Faculty

Zhiqiang Mao, Ph.D.
Professor
Department Chair
Nicholas J. Altiero Professor in Science and Engineering

Email: zmao@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 865-5084
Lab Phone: (504) 862-8672
Fax: (504) 862-8702
Other Sites: Tulane Low Temperature Condensed Matter

Department of Physics
5024 Percival Stern Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Labs: 5034, 5044 Percival Stern Hall

Research Interests

Low Temperature Condensed Matter Physics »

Recent Courses

• PHYS 1310/1320 – General Physics I & II
• PHYS 3700/6700 – Electronic Properties of Materials

Education

• B.S., Nanjing Normal University, P.R. China (1987)
• Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China (1992)

Recent Publications

"From (pi, 0) Magnetic Order to Superconductivity with (pi, pi) Magnetic Resonance in Fe1.02(Te1-xSex)," T.J. Liu, J. Hu, B. Qian, D. Fobes, Z.Q. Mao*, W. Bao*, M. Reehuis, S.A.J. Kimber, K. Prokes, S. Matas, D.N. Argyriou, A. Hiess, A. Rotaru, H. Pham, L. Spinu, Y. Qiu, V. Thampy, A.T. Savici, J. A. Rodriguez, and C. Broholm, Nature Materials 9, 716 (2010).

"Interplay Between the Lattice and Spin Degrees of Freedom in (Sr1-xcax)3Ru2O7," J. Peng, Z. Qu, B. Qian, D. Fobes, T.J. Liu, X.S. Wu, H.M. Pham, L. Spinu, and Z.Q. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 82, 024417 (2010).

"Anisotropy of Magnetoresistivities in Sr4Ru3O10: Evidence for an Orbital-Selective Metamagnetic Transition," D. Fobes, T.J. Liu, Z. Qu, M. Zhou, J. Hooper, M. Salamon, and Z. Q. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 81, 172402 (2010).

"Spin Gap and Resonance at the Nesting Wavevector in Superconducting FeSe0.4Te0.6," Y.M. Qiu, W. Bao, Y. Zhao, C. Broholm, V. Stanev, Z. Tesanovic, Y.C. Gasparovic, S. Chang, J. Hu, B. Qian, M.H. Fang, and Z.Q. Mao., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 067008 (2009).

"Tunable (δπ;δπ)-Type Antiferromagnetic Order in α-Fe(Te,Se) Superconductor," W. Bao, Y. Qiu, Q. Huang, M.A. Green, P. Zajdel, M.R. Fitzsimmons, M. Zhernenkov, M.H. fang, B. Qian, E.K. Vehstedt, J.H. Yang, H,M. Pham, L. Spinu, and Z.Q. Mao., Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 247001 (2009).

"Suppression of Proximity Effect and the Enhancement of p-Wave Superconductivity in the Sr2RuO4-Ru System," Y.A.Ying, Y. Xin Y, B.W. Clouser, E. Hao, N.E. Staley, R.J. Myers RJ, L.F. Allard, D. Fobes D, T.J. Liu, Z.Q. Mao, and Y. Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 247004 (2009).

"Superconductivity Close to Magnetic Instability in Fe(Se1-xTex)0.82," M.H. Fang, H.M. Pham, B. Qian, T.J. Liu, E.K. Vehstedt, Y. Liu, L. Spinu, and Z.Q. Mao, Phys. Rev B 78, 224503 (2008) (Editor’s suggestion).

"Unusual Heavy-Mass Nearly Ferromagnetic State with a Surprisingly Large Wilson Ratio in the Double Layered Ruthenates (Sr1-xCax)3Ru2O7," Z. Qu, L. Spinu, H.Q. Yuan, V. Dobrosavljevic, W. Bao, J.W. Lynn, M. Nicklas, J. Peng, T.J. Liu, D. Fobes, E. Flesch, and Z.Q. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 78, 180407 (Rapid Communications) (2008).

"Spin-Valve Effect and Magnetoresistivity in Single Crystalline Ca3Ru2O7," Wei Bao, Z.Q. Mao, Z. Qu, J.W. Lynn, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 247203 (2008).

"Band-Dependent Normal-State Coherence in Sr2RuO4: Evidence from Nerst and Thermopower Measurements," X.F. Xu, Z.A. Xu, T.J. Liu, D. Fobes, Z.Q. Mao, J.L.Luo, and Y. Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 057002 (2008).

"Competing Magnetic Fluctuations in Sr3Ru2O7 Probed Ti Doping," J. Hooper, M.H. Fang, M. Zhou, D. Fobes, N. Dang, Z.Q. Mao, C.M. Feng, Z.A. Xu, M.H. Yu, C.J. O’Connor, G.J. Xu, N. Anderson, and M. Salamon, Phys. Rev. B 75 (Rapid Communications), 060403 (2007).

"Phase Diagram of the Electronic States of Trilayered Ruthenate Sr4Ru3O10," D. Fobes, M.H. Yu, M. Zhou, J. Hooper, C.J. O’Connor, M. Rosario, and Z.Q. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 75, 094429 (2007).

"Phase Separation in the Itinerant Metamagnetic Transition of Sr4Ru3O10," Z.Q. Mao, M. Zhou, J. Hooper, V. Golub, and C. J. O'Connor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 077205 (2006).

"Tunneling Magnetoresistance Studies of Sr3Ru2O7," J. Hooper, M. Zhou, Z.Q. Mao, R. Perry, and Y. Maeno, Phys. Rev. B 72, 134417 (2005).

"Unusual Oscillation in Tunneling Magnetoresistance Near Quantum Critical Point in Sr3Ru2O7," J. Hooper, Z.Q. Mao, R. Perry, and Y. Maeno, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 257206 (2004).