Journal articles @ Georgetown

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  1. Zhao#, H., Zhou#, X., Park, H., Deng, T., Wilfong, B., Au, A. P., Pate, S. E., Brown, C. M., Wu, H., Bhowmick, T., McNamee, T., Kumar, R., Chen, Y.-S., Xiao, Z.-L., Hemley, R., Cai, W., Deemyad, S., Chung, D.-Y., Rosenkranz, S. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Evolution from topological Dirac metal to flat-band-induced antiferromagnet in layered KxNi4S2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1). Matter vol. 9 DOI:10.1016/j.matt.2025.102418 (2026).
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  2. Zhao, H., Zhou, X., Wang, Z., Meza, P. E., Wang, Y., Keane, D. T., Weigand, S. J., Lapidus, S. H., Chung, D.-Y., Wolverton, C., Dravid, V. P., Rosenkranz, S. & Kanatzidis, M. G. A stoichiometrically conserved homologous series with infinite structural diversity. Science vol. 390 1057–1063 (2025).
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  3. Li, T., Hong, S. J., Liou, S.-C., Foley, E., Elazar-Mittelman, H., Zhou, X., Mandujano, H. C. & Rodriguez, E. E. A crystallographic shear driven by oxygen insertion in (LuFeO3)nLuFe2O4. Chemistry Europe e202500349 (2025).
  4. Gazzah, M. E., Chang, P.-H., Lee, Y., Bhandari, H., Regmi, R., Zhou, X., Ke, L., Mazin, I. I. & Ghimire, N. J. Doping-induced spin reorientation in kagome magnet TmMn6Sn6. Phys. Rev. Mater. vol. 9 114414 (2025).
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  5. Balisetty, L., Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Mandujano, H. C. & Rodriguez, E. E. Tochilinite and selenotochilinite: heterostructures of layered double hydroxides with layered tetragonal FeS and FeSe. Inorg. Chem. vol. 64 22581–22591 (2025).
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  6. Zhou, X., Wang, L., Zhao, H., Kolluru, C. V. S., Xu, W., Chang, T., Chen, Y.-S., Wen, J., Chan, M. K. Y., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Mixed-Flux techniques for rational synthesis and structural control in silver chalcogenides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. vol. 147 19217–19229 (2025).
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Journal articles prior to Georgetown

  1. Zhao, H., Zhou, X., Usman, M., Chapai, R., Yu, L., Wen, J., Park, H., Douvalis, A. P., Meza, P. E., Chen, Y.-S., Welp, U., Rosenkranz, S., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Emergence of heavy-fermion behavior and distorted square nets in partially vacancy-ordered Y4FexGe8 (1.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.5). J. Mater. Chem. C 13, 103–115 (2025).
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  2. Pate, S. E., Wang, B., Zhang, Y., Shen, B., Liu, E., Martin, I., Jiang, J. S., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Welp, U., Kwok, W.-K. & Xiao, Z.-L. Tunable anomalous hall effect in a kagome ferromagnetic weyl semimetal. Adv. Sci. 11, 2406882 (2024).
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  3. Pate, S., Chen, B., Shen, B., Li, K., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Divan, R., Kanatzidis, M. G., Welp, U., Kwok, W.-K. & Xiao, Z.-L. Extended Kohler’s rule of magnetoresistance in TaCo2Te2. Phys. Rev. B 109, 035129 (2024).
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  4. Balisetty, L., Wilfong, B., Zhou, X., Zheng, H., Liou, S.-C. & Rodriguez, E. E. Twisting two-dimensional iron sulfide layers into coincident site superlattices via intercalation chemistry. Chem. Sci. 15, 3223–3232 (2024).
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  5. Xu, J., Wang, Y., Pate, S. E., Zhu, Y., Mao, Z., Zhang, X., Zhou, X., Welp, U., Kwok, W.-K., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G. & Xiao, Z.-L. Unreliability of two-band model analysis of magnetoresistivities in unveiling temperature-driven Lifshitz transition. Phys. Rev. B 107, 035104 (2023).
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  6. Usman, M., Zhou, X., Malliakas, C. D., Welp, U., Kwok, W.-K., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Probing phosphorus solubility and its effect on critical temperature Tc in the helical superconducting magnet RbEuFe4As4-xPx. Chem. Mater. 8494–8501 (2023) doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01310.
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  7. Quintero, M. A., Pournara, A. D., Godsel, R., Li, Z., Panuganti, S., Zhou, X., Wolverton, C. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Metal sulfide ion exchangers: high acid stability of Na2xMg2-ySn4-yS8 (NMS) and topotactic conversion to 2D solid aids with semiconducting character. Inorg. Chem. 72, 15971–15982 (2023).
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  8. Bindi, L., Zhou, X., Deng, T., Li, Z. & Wolverton, C. Kanatzidisite: a natural compound with distinctive van der Waals heterolayered architecture. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 18227–18232 (2023).
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  9. Vasileiadou, E. S., Tajuddin, I. S., De Siena, M. C., Klepov, V. V., Kepenekian, M., Volonakis, G., Even, J., Wojtas, L., Spanopoulos, I., Zhou, X., Iyer, A. K., Fenton, J. L., Dichtel, W. R. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Novel 3D cubic topology in hybrid lead halides with a symmetric aromatic triammonium exhibiting water stability. Chem. Mater. 35, 5267–5280 (2023).
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  10. Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Chen, X., Laing, C., Pandey, I. R., Chen, Y.-P., Chen, Y.-S., Chung, D.-Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Sr(Ag1-xLix)2Se2 and [Sr3Se2][(Ag1-xLix)2Se2] tunable direct band gap semiconductors. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202301191 (2023).
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  11. Shrestha, K., Chapai, R., Pokharel, B. K., Miertschin, D., Nguyen, T., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Mitchell, J. F., Welp, U., Popovic, D., Graf, D. E., Lorenz, B. & Kwok, W. K. Nontrivial Fermi surface topology of the kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5 probed by de Haas–van Alphen oscillations. Phys. Rev. B 105, 024508 (2022).
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  12. Zhou, X., Kolluru, C. V. S., Xu, W., Wang, L., Chang, T., Chen, Y.-S., Yu, L., Wen, J., Chan, M. K. Y., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Discovery of chalcogenides structures and compositions using mixed fluxes. Nature 612, 72–77 (2022).
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  13. Zhou, X., Malliakas, C. D., Yakovenko, A. A., Wilfong, B., Wang, S. G., Chen, Y.-S., Yu, L., Wen, J., Balasubramanian, M., Wang, H.-H., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Coherent approach to two-dimensional heterolayered oxychalcogenides using molten hydroxides. Nature Synthesis 1, 729–737 (2022).
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  14. Laing, C. C., Weiss, B. E., Pal, K., Quintero, M. A., Xie, H., Zhou, X., Shen, J., Chung, D. Y., Wolverton, C. & Kanatzidis, M. G. ACuZrQ3 (A= Rb, Cs; Q= S, Se, Te): direct bandgap semiconductors and metals with ultralow thermal conductivity. Chem. Mater. 34, 8389–8402 (2022).
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  15. Cheng, M., Iyer, A. K., Zhou, X., Tyner, A., Liu, Y., Shehzad, M. A., Goswami, P., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G. & Dravid, V. P. Tuning the structural and magnetic properties in mixed cation MnxCo2-xP2S6. Inorg. Chem. 61, 13719–13727 (2022).
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  16. Wilfong, B., Fedorko, A., Baigutlin, D. R., Miroshkina, O. N., Zhou, X., Stephen, G. M., Friedman, A. L., Sharma, V., Bishop, O., Barua, R., Bennett, S. P., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Buchelnikov, V. D., Sokolovskiy, V. V., Barbiellini, B., Bansil, A., Heiman, D. & Jamer, M. E. Helical spin ordering in room-temperature metallic antiferromagnet Fe3Ga4. J. Alloys Compd. 917, 165532 (2022).
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  17. Zhang, C., He, J., McClain, R., Xie, H., Cai, S., Walters, L. N., Shen, J., Ding, F., Zhou, X., Malliakas, C. D. & et al. Low thermal conductivity in heteroanionic materials with layers of homoleptic polyhedra. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 2569–2579 (2022).
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  18. Xu, J., Han, F., Wang, T.-T., Thoutam, L. R., Pate, S. E., Li, M., Zhang, X., Wang, Y.-L., Fotovat, R., Welp, U., Zhou, X., Kwok, W.-K., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G. & Xiao, Z.-L. Extended Kohler’s Rule of Magnetoresistance. Phys. Rev. X 11, 041029 (2021).
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  19. Zhou, X., Mandia, D. J., Park, H., Balasubramanian, M., Yu, L., Wen, J., Yakovenko, A., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. New Compounds and Phase Selection of Nickel Sulfides via Oxidation State Control in Molten Hydroxides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 13646–13654 (2021).
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  20. Rettie, A., Ding, J., Zhou, X., Johnson, M., Malliakas, C., Osti, N. C., Chung, D. Y., Osborn, R., Delaire, O., Rosenkranz, S. & Kanatzidis, M. G. A two-dimensional type I superionic conductor. Nat. Mater. 20, 1–6 (2021).
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  21. Becknell, N., Lopes, P. P., Hatsukade, T., Zhou, X., Liu, Y., Fisher, B., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Markovic, N. M., Tepavcevic, S. & Stamenkovic, V. R. Employing the Dynamics of the Electrochemical Interface in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery Cathodes. Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2102135 (2021).
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  22. Gillard, C. H. R., Zhou, X., Avdeev, M., Rodriguez, E. E. & Sharma, N. On the Electrochemical Phase Evolution of Anti-PbO-Type CoSe in Alkali Ion Batteries. Inorg. Chem. 60, 7150–7160 (2021).
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  23. Guo, Z., Sun, F., Puggioni, D., Luo, Y., Li, X., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Cheng, E., Li, S., Rondinelli, J. M., Yuan, W. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Local Distortions and Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Transition in Quasi-One-Dimensional Nanowire Compounds AV3Q3O (A = K, Rb, Cs and Q = Se, Te). Chem. Mater. 33, 2611–2623 (2021).
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  24. Quintero, M. A., Hao, S., Patel, S. V., Bao, J.-K., Zhou, X., Hu, Y.-Y., Wolverton, C. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Lithium Thiostannate Spinels: Air-Stable Cubic Semiconductors. Chem. Mater. 33, 2080–2089 (2021).
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  25. Wilfong, B., Zhou, X., Zheng, H., Babra, N., Brown, C. M., Lynn, J. W., Taddei, K. M., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Long-range magnetic order in hydroxide-layer-doped (Li1-x-yFexMnyOD)FeSe. Phys. Rev. Mater. 4, 034803 (2020).
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  26. Zhang, N., Sun, C., Huang, Y., Zhu, C., Wu, Z., Lv, L., Zhou, X., Wang, X., Xiao, X., Fan, X. & Chen, L. Tuning electrolyte enables microsized Sn as advanced anode for Li-ion batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 1812–1821 (2020).
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  27. Slade, T. J., Pal, K., Grovogui, J. A., Bailey, T. P., Male, J., Khoury, J. F., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Snyder, G. J., Uher, C., Dravid, V., Wolverton, C. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Contrasting SnTe-NaSbTe2 and SnTe-NaBiTe2 thermoelectric alloys: high performance facilitated by increased cation vacancies and lattice softening. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 12524–12535 (2020).
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  28. Cui, C., Fan, X., Zhou, X., Chen, J., Wang, Q., Ma, L., Yang, C., Hu, E., Yang, X.-Q. & Wang, C. Structure and interface design enable stable Li-rich cathode. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 8918–8927 (2020).
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  29. Zhou, X., Wang, L., Fan, X., Wilfong, B., Liou, S.-C., Wang, Y., Zheng, H., Feng, Z., Wang, C. & Rodriguez, E. E. Isotope Effect between H2O and D2O in hydrothermal synthesis. Chem. Mater. 32, 769–775 (2020).
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  30. Virtue, A., Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Lynn, J. W., Taddei, K., Zavalij, P., Wang, L. & Rodriguez, E. E. Magnetic order effects on the electronic structure of KMMnS2 (M = Cu, Li) with the ThCr2Si2-type structure. Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 044411 (2019).
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  31. Fan, X., Ji, X., Chen, L., Chen, J., Deng, T., Han, F., Yue, J., Piao, N., Wang, R., Zhou, X., Xiao, X., Chen, L. & Wang, C. All-temperature batteries enabled by fluorinated electrolytes with non-polar solvents. Nature Energy 4, 882–890 (2019).
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  32. Deng, T., Fan, X., Cao, L., Chen, J., Hou, S., Ji, X., Chen, L., Li, S., Zhou, X., Hu, E., Su, D., Yang, X.-Q. & Wang, C. Designing in-situ-formed interphases enables highly reversible cobalt-free LiNiO2 cathode for Li-ion and Li-metal batteries. Joule 3, 2550–2564 (2019).
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  33. Deng, T., Fan, X., Chen, J., Chen, L., Luo, C., Zhou, X., Yang, J., Zheng, S. & Wang, C. Layered P2-Type K0.65Fe0.5Mn0.5O2 microspheres as superior cathode for high-Energy potassium-ion batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater. 1800219 (2018) doi:10.1002/adfm.201800219.
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  34. Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Liou, S.-C., Hodovanets, H., Brown, C. M. & Rodriguez, E. E. Stabilization of ammonia-intercalated iron chalcogenides by hydrogen bonding. Chem. Comm. 54, 6895–6898 (2018).
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  35. Chen, J., Fan, X., Ji, X., Gao, T., Hou, S., Zhou, X., Wang, L., Wang, F., Yang, C., Chen, L. & Wang, C. Intercalation of Bi nanoparticles into graphite enables ultra-fast and ultra-stable anode material for Sodium-ion batteries. Energy Environ. Sci. 11, 1218–1225 (2018).
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  36. Fan, X., Yue, J., Han, F., Chen, J., Deng, T., Zhou, X., Hou, S. & Wang, C. High performance all-solid-state Na-S battery enabled by casting-annealing technology. ACS Nano 12, 3360–3368 (2018).
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  37. Wilfong, B., Zhou, X., Vivanco, H., Campbell, D. J., Wang, K., Graf, D., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Frustrated magnetism in tetragonal CoSe, analogue to superconducting FeSe. Phys. Rev. B 97, 104408 (2018).
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  38. Deng, T., Fan, X., Luo, C., Chen, J., Chen, L., Hou, S., Eidson, N., Zhou, X. & Wang, C. Self-templated formation of P2-type K0.6CoO2 microspheres for high reversible potassium-ion batteries. Nano Lett. 18, 1522–1529 (2018).
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  39. Zhou, X. & Rodriguez, E. E. Tetrahedral transition metal chalcogenides as functional inorganic materials. Chem. Mater. 29, 5737–5752 (2017).
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  40. Zhou, X., Eckberg, C., Wilfong, B., Liou, S.-C., Vivanco, H. K., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Superconductivity and magnetism in iron sulfides intercalated by metal hydroxides. Chem. Sci. 8, 3781–3788 (2017).
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  41. Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Vivanco, H., Paglione, J., Brown, C. M. & Rodriguez, E. E. Metastable layered cobalt chalcogenides from topochemical deintercalation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 16432–16442 (2016).
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  42. Zhou, X., Zhou, W., Udovic, T. J., Yildirim, T., Rush, J. J., Rodriguez, E. E. & Wu, H. Development of potential organic-molecule-based hydrogen storage materials: Converting C-N bond-breaking thermolysis of guanidine to N-H bond-breaking dehydrogenation. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 41, 18542–18549 (2016).
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  43. Wu, H., Zhou, X., Rodriguez, E. E., Zhou, W., Udovic, T. J., Yildirim, T. & Rush, J. J. A new family of metal borohydride guanidinate complexes: Synthesis, structures and hydrogen-storage properties. J. Solid State Chem. 242, 186–192 (2016).
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  44. Zhou, X., Borg, C. K. H., Lynn, J. W., Saha, S. R., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. The preparation and phase diagrams of (7Li1-xFexOD)FeSe and (Li1-xFexOH)FeSe superconductors. J. Mater. Chem. C 4, 3934 (2016).
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  45. Borg, C. K. H., Zhou, X., Eckberg, C., Campbell, D. J., Saha, S. R., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Strong anisotropy in nearly ideal tetrahedral superconducting FeS single crystals. Phys. Rev. B 93, 094522 (2016).
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  46. Lynn, J. W., Zhou, X., Borg, C. K. H., Saha, S. R., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Neutron investigation of the magnetic scattering in an iron-based ferromagnetic superconductor. Phys. Rev. B 92, 060510 (2015).
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  47. Zhou, X., Gall, D. & Khare, S. V. Mechanical properties and electronic structure of anti-ReO3 structured cubic nitrides, M3N, of d block transition metals M: An ab initio study. J. Alloys Compounds 595, 80–86 (2014).
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  48. Efthimiopoulos, I., Kemichick, J., Zhou, X., Khare, S. V., Ikuta, D. & Wang, Y. High-Pressure Studies of Bi2S3. J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 1713–1720 (2014).
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  49. Zhou, X., Heinrich, C. P., Kluenker, M., Dolique, S., Mull, D. L. & Lind, C. Non-hydrolytic sol-gel synthesis of tantalum sulfides. J. Sol-gel Sci. Technol. 69, 596–604 (2014).
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  50. Liu, Z. T. Y., Zhou, X., Gall, D. & Khare, S. V. First-principles investigation of the structural, mechanical and electronic properties of the NbO-structured 3d, 4d and 5d transition metal nitrides. Comput. Mater. Sci. 84, 365–373 (2014).
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  51. Zhou, X., Soldat, A. C. & Lind, C. Phase selective synthesis of copper sulfides by non-hydrolytic sol-gel methods. RSC Adv. 4, 717–726 (2014).
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  52. Liu, Z. T. Y., Zhou, X., Khare, S. V. & Gall, D. Structural, mechanical and electronic properties of 3d transition metal nitrides in cubic zincblende, rocksalt and cesium chloride structures: a first-principles investigation. J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 26, 025404 (2013).
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  53. Zhou, X., Roehl, J. L., Lind, C. & Khare, S. V. Study of B1 (NaCl-type) to B2 (CsCl-type) pressure-induced structural phase transition in BaS, BaSe and BaTe using ab initio computations. J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 25, 075401 (2013).
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Book Chapters

  1. Wilfong, B., Zhou, X. & Rodriguez, E. E. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Crystal Growth. Fundamentals of Quantum Materials 99–136 doi:10.1142/9789811219375_0006.
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