Jin Zhang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Voorhees Research Group

Northwestern University

Office: Cook 4019

Email: jzhang@northwestern.edu

Education

Ph.D., Physics (2018) – Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Research Interests

Jin Zhang is interested in non-equilibrium thermodynamics and its application in phase transformation and battery modeling.

Publications

A. J. Shahani, K. Walter, J. Zhang, W. Ludwig, D. Juul Jensen, Y. Zhang, “The evolution of intergranular networks during grain growth and its effect on percolation behavior,” Acta Materialia, 274 (2024) 119987. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2024.119987
J. Zhang, P. W. Voorhees, “Morphological stability of electrostrictive thin films,” International Journal of Engineering Science, 199, (2024) 104073. doi:10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104073 [arxiv] [code]
J. Zhang, A. F. Chadwick, P. W. Voorhees, “Quantitative Phase Field Model for Electrochemical Systems,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 12, 170 (2023) 120503. doi:10.1149/1945-7111/ad0ff6 [arxiv]
J. Zhang, A. F. Chadwick, D. L. Chopp, P. W. Voorhees, “Phase Field Modeling with Large Driving Forces,” npj Computational Materials, 9 (2023) 166. doi: 10.1038/s41524-023-01118-0 [tutorial code]
J. Zhang, W. Ludwig, Y.B. Zhang, H. H. B Sørensen, D. J. Rowenhorst, A. Yamanaka, P. W. Voorhees, H. F. Poulsen, “Grain Boundary Mobilities in Polycrystals,” Acta Materialia, 191 (2020) p.p. 211-220. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.03.044 [data]
J. Zhang, Y. B. Zhang, W. Ludwig, D. Rowenhorst, P. W. Voorhees, H. F. Poulsen, “Three-dimensional Grain Growth in Pure Iron. Part I. Statistics on the Grain Level,” Acta Materialia, 156 (2018) p.p. 76-85. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.06.021
J. Zhang, S. O. Poulsen, J. W. Gibbs, P. W. Voorhees, H. F. Poulsen, “Determining Material Parameters Using Phase-field Simulations and Experiments,” Acta Materialia, 129 (2017) p.p. 229-238. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.02.056 [code]
J. Zhang,”Determination of material parameters by comparison of 3D simulations and 3D experiments,” PhD thesis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (2018). [link]