2023
34. Peng, Yipeng, Rigelesaiyin Ji, Thanh Phan, Xiang Chen, Ning Zhang, Shuozhi Xu, Ashraf Bastawros, and Liming Xiong. “Effect of a Long-Range Dislocation Pileup on the Atomic-Scale Hydrogen Diffusion near a Grain Boundary in Plastically Deformed bcc Iron.” Crystals 13, no. 8 (2023): 1270.
33. Mazumder, Sharmi, and Ning Zhang. “Cellulose–Hemicellulose–Lignin Interaction in the Secondary Cell Wall of Coconut Endocarp.” Biomimetics 8.2 (2023): 188.
2022
32. Guotai Li, Tianyu Yu, Ning Zhang and Mingjun Chen. The effect of Ni content on phase transformation behavior of NiTi alloys: an atomistic modeling study. Computational Materials Science 215 (2022) 111804.
2021
31. Ning Zhang, and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. “Superelasticity and shape memory effect in zirconia nanoparticles.” Extreme Mechanics Letters (2021): 101301.
30. Nobarani, Hamed, Ning Zhang, and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. “Nanotwin-induced strengthening in silicon: A molecular dynamics study.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 189 (2021): 105990.
2020
29. Ahsan, Md Ariful, Alain R. Puente Santiago, Yu Hong, Ning Zhang, Manuel Cano, Enrique Rodriguez-Castellon, Luis Echegoyen, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, and Juan C. Noveron. “Tuning of trifunctional NiCu bimetallic nanoparticles confined in a porous carbon network with surface composition and local structural distortions for the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction, oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 142, no. 34 (2020): 14688-14701.
28. Ning Zhang and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Effects of grain orientations and pre-existing defects on mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of polycrystalline yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia. Materialia 9 (2020): 100553.
27. Ning Zhang and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Nanoscale Flaw Tolerance Behaviour of Polycrystalline Tetragonal Zirconia Nanopillars. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2020): 105405.
26. Ning Zhang and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Effects of twin boundaries and pre-existing defects on mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40 (1) (2020):108-114.
2019
25. Ning Zhang and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Effects of Crystal Orientation and Pre-existing Defects on Nanoscale Mechanical Properties of Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Thin Films. JOM (2019): 1-7.
24. Ning Zhang and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Nanoscale Self-healing Mechanisms in Shape Memory Ceramics. npj Computational Materials, 2019, 5 (1), p. 54.
23. Ning Zhang and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Understanding Specimen- and Grain-Size Effects on Nanoscale Plastic Deformation Mechanisms and Mechanical Properties of Polycrystalline Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Nanopillars. European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids. 76 (2019): 80-90.
22. Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Ning Zhang, Mahmood Mamivand. A Review of Computational Modeling Techniques in Study and Design of Shape Memory Ceramics. Journal of Computational Materials Science. 160 (2019): 120-136.
21. Ning Zhang, Yu Hong, Youping Chen. Dynamic Crack Propagation Behaviors of Calcium Carbonate: Aragonite, Journal of Materials Science, 54(4) (2019): 2779-2786.
Before 2019
20. Xi Cao, Yu Hong, Ning Zhang, Qingzhi Chen, Jahangir Masud, Mohsen Asle Zaeem, and Manashi Nath. “Phase Exploration and Identification of Multinary Transition-Metal Selenides as High-Efficiency Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts through Combinatorial Electrodeposition.” ACS Catalysis 8, no. 9 (2018): 8273-8289.
19. Ning Zhang, Yu Hong, Sanaz Yazdanparast, Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Superior Structural, Elastic and Electronic Properties of 2D Titanium Nitride MXenes over Carbide based MXenes: A Comprehensive First Principles Study, 2D Materials 5 (2018) 045004.
18. Yu Hong, Ning Zhang, and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Metastable phase transformation and deformation twinning induced hardening-stiffening mechanism in compression of silicon nanoparticles. Acta Materialia 145 (2018): 8-18.
17. Ning Zhang, and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Role of grain boundaries in determining strength and plastic deformation of yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia bicrystals. Journal of Materials Science 53(8) (2018): 5706-5718.
16. Umanga De Silva, Jahangir Masud, Ning Zhang, Yu Hong, Wipula P. R. Liyanage, Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Manashi Nath, Nickel telluride as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient water splitting in alkaline medium. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6. 17 (2018): 7608-7622.
15. Ning Zhang and Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Effects of Specimen Size and Composition on Mechanical Properties of Single Crystalline Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Nanopillars. Journal of Applied Physics, 122.1 (2017): 014302.
14. Ning Zhang, Philippe Carrez, Rouzbeh Sharsavari, Screw Dislocation-Induced Strengthening-Toughening Mechanisms in Complex, Layered Materials: The Case Study of Tobermorite. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9.2 (2017): 1496-1506.
13. Ning Zhang, Mohsen Asle Zaeem. Competing Mechanisms between Dislocation and Phase Transformation in Plastic Deformation of Single Crystalline Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Nanopillars. Acta Materialia 120 (2016): 337-347.
12. Ning Zhang and Rouzbeh Sharsavari. The role of nanovoids and nanoparticles in balancing the fracture strength and toughness of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) phases. 2016, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 96 (2016): 204-222.
11. Ning Zhang, Shengfeng Yang, Liming Xiong, Yu Hong and Youping Chen, Nanoscale toughening mechanism of nacre tablet. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2016 (53): 200-209.
10. Yu Hong, Ning Zhang, Liming Xiong, Nanoscale Plastic Deformation Mechanisms of Single Crystalline Silicon under Compression, Tension and Indentation, 2016, Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics, 1640007.
9. Ning Zhang, Shi Li, Liming Xiong, Yu Hong and Youping Chen, Cellulose-hemicellulose Interaction in Wood Secondary Cell-wall. Journal of Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 2015 (23): 085010.
8. Shengfeng Yang, Ning Zhang and Youping Chen, Concurrent atomistic-continuum simulation of polycrystalline strontium titanate, Philosophical Magazine, 2015 (95), 2697-2716.
7. Xiong, Liming, Xiang Chen, Ning Zhang, David L. McDowell, and Youping Chen. Prediction of phonon properties of 1D polyatomic systems using concurrent atomistic–continuum simulation. Archive of Applied Mechanics 84, no. 9-11 (2014): 1665-1675.
6. Ning Zhang, Youping Chen, Nanoscale Plastic Deformation Mechanism in Single Crystal Aragonite, Journal of Materials Science, 2013 (48): 785-796.
5. Ning Zhang, Youping Chen, Molecular Origin of the Sawtooth Behavior and the Toughness of Nacre, Materials Science and Engineering C, 2012 (32), 1542-1547.
4. Ning Zhang, Qian Deng, Yu Hong, Shi Li, Matthew Strasberg, Liming Xiong, Weiqi Yin, Yongjie Zhou, Cutis Taylor, Greg Sawyer, Youping Chen, Deformation Mechanisms in Silicon Nano-Particles, Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 109(6), 063534(1-6).
3. Ning Zhang, Xinhua Yang and Chuanyao Chen, Molecular dynamic simulation for uniaxial tension properties of bicrystal Cu with spherical void, Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics, 2010 27(2), 330-335.
2. Ning Zhang, Xinhua Yang and Chuanyao Chen, Orientation effect of symmetric tilt interface bicrystal copper on elastic properties under uniaxial tension, Journal of Mechanical Strength, 2010 32(3), 419-422.20.
1. Ning Zhang, Xinhua Yang and Chuanyao Chen, Effect of strain rate and size on the mechanical properties of nano-bi-crystal Cu under uniaxial tension, Chinese Journal of Solid Mechanics, 2009 30(3), 231-235.