Electrochemical Functional Materials

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Electrochemical Functional Materials

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Research areas

(1) Electrical functional materials

The main research contents of this direction include: the strengthening mechanism of high-strength copper and aluminum alloys, the conductivity mechanism of high-strength and high-conductivity copper alloys, alloying mechanism and other basic scientific issues; New conductive materials and preparation technology; Lead frame materials and processing technology for large-scale integrated circuits; The design and processing technology of high-performance materials such as catenary conductor materials for high-speed trains, high-voltage vacuum switch contact materials, and dispersion-strengthened copper alloys are the main research directions.


(2) Low-dimensional intelligent materials and microelectromechanical systems

This direction mainly studies functional materials: 1) science and technology of material synthesis and preparation; 2) Advanced characterization methods for low-dimensional functional materials and devices; 3) Micro-nano energy conversion and design, preparation and engineering application of sensor devices. It mainly includes the following:

Through the research of key mechanical problems such as optomechanical properties, multi-field coupling and interfacial strain mismatch of micromaterials and microdevices, the development and engineering application of micro-nano materials and devices with high sensitivity, high performance and high reliability are realized.


(3) Simulation and design of electromechanical functional materials

This direction mainly studies the simulation and design related to functional materials, including: 1) simulation and design of electromechanical functional materials; 2) Design of material forming processing and process. The simulation and design of electromechanical functional materials mainly studies the relationship between electrical, mechanical properties and structure of electromechanical functional materials. Explore new materials and processes that meet both electrical and mechanical property requirements. The design of material forming processing and process mainly studies the basic law of plastic deformation process; Basic theory of numerical simulation of plastic deformation; Calculation of deformation stress field, strain field, temperature field and control of microstructure properties; Research on mold design and processing expert system, CAD/CAM/CAE integrated calculation, etc.


In 2017, Supervisors in this program won the second prize in the national science and technology progress and the first prize in China's machinery industry science and technology award.


Academic Years

3-6 Years


Total Credits

17 Credits


Main Courses

Fundamental of Materials Science, Modern Instrumental Analysis for Materials, Materials Selection and Design, Computation and Simulation of Materials, Material Precision Forming, Frontier in Materials Science, Mechanical dynamics, Mechatronics control and modeling, Advanced engineering mechanics, Modern test signal processing, etc.


Enrollment Targets and Requirements

Graduates who have had Master’s degrees in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc.