Selected Publications:
19. Haoyu Hu, Yi Jiang, Defa Liu, Yulin Chen, Alexei M. Tsevlik, Yuanfeng Xu, B. Andrei Bernevig. "CeCo2P2: a unique Co-antiferrogmagnetic topological heavy-fermion system with PT protected Kondo effect and nodal line excitations" .
arXiv: 2411.13647.
18. D. F. Liu, Y. F. Xu, H. Y. Hu, J. Y. Liu, T. P. Ying, Y. Y. Lv, Y. Jiang, C. Chen, Y. H. Yang, D. Pei, D. Prabhakaran, M. H. Gao, J. J. Wang, Q. H. Zhang, F. Q. Meng, B. Thiagarajan, C. Polley, M. Hashimoto, D. H. Lu, N. B. M. Schröter, V. N. Strocov, A. Louat, C. Cacho, D. Biswas, T.-L. Lee, P. Steadman, P. Bencok, Y. B. Chen, L. Gu, T. Hesjeda, G. van der Laan, H. Hosono, L. X. Yang, Z. K. Liu, H. Q. Yuan, B. A. Bernevig, Y. L. Chen. "Discovery of an Antiferromagnetic Topological Nodal-line Kondo Semimetal".
arXiv: 2411.13898
17, D.F. Liu#, L.Y. Wei#, C.C. Le, H.Y. Wang, X. Xhang, N. Kumar, C. Shekhar, N.B.M. Schroter, Y. W. Li, D. Pei, L.X. Xu, P. Dudin, T. K. Kim, C. Cacho, F. Fujii, I. Vobornik, M.X. Wang, L. X. Yang, Z.K. Liu, Y.F. Guo, J.P. Hu, C. Felser, S.S.P. Parkin, Y. L. Chen, "Observation of the Critical State to Multiple-Type Dirac Semimetal Phases in KMgBi".
Journal of Applied Physics 129, 235109 (2021).
16. D.F. Liu#, E.K. Liu#, Q.N. Xu#, J. L. Shen, Y. W. Li, D. Pei, A. J. Liang, P. Dudin, T. K. Kim, C. Cacho, Y. F. Xu, Y. Sun, L. X. Yang, Z.K. Liu, C. Felser, S.S.P. Parkin, Y. L. Chen, "Direct observation of the spin-orbit coupling effect in Magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2".
npj Quantum Materials (2021).
15. D.F. Liu#, Q.N. Xu#, E.K. Liu#, J.L. Shen, C.C. Le, Y. W. Li, D. Pei, A. J. Liang, P. Dudin, T. K. Kim, C. Cacho, Y. F. Xu, Y. Sun, L. X. Yang, Z.K. Liu, C. Felser, S.S.P. Parkin, Y. L. Chen, "Topological Phase Tranistion in a Magnetic Weyl semimetal".
Phys. Rev. B 104, 205140 (2021).
14. D.F. Liu#, X.X. Wu#, F.S. Li, Y. Hu, J.W. Huang, Y. Xu, C. Li, Y.Y. Zang, J.F. He, L. Zhao, S.L. He, C.J. Tang, Z. Li, L.L. Wang, Q.Y. Wang, G.D. Liu, Z.Y. Xu, X.C. Ma, Q.K. Xue, J.P.Hu, X.J. Zhou, "Origin of the Electronic Structure in Single-Layer FeSe/SrTiO3 Films".
arXiv:2012.09032.
13. Amilcar Bedoya-Pinto#, Defa Liu#, Hengxin Tan, Avanindra Kumar Pandeya, Kai Chang, Jibo Zhang, Stuart S.P. Parkin, "Large Fermi-energy shift and suppression of trivial surface states in NbP Weyl semimetal thin films".
Advanced Materials 33, 2008634 (2021).
12, S.Y. Yang, Y.J. Wang, B. R. Ortiz, D.F. Liu, J. Gayles, E. Derunova R. G. Hernandez, L. Smejkal, Y. L. Chen, S. S.P. Parkin, S. D. Wilson, E. S. Toberer, T. McQueen, M. N. Ali. "Anomalous, anomalous Hall effect in the layered, Kagome, Dirac semimetal KV3Sb5".
Science Advances 6, eabb6003 (2020).
11. D.F. Liu#, A.J. Liang#, E.K. Liu#, Q.N. Xu#, Y.W. Li, C. Chen, D. Pei, W.J. Shi, S.K. Mo, P. Dudin, T. Kim, C. Cacho, G. Li, Y. Sun, L.X. Yang, Z.K. Liu, S.S.P. Parkin, C. Felser, Y.L. Chen, "Magnetic Weyl semimetal phase in a Kagome Crystal".
Science 365, 1282-1285 (2019).
10. Enke Liu, Yan Sun, Nitesh Kumar, Lukas Muechler, Aili Sun, Lin Jiao, Shuo-Ying Yang, D.F. Liu, Aiji Liang, Qiunan Xu,Johannes Kroder, Vicky Süß, Horst Borrmann, Chandra Shekhar, Zhaosheng Wang, Chuanying Xi, Wenhong Wang, Walter Schnelle, Steffen Wirth, Yulin Chen, Sebastian T.B. Goennenwein, Claudia Felser. "Giant anomalous Hall effect in a ferromagnetic kagome-lattice semimetal".
Nature Physics 14, 1125-1131 (2018).
9. Defa Liu#, Cong Li#, Jianwei Huang#, Bin Lei, Le Wang, Xianxin Wu, Bing Shen, Qiang Gao, Yuxiao Zhang, Xu Liu, Yong Hu, Yu Xu, Aiji Liang, Jing Liu, Ping Ai, Lin Zhao, Shaolong He, Li Yu, Guodong Liu, Yiyuan Mao, Xiaoli Dong, Xiaowen Jia, Fengfeng Zhang, Shenjin Zhang, Feng Yang, Zhimin Wang, Qinjun Peng, Youguo Shi, Jiangping Hu, Tao Xiang, Xianhui Chen, Zuyan Xu, Chuangtian Chen, X.J. Zhou, "Orbital origin of extremely anisotropic superconducting gap in nematic phase of FeSe superconductor".
Physical Review X 8, 031033 (2018).
8. Defa Liu, Lin Zhao, Shaolong He, Yong Hu, Bing Shen, Jianwei Huang, Aiji Liang, Yu Xu, Xu Liu, Junfeng He, Daixiang Mou, Shanyu Liu, Haiyun Liu, Guodong Liu, Wenhao Zhang, Fangsen Li, Xucun Ma, QiKun Xue, Xianhui Chen, Genfu Chen, Li Yu, Jun Zhang, Zuyan Xu, Chuangtian Chen, X. J. Zhou."Common Electronic Features and Electronic Nematicity in Parent Compounds of Iron-Based Superconductors and FeSe/SrTiO3 Films Revealed by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy".
Chinese Physics Letters 33, 077402 (2016).
7. Ya Feng#, Defa Liu#, Baojie Feng#, Xu Liu#, Lin Zhao, Zhuojin Xie, Yan Liu, Aiji Liang, Cheng Hu, Yong Hu, Shaolong He, Guodong Liu, Jun Zhang, Chuangtian Chen, Zuyan Xu, Lan Chen, Kehui Wu, Yu-Tzu Liu, Hsin Lin, Zhi-Quan Huang, Chia-Hsiu Hsu, Feng-Chuan Chuang, Arun Bansil and X. J. Zhou. "Direct Evidence of Interaction-Induced Dirac Cones in Monolayer Silicene/Ag(111) System".
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 113, 14656-14661 (2016).
6. Z. F. Wang, Huimin Zhang, Defa Liu, Chong Liu, Chenjia Tang, Canli Song, Yong Zhong, Junping Peng, Fangsen Li, Caina Nie, Lili Wang, X. J. Zhou*, Xucun Ma, Q. K. Xue and Feng Liu. "Topological Edge States in High-Temperature Superconductor FeSe/SrTiO3(001) Film".
Nature Materials 15, 968-973 (2016).
5. Xu Liu#, Defa Liu#, Wenhao Zhang#, Junfeng He#, Lin Zhao, Shaolong He, Daixiang Mou, Fangsen Li, Chenjia Tang, Zhi Li, Lili Wang, Yingying Peng, Yan Liu, Chaoyu Chen, Li Yu, Guodong Liu, Xiaoli Dong, Jun Zhang, Chuangtian Chen, Zuyan Xu, Xi Chen, Xucun Ma, Qikun Xue, and X. J. Zhou."Dichotomy of Electronic Structure and Superconductivity between Single-Layer and Double-Layer FeSe/SrTiO3 Films".
Nature Communications 5, 5047 (2014).
4. Junfeng He, Xu Liu, Wenhao Zhang, Lin Zhao, Defa Liu, Shaolong He, Daixiang Mou, Fangsen Li, Chenjia Tang, Zhi Li, Lili Wang, Yingying Peng, Yan Liu, Chaoyu Chen, Li Yu, Guodong Liu, Xiaoli Dong, Jun Zhang, Chuangtian Chen, Zuyan Xu, Xi Chen, Xucun Ma, Qikun Xue, and X. J. Zhou. "Electronic Evidence of an Insulator-Superconductor Transition in Single-Layer FeSe/SrTiO3 Films".
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 111 (52)18501-18502 (2014).
3. Xu Liu#, Defa Liu#, Lin Zhao*, Qi Guo#, Qingge Mu, Dongyun Chen, Bing Shen, Hemian Yi, Jianwei Huang, Junfeng He, Yingying Peng, Yan Liu, Shaolong He, Guodong Liu, Xiaoli Dong, Jun Zhang, Chuangtian Chen, Zuyan Xu, Zhian Ren and X. J. Zhou. "Fermi Surface and Band Structure of (Ca,La)FeAs2 Superconductor from Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy".
Chinese Physics Letters 30 (12)127402 (2013).
2.Shaolong He, Junfeng He, Wenhao Zhang, Lin Zhao, Defa Liu, Xu Liu, Daixiang Mou, Yun-Bo Ou, Qing-Yan Wang, Zhi Li, Lili Wang, Yingying Peng, Yan Liu, Chaoyu Chen, Li Yu, Guodong Liu, Xiaoli Dong, Jun Zhang, Chuangtian Chen, Zuyan Xu, Xi Chen, Xucun Ma, Qikun Xue and X. J. Zhou. "Phase Diagram and Electronic Indication of High-Temperature Superconductivity at 65K in Single-Layer FeSe Films".
Nature Materials 12, 605-610 (2013).
1. Defa Liu#, Wenhao Zhang#, Daixiang Mou#, Junfeng He#, Yun-Bo Ou, Qing-Yan Wang, Zhi Li, Lili Wang, Lin Zhao, Shaolong He, Yingying Peng, Xu Liu, Chaoyu Chen, Li Yu, Guodong Liu, Xiaoli Dong, Jun Zhang, Chuangtian Chen, Zuyan Xu, Jiangping Hu, Xi Chen, Xucun Ma, Qikun Xue, X. J. Zhou."Electronic Origin of High-Temperature Superconductivity in Single-Layer FeSe Superconductor".
Nature Communications 3, 931 (2012).