Bachelor's Degree in physics, Peking University
Experience
2023-Present Senior Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2013-Present Professor, Peking University
2003-2013 Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000-2003 Postdoctor, McGill University
Overview of Academic Research
Professor Qing-Feng Sun's research interest is the systematic study on quantum computing, with a particular focus on the field of topological quantum computing. He has achieved several outstanding and innovative results in realizing topological states and exploring their quantum transport properties through the use of new degrees of freedom, various topological systems, diverse chiral molecular systems, and more.
His/her major achievements include:
* Predicted the spin superconducting diode effect and provided its universal theoretical framework.
* In chiral organic molecule-superconductor hybrid systems, predicted the existence of Majorana zero-energy modes.
* Clarified the mechanism of the half-quantized Hall conductance in magnetic topological insulators.
* Discovered the coexistence, mutual evolution, and hybridization of atomic collapse states and whispering gallery modes in graphene systems.
Research Directions/Fields:
Topological system
Quantum transport
Graphene
Major Honors and Awards
2019 Zhou Peiyuan Physics Award
2015 Achievement in Asia Award
2011 CAS Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize
2013 Cheung Kong Distinguished Professor (Ministry of Education)
2005 NSFC Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
2002 National Top 100 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Representative Publications
1.Yue Mao*, Hui-Ying Ren*, Xiao-Feng Zhou*, Hao Sheng, Yun-Hao Xiao, Yu-Chen Zhuang, Ya-Ning Ren#, Lin He#, and Qing-Feng Sun#, Orbital hybridization in graphene-based artificial atoms，Nature 639，73(2025).
2.Yaoyao Chen*, Yi-Xin Dai*, Yu Zhang*#, Can Zhang, Lili Zhou, Liangguang Jia, Wei Wang, Xu Han, Hui Xia Yang, Liwei Liu, Chen Si, Qing-Feng Sun#, and Ye Liang Wang#, Nanoscale Polymorph Engineering of Metal-Correlated Insulator Junctions in Monolayer NbSe2, ACS Nano 19, 14808 (2025).
3.Hui-Ying Ren*, Yue Mao*, Ya-Ning Ren#, Qing-Feng Sun#, and Lin He#, Tunable Quantum Confinement in Individual Nanoscale Quantum Dots via Interfacial Engineering, ACS Nano 19, 1352 (2025).
4.Xiao-Qing Tian, Arzoo Hassan, Yong Wang, Qing-Feng Sun*, Xiang-Rong Wang, Tariq Altalhi, Yu Du*, Boris I. Yakobson*, Unusual Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Spin-Sandwich Cr2SexI6-x, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2503185 (2025).
5.Tian-Yi Zhang, Yue Mao, Ai-Min Guo, and Qing-Feng Sun*, Dynamical theory of chiral-induced spin selectivity in electron donor–chiral molecule–acceptor systems, Phys. Rev. B 111, 205417 (2025).
6.Yu-Hao Wan, Peng-Yi Liu, and Qing-Feng Sun#, Classification of Chern numbers based on high-symmetry points, Phys. Rev. B 111, L161410 (2025).
7.Lizhou Liu, Cheng-Ming Miao, Qing-Feng Sun, and Ying-Tao Zhang#, Quantum spin Hall effect in bilayer honeycomb lattices with C-type antiferromagnetic order, Phys. Rev. B 111, 165421 (2025).
8.Cheng-Ming Miao*, Yu-Hao Wan*, Ying-Tao Zhang, and Qing-Feng Sun#, Tunable second-order topological corner states induced by interlayer coupling in twisted bilayer Chern insulators, Phys. Rev. B 111, 165418 (2025).
9.Wei-Tao Lu#, Tie-Feng Fang, and Qing-Feng Sun#, Superconducting lens and Josephson effect in AA-stacked bilayer graphene, Phys. Rev. B 111, 165411 (2025).
10.Tie-Feng Fang#, Wei-Tao Lu, Ai-Min Guo, and Qing-Feng Sun#, Frustration-enhanced persistent currents in correlated trimer nanorings, Phys. Rev. B 111, L081117 (2025).
11.Yu-Fei Sun, Yue Mao#, and Qing-Feng Sun#, Design of a Josephson diode based on double magnetic impurities, Phys. Rev. B 111, 054515 (2025).
12.Yu-Hao Wan and Qing-Feng Sun#, Altermagnetism-induced parity anomaly in weak topological insulators, Phys. Rev. B 111, 045407 (2025).
13.Xing-Jian Yi*, Yue Mao*, Xiancong Lu, and Qing-Feng Sun#, Spin splitting Nernst effect in altermagnets, Phys. Rev. B 111, 035423 (2025).
14.Yue Mao and Qing-Feng Sun#, Phase transitions in quantum dot-Majorana zero mode coupling systems, SciPost Phys. Core 8, 031 (2025)
15.Yue Mao, Qing Yan, Yu-Chen Zhuang, and Qing-Feng Sun*, Universal Spin Superconducting Diode Effect from Spin-Orbit Coupling, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 216001 (2024).
16.Chenchen Wang, Zeng-Ren Liang, Xiao-Feng Chen, Ai-Min Guo*, Guanghao Ji, Qing-Feng Sun, and Yong Yan*，Transverse Spin Selectivity in Helical Nanofibers Prepared without any Chiral Molecule， Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 108001 (2024).
17.Xiao-Feng Zhou, Yu-Chen Zhuang, Mo-Han Zhang,Hao Sheng, Qing-Feng Sun*, and Lin He*, Relativistic artificial molecule of two coupled graphene quantum dots at tunable distances, Nature Commun. 15:8786 (2024).
18.Yi-Wen Liu#, Yu-Chen Zhuang#, Ya-Ning Ren#, Chao Yan, Xiao-Feng Zhou, Qian Yang, Qing-Feng Sun*, and Lin He*, Visualizing a single wavefront dislocation induced by orbital angular momentum in graphene, Nature Commun. 15:3546 (2024).
19.Qing Yan#, Hailong Li#, Hua Jiang*, Qing-Feng Sun, and X.C. Xie*, Rules for dissipationless topotronics, Science Adv. 10, eado4756 (2024).
20.Peng-Yi Liu, Yue Mao, and Qing-Feng Sun*, Four-terminal graphene-superconductor thermal switch controlled by the superconducting phase difference, Phys. Rev. Appl. 21, 024001 (2024).
21.Hailong Li, Hua Jiang*, Qing-Feng Sun, and X.C. Xie*, Emergent energy dissipation in quantum limit, Science Bulletin 69, 1221 (2024).
22.Lizhou Liu, Cheng-Ming Miao, Qing-Feng Sun, and Ying-Tao Zhang#, Two-dimensional Dirac semimetals with tunable edge states, Phys. Rev. B 110, 245413 (2024).
23.Lizhou Liu, Cheng-Ming Miao, Qing-Feng Sun, and Ying-Tao Zhang*, Two-dimensional higher-order topological metals, Phys. Rev. B 110, 205415 (2024).
24.Peng-Yi Liu and Qing-Feng Sun*, Dissipation and dephasing in quantum Hall interferometers, Phys. Rev. B 110, 085411 (2024).
25.Jia-Le Yu, Zhe Hou, Irfan Hussain Bhat, Pei-Jia Hu, Jia-Wen Sun,Xiao-Feng Chen, Ai-Min Guo*, and Qing-Feng Sun, Quantized perfect transmission in graphene nanoribbons with random hollow adsorbates, Phys. Rev. B 110, 064201 (2024).
26.Qing Yan, Hailong Li, Qing-Feng Sun*, and X. C. Xie*, Transport theory in non-Hermitian systems, Phys. Rev. B 110, 045138 (2024).
27.Wei-Tao Lu*, Tie-Feng Fang, and Qing-Feng Sun*, Antiferromagnetic superlattices: Anisotropic band and spin-valley valve in buckled two-dimensional materials, Phys. Rev. B 110, 035426 (2024).
28.Qiang Cheng*, Yue Mao, and Qing-Feng Sun*，Field-free Josephson diode effect in altermagnet/normal metal/altermagnet junctions, Phys. Rev. B 110, 014518 (2024).
29.Cheng-Ming Miao, Lizhou Liu, Yu-Hao Wan, Qing-Feng Sun, and Ying-Tao Zhang*, General principle behind magnetization-induced second-order topological corner states in the Kane-Mele model, Phys. Rev. B 109, 205417 (2024).
30.Xuan Zhang#, Cheng-Ming Miao#, Qing-Feng Sun*, and Ying-Tao Zhang*, Nonendpoint Majorana bound states in an extended Kitaev chain, Phys. Rev. B 109, 205119 (2024).
31.Yu-Hao Wan and Qing-Feng Sun*, Quarter-quantized thermal Hall effect with parity anomaly, Phys. Rev. B 109, 195408 (2024).
32.Pei-Jia Hu#, Zeng-Ren Liang#, Jia-Wen Sun, Tie-Feng Fang, Ai-Min Guo*, and Qing-Feng Sun, Contact effects on electron transport along disordered borophene nanoribbons with line defects, Phys. Rev. B 109, 165437 (2024).
33.Yi-Xin Dai and Qing-Feng Sun*, Andreev reflection in normal metal/charge-4e superconductor junctions, Phys. Rev. B 109, 144504 (2024).
34.Humian Zhou, Chui-Zhen Chen*, Qing-Feng Sun, and X.C. Xie*, Dissipative chiral channels, Ohmic scaling, and half-integer Hall conductivity from relativistic quantum Hall effect, Phys. Rev. B 109, 115305 (2024).
35.Jing-Yun Fang#, Yu-Chen Zhuang#, and Qing-Feng Sun*, Absence of edge states at armchair edges in inhomogeneously strained graphene under a pseudomagnetic field, Phys. Rev. B 109, 045430 (2024).
36.Yu-Hao Wan and Qing-Feng Sun*, Magnetization-induced phase transitions on the surface of three-dimensional topological insulators, Phys. Rev. B 109, 045418 (2024).
36.Yu-Hao Wan and Qing-Feng Sun*, Magnetization-induced phase transitions on the surface of three-dimensional topological insulators, Phys. Rev. B 109, 045418 (2024).