Brian B. Zhou

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Brian B. Zhou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian B. Zhou has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Brian B. Zhou's work include 2D Materials and Applications (6 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (4 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (4 papers). Brian B. Zhou is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (6 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (4 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (4 papers). Brian B. Zhou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Brian B. Zhou's co-authors include D. D. Awschalom, Jörg Wrachtrup, Ronald Hanson, Ali Yazdani, Guido Burkard, F. Joseph Heremans, Sangjun Jeon, R. J. Cava, Mazhar N. Ali and Quinn Gibson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Brian B. Zhou

17 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Quantum technologies with optically interfaced solid-state spins

2018 681 citations D. D. Awschalom, Ronald Hanson et al. Nature Photonics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian B. Zhou United States	11	1.1k	767	399	307	287	18	1.7k
J. R. Anderson United States	19	1.2k 1.1×	254 0.3×	661 1.7×	312 1.0×	294 1.0×	65	1.7k
Rogério de Sousa Canada	21	1.1k 1.0×	429 0.6×	413 1.0×	495 1.6×	306 1.1×	54	1.6k
Yuimaru Kubo Japan	14	1.9k 1.7×	388 0.5×	971 2.4×	370 1.2×	179 0.6×	32	2.1k
Christopher Bäuerle France	25	2.0k 1.8×	285 0.4×	472 1.2×	595 1.9×	696 2.4×	92	2.3k
Dongning Zheng China	27	1.5k 1.4×	443 0.6×	1.1k 2.8×	290 0.9×	492 1.7×	135	2.3k
D. E. Feldman United States	22	1.3k 1.2×	427 0.6×	154 0.4×	230 0.7×	901 3.1×	64	1.7k
Dafei Jin United States	22	995 0.9×	423 0.6×	134 0.3×	374 1.2×	206 0.7×	59	1.5k
Michael A. Sentef Germany	30	2.4k 2.2×	663 0.9×	193 0.5×	270 0.9×	838 2.9×	75	2.7k
E. Ya. Sherman Spain	26	1.9k 1.8×	453 0.6×	253 0.6×	468 1.5×	899 3.1×	168	2.5k
C. Morais Smith Netherlands	32	2.5k 2.3×	967 1.3×	210 0.5×	223 0.7×	1.0k 3.6×	146	3.0k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Wang, Yu‐Xuan, Md. Ariful Islam, Gyanendra Tiwari, et al.. (2025). Configurable antiferromagnetic domains and lateral exchange bias in atomically thin CrPS4. Nature Materials. 24(9). 1414–1423. 3 indexed citations

Bae, Hyeonhu, Yu‐Xuan Wang, Nazar Delegan, et al.. (2024). Enhanced magnetization by defect-assisted exciton recombination in atomically thin CrCl3. Physical Review Materials. 8(10). 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Brian B., et al.. (2023). Recommendations to Combat Child Exploitation in Social Media. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Brian B., et al.. (2023). Data-Driven Machine Learning Models for a Multi-Objective Flapping Fin Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Control System. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 37(13). 15703–15709. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yu‐Xuan, Chunhua Li, Xiaohan Yao, et al.. (2023). Visualization of bulk and edge photocurrent flow in anisotropic Weyl semimetals. Nature Physics. 19(4). 507–514. 14 indexed citations

Zhou, Brian B., Yinghao Wu, & Zhaoqian Su. (2021). Computational Simulation of Holin S105 in Membrane Bilayer and Its Dimerization Through a Helix-Turn-Helix Motif. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 254(4). 397–407. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yu‐Xuan, et al.. (2021). ac Susceptometry of 2D van der Waals Magnets Enabled by the Coherent Control of Quantum Sensors. PRX Quantum. 2(3). 15 indexed citations

Awschalom, D. D., Ronald Hanson, Jörg Wrachtrup, & Brian B. Zhou. (2018). Quantum technologies with optically interfaced solid-state spins. Nature Photonics. 12(9). 516–527. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhou, Brian B., et al.. (2017). Holonomic Quantum Control by Coherent Optical Excitation in Diamond. Physical Review Letters. 119(14). 140503–140503. 112 indexed citations

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Yale, Christopher G., F. Joseph Heremans, Brian B. Zhou, et al.. (2016). Optical manipulation of the Berry phase in a solid-state spin qubit. Nature Photonics. 10(3). 184–189. 68 indexed citations

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Zhou, Brian B., Alexandre Baksic, Hugo Ribeiro, et al.. (2016). Accelerated quantum control using superadiabatic dynamics in a solid-state lambda system. Nature Physics. 13(4). 330–334. 189 indexed citations

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Ali, Mazhar N., Quinn Gibson, Sangjun Jeon, et al.. (2014). ChemInform Abstract: The Crystal and Electronic Structures of Cd₃As₂, the Three‐Dimensional Electronic Analogue of Graphene.. ChemInform. 45(26). 1 indexed citations

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Aynajian, Pegor, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, Brian B. Zhou, et al.. (2014). Visualizing Heavy Fermion Formation and their Unconventional Superconductivity in f-Electron Materials. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 83(6). 61008–61008. 9 indexed citations

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Ali, Mazhar N., Quinn Gibson, Sangjun Jeon, et al.. (2014). The Crystal and Electronic Structures of Cd₃As₂, the Three-Dimensional Electronic Analogue of Graphene. Inorganic Chemistry. 53(8). 4062–4067. 183 indexed citations

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Zhou, Brian B., Shashank Misra, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, et al.. (2013). Visualizing nodal heavy fermion superconductivity in CeCoIn5. Nature Physics. 9(8). 474–479. 141 indexed citations

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Misra, Shashank, Brian B. Zhou, Ilya Drozdov, et al.. (2013). Design and performance of an ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope operating at dilution refrigerator temperatures and high magnetic fields. Review of Scientific Instruments. 84(10). 103903–103903. 33 indexed citations

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Richardella, Anthony, P. Roushan, Shawn Mack, et al.. (2010). Visualizing Critical Correlations Near the Metal-Insulator Transition in Ga _1- _x Mn _x As. Science. 327(5966). 665–669. 174 indexed citations

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Zhou, Brian B. & Rajarshi Roy. (2007). Isochronal synchrony and bidirectional communication with delay-coupled nonlinear oscillators. Physical Review E. 75(2). 46 indexed citations

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