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  1. Janus tetragonal Mn2BN monolayer: A 2D polar half-metal with coexistent ferroelectricity and magnetism

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, April 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  2. Tuned band offset in homogenous TMDs via asymmetric ferroelectric semiconductor gates toward simultaneous rectification and memory

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, January 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  3. Single-crystalline ultrathin 2D TiO2 nanosheets: A bridge towards superior photovoltaic devices

    Article • Materials Today Energy, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  4. Auxetic and Ferroelastic Borophane: A Novel 2D Material with Negative Possion’s Ratio and Switchable Dirac Transport Channels

    Article • Nano Letters, December 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  5. Strategies for designing metal oxide nanostructures

    Article • Science China Materials, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  6. Proposed two-dimensional topological insulator in SiTe

    Article • November 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  7. Stacking orders induced direct band gap in bilayer MoSe2-WSe2 lateral heterostructures

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2016, Nature

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  8. Versatile two-dimensional stanene-based membrane for hydrogen purification

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  9. Deliberate Design of TiO2Nanostructures towards Superior Photovoltaic Cells

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  10. Two-dimensional topological insulators in group-11 chalcogenide compounds:M2Te(M=Cu,Ag)

    Article • June 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  11. Novel Excitonic Solar Cells in Phosphorene–TiO2Heterostructures with Extraordinary Charge Separation Efficiency

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, May 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  12. Room temperature quantum spin Hall states in two-dimensional crystals composed of pentagonal rings and their quantum wells

    Article • NPG Asia Materials, April 2016, Nature

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  13. Superhigh moduli and tension-induced phase transition of monolayer gamma-boron at finite temperatures

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2016, Nature

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  14. Predicting Single-Layer Technetium Dichalcogenides (TcX2, X = S, Se) with Promising Applications in Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  15. Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides with a hexagonal lattice: Room-temperature quantum spin Hall insulators

    Article • January 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  16. Electrostatic properties of two-dimensional WSe2 nanostructures

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, January 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  17. Synthesis of WS2xSe2–2xAlloy Nanosheets with Composition-Tunable Electronic Properties

    Article • Nano Letters, January 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  18. ChemInform Abstract: Charge Modulation in Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Switchable Approach to High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  19. High-mobility anisotropic transport in few-layer γ-B28films

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Liangzhi Kou, Professor YuanTong GU

  20. Hydrogenated borophene as a stable two-dimensional Dirac material with an ultrahigh Fermi velocity

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  21. Calculations of helium separation via uniform pores of stanene-based membranes

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, December 2015, Beilstein Institut

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  22. New Family of Quantum Spin Hall Insulators in Two-dimensional Transition-Metal Halide with Large Nontrivial Band Gaps

    Article • Nano Letters, December 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  23. Toward Rational Design of Catalysts Supported on a Topological Insulator Substrate

    Article • ACS Catalysis, December 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  24. Conductive Graphitic Carbon Nitride as an Ideal Material for Electrocatalytically Switchable CO2 Capture

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2015, Nature

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  25. Tetragonal bismuth bilayer: a stable and robust quantum spin hall insulator

    Article • 2D Materials, November 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  26. Charge-modulated permeability and selectivity in graphdiyne for hydrogen purification

    Article • Molecular Simulation, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  27. Charge Modulation in Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Switchable Approach to High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage

    Article • ChemSusChem, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  28. Group 14 element-based non-centrosymmetric quantum spin Hall insulators with large bulk gap

    Article • Nano Research, September 2015, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  29. Encapsulated Silicene: A Robust Large-Gap Topological Insulator

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, September 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  30. Quantum spin Hall effect and topological phase transition in two-dimensional square transition-metal dichalcogenides

    Article • Physical Review B, August 2015, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  31. Phosphorene: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, July 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  32. Layered Graphene-Hexagonal BN Nanocomposites: Experimentally Feasible Approach to Charge-Induced Switchable CO2Capture

    Article • ChemSusChem, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  33. Two-dimensional inversion-asymmetric topological insulators in functionalized III-Bi bilayers

    Article • Physical Review B, June 2015, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  34. Proximity enhanced quantum spin Hall state in graphene

    Article • Carbon, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  35. Anisotropic Ripple Deformation in Phosphorene

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, May 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  36. Structural and Electronic Properties of Layered Arsenic and Antimony Arsenide

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, March 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  37. Controllable magnetic correlation between two impurities by spin-orbit coupling in graphene

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2015, Nature

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  38. Formation of ripples in atomically thin MoS2 and local strain engineering of electrostatic properties

    Article • Nanotechnology, February 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  39. Robust Two-Dimensional Topological Insulators in Methyl-Functionalized Bismuth, Antimony, and Lead Bilayer Films

    Article • Nano Letters, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  40. Robust 2D Topological Insulators in van der Waals Heterostructures

    Article • ACS Nano, October 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  41. Phosphorene as a Superior Gas Sensor: Selective Adsorption and DistinctI–VResponse

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, August 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  42. Tension-induced phase transition of single-layer molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) at low temperatures

    Article • Nanotechnology, July 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Timon Rabczuk, Dr Liangzhi Kou

  43. Strain engineering of selective chemical adsorption on monolayer MoS2

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  44. Opening a band gap without breaking lattice symmetry: a new route toward robust graphene-based nanoelectronics

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  45. Graphene-Based Topological Insulator with an Intrinsic Bulk Band Gap above Room Temperature

    Article • Nano Letters, December 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  46. Nanoscale Multilayer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures: Band Gap Modulation by Interfacial Strain and Spontaneous Polarization

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  47. Intrinsic Charge Separation and Tunable Electronic Band Gap of Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons Encapsulated in a Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, April 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  48. Emergent properties and trends of a new class of carbon nanocomposites: graphene nanoribbons encapsulated in a carbon nanotube

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  49. Electrically Active Screw Dislocations in Helical ZnO and Si Nanowires and Nanotubes

    Article • ACS Nano, November 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  50. Tuning Magnetism and Electronic Phase Transitions by Strain and Electric Field in Zigzag MoS2 Nanoribbons

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, September 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Thomas Heine, Dr Liangzhi Kou

  51. Strain-Gradient Effect on Energy Bands in Bent ZnO Microwires

    Article • Advanced Materials, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  52. Tunable band gap and magnetism in C2x-(BN)y sheets and ribbons

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  53. Hybrid W-shaped graphene nanoribbons: Distinct electronic and transport properties

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, December 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  54. Tunable Magnetism in Strained Graphene with Topological Line Defect

    Article • ACS Nano, February 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  55. Local-Strain-Induced Charge Carrier Separation and Electronic Structure Modulation in Zigzag ZnO Nanotubes: Role of Built-In Polarization Electric Field

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, February 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  56. Linear strain-gradient effect on the energy bandgap in bent CdS nanowires

    Article • Nano Research, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  57. Charge carrier separation induced by intrinsic surface strain in pristine ZnO nanowires

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, August 2010, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  58. Tuning Magnetism in Zigzag ZnO Nanoribbons by Transverse Electric Fields

    Article • ACS Nano, April 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  59. Electric-Field- and Hydrogen-Passivation-Induced Band Modulations in Armchair ZnO Nanoribbons

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, January 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Liangzhi Kou

  60. Electronic and Mechanical Coupling in Bent ZnO Nanowires

    Article • Advanced Materials, August 2009, Wiley

    Dr Liangzhi Kou