A research paper by Liu Zhen, a graduate student from the School of Science has been published online in the highly regarded journal Advanced Materials, whose most recent impact factor is 14.829.

The work was jointly conducted by Liu Zhen under the guidance of his supervisor, Professor Fang Jixiang together with researcher Li Zhiyuan from the Research Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Q. H. Xiong from Nanyang University of Technology (Singapore). XJTU is the lead institution of the paper.

The research was jointly funded by Tengfei Talent Project of XJTU, National Natural Science Foundation of China, the New Century Excellent Talents in University and Scientific New Star Program in Shaanxi Province.