Prof. Young Sun obtained his bachelor (1996) and PhD (2001) degrees from University of Science and Technology of China. He spent three years at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Rice University as a postdoctoral research associate, and joined the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2004. He was a group leader and the director of State Key Laboratory of Magnetism. In 2020, Prof. Sun joined the Center of Quantum Materials and Devices and School of Physics in Chongqing University. His research interests focus on magnetism and magnetic materials, including multiferroics and magnetoelectric effects, spintronics, strongly correlated electron systems, and ferromagnet/superconductor heterostructures. He has published more than 170 papers with a total citation over 5200. Prof. Sun is an editorial board member for several international journals such as Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Scientific Repots, and Science China – Physics Mechanics & Astronomy. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.
Selected publications
1. F. Jin, C. Liu, Y. Chang, A. Zhang, Y. Wang, W. Liu, X. Wang, Y. Sun, G. Chen, X. Sun, and Q. Zhang, Experimental Identification of Electric Dipoles Induced by Magnetic Monopoles in Tb2Ti2O7, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 087601 (2020).
2. Y. Ma and Y. Sun, Multiferroic and thermal expansion properties of metal-organic frameworks (invited perspective), J. Appl. Phys. 127, 080901 (2020).
3. Y. Ma, Y. Wang, J. Cong, and Y. Sun, Magnetic-Field Tuning of Hydrogen Bond Order-Disorder Transition in Metal-Organic Frameworks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 255701 (2019).
4. S.-P. Shen and Y. Sun, Magnetoelectric multiferroicity and quantum paraelectricity in hexaferrites (invited review), Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron. 62, 047501 (2019).
5. J. Cong, K. Zhai, Y. Chai, D. Shang, D. D. Khalyavin, R. D. Johnson, D. P. Kozlenko, S. E. Kichanov, A. M. Abakumov, A. A. Tsirlin, L. Dubrovinsky, X. Xu, Z. Sheng, S. V. Ovsyannikov, and Y. Sun, Spin-induced multiferroicity in the binary perovskite manganite Mn2O3, Nature Communications 9, 2996 (2018).
6. Y. Wang, Y. Ma, Y. Chai, W. Shi, Y. Sun, and P. Cheng, Observation of Magnetodielectric Effect in a Dysprosium-Based Single-Molecule Magnet, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 7795−7798 (2018).
7. L. Li, Y. Zhao, X. Zhang, and Y. Sun, Possible Evidence for Spin-Transfer Torque Induced by Spin-Triplet Supercurrents, Chin. Phys. Lett. 35, 077401 (2018).
8. J. Shen, D. Shang, Y. Chai, S. Wang, B. Shen, and Y. Sun, Mimicking Synaptic Plasticity and Neural Network Using Memtranstors, Adv. Mater. 30, 1706717 (2018).
9. K. Zhai, D. Shang, Y. Chai, G. Li, J. Cai, B. Shen, and Y. Sun, Room-Temperature Nonvolatile Memory Based on a Single-Phase Multiferroic Hexaferrite, Adv. Funct. Mater. 28, 1705771 (2018).
10. C. Yang, D. Shang, N. Liu, E. J. Fuller, S. Agrawal, A. A. Talin, Y. Li, B. Shen, and Y. Sun, All-Solid-State Synaptic Transistor with Ultralow Conductance for Neuromorphic Computing, Adv. Funct. Mater. 28, 1804170 (2018).
11. K. Zhai, Y. Wu, S. Shen, W. Tian, H. Cao, Y. Chai, B. C. Chakoumakos, D. Shang, L. Yan, F. Wang, and Y. Sun, Giant magnetoelectric effects achieved by tuning spin cone symmetry in Y-type hexaferrites, Nature Communications 8, 519 (2017).
12. C. Yang, D. Shang, N. Liu, G. Shi, X. Shen, R. Yu, Y. Li, and Y. Sun, A Synaptic Transistor based on Quasi-2D Molybdenum Oxide, Adv. Mater. 29, 1700906 (2017).
13. L. Zhou, J. Dai, Y. Chai, H. Zhang, S. Dong, H. Cao, S. Calder, Y. Yin, X. Wang, X. Shen, Z. Liu, T. Saito, Y. Shimakawa, H. Hojo, Y. Ikuhara, M. Azuma, Z. Hu, Y. Sun, C. Jin, and Y. Long, Realization of Large Electric Polarization and Strong Magnetoelectric Coupling in BiMn3Cr4O12, Adv. Mater. 29, 1703435 (2017).
14. S. Shen, J. Wu, J. Song, X. Sun, Y. Yang, Y. Chai, D. Shang, S. Wang, J. F. Scott, and Y. Sun, Quantum electric-dipole liquid on a triangular lattice, Nature Communications 7, 10569 (2016).
15. Y. Tian, S. Shen, J. Cong, L. Yan, S. Wang, and Y. Sun, Observation of Resonant Quantum Magnetoelectric Effect in a Multiferroic Metal−Organic Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 782−785 (2016).
16. J. Shen, J. Cong, Y. Chai, D. Shang, S. Shen, K. Zhai, Y. Tian, and Y. Sun, Nonvolatile Memory Based on Nonlinear Magnetoelectric Effects, Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 021001 (2016).
17. X. Wang, Y. Chai, L. Zhou, H. Cao, C. Cruz, J. Yang, J. Dai, Y. Yin, Z. Yuan, S. Zhang, R. Yu, M. Azuma, Y. Shimakawa, H. Zhang, S. Dong, Y. Sun, C. Jin, and Y. Long, Observation of Magnetoelectric Multiferroicity in a Cubic Perovskite System: LaMn3Cr4O12, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 087601 (2015).
18. Y. Tian, W. Wang, Y.-S. Chai, J.-Z. Cong, S.-P Shen, L.-Q. Yan, S.-G. Wang, X.-F. Han, and Y. Sun, Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in a Metal-Organic Framework, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 017202 (2014).
19. Y. Sun, M. B. Salamon, K. Garnier, and R. Averback, Glassy vortex dynamics induced by a random array of magnetic particles above a superconductor, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 097002 (2004).
20. Y. Sun, M. B. Salamon, K. Garnier, and R. Averback, Memory effects in an interacting magnetic nanoparticle system, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 167206 (2003).
