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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
61
Citations
14392
World Ranking
1535
National Ranking
251

Materials Science

D-Index
63
Citations
16254
World Ranking
6095
National Ranking
1831

Overview

Zhitang Song is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive body of research primarily concentrated in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a range of advanced materials and device technologies including phase-change materials and chalcogenides, advanced memory and neural computing, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, transition metal oxide nanomaterials, ferroelectric and negative capacitance devices, advanced surface polishing techniques, and liquid crystal research advancements.

Zhitang Song has contributed frequently to several publication venues. These include:

  • ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Zhitang Song include:

  • "Ultrahigh drive current and large selectivity in GeS selector," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Elemental electrical switch enabling phase segregation-free operation," 2021, Science
  • "Toward a Reliable Synaptic Simulation Using Al-Doped HfO2 RRAM," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Neuromorphic Photonic Memory Devices Using Ultrafast, Non-Volatile Phase-Change Materials," 2022, Advanced Materials
  • "Down-Scalable and Ultra-fast Memristors with Ultra-high Density Three-Dimensional Arrays of Perovskite Quantum Wires," 2021, Nano Letters

Throughout their career, Zhitang Song has frequently collaborated with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Sannian Song (96 joint publications)
  • Xi Li (33 joint publications)
  • Houpeng Chen (31 joint publications)
  • Kailiang Zhang (23 joint publications)
  • Fang Wang (21 joint publications)

The extensive range of topics and collaboration network illustrates the interdisciplinary nature of Zhitang Song's research. Their focus on materials with applications in memory, computing, and advanced device engineering positions their work within several overlapping technological domains. The broad span of publication outlets further reflects a diverse engagement with both chemistry and engineering research communities.

Best Publications

  • Reducing the stochasticity of crystal nucleation to enable subnanosecond memory writing

    Feng Rao;Feng Rao;Keyuan Ding;Keyuan Ding;Yuxing Zhou;Yonghui Zheng

  • Synthesis and low-temperature photoluminescence properties of SnO2 nanowires and nanobelts.

    Suhua Luo;Suhua Luo;Jiyang Fan;Jiyang Fan;Weili Liu;Miao Zhang

  • One order of magnitude faster phase change at reduced power in Ti-Sb-Te

    Min Zhu;Mengjiao Xia;Feng Rao;Xianbin Li

  • Carbon-doped Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change material: A candidate for high-density phase change memory application

    Xilin Zhou;Liangcai Wu;Zhitang Song;Feng Rao

  • Ceria concentration effect on chemical mechanical polishing of optical glass

    Liangyong Wang;Kailiang Zhang;Zhitang Song;Songlin Feng

  • Understanding phase-change behaviors of carbon-doped Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ for phase-change memory application

    Xilin Zhou;Mengjiao Xia;Feng Rao;Liangcai Wu

  • Processing and properties of Yb-doped BiFeO3 ceramics

    Z. Yan;K. F. Wang;J. F. Qu;Y. Wang

  • Characterization of SnO2 nanowires as an anode material for Li-ion batteries

    Z. Ying;Q. Wan;H. Cao;Z. T. Song

  • Phase-Change Memory Materials by Design: A Strain Engineering Approach

    Xilin Zhou;Janne Kalikka;Xinglong Ji;Liangcai Wu

  • Ultrahigh drive current and large selectivity in GeS selector.

    Shujing Jia;Huanglong Li;Tamihiro Gotoh;Christophe Longeaud

  • Pressure-induced reversible amorphization and an amorphous–amorphous transition in Ge2Sb2Te5 phase-change memory material

    Zhimei Sun;Jian Zhou;Yuanchun Pan;Zhitang Song

  • Surface modification of ceria nanoparticles and their chemical mechanical polishing behavior on glass substrate

    Zefang Zhang;Lei Yu;Weili Liu;Zhitang Song

  • Toward a Reliable Synaptic Simulation Using Al-Doped HfO2 RRAM.

    Sourav Roy;Gang Niu;Qiang Wang;Yankun Wang

  • Si–Sb–Te materials for phase change memory applications

    Feng Rao;Zhitang Song;Kun Ren;Xilin Zhou

  • Sn12Sb88 material for phase change memory

    Feng Rao;Zhitang Song;Kun Ren;Xuelai Li

  • Ga14Sb86 film for ultralong data retention phase-change memory

    Yegang Lu;Sannian Song;Zhitang Song;Bo Liu

  • Down-Scalable and Ultra-fast Memristors with Ultra-high Density Three-Dimensional Arrays of Perovskite Quantum Wires

    Swapnadeep Poddar;Yuting Zhang;Leilei Gu;Daquan Zhang

  • Ovonic threshold switching selectors for three-dimensional stackable phase-change memory

    Min Zhu;Kun Ren;Zhitang Song

  • Effect of N-implantation on the structural and electrical characteristics of Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change film

    Bo Liu;Zhitang Song;Ting Zhang;Jilin Xia

  • Direct observation of metastable face-centered cubic Sb2Te3 crystal

    Yonghui Zheng;Mengjiao Xia;Yan Cheng;Feng Rao

  • Fine-grained BaZr[sub 0.2]Ti[sub 0.8]O₃ thin films for tunable device applications

    Z. Ying;P. Yun;Danyang Wang;Xiaoyuan Zhou

  • Nitrogen-implanted Ge2Sb2Te5 film used as multilevel storage media for phase change random access memory

    Bo Liu;Ting Zhang;Jilin Xia;Zhitang Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Songlin Feng
Songlin Feng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiwei Zhai
Jiwei Zhai Tongji University
Zhonghua Zhang
Zhonghua Zhang Shandong University
Ting Zhang
Ting Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul K. Chu
Paul K. Chu City University of Hong Kong
Junhao Chu
Junhao Chu East China Normal University
Qing Wang
Qing Wang National University of Singapore
Zhimei Sun
Zhimei Sun Beihang University
Bo Shen
Bo Shen Tongji University
Shixun Dai
Shixun Dai Ningbo University

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