Education
Sep. 2005 – Jan. 2011  Ph.D Physics, Tsinghua University
Sep. 2001 – Jul. 2005  B.S Materials Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Professional Experience
April 2016 –  Assistant Professor, PI, College of Engineering, Peking University, China
Jan. 2011–Apr. 2016  Postdoc, Nanyang Technological University

Research Areas and Interests: Semiconductor Optics and Nanophotonics

• Photophysics and optical spectroscopy of emergent low-dimensional semiconductors;
• Strong light matter interaction of semiconductors;
• Semiconductor Microlasers;
• Exciton-plasmon interactions and related devices;

Selected Awards

• 2018, Young Scientists of Nanochemistry, Chinese Chemical Society;

Selected Publications

1. Q. Y. Shang, C. Li, S. Zhang, Y. Liang, Z. Liu, Q. Zhang^*, Enhanced Optical Absorption and Slowed Light of Reduced-Dimensional CsPbBr3 Nanowire Crystal by Exciton–Polariton, Nano Lett. 20, 2, 1023-1032 (2020).
2. Q. Y. Shang, S. Zhang, Z. Liu, J. Chen, P. F. Yang, C. Li, W. Li, Y. F. Zhang, Q. H. Xiong,^* X. F. Liu,^* and Q. Zhang^*,"Surface Plasmon Enhanced Strong Exciton−Photon Coupling in Hybrid Inorganic−Organic Perovskite Nanowires", Nano Lett., 18, 3335–3343 (2018).
3. W. N. Du, S. Zhang, Q. Zhang^*, and X. F. Liu^*, "Recent Progress of Strong Exciton–Photon Coupling in Lead Halide Perovskites", Adv. Mater. 30, 1804894 (2018).
4. Y. Liang, Q. Y. Shang, Q. Wei, L. Y. Zhao, Z. Liu, J. Shi, Y. G. Zhong, J. Chen, Y. Gao, M. L. Li, X. F. Liu, G. C. Xing^*, Q. Zhang^*, "Lasing from Mechanically Exfoliated 2D Homologous Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite Engineered by Inorganic Layer Thickness" Adv. Mater., 1903030 (2019)
5. Y. Gao, L. Y. Zhao, Q. Y. Shang, Y. G. Zhong, Z. Liu, J. Chen, Z. P. Zhang, J. Shi, W. N. Du, Y. F. Zhang, S. L. Chen, P. Gao, X. F. Liu^*, X. N. Wang^* and Q. Zhang^*,"Ultrathin CsPbX₃ Nanowire Arrays with Strong Emission Anisotropy", Adv. Mater., 30, 1801805(2018).
6. L. Y. Zhao, Y. Gao, M. Su, Q. Y. Shang, Z. Liu, Q. Li, Q. Wei, M. L. Li, L. Fu, Y. G. Zhong, J. Shi, J. Chen, Y. Zhao, X. H. Qiu, X. F. Liu, N. Tang, G. C. Xing, X. N. Wang, B. Shen, Q. Zhang^*, Vapor-Phase Incommensurate Heteroepitaxy of Oriented Single Crystal CsPbBr₃ on GaN: Toward Integrated Optoelectronic Applications, ACS Nano, 13, 10085-10094 (2019).
7. L. Y. Zhao, Q. Y. Shang, Y. Gao, J. Shi, Z. Liu, J. Chen, Y. Mi, P. F. Yang, Z. P. Zhang, W.N. Du, M. Hong, Y. Liang, J. Y. Xie, X. Y. Hu, B. Peng, J. C. Leng, X. F. Liu, Y. Zhao^*, Y. F. Zhang^* and Q. Zhang^*,"High-Temperature Continuous-Wave Pumped Lasing from Large-Area Monolayer Semiconductors Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition", ACS Nano 12, 9390–9396 (2018).
8. J. Chen, Q. Zhang*, J. Shi, S. Zhang, W. N. Du, Y. Mi, Q. Y. Shang, P. C. Liu, X. Y. Sui, X. X. Wu, R. Wang, B. Peng, H. Z. Zhong, G. C. Xing, X. H. Qiu, T. C. Sum*, X. F. Liu*, "Room temperature continuous wave excited biexciton emission in perovskite nanoplatelets via plasmonic nonlinear fano resonance", Communications Physics 2, 80(2019).
9. W. N. Du, S. Zhang, J. Shi, J. Chen, Z. Y. Wu, Y. Mi, Z. X. Liu, Y. Z. Li, X. Y. Sui, T. Wu, Y. F. Xiao^*, Q. Zhang^*, X. F. Liu^* ,"Strong Exciton-Photon Coupling and lasing behavior in All-Inorganic CsPbBr₃ Micro/nanowire Fabry-Perot cavity", ACS Photon. 5, 2051 (2018).
10. Y. H. Huan, J. P. Shi, X. L. Zou, Y. Gong, C. Y. Xie, Z. J. Yang,Z. P. Zhang, Y. Gao, Y. P. Shi, M. H. Li, P. F. Yang, S. L. Jiang, M. Hong, L. Gu, Q. Zhang^*, X. Q. Yan^*, and Y. F. Zhang*, "Scalable Production of Two-Dimensional Metallic Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheet Powders Using NaCl Templates toward Electrocatalytic Applications", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 18694 (2019)
11. Q. Y. Shang, Y. N. Wang, Y. G. Zhong, Y. Mi, L. Qin, Y. F. Zhao^*, X. H. Qiu, X. F. Liu, Q. Zhang^*, "Unveiling Structure Engineered Carrier Dynamics in Hybrid Quasi-Two-Dimensional Perovskites Thin Film Towards Controllable Emission", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 4431–4438, (2017).
12. Q. Zhang⁺, S. T. Ha⁺, X. F. Liu⁺, T. C. Sum^*, Q. H. Xiong^*, Room-Temperature Near-Infrared High-Q Perovskite Whispering-Gallery Planar Nanolasers, Nano Lett. 14, 5995-6001 (2014) ( +co-first authors).
13. Q. Zhang, G. Y. Li, X. F. Liu, F. Qian, Y. Li, T. C. Sum, C. M. Lieber^*, Q. H. Xiong^*, “A Room-temperature Low-threshold Ultra-violet Plasmonic Nanolaser”, Nature Commun. 5, 4935 (2014).
14. X. F. Liu⁺, Q. Zhang⁺, J. N. Yip, Q. H. Xiong^* and T. C. Sum^*, “Wavelength Tunable Single Nanowire Lasers Based on Surface Plasmon Polariton Enhanced Burstein–Moss Effect”, Nano Lett. 13, 5336-5343 (2013) ( +co-first authors).
15. X. F. Liu⁺, Q. Zhang⁺, Q. H. Xiong^* and T. C. Sum^*, “Tailoring the Lasing Modes in Semiconductor Nanowire Cavities Using Intrinsic Self-Absorption”, Nano Lett. 13, 1080–1085, 2013. (+co-first author).
16. Q. Zhang, J. Zhang, M. I. B. Utama, B. Peng, M. de la Mata, J. Arbiol, Qihua Xiong^*, “Exciton-Phonon Coupling in Individual ZnTe Nanorods Studied by Resonant Raman Spectroscopy”, Phys. Rev. B 85, 085418 (2012).
17. Q. Zhang, X. Y. Shan, X. Feng, C. X. Wang, Q. Q. Wang^*, J. F. Jia^*, Q. K. Xue. “Modulating Fabry-Perot Oscillation and Q value of CdS Nanowire by a Single Ag Nanoparticle”, Nano Lett. 11, 4270-4274 (2011).