About me

Dr. Zhang Houdao
Research Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Physics
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
Email: hdz@ustc.edu.cn
Github:http://github.com/hou-dao
Office: Room 313, Building 233, USTC

Education & Academic Experience

2016.04--present RAP Department of Chemical Physics USTC
2014.09--2016.03 PostDoc Department of Chemistry HKUST
2010.09--2014.08 PhD Nano Science and Technology program HKUST
2006.09--2010.07 BSc Department of Chemical Physics USTC

Research Fields

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles
  1. R. X. Xu*, X. C. Tao, Y. Wang, Y. Liu, H. D. Zhang, Y. J. Yan, A hierarchical-equation-of-motion based semiclassical approach to quantum dissipation, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. accepted (2018)
  2. Y. Wang, Z. J. Pan, H. D. Zhang*, and Y. J. Yan*, Dissipaton dynamics theory versus quantum master equations, Chem. Phys. under revision (2018).
  3. L. Han, H. D. Zhang, X. Zheng* and Y. J. Yan, On the exact truncation tier of fermionic hierarchical equations of motion, J. Chem. Phys. 148, 234108 (2018).
  4. Y. Liu, R. X. Xu, H. D. Zhang, and Y. J. Yan*, Dissipaton equation of motion theory versus Fokker–Planck quantum master equation, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 31, 245-256 (2018).
  5. P. L. Xu, S. J. Hu, H. D. Zhang*, and X. Zheng*, Theoretical insights into the reactivity of Fe-based catalysts for water oxidation: The role of electron-withdrawing groups, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 14919-14926 (2018).
  6. R. X. Xu, Y. Liu, H. D. Zhang, and Y. J. Yan*, Theories of quantum dissipation and nonlinear coupling bath descriptors, J. Chem. Phys. 148, 114103 (2018).
  7. H. D. Zhang*, R. X. Xu, X. Zheng, and Y. J. Yan*, Statistical quasi-particle theory for open quantum systems, Mol. Phys. 116, 780-812 (2018).
  8. R. X. Xu, Y. Liu, H. D. Zhang, and Y. J. Yan, Theory of quantum dissipation in a class of non-Gaussian environments, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 30, 395 (2017).
  9. Y. Kong, D. Hou, H. D. Zhang*, X. Zheng and R. X. Xu, Davydov collective vibrational modes and infrared spectrum features in aniline crystal: Influence of geometry change induced by van der Waals interactions, J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 18867-18875 (2017).
  10. L. Z. Ye, H. D. Zhang*, Y. Wang, X. Zheng and Y. J. Yan, Low-frequency logarithmic discretization of the reservoir spectrum for improving the efficiency of hierarchical equations of motion approach, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 074111 (2017).
  11. H. D. Zhang*, Q. Qiao, R. X. Xu, X. Zheng and Y. J. Yan, Efficient steady-state solver for hierarchical quantum master equations, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 044105 (2017).
  12. J. J. Ding, Y. Wang, H. D. Zhang*, R. X. Xu, X. Zheng and Y. J. Yan, Fokker–Planck quantum master equation for mixed quantum–semiclassical dynamics, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 024104 (2017).
  13. J. J. Ding, H. D. Zhang#, Y. Wang, R. X. Xu, X. Zheng and Y. J. Yan, Minimum–exponents ansatz for molecular dynamics and quantum dissipation, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 204110 (2016).
  14. H. D. Zhang*, Q. Qiao, R. X. Xu and Y. J. Yan, Effects of Herzberg–Teller vibronic coupling on coherent excitation energy transfer, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 204109 (2016).
  15. H. D. Zhang, Q. Qiao, R. X. Xu and Y. J. Yan, Solvent-induced polarization dynamics and coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy: Dissipaton equation of motion approach, Chem. Phys. 481, 237-244 (2016).
  16. Q. Qiao, H. D. Zhang and X. H. Huang, Enhancing pairwise state-transition weights: A new weighting scheme in simulated tempering that can minimize transition time between a pair of conformational states, J. Chem. Phys. 144, 154107 (2016).
  17. H. D. Zhang and Y. J. Yan, Kinetic rate kernels via hierarchical Liouville-space projection operator technique, J. Phys. Chem. A 120, 3241-3245, (2016).
  18. H. D. Zhang and Y. J. Yan, Onsets of hierarchy truncation and self-consistent Born approximation with quantum mechanics prescriptions invariance, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 214112 (2015).
  19. R. X. Xu, H. D. Zhang, X. Zheng, and Y. J. Yan, Dissipaton equation of motion for system-and-bath interference dynamics, Science China Chemistry 58, 1816 (2015).
  20. Y. Kong, H. D. Zhang*, Y. M. Wang, R. X. Xu, and Y. J. Yan, Dissipatons equation of motion with controlled truncation, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 28, 409 (2015).
  21. H. D. Zhang, R. X. Xu, X. Zheng, and Y. J. Yan, Nonperturbative spin-boson and spin-spin dynamics and nonlinear Fano interferences: A unified dissipaton theory based study, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 024112 (2015).
  22. J. Xu, H. D. Zhang, R. X. Xu, and Y. J. Yan, Correlated driving and dissipation in two-dimensional spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 024106 (2013).
  23. J. Xu, R. X. Xu, D. Abramavicius, H. D. Zhang, and Y. J. Yan, Advancing hierarchical equations of motion for efficient evaluation of coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 24, 497-506 (2011).
Book chapters
  1. Modified Zusman equation for quantum solvation dynamics and rate processes,
    H. D. Zhang, J. Xu, R. X. Xu, and Y. J. Yan,
    in Reaction Rate Constant Computations: Theories and Applications, RSC Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Series No. 6, Chapter 13, pp.319-336,
    edited by Ke-Li Han and Tian-Shu Chu, published by RSC Publishing, 2013.
  2. Quantum dynamics in dissipative molecular systems,
    H. D. Zhang, J. Xu, R. X. Xu, and Y. J. Yan,
    in Advances in Multi-Photon Processes and Spectroscopy: Volume 21, Chapter 5, pp.177-209, edited by S. H. Lin, A. A. Villaeys, and Y. Fujimura, published by World Scientific, 2013.