Prof. Ning Xu

University of Science and Technology of China

Professor

Email: ningxu@ustc.edu.cn

Qualifications

2000-2005 Ph.D, Yale University

1995-2000 Ph.D, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1991-1995 B.S., University of Science and Technology of China

Publications (selected)

1. Lijin Wang, Yiheng Duan, and Ning Xu, “Non-monotonic pressure dependence of the dynamics of soft glass-formers at high compressions”, Soft Matter, DOI: 10.1039/C2SM26510A (2012).
2. Peng Tan, Ning Xu, Andrew B. Schofield, and Lei Xu, “Probing the origin of low-frequency quasilocalization at single-particle level”, Physical Review Letters 108, 095501 (2012).
3. Ning Xu, Daan Frenkel, and Andrea J. Liu, “Direct determination of the size of basins of attraction of jammed solids”, Physical Review Letters 106, 245502 (2011).
4. Cang Zhao, Kaiwen Tian, and Ning Xu, “New jamming scenario: From marginal jamming to deep jamming”, Physical Review Letters 106, 125503 (2011).
5. Ning Xu and Emily S. C. Ching, “Effects of particle-size ratio on jamming of binary mixtures”, Soft Matter 6, 2944 (2010).
6. Ning Xu, Vincenzo Vitelli, Andrea J. Liu, and Sidney R. Nagel, “Anharmonic and quasilocalized vibrations in jammed solids-modes for mechanical failure”, Europhysics Letters 90, 56001 (2010).
7. Ning Xu, Thomas K. Haxton, Andrea J. Liu, and Sidney R. Nagel,“Equivalence of glass transition and colloidal glass transition in the hard-sphere limit”, Physical Review Letters 103, 245701 (2009).
8. Zexin Zhang, Ning Xu, Daniel T. N. Chen, Peter Yunker, Ahmed M. Alsayed, Kevin B. Aptowicz, Piotr Habdas, Andrea J. Liu, Sidney R. Nagel, and Arjun G. Yodh, “Thermal vestige of the zero-temperature jamming transition”, Nature 459, 230 (2009).
9. Ning Xu, Vincenzo Vitelli, Matthieu Wyart, Andrea J. Liu, and Sidney R. Nagel, “Energy transport in jammed sphere packings”, Physical Review Letters 102, 038001 (2009).
10. Ning Xu, Matthieu Wyart, Andrea J. Liu, and Sidney R. Nagel, “Excess vibrational modes and the boson peak in model glasses”, Physical Review Letters 98, 175502 (2007).
11. Ning Xu and Corey S. O’Hern, “Effective temperature in athermal systems sheared at fixed normal load”, Physical Review Letters 94, 055701 (2005).
12. Ning Xu, Corey S. O’Hern, and Lou Kondic, “Velocity profiles in repulsive athermal systems under shear”, Physical Review Letters 94, 016001 (2005).

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