Jiale Ma

Education Experience

• 09/2009 - 06/2013 B.E.in Metallic Materials Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China.
• 09/2014 - now Ph.D. candidate in Department of Physics & Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Research Interest

• Electronic structure of defects and material properties
• Understanding of Statistic Thermodynamics by MD
• Energy barrier and catalytic process at atomic level

Basic knowledge and skill required to finish Ph.D. degree

Basic Knowledge

  1. Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics

  2. Crystal structure and Crystallography

  3. Reciprocal space and scattering theory

  4. Electronic structure and material properties
     a) Electron density and dipole (dielectricity and ferroelectricity); 
     b) Band structure and semi conductor
     c) Electronic excitation and optical spectra
     d) Electron interaction and magnetism
     e) Phonon and superconductivity

   5. Statistic Thermodynamics
     a) Ensemble theory; Boltzmann most probability theory.
     b) 0th, 1st, 2nd thermodynamic law
     c) Thermodynamic function, Maxwell relation.
     d) Fluctuation theory
     e) Transition theory

   6. Defects
     a) Vacancy, interstitial 
     b) Dislocation
     c) Surface, Interface
     d) Pore

   7. Materials Characterization
     a) Scattering: Neutron, X-ray, electron scattering
     b) Microscope: SEM, TEM, STM, AFM, etc
     c) Spectrum: XPS, Raman spectrum, EELS, etc

   8. Computer simulation theory
     a) Density Functional Theory
     b) Molecular Dynamics

   9. Others 
     a) Atomic motion (diffusion and catalysis)
     b) Nano materials
     c) Elasticity
     d) Bio-systems
     e) Glass

Weekly Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
AP8265, 9:00 to 11:50
			TA task, 19:30 to 21:30	Group meeting

Contact

Office:	AC1 - G1417
Email:	jialema2-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
Tel:	+(852)-27844045