Zhongkai Liu

Assistant Professor、PI
Physical Science and Technology
Shanghai Tech University
China

Professor Materials Science
Biography

Zhongkai Liu received his BS in Physics from Tsinghua University in 2006 and PhD in Physics from Stanford University in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Zhi-Xun Shen. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Diamond Light Source, UK from 2014 to 2015. He joined the School of Physical Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University as a tenure-track assistant professor、PI in July 2015.

Research Intrest

My major research focuses on characterizing the electronic structure and understanding the emergent phenomena of advanced material with Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES) (both synchrotron facilities-based and lab-based). Some current material systems of interest include topological quantum materials and novel iron based superconductors. Meanwhile, I am developing the next generation multi-dimensional (with Spatial, Spin and Temporal resolution) ARPES at ShanghaiTech University and Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.

List of Publications
“Observation of Topological Surface States in Half-Heusler Compounds LnPtBi (Ln=Lu, Y)”, Z. K. Liu, B. Zhou, L. X. Yang, S. –C. Wu, B. H. Yan, Y. Zhang, S. –K. Mo, Z. Hussain, Z. –X. Shen, C. Felser and Y. L. Chen, Nature Communications 7: 12924 (2016)
“Weyl semimetal phase in the non-centrosymmetric compound TaAs”, L. X. Yang, Z. K. Liu, Y. Sun, H. Peng, H. F. Yang, T. Zhang, B. Zhou, Y. Zhang, Y. F. Guo, M. Rahn, D. Prabhakaran, Z. Hussain, S.-K. Mo, C. Felser, B. Yan, and Y. L. Chen, Nature Physics, 11, 728–732 (2015).
"A Stable Three-dimensional Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2", Z. K. Liu, J. Jiang, B. Zhou, Z. J. Wang, Y. Zhang, H. M. Weng, D. Prabhakaran, S. -K. Mo, H. Peng, P. Dudin, T. Kim, M. Hoesch, Z. Fang, X. Dai, Z. X. Shen, D. L. Feng, Z. Hussain, Y. L. Chen, Nature Materials, 13, 677–681 (2014).
“Evolution of the Fermi surface of Weyl semimetals in the transition metal pnictide family”, Z. K. Liu, L. X. Yang, Y. Sun, T. Zhang, H. Peng, H. F. Yang, C. Chen. Y. Zhang, Y. F. Guo, D. Prabhakaran, M. Schmidt, Z. Hussain, S.-K. Mo, C. Felser, B. Yan and Y. L. Chen, Nature Materials, 15, 27–31 (2016).
“Discovery of a Three-Dimensional Topological Dirac Semimetal, Na3Bi”, Z. K. Liu, B. Zhou, Y. Zhang, Z. J. Wang, H. M. Weng, D. Prabhakaran, S.-K. Mo, Z. X. Shen, Z. Fang, X. Dai, Z. Hussain, Y. L. Chen, Science, 343, 864 (2014).