Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 2012
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Bilchak, Connor R., Eileen Buenning, Makoto Asai, Kai Zhang, Christopher J. Durning, Sanat K. Kumar, Yucheng Huang, et al. “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Membranes with Controllable Free Volume.” Macromolecules 50, no. 18 (September 26, 2017): 7111–20. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01428.
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    • Zhang, Kai, and Sanat K. Kumar. “Molecular Simulations of Solute Transport in Polymer Melts.” Acs Macro Letters 6, no. 8 (August 15, 2017): 864–68. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00339.
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    • Zhuang, Yuan, Kai Zhang, and Patrick Charbonneau. “Equilibrium Phase Behavior of a Continuous-Space Microphase Former.” Physical Review Letters 116, no. 9 (March 2016): 098301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.116.098301.
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    • Zhang, Kai, Bradley Dice, Yanhui Liu, Jan Schroers, Mark D. Shattuck, and Corey S. O’Hern. “On the origin of multi-component bulk metallic glasses: Atomic size mismatches and de-mixing.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 143, no. 5 (August 7, 2015): 054501–054501. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927560.
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    • Zhang, K., and P. Charbonneau. “Erratum: [N]pT ensemble and finite-size-scaling study of the critical isostructural transition in the generalized exponential model of index 4.” Physical Review E  Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 86, no. 6 (December 5, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.069902.
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    • Zhang, Kai, and Patrick Charbonneau. “[N]pT ensemble and finite-size-scaling study of the critical isostructural transition in the generalized exponential model of index 4.” Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 86, no. 4 Pt 1 (October 15, 2012): 042501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.86.042501.
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    • Zhang, Kai, and Patrick Charbonneau. “[N]pT Monte Carlo simulations of the cluster-crystal-forming penetrable sphere model.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 136, no. 21 (June 2012): 214106. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4723869.
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    • Zhang, K., and P. Charbonneau. “Monte Carlo approach for studying microphases applied to the axial next-nearest-neighbor Ising and the Ising-Coulomb models.” Physical Review B  Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 83, no. 21 (June 9, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.214303.
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    • Zhang, Kai, Patrick Charbonneau, and Bianca M. Mladek. “Reentrant and isostructural transitions in a cluster-crystal former.” Physical Review Letters 105, no. 24 (December 9, 2010): 245701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.105.245701.
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    • Zhang, Kai, and Patrick Charbonneau. “Monte carlo study of the axial next-nearest-neighbor Ising model.” Physical Review Letters 104, no. 19 (May 13, 2010): 195703. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.104.195703.
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    • Rokhlenko, Yekaterina, Manesh Gopinadhan, Chinedum O. Osuji, Kai Zhang, Corey S. O’Hern, Steven R. Larson, Padma Gopalan, Paweł W. Majewski, and Kevin G. Yager. “Magnetic Alignment of Block Copolymer Microdomains by Intrinsic Chain Anisotropy.” Physical Review Letters 115, no. 25 (n.d.). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.115.258302.
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    • Zhang, Kai, Dong Meng, Florian Müller-Plathe, and Sanat K. Kumar. “Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of activated penetrant transport in glassy polymers.” Soft Matter 14, no. 3 (n.d.): 440–47. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sm01941f.
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    • Zhang, Kai, W Wendell Smith, Minglei Wang, Yanhui Liu, Jan Schroers, Mark D. Shattuck, and Corey S. O’Hern. “Connection between the packing efficiency of binary hard spheres and the glass-forming ability of bulk metallic glasses.” Physical Review E 90, no. 3 (n.d.). https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.90.032311.
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    • Zhang, Kai, and Sanat K. Kumar. “Defining the optimal criterion for separating gases using polymeric membranes.” Soft Matter 14, no. 48 (n.d.): 9847–50. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm02012d.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • K_CHEM 110: Integrated Science - Chemistry 2021
  • K_MATSC 201: Fundamentals of Material Sciences 2021
  • K_PHYS 402: Solid State and Soft Matter Physics 2021
  • K_CHEM 301: Elements of Physical Chemistry 2020
  • K_PHYS 121: Integrated Science - Physics 2020

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