Name:
Sun Xue-Feng （X. F. Sun, 孙学峰）
Address:
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale,

University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, P. R. China
Tel:
86-(O), **(L), ** (L)
Fax:
86-
E-mail:
xfsun@ustc.edu.cn

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　EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1989.09-1993.07
B. S., Department of Physics, Anhui University
1993.09-1998.06
Ph. D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, USTC
1998.07-2000.01
Lecturer: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, USTC
2000.01-2002.08
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, USTC
2000.09-2002.08
STA Fellow, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan
2002.09-2006.08
Visiting Researcher, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan
2006.09-present
Professor, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, USTC


　RESEARCH INTERESTS
1.
Single-crystal growth of transition-metal oxides and organic magnets
2.
Heat transport behaviors of strongly correlated electron systems
3.
Quantum phase transitions and quantum critical behaviors


　CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
1.
"High magnetic field physical properties of spin-frustrated materials", National Natural Science Foundation, 2019-2022
2.
"Magnetisms, magnetic excitations and heat transport of quantum-spin-liquid related pyrochlore rare-earth oxides", National Natural Science Foundation, 2019-2022
3.
"Competition and manipulation of quantum orders in magnetoelectric functional oxides and interfaces”, National Basic Research Program of China (2015CBA921201), 2015-2019


　REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
1.
C. C. Gu, Z. Y. Zhao, X. L. Chen, M. Lee, E. S. Choi, Y. Y. Han, L. S. Ling, L. Pi, Y. H. Zhang, G. Chen*, Z. R. Yang*, H. D. Zhou*, and X. F. Sun*,“Field-Driven Quantum Criticality in the Spinel Magnet ZnCr₂Se₄”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 147204 (2018).
2.
Shi-Peng Shen, Jia-Chuan Wu, Jun-Da Song,Xue-Feng Sun*, Yi-Feng Yang, Yi-Sheng Chai, Da-Shan Shang, Shou-Guo Wang, James F. Scott, and Young Sun*, “Quantum electric-dipole liquid ona triangular lattice”,Nat. Commun. 7, 10569 (2016).
3.
L. Yin*, J. S. Xia, Y. Takano, N. S. Sullivan, Q. J. Li, andX. F. Sun*, “Low- Temperature Low-Field Phases of the Pyrochlore Quantum Magnet Tb₂Ti₂O₇”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 137201 (2013).
4.
Q. J. Li, Z. Y. Zhao, C. Fan, F. B. Zhang, H. D. Zhou, X. Zhao, andX. F. Sun*, “Phonon-glass-like behavior of magnetic origin in single-crystal Tb₂Ti₂O₇”,Phys. Rev. B87, 214408 (2013).
5.
Z. Y. Zhao, X. M. Wang, C. Fan, W. Tao, X. G. Liu, W. P. Ke, F. B. Zhang, X. Zhao, andX. F. Sun*, “Magnetic phase transitions and magnetoelectric coupling of GdFeO₃ single crystals probed by low-temperature heat transport”,Phys. Rev. B83, 014414 (2011).
6.
X. F. Sun, W. Tao, X. M. Wang, and C. Fan, “Low-Temperature Heat Transport in the Low-Dimensional Quantum Magnet NiCl₂-4SC(NH₂)₂”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 167202 (2009).
7.
X. F. Sun, S. Ono, Yasushi Abe, Seiki Komiya, Kouji Segawa, and Yoichi Ando, “Electronic Inhomogeneity and Breakdown of the Universal Thermal Conductivity in Cuprate Superconductors”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 017008 (2006).
8.
X. F. Sun, Kouji Segawa, and Yoichi Ando, “Metal-to-Insulator Crossover in YBa₂Cu₃Oy Probed by Low-Temperature Quasiparticle Heat Transport”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 107001 (2004).
9.
X. F. Sun, Y. Kurita, T. Suzuki, Seiki Komiya, and Yoichi Ando, “Thermal Conductivity of Pr_1.3–xLa_0.7Ce_xCuO₄ Single Crystals and Signatures of Stripes in an Electron-doped Cuprate”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 047001 (2004).
10.
X. F. Sun, Seiki Komiya, J. Takeya, and Yoichi Ando, “Magnetic-Field-Induced Localization of Quasiparticles in Underdoped La_2–xSr_xCuO₄ Single Crystals”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 117004 (2003).