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教育经历2004.09-2009.06 南京大学物理系 博士 1997.09-2001.06 湖南师范大学物理系 本科 工作经历2018.06-----至今 燕山大学亚稳材料制备技术与科学国家重点实验室 教授 2014.12-----至今 南开大学物理科学学院 教授 2011.12-2014.12 南开大学物理科学学院 副教授 2012.07-2014.01 布鲁克海文国家实验室 Research Associate 2014.01-2015.07 纽约州立大学石溪分校 博士后 个人简介周向锋、物理学院兼职教授，长期从事新型亚稳材料设计及物性研究，在理论设计、实验合成新型亚稳材料纳米孪晶金刚石复合材料、硼烯及氦钠化合物等方面取得重要突破，在《自然》、《科学》、《自然-化学》、《物理评论快报》等顶级期刊发表多篇论文，其中含1 Nature, 1 Science，1 Nature Chemistry，5 Physical Review Letters，1 Nano Letters，1 ACS Nano，1 Advanced Materials，20 Physical Review B等，被SCI引用3000余次。曾获“教育部新世纪优秀人才”，“天津市杰出青年科学基金”，“国家万人计划青年拔尖人才”，“国家杰出青年科学基金”等资助。发表文章及引用：https://publons.com/researcher/1374686/xiang-feng-zhou/ 课题组和燕山大学亚稳材料制备技术与科学国家重点实验室等单位合作，理论模拟与实验合成相结合，开展“新型亚稳材料设计与截获”的研究，相关实验设备简介如下：
研究领域材料性质由其内在结构决定，因此准确获取材料的晶体结构与电子性质是凝聚态物理和材料科学的永恒话题。理论预测、设计新材料丰富了人们对未知材料的认识、有利于缩短材料研发周期、降低制造成本。研究组长期从事晶体结构预测及性质研究，主要研究方向为： 1. 极端条件下的凝聚态物理 a. 代表作“高压下碳的新结构” Phys. Rev. B 82, 134126 (2010) http://focus.aps.org/story/v26/st18 http://phys.org/news/2012-12-theoretical-reveals-experimental-crystal-important.html
b. 代表作“高压下新颖钠-氦化合物” Nat. Chem. 9, 440 (2017) http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nchem.2716.html https://phys.org/news/2017-02-team-stable-helium-compounds.html
2. 低维系统的晶体结构和电子结构 a. 代表作“狄拉克半金属硼烯” Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 085502 (2014) https://phys.org/news/2014-03-boron-nano-refresh-scientists-stable.html
b. 代表作“硼烯的合成与表征” Science 350, 1513 (2015) http://www.nature.com/news/atom-thin-borophene-joins-2d-materials-club-1.19060 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6267/1468.summary http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20151223/20999735.html
教学工作博士：翁晓基(在读)，何新玲 (在读)，朱梦红(在读) 硕士：台玉可 (在读)，侯晶钰 (在读)，王子范 (在读)，娄宗帅 (在读) 2017 何新玲 国家奖学金 (20,000元) 科研项目主持项目 2020 国家杰出青年科学基金“轻元素亚稳化合物” 2019 国家万人计划青年拔尖人才 2018 国家自然科学基金面上项目“碱金属硼化合物的结构预测与高压合成” 论文著作专著章节 1.Q. Zhu, A. R. Oganov, Q. F. Zeng, and X. F. Zhou, Structure prediction and its applications in computational materials design. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016. 2.Q. Zhu, A. R. Oganov, and X. F. Zhou, Crystal structure prediction and its application in earth and materials science. Springer, 2014. 3.X. Yu, A. R. Oganov, Z. Wang, G. Saleh, V. Sharma, Q. Zhu, Q. Wang, X. F. Zhou, I. A. Popov, A. I. Boldyrev, V. S. Baturin, and S. V. Lepeshkin, Predicting the structure and chemistry of low-dimensional materials. Handbook of Solid State Chemistry, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2018. 最近发表或投稿文章(*通讯作者) 2019年 1.C. Yue, X. J. Weng, X. Shao, A. R. Oganov, X. Dong, G. Gao, B. Xu, H. T. Wang, X. F. Zhou*, and Y. Tian, Discovery of two-dimensional copper boride. (submitted). 2.X. L. He, X. Shao, T. Chen, Y. K. Tai, X. J. Weng, Q. Chen, X. Dong*, G. Gao, J. Sun, X. F. Zhou*, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang, Predicting three-dimensional icosahedron-based boron B60. Phys. Rev. B 99, 184111 (2019). 3.M. H. Zhu, X. J. Weng, G. Gao, S. Dong, L. F. Lin, W. H. Wang, Q. Zhu, A. R. Oganov, X. Dong*, Y. Tian, X. F. Zhou*, and H. T. Wang, Magnetic borophenes from an evolutionary search. Phys. Rev. B 99, 205412 (2019). 4.L. Wang, F. Tian, X. Liang, Y. Fu, X. Mu, J. Sun, X. F. Zhou, K. Luo, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhao, B. Xu, Z. Ren*, and G. Gao*, High-pressure phases of boron arsenide with potential high thermal conductivity. Phys. Rev. B 99, 174104 (2019). 5.X. Liang, A. Bergara, L. Wang, B. Wen, Z. Zhao, X. F. Zhou, J. He, G. Gao*, and Y. Tian, Potential high-Tc superconductivity in CaYH12 under pressure. Phys. Rev. B 99, 100505(R) (2019). 6.F. Tian, K. Luo, C. Xie, B. Liu, X. Liang, L. Wang, G. A. Gamage, H. Sun, H. Ziyaee, J. Sun, Z. Zhao, B. Xu, G. Gao*, X. F. Zhou, and Z. Ren*, Mechanical properties of boron arsenide single crystal. Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 131903 (2019). 2018年 1.X. Dong, Q. S. Wu, O. V. Yazyev, X. L. He, Y. Tian, X. F. Zhou*, and H. T. Wang*, Condensed matter realization of fermion quasiparticles in Minkowski space. arXiv:1804.00570. 2.X. L. He, X. Dong, Q. S. Wu, Z. Zhao, Q. Zhu, A. R. Oganov, Y. Tian, D. Yu, X. F. Zhou*, and H. T. Wang, Predicting the ground state structure of sodium boride. Phys. Rev. B 97, 100102 (R) (2018). Kaleidoscope Feature https://journals.aps.org/prb/kaleidoscope/prb/97/10/100102 Highlighted by Physorg https://phys.org/news/2018-03-scientists-elucidate-crystal-sodium-boride.html 3.X. L. He, X. J. Weng, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhao, Z. Wang, B. Xu, A. R. Oganov, Y. Tian, X. F. Zhou*, and H. T. Wang, Two-dimensional boron on Pb (110) surface. FlatChem 7, 34 (2018). Invited paper for the special issue of 2D boron 4.H. Dong, A. R. Oganov*, V. V. Brazhkin, Q. Wang, J. Zhang, M. Mahdi Davari Esfahani, X. F. Zhou, F. Wu, and Q. Zhu, Boron oxides under pressure: Prediction of the hardest oxides. Phys. Rev. B 98. 174109 (2018). 5.X. Yu, A. R. Oganov, Z. Wang, G. Saleh, V. Sharma, Q. Zhu, Q. Wang, X. F. Zhou, I. A. Popov, A. I. Boldyrev, V. S. Baturin, and S. V. Lepeshkin, Predicting the structure and chemistry of low-dimensional materials. Handbook of Solid State Chemistry (2018). 6.W. Xin, H. B. Jiang, X. K. Li, X. F. Zhou, J. L. Lu, J. J. Yang, C. Guo, Z. B. Liu, and J. G. Tian, Photoinduced orientation-dependent interlayer carrier transportation in cross-stacked black phosphorus van der Waals junctions. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 1800964 (2018). 7.W. Xin, X. K. Li, X. L. He, B. W. Su, X. Q. Jiang, K. X. Huang, X. F. Zhou, Z. B. Liu*, and J. G. Tian*, Black-phosphorus-based orientation-induced diodes. Adv. Mater. 30, 1704653(2018). 2017年 1.X. Dong, A. R. Oganov*, A. F. Goncharov, E. Stavrou, S. Lobanov, G. Saleh, G. R. Qian, Q. Zhu, C. Gatti, V. L. Deringer, R. Dronskowski, X. F. Zhou*, V. B. Prakapenka, Z. Konopková, I. A. Popov, A. I. Boldyrev, and H. T. Wang*, A stable compound of helium and sodium at high pressure. Nat. Chem. 9, 440 (2017). Highlighted by Naturehttp://www.nature.com/articles/542274b Highlighted by Nature Chemistryhttp://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2768 2.M. Mahdi Davari Esfahani, Q. Zhu, H. Dong, A. R. Oganov*, S. Wang, M. S. Rakitin, and X. F. Zhou, Novel magnesium borides and their superconductivity. Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.19, 14486 (2017). 2016年 1.X. F. Zhou* and H. T. Wang, Low-dimensional boron: searching for Dirac materials. Adv. Phys. X 1, 412 (2016). http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23746149.2016.1209432 2.X. F. Zhou*, A. R. Oganov, Z. Wang, I. A. Popov, A. I. Boldyrev, and H. T. Wang, Two-dimensional magnetic boron. Phys. Rev. B 93, 085406 (2016). 3.K. Luo, Z. Zhao*, M. Ma, S. Zhang, X. Yuan, G. Gao, X. F. Zhou, J. He, D. Yu, Z. Liu, B. Xu*, and Y. Tian, Si10: A sp3 Silicon Allotrope with Spirally Connected Si5 Tetrahedrons. Chem. Mater. 28, 6441 (2016). 4.H. Wang*, Q. Li*, Y. Gao, F. Miao, X. F. Zhou, and X. G. Wan, Structure prediction and its applications in computational materials design. New J. Phys. 18. 073016 (2016). 5.H. Dong*, A. R. Oganov, Q. Wang, S. N. Wang, Z. Wang, J. Zhang, M. D. Esfahani, X. F. Zhou, F. Wu, and Q. Zhu, Prediction of a new ground state of superhard compound B6O at ambient conditions. Sci. Rep. 6, 31288 (2016). 6.Q. Zhu*, A. R. Oganov, Q. Zeng, and X. F. Zhou, Structure prediction and its applications in computational materials design. Chem. Model. 12, 219 (2016). Book chapter published by the Royal Society of Chemistry 7.M. Mahdi Davari Esfahani, Z. Wang, A. R. Oganov*, H. Dong, Q. Zhu, S. Wang, M. S. Rakitin and X. F. Zhou, Superconductivity of novel tin hydrides (SnnHm) under pressure. Sci. Rep. 6, 22873 (2016). 2015年 1.A. J. Mannix, X. F. Zhou, B. Kiraly, J. D. Wood, D. Alducin, B. D. Myers, X. Liu, B. L. Fisher, U. Santiago, J. R. Guest, M. J. Yacaman, A. Ponce, A. R. Oganov*, M. C. Hersam*, and N. P. Guisinger*, Synthesis of Borophenes: Anisotropic, Two-Dimensional Boron Polymorphs. Science 350, 1513 (2015). Highlighted by Nature, Science, ScienceDaily, and Physorg.com 2.Z. Wang*, X. F. Zhou, X. Zhang, Q. Zhu, H. Dong, M. Zhao*, and A. R. Oganov*, Phagraphene: A Low-Energy Graphene Allotrope Composed of 5-6-7 Carbon Rings with Distorted Dirac Cones. Nano Lett. 15, 6182 (2015). 3.M. S. Rakitin*, A. R. Oganov*, H. Niu, M. Mahdi Davari Esfahani, X. F. Zhou, G. R. Qian, and V. L. Solozhenko, A novel phase of beryllium fluoride at high pressure. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.17, 26283 (2015). 4.D. Li*, A. R. Oganov, X. Dong, X. F. Zhou, Q. Zhu, G. R. Qian, and H. Dong, Nitrogen oxides under pressure: stability, ionization, polymerization, and superconductivity. Sci. Rep. 5, 16311 (2015). 2014年 1.X. F. Zhou*, A. R. Oganov, X. Shao, Q. Zhu, and H. T. Wang, Unexpected Reconstruction of the a-Boron (111) Surface. Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 176101 (2014). Highlighted by ScienceDaily and the Statesman 2.X. F. Zhou*, X. Dong, A. R. Oganov, Q. Zhu, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang, Semimetallic Two-Dimensional Boron Allotrope with Massless Dirac Fermions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 085502 (2014). Highlighted by Physicsworld, ScienceDaily, and Physorg.com 3.Q. Wang*, A. R. Oganov, Q. Zhu, and X. F. Zhou, New reconstructions of the (110) surface of rutile TiO2 predicted by an evolutionary method. Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 266101 (2014). 4.Q. Zhu, A. R. Oganov*, and X. F. Zhou, Crystal structure prediction and its application in earth and materials sciences. Top Curr Chem. 345, 223 (2014). Book chapter published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013年 1.G. R. Qian*, X. Dong, X. F. Zhou, Y. Tian, A. R. Oganov, and H. T. Wang*, Variable cell nudged elastic band method for studying solid-solid structural phase transitions. Comput. Phys. Commun. 184, 2111 (2013). 2.X. Dong, X. F. Zhou, G. R. Qian, Z. Zhao, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, An ab initio study on the transition paths from graphite to diamond under pressure. J. Phys. Condens. Matter25, 145402 (2013). 2012年 1.X. F. Zhou*, A. R. Oganov, G. R. Qian, and Q. Zhu, First-Principles Determination of the Structure of Magnesium Borohydride. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 245503 (2012). Highlighted by ScienceDaily with “Researchers Re-Establish the Structure of Magnesium Borohydride”, and Physorg.com 2.X. F. Zhou, X. Dong, Z. Zhao, A. R. Oganov, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, High-pressure phases of NaAlH4 from first principles. Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 061905 (2012). 3.Z. Zhao, X. F. Zhou, M. Hu, D. Yu, J. He, H. T. Wang, Y. Tian, and B. Xu*, High Pressure Behaviors of Carbon Nanotubes. J. Superhard Mater. 34, 372 (2012). 4.Y. Feng, F. Li, Z. Hu, X. Luo, L. Zhang*, X. F. Zhou, H. T. Wang, J. J. Xu, and E. G. Wang, Tuning the catalytic property of nitrogen-doped graphene for cathode oxygen reduction reaction. Phys. Rev. B 85, 155454 (2012). 2011年 1.X. F. Zhou, A. R. Oganov, X. Dong, L. Zhang, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, Superconducting high pressure phase of platinum hydride from first principles. Phys. Rev. B 84, 054543 (2011). 2.X. F. Zhou*, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang, Large shear strength enhancement of gamma-boron under normal compression. J. Superhard Mater. 33, 401 (2011). Invited paper for the special issue of “Boron and Boron-rich solids: to 5 years of discovery of gamma-boron”. 3.Z. Zhao, B. Xu, X. F. Zhou, L. M. Wang, B. Wen, J. He, Z. Liu, H. T. Wang, and Y. Tian*, Novel superhard carbon: C-centered orthorhombic C8. Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 215502 (2011). Highlighted by Physorg.com http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-superhard-carbon-material-diamond.html 4.Z. Zhao, B. Xu, L. M. Wang, X. F. Zhou, J. He, Z. Liu, H. T. Wang, and Y. Tian*, Three dimensional carbon-nanotube polymers. ACS Nano 5, 7226 (2011). Highlighted by http://www.natureasia.com/asia-materials/highlight.php?id=1017 5.Z. Zhao, X. F. Zhou, L. M. Wang, B. Xu, J. He, Z. Liu, H. T. Wang, and Y. Tian*, Universal phase transitions of B1-structured stoichiometric transition metal carbides. Inorg. Chem. 50, 9266 (2011). 2010年 1.X. F. Zhou, G. R. Qian, X. Dong, L. Zhang, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, Ab initio study of the formation of transparent carbon under pressure. Phys. Rev. B 82， 134126 (2010). Highlighted by Physical Review Focus: http://focus.aps.org/story/v26/st18; Also highlighted by NewScientist andPhysorg.com. 2.X. F. Zhou, X. Dong, G. R. Qian, L. Zhang, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, Unusual Compression Behavior of TiO2 polymorphs from first principles. Phys. Rev. B 82, 060102 (R) (2010). 3.L. Zhang*, X. F. Zhou, H. T. Wang, J. J. Xu, J. Li, E. G. Wang, and S. H. Wei, Origin of insulating behavior of the p-type LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface: Polarization-induced asymmetric distribution of oxygen vacancies. Phys. Rev. B 82, 125412 (2010). 4.Z. Liu, X. Han, D. Yu, Y. Sun, B. Xu, X. F. Zhou, J. He, H. T. Wang, and Y. Tian*, Formation, structure, and electric property of CaB4 single crystal synthesized under high pressure. Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 031903 (2010). 5.Z. Zhao, L. Cui, L. M. Wang, B. Xu, Z. Liu, D. Yu, J. He, X. F. Zhou, H. T. Wang, and Y. Tian*, Bulk Re2C: Crystal structure, hardness, and ultra-incompressibility. Cryst. Growth Des. 10, 5024 (2010). 2009年及以前 1.X. F. Zhou, G. R. Qian, J. Zhou, B. Xu, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, Crystal structure and stability of magnesium borohydride from first principles. Phys. Rev. B 79, 212102 (2009). 2.X. F. Zhou, J. Sun, G. R. Qian, X. Guo, Z. Liu, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, A tetragonal phase of superhard BC2N. J. Appl. Phys. 105, 093521 (2009). 3.X. F. Zhou, J. Sun, Y. X. Fan, J. Chen, H. T. Wang*, X. Guo, J. He, and Y. Tian, Most likely phase of superhard BC2N by ab initio calculations. Phys. Rev. B 76, 100101(R) (2007). 4.X. F. Zhou, G. R. Qian, J. Sun, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, Raman model predicting hardness of covalent crystals. arXiv: 0912.4942v1. 5.X. Luo, X. F. Zhou, Z. Liu, J. He, B. Xu, D. Yu, H. T. Wang, and Y. Tian*, Refined crystal structure and mechanical properties of superhard BC4N crystal: first-principles calculations. J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 9516 (2008). 6.J. Sun, X. F. Zhou, J. Chen, Y. X. Fan, H. T. Wang*, X. Guo, J. He, and Y. Tian, Infrared and Raman spectra of b-BC2N from first-principles calculations. Phys. Rev. B 74, 193101 (2006). 7.J. Sun, X. F. Zhou, G. R. Qian, J. Chen, Y. X. Fan, H. T. Wang*, X. Guo, J. He, Z. Liu, and Y. Tian, Chalcopyrite polymorph for superhard BC2N. Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 151911 (2006). 8.J. Sun, X. F. Zhou, Y. X. Fan, J. Chen, H. T. Wang*, X. Guo, J. He, and Y. Tian, First-principles study of electronic structure and optical properties of heterodiamond BC2N. Phys. Rev. B 73, 045108 (2006). 学术交流合作单位和人员 燕山大学材料科学与工程学院、亚稳材料制备技术与科学国家重点实验室 田永君教授、何巨龙教授 纽约州立大学石溪分校地球科学系、物理系 Artem R. Oganov 教授 纽约州立大学石溪分校物理系 Philip B. Allen 教授 纽约州立大学石溪分校物理系 Maria V. Fernandez-Serra 教授 布鲁克海文国家实验室化学系 James T. Muckerman 研究员 犹他州立大学化学系 Alexander I. Boldyrev 教授 荣誉奖励2019 国家“万人计划”青年拔尖人才 2017 中国新锐科技卓越影响奖“高压下合成稳定氦钠化合物” 2016 南开大学2015年度十大科技进展项目“硼烯的结构和性质” 2015 天津市“131”创新型人才培养工程第二层次 2014 南开大学“百名青年学科带头人培养计划” 2012 教育部“新世纪优秀人才支持计划” 学术成果最近发表或投稿文章 (*通讯作者) 1. X. Dong, Q. S. Wu, O. V. Yazyev, X. L. He, Y. Tian, X. F. Zhou*, and H. T. Wang*, Condensed matter realization of fermion quasiparticles in Minkowski space, (已投稿) 2. X. L. He, X. Shao, T. Chen, Y. K. Tai, X. J. Weng, Q. Chen, X. Dong*, G. Gao, J. Sun, X. F. Zhou*, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang, Predicting three-dimensional icosahedron-based boron B60. Phys. Rev. B 99, 184111 (2019). 3. M. H. Zhu, X. J. Weng, G. Gao, S. Dong, L. F. Lin, W. H. Wang, Q. Zhu, A. R. Oganov, X. Dong*, Y. Tian, X. F. Zhou*, and H. T. Wang, Magnetic borophenes from an evolutionary search. Phys. Rev. B 99, 205412 (2019). 4. X. L. He, X. Dong, Q. S. Wu, Z. Zhao, Q. Zhu, A. R. Oganov, Y. Tian, D. Yu, X. F. Zhou*, and H. T. Wang, Predicting the ground state structure of sodium boride. Phys. Rev. B 97, 100102 (R) (2018). Feature as Kaleidoscope https://journals.aps.org/prb/kaleidoscope/prb/97/10/100102
5. X. Dong, A. R. Oganov*, A. F. Goncharov, E. Stavrou,S. Lobanov, G. Saleh, G. R. Qian, Q. Zhu, C. Gatti, V. L. Deringer, R. Dronskowski, X. F. Zhou*, V. B. Prakapenka, Z. Konopková, I. A. Popov, A. I. Boldyrev, and H. T. Wang*, A stable compound of helium and sodium at high pressure. Nat. Chem. 9, 440 (2017). Highlighted by Nature http://www.nature.com/articles/542274b Highlighted by Nature Chemistry http://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2768
6. X. L. He, X. J. Weng, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhao, Z. Wang, B. Xu, A. R. Oganov, Y. Tian, X. F. Zhou*, and H. T. Wang, Two-dimensional boron on Pb (110) surface. FlatChem 7, 34 (2018). Invited paper for the special issue of 2D boron 7. A. J. Mannix, X. F. Zhou, B. Kiraly, J. D. Wood, D. Alducin, B. D. Myers, X. Liu, B. L. Fisher, U. Santiago, J. R. Guest, M. J. Yacaman, A. Ponce, A. R. Oganov*, M. C. Hersam*, and N. P. Guisinger*, Synthesis of Borophenes: Anisotropic, Two-Dimensional Boron Polymorphs. Science 350, 1513 (2015). Highlighted by Nature, Science, ScienceDaily, and Physorg.com
8. X. F. Zhou* and H. T. Wang, Low-dimensional boron: searching for Dirac materials. Adv. Phys. X 1, 412 (2016). http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23746149.2016.1209432 9. X. F. Zhou*, A. R. Oganov, Z. Wang, I. A. Popov, A. I. Boldyrev, and H. T. Wang, Two-dimensional magnetic boron.Phys. Rev. B 93, 085406 (2016). 10. X. F. Zhou*, A. R. Oganov, X. Shao, Q. Zhu, and H. T. Wang, Unexpected Reconstruction of the a-Boron (111) Surface. Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 176101 (2014). Highlighted by ScienceDaily and the Statesman 11. X. F. Zhou*, X. Dong, A. R. Oganov, Q. Zhu, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang, Semimetallic Two-Dimensional Boron Allotrope with Massless Dirac Fermions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 085502 (2014). Highlighted by Physicsworld, ScienceDaily, and Physorg.com 12. X. F. Zhou*,A. R. Oganov,G. R. Qian, and Q. Zhu, First-Principles Determination of the Structure of Magnesium Borohydride. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 245503 (2012). Highlighted by ScienceDaily with “Researchers Re-Establish the Structure of Magnesium Borohydride”, and Physorg.com 13. X. F. Zhou, X. Dong, Z. Zhao, A. R. Oganov, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, High-pressure phases of NaAlH4 from first principles. Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 061905 (2012). 14. X. F. Zhou, A. R. Oganov, X. Dong, L. Zhang, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, Superconducting high pressure phase of platinum hydride from first principles. Phys. Rev. B 84, 054543 (2011). 15. X. F. Zhou*, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang, Large shear strength enhancement of gamma-boron under normal compression. J. Superhard Mater. 33, 401 (2011). Invited paper for the special issue of “Boron and Boron-rich solids: to 5 years of discovery of gamma-boron”. 16. X. F. Zhou, G. R. Qian, X. Dong, L. Zhang, Y. Tian, and H. T. Wang*, Ab initio study of the formation of transparent carbon under pressure. Phys. Rev. B 82, 134126 (2010). Highlighted by Physical Review Focus: http://focus.aps.org/story/v26/st18; Also highlighted by NewScientist and Physorg.com.
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