研究方向

新型逻辑/存储材料与器件,磁性、铁电及多铁性材料,自旋电子学材料与器件;

氧化物功能薄膜及纳米复合材料;

功能材料的离子束改性,表/界面、应变及缺陷调控

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个人简历

宁帅,博士,特聘研究员,主要从事信息功能材料与器件、功能氧化物薄膜及纳米复合结构材料设计及物性调控、材料的界面/应变/缺陷/离子调控等方面的研究。近年来在Nat Commun, Adv Mater, Adv Funct Mater, ACS Nano等国际顶级期刊上发表学术论文30余篇。目前主持国家自然科学基金项目2项,参与国家重点研发计划项目2项,入选南开大学百名青年学科带头人培养计划和中国科协青年人才托举工程。



教育及工作

2008/08-2012/07,清华大学 材料科学与工程,工学学士

2012/09-2017/06,清华大学 材料科学与工程,工学博士,导师:张政军教授

2017/09-2021/01,美国麻省理工学院(MIT)材料系,博士后研究员,合作导师:Prof. Caroline A Ross

2021/02-2023/12,南开大学材料科学与工程学院,特聘副研究员

2024/01-                 南开大学材料科学与工程学院,特聘研究员


承担科研项目:

国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目,主持,202201月至202412

国家自然科学基金面上项目,主持,202301月至202612

中科协青年人才托举工程项目,主持,202210月至202510

国家重点研发计划项目课题,参与,202201月至202612

国家重点研发计划青年科学家项目,参与,2022年11月至202510

代表性成果


Representative Publications after joining Nankai University

[21] F. Yan, J. Wu, S. Ning*, F. Luo*, Orienting Oxygen Vacancy Channels in Brownmillerite Strontium Ferrite Thin Films Using Strain: Implications for Facile Oxygen Ion Transport. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024.

[20] J. Zhou, Y. Guan, M. Meng, P. Hong, S. Ning*, F. Luo*, Improving the endurance for ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 thin films by interface and defect engineering, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2024, 124, 092904.  

[19] F. Yan, V. Korostelev, E. Cho, K. Yang, J. Wu, Q. Lu, F. Luo, C. A. Ross, K. Klyukin, S. Ning*, Ionic‐Liquid‐Gating‐Induced Hydrogenation in Epitaxial Strontium Ferrite, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2316608. 

[18] E. Cho, A. Kumar, S. Ning, J. M. LeBeau, C. A. Ross, Perovskite‐Derived Layered Crystal Structure in SrCo0.26Fe0.74O3‐δ Thin Films, Advanced Materials Interfaces 2024, 2300807.  

[17] C. Yun, H. Guo, Z. Lin, L. Peng, Z. Liang, M. Meng, B. Zhang, Z. Zhao, L. Wang, Y. Ma, Y. Liu, W. Li, S. Ning, Y. Hou, J. Yang, Z. Luo, Efficient current-induced spin torques and field-free magnetization switching in a room-temperature van der Waals magnet, Sci. Adv. 2023, 9, eadj3955.

[16] Y. Liu, C. Yun, Y. Wang, L. Xu, C. Wang, Z. Li, M. Meng, S. Song, K. Li, D. Li, F. Chen, Y. Liu, Y. Ji, T. You, S. Ning, L. Qiu, H. Yang, and W. Li, Radiation-Hardened and Flexible Pb(Zr(0.53)Ti(0.47))O(3) Piezoelectric Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023,15, 49362.

[15R. Han, P. Hong, S. Ning, Q. Xu, M. Bai, J. Zhou, K. Li, F. Liu, F. Shi, F. Luo, and Z. Huo, The effect of stress on HfO2-based ferroelectric thin films: A review of recent advances, J. Appl. Phys. 2023133, 240702.

[14] Y. Guan, J. Zhou, H. Zhong, W. Wang, Z. Zhang, F. Luo, S. Ning*, Thickness dependence of the crystallization and phase transition in ZrO2 thin films, Journal of Advanced Ceramics 202312, 822.


[13] Y. Zhang, K. Zou, Z. Gao, Y. Ma, L. Xu, F. Lu, Z. Luo, W.-H. Wang*, S. Ning*, F. Luo*, Large Negative Magnetoresistance in All‐2D‐Materials‐Based Spin Valves, Physica Status Solidi – Rapid Research Letters 2023, 2300073.


[12] E. Rosenberg, J. Bauer, E. Cho, A. Kumar, J. Pelliciari, C. A. Occhialini, S. Ning, A. Kaczmarek, R. Rosenberg, J. W. Freeland, Y. C. Chen, J. P. Wang, J. LeBeau, R. Comin, F. M. F. de Groot, C. A. Ross, Revealing Site Occupancy in a Complex Oxide: Terbium Iron Garnet, Small 2023, e2300824.

[11] G. Tian, X. Yi, Z. Song, W. Yang, J. Xian, J. Jin, S. Ning, Z. Hou, D. Chen, Z. Fan, M. Qin, G. Zhou, J. Dai, X. Gao, J.-M. Liu, Templated growth strategy for highly ordered topological ferroelectric quad-domain textures, Applied Physics Reviews 202310, 021413.

[10] S. Ning, H. Liu, J. Wu, F. Luo*, Challenges and opportunities for spintronics based on spin orbit torque, Fundamental Research 20222, 535. 

[9] A. Kumar, S. Ning*, T. Su, E. Cho, J. M. LeBeau, C. A. Ross*, Magnetoelectric Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite of YFeO3 and CoFe2O4, Adv. Electron. Mater. 20228, 2200036.


[8] A. Kumar, K. Klyukin, S. Ning, C. OzsoyKeskinbora, M. Ovsyanko, F. van Uden, R. Krijnen, B. Yildiz, C. A. Ross, J. M. LeBeau, Antisite Defects Stabilized by Antiphase Boundaries in YFeO3 Thin Films, Adv. Funct. Mater. 202232, 2107017.

[7] J. Wang, K. Syed, S. Ning, I. Waluyo, A. Hunt, E. J. Crumlin, A. K. Opitz, C. A. Ross*, W. J. Bowman, B. Yildiz, 

Exsolution Synthesis of Nanocomposite Perovskites with Tunable Electrical and Magnetic Properties, Adv. Funct. Mater. 202232, 2108005.

[6] E. Cho, A. Kumar, S. Ning*, J. M. LeBeau, C. A. Ross*, Self-Assembled Multiphase Nanocomposite SrCo1–xFexO3-δ Thin Films with Voltage-Controlled Magnetism for Spintronic Applications, ACS Applied Nano Materials 20225, 14646.

[5] S. Ning*, A. Kumar, K. Klyukin, E. Cho, J. H. Kim, T. Su, H. S. Kim, J. M. LeBeau, B. Yildiz, C. A. Ross, An antisite defect mechanism for room temperature ferroelectricity in orthoferrites, Nat. Commun. 202112, 4298.

[4] E. Cho, K. Klyukin, S. Ning, J. Li, R. Comin, R. J. Green, B. Yildiz, C. A. Ross, First-principles calculation of oxygen vacancy effects on the magnetic properties of the perovskite SrNiO3, Phys. Rev. Materials 20215, 094413.

[3] A. Kumar, S. Ning, K. Klyukin, B. Yildiz, C. Ross, J. LeBeau, Probing point and planar defects in multiferroic YFeO3 thin films, Microsc. Microanal. 202127, 2144.

[2] Z. Mo, G. Tian, W. Yang, S. Ning, C. A. Ross, X. Gao, J. Liu, Magnetoelectric coupling in self-assembled BiFeO3–CoFe2O4 nanocomposites on (110)-LaAlO3 substrates, APL Materials 20219, 041109.

[1] T. Su, S. Ning*, E. Cho, C. A. Ross*, Magnetism and site occupancy in epitaxial Y-rich yttrium iron garnet films, Phys. Rev. Materials 20215, 094403.


Representative Publications before joining Nankai University

[1] S. Ning*, Q. Zhang, C. Occhialini, R. Comin, X. Zhong, C. A. Ross*, Voltage Control of Magnetism above Room Temperature in Epitaxial SrCo1-xFexO3-delta, ACS Nano 202014, 8949.

[2] S. Ning, S. C. Huberman, Z. Ding, H.-H. Nahm, Y.-H. Kim, H.-S. Kim, G. Chen, C. A. Ross*, Anomalous Defect Dependence of Thermal Conductivity in Epitaxial WO3 Thin Films, Adv. Mater. 201931, 1903738.


[3] S. Ning, S. C. Huberman, C. Zhang, Z. Zhang, G. Chen, C. A. Ross, Dependence of the Thermal Conductivity of BiFeO3 Thin Films on Polarization and Structure, Phys. Rev. Applied 20178, 054049.


[4] S. Ning, P. Zhan, Q. Xie, W. Wang, Z. Zhang, Defects-Driven Ferromagnetism in Undoped Dilute Magnetic Oxides: A Review, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 201531, 969.

[5] S. Ning, Z. J. Zhang, Phase-dependent and defect-driven d(0) ferromagnetism in undoped ZrO2 thin films, RSC Adv 20155, 3636.

[6] S. Ning, P. Zhan, W. P. Wang, Z. C. Li, Z. J. Zhang, Defect characterization and magnetic properties in un-doped ZnO thin film annealed in a strong magnetic field, Chinese Physics B 201423, 127503.

[7] S. Ning, P. Zhan, Q. Xie, Z. C. Li, Z. J. Zhang, Room-temperature ferromagnetism in un-doped ZrO2 thin films, Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics 201346, 445004.