Kai Du
Associate professor
E-mail: kaidu@fudan.edu.cn
Address：No.2205 Songhu Rd, X1 Building, Rm B1013, Shanghai 200438, China
Brief Bio
Dr. Du earned his B.S. (2010) and Ph.D. (2015) from Fudan University. Following his doctorate, he conducted postdoctoral research at Rutgers University, where he was subsequently promoted to Research Associate (2020-2025). In 2025, he returned to Fudan University to assume his current role as an Associate Professor. His research program is dedicated to the fabrication of novel quantum materials and the nanoscale characterization of their electronic and magnetic properties. He is an expert in advanced scanning probe microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy techniques. Dr. Du's work has been published in over 36 high-impact journals, including Nature Physics, Nature Communications, PNAS, and Advanced Materials. He is also a frequent invited speaker at major international conferences, such as the APS March Meeting and the MRS Fall Meeting.
Research Interest
1) Magnetic orders and their manipulation in 2D magnets.
2) Antiferromagentic order and antiferromagentic spintronics.
3) Multiferroics and magnetoelectric couplings.
Selected Publications：
1. Kai Du, et al. Strain‐control of cycloidal spin order in a metallic van der Waals magnet. Advanced Materials 35, 2303750 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202303750
2. Kai Du, et al. Kibble–Zurek mechanism of Ising domains. Nature Physics 19, 1495–1501 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02112-5. Highlighted in News & Views: When Ising met Kibble–Zurek. Nature Physics 19, 1392–1393 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02231-z
3. Kai Du, et al. Topological surface magnetism and Néel vector control in a magnetoelectric antiferromagnet. npj Quantum Mater. 8, 17 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-023-00551-0
4. Kai Du, et al. Topological spin/structure couplings in layered chiral magnet Cr1/3TaS2: The discovery of spiral magnetic superstructure. PNAS 118, 40 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023337118
5. Kai Du, et al. Vortex ferroelectric domains, large-loop weak ferromagnetic domains, and their decoupling in hexagonal (Lu, Sc)FeO3. npj Quantum Materials 3, 33 (2018).
6. Kai Du, et al. Visualization of a ferromagnetic metallic edge state in manganite strips. Nature Communications 6, 6179 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7179. Research highlighted in Phase out. Nature Physics 11, 210 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3285
