You Zhou @ Maryland

Publications

Publications

More than sixty peer-reviewed articles, including two in Nature, two in Science, and papers in Nature Physics, Nature Photonics, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Materials, Physical Review X, and Physical Review Letters.

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Key

* equal contribution
† corresponding author
Y. Zhou in bold

Selected publications

  1. Wigner polarons probe the dynamics of a Wigner crystal in a monolayer semiconductorL. Zhang, L. Gu, H. S. Adlong, A. Christianen, E. Dizer, R. Ni, R. Ma, S. Park, H. Jang, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, I. Esterlis, R. Schmidt, A. Imamoglu and Y. Zhou†, Nat. Phys. (2026).News by Phys.org, Maryland Today
  2. Giant enhancement of exciton diffusion near an electronic Mott insulatorP. Upadhyay, D. G. Suárez-Forero, T.-S. Huang, M. J. Mehrabad, B. Gao, S. Sarkar, D. Session, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Y. Zhou, M. Knap and M. Hafezi, Science 391(6783), 394–398 (2026).
  3. Probing quantum anomalous Hall states in twisted bilayer WSe2 via attractive polaron spectroscopyB. Gao, M. Ghafariasl, M. J. Mehrabad, T.-S. Huang, L. Zhang, D. Session, P. Upadhyay, R. Ma, G. Alshalan, D. G. Suárez-Forero, S. Sarkar, S. Park, J. Houk, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. Xie, Y. Zhou† and M. Hafezi†, Phys. Rev. X 16, 021037 (2025).
  4. Quantum confining excitons with electrostatic moiré superlatticesL. Gu, L. Zhang, S. Felsenfeld, B. Gao, R. Ma, S. Park, H. Jang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and Y. Zhou†, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 026901 (2025).
  5. Sub-wavelength optical lattice in 2D materialsS. Sarkar, M. J. Mehrabad, D. G. Suárez-Forero, L. Gu, C. Flower, L. Xu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. Park, J. Houk, Y. Zhou† and M. Hafezi†, Sci. Adv. 11, eadv2023 (2025).
  6. Giant optical nonlinearity of Fermi polarons in atomically thin semiconductorsL. Gu, L. Zhang, R. Ni, D. S. Wild, M. Xie, S. Park, H. Jang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. Hafezi and Y. Zhou†, Nat. Photonics 18, 816–822 (2024).News by Nature Photonics, MSE UMD, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Energy Office of Science
  7. Electrical control and transport of tightly bound interlayer excitons in a MoSe2/hBN/MoSe2 heterostructureL. Zhang, L. Gu, R. Ni, M. Xie, S. Park, H. Jang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and Y. Zhou†, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 216903 (2024).
  8. Bilayer Wigner crystals in a transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructureY. Zhou, J. Sung, E. Brutschea, I. Esterlis, Y. Wang, G. Scuri, R. J. Gelly, H. Heo, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, G. Zaránd, M. D. Lukin, P. Kim, E. Demler and H. Park, Nature 595, 48–52 (2021).Discussion in Journal Club for Condensed Matter PhysicsNews by Quanta Magazine, MSE UMD, Harvard Gazette, Phys.org, Chemistry World.
  9. Controlling excitons in an atomically thin membrane with a mirrorY. Zhou, G. Scuri, J. Sung, R. J. Gelly, D. S. Wild, K. De Greve, A. Y. Joe, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin and H. Park, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 027401 (2020).Chosen as Editor’s suggestion
  10. Probing dark excitons in atomically thin semiconductors via near-field coupling to surface plasmon polaritonsY. Zhou*, G. Scuri*, D. S. Wild*, A. A. High*, A. M. Dibos, L. A. Jauregui, C. Shu, K. De Greve, K. Pistunova, A. Y. Joe, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin and H. Park, Nat. Nanotechnol. 12, 856–860 (2017).Highly Cited Paper by Web of ScienceNews and Views by Nature Nanotechnology
  11. Strongly correlated perovskite fuel cellsY. Zhou, X. Guan, H. Zhou, K. Ramadoss, S. Adam, H. Liu, S. Lee, J. Shi, M. Tsuchiya, D. D. Fong and S. Ramanathan, Nature 534, 231–234 (2016).Highly Cited Paper by Web of ScienceNews coverage by Nature Energy,Harvard University,IEEE Spectrum,Argonne National Lab & National Science Review
  12. Mott memory and neuromorphic devicesInvitedY. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, Proc. IEEE 103, 1289–1310 (2015).Highly Cited Paper by Web of Science

In press, under review, and submitted

  1. Electronic crystals in layered materialsInvitedY. Zhou, I. Esterlis and T. Smoleński, npj 2D Mater. Appl., in press (2026).
  2. Electrical control of intralayer and interlayer polarons in bilayer MoTe2R. Ni, E. Dizer, M. Wolf, S. T. Le, S. Jois, J. J. Schwartz, L. Gu, R. Ma, S. Park, B. Gao, L. Zhang, H. Jang, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, A. T. Hanbicki, A. L. Friedman, R. Schmidt and Y. Zhou†, Nat. Nanotechnol., under review (2026).
  3. Tunable quantum emission from excitons confined through a 2D semiconductor–MOF heterostructureY. Zhu, R. Dziobek-Garrett, G. Na, M. Ohlrich, D. Mücke, S. Yu, A. Budarapu, A. Auslender, K. Kingsbury, Á. Escobar, V. Menon, D. C. Bell, Y. Zhou, H. L. Nourse, B. Powell, U. Kaiser, H.-G. Park and T. J. Kempa, Nat. Nanotechnol., under review (2026).
  4. Interlayer dark excitons in a van der Waals heterostructureR. Ma, L. Gu, L. Zhang, K. Davydov, R. Ni, S. Park, H. Jang, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe and Y. Zhou†, Nat. Commun., under review (2026).
  5. Electrically programmable persistent-spin-helix exchange for spin-defect qubitsA. Sareen, N. Ali, M. Hillery, J. Bergou, J. Shi, Y. Zhou and Y. Ren, Phys. Rev. Lett., submitted (2026).
  6. Materials for Quantum Information Science: Roles in the Quantum Evolution 2.0T. Pham, V. Ivanov, D. P. Goronzy, A. Devata, J. Feldon, D. Barton and Y. Zhou, arXiv:2609.09371, ACS Nano, submitted (2026).
  7. Phonon-mediated quantum coherence in NV- centers probed by second harmonic generationY. Xue, O. Kurt, Y. Wang, J. Shi, Y. Zhou and Y. Ren, submitted (2026).
  8. Optical observation of interlayer spin correlationA. Park, P. Upadhyay, A. Grankin, E. Viñas Boström, M. Ghafariasl, H. Alnatah, M. Mohammadi-Arzanagh, B. Gao, A. Alvandi, S. R. Madhan Kumar, I. Sherwood, M. J. Mehrabad, Y. Zhou, A. Ramanathan, X. Roy, A. Rubio and M. Hafezi, submitted (2026).

2026

  1. Wigner polarons probe the dynamics of a Wigner crystal in a monolayer semiconductorSelectedL. Zhang, L. Gu, H. S. Adlong, A. Christianen, E. Dizer, R. Ni, R. Ma, S. Park, H. Jang, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, I. Esterlis, R. Schmidt, A. Imamoglu and Y. Zhou†, Nat. Phys. (2026).News by Phys.org, Maryland Today
  2. Improved grain growth in large-area monolayer WX2 (X: S, Se) films through controlled reduction of tungstate precursorsP. D. Hanrahan, R. Dziobek-Garrett, P. M. Eckhert, C. Leiter, K. Kingsbury, K. Davydov, L. Gu, T. H. Brintlinger, S. B. Ambade, Y. Zhou and T. J. Kempa, Chem. Mater. 38(13), 6227–6236 (2026).
  3. Giant enhancement of exciton diffusion near an electronic Mott insulatorSelectedP. Upadhyay, D. G. Suárez-Forero, T.-S. Huang, M. J. Mehrabad, B. Gao, S. Sarkar, D. Session, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Y. Zhou, M. Knap and M. Hafezi, Science 391(6783), 394–398 (2026).

2025

  1. Probing quantum anomalous Hall states in twisted bilayer WSe2 via attractive polaron spectroscopySelectedB. Gao, M. Ghafariasl, M. J. Mehrabad, T.-S. Huang, L. Zhang, D. Session, P. Upadhyay, R. Ma, G. Alshalan, D. G. Suárez-Forero, S. Sarkar, S. Park, J. Houk, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. Xie, Y. Zhou† and M. Hafezi†, Phys. Rev. X 16, 021037 (2025).
  2. Roadmap for Photonics with 2D MaterialsF. J. García de Abajo et al. (including Y. Zhou), ACS Photonics 12, 3961 (2025).
  3. Quantum confining excitons with electrostatic moiré superlatticesSelectedL. Gu, L. Zhang, S. Felsenfeld, B. Gao, R. Ma, S. Park, H. Jang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and Y. Zhou†, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 026901 (2025).
  4. Nonlinear optics in two-dimensional materials: from classical to quantumInvitedL. Gu and Y. Zhou†, Appl. Phys. Rev. 12, 011335 (2025).
  5. Sub-wavelength optical lattice in 2D materialsSelectedS. Sarkar, M. J. Mehrabad, D. G. Suárez-Forero, L. Gu, C. Flower, L. Xu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. Park, J. Houk, Y. Zhou† and M. Hafezi†, Sci. Adv. 11, eadv2023 (2025).
  6. Intermediate phases in quantum melting of an electron Wigner crystalJ. Sung, J. Wang, I. Esterlis, P. A. Volkov, G. Scuri, Y. Zhou, E. Brutschea, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, Y. Yang, M. Morales, S. Zhang, A. J. Millis, M. D. Lukin, P. Kim, E. Demler and H. Park, Nat. Phys. 21, 437–443 (2025).

2024

  1. Giant optical nonlinearity of Fermi polarons in atomically thin semiconductorsSelectedL. Gu, L. Zhang, R. Ni, D. S. Wild, M. Xie, S. Park, H. Jang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, M. Hafezi and Y. Zhou†, Nat. Photonics 18, 816–822 (2024).News by Nature Photonics, MSE UMD, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Energy Office of Science
  2. Electrical control and transport of tightly bound interlayer excitons in a MoSe2/hBN/MoSe2 heterostructureSelectedL. Zhang, L. Gu, R. Ni, M. Xie, S. Park, H. Jang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and Y. Zhou†, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 216903 (2024).
  3. Chiral flat-band optical cavity with atomically thin mirrorsD. G. Suárez-Forero, R. Ni, S. Sarkar, M. J. Mehrabad, E. Mechtel, V. Simonyan, A. Grankin, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, H. Jang, S. Park, M. Hafezi and Y. Zhou†, Sci. Adv. 10, eadr5904 (2024).
  4. Excitonic Mott insulator in a Bose-Fermi-Hubbard system of moiré WS2/WSe2 heterobilayerB. Gao, D. G. Suárez-Forero, S. Sarkar, T.-S. Huang, D. Session, M. J. Mehrabad, R. Ni, M. Xie, J. Vannucci, S. Mittal, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. Imamoglu, Y. Zhou and M. Hafezi, Nat. Commun. 15, 2305 (2024).
  5. Controlled interlayer exciton ionization in an electrostatic trap in atomically thin heterostructuresA. Y. Joe, A. M. M. Valdivia, L. A. Jauregui, K. Pistunova, D. Ding, Y. Zhou, G. Scuri, K. De Greve, A. Sushko, B. Kim, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Hone, M. D. Lukin, H. Park and P. Kim, Nat. Commun. 15, 6743 (2024).

2023

  1. Ionic liquid gating induced insulating phase transition in LaNiO3 thin filmsR. Wang, J. Park, R. Pant, S. Maurya, S. Takeuchi, I. Takeuchi and Y. Zhou†, Phys. Rev. Mater. 7, 125001 (2023).
  2. Controlling quantum phases of electrons and excitons in moiré superlatticesInvitedL. Zhang, R. Ni and Y. Zhou†, J. Appl. Phys. 133, 080901 (2023).Selected as Feature Article

2022

  1. Beam steering at the nanosecond time scale with an atomically thin reflectorT. I. Andersen, R. J. Gelly, G. Scuri, B. L. Dwyer, D. S. Wild, R. Bekenstein, A. Sushko, J. Sung, Y. Zhou, A. A. Zibrov, A. Y. Joe, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, S. F. Yelin, P. Kim, H. Park and M. D. Lukin, Nat. Commun. 13, 3421 (2022).
  2. Nanoscale thermal imaging of VO2 via Poole-Frenkel conductionA. Spitzig, A. Pivonka, H. Mickalide, A. Frenzel, J. Kim, C. Ko, Y. Zhou, K. O'Connor, E. Hudson, S. Ramanathan, J. E. Hoffman and J. Hoffman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 151602 (2022).

2021

  1. Bilayer Wigner crystals in a transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructureSelectedY. Zhou, J. Sung, E. Brutschea, I. Esterlis, Y. Wang, G. Scuri, R. J. Gelly, H. Heo, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, G. Zaránd, M. D. Lukin, P. Kim, E. Demler and H. Park, Nature 595, 48–52 (2021).Discussion in Journal Club for Condensed Matter PhysicsNews by Quanta Magazine, MSE UMD, Harvard Gazette, Phys.org, Chemistry World.
  2. Electrically controlled emission from singlet and triplet exciton species in atomically thin light emitting diodesA. Y. Joe, L. A. Jauregui, K. Pistunova, A. M. M. Valdivia, Z. Lu, D. S. Wild, G. Scuri, K. De Greve, R. J. Gelly, Y. Zhou, J. Sung, A. Sushko, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, D. Smirnov, M. D. Lukin, H. Park and P. Kim, Phys. Rev. B 103, L161411 (2021).
  3. Excitons in a reconstructed moiré potential in twisted WSe2/WSe2 homobilayersT. I. Andersen*, G. Scuri*, A. Sushko*, K. De Greve*, J. Sung, Y. Zhou, D. S. Wild, R. J. Gelly, H. Heo, D. Bérubé, A. Y. Joe, L. A. Jauregui, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Kim, H. Park and M. D. Lukin, Nat. Mater. 20, 480 (2021).

2020

  1. Controlling excitons in an atomically thin membrane with a mirrorSelectedY. Zhou, G. Scuri, J. Sung, R. J. Gelly, D. S. Wild, K. De Greve, A. Y. Joe, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin and H. Park, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 027401 (2020).Chosen as Editor’s suggestion
  2. Electrically tunable valley dynamics in twisted WSe2/WSe2 bilayersG. Scuri*, T. I. Andersen*, Y. Zhou*, D. S. Wild, J. Sung, R. J. Gelly, D. Bérubé, H. Heo, L. Shao, A. Y. Joe, A. M. M. Valdivia, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. Lončar, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin and H. Park, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 217403 (2020).News by Nature Reviews Materials
  3. Broken mirror symmetry in excitonic response of reconstructed domains in twisted MoSe2/MoSe2 bilayersJ. Sung, Y. Zhou, G. Scuri, V. Zolyomi, T. I. Andersen, H. Yoo, D. S. Wild, A. Y. Joe, R. J. Gelly, H. Heo, S. J. Magorrian, D. Bérubé, A. M. M. Valdivia, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. D. Lukin, P. Kim, V. I. Falko and H. Park, Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 750–754 (2020).News by Nature Nanotechnology

2019

  1. Electrical control of interlayer exciton dynamics in atomically thin heterostructuresL. A. Jauregui, A. Y. Joe, K. Pistunova, D. S. Wild, A. A. High, Y. Zhou, G. Scuri, K. De Greve, A. Sushko, C. H. Yu, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, D. J. Needleman, M. D. Lukin, H. Park and P. Kim, Science 366, 870–875 (2019).
  2. Temperature-independent thermal radiationP. Roney*, A. Shahsafi*, Y. Zhou, Z. Zhang, Y. Xiao, C. Wan, R. Wambold, J. Salman, Z. Yu, J. Li, J. T. Sadowski, R. Comin, S. Ramanathan and M. A. Kats, PNAS 116, 26402 (2019).
  3. Liquid salt transport growth of single crystals of the layered dichalcogenides MoS2 and WS2F. A. Cevallos, S. Guo, H. Heo, G. Scuri, Y. Zhou, J. Sung, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, H. Park and R. J. Cava, Cryst. Growth Des. 19, 5762–5767 (2019).
  4. Electrically tunable exciton-plasmon coupling in a WSe2 monolayer embedded in a plasmonic crystal cavityA. M. Dibos, Y. Zhou, L. A. Jauregui, G. Scuri, D. S. Wild, A. A. High, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. D. Lukin, P. Kim and H. Park, Nano Lett. 19, 3543 (2019).

2018

  1. Large excitonic reflectivity of monolayer MoSe2 encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitrideG. Scuri*, Y. Zhou*, A. A. High*, D. S. Wild*, C. Shu, K. De Greve, L. A. Jauregui, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin and H. Park, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 037401 (2018).Highly Cited Paper by Web of ScienceNews coverage byNature, Physics Synopsis & Chemistry World; Chosen as Editor’s suggestion
  2. Radiative thermal runaway due to negative differential thermal emissionD. M. Bierman, A. Lenert, M. A. Kats, Y. Zhou, S. Zhang, M. D. L. Ossa, S. Ramanathan, F. Capasso and E. N. Wang, Phys. Rev. Appl. 10, 021001 (2018).
  3. Electrical control of charged carriers and excitons in atomically thin materialsK. Wang, K. De Greve, L. A. Jauregui, A. Sushko, A. A. High, Y. Zhou, G. Scuri, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. D. Lukin, H. Park and P. Kim, Nat. Nanotechnol. 13, 128–132 (2018).
  4. Limiting optical diodes enabled by the phase transition of vanadium dioxideC. Wan, E. Horak, J. King, J. Salman, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhou, P. Roney, B. Gundlach, S. Ramanathan, R. Goldsmith and M. A. Kats, ACS Photonics 5, 2688–2692 (2018).

2017

  1. Probing dark excitons in atomically thin semiconductors via near-field coupling to surface plasmon polaritonsSelectedY. Zhou*, G. Scuri*, D. S. Wild*, A. A. High*, A. M. Dibos, L. A. Jauregui, C. Shu, K. De Greve, K. Pistunova, A. Y. Joe, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin and H. Park, Nat. Nanotechnol. 12, 856–860 (2017).Highly Cited Paper by Web of ScienceNews and Views by Nature Nanotechnology
  2. Epsilon-near-zero substrate engineering for ultra-thin-film perfect absorbersJ. Rensberg, Y. Zhou, S. Richter, C. Wan, S. Zhang, P. Schöppe, R. Schmidt-Grund, S. Ramanathan, F. Capasso, M. A. Kats and C. Ronning, Phys. Rev. Appl. 8, 014009 (2017).
  3. Evolution of metallicity in vanadium dioxide by creation of oxygen vacanciesZ. Zhang, F. Zuo, C. Wan, A. Datta, J. Kim, J. Rensberg, R. Nawrodt, H. Park, T. Larrabee, X. Guan, Y. Zhou, S. Prokes, C. Ronning, V. Shalaev, A. Boltasseva, M. A. Kats and S. Ramanathan, Phys. Rev. Appl. 7, 034008 (2017).

2016

  1. Strongly correlated perovskite fuel cellsSelectedY. Zhou, X. Guan, H. Zhou, K. Ramadoss, S. Adam, H. Liu, S. Lee, J. Shi, M. Tsuchiya, D. D. Fong and S. Ramanathan, Nature 534, 231–234 (2016).Highly Cited Paper by Web of ScienceNews coverage by Nature Energy,Harvard University,IEEE Spectrum,Argonne National Lab & National Science Review
  2. Sign reversal of magnetoresistance in perovskite nickelates by electron dopingK. Ramadoss, N. Mandal, X. Dai, Z. Wan, Y. Zhou, L. Rokhinson, Y. P. Chen, J. Hu and S. Ramanathan, Phys. Rev. B 94, 235124 (2016).
  3. Correlated perovskites as a new platform for super-broadband-tunable photonicsZ. Li, Y. Zhou, H. Qi, Q. Pan, N. Shi, M. Lu, A. Stein, C. Y. Li, S. Ramanathan and N. Yu, Adv. Mater. 28, 9117–9125 (2016).News coverage by Columbia University
  4. Active optical metasurfaces based on defect-engineered phase-transition materialsJ. Rensberg, S. Zhang, Y. Zhou, A. S. McLeod, C. Schwarz, M. Goldflam, M. Liu, J. Kerbusch, R. Nawrodt, S. Ramanathan, D. N. Basov, F. Capasso, C. Ronning and M. A. Kats, Nano Lett. 16, 1050–1055 (2016).

2015

  1. Mott memory and neuromorphic devicesInvitedSelectedY. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, Proc. IEEE 103, 1289–1310 (2015).Highly Cited Paper by Web of Science
  2. Dynamic control of light emission faster than the lifetime limit using VO2 phase-changeS. Cueff, D. Li, Y. Zhou, F. Wong, J. Kurvits, S. Ramanathan and R. Zia, Nat. Commun. 6, 8636 (2015).
  3. Self-limited kinetics of electron doping in correlated oxidesJ. Chen*, Y. Zhou*, S. Middey, J. Jiang, N. Chen, L. Chen, X. Shi, M. D\"obeli, J. Shi, J. Chakhalian and S. Ramanathan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 031905 (2015).
  4. Reconfigurable anisotropy and functional transformations with VO2-based metamaterial electric circuitsS. Savo, Y. Zhou, G. Castaldi, M. Moccia, V. Galdi, S. Ramanathan and Y. Sato, Phys. Rev. B 91, 134105 (2015).
  5. Control of emergent properties at a correlated oxide interface with grapheneY. Zhou*, J. Park*, J. Shi, M. Chhowalla, H. Park, D. A. Weitz and S. Ramanathan, Nano Lett. 15, 1627–1634 (2015).

2014

  1. Colossal resistance switching and band gap modulation in a perovskite nickelate by electron dopingJ. Shi*, Y. Zhou* and S. Ramanathan, Nat. Commun. 5, 5860 (2014).News and Views byHarvard Gazette, Phys.org, IEEE Spectrum, NSF & Materials Today
  2. Current-modulated optical properties of vanadium dioxide thin films in the phase transition regionS. Zhang, M. A. Kats, Y. Cui, Y. Zhou, Y. Yao, S. Ramanathan and F. Capasso, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 211104 (2014).
  3. Tunable hyperbolic metamaterials utilizing phase change heterostructuresH. N. Krishnamoorthy, Y. Zhou, S. Ramanathan, E. Narimanov and V. M. Menon, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 121101 (2014).
  4. Abrupt insertion loss drop by RF-triggering of the phase transition in CPW switchesS. D. Ha, Y. Zhou, C. J. Fisher, S. Ramanathan and J. P. Treadway, IEEE Microw. Wirel. Compon. Lett. 24, 575 (2014).
  5. Quick Switch: Strongly correlated electronic phase transition systems for cutting-edge microwave devicesS. D. Ha, Y. Zhou, A. E. Duwel, D. W. White and S. Ramanathan, IEEE Microw. Mag. 15, 32–44 (2014).

2013

  1. Electrical switching dynamics and broadband microwave characteristics of VO2 radio frequency devicesS. D. Ha, Y. Zhou, C. J. Fisher, S. Ramanathan and J. P. Treadway, J. Appl. Phys. 113, 184501 (2013).
  2. A correlated nickelate synaptic transistorJ. Shi, S. D. Ha, Y. Zhou, F. Schoofs and S. Ramanathan, Nat. Commun. 4, 2676 (2013).Highly Cited Paper by Web of ScienceNews coverage by Harvard University & Materials Today
  3. GaN/VO2 heteroepitaxial pn junctions: Band offset and minority carrier dynamicsY. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, J. Appl. Phys. 113, 213703 (2013).
  4. Correlated electron materials and field-effect transistors for logic: A reviewY. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, Crit. Rev. Solid State Mater. Sci. 38, 286–317 (2013).
  5. Voltage-triggered ultrafast phase transition in vanadium dioxide switchesY. Zhou, X. Chen, C. Ko, Z. Yang, C. Mouli and S. Ramanathan, IEEE Electron Device Lett. 34, 220–222 (2013).Highly Cited Paper by Web of Science

2012

  1. Suspended sub-50 nm vanadium dioxide membrane transistors: fabrication and ionic liquid gating studiesJ. S. Sim, Y. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, Nanoscale 4, 7056 (2012).
  2. Relaxation dynamics of ionic liquid — VO2 interfaces and influence in electric double-layer transistorsY. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 084508 (2012).
  3. Studies on room-temperature electric-field effect in ionic-liquid gated VO2 three-terminal devicesZ. Yang, Y. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 014506 (2012).
  4. Heteroepitaxial VO2 thin films on GaN: Structure and metal-insulator transition characteristicsY. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 074114 (2012).
  5. Epitaxial variants of VO2 thin films on complex oxide single crystal substrates with 3m surface symmetryF. J. Wong, Y. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, J. Cryst. Growth 364, 74 (2012).
  6. Multi-resistance states through electrically driven phase transitions in VO2/HfO2/VO2 heterostructures on siliconY. Zhou, Z. Yang and S. Ramanathan, IEEE Electron Device Lett. 33, 101–103 (2012).
  7. Probing compositional disorder in vanadium oxide thin films grown on atomic layer deposited hafnia on silicon by capacitance spectroscopyC. Ko, Y. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 30, 011501 (2012).

2011

  1. Synthesis of vanadium dioxide thin films on conducting oxides and metal-insulator transition characteristicsY. Cui, X. Wang, Y. Zhou, R. Gordon and S. Ramanathan, J. Cryst. Growth 338, 96 (2011).

Book chapters

  1. Computation and learning with metal-insulator transitions and emergent phases in correlated oxides\begintabular @R1.9em@\hspace0.5emL0.935\textwidth@ 1. & Y. Zhou, S. D. Ha and S. Ramanathan, in CMOS and Beyond: Logic Switches for Terascale Integrated Circuits (eds. T.-J. K. Liu & K. Kuhn), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK; New York, USA (2015).
  2. Correlated electrons: A platform for solid state devicesS. D. Ha, Y. Zhou, R. Jaramillo and S. Ramanathan, in Future Trends in Microelectronics: Frontiers and Innovations (eds. S. Luryi, J. Xu & A. Zaslavsky), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA (2013).

Patents and applications

  1. Active nanoplasmonic platform for controllable light-matter interaction\beginlongtable @R1.9em@\hspace0.5emL0.935\textwidth@ 1. & S. Sarkar, M. J. Mehrabad, Y. Zhou and M. Hafezi, US non-provisional patent application (2025).
  2. Inductors based on semiconductor heterostructuresY. Zhou, patent application filed (2023).
  3. Nonlinear optical devices based on van der Waals semiconductorsY. Zhou and L. Gu, patent application filed (2023).
  4. Dopant-driven phase transitions in correlated metal oxidesJ. Shi, Y. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, US 10,600,959, filed 2014, granted 2020.
  5. Electrochemical systems based on charge induced electron localizationY. Zhou and S. Ramanathan, patent application filed (2016).
  6. Electrically-driven phase transitions in functional oxide heterostructuresY. Zhou, Z. Yang and S. Ramanathan, US 9,343,206, filed 2013, granted 2016.