Educational Background
2002-2007， Department of Physics, Nanjing University， PhD
1998-2002， Department of Physics, Nanjing University， Bachelor's Degree
2022-Present: Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
2009-2021: Lecturer and Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University
2007-2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University
2014-present, undergraduate course: Materials Physics (I), 72 credit hours per year
2010-present, graduate course: Materials Design, 36 credit hours per year
2017-2020, undergraduate course: Quantum Mechanics, 54 credit hours per year
2014-2016, undergraduate course: Materials Physics (II), 36 credit hours per year
2011-2013, undergraduate course: Solid State Physics, 72 credit hours per year
With the rapid development of modern computers, using computers to study the structure and properties of actual materials has become a new discipline. I have long used density functional theory and programs to study the structure and electronic properties of new functional materials, focusing on the crystal structure, electronic band structure, topological properties, magnetism, lattice dynamics, thermoelectricity and optics of layered crystalline materials. At the same time, I have also worked closely with the experimental group to carry out a large number of theoretical and experimental research works, which provide valuable references for experimental interpretation and understanding of the properties of materials. Recent research directions include: (1) First-principles calculations and machine learning molecular dynamics simulations of the lattice thermal conductivity of complex compounds; (2) Charge density waves, electron-phonon coupling and superconducting properties of two-dimensional and layered materials; (3) Non-collinear magnetism and topological Hall effect in layered materials.
National Natural Science Foundation projects.
I have published over 200 papers in academic journals, which have been cited more than 6,000 times, with an H-index of 43 (Google Scholar). The list of recent publications is as follows:
1. Raman spectroscopy, phonon interactions, and lattice thermal conductivity
(1) Zhao He, Yi-Chi Li, and Jian Zhou*,
First-principles study of CSiN and C2N monolayers with wide band gaps and ultrahigh thermal conductivities,
Physical Review B 111, 235423 (2025).
(2) XiaoYun Guo, BoCheng Lei, LiLi Zhang*, YiNeng Huang, and Jian Zhou*,
First-principles study on anomalously high thermal conductivities in trirutile ternary oxides,
Physical Review B 112, 094310 (2025).
(3) Peixin Ma, Mingqian Yuan, Yan-Jiong Zhang, Yuling Jin, Yonglong Xue, Yong Zhang, Jia-Zhen Chen, Yang-Yang Lv*, Zhihuang Xu, Jianghe Feng, Xue-Jun Yan, Shu-Hua Yao, Jian Zhou*, Y. B. Chen, Ming-Hui Lu, and Yan-Feng Chen,
Defect-engineering induced ultralow thermal conductivity in the diamondlike compound Cu2HgSnSe4,
Physical Review B 112, 064311 (2025).
(4) Gan Liu, Yang-Yang Lv, Zhiwei Jiang, Guan-Zhang Liu, Xiaolin Zhou, Yong Zhang, Jiahui Zheng, Lu Xu, Ming-Hui Lu, Shu-Hua Yao*, Yanbin Chen, Jian Zhou*, Xiaoxiang Xi*, and Yan-Feng Chen,
Mode-selective anharmonicity induced by lone-pair electrons in layered oxyselenides,
Physical Review B 109, 024302 (2024).
(5) Qingfang Li*, Yingbing Cheng, Delin Zhao, Yineng Huang, Xiangang Wan, and Jian Zhou*,
Intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity in layered Mn3Si2Te6,
New Journal of Physics 25, 103020 (2023).
(6) Zhiwei Jiang and Jian Zhou*,
Effect of Strain on the Lattice Thermal Conductivity in SrTiO3 from First-Principles Calculations,
Phys. Status Solidi RRL 16, 2200207 (2022)
(7) Jihai Yu, Jian Zhou*, Xiangang Wan, and Qingfang Li*,
High intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity in monolayer MoSi2N4,
New Journal of Physics 23, 033005 (2021).
(8) Chen Di, Yan-Shi Yu, Ye-Cheng Luo, Da-Jun Lin, Xue-Jun Yan, Ming-Hui Lu*, Jian Zhou*, Shu-Hua Yao*, Y. B. Chen, and Yan-Feng Chen,
Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity of A0.5RhO2 (A = K, Rb, Cs) Induced by Interfacial Scattering and Resonant Scattering,
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 11648 (2021).
(9) Cong Wang, Y. B. Chen, Shu-Hua Yao, Jian Zhou*,
Low lattice thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in Na2MgSn,
Physical Review B 99, 024310 (2019).
(10) C. Wang, H. F. Wang*, Y. B. Chen, S. H. Yao, and Jian Zhou*,
First-principles study of lattice thermal conductivity in ZrTe5 and HfTe5,
Journal of Applied Physics 123, 175104 (2018).
(11) Gang Liu, Hongyi Sun, Jian Zhou*, Qingfang Li, and X. G. Wan,
Thermal properties of layered oxychalcogenides BiCuOCh (Ch=S, Se, and Te): A first-principles calculation,
Journal of Applied Physics 119, 185109 (2016).
(12) Gang Liu, Hong Yi Sun, Jian Zhou*, Qing Fang Li*, and Xian-Gang Wan,
First-principles study of lattice thermal conductivity of Td-WTe2,
New Journal of Physics 18, 033017 (2016).
2. Phonon soft modes, charge density waves, electron-phonon coupling, and superconductivity
(13) Su-Tao Sun, Jia-Zhen Chen, Y. B. Chen, and Jian Zhou*,
First-principles studies on superconductivity in quintuple-layer M2X3 (M = Nb, Ta; X = S, Se),
Physical Review B 111, 174529 (2025).
(14) Yi-Chi Li and Jian Zhou*,
First-principles calculations of the structural and electronic properties of monolayer 1T-MoO2 and WO2,
Physical Review B 110, 045447 (2024).
(15) Yi-Chi Li and Jian Zhou*,
Predicted multiple charge density wave phases in monolayer 1T-NbO2,
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 36, 185702 (2024).
3. Machine Learning Molecular Dynamics
(16) Lin-Di Wang Ying-Bin Cheng, and Jian Zhou*,
Molecular dynamics study on phonon coherent transport in III–V semiconductor superlattices,
Journal of Applied Physics 137, 115103 (2025).
4. Structural phase transitions, Raman spectroscopy, charge density waves, and superconductivity of materials under high pressure
(17) Zhuyi Zhang, Xuliang Chen*, Shuyang Wang, Chao An, Lili Zhang, Yonghui Zhou, Jian Zhou*, and Zhaorong Yang*,
Pressure-induced phonon softening and superconductivity in the topological semimetal ZrP2,
Physical Review B 111, 174510 (2025).
(18) Shihu Zhang, Yi-Chi Li, Yang Chen, Yonghui Zhou, Shuyang Wang, Wing Zhou, Min Zhang, Chao An*, Yong Fang*, Jian Zhou*, and Zhaorong Yang*,
Pressure-Driven Structural Transition in the Charge Density Wave Material SrAl4,
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 129, 2821 (2025).
(19) Shaopeng Wang, Yuyan Han, Sutao Sun, Shuyang Wang, Chao An, Chunhua Chen, Lili Zhang, Yonghui Zhou*, Jian Zhou*, and Zhaorong Yang*,
Pressure Induced Nonmonotonic Evolution of Superconductivity in 6R-TaS2 with a Natural Bulk Van der Waals Heterostructure,
Physical Review Letters 133, 056001 (2024).
(20) Chao An, Xiaolan Du, Xuliang Chen, Ying Zhou, Min Zang, Yonghui Zhou, Jian Zhou* and Zhaorong Yang*,
Pressure-induced superconductivity in the photoelectric semiconductor BiSeI,
Physical Review B 107, 134501 (2023).
(21) Jing Wang, Shuyang Wang, Xinyi He, Ying Zhou, Chao An, Min Zhang, Yonghui Zhou, Yuyan Han, Xuliang Chen,* Jian Zhou*, and Zhaorong Yang*,
Pressure engineering of colossal magnetoresistance in the ferrimagnetic nodal-line semiconductor Mn3Si2Te6,
Physical Review B 106, 045106 (2022).
(22) Yang-Yang Lv, Yonghui Zhou, Lu Xu, Yecheng Luo, Yan-Yan Zhang, Lin Cao, Jian Zhou*, Y. B. Chen*, Shu-Hua Yao, Shan-Tao Zhang, Zhaorong Yang*, and Yan-Feng Chen,
Non-hydrostatic pressure-dependent structural and transport properties of BiCuSeO and BiCuSO single crystals,
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33, 105702 (2021).
5. Electronic band structure, magnetism and topological properties
(23) Yang-Yang Lv, Defa Liu, Hao-Min Lu, Yong Zhang, Zequn Sun, Sutao Sun, Lin Cao, Wensheng Yan, Wenhua Zhang, Zhenlin Luo, Zhen-Xiang Cheng, You Song, Shu-Hua Yao*, Jian Zhou*, Yan-Bin Chen*, and Yan-Feng Chen,
Metastable 1T-RhO2 with a Triangular Lattice: A Possible Quantum Spin Liquid Candidate,
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16, 8303 (2025).
(24) Bingxin Li, Yuanfeng Ding, Jinshan Yao, Xing Fan, Guanzhang Liu, Yan-Bin Chen*, Jian Zhou*, Hong Lu*, and Yan-Feng Chen,
Chiral anomaly in doped α-Sn films by Fermi level tuning,
Applied Physics Letters 126, 093101 (2025).
(25) Guan-Zhang Liu, Su-Tao Sun, Y. B. Chen, Shu-Hua Yao, and Jian Zhou*,
First-principles studies on the crystal structure and electronic properties of two-dimensional RuO2 and OsO2,
Physical Review B 109, 075411 (2024).
(26) Yang-Yang Lv, Bin-Bin Zhang, Xiao Li, Dajun Lin, Shu-Hua-Yao*, Ye Xiong, Jian Zhou*, Y. B. Chen*, Hongming Weng, Y. G. Shi, Ming-Hui Lu, and Yan-Feng Chen,
Dramatic tuning of the topological Hall effect in AxRhO2 (A=K, Rb, and Cs) crystals by electron concentration or cation,
Advanced Functional Materials 33, 2211214 (2023).
(27) Jihai Yu, Lin Wu, Di Wang, Qingfang Li*, Weifeng Zhang, Xiangang Wan, and Jian Zhou*,
Covalent states and spin-orbit coupling in electronic and magnetic properties of Ba6Y2Rh2Ti2O17,
Physical Review B 104, 075123 (2021).
(28) W. Guo, D. X. Ji, Z. B. Gu, Jian Zhou*, Y. F. Nie*, and X. Q. Pan,
Engineering of octahedral rotations and electronic structure in ultrathin SrIrO3 films,
Physical Review B 101, 085101 (2020).
(29) Y. Y. Lv, X. Li, B. B. Zhang, W. Y. Deng, S. H. Yao*, Y. B. Chen*, Jian Zhou*, S. T. Zhang, M. H. Lu, L. Zhang, M. L. Tian, L. Sheng, and Y. F. Chen,
Experimental Observation of Anisotropic Adler-Bell-Jackiw Anomaly in Type-II Weyl Semimetal WTe1.98 Crystals at the Quasi classical Regime,
Physical Review Letters 118, 096603 (2017).
(30) J. Zhang, W. J. Ji, J. Xu, X. Y. Geng, Jian Zhou*, Z. B. Gu, S. H. Yao, and S. T. Zhang*,
Giant positive magnetoresistance in half-metallic double-perovskite Sr2CrWO6 thin films,
Science Advances 3, e1701473 (2017).
(31) Yang-Yang Lv, Bin-Bin Zhang, Xiao Li, Shu-Hua Yao*, Y. B. Chen*, Jian Zhou*, Shan-Tao Zhang, Ming-Hui Lu, and Yan-Feng Chen,
Extremely large and significantly anisotropic magnetoresistance in ZrSiS single crystals,
Applied Physics Letters 108, 244101 (2016).
(32) Jian Zhou, Qi-Feng Liang, Hongming Weng, Y. B. Chen, Shu-Hua Yao, Yan-Feng Chen*, Jinming Dong, and Guang-Yu Guo*,
Predicted Quantum Topological Hall Effect and Noncoplanar Anti-ferromagnetism in K0.5RhO2,
Physical Review Letters 116, 256601(2016).
6. Publishing textbooks
(33) Jian Zhou and Qifeng Liang, Basics of First-Principles Materials Calculation, Science Press, October 2019 (In Chinese).
(34) Jian Zhou, Haiming Lu, Yurong Yang, Houbing Huang, Chao Zhang, Cheng He, Computational Materials Science, Chemical Industry Press, October 2023 (In Chinese).
