Title: Senior
Contact number:
Department: Physics
E-mail: ningzheng@bit.edu.cn
Mailing Address:

1. Collective behavior and dynamics of artificial active particles (one of the 125 new scientific problems named by Science Journal in 2021) : such as boundary macroscopic topological flow, self-excited oscillation, directional transport and spontaneous separation.
2. Clogging and transport of dense particle flow.
3. Electromagnetic wave scattering and imaging in complex media.

He graduated from the Department of Applied Physics, Beijing Jiaotong University in 1999. He received his Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy from The University of Utah from 2001 to 2007. 2016-2017 Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, University of Chicago, USA.

Frontiers in Soft Matter review editor, Scientific Reports editor, National science and technology experts in the library expert. He joined the School of Science of Beijing Institute of Technology in September 2009 and is now a professor at the School of Physics of Beijing Institute of Technology.

1. The radial oscillation behavior of the orbital angular momentum of the macroscopic topological boundary flow is observed for the first time in the experiment, which corrects the wrong understanding in the industry. Secondly, the sufficient and necessary conditions for the realization of material transport are put forward, and it is recognized that transport can be carried out without boundary flow. Papers were published in PNAS, 117,22 (2020) and Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 198001 (2021).
2. A series of experiments measured the behavior characteristics of the particle system in the extremely confined environment, and summarized the general rules of the behavior of the blockage, which provided a valuable reference for major safety problems such as crowd evacuation and traffic congestion. Some of the achievements have been applied to the national defense field and supported by key projects.
3. The periodic oscillation of separation and mixing of macro-particle systems was observed for the first time in the experiment, different types of oscillation behaviors were summarized, and the model clarification mechanism was established, which enriched the connotation of particle separation field. This work was cited by research groups at both Harvard and national universities.
4. Designed and realized artificial active particles, studied the directional movement and self-excited oscillation behavior of active particles in confined space, and proposed a dissipative spring model to reproduce the experimental phenomenon, providing a new idea for designing the symmetry breaking of artificial active particles.
5. Structure and statistical measurement of static accumulation of particle systems. Particle chain can be used as an ideal experimental model of molecular chain. By calculating the structural characteristics of two-dimensional particle chain system, calculating the structural factors of particle system, head end distance and other parameters, and comparing with the scaling behavior of polymer chain, it can help to understand the scaling theory of polymer chain.
Responsible for 2 National Natural Science Foundation, responsible for 1 national defense key project, participate in 2 National Natural Science Foundation, responsible for the Beijing Institute of Technology Outstanding Young Teachers Fund, the Ministry of Education returnee scientific research start-up fund, horizontal funding and other 6.
Partially published articles
1. Topologically Protected Transport of Cargo in a Chiral Active Fluid Aided by Odd-Viscosity-Enhanced Depletion Interactions, Qing Yang#, Hongwei Zhu#, Peng Liu, Rui Liu, Qingfan Shi, Ke Chen, Ning Zheng*, Fangfu Ye*, Mingcheng Yang*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 198001 (2021).
2. Clogging of granular materials in a horizontal hopper, Quan-Chun Yu, Ning Zheng*, and Qing-Fan Shi*, Phys. Rev. E 103, 052902 (2021).
3. Integration of size separation and transport of granular particles by a posts array on a conveyor belt, Li-Xuan Wu, Hong-Wei Zhu, Ning Zheng*, Qing-Fan Shi*, Powder Technology 391, 157 (2021).
4. Oscillating collective motion of active rotors in confinement, Peng Liu, Hongwei Zhu, Ying Zeng, Guangle Du, Luhui Ning, Dunyou Wang, Ke Chen, Ying Lu, Ning Zheng*, Fangfu Ye*, Mingcheng Yang*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 117, 22, 11901-11907 (2020).
5. The Kullback–Leibler Divergence evolution of randomized electromagnetic field, Tian Shi, Yunzhou Li, Qingfan Shi, Liangsheng Li*, Ning Zheng*, Optics Communications 478,126411 (2020).
6. Frictional effect of bottom wall on granular flow through an aperture on a conveyor belt, Hong-Wei Zhu, Qing-Fan Shi*, Liang-Sheng Li, Mingcheng Yang, Aiguo Xu, Ning Zheng*, Powder Technology 367, 421 (2020).
7. Influence of physical factors on particle flow, Zheng Ning, Zhu Hongwei, Huang Decai, Shi Qing-Fan, Science in China: Physics, Mechanics and Astro 50, 123456 (2020).
8. Improvement in flow rate through an aperture on a conveyor belt: effects of bottom wall and packing configurations, Hong-Wei Zhu, Li-Peng Wang, Qing-Fan Shi, Liang-Sheng Li, Ning Zheng, Powder Technology 345, 676 (2019).
9. Inter-orifice distance dependence of flow rate in a quasi-two-dimensional hopper with dual outlets, C. Xu, F-L. Wang, L-P. Wang, X-S. Qi, Q-F. Shi*, L-S. Li, N. Zheng*, Powder Technol., 328, 7–12 (2018).
10. Self-propulsion of a grain-filled dimer in a vertically vibrated channel, C. Xu, N. Zheng*, L-P. Wang, L-S. Li, Q-F. Shi & Z-Y. Lu*, Sci. Rept. 7, 14193: 1-11 (2017).
11. Spontaneous symmetry breaking induced unidirectional rotation of a chain-grafted colloidal particle in the active bath, H-S. Li, C. Wang, W-D Tian*, Y-Q Ma, C. Xu, N. Zheng* and K. Chen*, Soft Matter (Cover article) 13, 8031-8038 (2017).
12. Bouncing behavior and dissipative characterization of a chain-filled granular damper, Cheng Xu, Ning Zheng*, Liang-sheng Li, Qing-fan Shi, Powder Tech. 297 367 (2016).
13. Confinement-induced horizontal segregation in a vertically shaken granular bed, Xuejiao Yang, Ning Zheng*, Pingping Wen, Liangsheng Li, Qingfan Shi, Powder Tech. 286 629 (2015).
14. Flux of granular particles through a shaken sieve plate, Pingping Wen, Ning Zheng*, Junwei Nian, Liangsheng Li and Qingfan Shi, Sci. Rep. 5 09880 (2015).
15. Bottom Stresses of Static Packing of Granular Chains, PingPing Wen, Guan Wang, Degan Hao, Ning Zheng*, Liangsheng Li, Qingfan Shi, Physica A, 419, 457 (2015)
16. Symmetrically periodic segregation in a vertically vibrated binary granular bed, Pingping Wen, Ning Zheng*, Liangsheng Li, and Qingfan Shi, Sci. Rep. 4 6914 (2014)
17. Scaling probability distribution of granular chains in two dimensions, Guan Wang, Ning Zheng*, Pingping Wen, Liangsheng Li, Qingfan Shi, Physica A, 407, 192 (2014)
18. Segregation in mixtures of granular chains and spherical grains under vertical vibration, X. X. Yuan, N. Zheng*, Q. f. Shi, G. Sun, L. S. Li, Phys. Rev. E, 87, 042203 (2013)
19. Polymerlike statistical characterization of two-dimensional granular chains Ping-Ping Wen, Ning Zheng, Liang-Sheng Li, Heng Li, Gang Sun, and Qing-Fan Shi, Phys. Rev. E 85, 031301 (2012)
20. Heaping instabilities in a layered Bi-disperse granular bed, Ning Zheng, Ping-Ping Wen, Qing-Fan Shi, Pik-Yin Lai and C. K. Chan*, EPL, 100 44002(2012)
21. Percolation current in a periodic segregation of a binary granular mixture, Shanshan Du, Qingfan Shi, Gang Sun, Liangsheng Li, and Ning Zheng*, Phys. Rev. E 84, 041307 (2011)
Teaching experience
1. Excellent teaching scores in four courses: College physics, College Physics Experiment, all-English College Physics Experiment and all-English College Physics.
2. Responsible for 1 school education reform project and participated in 2 school education reform projects.
3. Edited the textbook "English and Chinese Modern Physics Experiment", participated in editing "English and Chinese University Physics Experiment (2nd edition)", and won the second prize of the third Armory engineering College Excellent textbooks. He is now the editor of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology 14th Five-Year Plan textbook.
4. Independently supervised 12 graduate students, 5 undergraduate students, 1 graduate student won the first prize of Xu Teli, 3 graduate students won the National Award, and 1 undergraduate student won the outstanding graduation thesis of the university.
5. Guided students to participate in Beijing and the national college student Physics Competition, 5 of them won the first prize in Beijing and the third prize in China.
6. Second prize in the Basic Teaching Skills Competition for Young Teachers of Beijing Institute of Technology; Second prize for school education and teaching achievements; Excellent teachers of the college; "Sanyuren" advanced individual.