Overview

Overview

  The team mainly focuses on the design and processing of new conductive materials and their preparation technology, such as lead frame materials and processing technology for LSI, high-speed train contact wire materials, high-voltage vacuum switch contact materials, dispersion strengthened copper alloy, functional film materials, biomedical titanium alloy and other high-performance materials. The team has 10 members, all of whom have doctoral degrees, including 6 professors and associate professors, 2 lecturers and 36 graduate students. The team try its best to create a strong academic atmosphere and free research environment. Members of this team are scientific and technological solid foundation, active thinking, vitality and creativity.

Teamleader

  • Professor Ping Liu, Vice President of USST

    Members

  • Professor Wei Li, Associate Dean of School of Materials Science and Engineering

  • Professor Fengcang Ma

  • Associate Professor Xinkuan Liu

  • Associate Professor Xiaohong Chen

  • Associate Professor Ke Zhang

  • Lecturer Xun Ma

  • Lecturer Honglei Zhou

    ResearchFields

  • High performance copper alloys.

  • Medical metal materials.

  • Superhard nanomultilayered and nanocomposite films(coatings) materials.

  • Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs).

    Important research and development projects

  • TheNational Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 51971148). Investigation on phase-segregation in modulation-layer based toughening and its mechanism of hard nanomultilayered film. 2020-2023.

  • The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51771119), Preparation of Ti matrix composite reinforced with in situ TiB whiskers plus silicides nano-particles and its strengthening mechanisms. 2018-2021.

  • TheNational Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 51471110). Investigation on coherent-interface based strengthening mechanism of superhard nanocomposite films and its universality. 2015-2018.

  • TheNational Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 51101101). Study on effect of interfacial stress in nanomultilayer on martensitic transformation in Fe-Ni and Co and its mechanism. 2012-2014.

    Important papers and publications

  1. Effects of nitrogen content on microstructures and mechanicalproperties of (AlCrTiZrHf)N high-entropy alloy nitride films.Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020. 834: 155063.

  2. Microstructure and properties of high-entropy alloy films or coatings: A review. Materials 2018, 6: 199-229.

  3. Microstructures, mechanical behavior and strengthening mechanism of TiSiCN nanocomposite films. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 2140.

  4. Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti matrix composite reinforced with 5vol.% TiC after various thermo-mechanical treatments, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018, 758: 78-84.

  5.  Evolution of strength and fibres orientation of a short-fibres reinforced Ti-matrix composite after extrusion, Materials & Design, 2017, 126: 297-304.

  6. The mechanical behavior dependence on the TiB whisker realignment during hot-working in titanium matrix composites, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 36126.

  7. Effects of graphene nanoplates on arc erosion resistance and wear behavior under electric current of copper matrix composites [J]. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020, 829: 154356.

  8. Mechanical properties of graphene nanoplates reinforced copper matrix composites prepared by electrostatic self-assembly and spark plasma sintering [J]. Materials Science and Engineering A, 2019, 739: 329-334.

  9. The relationships between the process parameters and the polymeric nanofibers fabricated using a modified coaxial electrospinning[J]. Nanomaterials, 2019, 9, 843.

  10. Mechanism of interaction between the Cu/Cr interface and its chemical mixing on tensile strength and electrical conductivity of a Cu-Cr-Zr alloy[J]. Materials and Design, 2019, (180): 107976.

  11. A model describing the growth of a PEO coating on AM50 Mg alloy under constant voltage mode. Electrochimica Acta, 251 (2017): 461-474.

  12. Investigation of electrode distance impact on PEO coating formation assisted by simulation." Applied Surface Science 388 (2016): 304-312.

    Important patents and proprietary rights

  • TiSiNiN nanocomposite coatings and prepration technique, ChinaPatent, ZL 201611153025.0, 2019.

  • TiCrN/TiSiN nanocrystalline coatings and prepration technique, ChinaPatent, ZL 201611235550.7, 2019.

  • A micro arc oxidation solution for strontium containing biological coating of titanium alloy and its application, ChinaPatent, ZL 201610857501.0, 2018

  • A titanium alloy with ow modulus for medical applications and its preparation method, ChinaPatent, ZL201510833195.2, 2017

  • A preparation method of copper/graphene composites, ChinaPatent, CN201710718421.1, 2017

  • A wear-resistant film on titanium alloy and its preparation, ChinaPatent, ZL201510881116.5, 2017

  • A micro arc oxidation solution used for Ti alloys to prepare TiO2 film containing WO3 its application, ChinaPatent, ZL201510247856.3, 2017

  • A CNTs/Cucomposite and its preparation method, China Patent, ZL20180430383.4, 2019

  • Rare earth copper alloy for high-strength and high-conductivity contact wire and preparation method, ZL201510553712.0,2017

  • One method of surface modification on biomedical Mg-Zn-Ca alloy. Chinese Patent, ZL201310418165.6

  • One preparation method of a biodegradable magnesium alloy for biomedical application. Chinese Patent, ZL 201310418031.4

    Honors and awards [Optional]

  • Shanghai first prize for scientific and technological progress, 2019

  • National Science and technology progress second prize, 2017

    Contact us

  • E-mail: liwei176@usst.edu.cn