Education

Degree
Year
Major
Institution
Ph.D.
2007-2012
Condensed matter physics
Fudan University
B.S.
2003-2007
Physics
Fudan University


Professional Appointments

Year
Position
Institution
2012-2014
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University
2014-
Assistant Professor
ICQM, School of Physics, Peking University
Research Interests

Novel electronic states and phase transitions:

1. High-temperature superconductivity (Cuprates and Iron-based superconductors)

2. Quantum phase transitions and quantum critical phenomenon

3. Complex strong-correlated materials (charge/spin density wave, spin/orbit ordering)

Low-dimension electronic states:

1. Topological insulator

2. Surface and interface electronic states



Honors and Awards

Youth 1000 Talent Program Investigator



Selected Publications

1. Y. Zhang, Z. R. Ye, Q. Q. Ge, F. Chen, Juan Jiang, M. Xu, B. P. Xie, and D. L. Feng, “Nodal superconducting-gap structure in ferropnictide superconductor BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2” Nature Physics 8，371-375 (2012).

2. Y. Zhang, L. X. Yang, M. Xu , Z. R. Ye, F. Chen, C. He, H. C. Xu, J.Jiang, B. P. Xie, J. J. Ying, X. F. Wang, X. H. Chen, Jiangping Hu, M. Matsunami, S. Kimura, and D. L. Feng, “Nodeless superconducting gap in AxFe2Se2 (A =K, Cs) revealed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy”, Nature Materials 10, 273-277 (2011).

3. Y. Zhang, L. X. Yang, F. Chen, B. Zhou, X. F. Wang, X. H. Chen, M. Arita, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, J. P. Hu, B. P. Xie, and D. L. Feng, “Out-of-Plane Momentum and Symmetry-Dependent Energy Gap of the Pnictide Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 Superconductor Revealed by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 117003 (2010).

4. Y. Zhang, J.Wei, H.W. Ou, J. F. Zhao, B. Zhou, F. Chen, M. Xu, C. He, G.Wu, H. Chen, M. Arita, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, X. H. Chen, and D. L. Feng, “Unusual Doping Dependence of the Electronic Structure and Coexistence of Spin-Density-Wave and Superconductor Phases in Single Crystalline Sr1-xKxFe2As2”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 127003 (2009).

5. Y. Zhang, C. He, Z. R. Ye, J. Jiang, F. Chen, M. Xu, Q. Q. Ge, B. P. Xie, J. Wei, M. Aeschlimann, X. Y. Cui, M. Shi, J. P. Hu, and D. L. Feng, “Symmetry breaking via orbital-dependent reconstruction of electronic structure in detwinned NaFeAs”, Phys. Rev. B 85, 085121 (2012). This paper has been selected as the “Editor’s suggestion”

6. Y. Zhang, B. Zhou, F. Chen, J. Wei, M. Xu, L. X. Yang, C. Fang, W. F. Tsai, G. H. Cao, Z. A.Xu, M. Arita, C.H. Hong, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, J. P. Hu, and D. L. Feng, “The orbital characters of bands in iron-based superconductor BaFe1.85Co0.15As2”, Phys. Rev. B 83, 054510 (2011). This paper has been selected as the “Editor’s suggestion”