Ke Zou, University of British Columbia

Research

thin film high temperature superconductivity phonon photon coupling qed superconductivity nitride oxynitride

Latest papers

A universal method for in situ control of stoichiometry and termination of epitaxial perovskite films.
Nature communications · 2025 · senior author
Magnetic Ni-N-Ni Centers in N-substituted NiO.
Physical review letters · 2025 · senior author
Ultraviolet irradiation penetration depth on TiO2.
Communications chemistry · 2025

All 5 publications

Latest funding

A Nitrogen Plasma Source to Synthesize New Nitride/Oxynitride Materials and Devices
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$130,315
Enhancing High-Temperature Superconductivity in Monolayer FeSe via Cavity QED: A Collaborative and Inclusive Approach
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$25,000
High-temperature single-photon detectors for photonic quantum computing
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$584,560

All 7 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

A universal method for in situ control of stoichiometry and termination of epitaxial perovskite films.

Davidson BA, Yu Petrov A, Li F, Pons R, Sosa-Lizama P, Shin H, Liu C, Parisse P, Torelli P, Cristiani G, Suyolcu YE, van Aken PA, Logvenov G, Kim G, Xi X, Benckiser E, Zou K

Nature communications2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63608-7 PMID: 41022760

02

Magnetic Ni-N-Ni Centers in N-substituted NiO.

Godin S, Elfimov IS, Li F, Davidson BA, Sutarto R, Denlinger JD, Tjeng LH, Sawatzky GA, Zou K

Physical review letters2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/mp1d-jg6c PMID: 40794081

03

Ultraviolet irradiation penetration depth on TiO2.

Guner B, Safikhani-Mahmoudi M, Li F, Zou K, Dagdeviren OE

Communications chemistry2025

DOI: 10.1038/s42004-025-01487-1 PMID: 40091135

04

High-order replica bands in monolayer FeSe/SrTiO3 revealed by polarization-dependent photoemission spectroscopy.

Liu C, Day RP, Li F, Roemer RL, Zhdanovich S, Gorovikov S, Pedersen TM, Jiang J, Lee S, Schneider M, Wong D, Dosanjh P, Walker FJ, Ahn CH, Levy G, Damascelli A, Sawatzky GA, Zou K

Nature communications2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24783-5 PMID: 34321473

05

Single-crystalline epitaxial TiO film: A metal and superconductor, similar to Ti metal.

Li F, Zou Y, Han MG, Foyevtsova K, Shin H, Lee S, Liu C, Shin K, Albright SD, Sutarto R, He F, Davidson BA, Walker FJ, Ahn CH, Zhu Y, Cheng ZG, Elfimov I, Sawatzky GA, Zou K

Science advances2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd4248 PMID: 33523988

A Nitrogen Plasma Source to Synthesize New Nitride/Oxynitride Materials and Devices

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Zou, Ke

Keywords: nitride; oxynitride; thin film; nitrogen plasma; functional materials; electronic devices; photonics; semiconductor

$130,315

Enhancing High-Temperature Superconductivity in Monolayer FeSe via Cavity QED: A Collaborative and Inclusive Approach

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Zou, Ke K

Keywords: high temperature superconductivity; phonon; photon coupling; qed; superconductivity; thin film

$25,000

High-temperature single-photon detectors for photonic quantum computing

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Damascelli, Andrea A

Keywords: optical quantum computing; quantum materials; quantum phenomena; quantum technologies; single-photon detectors; spectroscopy tools; thin-film devices

$584,560

Consortium on integrated Quantum photonics with ferroelectric materials

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: de Sousa, Rogério R

Keywords: ferroelectric materials; integrated photonics; photon cluster states; quantum computing; quantum photonics; silicon; squeezed states of light

$2,000,000

An integrated materials nanofabrication workstation to stack membranes for the Quantum Materials and Device Foundry

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Zou, Ke

$143,602

Studies of novel two-dimensional materials systems grown by molecular beam epitaxy

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zou, Ke

Keywords: 2-dimensional systems; Electrical transport; Emergent properties; Heterostrctures; Interfaces; Novel electronic devices; Superconductors; Topological insulators

$203,000

Studies of novel two-dimensional materials systems grown by molecular beam epitaxy

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Zou, Ke

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Andrea Damascelli

Physics & astronomy

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: thin film Dear Professor Zou, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "A universal method for in situ control of stoichiometry and termination of epitaxial perovskite films." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "A Nitrogen Plasma Source to Synthesize New Nitride/Oxynitride Materials and Devices" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]