Jinliang Ning

Tulane University
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
Stanley Thomas Building, Room 202
New Orleans, LA 70118

Phone: (915) 227-4657
Email: ningjinliang64@gmail.com

Jinliang Ning received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Yanshan University, P. R. China in 2016. He joined Jianwei Sun’s group as a postdoc since March 2017.

Research interests

• Density-functional theory
• Phase transition
• Electrochemical catalyzing of water splitting
• Structure-property relationships

Honors & Awards

• 015-2016 National Scholarship of P. R. China

5 most relevant publications

• J. Ning, X. Zhang, S. Zhang, N. Sun, L. Wang, M. Ma and R. Liu, Pressure-induced pseudoatom bonding collapse and isosymmetric phase transition in Zr2Cu: First-principles predictions J. Chem. Phys. 139 (2013) 234504
• J. Ning, X. Zhang, J. Qin, Y. Liu, M. Ma and R. Liu, Phase competition mediated by composition and pressure in Zr2Cu1-xNixsystem J. Alloy. Compd. 618 (2015) 73
• J. Ning, X. Zhang, J. Qin, L. Wang, D. Passerone, M. Ma and R. Liu, Origin of distinct hydrogen absorption behavior of Zr2Pd and ZrPd2.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41, (2016) 1736-1743
• J. Ning, X. Zhang, J. Qin, S.L. Zhang, M. Ma and R. Liu, Distinct electron density topologies and elastic properties of two similar omega phases: ω-Zr and Zr2Al. J. Alloy. Compd. 660 (2016) 316-323
• J. Ning, X. Zhang, X. Huang, N. Sun, M. Ma and R. Liu, Structural, elastic, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of intermetallic Zr2Cu: A first-principles study Intermetallics. 54 (2014) 7