Educational Background

• PhD, Condensed Matter Physics, The University of Hong Kong (2015)
• MA, Condensed Matter Physics, Xiangtan University (2011)
• BE, Measurement & Control Technology and Instrumentation, Xiangtan University (2008)

Research Interests

• First-principles transport studies in nanodevices
• Quantum transport theory on low-dimensional systems
• DFT studies on two-dimensional materials 
• Magnetization dynamics in nanostructures

Research Projects

• Theoretical investigation on magnetization reversal induced by spin-orbit torque in ferromagnetic films, funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018.1-2020.12

Journal Articles

1. Zhizhou Yu, Lei Zhang, and Jian Wang, First-principles investigation of transient spin transfer torque in magnetic multilayer systems, Phys. Rev. B 96, 075412 (2017).
2. Fuming Xu, Zhizhou Yu*, Zhirui Gong, and Hao Jin, First-principles study on the electronic and transport properties of periodically nitrogen-doped graphene and carbon nanotube superlattices, Front. Phys. 12(4), 127306 (2017).
3. Zhizhou Yu, Fuming Xu, and Jian Wang, Valley Seebeck effect in gate tunable zigzag graphene nanoribbons, Carbon 99, 451 (2016).
4. Zhizhou Yu, Gao-Min Tang, and Jian Wang, Full-counting statistics of transient energy current in mesoscopic systems, Phys. Rev. B 93, 195419 (2016).
5. Zhizhou Yu and Jian Wang, Transport properties of WSe2 nanotube heterojunctions: A first-principles study, Phys. Rev. B 91, 205431 (2015).
6. Zhizhou Yu, Lei Zhang, Yanxia Xing, and Jian Wang, Investigation of transient heat current from first principles using complex absorbing potential, Phys. Rev. B 90, 115428 (2014).
7. Zhizhou Yu, Jian Chen, Lei Zhang, and Jian Wang, First-principles investigation of quantum transport through an endohedral N@C60 in the Coulomb blockade regime, J. Phys: Cond. Matter. 25, 495302 (2013).
8. Zhizhou Yu, M. L. Hu, C. X. Zhang, C. Y. He, L. Z. Sun, and J. X. Zhong, Transport Properties of Hybrid Zigzag Graphene and Boron Nitride Nanoribbons, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 10836 (2011).
9. Zhizhou Yu, L. Z. Sun, C. X. Zhang, and J. X. Zhong, Transport properties of corrugated graphene nanoribbons, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 173101 (2010).
10. Lei Zhang, Zhizhou Yu, Fuming Xu, and Jian Wang, Influence of dephasing and B/N doping on valley Seebeck effect in zigzag graphene nanoribbons, Carbon 126, 183 (2018).
11. Gaomin Tang, Zhizhou Yu, and Jian Wang, Full-counting statistics of energy transport of molecular junctions in the polaronic regime, New J. Phys. 19, 083007 (2017).
12. Fuming Xu, Zhizhou Yu, Yafei Ren, Bin Wang, Yadong Wei, and Zhenhua Qiao, Transmission spectra and valley processing of graphene and carbon nanotube superlattices with inter-valley coupling, New J. Phys. 18, 113011 (2016).
13. Mingyan Chen, Zhizhou Yu, Yiqun Xie, and Yin Wang, Spin-polarized quantum transport properties through flexible phosphorene, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 142409 (2016).
14. Mingyan Chen, Zhizhou Yu, Yin Wang, Yiqun Xie, Jian Wang, and Hong Guo, Nonequilibrium spin injection in monolayer black phosphorus, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 1601 (2016).
15. Yin Wang, Zhizhou Yu, Ferdows Zahid, Lei Liu, Yu Zhu, and Jian Wang, Hong Guo, Direct tunneling through high-κ amorphous HfO2: Effects of chemical modification, J. Appl. Phys. 116, 023703 (2014).
16. Wei Zou, Zhizhou Yu, C. X. Zhang, J. X. Zhong, and L. Z. Sun, Transport properties of hybrid graphene/graphane nanoribbons, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 103109 (2012).
17. M. L. Hu, Zhizhou Yu, K. W. Zhang, and L. Z. Sun, Tunneling magnetoresistance of bilayer hexagonal boron nitride and its linear response to external uniaxial strain, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 8260 (2011).

Contact

• yuzhizhou@njnu.edu.cn