果冻传媒

Assistant Professor

Research Interests

My group focuses on intriguing effects induced by inversion symmetry breaking in condensed matters, such as the novel energy conversion effects and nonlinear transports. Inversion asymmetry, either inherent or mediated by external stimuli, would induce exotic effects in materials which are otherwise prohibited in the centrosymmetric system. This would not only cross-fertilize research fields that are largely decoupled but also establish new paradigms for technology, such as energy harvesting and information memory. My research topics mainly includes:

• Development of novel symmetry engineering methodology.
• Nonlinear quantum transport
• Nolinear photovoltaic effects.
• Piezoelectric and pyroelectric effects.
• Development of SPM-based characterization.

Materials of interests include oxide crystals and thin films, oxide interfaces, 2D layered materials and van der Waals heterostructures, etc.

Education & Working Experience

• Oct. 2021 - Present: Assistant Professor, 果冻传媒
• Mar. 2021 - Sep. 2021: Special Postdoctoral Researcher, CEMS, RIKEN, Wako, Japan
• Feb. 2020 - Mar. 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, CEMS, RIKEN, Wako, Japan
• Apr. 2018 - Feb.2020: Research Fellow, Department of Physics, 果冻传媒
• Sept. 2014 - Feb. 2018: PhD in Physics, Department of Physics, 果冻传媒
• Sept. 2011 - Jun. 2014: Master, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Sept. 2007 - Jun. 2011: Bachelor, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

Selected Publications

• Ming-Min Yang, Zheng-Dong Luo, Zhou Mi, Jinjin Zhao, Sharel Pei E, Marin Alexe, 鈥淧iezoelectric and Pyroelectric Effects Induced by Interface Polar Symmetry鈥� Nature 583, 377 (2020)
• Ming-Min Yang, Marin Alexe, 鈥淪olar Energy Harvested with Nanotubes鈥�, Nature 570, 310 (2019).
• Ming-Min Yang, Affan N. Iqbal, Jonathan J. P. Peter, Ana M. Sanchez, Marin Alexe, 鈥淪train-Gradient Mediated Local Conduction in Strained Bismuth Ferrite Films鈥�, Nature Communications 10, 2791 (2019).
• Zheng-Dong Luo, Dae-Sung Park, Ming-Min Yang*, Marin Alexe, 鈥淟ight-Controlled Nanoscopic Writing of Electronic Memories Using the Tip-Enhanced Bulk Photovoltaic Effect鈥�, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 8283 (2019) (*co-corresponding author).
• Ming-Min Yang^#, Dong-Jik Kim^#, Marin Alexe, 鈥淔lexo-photovoltaic Effect鈥�, Science 360, 904 (2018) (^#co-first author).
• Ming-Min Yang, Marin Alexe, 鈥淟ight-induced Reversible Control of Ferroelectric Polarization in BiFeO₃鈥�, Advanced Materials 30, 1704908 (2018).
• Ming-Min Yang, Akash Bhatnagar, Zheng-Dong Luo & Marin Alexe, 鈥淓nhancement of Local Photovoltaic Current at Ferroelectric Domain Walls in BiFeO₃鈥� Scientific Reports 7, 43070 (2017).
• Ming-Min Yang, Zheng-Dong Luo, Dong-Jik Kim, Marin Alexe, 鈥淏ulk Photovoltaic Effect in Monodomain BiFeO₃ Thin Films鈥�, Applied Physics Letters 110, 183902 (2017).
• Ming-Min Yang, Akash Bhatnagar, Marin Alexe, 鈥淓lectronic Origin and Tailoring of Photovoltaic Effect in BiFeO₃ Single Crystals鈥�, Advanced Electronic Materials. 1, 1500139 (2015).
• Ming-Min Yang, X. Q. Zhao, J. Wang, Q. X. Zhu, J. X. Zhang, X. M. Li, H. S. Luo, X. G. Li, and R. K. Zheng, 鈥淚ntrinsic and quantitative effects of in-plane strain on ferroelectric properties of Mn-doped BiFeO₃ epitaxial films by in situ inducing strain in substrates鈥�, Applied Physics Letters 104, 052902 (2014).

For the full list of my publication, please refer to my .

Book

• Ming-Min Yang, Marin Alexe, Chapter 鈥淧hotoelectric Effects at Domain Walls鈥� in 鈥淒omain Walls: from fundamental properties to nanotechnology concepts鈥�, Oxford University Press, 2020 (ISBN-10: 0198862490)

Fellowship & Funding

• Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR) Program, RIKEN, Japan. Annual funding: 1 million Yen (2021-2024).
• Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kahenhi), Funding: 4.68 million yen (2021-2024)

Awards

• Chancellor鈥檚 International Scholarship of 果冻传媒 (2014-2018).
• Faculty Thesis Prize, 果冻传媒 (2019).