Xiao Cheng Zeng

Ameritas University Professor
Willa Cather Emeritus Professor
536 Hamilton Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln NE 68588-0304
xzeng1@unl.edu

2009

Dipole-Induced, Thermally Stable Lamellar Structure by Polar Aromatic Silane, Jinyue Jiang, Ocelio V. Lima, Yong Pei, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Li Tan, and Eric Forsythe

Coexistence and transition between Cassie and Wenzel state on pillared hydrophobic surface, Takahiro Koishi, Kenji Yasuoka, Shigenori Fujikawa, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Magnetic doping of the golden cage cluster M@Au16 (M=Fe,Co,Ni), Lei-Ming Wang, Jaeil Bai, Anne Lechtken, Wei Huang, Detlef Schooss, Manfred Kappes, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Lai-Sheng Wang

Tuning the electronic properties of the golden buckyball by endohedral doping: M@Au16 (M=Ag,Zn, In), Lei-Ming Wang, Rhitankar Pal, Wei Huang, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Lai-Sheng Wang

Reexamine structures and relative stability of medium-sized silicon clusters: Low-lying endohedral fullerene-like clusters Si30-Si38, Soohaeng Yoo, Nan Shao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

2008

Ab initio calculation of carbon clusters. II. Relative stabilities of fullerene and nonfullerene C24, Wei An, Nan Shao, Satya Bulusu, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Anisotropy of crystal-melt interfacial free energy of silicon by simulation, Pankaj A. Apte and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Medium-sized double magic metal clusters: Al@Cu54- and Al@Ag54-, Yi Gao, Nan Shao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Half-metallicity in hybrid BCN nanoribbons, Er-jun Kan, Xiaojun Wu, Zenyu Li, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Jinlong Yang, and J. G. Hou

Electronic and magnetic properties of endohedrally doped fullerene Mn@C60: A total energy study, Guangping Li, R. F. Sabirianov, Jing Lu, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and W. N. Mei

Probing the electronic and structural properties of doped aluminum clusters: MAl12- (M=Li, Cu, and Au), R. Pal, Li-Feng Cui, S. Bulusu, Hua-Jin Zhai, Lai-Sheng Wang, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Search for lowest-energy structure of Zintl dianion Si122-, Ge122-, and Sn122-, Nan Shao, Satya Bulusu, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Structures and relative stability of medium- and large-sized silicon clusters. VI. Fullerene cage motifs for low-lying clusters Si39, Si40, Si50, Si60, Si70, and Si80, Soohaeng Yoo, N. Shao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

2007

Ab initio study of hydrogen adsorption on benzenoid linkers in metal–organic framework materials, Yi Gao and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Thermal stability of nanostructurally stabilized zirconium oxide, Fereydoon Namavar, Gonghua Wang, Chin Li Cheung, Renat F. Sabirianov, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Wai Ning Mei, Jaeil Bai, Joseph R. Brewer, Hani Haider, and Kevin L. Garvin

Exohedral silicon fullerenes: SiNPtN/2 (20≤N≤60), Yong Pei, Yi Gao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Doping Golden Buckyballs: Cu@Au16- and Cu@Au17- Cluster Anions, Lei-Ming Wang, Satya Bulusu, Hua-Jin Zhai, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Lai-Sheng Wang

Structure and thermophysical properties of single-wall Si nanotubes, Xinwei Wang, Zhen Huang, Tao Wang, Yuk Wai Tang, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Hydrogen storage in pillared Li-dispersed boron carbide nanotubes, XiaoJun Wu, Yi Gao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Quantum confinement of crystalline silicon nanotubes with nonuniform wall thickness: Implication to modulation doping, Binghai Yan, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Jian Wu, Bing-Lin Gu, and Wenghui Duan

Molecular dynamics of homogeneous nucleation in the vapor phase of Lennard-Jones. III. Effect of carrier gas pressure, Kenji Yasuoka and Xiao Cheng Zeng

2006

Relative stability of planar versus double-ring tubular isomers of neutral and anionic boron cluster B20 and B20-, Wei An, Satya Bulusu, Yi Gao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Multiwalled ice helixes and ice nanotubes, Jaeil Bai, Jun Wang, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Evidence of hollow golden cages, Satya S. Bulusu, Xi Li, Lai-Sheng Wang, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Evidence of hollow golden cages: Supplementary Materials and Supporting Information, Satya S. Bulusu, Xi Li, Lai-Sheng Wang, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Structures and relative stability of neutral gold clusters: Aun (n=15–19), Satya Bulusu and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Homogeneous nucleation at high supersaturation and heterogeneous nucleation on microscopic wettable particles: A hybrid thermodynamic/density-functional theory, T.V. Bykov and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Hybrid atomistic-coarse-grained treatment of multiscale processes in heterogeneous materials: A self-consistent-field approach, Dennis J. Diestler, H. Zhou, Ruqiang Feng, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Shape-Persistent Macrocyclic Aromatic Tetrasulfonamides: Molecules with Nanosized Cavities and their Nanotubular Assemblies in Solid State, Lan He, Yu An, Lihua Yuan, Wen Feng, Minfeng Li, Dechun Zhang, Kazuhiro Yamato, Chong Zheng, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Bing Gong

Structural and electronic properties of Gd@C60 : All-electron relativistic total-energy study, Jing Lu, W. N. Mei, Yi Gao, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Mingwei Jing, Guangping Li, Renat Sabirianov, Zhengxiang Gao, Liping You, Jun Xu, Dapeng Yu, and Hengqiang Ye

Electronic structure and vibrational spectra of C2B10-based clusters and films, Kyungwha Park, M. R. Pederson, L. L. Boyer, Wai-Ning Mei, Renat F. Sabirianov, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Satya Silendra Bulusu, Seamus Curran, James Dewald, Ellen Day, Shireen Adenwalla, Manuel Diaz, Luis G. Rosa, S. Balaz, and Peter A. Dowben

Molecular simulations of solid-liquid interfacial tension of silicon, Yuk Wai Tang, Jun Wang, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Adsorption of hydrogen molecules on the platinum-doped boron nitride nanotubes, Xiaojun Wu, J.L. Yang, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Adsorption of transition-metal atoms on boron nitride nanotube: A density-functional study, Xiaojun Wu and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Structures and relative stability of medium-sized silicon clusters. V. Low-lying endohedral fullerenelike clusters Si31–Si40 and Si45, Soohaeng Yoo, N. Shao, C. Koehler, T. Fraunhaum, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Structures and relative stability of medium-sized silicon clusters. IV. Motif based low-lying clusters Si21–Si30, Soohaeng Yoo and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Search for global-minimum geometries of medium-sized germanium clusters. II. Motif-based low-lying clusters Ge21–Ge29, S. Yoo and Xiao Cheng Zeng

2005

Ab initio calculation of bowl, cage, and ring isomers of C20 and C20-, Wei An, Yi Gao, Satya Bulusu, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Search for global minimum geometries for medium sized germanium clusters: Ge12–Ge20, S. Bulusu, S. Yoo, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

M4@Si28 (M=Al,Ga) Metal-encapsulated tetrahedral silicon fullerene, Yi Gao and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Large-scale molecular-dynamics simulation of nanoscale hydrophobic interaction and nanobubble formation, Takahiro Koishi, Kenji Yasuoka, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, S. Yoo, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Cooperative effects in two-dimensional ring-like networks of three-center hydrogen bonding interactions, Ruben D. Parra, Satya Bulusu, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Melting temperature of ice Ih calculated from coexisting solid-liquid phases, J. Wang, S. Yoo, Jaeil Bai, James R. Morris, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Structures and stability of medium-sized silicon clusters. III. Reexamination of motif transition in growth pattern from Si15 to Si20, Soohaeng Yoo and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Coarse-grained free-energy-functional treatment of quasistatic multiscale processes in heterogeneous materials, H. Zhou, Ruqiang Feng, Dennis J. Diestler, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

2004

An extension of the quasicontinuum treatment of multiscale solid systems to nonzero temperature, Dennis J. Diestler, Z.-B. Wu, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Nanoscale Hydrophobic Interaction and Nanobubble Nucleation, T. Koishi, S. Yoo, K. Yasuoka, Xiao Cheng Zeng, T. Narumi, R. Susukita, A. Kawai, H. Furusawa, A. Suenaga, N. Okimoto, N. Futatsugi, and T. Ebisuzaki

Melting points and thermal expansivities of proton-disordered hexagonal ice with several model potentials, Yuji Koyama, Hideki Tanaka, Guangtu Gao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Hybrid atomistic-coarse-grained treatment of thin-film lubrication. I, Z.-B. Wu, Dennis J. Diestler, Ruqiang Feng, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Hybrid atomistic-coarse-grained treatment of thin-film lubrication. II, Z.-B. Wu, Dennis J. Diestler, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

The melting lines of model silicon calculated from coexisting solid–liquid phases, S. Yoo, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and James R. Morris

Structures and stability of medium silicon clusters. II. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations of Si12–Si20, X.-L. Zhu, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Y.A. Lei, and B. Pan

2003

Ab initio studies of quasi-one-dimensional pentagon and hexagon ice nanotubes, Jaeil Bai, C.-R. Su, R.D. Parra, Xiao Cheng Zeng, H. Tanaka, K. Koga, and J.-M. Li

Manufacturing of Novel Continuous Nanocrystalline Ceramic Nanofibers with Superior Mechanical Properties, Youris A. Dzenis, Ruqiang Feng, Gustavo Larsen, Joseph Turner, and Xiao Zeng

Cooperative effects in one-dimensional chains of three-center hydrogen bonding interactions, Ruben D. Parra, Satya Bulusu, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Bulk and interfacial properties of a dipolar-quadrupolar fluid in a uniform electric field: A density-functional approach, V.B. Warshavsky and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Effect of external electric field on the bulk and interfacial properties of weakly dipolar fluid in slab-shaped and sphere-shaped systems, V.B. Warshavsky and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Coarse-graining description of solid systems at nonzero temperature, Z.-B. Wu, Dennis J. Diestler, Ruqiang Feng, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Effect of polarizability of halide anions on the ionic salvation in water clusters, S. Yoo, Y.A. Lei, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Global geometry optimization of silicon clusters described by three empirical potentials, S. Yoo and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Structures and stabilities of small silicon clusters: Ab initio molecular-orbital calculations of Si7–Si11, Xiaolei Zhu and Xiao Cheng Zeng

2002

Heterogeneous nucleation on mesoscopic wettable particles: A hybrid thermodynamic/density-functional theory, T.V. Bykov and Xiao Cheng Zeng

How does water freeze inside carbon nanotubes?, Kenichiro Koga, G.T. Gao, Hideki Tanaka, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Bulk and interfacial properties of quadrupolar fluids, V.B. Warshavsky and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Effect of an Electric Field on the Surface Tension of a Dipolar-Quadrupolar Fluid and Its Implication for Sign Preference in Droplet Nucleation , V.B. Warshavsky and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Monte Carlo simulation of vapor–liquid binodal of water, S. Yoo and Xiao Cheng Zeng

2001

Molecular dynamics simulation of supersaturated vapor nucleation in slit pore. II. Thermostatted atomic-wall model, K.T. Kholmurodov, K. Yasuoka, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Formation of Ordered Ice Nanotubes Inside Carbon Nanotubes, Kenichiro Koga, G. T. Gao, Hideki Tanaka, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Nucleation of Water and Methanol Droplets on Cations and Anions: The Sign Preference, K.J. Oh, G.T. Gao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Effect of carrier-gas pressure on barrier to nucleation: Monte Carlo simulation of water/nitrogen system, K.J. Oh and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Energetics and cooperativity in three-center hydrogen bonding interactions. I. Diacetamide-X dimers .X=HCN, CH3OH., Ruben D. Parra, Makoto Furukawa, Bing Gong, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Energetics and cooperativity in three-center hydrogen bonding interactions. II. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding systems, Ruben D. Parra, Bing Gong, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Effects of external electric field on the interfacial properties of weakly dipolar fluid, V.B. Warshavsky, T.V. Bykov, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Monte Carlo simulation of homogeneous binary vapor–liquid nucleation: Mutual enhancement of nucleation in a partially miscible system, S. Yoo, K.J. Oh, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

2000

Freezing transition of a strongly dipolar simple fluid, G.T. Gao and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Nonlinear effects of physisorption on static friction, G.T. Gao, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Dennis J. Diestler

The melting temperature of proton-disordered hexagonal ice: A computer simulation of 4-site transferable intermolecular potential model of water, G.T. Gao, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Hideki Tanaka

Ice nanotube: What does the unit cell look like?, Kenichiro Koga, Ruben D. Parra, Hideki Tanaka, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

A small-system ensemble Monte Carlo simulation of supersaturated vapor: Evaluation of barrier to nucleation, K.J. Oh and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Molecular dynamics simulation of supersaturated vapor nucleation in slit pore, K. Yasuoka, G.T. Gao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

1999

A patching model for surface tension and the Tolman length, T.V. Bykov and Xiao Cheng Zeng

A patching model for surface tension of spherical droplet and Tolman length. II, T.V. Bykov and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Effect of uniform electric field on homogeneous vapor–liquid nucleation and phase equilibria. II. Extended simple point charge model water, G.T. Gao, K.J. Oh, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Imaging point defects in a liquid environment: A model AFM study, Kenichiro Kago and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Thermodynamic expansion of nucleation free-energy barrier and size of critical nucleus near the vapor-liquid coexistence, Kenichiro Koga and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Formation free energy of clusters in vapor-liquid nucleation: A Monte Carlo simulation study, K.J. Oh and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Hydrogen bonding and cooperative effects in mixed dimers and trimers of methanol and trifluoromethanol: An ab initio study, Ruben D. Parra and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Confined water in hydrophobic nanopores: Dynamics of freezing into bilayer ice , Jan Slovak, Kenichiro Kago, Hideki Tanaka, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Molecular dynamics study of a phase-separating fluid mixture under shear flow, Ryoichi Yamamoto and Xiao Cheng Zeng

1998

Validity of Tolman’s equation: How large should a droplet be?, Kenichiro Kago, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and A.K. Shchekin

The effect of a uniform electric field on homogeneous vapor–liquid nucleation in a dipolar fluid. I. Stockmayer fluid, K.J. Oh, G.T. Gao, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Contribution of the center-of-mass fluctuation of a liquid cluster to the free energy: A Monte Carlo simulation study, K.J. Oh and Xiao Cheng Zeng

1997

Vapor–liquid coexistence of quasi-two-dimensional Stockmayer fluids, G.T. Gao, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Wenchuan Wang

Monte Carlo simulation of the solid to superliquid phase transition of Langmuir monolayers. II. Characteristics of phase transition, M.D. Gibson, D.R. Swanson, Craig J. Eckhardt, and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Solvent-induced interactions between hydrophobic and hydrophilic polyatomic sheets in water and hypothetical nonpolar water, Kenichiro Kago, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Hideki Tanaka

Scanning Motions of an Atomic Force Microscope Tip in Water, Kenichiro Koga and Xiao Cheng Zeng

Freezing of Confined Water: A Bilayer Ice Phase in Hydrophobic Nanopores, Kenichiro Koga, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and Hideki Tanaka

Toward a molecular theory of vapor-phase nucleation. V. Self-consistency in the decoupled dimer limit, K.J. Oh, Xiao Cheng Zeng, and H. Reiss

1996

Gas–liquid nucleation in two-dimensional fluids, Xiao Cheng Zeng

Thermal nucleation and cavitation in helium-3 fluids, Xiao Cheng Zeng, D.W. Oxtoby, and E. Cheng