2018

• Wen Zheng, Shiyun Zhang and Ning Xu*Jamming of packings of frictionless particles with and without shear Chinese Physics B, 2018, 27(6): 066102. [pdf]
• Lijin Wang, Ning Xu*, W. H. Wang, and Pengfei Guan*Revealing the Link between Structural Relaxation and Dynamic Heterogeneity in Glass-Forming LiquidsPhysical Review Letters, 2018, 120(12): 125502. [pdf]
• Qinyi Liao and Ning Xu*Criticality of the zero-temperature jamming transition probed by self-propelled particlesSoft Matter, 2018, 14(5): 853-860. [pdf]

2017

• Yunhuan Nie, Hua Tong, Jun Liu, Mengjie Zu, Ning Xu*Role of disorder in determining the vibrational properties of mass-spring networksFrontiers of Physics, 2017, 12(3): 126301. [pdf]
• Ning Xu, Andrea J. Liu, Sidney R. NagelInstabilities of Jammed Packings of Frictionless Spheres under compressionPhysical Review Letters, 2017, 119(21): 215502. [pdf]
• Jie Lin*, and Wen Zheng*Universal scaling of the stress-strain curve in amorphous solidsPhysical Review E, 2017, 96(3): 033002. [pdf]
• Mengjie Zu, Peng Tan, Ning Xu*Forming quasicrystals by monodisperse soft core particlesNature Communications, 2017, 8(1): 1-9. [pdf]

2016

• Mengjie Zu, Jun Liu, Hua Tong, and Ning Xu*Density Affects the Nature of the Hexatic-Liquid Transition in Two-Dimensional Melting of Soft-Core SystemsPhysical Review Letters, 2016, 117(8): 085702. [pdf]
• Wen Zheng, Hao Liu, and Ning Xu*Shear-induced solidification of athermal systems with weak attractionPhysical Review E, 2016, 94(6): 062608. [pdf]

2015

• Xipeng Wang, Wen Zheng, Lijin Wang, and Ning Xu*Disordered Solids without Well-Defined Transverse Phonons: The Nature of Hard-Sphere GlassesPhysical Review Letters, 2015, 114(3): 035502. [pdf]
• Hua Tong, Peng Tan, Ning Xu*From Crystals to Disordered Crystals: A Hidden Order-Disorder TransitionScientific Reports, 2015, 5(1): 1-9. [pdf]
• Wen Zheng, Yu Shi, Ning Xu*Signatures of shear thinning-thickening transition in steady shear flows of dense non-Brownian yield stress systemsScience China Chemistry, 2015, 58(6): 1013-1020. [pdf]

2014

• Xipeng Wang, Wen Zheng, Lijin Wang, and Ning Xu*Disordered Solids Without Well-Defined Transverse Phonons: The Nature of Hard Sphere GlassesPhysical Review Letters, 2015, 114(3): 035502. [pdf]
• Hao Liu, Hua Tong, and Ning Xu*Mechanical properties of jammed packings of frictionless spheres under an applied shear stressChinese Physics B, 2014, 23(11): 116105. [pdf]
• Hua Tong, and Ning Xu*Order parameter for structural heterogeneity in disordered solidsPhysical Review E, 2014, 90(1): 010401. [pdf]
• Hao Liu, Xiaoyi Xie, Ning Xu*Finite Size Analysis of Zero-Temperature Jamming Transition under Applied Shear Stress by Minimizing a Thermodynamic-Like PotentialPhysical Review Letters, 2014, 112(14): 145502. [pdf]
• Lijin Wang, and Ning Xu*Probing the Glass Transition from Structural and Vibrational Properties of Zero-Temperature GlassesPhysical Review Letters, 2014, 112(5): 055701. [pdf]
• Peng Tan, Ning Xu, and Lei Xu*Visualizing kinetic pathways of homogeneous nucleation in colloidal crystallizationNature Physics, 2014, 10(1): 73-79. [pdf]

2013

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• Lijin Wang, and Ning Xu*Critical scaling in thermal systems near the zero-temperature jamming transitionSoft Matter, 2013, 9(8): 2475-2483. [pdf]

2012

• Lijin Wang, Yiheng Duan, and Ning Xu*Non-monotonic pressure dependence of the dynamics of soft glass-formers at high compressionsSoft Matter, 2012, 8(47): 11831-11838. [pdf]
• L. J. Daniels, T. K. Haxton, Ning Xu, A. J. Liu, and D. J. DurianTemperature-Pressure Scaling for Air-Fluidized Grains near JammingPhysical Review Letters, 2012, 108(13): 138001. [pdf]
• Peng Tan, Ning Xu, Andrew B. Schofield, and Lei XuUnderstanding the Low-Frequency Quasilocalized Modes in Disordered Colloidal SystemsPhysical Review Letters, 2012, 108(9): 095501. [pdf]

2011

• Ning Xu*, "Mechanical, vibrational, and dynamical properties of amorphous systems near jammingFrontiers of Physics in China, 2011, 6(1): 109-123. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, Daan Frenkel, and Andrea J. Liu, Direct determination of the size of basins of attraction of jammed solidsPhysical Review Letters, 2011, 106(24): 245502. [pdf]
• Cang Zhao, Kaiwen Tian, and Ning Xu*, New jamming Scenario: From marginal jamming to deep jammingPhysical Review Letters, 2011, 106(12): 125503. [pdf]

2010

• Xiaoming Mao, Ning Xu, and Tom C. Lubensky, Soft modes and elasticity of nearly isostatic lattices: randomness and dissipationPhysical Review Letters, 2010, 104(8): 085504. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, Vincenzo Vitelli, Andrea J. Liu and Sidney R. Nagel, "Anharmonic and quasi-localized vibrations in jammed solids-Modes for mechanical failureEurophysics Letters, 2010, 90(5): 56001. [pdf]
• Carl F. Schreck, Ning Xu, and Corey S. O'Hern, " A comparison of jamming behavior in systems composed of dimer- and ellipse-shaped particlesSoft Matter, 2010, 6(13): 2960-2969. [pdf]
• Vincenzo Vitelli, Ning Xu, M. Wyart, Andrea J. Liu, and S.R. Nagel, "Heat transport in model jammed solidsPhysical Review E, 2010, 81(2): 021301. [pdf]
• Ning Xu* and Emily S. C. ChingEffects of particle-size ratio on jamming of binary mixturesSoft Matter, 2010, 6(13): 2944-2948. [pdf]

Earlier

2009

• Micah Lundberg, Kapilanjan Krishan, Ning Xu, Corey S. O’Hern, and Michael DenninComparison of low amplitude oscillatory shear in experimental and computational studies of model foamsPhysical Review E, 2009, 79(4): 041405. [pdf]
• Zorana Zeravcic, Ning Xu, Andrea J. Liu, Sidney R. Nagel, and Wim van SaarloosExcitation of ellipsoid packings near jammingEurophysics Letters, 2009, 87(2): 26001. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, T.K. Haxton, A.J. Liu, and S.R. Nagel,Equivalence of glass transition and collo- idal glass transition in the hard-sphere limitPhysical Review Letters, 2009, 103(24): 245701. [pdf]
• Zexin Zhang*, Ning Xu*, Daniel T. N. Chen, Peter Yunker, et al.Thermal vestige of the zero-temperature jamming transitionNature, 2009, 459(7244): 230-233. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, V. Vitelli, M. Wyart, A.J. Liu, and S.R. NagelEnergy transport in jammed sphere packingsPhysical Review Letters, 2009, 102(3): 038001. [pdf]

2008

• Micah Lundberg, Kapilanjan Krishan, Ning Xu, Corey S. O'Hern and Michael DenninReversible plastic events in amorphous materialsPhysical Review E, 2008, 77(4): 041505. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, Matthieu Wyart, Andrea J. Liu and Sidney R. NagelExcess vibrational modes and the boson peak in model glassesPhysical Review Letters, 2007, 98(17): 175502. [pdf]
• Ning Xu, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz and Corey S. O'HernRandom close packing revisited: Ways to pack frictionless disksPhysical Review E, 2005, 71(6): 061306. [pdf]
• Ning Xu, Corey S. O'Hern and Lou KondicStabilization of nonlinear velocity profiles in athermal systems undergoing planar shear flowPhysical Review E, 2005, 72(4): 041504. [pdf]
• Ning Xu and Corey S. O'HernMeasurements of the yield stress in frictionless granular systemsPhysical Review E, 2006, 73(6): 061303. [pdf]
• Ning Xu and Corey S. O'HernEffective temperature in athermal systems sheared at fixed normal loadPhysical Review Letters, 2005, 94(5): 055701. [pdf]
• Ning Xu, Corey S. O'Hern and Lou KondicVelocity profiles in repulsive athermal systems under shearPhysical Review Letters, 2005, 94(1): 016001. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, Robert E. Apfel, Anthony Khong, Xiwei Hu, and Long WangWater vapor diffusion effects on gas dynamics in a sonoluminescing bubblePhysical Review E, 2003, 68(1): 016309. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, Long Wang, and Xiwei HuBremsstrahlung of nitrogen and noble gases in single-bubble sonoluminescencePhysical Review E, 2000, 61(3): 2611. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, Long Wang, and Xiwei Hu,Extreme electrostatic phenomena in a single sonoluminescing bubblePhysical Review Letters, 1999, 83(12): 2441. [pdf]
• Ning Xu*, Long Wang, and Xiwei HuNumerical study of electronic impact and radiation in sonoluminescencePhysical Review E, 1998, 57(2): 1615. [pdf]