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most citedMolecular dynamics simulations of heat transport using machine-learned potentials: A mini review and tutorial on GPUMD with neuroevolution potentials

104 citations · 106 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Nuclear quantum effects in the thermal conductivity of solid hydrogen

Hengtai Zheng, Zezhu Zeng, David E. Manolopoulos

We use a combination of path integral and lattice dynamics methods to calculate the thermal conductivity of solid parahydrogen. Path integral molecular dynamics is first used to ca…

physics.chem-ph2026

Economised path integrals

Zezhu Zeng, David E. Manolopoulos

The Hessian of the ring polymer spring potential in the standard Trotter path integral is a symmetric circulant matrix with a centroid eigenvalue of zero. All such matr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Lattice thermal transport from phonon spectra beyond perturbation theory

Zezhu Zeng, Michele Simoncelli, David E. Manolopoulos

We develop a molecular dynamics framework to compute the mode-resolved phonon spectral density from classical correlations of an annihilation-like phonon variable. For harmonic osc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Thermal transport of amorphous hafnia across the glass transition

Zezhu Zeng, Xia Liang, Zheyong Fan +3

Heat transport in glasses across a wide range of temperature is vital for applications in gate dielectrics and heat insulator. However, it remains poorly understood due to the chal…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Lattice distortion leads to glassy thermal transport in crystalline CsBiICl

Zezhu Zeng, Zheyong Fan, Michele Simoncelli +5

The glassy thermal conductivities observed in crystalline inorganic perovskites such as CsBiICl is perplexing and lacking theoretical explanations. Here, we first e…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 104 cited

Molecular dynamics simulations of heat transport using machine-learned potentials: A mini review and tutorial on GPUMD with neuroevolution potentials

Haikuan Dong, Yongbo Shi, Penghua Ying +9

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations play an important role in understanding and engineering heat transport properties of complex materials. An essential requirement for reliably pr…