Changming Fang

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Can the term Gibbs energy used in a non-equilibrated system ?

I read papers who used Gibbs energy and related equations to discuss process of no-equilibrated systems, e.g. nucleation. It is well known that Gibbs energy is a term for an equilibrated system....

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Is amorphous boron metallic or semiconducting?

Recently I am working at electrical properties of amorphous boron. I checked the literature and found confusing results. There are reports its semiconducting nature with band gap ranging from 0.3...

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Is interface energy related to the interfacial chemical interaction?

I am working at interfaces between two solids. One question puzzles me for quite some time is the relation between interfacial interaction between two solids and related interfacial energy. Are...

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Is GW approach working for get the energy bands of the localized 3d states for metals ?

Recently I want to get insight into the 3d states of 3d transition metals and their alloys. To avoid unnecessary interaction between the localized 3d states and other valence electrons, I want to...

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What is the best atomistic potential to simulate light metals in the liquidus and liquid/solid interface?

I am going to perform simulations of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations on bulk liquid and iquid/solid interfaces for light metals, such as Mg, Al, etc. What are the best potentials for...

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Physics of Fermi level for semiconductors/insulators?

Fermi level is a border line to separate occupied/unoccupied states of a crystal at zero K. It is well estblished for metallic systems. However, for insulators/semiconductors, the Fermi level can...

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