Publications

2024

  1. Spin-symmetry-enforced solution of the many-body Schrödinger equation with a deep neural network
    Zhe Li et al., Nat Comput Sci 4, 910-919 (2024).
  2. Ultracompact Electrical Double Layers at TiO2 (110) Electrified Interfaces
    Immad M. Nadeem et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 33443-33451 (2024).
  3. Force and stress calculations with a neural-network wave function for solids
    Yubing Qian, Xiang Li, Ji Chen, Faraday Discuss. 254, 529-541 (2024).
  4. Unveiling sulfur vacancy pairs as bright and stable color centers in monolayer WS2
    Huacong Sun et al., Nat Commun 15, 9476 (2024).
  5. In Situ Closing the van der Waals Gap of Two-Dimensional Materials
    Shengqiang Wu et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. jacs.4c09842 (2024).
  6. Regulating Anderson localization with structural defect disorder
    Mouyang Cheng, Haoxiang Chen, Ji Chen, Chinese Phys. B 33, 107201 (2024).
  7. One-dimensional Dexter-type excitonic topological phase transition
    Jianhua Zhu, Haoxiang Chen, Ji Chen, Wei Wu, Phys. Rev. B 110, 85418 (2024).
  8. Degree of disorder-regulated ion transport through amorphous monolayer carbon
    Shizhuo Liu et al., RSC Adv. 14, 17032-17040 (2024).
  9. Imaging surface structure and premelting of ice Ih with atomic resolution
    Jiani Hong et al., Nature 630, 375-380 (2024).
  10. Electric Polarization from a Many-Body Neural Network Ansatz
    Xiang Li, Yubing Qian, Ji Chen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 176401 (2024).
  11. Atomic-scale observation of localized phonons at FeSe/SrTiO3 interface
    Ruochen Shi et al., Nat Commun 15, 3418 (2024).
  12. A computational framework for neural network-based variational Monte Carlo with Forward Laplacian
    Ruichen Li et al., Nat Mach Intell 6, 209-219 (2024).
  13. Variance extrapolation method for neural-network variational Monte Carlo
    Weizhong Fu, Weiluo Ren, Ji Chen, Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 5, 015016 (2024).
  14. Origin of dielectric polarization suppression in confined water from first principles
    T. Dufils et al., Chem. Sci. 15, 516-527 (2024).
  15. Nanoscale one-dimensional close packing of interfacial alkali ions driven by water-mediated attraction
    Ye Tian et al., Nat. Nanotechnol. 19, 479-484 (2024).

2023

  1. Mechanistic insight on water dissociation on pristine low-index TiO2 surfaces from machine learning molecular dynamics simulations
    Zezhu Zeng et al., Nat Commun 14, 6131 (2023).
  2. Phonon transition across an isotopic interface
    Ning Li et al., Nat Commun 14, 2382 (2023).
  3. Spin singlet pairing of bismuth in titania
    Jing Chang, Haoxiang Chen, Peng Gao, Ji Chen, The Journal of Chemical Physics 159, 174709 (2023).
  4. Understanding the wetting of transition metal dichalcogenides from an ab initio perspective
    Siheng Li, Keyang Liu, Jiří Klimeš, Ji Chen, Phys. Rev. Research 5, 23018 (2023).
  5. Multiconfigurational nature of electron correlation within nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond
    Yilin Chen et al., Phys. Rev. B 108, 045111 (2023).
  6. Hydrogen‐Bond‐Mediated Surface Functionalization of Boron Nitride Micro‐Lamellae toward High Thermal Conductive Papers
    Shulei Yu et al., Adv Materials Inter 10, 2202196 (2023).
  7. Tracking cubic ice at molecular resolution
    Xudan Huang et al., Nature 617, 86-91 (2023).
  8. Graphic Characterization and Clustering Configuration Descriptors of Determinant Space for Molecules
    Lei Sun, Zixi Zhang, Tonghuan Jiang, Yilin Chen, Ji Chen, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19, 2282-2290 (2023).
  9. Towards the ground state of molecules via diffusion Monte Carlo on neural networks
    Weiluo Ren, Weizhong Fu, Xiaojie Wu, Ji Chen, Nat Commun 14, 1860 (2023).
  10. Disorder-tuned conductivity in amorphous monolayer carbon
    Huifeng Tian et al., Nature 615, 56-61 (2023).
  11. Towards an accurate description of one-dimensional pnictogen allotropes in nano-confinements
    Jing Chang, Tonghuan Jiang, Wei Fang, Ji Chen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25, 9256-9263 (2023).
  12. Effects of Localized Interface Phonons on Heat Conductivity in Ingredient Heterogeneous Solids
    Mei Wu et al., Chinese Phys. Lett. 40, 36801 (2023).
  13. Room‐Temperature Metal‐Catalyzed Ultrafast Gasification of Ultrathin Boron Flakes
    Shizhuo Liu et al., Adv Funct Materials 33, 2210729 (2023).

2022

  1. Heteroepitaxy of semiconducting 2H-MoTe2 thin films on arbitrary surfaces for large-scale heterogeneous integration
    Yu Pan et al., Nat. Synth 1, 701-708 (2022).
  2. Interatomic force from neural network based variational quantum Monte Carlo
    Yubing Qian, Weizhong Fu, Weiluo Ren, Ji Chen, The Journal of Chemical Physics 157, 164104 (2022).
  3. Visualizing Eigen/Zundel cations and their interconversion in monolayer water on metal surfaces
    Ye Tian et al., Science 377, 315-319 (2022).
  4. General Analytical Nuclear Forces and Molecular Potential Energy Surface from Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo
    Tonghuan Jiang, Wei Fang, Ali Alavi, Ji Chen, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 18, 7233-7242 (2022).
  5. Ab initio calculation of real solids via neural network ansatz
    Xiang Li, Zhe Li, Ji Chen, Nat Commun 13, 7895 (2022).
  6. One-dimensional structures in nanoconfinement
    Jing Chang, Ji Chen, Acta Phys. Sin. 71, 126101 (2022).
  7. Quantum Tunnelling Driven H2 Formation on Graphene
    Erxun Han, Wei Fang, Michail Stamatakis, Jeremy O. Richardson, Ji Chen, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 3173-3181 (2022).
  8. General embedded cluster protocol for accurate modeling of oxygen vacancies in metal-oxides
    Benjamin X. Shi et al., The Journal of Chemical Physics 156, 124704 (2022).
  9. The first-principles phase diagram of monolayer nanoconfined water
    Venkat Kapil et al., Nature 609, 512-516 (2022).
  10. Fermionic neural network with effective core potential
    Xiang Li, Cunwei Fan, Weiluo Ren, Ji Chen, Phys. Rev. Research 4, 013021 (2022).
  11. Onset of metallic transition in molecular liquid hydrogen
    Jianqing Guo, Bingqing Cheng, Limei Xu, Enge Wang, Ji Chen, arXiv arXiv:2201.03157 (2022).

2021

  1. Measuring phonon dispersion at an interface
    Ruishi Qi et al., Nature 599, 399-403 (2021).
  2. Deep vacancy induced low-density fluxional interfacial water
    Keyang Liu, Jianqing Guo, Weizhong Fu, Ji Chen, Phys. Rev. Research 3, L042014 (2021).
  3. A full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo study of ScO, TiO, and VO molecules
    Tonghuan Jiang et al., The Journal of Chemical Physics 154, 164302 (2021).
  4. Seeded 2D epitaxy of large-area single-crystal films of the van der Waals semiconductor 2H MoTe2
    Xiaolong Xu et al., Science 372, 195-200 (2021).
  5. Microscopic Kinetics Pathway of Salt Crystallization in Graphene Nanocapillaries
    Lifen Wang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 136001 (2021).

2020

  1. The color center singlet state of oxygen vacancies in TiO2
    Ji Chen et al., The Journal of Chemical Physics 153, 204704 (2020).
  2. Hydration of NH4+ in Water: Bifurcated Hydrogen Bonding Structures and Fast Rotational Dynamics
    Jianqing Guo et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 106001 (2020).
  3. Synthesis of Honeycomb-Structured Beryllium Oxide via Graphene Liquid Cells
    Lifen Wang et al., Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59, 15734-15740 (2020).
  4. Probing the intermolecular coupled vibrations in a water cluster with inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy
    Jing Guo et al., The Journal of Chemical Physics 152, 234301 (2020).
  5. Origins of fast diffusion of water dimers on surfaces
    Wei Fang et al., Nat Commun 11, 1689 (2020).
  6. Small polarons and the Janus nature of TiO 2 (110)
    Ji Chen, Christopher Penschke, Ali Alavi, Angelos Michaelides, Phys. Rev. B 101, 115402 (2020).
  7. Atomic imaging of the edge structure and growth of a two-dimensional hexagonal ice
    Runze Ma et al., Nature 577, 60-63 (2020).

2019

  1. One-Dimensional Pnictogen Allotropes inside Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
    Martin Hart et al., Inorg. Chem. 58, 15216-15224 (2019).
  2. Advances in Atomic Force Microscopy: Weakly Perturbative Imaging of the Interfacial Water
    Duanyun Cao et al., Front. Chem. 7 (2019).
  3. The quantum nature of hydrogen
    Wei Fang, Ji Chen, Yexin Feng, Xin-Zheng Li, Angelos Michaelides, International Reviews in Physical Chemistry 38, 35-61 (2019).

2018

  1. Sticky when wet
    Ji Chen, Angelos Michaelides, Nature Chem 10, 376-377 (2018).
  2. One-Dimensional Arsenic Allotropes: Polymerization of Yellow Arsenic Inside Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
    Martin Hart et al., Angew Chem Int Ed 57, 11649-11653 (2018).
  3. Visualization of Water-Induced Surface Segregation of Polarons on Rutile TiO2 (110)
    Chi M. Yim et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 4865-4871 (2018).
  4. The effect of hydration number on the interfacial transport of sodium ions
    Jinbo Peng et al., Nature 557, 701-705 (2018).
  5. The collective and quantum nature of proton transfer in the cyclic water tetramer on NaCl(001)
    Yexin Feng et al., The Journal of Chemical Physics 148, 102329 (2018).

2017

  1. Hydrogenation Facilitates Proton Transfer through Two-Dimensional Honeycomb Crystals
    Yexin Feng et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 6009-6014 (2017).
  2. Simultaneous Deep Tunneling and Classical Hopping for Hydrogen Diffusion on Metals
    Wei Fang, Jeremy O. Richardson, Ji Chen, Xin-Zheng Li, Angelos Michaelides, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 126001 (2017).
  3. Encapsulation and Polymerization of White Phosphorus Inside Single‐Wall Carbon Nanotubes
    Martin Hart et al., Angewandte Chemie 129, 8256-8260 (2017).
  4. Double-layer ice from first principles
    Ji Chen, Georg Schusteritsch, Chris J. Pickard, Christoph G. Salzmann, Angelos Michaelides, Phys. Rev. B 95, 94121 (2017).

2016

  1. Evidence for stable square ice from quantum Monte Carlo
    Ji Chen, Andrea Zen, Jan Gerit Brandenburg, Dario Alfè, Angelos Michaelides, Phys. Rev. B 94, 220102 (2016).
  2. Inverse Temperature Dependence of Nuclear Quantum Effects in DNA Base Pairs
    Wei Fang et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 2125-2131 (2016).
  3. Crystal Nucleation in Liquids: Open Questions and Future Challenges in Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    Gabriele C. Sosso et al., Chem. Rev. 116, 7078-7116 (2016).
  4. Nuclear quantum effects of hydrogen bonds probed by tip-enhanced inelastic electron tunneling
    Jing Guo et al., Science 352, 321-325 (2016).
  5. Two Dimensional Ice from First Principles: Structures and Phase Transitions
    Ji Chen, Georg Schusteritsch, Chris J. Pickard, Christoph G. Salzmann, Angelos Michaelides, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 025501 (2016).

2015

  1. Supercritical phenomenon of hydrogen beyond the liquid–liquid phase transition
    Renzhong Li, Ji Chen, Xinzheng Li, Enge Wang, Limei Xu, New J. Phys. 17, 063023 (2015).
  2. Nuclear quantum effects on the high pressure melting of dense lithium
    Yexin Feng, Ji Chen, Dario Alfè, Xin-Zheng Li, Enge Wang, The Journal of Chemical Physics 142, 064506 (2015).
  3. Direct visualization of concerted proton tunnelling in a water nanocluster
    Xiangzhi Meng et al., Nature Phys 11, 235-239 (2015).

2014

  1. On the room-temperature phase diagram of high pressure hydrogen: An ab initio molecular dynamics perspective and a diffusion Monte Carlo study
    Ji Chen, Xinguo Ren, Xin-Zheng Li, Dario Alfè, Enge Wang, The Journal of Chemical Physics 141, 024501 (2014).
  2. An unconventional bilayer ice structure on a NaCl(001) film
    Ji Chen et al., Nat Commun 5, 4056 (2014).
  3. Real-space imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution
    Jing Guo et al., Nature Mater 13, 184-189 (2014).

2013

  1. Quantum simulation of low-temperature metallic liquid hydrogen
    Ji Chen et al., Nat Commun 4, 2064 (2013).
  2. Nature of proton transport in a water-filled carbon nanotube and in liquid water
    Ji Chen, Xin-Zheng Li, Qianfan Zhang, Angelos Michaelides, Enge Wang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 6344 (2013).