Ruoyang Mo, Ding Xu, and Ning Xu*Thinning by cluster breaking: Active matter and shear flows share thinning mechanismsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024, 121 (24) : e2318917121. [pdf]

Ding Xu#, Shiyun Zhang#, Hua Tong, Lijin Wang*, and Ning Xu*Low-frequency vibrational density of states of ordinary and ultra-stable glassesNature Communications, 2024, 15:1424. Editors' Highlights. [pdf]

Ding Xu, Shiyun Zhang, Andrea J. Liu, Sidney R. Nagel, and Ning Xu*Discontinuous instabilities in disordered solidsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120 (34) : e2304974120 [pdf]

Mengyuan Zhan, Yanshuang Chen, Zhehua Jiang, Ning Xu*, and Peng Tan*Multiple scenarios of low-temperature nucleation in simple liquidsPhysical Review Letters, 2023, 130(17): 178201. [pdf]

Jianhua Zhang, Wen Zheng, Shiyun Zhang, Ding Xu, Yunhuan Nie, Zhehua Jiang and Ning Xu*Unifying fluctuation-dissipation temperatures of slow-evolving nonequilibrium systems from the perspective of inherent structuresScience Advances, 2021, 7(31): eabg6766. [pdf]

Yunhuan Nie, Jun Liu, Jialing Guo and Ning Xu*Connecting glass-forming ability of binary mixtures of soft particles to equilibrium melting temperaturesNature Communications, 2020, 11(1): 1-10. [pdf]

Yuchuan Wang, Sheng Fang, Ning Xu*, and Youjin Deng*Two-scale scenario of rigidity percolation of sticky particlesPhysical Review Letters, 2020, 124(25): 255501. [pdf]

Jun Liu, Yunhuan Nie, Hua Tong, and Ning Xu*Realizing negative Poisson's ratio in spring networks with close-packed lattice geometriesPhysical Review Materials, 2019, 3(5): 055607. [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]

Ning Xu, Andrea J. Liu, Sidney R. NagelInstabilities of Jammed Packings of Frictionless Spheres under compressionPhysical Review Letters, 2017, 119(21): 215502. [pdf]

Mengjie Zu, Peng Tan, Ning Xu*Forming quasicrystals by monodisperse soft core particlesNature Communications, 2017, 8(1): 1-9. [pdf]

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]

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, 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]

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*, 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]

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]

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*, Long Wang, and Xiwei Hu,Extreme electrostatic phenomena in a single sonoluminescing bubblePhysical Review Letters, 1999, 83(12): 2441. [pdf]