Education

• Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Undergraduate Student in Jici Yan Honor Program, expected 2024
• Jilin University
  • Undergraduate Student majoring in Physics, expected 2024
  • GPA : 3.87/4.00 (Top 1%)
  • TOEFL : 108/120

Publication

1. Zixun Wang, Xingyu Wang, Xianqi Song, Xinxin Zhang, Hanyu Liu, and Miao Zhang. Computational prediction of ideal strength for a material. Computational Materials Science, 231:112600, 2024
2. Zixun Wang, Changming Ke, Jiawei Huang, and Shi Liu, “One-dimensional III-V anti-ferroelectirc nanothreads,” 2023.(currently proofreading)

Research Experience

• Summer internship at University of Saskachewan, Saskatoon, Canada
• Supervisor : Professor Yansun Yao
• July.2023—Present
• I have trained machine learning potentials using a dataset generated from first-principles calculations, utilizing Deepmd-kit. Subsequently, I employed these models for metadynamics simulations and compared the results with ab initio-based metadynamics outcomes. I have already benchmarked this approach in Si and GaN systems, revealing their phase transition pathways under high pressure. Currently, I am continuing this work, aiming to explore extremely large systems.

• Research Assistant at Westlake University, Hangzhou, China
• Supervisor : Professor Shi Liu
• Dec.2022—Present
• I employed density functional theory (DFT) to obtain a family of stable 1D nanothreads from cutting III-V two-dimensional triatomic layers anti-ferroelectric materials. This is the first predicted stable one-dimensional anti-ferroelectric and ferroelectric structure. These nanothreads exhibit anti-ferroelectric phases, along with radial polarization. The radial polarization can be reversed under the influence of an electric field. I calcultated the phonon spectrum and AIMD to confirm their structure and polar stability. The results of the NEB indicate that it has a lower energy barrier for phase transition. This discovery holds significant promise for memory applications, marking a breakthrough in the field of low-dimensional anti-ferroelectrics.The results will be submitted in the form of a research paper.

• Research Assistant at Jilin University, Changchun, China
• Supervisor : Professor Hanyu Liu
• July.2022—May.2023
• I have developed software for calculating the ideal strength of materials based on first-principles calculations, building upon the previous work of our research group. This software can compute the ideal strength of materials under arbitrary stress directions and supports simulations with different indenter shapes, such as simulating Vickers hardness. The source code has been uploaded to: github(Accepted by Computational Material Science)

• Research Assistant at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
• Supervisor : Professor Ke Han
• Jan.2022—Mar.2022
• 1.Measurement of working gases for various components within the Micromegas device and Micromegas operation status at different flow rates.
  2.Presentation of gain mapping under different operating conditions.(Root and C++)

Skills

• Programming languages : Python, C/C++, Linux script, $\LaTeX$
• Software : VASP, Lammps, Quantum Espresso, Deepmd-kit, etc.

Honors

• National Scholarship(Top1% students qualified to apply for this scholarship) 2022
• University-level outstanding students 2022
• University-level outstanding student cadres 2022/2023

Activities

• Nagoya Univerisity-Jilin Univeristy Online Seminar Program 2020/2021/2022
• The 6th Chinese Conference on Statistical Physics and Complex Systems Summer School 2021
• Cambridge Academic Program ： Statistical Physics 2021
• Cambridge Academic Program ： Deep learning and Quantum Information 2022
• Tsinghua University Summer School for Elite Talents in Basic Disciplines Program 2022