Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics

Cornell University, USA

Email: lm783@cornell.edu

Qualifications

2014 Ph.D. Department of Physics, Tulane University

2008 B.S. in Physics, Peking University

Publications (Selected)

1. “Strain relaxation induced transverse resistivity anomalies in SrRuO₃ thin films” L. Miao, N.J. Schreiber, H.P. Nair, B.H. Goodge, S.Jiang, J.P. Ruf, Y. Lee, M. Fu, B. Tsang, Y. Li, C. Zeledon, J. Shan, K.F. Mak, L.F. Kourkoutis, D.G. Schlom, and K.M. Shen, Phys. Rev. B (2020). Accepted.

2. "Two-dimensional magnetic monopole gas in an oxide heterostructure" L. Miao, Y. Lee, A.B. Mei, M.J. Lawler, and K.M. Shen, Nat. Commun. 11, 1341 (2020).

3. "Ferroelectric properties of ion-irradiated bismuth ferrite layers grown via molecular beam epitaxy" A.B. Mei, S. Saremi, L. Miao, M. Barone, Y. Tang, C. Zeledon, J. Shubert, D.C. Ralph, L.W. Martin, and D.G. Schlom, APL Materials 7, 111101 (2019).

4. "Absorption-controlled growth and properties of epitaxial SnO films" A.B. Mei, L. Miao, M.J. Wahila, G. Khalsa, Z. Wang, M. Barone, N.J. Schreiber, L. Noskin, J. Paik, T.E. Tiwald, Q. Zheng, R.T. Haasch, D.G. Sangiovanni, L.F. Piper, and D.G. Schlom, Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 105202 (2019).

5. "The current-induced electroresistance in strain-modulated" Pr_0.5Sr_0.5MnO₃ film, L.P. Chen, L. Miao, J. Gao AIP Advances 8, 105308 (2018).

6. "Demystifying the growth of superconducting Sr₂RuO₄ thin films", H.P. Nair, J.P. Ruf, N.J. Schreiber, L. Miao, M.L. Grandon, D.J. Baek, B.H. Goodge, J.P.C. Ruff, L.F. Kourkoutis, K.M. Shen and D.G. Schlom, APL Mater. 6, 1011108 (2018).

7. "Anisotropic magneto-transport properties of electron gases at SrTiO3 (111) and (110) surfaces", L. Miao, R. Du, Y. Yin and Q. Li, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 261604 (2016).

8. "Strong lattice correlation of non-equilibrium quasiparticles in a pseudospin-1/2 Mott insulator Sr₂IrO₄", Y. Li, R.D. Schaller, M. Zhu, D.A. Walko, J. Kim, X. Ke, L. Miao & Z.Q. Mao, Sci. Rep. 6, 19302 (2016).

9. "Epitaxial strain effect on the J_eff = 1/2 moment orientation in Sr2IrO4 thin films", L. Miao, H. Xu, and Z. Q. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 89, 035109 (2014).

10. "Thickness dependent structural, magnetic, and electronic properties of the epitaxial films of transparent conducting oxide NiCo₂O₄", P. Silwal, L. Miao, J. Hu, L. Spinu, D. H. Kim, and D. Talbayev, J. Appl. Phys. 114, 103704 (2013).

11. "Epitaxial strain effect on transport properties in Ca_2-xSr_xRuO₄ thin films", L. Miao, W. Zhang, P. Silwal, X. Zhou, I. Stern, T. J. Liu, J. Peng, J. Hu, D. H. Kim and Z. Q. Mao, Phys. Rev. B 88, 115102 (2013).

12. "Synthesis of submicrometer hollow particles with a nanoscale double-layer shell structure", Y. Wang, B. Sunkara, J. Zhan, J. He, L. Miao, G. L. McPherson, V. T. John, and L. Spinu, Langmuir 28, 13783 (2012).

13. "Modulations in structural and ferroelectric properties due to tensile strain in BiFeO3 films on MgAl₂O₄ substrates induced by thermal-expansion", X. Zhou, L. Miao, I. Stern, P. Silwal, and D. H. Kim, Mater. Sci. Eng. B, 177, 685 (2012).

14. "Itinerant ferromagnetism and geometrically suppressed metal-insulator transition in epitaxial thin film of Ca₂RuO₄", L. Miao, P. Silwal, X. Zhou, I. Stern, J. Peng, W. Zhang, L. Spinu, Z. Q. Mao and D. H. Kim, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 052401 (2012).