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Prof. Jijun Zhao

Email: zhaojj@dlut.edu.cn;
Phone: 86-411-84709748;
Fax: 86-411-84706100

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, December1996. Nanjing University, China.
Advisor: Professor Guanghou Wang.
Dissertation title: Theoretical study of the exotic properties of atomic clusters.
B.S. in Physics, July 1992. Nanjing University, China.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director (June 2007 ¨C present), Institute of Computational Materials Science, Dalian University of Technology, China

Associate Dean (March 2006 ¨C present), College of Advanced Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, China

Professor in Physics (December 2005 ¨C present), School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Electron, and Ion Beams, Dalian University of Technology, China.

Senior research associate (December 2002 ¨C October 2005), Institute for Shock Physics, Washington State University, USA

Research assistant professor (August 2001 ¨C December 2002), Department of Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Postdoctoral research associate (August 1998 ¨C August 2001), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Postdoctoral fellow (February 1997 ¨C August 1998), International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy

PROFESSIONAL AFFILICATIONS

Editorial member of Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Editorial member of International Journal of Physical Sciences

Editorial member of Open Condensed Matter Physics Journals

Editorial member of Journal of Atomic and Molecular Physics

Adjunct Professor of Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Member of American Physical Society (APS), 1999-2006.

Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2002-2005

Elected Member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 2004-2005

HONOR AND AWARDS

¡°Chien-Shiung Wu and Chia-Liu Yuan¡± Fellowship, Nanjing University, P.R. China, 1991.

Excellent Graduate Student Honor, Nanjing University, P.R. China, 1994, 1995.

¡°Guanghua¡± Fellowship, Nanjing University, China, P.R. China, 1994, 1995.

 ¡°TianMa¡± Research Award, Nanjing University, P.R. China, 1995.

Award of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Province (second grade), P.R. China, 1998.

Award of Science and Technology, Education Ministry of P.R. China (first grade), 2003.

Selected in 8th Edition of (Marquis) Who¡¯s Who in Science and Engineering, 2004.

Selected as New Century Excellent Talents in Chinese Universities, 2006.

Selected as top-hundreds Excellent Talents in Liaoning Province, 2007.

HIGHLIGHT OF SCIENTIFIC IMPACTS

170 refereed journal articles, including 4 PRL, 2 Nano Letters, 1 JACS, 33 PRA/PRB.

Featured as the journal cover page for 5 times.

10 invited review articles and book chapters.

Over 1600 times of citations by others (from Web of Science); H index: 25.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Carbon Nanotube and Related Nanostructures

Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires

Clusters and fullerenes

High-pressure physics and energetic materials

Diamond and related materials

Alloy and amorphous materials

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Lu Wang, Jijun Zhao*, ¡°Competition between supercluster and stuffed cage structures in medium-sized Gen (n=30¨C39) clusters¡±, Journal of Chemical Physics 128, 024302 (2008).

Jijun Zhao, J. M. Winey, Y. M. Gupta, ¡°First-principles calculations of second- and third-order elastic constants for single crystals of arbitrary symmetry¡±, Physical Review B 75, 094105 (2007).

Bin Wen, Jijun Zhao, Tingju Li, ¡°Synthesis and crystal structure of n-diamond¡±, International Materials Review 52, 131 (2007). (Invited review)

Dongxu Tian, Jijun Zhao*, Baolin Wang, R. Bruce King, ¡°The Dual Relationship between Large Gold Clusters (Antifullerenes) and Carbon Fullerenes: a New Lowest-energy Cage Structure for Au50¡±, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111, 411 (2007).

Li Ma, Jijun Zhao*, Jianguang Wang, Baolin Wang, Guanghou Wang, ¡°Magnetic Properties of Transitional Metal Impurities in Silicon Quantum Dots¡±, Physical Review B 75, 045312 (2007).

Hyoungki Park, Jijun Zhao*, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Effects of sidewall functionalization on conducting properties of SWNTs¡±, Nano Letters 6, 916-919 (2006).

Hong Liu, Jijun Zhao*, Dongqing Wei, Zizheng Gong, ¡°Structural and Vibrational Properties of Solid Nitromethane under High Pressure by Density Functional Theory¡±, Journal of Chemical Physics 124, 124501 (2006).

Jijun Zhao, John R. H.  Xie, Xiaolan Zhou, Xiaoshuang Chen, Wei Lu, ¡°Formation of stable fullerenelike GanAsn clusters (6 <= n <= 9): Gradient-corrected density-functional theory and a genetic global optimization approach¡±, Physical Review B 74, 035319 (2006).

Bin Wen, Jijun Zhao*, Tingju Li, Chuang Dong, ¡°n-diamond: an intermediate state between rhombohedral graphite and diamond?¡±, New Journal of Physics 8, 62 (2006).

Jijun Zhao, Xiaolan Zhou, Xiaoshuang Chen, Jinlan Wang, Julius Jellinek, ¡°Density-functional study of small and medium-sized Asn clusters up to n=28¡±, Physical Review B, 73, 115418 (2006).

Jijun Zhao, Zhongfang Chen, Zhen Zhou, Hyoungki Park, Paul von Ragu¨¦ Schleyer, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Tube-Addend Interactions and Controllable Electronic Structures of Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes¡±, ChemPhysChem 6, 598 (2005). (Featuring the journal cover page).

Jijun Zhao, Hyoungki Park, Jie Han, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Electronic properties of carbon nanotubes with covalent sidewall functionalization¡±, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108, 4227-4230 (2004).

Chihkai Yang, Jijun Zhao, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Complete spin-polarization for a carbon nanotube with an adsorbed atomic chain of transition metal¡±, Nano Letters 4, 561-563 (2004).

Soohaeng Yoo, Jijun Zhao, Jinlan Wang, Xiao Cheng Zeng, ¡°Endohedral bucky silicon clusters SiN (27¡ÝN¡Ý39)¡±, Journal of the American Chemical Society 126, 13845-13849 (2004).

Ruihua Xie, Garnett W. Bryant, Jijun Zhao, Vedene H. Smith, Jr., Aldo Di Carlo, Alessandro Pecchia, ¡°C60-nBn/C60-mNm molecules: substitutional doping controlled acceptor/donor pairs for molecular electronics¡±, Physical Review Letters 90, 206602 (2003).

Jijun Zhao, Ruihua Xie, ¡°Na6Pb: a promising building block for cluster-assembled materials¡±, Physical Review B 68, 035401(2003).

Jijun Zhao, Jian Ping Lu, Jie Han, Chihkai Yang, ¡°Noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes by organic molecules¡±, Applied Physics Letters 82, 3746-3748 (2003).

Chihkai Yang, Jijun Zhao, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Magnetism of transition metal/carbon nanotube hybrid structures¡±, Physical Review Letters 90, 257203 (2003).

Jijun Zhao, Calin Buia, Jie Han, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Quantum transport properties of ultrathin silver nanowires¡±, Nanotechnology 14, 501-504 (2003). (Featuring the journal cover page).

Jijun Zhao, Jie Han, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Work functions of pristine and alkali-metal intercalated carbon nanotubes and bundles¡±, Physical Review B 65, 193401 (2002).

Jijun Zhao, Alper Buldum, Jie Han, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Gas molecule adsorption in carbon nanotubes and nanotube bundles¡±, Nanotechnology 13, 195-200 (2002). (Featuring the journal cover page).

Jinlan Wang, Guanghou Wang, Jijun Zhao*, ¡°Density functional study of Aun (n=2-20) clusters: lowest-energy structures and electronic properties¡±, Physical Review B 66, 035418 (2002).

Jijun Zhao, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°Pressure-induced metallization in boron¡±, Physical Review B 66, 092101 (2002).

Jijun Zhao, ¡°Density functional study of structural and electronic properties of Cd clusters¡±, Physical Review A 64, 043204(2001).

Baolin Wang, Shuangye Yin, Guanghou Wang, Alper Buldum, Jijun Zhao, ¡°Novel structures and properties of gold nanowires¡±, Physical Review Letters 86, 2046-2049 (2001).

Jijun Zhao, Alper Buldum, Jie Han, Jian Ping Lu, ¡°First principles study of Li intercalated nanotube rope¡±, Physical Review Letters 85, 1706-1709 (2000).

Jijun Zhao, S. Scandolo, J. Kohanoff, G. L. Chiarotti, E. Tosatti, ¡°Elasticity and Mechanical Instabilities of Diamond at Megabar Stresses: Implications for Diamond-Anvil-Cell Research¡±, Applied Physics Letters 75, 487-488 (1999).

Jijun Zhao, Alper Buldum, Jian Ping Lu, C. Y. Fong, ¡°Structural and electronic properties of germanium clathrates Ge46 and K8Ge46¡±, Physical Review B 60, 14177-14181 (1999).

Jijun Zhao, Xiaoshuang Chen, Guanghou Wang, ¡°Critical size for a metal-nonmetal transition in transition-metal clusters¡±, Physical Review B 50, 15424-15426 (1994).

J. J. Zhao, M. Han, G. H. Wang, ¡°Ionization potential of transition-metal clusters¡±, Physical Review B 48, 15297-15300 (1993). 


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