Zhigang Jiang

Professor

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, Northwestern University, 2005
B.S. in Physics, Beijing University, 1999

Honors & Awards

3M Non-Tenured Faculty Grant, 2011-2013
"Georgia Tech Thank a Teacher" Certificate, 2023

Research

Quantum transport and infrared optical properties of condensed matter systems, including graphene, topological insulators, Dirac/Weyl semimetals, quantum magnets, and band-engineered narrow-gap materials.

Papers

Use the CV link for a complete list of publications.

2024:

"Epitaxial aluminum layer on antimonide heterostructures for exploring Josephson junction effects," W. Pan, K.R. Sapkota, P. Lu, AJ. Muhowski, W.M. Martinez, C.L.H. Sovinec, R. Reyna, J.P. Mendez, D. Mamaluy, S.D. Hawkins, J.F. Klem, L.S.L. Smith, D.A. Temple, Z. Enderson, Z. Jiang, and E. Rossi, arXiv:2410.06085.

"Comparative Raman scattering study of crystal field excitations in Co-based quantum magnets," B.S. Mou, X. Zhang, L. Xiang, Y. Xu, R. Zhong, R.J. Cava, H.D. Zhou, Z. Jiang, D. Smirnov, N. Drichko, and S.M. Winter, Phys. Rev. Materials 8, 084408 (2024).

"Sensing spin wave excitations by spin defects in few-layer-thick hexagonal boron nitride," J. Zhou, H. Lu, D. Chen, M. Huang, G.Q. Yan, F. Al-matouq, J. Chang, D. Djugba, Z. Jiang, H. Wang, and C.R. Du, Sci. Adv. 10, eadk8495 (2024).

2023:

"Magnon-polaron driven thermal Hall effect in a Heisenberg-Kitaev antiferromagnet," N. Li, R.R. Neumann, S.K. Guang, Q. Huang, J. Liu, K. Xia, X.Y. Yue, Y. Sun, Y.Y. Wang, Q.J. Li, Y. Jiang, J. Fang, Z. Jiang, X. Zhao, A. Mook, J. Henk, I. Mertig, H.D. Zhou, and X.F. Sun, Phys. Rev. B 108, L140402 (2023). (Editors’ Suggestion Letter)

"Designing a boron nitride polyethylene composite for shielding neutrons," A.D. Vira, E.M. Mone, E.A. Ryan, P.T. Connolly, K. Smith, C.D. Roecker, K.E. Mesick, T.M. Orlando, Z. Jiang, and P.N. First, APL Materials 11, 101104 (2023).

"g-factor engineering with InAsSb alloys toward zero band gap limit," Y. Jiang, M. Ermolaev, S. Moon, G. Kipshidze, G. Belenky, S. Svensson, M. Ozerov, D. Smirnov, Z. Jiang, and S. Suchalkin, Phys. Rev. B 108, L121201 (2023).

"Disorder-enriched magnetic excitations in a Heisenberg-Kitaev quantum magnet Na₂Co₂TeO₆," L. Xiang, R. Dhakal, M. Ozerov, Y. Jiang, B.S. Mou, A. Ozarowski, Q. Huang, H.D. Zhou, J. Fang, S.M. Winter, Z. Jiang, and D. Smirnov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 076701 (2023).

"Revealing temperature evolution of the Dirac band in ZrTe₅ via magnetoinfrared spectroscopy," Y. Jiang, T. Zhao, L. Zhang, Q. Chen, H.D. Zhou, M. Ozerov, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Phys. Rev. B 108, L041202 (2023). (Editors’ Suggestion Letter)

"Chemical design of electronic and magnetic energy scales of tetravalent praseodymium materials," A. Ramanathan, J. Kaplan, D.-C. Sergentu, J.A. Branson, M. Ozerov, A.I. Kolesnikov, S.G. Minasian, J. Autschbach, J.W. Freeland, Z. Jiang, M. Mourigal, and H.S. La Pierre, Nature Communications 14, 3134 (2023).

"Anomalous magnetoresistance by breaking ice rule in Bi₂Ir₂O₇/Dy₂Ti₂O₇ heterostructure," H. Zhang, C.K. Xing, K. Noordhoek, Z. Liu, T.H. Zhao, L. Horák, Q. Huang, L. Hao, J. Yang, S. Pandey, E. Dagotto, Z. Jiang, J.-H. Chu, Y. Xin, E.S. Choi, H.D. Zhou, and J. Liu, Nature Communications 14, 1404 (2023).

2022:

"An epitaxial graphene platform for zero-energy edge state nanoelectronics," V.S. Prudkovskiy, Y.R. Hu, K. Zhang, Y. Hu, P. Ji, G. Nunn, J. Zhao, C. Shi, A. Tejeda, D. Wander, A. De Cecco, C.B. Winkelmann, Y. Jiang, T. Zhao, Z. Jiang, L. Ma, C. Berger, and W.A. de Heer, Nature Communications 13, 7814 (2022).

"Giant g-factors and fully spin-polarized states in metamorphic short-period InAsSb/InSb superlattices," Y. Jiang, M. Ermolaev, G. Kipshidze, S. Moon, M. Ozerov, D. Smirnov, Z. Jiang, and S. Suchalkin, Nature Communications 13, 5960 (2022).

"Extremely low-energy collective modes in a quasi-one-dimensional topological system," Z. X. Wei, S. Zhang, Y. L. Su, L. Cheng, H. D. Zhou, Z. Jiang, H. Weng, and J. Qi, Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 65, 257012 (2022).

2021:

"Magneto-transport evidence for strong topological insulator phase in ZrTe₅," J. Wang, Y. Jiang, T. Zhao, Z.L. Dun, A.L. Miettinen, X.S. Wu, M. Mourigal, H.D. Zhou, W. Pan, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Nature Communications 12, 6758 (2021).

"Landau quantization in tilted Weyl semimetals with broken symmetry," L. Zhang, Y. Jiang, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, J. Appl. Phys. 129, 105107 (2021) [invited paper to a Special Topic: Topological Materials and Devices].

2020:

"1/f Noise in epitaxial sidewall graphene nanoribbons," O. Vail, J. Hankinson, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, and Z. Jiang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 083105 (2020).

"Structural, morphological and magnetotransport properties of composite semiconducting and semimetallic InAs/GaSb superlattice structure," M.K. Hudait, M. Clavel, P.S. Goley, Y. Xie, J.J. Heremans, Y. Jiang, Z. Jiang, D. Smirnov, G.D. Sanders, and C.J. Stanton, Mater. Adv. 1, 1099 (2020).

"Unraveling the topological phase of ZrTe₅ via magnetoinfrared spectroscopy," Y. Jiang, J. Wang, T. Zhao, Z.L. Dun, Q. Huang, X.S. Wu, M. Mourigal, H.D. Zhou, W. Pan, M. Ozerov, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 046403 (2020).

"Electron-hole asymmetry of surface states in topological insulator Sb₂Te₃ thin films revealed by magneto-infrared spectroscopy," Y. Jiang, M.M. Asmar, X. Han, M. Ozerov, D. Smirnov, M. Salehi, S. Oh, Z. Jiang, W.-K. Tse, and L. Wu, Nano Lett. 20, 4588 (2020).

"Dirac energy spectrum and inverted bandgap in metamorphic InAsSb/InSb superlattices," S. Suchalkin, M. Ermolaev, T. Valla, G. Kipshidze, D. Smirnov, S. Moon, M. Ozerov, Z. Jiang, Y. Jiang, S.P. Svensson, W.L. Sarney, and G. Belenky, Appl. Phys. Lett. 116, 032101 (2020) [featured as a cover article].

"Magnetic field mixing and splitting of bright and dark excitons in monolayer MoSe₂," Z. Lu, D. Rhodes, Z. Li, D.V. Tuan, Y. Jiang, J. Ludwig, Z. Jiang, Z. Lian, S.-F. Shi, J. Hone, H. Dery, and D. Smirnov, 2D Materials 7, 015017 (2020).

2019:

"Valley and Zeeman splittings in multilayer epitaxial graphene revealed by circular polarization resolved magneto-infrared spectroscopy," Y. Jiang, Z. Lu, J. Gigliotti, A. Rustagi, L. Chen, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, C.J. Stanton, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Nano Lett. 19, 7043 (2019).

"Polymer stamp-based mechanical exfoliation of thin high-quality pyrolytic graphite sheets," D. Hahn, B. Jayasena, Z. Jiang, and S.N. Melkote, J. Micro Nano-Manuf. 7, 011005 (2019).

2018:

"Landau quantization in coupled Weyl points: A case study of semimetal NbP,"  Y. Jiang, Z.L. Dun, S. Moon, H.D. Zhou, M. Koshino, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Nano Lett. 18, 7726 (2018).

"Anomalously large resistance at the charge neutrality point in a zero-gap InAs/GaSb bilayer," W. Yu, V. Clericò, C. Hernández Fuentevilla, X. Shi, Y. Jiang, D. Saha, W.K. Lou, K. Chang, D.H. Huang, G. Gumbs, D. Smirnov, C.J. Stanton, Z. Jiang, V. Bellani, Y. Meziani, E. Diez, W. Pan, S.D. Hawkins, and J.F. Klem, New J. Phys. 20, 053062 (2018).

2017:

"Landau-level spectroscopy of massive Dirac fermions in single-crystalline ZrTe₅ thin flakes," Y. Jiang, Z.L. Dun, H.D. Zhou, Z. Lu, K.-W. Chen, S. Moon, T. Besara, T.M. Siegrist, R.E. Baumbach, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Phys. Rev. B 96, 041101(R) (2017).

"Probing the semiconductor to semimetal transition in InAs/GaSb double quantum wells by magneto-infrared spectroscopy," Y. Jiang, S. Thapa, G.D. Sanders, C.J. Stanton, Q. Zhang, J. Kono, W.K. Lou, K. Chang, S.D. Hawkins, J.F. Klem, W. Pan, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Phys. Rev. B 95, 045116 (2017).

2016:

"Quantum oscillations at integer and fractional Landau level indices in single-crystalline ZrTe₅," W. Yu, Y. Jiang, J. Yang, Z.L. Dun, H.D. Zhou, Z. Jiang, P. Lu, and W. Pan, Scientific Reports 6, 35357 (2016).

"Temperature-driven massless Kane fermions in HgCdTe crystals: verification of universal velocity and rest-mass description," F. Teppe, M. Marcinkiewicz, S.S. Krishtopenko, S. Ruffenach, C. Consejo, A.M. Kadykov, W. Desrat, D. But, W. Knap, J. Ludwig, S. Moon, D. Smirnov, M. Orlita, Z. Jiang, S.V. Morozov, V.I. Gavrilenko, N.N. Mikhailov, and S.A. Dvoretskii, Nature Communications 7, 12576 (2016).

"Design of asymmetric peptide bilayer membranes," S. Li, A.K. Mehta, A.N. Sidorov, T.M. Orlando, Z. Jiang, N. Anthony, and D.G. Lynn, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 3579 (2016) [featured in JACS Spotlights].

"Magnetoinfrared spectroscopic study of thin Bi₂Te₃ single crystals," L.-C. Tung, W. Yu, P. Cadden-Zimansky, I. Miotkowski, Y.P. Chen, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Phys. Rev. B 93, 085140 (2016).

"Unraveling photoinduced spin dynamics in the topological insulator Bi₂Se₃," M.C. Wang, S. Qiao, Z. Jiang, S.N. Luo, and J. Qi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 036601 (2016).

2015 and before (selected papers):

"Terahertz near-field imaging of surface plasmon waves in graphene structures," O. Mitrofanov, W. Yu, R. Thompson, Y. Jiang, Z.J. Greenberg, J. Palmer, I. Brener, W. Pan, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, and Z. Jiang, Solid State Commun. 224, 47 (2015) [invited paper to a Special Issue: Graphene Technology].

"Superconducting proximity effect in inverted InAs/GaSb quantum well structures with Ta electrodes," W. Yu, Y. Jiang, C. Huan, X. Chen, Z. Jiang, S.D. Hawkins, J.F. Klem, and W. Pan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 192107 (2014).

"Exceptional ballistic transport in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons," J. Baringhaus, M. Ruan, F. Edler, A. Tejeda, M. Sicot, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, A.-P. Li, Z. Jiang, E.H. Conrad, C. Berger, C. Tegenkamp, and W.A. de Heer, Nature 506, 349 (2014). 

"Probing terahertz surface plasmon waves in graphene structures," O. Mitrofanov, W. Yu, R. Thompson, Y. Jiang, I. Brener, W. Pan, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, and Z. Jiang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 111105 (2013).

"Magnetoplasmons in quasi-neutral epitaxial graphene nanoribbons," J.M. Poumirol, W. Yu, X. Chen, C. Berger, W.A. de Heer, M.L. Smith, T. Ohta, W. Pan, M.O. Goerbig, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 246803 (2013).

"Temperature dependence of Raman-active optical phonons in Bi₂Se₃ and Sb₂Te₃," Y. Kim, X. Chen, Z. Wang, J. Shi, I. Miotkowski, Y.P. Chen, P.A. Sharma, A.L. Lima Sharma, M.A. Hekmaty, Z. Jiang, and D. Smirnov, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 071907 (2012).

"Thermal expansion coefficients of Bi₂Se₃ and Sb₂Te₃ crystals from 10 K to 270 K," X. Chen, H.D. Zhou, A. Kiswandhi, I. Miotkowski, Y.P. Chen, P.A. Sharma, A.L. Lima Sharma, M.A. Hekmaty, D. Smirnov, and Z. Jiang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 261912 (2011).

"Ultrafast carrier and phonon dynamics in Bi₂Se₃ crystals," J. Qi, X. Chen, W. Yu, P. Cadden-Zimansky, D. Smirnov, N.H. Tolk, I. Miotkowski, H. Cao, Y.P. Chen, Y. Wu, S. Qiao, and Z. Jiang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 182102 (2010).

"Interaction-induced shift of the cyclotron resonance in monolayer graphene," E.A. Henriksen, P. Cadden-Zimansky, Z. Jiang, Z.Q. Li, L.-C. Tung, M.E. Schwartz, M. Takita, Y.-J. Wang, P. Kim, and H.L. Stormer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 067404 (2010).

"Symmetry breaking in the zero-energy Landau level in bilayer graphene," Y. Zhao, P. Cadden-Zimansky, Z. Jiang, and P. Kim, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 066801 (2010).

"Band structure asymmetry of bilayer graphene revealed by infrared spectroscopy," Z.Q. Li, E.A. Henriksen, Z. Jiang, Z. Hao, M.C. Martin, P. Kim, H.L. Stormer, and D.N. Basov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 037403 (2009).

"Wigner crystallization in a quasi-3D electronic system," B.A. Piot, Z. Jiang, C.R. Dean, L.W. Engel, G. Gervais, L.N. Pfeiffer, and K.W. West, Nature Physics 4, 936 (2008).

"Dirac charge dynamics in graphene by infrared spectroscopy," Z.Q. Li, E.A. Henriksen, Z. Jiang, Z. Hao, M.C. Martin, P. Kim, H.L. Stormer, and D.N. Basov, Nature Physics 4, 532 (2008).

"Ultrahigh electron mobility in suspended graphene," K.I. Bolotin, K.J. Sikes, Z. Jiang, G. Fudenberg, J. Hone, P. Kim, and H.L. Stormer, Solid State Commun. 146, 351 (2008).

"Cyclotron resonance of bilayer graphene," E.A. Henriksen, Z. Jiang, L.-C. Tung, M.E. Schwartz, M. Takita, Y.-J. Wang, P. Kim, and H.L. Stormer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 087403 (2008).

"Quantum Hall states near the charge-neutral Dirac point in graphene," Z. Jiang, Y. Zhang, H.L. Stormer, and P. Kim, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 106802 (2007).

"Impact of spin-orbit coupling on quantum Hall nematic phases," M.J. Manfra, R. de Picciotto, Z. Jiang, S.H. Simon, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West, and A.M. Sergent, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 206804 (2007).

"Infrared spectroscopy of Landau levels of graphene," Z. Jiang, E.A. Henriksen, L.-C. Tung, Y.-J. Wang, M.E. Schwartz, M.Y. Han, P. Kim, and H.L. Stormer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 197403 (2007).

"Room-temperature quantum Hall effect in graphene," K.S. Novoselov, Z. Jiang, Y. Zhang, S.V. Morozov, H.L. Stormer, U. Zeitler, J.C. Maan, G.S. Boebinger, P. Kim, and A.K. Geim, Science 315, 1379 (2007).

"Landau-level splitting in graphene in high magnetic fields," Y. Zhang, Z. Jiang, J.P. Small, M.S. Purewal, Y.-W. Tan, M. Fazlollahi, J.D. Chudow, J.A. Jaszczak, H.L. Stormer, and P. Kim, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 136806 (2006).

"Quantitative measurements of the thermal conductance of Andreev interferometers," Z. Jiang and V. Chandrasekhar, Phys. Rev. B 72, 020502(R) (2005).

"Thermal conductance of Andreev interferometers," Z. Jiang and V. Chandrasekhar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 147002 (2005).