Preprints, Journal papers

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Preprints

1. with H. Song, et al.
   Improving Neural Operator by Kernel Decomposition in d+1 Dimensions  
2. Y. Duan and Z. Gan
   Quantitative theory for critical conditions of like-Charge attraction between polarizable spheres  
3. Z. Gan, X. Gao, J. Liang and Z. Xu
   Random Batch Ewald Method for Dielectrically Confined Coulomb Systems  
4. Z. Wang, Z. Gan, S. Jiang, Z. Xu and E. Luijten
   Anisotropic self assembly of polarizable colloidal mixtures  
5. Z. Gan, W. Geng and R. Krasny
   Boundary element method with extrapolation and singularity subtraction for charged dielectric spheres  

Journal papers

1. Mechanisms of electrostatic interactions between two charged dielectric spheres inside a polarizable medium - An effective-dipole analysis
     Y. Duan, Z. Gan and H.-K. Chan,
     Soft Matter, 2025. (Selected as Journal Cover)
2. Fast algorithm for quasi-2D Coulomb systems.
     Z. Gan, X. Gao, J. Liang and Z. Xu,
     J. Comput. Phys., 2025.
3. Broken symmetries in quasi-2D charged systems via negative dielectric confinement
     X. Gao and Z. Gan,
     J. Chem. Phys., 2024.
4. Interplay of chemotactic force, Peclet number, and dimensionality dictates the dynamics of auto-chemotactic chiral active droplets
     C. W. Chan, Z. Yang, Z. Gan and R. Zhang,
     J. Chem. Phys., 2024.
5. Computing hydrodynamic interactions in confined doubly periodic geometries in linear time
     A. Hashemi, R. P. Pelaez, S. Natesh, B. Sprinkle, O. Maxian, Z. Gan and Aleksandar Donev,
     J. Chem. Phys., 2023.
6. Harmonic surface mapping algorithm for electrostatic potentials in an atomistic/continuum hybrid model for electrolyte solutions
     J. Fu and Z. Gan,
     Commun. Comput. Phys., 2021.
7. Efficient dynamic simulations for charged dielectric spheres through a novel hybrid method
     Z. Gan, Z. Wang, S. Jiang, Z. Xu and E. Luijten,
     J. Chem. Phys., 2019. (Selected as JCP Editor's Choice 2019)
8. On-node lattices construction using partial Gauss-Hermite quadrature for the lattice Boltzmann method
     H. Ye, Z. Gan, J. W. Shim, B. Kuang and Y. Yang,
     Chin. Phys. B, 2019.
9. Ion structure near core-shell dielectric nanoparticle
     M. Ma, Z. Gan and Z. Xu,
     Phys. Rev. Lett., 2017.
10. Hybrid Monte Carlo and continuum modeling of electrolyte with concentration-Induced dielectric variations
      X. Guan, M. Ma, Z. Gan, Z. Xu and B. Li,
      Phys. Rev. E, 2016.
11. A hybrid method for systems of closely spaced dielectric spheres and ions
      Z. Gan, S. Jiang, E. Luijten and Z. Xu,
      SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 2016.
12. Comparison of efficient techniques for the simulation of dielectric objects in electrolytes
      Z. Gan, H. Wu, K. Barros, Z. Xu and E. Luijten,
      J. Comp. Phys., 2015.
13. Efficient implementation of the Barnes-Hut octree algorithm for Monte Carlo simulations of charged systems
      Z. Gan and Z. Xu,
      Sci. China Math., 2014.
14. Effects of image charges, interfacial charge discreteness, and surface roughness on the Zeta potential of spherical electric double layers
      Z. Gan, X. Xing and Z. Xu,
      J. Chem. Phys., 2012.
15. Multiple-image treatment of induced charges in Monte Carlo simulations of electrolytes near a spherical dielectric interface
      Z. Gan and Z. Xu,
      Phys. Rev. E, 2011.

PhD Thesis

• Title: Dielectric Effect in Charged Soft Matter Systems: Fast Algorithms and Computer Simulations