Zhongchong Lin, Associate professor

Education and Career:

09/2024 - present 副教授

Associate professor at Fujian Normal University

09/2019 - 07/2024 硕博连读

PhD in School of Physics, Peking University

We focus on the research on the relationship between the structure and properties of new magnetic functional materials. Utilizing key technologies from large scientific facilities such as neutron scattering and synchrotron radiation, we have made a series of original research achievements and significant advancements in the structural and magnetic studies of permanent magnets, soft magnets, and two-dimensional magnetic compounds. We have published over 20 papers in internationally renowned journals with Citations > 300, impact factors > 200.

Welcome to students interested in magnetic physics to join our research team!


🔬 Research interest

Magnetoelectronics(Spintronics) and Control of Physical Properties

磁(自旋)电子学与物性调控

Dedicat to the growth of two-dimensional van der Waals magnets and the study of non-collinear spin order in low-dimensional strongly correlated systems.

Research on the Structure and High-Frequency Physical Properties of New Magnetic Phases

新磁性相的结构与高频物理特性研究

Focused on the theory of dual anisotropy Snoek limit and research on related GHz electromagnetic wave absorbing materials.

Design of Novel Permanent Magnetic Materials and Magnetic Control

新型永磁材料的设计与磁性调控

Committed to studying new phase structures of permanent magnetic materials and the relationships of intrinsic magnetic parameters.

Scientific Application of Key Technologies for Intrinsic Structure and Magnetic Detection

基于大科学前沿装置结构与磁性探测关键技术的科学应用

Devoted to utilizing neutron scattering/synchrotron radiation collaborative microanalysis techniques to achieve spin control and structural study under multi-field coupling effects.


🔥 News

2024
  • Sept. 2024. 🎉Welcome our new group member Jinhuan He (何金桓)!
  • Sept. 2024. 🎉Welcome our new group member Yucheng Ye (叶宇城)!
  • July 2024. 🎉Welcome our new group member Liqiang Zeng (曾力强)!


📝 Publications

#Co-first; *Corresponding)

2024
Acta Materialia (Q1)
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Interstitial nitrogen-modified Y2Fe16SiNy compounds towards enhanced high-frequency magnetic properties

Acta Materialia, 2024, 264: 119575.

Lin Z, Tian G, Zhang P, Hu Q, Xia Y, Qiao L, Wu R, Wang M, Liu Z, Wang Y, Yang W, Liu S, Zhou D, Han R, He L, Xia W, Wang C* and Yang J*.

  • Upon nitrogention, the decreased permittivity combines with the increased permeability to promote impedance matching of the composites.

  • With the introduction of interstitial nitrogen, the ratio of out-of-plane to in-plane anisotropy field increases and together with enhanced magnetization raises the Snoek limit.

  • The nitrides show thin thickness, strong absorption, broad bandwidth, and high working frequency.

Harnessing Van der Waals CrPS4 and Surface Oxides for Nonmonotonic Preset Field Induced Exchange Bias in Fe3GeTe2

ACS Nano, 2024, 18: 8383-8391.

Balan A P*, Kumar A, Scholz T, Lin Z, Shahee A, Fu S, Denneulin T, Vas J, Kovács A, Dunin-Borkowski R E, Wang H I, Yang J, Lotsch B V, Nowak U and Kläui M*.


2023

Efficient current-induced spin torques and field-free magnetization switching in a room-temperature van der Waals magnet

Science Advances, 2023, 9(49) eadj3955.

Yun C#, Guo H#, Lin Z, Peng L, Liang Z, Meng M, Zhang B, Zhao Z, Wang L, Ma Y, Liu Y, Li W, Ning S, Hou Y*, Yang J* and Luo Z*.

Study on neutron diffraction and correlated magnetic properties of (R1-xZrx)Fe12-yMoy with low Mo concentration

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 952: 169960.

Wang F, Fan S, Lin Z, Xia Y, Li H, Yang W, Han J, Du H, Yang J and Yang Y*.

Magnetically-dressed CrSBr exciton-polaritons in ultrastrong coupling regime

Nature Communications, 2023, 14: 5966.

Wang T, Zhang D, Yang S, Lin Z, Chen Q, Yang J, Gong Q, Chen Z*, Ye Y* and Liu W*.

Layer-dependent magnetoresistance and spin-transfer torque in MnSe2-based magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review Applied, 2023, 19(6): 064008.

Wu B, Yang J, Liu S, Fang S, Liu Z, Lin Z, Shi J, Yang W, Luo Z, Wang C, Du H*, Yang J* and Lu J*.

Effect of Zr substitution on the structure and magnetic properties of (Y, Zr)(Fe, Ti)12 compounds

Materials Today Physics, 2023, 35: 101119.

Fan S, Wang F, Xia Y, Wu B, Qian H, Lin Z, Wang Y, Du H*, Yang J* and Yang Y*.

Controlling the 2D magnetism of CrBr3 by van der Waals stacking engineering

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145(51): 28184-28190.

Yang S#, Xu X#*, Han B, Gu P, Guzman R, Song Y, Lin Z, Gao P, Zhou W, Yang J, Chen Z and Ye Y*.

High-performance FexGeTe2−based (x = 4 or 5) van der Waals magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review Applied, 2023, 19(2): 024037.

Wu B#, Fang S#, Yang J, Liu S, Peng Y, Li Q, Lin Z, Shi J, Yang W, Luo Z, Wang C, Yang J*, Lu J* and Du H*.


2022
Chinese Physics B (TOPICAL REVIEW— 30 Years of CPB)
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Magnetic van der Waals materials: Synthesis, structure, magnetism, and their potential applications

Chinese Physics B, 2022, 31: 087506. (TOPICAL REVIEW— Celebrating 30 Years of Chinese Physics B)

Lin Z, Peng Y, Wu B, Wang C, Luo Z and Yang J*.

  • Analyze the types and magnetic structures of two-dimensional van der Waals magnetic materials.

  • Describe the growth methods and strategies for two-dimensional magnetic materials.

  • Summarize the research progress on heterostructures based on two-dimensional magnetic materials.

Phase separation and chemistry evolution in Fe-rich Sm(CobalFe0.31Cu0.07Zr0.0257.7 magnets: The effect of initial defect

Acta Materialia, 2022, 245: 118664.

Li Q, Wang C, Lin Z, Wang L, Xiao Y, Zhang P, Cao X, Fang Y*, Liao Q, Yang J, Zhang Y, Zhu M and Li W*.

Preparation, structure and magnetic properties of high-purity Mn4C

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2022, 564: 170211.

Wang F, Fan S, Lin Z, Wu B, Yang W, Wang C, Xu Q, Liu S, Yang J, Du H* and Han J*.

2D FeOCl: A highly in-plane anisotropic antiferromagnetic semiconductor synthesized via temperature-oscillation chemical vapor transport

Advanced Materials, 2022, 34(14): 2108847.

Zeng Y, Gu P, Zhao Z, Zhang B, Lin Z, Peng Y, Li W, Zhao W, Leng Y, Tan P, Yang T, Zhang Z, Song Y, Yang J, Ye Y, Tian K* and Hou Y*.


2021
Advanced Functional Material (Q1)
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Controlling spin orientation and metamagnetic transitions in anisotropic van der Waals antiferromagnet CrPS4 by hydrostatic pressure

Advanced Functional Material, 2021, 32(7): 2106592.

Peng Y#, Lin Z#, Tian G, Yang J, Zhang P, Wang F, Gu P, Liu X, Wang C W, Avdeev M, Liu F, Zhou D, Han R, Shen P, Yang W*, Liu S, Ye Y and Yang J*.

  • For the first time, control of the Néel vector in the CrPS4 antiferromagnet was achieved using hydrostatic pressure techniques.

  • It was determined that pressure-induced changes in magnetocrystalline anisotropy are driven by the compression of the one-dimensional CrS6 chains along the b-axis.

  • Using first-principles calculations, the magnetic exchange interactions of CrPS4 under different pressures were studied.

Intergranular interaction in nanocrystalline Ce-Fe-B melt-spinning ribbons via first order reversal curve analysis

AIP Advances, 2021, 11(1): 015209.

Zha L, Lin Z, Wang F, Kim C, Xue M, Yang J, Han L, Yang W, Liu S, Han J, Wang C, Xia W* and Yang J*.

The microwave absorption properties of Fe16N2 nanoparticles

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2021, 58(2): 2800204.

Wang Y, Lin Z, Liu Z, Qiao G, Zhang P, Li K, Yang W, Han J, Liu S, Wang C, Qiao L and Yang J*.

Anomalous Hall effect in magnetic insulator heterostructures: Contributions from spin-Hall and magnetic-proximity effects

Physical Review B, 2021, 104(22): 224410.

Ding S, Liang Z, Yun C, Wu R, Xue M, Lin Z, Ross A, Becker S, Yang W, Ma X, Chen D, Sun K, Jakob G, Kläui M and Yang J*.


2020
Acta Materialia (Q1)
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Effect of Ce substitution on the structural and magnetic properties of Nd2Fe14B

Acta Materialia, 2020, 200: 502–509.

Lin Z#, Zha L#, Wang F, Liu Z, Wu R, Yang J, Xue M, Yang W*, Tian G, Ma X, Qiao L, Franz A, An Q, Liu W, Wang C and Yang J*.

  • Determine the preferential occupancy characteristics of Ce in Nd-Ce-Fe-B.

  • The relationship among the magnetic moment at each Fe site, the Boron atom effect, and the Wigner-Seitz volume was elucidated.

  • Discover phase separation and further discuss the relationship between Ce valence states and magnetism.

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
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Interstitial nitrogen atomic effect on the magnetic properties of Nd2Fe14B compound

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2020, 514: 167128.

Zha L#, Lin Z#, Wang F, Liu Z, Xue M, Yang J, Yang W, Tian G, Han J, Wang C, Du H, Yang Y and Yang J*.

  • Structure analyses showed the nitrogen concentration (δ) is about 0.352(48) with the volume-expansion ratio (ΔV/V) of 0.6613% in the unit cell.

  • N has a site occupation preference (8:3) for the 4e (0, 0, 0.0652) site over the 4f (0.1000, 0.1000, 0) site.

  • The Curie temperature of Nd2Fe14B compound increases from 312 °C to 331 °C after nitrogenation.

Magnetic structure and metamagnetic transitions in the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrPS4

Advanced Materials, 2020, 32(28): 2001200.

Peng Y#, Ding S#, Cheng M#, Hu Q, Yang J, Wang F, Xue M, Liu Z, Lin Z, Avdeev M, Hou Y, Yang W, Zheng Y* and Yang J*.


🗣️ Members

  • Liqiang Zeng (曾力强) 2024 PhD Student

Exploration of Two-Dimensional Magnetic Materials

  • Yucheng Ye (叶宇城) 2024 Master Student

Exploration of Two-Dimensional Magnetic Materials

  • Jinhuan He (何金桓) 2021 Undergraduate Student

Exploration of Two-Dimensional Magnetic Materials


🎓️ Alumni

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