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Research Interests:

Nanostructures: stability, thermal, mechanical and electronic properties;

Melting, nucleation and growth of nanoparticles;

Molecular dynamics simulations & first-principles calculations;

Nanomechanics;

Microscopic mechanism of materials damage.


EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER:

Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)

EDUCATION & Professional Experiance

Professor
Department of Physics, Xiamen University, China
August 2010-Present
Visiting Scientist
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
January 2009- May 2009
Associate Professor
Department of Physics, Xiamen University
September 2003-July 2010
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
September 2001-August 2003
Degree of Ph.D
Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
September 1998 - June 2001
Degree of M.Sc.
Department of Space Engineering and Mechanics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
2008.9-2009.9
Degree of B.Sc.
Department of Hydraulics & Pneumatics Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, China
September 1992 - June 1996

PROFESSIONAL REVIEWER:  

     JACS (American Chemical Society)                            
     Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (American Chemical Society)                            
     Journal of Physical Chemistry (American Chemical Society)                            
     Crystal Growth  & Design (American Chemical Society)                            
     Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society)                            
     Nanoscale (Royal Society of Chemistry)                            
     Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Royal Society of Chemistry)                            
     RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry)                            
     Chemical Physics (Elsevier)                            
     Materials Letters (Elsevier)                            
     Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Elsevier)                            
     Journal of Crystal Growth (Elsevier)                            
     Physics Letters A (Elsevier)                            
     Computational Materials Science (Elsevier)                            
     Physica B (Elsevier)                            
     Superlattices and Microstructures (Elsevier)                            
     Nano Research (Springer)                            
     Journal of Cluster Science (Springer)                            
     Modern Physics Letters B (World Scientific)                            
     SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics  & Astronomy (Chinese Academy of Sciences)                          
     Chinese Physics B (Chinese Physical Society)                            
     Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics (Chinese Physical Society)                            
     Chinese Optics Letters (Chinese Optical Society)                            
     Acta Physica Sinica (Chinese Physical Society)                            
     Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica (Chinese Chemical Society)                            
     Acta Mechanica Sinica (Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)                          
     Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics (Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)       
     Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica (Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)                            
                                 
 


RESEARCH PROJECT:

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015-2018 (PI).

Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, 2014-2016 (PI).

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013-2016 (PI).

Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Fujian Province, 2013-2015 (PI).

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2012-2015 (PI).

                                   
 


SELECTED PUBLICATION LIST:

(For more information about my articles and related citations, please visit
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-3474-2010).

Rao Huang, Gui-Fang Shao, Yang Zhang, Yu-Hua Wen*
Thermal stability of platinum-cobalt bimetallic nanoparticles: chemically disordered alloys, ordered intermetallics, and core-shell structures
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 (2017) 12486-12493. [doi]

Yang Zhang*, Zhi-Feng Wu, Peng-Fei Gao, Sheng-Li Zhang*, Yu-Hua Wen
Could borophene be used as a promising anode material for high-performance lithium ion battery?
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8 (2016) 22175-22181. [doi]

Tian-E Fan, Gui-Fang Shao, Qing-Shuang Ji, Ji-Wen Zheng, Tun-Dong Liu*, Yu-Hua Wen
A multi-populations multi-strategies differential evolution algorithm for structural optimization of metal nanoclusters
Computer Physics Communications 208 (2016) 64-72. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Gui-Fang Shao, Shi-Gang Sun
Atomic structure and thermal stability of Pt¨CFe bimetallic nanoparticles: from alloy to core/shell architectures
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18 (2016) 17010-17017. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Atomic-scale insights into structural and thermodynamic stability of Pd¨CNi bimetallic nanoparticles
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18 (2016) 9847-9854. [doi]

Xiang-Ming Zeng, Rao Huang*, Yu-Hua Wen*, Shi-Gang Sun
Thermal and shape stability of high-index-faceted rhodium nanoparticles: a molecular dynamics investigation
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (2015) 5751-5757. [doi]

Gui-Fang Shao, Ting-Na Wang, Tun-Dong Liu*, Jun-Ren Chen, Ji-Wen Zheng, Yu-Hua Wen
Structural optimization of Pt-Pd alloy nanoparticles using an improved discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm
Computer Physics Communications 186 (2015) 11-18. [doi]

Rao Huang, Gui-Fang Shao, Xiang-Ming Zeng, Yu-Hua Wen*
Diverse Melting Modes and Structural Collapse of Hollow Bimetallic Core-Shell Nanoparticles: A Perspective from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Scientific Reports 4 (2014) 7051. [doi]

Rao Huang, Gui-Fang Shao, Yu-Hua Wen*, Shi-Gang Sun
Tunable thermodynamic stability of Au-CuPt core-shell trimetallic nanoparticles by controlling the alloy composition: insights from atomistic simulations
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16 (2014) 22754-22761. [doi]

Xiang-Ming Zeng, Rao Huang, Gui-Fang Shao, Yu-Hua Wen*, Shi-Gang Sun
High-index-faceted platinum nanoparticles: Insights into structural, thermal stabilities, and shape evolution from atomistic simulations
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2 (2014) 11480-11489. [doi]

Neng-Fei Yu, Na Tian, Zhi-You Zhou, Long Huang, Jing Xiao, Yu-Hua Wen, Shi-Gang Sun*
Electrochemical synthesis of tetrahexahedral rhodium nanocrystals with extraordinarily high surface energy and high electrocatalytic activity
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 (2014) 5097-5101. [doi]

Yang Zhang*, Dang-Qi Fang, Sheng-Li Zhang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Zi-Zhong Zhu
Structures and electronic properties of oxidized graphene from first-principle study
Europhysics Letters 105 (2014) 37005. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Gui-Fang Shao, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Single-crystalline and multiple-twinned gold nanoparticles: an atomistic perspective on structural and thermal stabilities
RSC Advances 4 (2014) 7528-7537. [doi]

Yu-Hua Wen*, Rao Huang, Xiang-Ming Zeng, Gui-Fang Shao, Shi-Gang Sun
Tetrahexahedral Pt-Pd alloy nanocatalysts with high-index facets: an atomistic perspective on thermodynamic and shape stabilities
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2 (2014), 1375-1382. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Gui-Fang Shao, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Thermal Stability and Shape Evolution of Tetrahexahedral Au-Pd Core-Shell Nanoparticles with High-Index Facets
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (2013) 6896-6903. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Gui-Fang Shao, Shi-Gang Sun
Insight into the Melting Behavior of Au-Pt Core-Shell Nanoparticles from Atomistic Simulations
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (2013) 4278-4286. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Two-Stage Melting in Core-Shell Nanoparticles: An Atomic-Scale Perspective
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (2012) 11837-11841. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Pt-Pd bimetallic catalysts: structural and thermal stabilities of core-shell and alloyed nanoparticles
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (2012) 8664-8671. [doi]

Yu-Hua Wen*, Rao Huang, Cheng Li, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Enhanced thermal stability of Au@Pt nanoparticles by tuning shell thickness: insights from atomistic simulations
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22 (2012) 7380-7386. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Thermal stability of platinum nanowires: a comparison study between single-crystalline and twinned structures.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (2011) 18998-19004. [doi]

Rao Huang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Structure and stability of platinum nanocrystals: from low-index to high-index facets
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (2011) 11578-11584. (invited) [doi]

Yang Zhang, Chun-Hua Hu, Yu-Hua Wen*, Shun-Qing Wu, Zi-Zhong Zhu*
Strain-tunable band gap of hydrogenated bilayer graphene
New Journal of Physics, 13 (2011) 063047. [doi]
(Downloaded 250 times in 26 days from the date of publication)

Yu-Hua Wen, Yang Zhang, Shun-Qing Wu, Zi-Zhong Zhu
Size-dependent elastic properties of single-walled ZnO nanotubes: A first-principles study
Journal of Applied Physics, 109 (2011) 084325. [doi]
(Selected in Virtual J. Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 23, Iss. 18, May 9, 2011)

Yang Zhang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Structure and stability of Fe nanocrystals: An atomistic study
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 (2010) 18841-18846. [doi]
(Highlighted by Journal of Physical Chemistry C)

Yang Zhang, Shun-Qing Wu, Yu-Hua Wen*, Zi-Zhong Zhu
Surface-passivation-induced metallic and magnetic properties of ZnO graphitic sheet
Applied Physics Letters 96 (2010) 223113. [doi]

Yu-Hua Wen*, Yang Zhang, Jin-Cheng Zheng, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Shi-Gang Sun
Orientation-Dependent Structural Transition and Melting of Au Nanowires
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 (2009) 20611-20617. [doi]

Yang Zhang, Yu-Hua Wen*, Jin-Cheng Zheng, Zi-Zhong Zhu
Direct to indirect band gap transition in ultrathin ZnO nanowires under uniaxial compression
Applied Physics Letters 94 (2009) 113114. [doi]
(Selected in Virtual J. Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 19, Iss. 14, Apr. 6, 2009)

Yu-Hua Wen*, Hui Fang, Zi-zhong Zhu, Shi-gang Sun
A molecular dynamics study of shape transformation and melting of tetrahexahedral platinum nanoparticle
Chemical Physics Letters 471 (2009) 295-299. [doi]

Yu-Hua Wen, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Ru-Zeng Zhu
Molecular dynamics study of the mechanical behavior of nickel nanowire: strain rate effects
Computational Materials Science 41 (2008) 553-560. [doi]

Yu-Hua Wen*, Yang Zhang, Zi-Zhong Zhu
Size-dependent effects on equilibrium stress and strain in nickel nanowires
Physical Review B 76 (2007) 125423. [doi]
(Selected in Virtual J. Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 16, Iss. 14, Oct. 1, 2007)

Yu-Hua Wen, Zi-Zhong Zhu, Ru-Zeng Zhu, Gui-Fang Shao
Size effects on the melting of nickel nanowires: a molecular dynamics study
Physics E, 25 (2004) 47-54. [doi]

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