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Yi Kong

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BEng(HNU), MEng (HNU), PhD (Tsinghua)
Post-doctoral Researcher



School of Civil Engineering, Room 415
Phone: +61 2 9351 2127
Fax: +61 2 9351 3343
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Research interests & current/recent research projects

  • Computational materials science
  • Condensed matter physics

Selected Publications

  • L. C. Zhou, Y. Kong, Y. Du, J. Wang, Y. Ch. Zhou, Spatial and electronic structure of the Ni3P surface, Appl. Surf. Sci., 256, 7692-7695 (2010)
  • Y. Kong, W. Xiong, H. B. Guo, W. H. Sun, Y. Du, Y. Ch. Zhou, Elastic and thermodynamic properties of the Ni-B system studied by first-principles calculations and experimental measurements, CALPHAD, 34, 245 251 (2010).
  • Y. Kong, Y. Du, and J. Q. Li, Cage-like structure and charge hollow in the immiscible Cu-Ta system, Solid State Commun., 149 (2009) 1974-1977.
  • J. H. Li, X. D. Dai, S. H. Liang, K. P. Tai, Y. Kong and B. X. Liu. Interatomic potentials of the binary transition metal systems and some applications in materials physics. Physics Reports 455 (1-3), 1-134 (2008).
  • Y. Kong, J. H. Li, B. X. Liu, Oscillating behavior of high-pressure stability observed in the immiscible Co–Cu system by first-principles calculation, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 056102-3 (2007).
  • X. D. Dai, Y. Kong, and J. H. Li. Long-range empirical potential model: application to fcc transition metals and alloys, Phys. Rev. B 75, 104101 (2007).
  • Y. Kong, L. T. Kong, and B. X. Liu, First-principles calculations of the structural stability and magnetic property of the metastable phases in the equilibrium immiscible Co-Au system, J. Phys:Condens. Mat. 18, 4345-4353 (2006).
  • Y. Kong, J. H. Li, L. T. Kong, and B. X. Liu, Role of spatial valence charge density on the metastability of an immiscible binary metal system at equilibrium, Phys. Rev. B 72, 024209 (2005).
  • Y. Kong, H. R. Gong, and B. X. Liu, Calculation of phonon spectra to predict the high-pressure metastable phase in an equilibrium immiscible Cu-Ta system, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 1517-1519 (2004).