Publications [by subject][by publication date][by first author][by funding agency] Journal Articles: T. Xu and M. Li, Atomic Scale Characterization of Microstructures in Poly- and Nano-crystalline Materials, 2009 G. P. Zheng and M. Li, Mesoscopic Theory of Shear Localization in Metallic Glasses, 2009. H. Wang and M. Li, "Lattice Stability, Bifurcation and Ideal Strength of Au under Hydrostatic Stress: A Theoretical and First-Principles Study." , 2009 H. Wang and M. Li, "Ab initio Calculation of Elastic Constants of Single Crystals with Arbitrary Symmetry." Physical Review B 79, 224102, 2009 M. Zhao and M. Li, "A Constitutive Theory and Modeling of Metallic Glasses." Journal of Materials Research, to appear, 2009 Y. Z. Guo and M. Li, "Atomistic Simulation of a NiZr Metallic Glass under Hydrostatic Pressure."Applied Physics Letters 94, 051901, 2009 M. Zhao and M. Li, "Interpreting the Change of Shear Band Inclination Angle in Metallic Glasses." Applied Physics Letters 93, 241906, 2008 F. Li, X. J. Liu, H. Y. Hou, G. Chen, G. L. Chen and M. Li, "Atomic Scale Calculation of Free Volumes in ZrNi Metallic Glasses." Intermetallics 17, 98, 2009 T. Xu and M. Li, "Topological and Statistical Properties of a Constrained Voronoi Tessellation." Philosophical Magazine 89, 349, 2009 X. M. Bai and M. Li, "Comparing Crystal-Melt Interfacial Free Energies through Homogenous Nucleation Rates." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 20, 375103, 2008 X. M. Bai and M. Li, "Self-diffusion Ring Mediated Homogeneous Melting in the Superheating Regime." Physical Review B 77, 134109, 2008 "Atomic Dance Drives Melting," April 30, 2008. Q. K. Li and M. Li, "Surface Structure and Properties of Metallic Glasses." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 354, 2060, 2008. Q. K. Li and M. Li, "Assessing the Critical Sizes for Shear Band Formation in Metallic Glasses." Applied Physics Letters 91, 231905, 2007. G. P. Zheng and M. Li, "Crystal Instability of Nanocrystalline Materials." Acta Materialia 55, 5464, 2007. P. Jalali and M. Li, "Model for Estimation of Critical Packing Density in Polydisperse Hard-disck Packings." Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 381, 230, 2007 Q. K. Li and M. Li, "Free Volume Evolution in Amorphous Solids Subjected to Mechanical Deformation." Materials Transactions 48, 1816, 2007 M. Li, J. Eckert, L, Kecskes and J. J. Lewandowski, " Introduction for JMR Focus Issue in Mechanical Properties and Metallic Glsases and Applications." Journal of Materials Research 22, 255, 2007. Q. K. Li and M. Li, "Atomistic Simulation of Correlations between Volumetric Change and Shear Softening in Amorphous Metals." Physical Review B 75, 094101, 2007 X. M. Bai and M. Li, "Nucleation and Melting from Nanovoids." Nano Letters 6, 2284, 2006 Q. K. Li and M. Li, "Atomic Scale Characterization of Shear Bands in Amorphous Metals." Applied Physics Letters 88, 241903, 2006 X. M. Bai and M. Li, "Calculation of Solid-liquid Interface Free Energy: a Classical Nucleation Theory Based Approach." Journal of Chemical Physics 124, 124707, 2006 Q. K. Li and M. Li, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Mechanical Properties of Metallic Glasses." Intermetallics 14, 1005, 2006 X. M. Bai and M. Li, "Differences between Superheating and Supercooling." Journal of Chemical Physics 123, 151002, 2005 G. P. Zheng, D. Gross and M. Li, "The Effect of Microstructure on Magnetic Phase Transitions in an Ising Model." Physica A - Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 355, 355, 2005 X. M. Bai and M. Li, "Nature and Extent of Melting in Superheated Solids: a Solid-Liquid Coesistence Model." Physical Review B 72, 052108, 2005 Q. K. Li and M. Li, "Effects of Surface Imperfections on Deformation and Failure of Amorphous Metals." Applied Physics Letters 87, 0319110, 2005 G. P. Zheng, Y. M. Wang and M. Li, " Atomistic Simulation Study of Deformation Mechanisms of Nanocrystalline Cobalt." Acta Materialia 53, 3893, 2005 X. M. Bai and M. Li, "Test of Classical Nucleation Theory via Molecular Dynamics Simulation." Journal of Chemical Physics 122, 224510, 2005 P. Jalali and M. Li, "Atomic Size Effect on Critical Cooling Rate and Glass Formability." Physical Review B 71, 013450, 2005. P. Jalali and M. Li, "Competing Microstructures and Crystalline Phases and Their Role in Glass Formability: A Molecular Dynamics Study." Intermetallics 12, 116, 2004 P. Jalali and M. Li, "An Estimate of Random Close Packing Density in Hard Sphere Glasses." Journal of Chemical Physics 120, 1138, 2004 P. Jalali and M. Li, "Development of Shear Bands in Annular Shear Granular Flow." Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 759, 2003. P. Jalali, M. Li , J. Ritanen and P. Sarkomaa, "Intermittency of Energy in Rapid Shear Granular Flows." Chaos 13, 434, 2003. G. P. Zheng, Y. Zhan, P. Liu, and M. Li, "Characterization of Magnetization Processes in Nanostructured Rare-Earth Transition Metal Films." Journal of Applied Physics 93, 8116, 2003. G. P. Zheng, D. Gross and M. Li, "Atomistic Modeling of Nanocrystalline Ferromagnets." Journal of Applied Physics 93, 7652, 2003 G. P. Zheng and M. Li, "Influence of Impurities on Hysterisis Losses in Driven First Order Transitions." Physical Review B 66, 54406, 2002. G. P. Zheng and M. Li, "Universality of Dynamic Scaling for Driven Disordered Ising Systems." Physical Review E 66, 36018, 2002. G. P. Zheng, J. X. Zhang and M. Li, "Dynamics of Barkhausen Jumps in Magnetic Glasses." Journal of Applied Physics 92, 883, 2002. M. Li and D. Gross, "Quantitative Methods for Construction of Digital Poly- and Nano-Crystalline Materials." in Plasticity, Damage and Fracture at Macro, Micro and Nano Scales, Symposium of the 9th International Conference of Plasticity (Neat Press, Fulton, Maryland, 2002), edited by A. S. Khan and O. Lopez-Pamies, pp. 30, 2002. G. P. Zheng and M. Li, "Effects of Disorder on Critical Short-time Dynamics." Physical Review E 65, 36130, 2002. D. Gross and M. Li, ``Construction of Microstructures for Poly- and Nano-Crystalline Materials for Numerical Simulation and Modeling." Applied Physics Letters 80, 746, 2002. G. P. Zheng and M. Li, ``Dynamic Scaling of Avalanches in Disordered System." Physical Review E 63, 36122, 2001. M. Li, ``Defect-Induced Topological Order-to-Disorder Transition in Two-Dimensional Binary Substitutional Alloys: A Molecular Dynamics Study." Physical Review B 62, 13979, 2000. G. P. Zheng and M. Li, ``Short-Time Dynamics of an Ising Model on Fractal Structure." Physical Review E 62, 6253, 2000. N. Q. Lam, P. R. Okamoto, and M. Li. "Defect-Induced Crystal-to-Glass Transition." J Nucl Mat 251, 89, 1997. M. Li, W. L. Johnson, and W. A. Goddard III. "Evidence of Hexatic Phase Formation in 2-Dimensional Lennard-Jones Binary Arrays." Physical Review B 54, 12067, 1996. M. Li, W. L. Johnson, and W. A. Goddard III. "Configurationally Frozen Defects, Random Strains and Landau Theory of Crystal to Glass Transition." Materials Forum 43, 246, 1995. M. Li, W. L. Johnson, and W. A. Goddard III. "Crystal to Glass Transition and Melting in Two Dimensions." Crystallization and Related Phenomena, MRS Symposium 321, 173, 1994. M. Li, R. Birringer, W. L. Johnson and R. D. Shull. "Nanocrystalline Fe-Si Phase by Mechanical Attrition and its Soft Magnetic Properties." Nanostructured Materials 3, 407, 1993. W. L. Johnson, M. Li, and C. E. Krill III. "The Crystal to Glass Transition in Relation to Melting." Journal Non-Crystalline Solids 156-158, 481, 1993. M. Li, W. L. Johnson, and W. A. Goddard III. "Ergodicity and Convergence of Fluctuations in Rahman-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics." Materials Theory and Modeling, MRS Symposium 291, 285, 1993. M. Li and W. A. Goddard III. "Phenomenological Many-Body Potential from Interstitial Electron Model. I. Dynamic Properties of Metals." Journal of Chemical Physics 98, 7995, 1993. M. Li and W. L. Johnson. "Instability of Metastable Solid Solutions and Crystal to Glass Transition." Physics Review Letters 70, 1120, 1993. M. Li and W. L. Johnson. "Fluctuations and Thermodynamic Response Functions in a Lennard-Jones Solid." Physical Review B 46, 5237, 1992. M. Li and W. L. Johnson. "Erratum: Fluctuations and Thermodynamic Response Functionsin a Lennard-Jones Solid." Physical Review B 49, 752, 1994. M. Li and W. A. Goddard III. "The Interstitial Electron Model for Lattice Dynamics in fcc Metals." Physical Review B 40, 12155, 1989. Journal Articles in Review/Preparation: Jalali, P. and M. Li, "Microstructure Characterization of Hard-Sphere Packings under Densification" Zheng, G.P. and M. Li, "Critical Short-time Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Random-Field Ising Model" Jalali, P. and M. Li, "Shear Localization in Annular Flow" Zheng, G.P. and M. Li, "Effects of Misfit Strains on Phase Transitions in Thin-Films" Jalali, P. and M. Li, "A New Algorithm for Quenching and Densification in Hard Sphere Molecular Dynamics" Zheng, G.P. and M. Li, "A Mesoscopic Theory for Shear Localization in Metallic Glasses" Li, M, ``Effects of Random Strain Field on First Order Phase Transition" Li, M, ``Nature of the Glass Transition: A Two-dimensional Case Study", Katsoulis, D. and M. Li, ``Topological Properties of Nano- and Poly-crystalline Materials: A Comparative Study" Zheng, G. P. and M. Li, "Ultimate Stability of Nanocrystalline Materials and Size-Induced Phase Transitions" Meeting Abstracts: Li, M. "Inverse Methods for Construction of Microstructures for Simulation and Modeling of Nano- and Poly-crystalline Materials", TMS Annual Meeting, March 14-16, 2004 Li, M, "Temporal and spatial inhomogeneity in metallic glass-forming systems", ECI International Conference on Dynamics of Disordered Materials on the Nanometer Scale, Feb. 22-26, 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam Li, M, "Glass formability and Factors that Affect Critical Cooling Rate", Bulk Metallic Glass III, Oct. 12-16. 2003, Beijing, China. Zheng, G. P. and M. Li, "Ultimate Stability of Nanocrystalline Materials and Size-Induced Phase Transitions", MRS Fall Meeting, 2003 M. Li and G. P. Zheng, "Mesoscopic Theory and Modeling of Shear Localization in Metallic Glasses", APS March Meeting, 2003 M. Li and G. P. Zheng, "A Cocktail Approach for Modeling of Nanocrystalline Materials", APS March Meeting, 2003 M. Li, "Behaviors of Free Volume in Glass-Forming Model Systems", MRS Fall Meeting, 2002. P. Jalali and M. Li, "Shear Localization in an Annular Flow", MRS Fall Meeting, 2002. Zheng, G. P. and M. Li, "Critical Behaviors of Magnetic Phase Transitions in an Ising Model for Nanocrystals", MRS Fall Meeting, 2002. Zheng, G. P. and M. Li, "Mesoscopic Modeling of Deformation and Shear Localization in Metallic Glass", TMS Annual Meeting, March 2002. Li, M, "Phase Field Modeling of Deformation and Fracture in Non-crystalline Materials", TMS Annual Meeting, 2002. Gross, D. and M. Li, "Reconstruction of Microstructures for Poly- and Nano-crystalline Materials", Engineering Foundation Conference, June 4-9, Barga, Italy, 2001 Li, M. "Cluster Lifetime in Glass-Forming Liquids", APS March Meeting, 2001 Zheng, G.P. and Li, M. "Dynamic Inhomogeneity of Domains in Magnatic Glasses", APS March Meeting, 2001 Li, M. "Growing Length Scale and Shear Rigidity in a Glass-Forming Liquid", APS March Meeting, 2000 Gross, D. and Li, M. "A New Algorithm for Hard Sphere Molecular Dynamics", APS March Meeting, 2000 Zheng, G.P. and Li, M. "Kinetics of Phase Separation in Asymmetric Ternary Systems", APS March Meeting, 2000 Zheng, G.P. and Li, M. "Short-time Dynamics of Dilute Ising System", APS March Meeting, 2000

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