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Peer-Reviewed Journals
J. Tang and R. Cheng, (Invited) Absence of cross-sublattice spin pumping and spin-transfer torques in collinear antiferromagnets, APL Materials 11, 111117 (2023)
J. Han, R. Cheng, L. Liu, H. Ohno & S. Fukami, Coherent Antiferromagnetic Spintronics, Nature Materials 22, 684 (2023)
Y. Cheng, J. Tang, J. J. Michel, S. K. Chong, F. Yang, R. Cheng and K. L. Wang, Unidirectional Spin Hall Magnetoresistance in Antiferromagnetic Heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 086703 (2023).
Y.-H. Li and R. Cheng, Quantum interference in a superconductor-MnBi2Te4-superconductor Josephson junction, Phys. Rev. Res. 4, 033227 (2022)
S. Guo, Y. Xu, R. Cheng, J. Zhou and X. Chen, (Invited) Thermal Hall effect in insulating quantum materials, The Innovation 3, 100290 (2022)
Rodriguez et al., Robust spin injection via thermal magnon pumping in antiferromagnet/ferromagnet hybrid systems, Phys. Rev. Res. 4, 033139 (2022)
M. Guo and R. Cheng, Field-assisted sub-terahertz spin pumping and auto-oscillation in NiO, Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 072401 (2022)
Y. Liu, H. Liu, W. Yuan, Y.-H. Li, Q. Shao, R. Cheng and J. Shi, Controlling Antiferromagnetic Magnon Polarization by Interfacial Exchange Interaction, Phys. Rev. Appl. 18, 034005 (2022)
J. Tang and R. Cheng, Voltage-Driven Exchange Resonance Approaching 100% Mechanical Efficiency, Phys. Rev. B 106, 054418 (2022)
H. Zhang and R. Cheng, Theory of Harmonic Hall Responses of Spin-Torque Driven Antiferromagnets, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 556, 169362 (2022)
E. Cogulu, H. Zhang, N. Statuto, Y. Cheng, F. Yang, R. Cheng and A. D. Kent, Quantifying Spin-Orbit Torques in Antiferromagnet/Heavy Metal Heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 247204 (2022)
Y.-H. Li and R. Cheng, Identifying Axion Insulator by Quantized Magnetoelectric Effect in Antiferromagnetic MnBi2Te4 Tunnel Junction, Phys. Rev. Res. 4, L022067 (2022)
I.-H. Kao et al., Field-free deterministic switching of a perpendicularly polarized magnet using unconventional spin-orbit torques in WTe2, Nature Mater. 21, 1029 (2022)
H. Wu, H. Zhang et al., Current-induced Néel order switching facilitated by magnetic phase transition, Nature Comm. 13, 1629 (2022)
H. Zhang and R. Cheng, (Invited) A perspective on magnon spin Nernst effect in antiferromagnets, Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 090502 (2022)
M. Guo, H. Zhang and R. Cheng, Manipulating ferrimagnets by fields and currents, Phys. Rev. B 105, 064410 (2022)
H. Zhang and R. Cheng, Spin Nernst effect of antiferromagnetic magnons in the presence of spin diffusion, Phys. Rev. Appl. 16, 034035 (2021)
H. Wang, Y. Xiao, M. Guo, E. Lee-Wong, G. Yan, R. Cheng and C. Du, Spin pumping of an easy-plane antiferromagnet enhanced by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 117202 (2021)
R. Chen et al., Tunable room-temperature ferromagnetism in Co-doped two-dimensional van der Waals ZnO, Nature Comm. 12, 3952 (2021)
Y.-H. Li and R. Cheng, Spin fluctuations in quantized transport of magnetic topological insulators. Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 027601 (2021)
Y.-H. Li and R. Cheng, Magnonic Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Model in Honeycomb Ferromagnets. Phys. Rev. B 103, 014407 (2021)
H. Zhang and R. Cheng, Magnon Thermal Edelstein Effect Detected by Inverse Spin Hall Effect, Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 222402 (2020)
Y.-H. Li and R. Cheng, Moiré magnons in twisted bilayer magnets with collinear order, Phys. Rev. B 102, 094404 (2020)
T. Su, M. Lohmann, J. Li, Y. Xu, B. Niu, M. Alghamdi, H. Zhou, Y. Cui, R. Cheng, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, J. Shi, Current-induced CrI3 surface spin-flop transition probed by proximity magnetoresistance in Pt, 2D Mater. 7, 045006 (2020)
J. Han, P. Zhang, Z. Bi, Y. Fan, T. S. Safi, J. Xiang, J. Finley, L. Fu, R. Cheng, and L. Liu, Birefringence-like spin transport via linearly polarized antiferromagnetic magnons, Nat. Nanotech. 15, 563 (2020)
P. Vaidya et al., Sub-Terahertz Spin Pumping from an Insulating Antiferromagnet, Science 368, 160 (2020)
J. Li et al., Spin current from sub-terahertz-generated antiferromagnetic magnons, Nature 578, 70 (2020)
M. W. Daniels, W. Yu, R. Cheng, J. Xiao, and D. Xiao, Topological spin Hall effects and tunable skyrmion Hall effects in uniaxial antiferromagnetic insulators, Phys. Rev. B 99, 224433 (2019)
X. Chen et al., Electric field control of Néel spin–orbit torque in an antiferromagnet, Nature Mater. 18, 931 (2019)
R. Cheng, M. Li, A. Sapkota, A. Rai, A. Pokhrel, T. Mewes, C. Mewes, D. Xiao, M. De Graef, and V. Sokalski, Magnetic domain wall skyrmions, Phys. Rev. B 99, 184412 (2019)
R. Cheng, D. Xiao, and J. -G. Zhu, Interlayer coupling mediated by antiferromagnetic magnons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 207202 (2018)
M. W. Daniels, R. Cheng, W. -C. Yu, J. Xiao, and D. Xiao, Non-Abelian magnonics in antiferromagnets, Phys. Rev. B 98, 134450 (2018)
R. Cheng, D. Xiao, and J. -G. Zhu, Antiferromagnet-Based Spin-Transfer Torque, Phys. Rev. B 98, 020408(R) (2018)
R. Cheng, X. Wu, and D. Xiao, Spin-mechanical inertia in antiferromagnet, Phys. Rev. B 96, 054409 (2017)
B. Huang, et al., Layer-dependent ferromagnetism in a van der Waals crystal down to the monolayer limit, Nature 546, 270 (2017)
D. Zhong et al., Van der Waals engineering of ferromagnetic semiconductor heterostructures for spin and valleytronics, Science Adv. 3, no. 5, DOI:10.1126/sciadv.1603113 (2017)
R. Cheng, S. Okamoto, and D. Xiao, Spin Nernst effect of magnons in collinear antiferromagnets, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 217202 (2016)
R. Cheng, J. -G. Zhu, and D. Xiao, (Invited) Anomalous feedback and negative domain wall resistance, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49, 434001 (2016)
R. Cheng, J. -G. Zhu, and D. Xiao, Dynamic feedback in ferromagnet/spin-Hall metal heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 097202 (2016)
R. Cheng, D. Xiao, and A. Brataas, Terahertz antiferromagnetic spin Hall nano-oscillator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 207603 (2016)
R. Cheng, M. W. Daniels, J. -G. Zhu, and D. Xiao, Antiferromagnetic spin-wave field-effect transistor, Sci. Rep. 6, 24223 (2016)
R. Cheng, M. W. Daniels, J. -G. Zhu, and D. Xiao, Ultrafast switching of antiferromagnets via spin-transfer torque, Phys. Rev. B 91, 064423 (2015)
R. Cheng, J. Xiao, Q. Niu, and A. Brataas, Spin pumping and spin-transfer torques in antiferromagnets, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 057601 (2014)
R. Cheng and Q. Niu, Dynamics of antiferromagnets driven by spin current, Phys. Rev. B 89, 081105(R) (2014)
R. Cheng and Q. Niu, Microscopic derivation of spin-transfer torques in ferromagnets, Phys. Rev. B 88, 024422 (2013)
R. Cheng and Q. Niu, Electron dynamics in slowly varying antiferromagnetic texture, Phys. Rev. B 86, 245118 (2012)
Book Chapter
Chapter 6, Physical Effects of Geometric Phases, Q. Niu, B. Wu, D. Xiao, M. -C. Chang, and R. Cheng, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore, 2017.