Publication List

Articles in Referred Journals

[20] P. Zhang, S. G. Louie, and M. L. Cohen, Nonlocal screening, electron-phonon coupling, and phonon renormalization in metals, Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 225502, (2005).

　

[19]  P. Zhang, R. B. Capaz, M. L. Cohen, and S. G. Louie, Theory of Na ordering in Na_xCoO₂, Phys. Rev. B 71, 153102 (2005).

　

[18] P. Zhang, W. Luo, S. G. Louie, and M. L. Cohen, The Fermi surface of Na_xCoO₂, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 236402 (2004).

　

[17] P. Zhang, W. Luo, V. H. Crespi, M. L. Cohen, and S. G. Louie, Doping effects on the electronic and structural properties of CoO₂:  An LSDA+U study, Phys. Rev. B 70, 085108 (2004).

　

[16] D. Stojkovic, P. Zhang, P. E. Lammert, and V. H. Crespi, Collective stabilization of hydrogen chemisorption on graphenic surfaces, Phys. Rev. B 68, 195406 (2003). 

　

[15] B. Pradhan, A. Harutyunyan, D. Stojkovic, J. Grossman, P. Zhang, M. Cole, V. H. Crespi, H Goto, J. Fujiwara, and P. Eklund, Large cryogenic storage of hydrogen in carbon nanotubes at low pressures, J. Mater. Res., 17, 2209 (2002).

　

[14] P. Zhang and V. H. Crespi, Theory of B₂O and BeB₂ nanotubes: new semiconductors and metals in one dimension, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 56403 (2002).

　

[13] P. Zhang and V. H. Crespi, Theory of metastable group-IV alloys formed from CVD precursors, Phys. Rev. B 64, 235201 (2001).

　

[12] P. Zhang, V. H. Crespi, E. Chang, S. G. Louie, and M. L. Cohen, Computational design of direct bandgap semiconductors that lattice-match silicon, Nature 409, 69 (2001).

　

[11] D. Stojkovic, P. Zhang, and V. H. Crespi, Smallest nanotube: Breaking the symmetry of sp3 bonds in tubular geometries, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 125502 (2001). 

[10]  P. Zhang and V. H. Crespi, Plastic deformation of boron nitride nanotubes: an unexpected weakness, Phys. Rev. B. 62, 11050 (2000).

[9]  P. E. Lammert, P. Zhang and V. H. Crespi, Gapping by squashing: metal-insulator transitions in collapsed carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2453 (2000).

[8]  P. Zhang and V. H. Crespi, Nucleation of carbon nanotubes without pentagonal rings, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1791 (1999).
　

[7]  P. Zhang, P. E. Lammert, and V. H. Crespi, Plastic deformations of carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5346 (1998).
　

[6]  J.-M. Li, P. Zhang, Y. Yang, and L. Liu, Theoretical study of adatom self-diffusion on metallic fcc{001} surfaces, Chinese Phys. Lett. 14, 768 (1997).

[5]  J.-M. Li, Lan Vo Ky, Y.-Z. Qu, J. Yan, P. Zhang, H.-L. Zhou, and P. Faucher, Eigenchannel treatment of R-matrix theory, Phys. Rev. A 55, 3329 (1997). 
　

[4]  Y. Zhang, P. Zhang, and J.-M. Li, Near-threshold structure in inner-shell photo-absorption process of N₂ and CO, Phys. Rev. A 56, 1819 (1997).
　

[3]  P. Zhang and J.-M. Li, Geometry and electronic structure of Na₃, Acta Phys. Sin. 46, 870 (1997).

　

[2]  P. Zhang and J.-M Li, Theoretical studies of electronic excited states for Na₃, Phys. Rev. A 54, 665 (1996).
　

[1]  J. Yan, P. Zhang, and J.-M Li, Fine structure inversion in f channel of alkali atoms, Acta phys. Sin. (1996).

Articles in Non-referred Journals

[3] D. C. Allan, N. F. Boreelli, M. R. Gallagher, D. Muller, C. M. Smith,N. Venkatarman, J. A. West, P. Zhang, and K. W. Koch, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5000, 161 (2003).

[2] P. Eklund, B. K. Pradhan, A. Harutyunyan, M. W. Cole, D. Stojkovic, J. C. Grossman, P. Zhang, V. H. Crespi, H. Goto and J. Fujiwara, Large Storage of Hydrogen in SWNT's at Low Temperature and Pressure, MRS Symposium Process Series: Making functional Materials with Nanotubes, (2002). 

　

[1] V. H. Crespi, P. Zhang and P. E. Lammert, Sliding, stretching, and Tapering: Recent Structural Results for Carbon Nanotubes, Electronic Properties of Novel Materials---Science and Technology of Molecular Nanostructures, XII International Winter School, Kircgberg, Tirol, Austria, 1999 (American Institute of Physics) 364-370. 

Articles Submitted for Publication or in Preparation

[2] Quasi-particle properties of  strongly correlated systems: combined LDA+U and GW treatment, in preparation, (2005)

　

[1]  W. Luo, P. Zhang, and M. L. Cohen, Splitting of zone center transverse optical phonon in MnO and NiO, submitted to Phys. Rev. B, (2004).

Theses

• Theory of Electronic and Structural Properties of Materials: Novel Group-IV Materials and Real-Space Methods, Ph.D. thesis,  The Pennsylvania State University, (2001).

• Electronic Structure and Geometrical Phase of Na₃ Cluster, M.S. thesis, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, (1996).

Conference Papers

[10] Doping effects on the electronic and structural properties of Na_xCoO₂, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2004.

[ 9]  Magnetic ordering and the splitting of zone center optical phonon in NiO and MnO, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2004.

[8] Unusual electronic effects in nanostructures: Geometrical phases in graphitic cones and new boron-based metals and semiconductors in one dimension, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 2003

　

[7]  Modeling hydrogen adsorption onto disordered graphitic structures, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Indianapolis, 2002.

[6] Smallest nanotube: breaking the symmetry of sp² bonding to form one-dimensional sp³ carbon, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Seattle, 2001.

[5] O(N²) first principle electronic structure calculation:  finite element methods with multigrid acceleration, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Seattle, 2001.

　

[4] Direct bandgap group-IV semiconductors that lattice match silicon, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Minneapolis, 2000.

[3] Plastic deformation of boron-nitride nanotubes, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Minneapolis, 2000.

　

[2] Nucleation of Carbon nanotubes, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Atlanta, 1999.

　

[1] Plastic deformation of carbon nanotubes, American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Los Angeles, 1998.