06/2020:

Our work on graphite-diamond transition was published in Matter.

06/2020:

Another important work was just submitted (arXiv link). Happy Children's day!

05/2020:

I am planning to teach a virtual course on numerical optimization. Completely open to everyone. Feel free to contact qiang.zhu@unlv.edu if you are interested.

04/2020:

PyXtal-0.0.3 is available via pip instal pyxtal. Note this is a pre-release version. Official release will follow up soon.

02/2020:

Our high throughput dielectric paper was published in Scientific data

10/2019:

PyXtal-0.0.1 is available via pip instal pyxtal. Note this is not a pre-release version. Official release will follow up soon.

10/2019:

We are happy to release the package of vasprun-xml

09/2019:

Qiang Zhu gave a seminar at the University of Nevada Reno.

08/2019:

Two postdoc positions are available, please contact qiang.zhu@unlv.edu for details.

08/2019:

Our eletride paper has been published in Matter.

08/2019:

Qiang Zhu gave a seminar at the Los Alamos Nationation Labortory.

06/2019:

Qiang Zhu delivered an invited talk in ICCOSS XXIV 2019 meeting at New York University

04/2019:

Our review on the materials discovery has been published in Nature Reviews Materials.

03/2019:

Prof. Feng Liu visited our research group and gave a talk in Physics department forum.

02/2019:

Prof. Yongmao Cai just arrived and will stay with us for one year as the visitiing scholar.

02/2019:

Our work on Rb3O electride has been accepted by Phys. Rev. Mater.

02/2019:

Our work on lindane has been accepted by Cryst. Growth Des..

01/2019:

Our work on electrides with mixed bonding has been accepted by Phys. Rev. B..

01/2019:

Our work on electrides with dinitrogen ligands has been accepted by ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.. Well done, Jingyu!

01/2019:

Qiang Zhu attended ICTP workshop on Crystal Structure Prediction: Exploring the Mendeleev Table as a Palette to Design New Materials

12/2018:

Our work on phase transition between FeO2 and Fe2O3 has been accepted by Inorg. Chem.

12/2018:

Our work on Sc-III/IV has been published in Phys. Rev. B

10/2018:

A new PhD student Xuhui Yang joined Zhu's group, welcome!

09/2018:

Our work in LiGe4 has been published in CrystEngComm.

08/2018:

Howard Yanxon did his summer intern in the Livermore National Lab.

08/2018:

Oiang Zhu visited ICQMS in Shanghai University as the summer visiting faculty

07/2018:

Oiang Zhu, Shengcai Zhu, Howard Yanxon attended Gordon Reearch Conference at High Pressure.

07/2018:

Qiang Zhu attended Faraday Discussion to discuss on recent work on ROY

06/2018:

Qiang Zhu co-organized International Symposium on Material Design & 14th USPEX Workshop at Nankai University.

05/2018:

Jingyu Qu and Scott Fredericks attended the 2018 Quantum-Espresso Workshop.

05/2018:

Our work on Oligomer Hydrate has been accepted by Chem. Mater.

05/2018:

Our work on TiTe2 has been accepted by Phys. Rev. B

04/2018:

Our work on ROY has been accepted by Faraday Discussions

03/2018:

Our work on grain boundary of bcc metal has been accepted in Nano Scale

03/2018:

Our work on sodium boride has been published in PRB

02/2018:

Our work on grain boundary has been published in Nature Communication

12/2017:

12/2017:

Physics Department Forum Solids, Liquids, and Gases Under High Pressure Ho-kwang Mao, Geophysical Lab of the Carnegie Institution for Science

11/2017:

Physics Department Forum Twisted crystals Alexander Shtukenberg, New York University

10/2017:

Qiang Zhu delivered a talk in HiPSEC's annual extreme crystal workshop.

10/2017:

Our group attended the CSUN Research Fair in UNLV. 200 undergraduate students and 110 Clark High School students attended this event. We introduced to these students how compuational physics and materials sciences could change our life. Many thanks to Yingkai, Shengcai, Jingyu and Le!

10/2017:

Physics Department Forum Deep Learning Quantum Mechanical Calculations to Design Materials, Prof. Shyue Ping Ong, UC San Diego

10/2017:

Another couple of new members (Yanling, Jingyu, Le) joined our group since fall semster. Welcome!

09/2017:

Physics Department Forum Structure, Structural Evolution and Superconductivity of High Pressure Hydrogen-rich Alloys, Prof. John Tse, University of Saskatchewan

08/2017:

Several new members (Shengcai, Yingkai, Richang, Scott) joined our group since this summer. Welcome!

06/2017:

Qiang Zhu attended the ToposPro & 13th USPEX Workshop.

06/2017:

Qiang Zhu attended the Shanghai International Crystallographic School working with Bilbao Crystallographic Server.

06/2017:

Our work in DDT has been published in Angewandte Chemie

05/2017:

Our work in aspirin has been published in Crystal Growth & Design

05/2017:

Our work in coumarin has been published in Chemical Science

04/2017:

Our glycine work has been highlighted by the Advanced Photon Source (APS) link

04/2017:

Qiang Zhu attended the MRS conference Symposium CM7 : Genomic Approaches to Accelerated Materials Innovation

04/2017:

Qiang Zhu attended the SMEC conference Study of Matter at Extreme Conditions

03/2017:

Physics Department Forum Computer-Aided Nanomaterial and Nanostructure Design: Nanoice, Gold-clusters, Superhydrophobicity, Prof. XiaoCheng Zeng, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

03/2017:

Physics Department Forum Exploration and learning of free energy landscapes of molecular crystals and oligopeptides, Prof. Mark Tuckerman, New York University

02/2017:

Oiang Zhu was invited to give a seminar in Lunar and Planetary Institute Evolutionary Crystal Structure Prediction: From Complex Crystals to Materials Defects

02/2017:

Our work in high pressure helium compound has been published in Nature Chemistry! See Phys.org Report

01/2017:

Our first UNLV paper has been published in Angewandte Chemie! See Press Release

11/2016:

Jesse Ortega joined group as a undergrad student. Welcome!

10/2016:

Zhu's group is looking to hire motivated, interested students and postdocs! Please contact Qiang Zhu for details

10/2016:

Qiang Zhu joined UNLV as an assistant professor.