Research Expertise

Electron magnetic circular dichroism
Electron energy-loss spectroscopy
Aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy
Atomic scale magnetic imaging and spectroscopy

Xiaoyan Zhong conducts research on methodology development of transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy and their application in solving new challenges in materials. He has developed the quantitative atomic-plane resolved electron magnetic circular dichroism method and pushed spatial resolution of magnetic circular dichroism into atomic level by achromatic electron microscopy

Honors and Awards

? 2018 “Ten Major Scientific and Technological Progress of China's Colleges and Universities” awarded by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
? The Excellent Young Scholar awarded by Chinese Electron Microscopy Society

Recent Publications

1. Z. C. Wang, A. H. Tavabi, L. Jin, J. Rusz, D. Tyutyunnikov, H. B. Jiang, Y. Moritomo, J. Mayer, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, R. Yu, J. Zhu, X. Y. Zhong*, Atomic scale imaging of magnetic circular dichroism by achromatic electron microscopy, Nature Materials. 17,221-225, 2018.
2. Z. Q. Wang, X. Y. Zhong*, R. Yu, Z. Y. Cheng, J. Zhu*, Quantitative experimental determination of site-specific magnetic structures by transmitted electrons. Nature Communications, 4, 1395, 2013.
3. Z. Li, J. L. Lu, L. Jin, J. Rusz, V. Kocevski, H. Yanagihara, E. Kita, J. Mayer, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, H. J. Xiang, X. Y. Zhong*, Atomic Structure and Electron Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Individual Rock Salt Structure Antiphase Boundaries in Spinel Ferrites, Advanced Functional Materials, 31 (21), 2008306, 2021.
4. K. Xu, Gu, Y. Gu, C. Song, X. Y. Zhong*, J. Zhu*, Atomic insight into spin, charge and lattice modulations at SrFeO3?x/SrTiO3 interfaces, Nanoscale, 13, 6066, 2021.
5. S. Ning*, Q. Q. Zhang, C. Occhialini, R. Comin, X. Y. Zhong, C. A. Ross*, Voltage Control of Magnetism above Room Temperature in Epitaxial SrCo1-xFexO3-delta, ACS Nano, 14 (7), 8949-8957, 2020.
6. Q. Zhang, X.-F. Wang, S.-H. Shen, Q. Lu, X. Z. Liu, H. Y. Li, J. Y. Zheng, C.-P. Yu, X. Y. Zhong, L. Gu, T.-L. Ren*, L. Y. Jiao*, Simultaneous Synthesis and Integration of Two-Dimensional Electronic Components, Nature Electronics, 2 (4), 164-170, 2019.
7. X. Y. Zhong*, J. Lin, S.-S. Kao, Z. Y. Liao, J. Zhu, X. J. Huang, R. Zhang, H. L. Xin*, Atomistic Defect Makes a Phase Plate for the Generation and High-Angular Splitting of Electron Vortex Beams, ACS Nano, 13 (4), 3964-3970, 2019.
8. H.-B. Li, F. Lou, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, Q. Zhang, D. Wu, Z. Li, M. Wang, T. Huang, Y. Lyu, J. Guo, T. Chen, Y. Wu, E. Arenholz, N. Lu, N. Wang, Q. He, L. Gu, J. Zhu, C.-W. Nan, X. Y. Zhong*, H. Xiang*, P. Yu*, Electric Field–Controlled Multistep Proton Evolution in HxSrCoO2.5 with Formation of H–H Dimer, Advanced Science, 6, 1901432, 2019.
9. Y. M. Sun, X. L. Zhao, C. Song*, K. Xu, Y. Xi, J. Yin, Z. Y. Wang, X. F. Zhou, X. Z. Chen, G. Y. Shi, H. B. Lv, Q. Liu, F. Zeng, X. Y. Zhong, H. Q. Wu, M. Liu, F. Pan*, Performance-Enhancing Selector via Symmetrical Multilayer Design, Advanced Functional Materials, 29 (13), 1808376, 2019.
10. Y. Zhang, W. B. Wang, W. D. Xing,1, S. B. Cheng, S. Q. Deng, M. Angst, C.-P. Yu, F. L. Lan, Z. Y. Cheng, D. Mandrus, B. Sales, J. Shen, X. Y. Zhong, N.-H. Tai, R. Yu*, J. Zhu*, Effect of Oxygen Interstitial Ordering on Multiple Order Parameters in Rare Earth Ferrite, Physical Review Letters, 123, 247601, 2019.
11. X. F. Chen, S. Higashikozono, K. Ito, L. Jin, P.-L. Ho, C.-P. Yu, N.-H. Tai, J. Mayer, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, T. Suemasu, X. Y. Zhong*, Nanoscale measurement of giant saturation magnetization in α''-Fe16N2 by electron energy-loss magnetic chiral dichroism, Ultramicroscopy, 203, 37-43, 2019.
12. B. Cui, P. Werner, T. P. Ma, X. Y. Zhong, Z. C. Wang, J. M. Taylor, Y.C. Zhuang, S. S. P. Parkin*. Direct imaging of structural changes induced by ionic liquid gating leading to creation of three-dimensional meso-structures. Nature Communications, 9, 3055, 2018.
13. Y. Y. Zhao, K. R. Yang, Z. C. Wang, X. X. Yan, S. F. Cao, Y. F. Ye, Q. Dong, X. Z. Zhang, J. E. Thorne, L. Jin, K. L. Materna, A. Trimpalis, H. Y. Bai, S. C. Fakra, X. Y. Zhong, P. Wang, X. Q. Pan, J. H. Guo, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, G. W. Brudvig, V. S. Batista, D. W. Wang Stable iridium dinuclear heterogeneous catalysts supported on metal-oxide substrate for solar water oxidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, 12, 2902-2907, 2018.
14. P.-L. Ho, C.-P. Yu, Q. Q. Zhang, K. Song, J. P. Buban, S.-Y. Choi, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, N.-H. Tai, J. Zhu, L. Jin*, X. Y. Zhong*, Effect of cation ratio and order on magnetic circular dichroism in the double perovskites Sr2Fe1+xRe1-xO6. Ultramicroscopy, 193, 137-142, 2018.
15. X. Z. Chen, J. F. Feng, Z. C. Wang, J. Zhang, X. Y. Zhong, C. Song*, L. Jin, B. Zhang, F. Li, M. Jiang, Y. Z. Tan, X. J. Zhou, G. Y. Shi, X. F. Zhou, X. D. Han, S. C. Mao, Y. H. Chen, X. F. Han, F. Pan*, Tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance driven by magnetic phase transition, Nature Communications, 8, 449, 2017.
16. J. Lin, X. Y. Zhong*, C. Song, J. Rusz, V. Kocevski, H.L. Xin, B. Cui, L.L. Han, R.Q. Lin, X.F. Chen and J. Zhu, Detection of magnetic circular dichroism in amorphous materials utilizing a single-crystalline overlayer, Physical Review Materials, 1, 071404(R), 2017.
17. Z. Li, R. Yu, J. L. Huang, Y. S. Shi, D. Y. Zhang, X. Y. Zhong, D. S. Wang, Y. E. Wu*, Y. D. Li*, Platinum-nickel frame within metal-organic framework fabricated in situ for hydrogen enrichment and molecular sieving, Nature Communications, 6, 8248, 2015.
18. Y. Xia, X. Y. Zhong*, X. X. Ke,* G.-R. Zhang, Z. Y. Cheng, B.-Q. Xu, 3D Quantification of Low-Coordinate Surface Atom Density: Bridging Catalytic Activity to Concave Facets of Nanocatalysts in Fuel Cells, Small, 12 (46), 6332–6337, 2016.