Functional Alloys and Forming Technology Research Team


Overview

The research team undertakes 8 projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 6 provincial and ministerial projects, and 10 other horizontal scientific research projects. The main research fields are involved: (1) Lightweight design and failure mechanism of nano metal materials; (2) Design and development of functional alloy materials, including gradient structure, multi-scale structure, grain boundary engineering, nano precipitation and other multi-level and multi-scale structure design; (3) Surface treatment technology, such as electric spark strengthening, surface nanocrystallization, electrodeposition technology, low-temperature rolling and other surface treatment methods to improve the corrosion, friction, fatigue and biological performances of alloy materials; (4) Intelligent forming technology, using intelligent experimental data platform for forming equipment, intelligent mold, precision workpiece manufacturing.

Team leader

  • Professor Aiying Chen

    Members

  • Associate Professor Fang Liu

  • Associate Professor Xiang Li

  • Associate Professor Meifeng He

  • Associate Professor Xing He

  • Lecture Lijiang Gu

    Research Fields

  • Lightweight design and failure mechanism of metallic materials

  • Design and development of functional alloy materials

  • Surface modification technology

  • Intelligent forming technology

     

    Important research and development projects

  • Precipitation strengthening of hierarchical nanotwins in austenitic stainless steel at high temperature, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018-2021

  • Study on the mechanisms of synergistically enhanced plasticity and biological corrosion of Mg-based bulk metallic glasses composites. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018-2021

  • Lower temperature molten salt diffusion aluminum coating on magnesium alloy and the semiconductor behavior of the passive film. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014-2016

  • Constrained transformation and size effect of nanotwins in austenite stainless steel, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013-2016

  • Structure, anti-oxidation and thermal diffusion behavior of thermal sprayed AlCoCrNiMxREy high-entropy alloy coating on the surface of superalloy, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project manager, 2017-2019

  • Alternating magnetic imaging of single magnetic nanoparticles with small scale by new magnetic force microscope, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013-2015

  • Fabrication and properties of porous graphene/bioactive glasses scaffolds by protein foaming, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013-2015

  • Refinement mechanisms and fracture behavior of stainless steel with micro/nano gradient structure produced by local deformation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013-2015

     

    Important papers and publications

  • Construction of 1D Vortex Chain Using a Chiral Nanostructure[J], Adv. Sci. (2020) 2001040.

  • Scale law of complex deformation transitions of nanotwins in stainless steel, Nature Commun. 10 (2019)1403.

  • Bridgman growth and magneto-optical properties of CeF3 crystal as Faraday Rotator[J], Optical Materials, 100 (2020) 109675.

  • Off-on fluorescent switching of boron-doped carbon quantum dots for ultrasensitive sensing of catechol and glutathione, Carbon, 157 (2020) 537-548.

  • Corrosion resistance enhancement of magnesium alloy by N-doped graphene quantum dots and polymethyltrimethoxysilane composite coating, carbon 196 (2019) 563-571

  • Construction of nanoporous gold/g-C3N4 heterostructure for electrochemical supercapacitor, Electrochimica Acta, 294 (2019) 260-267.

  • Pinning-dependent vortex wall oscillations in a one dimensional NiFe nanowire[J], App. Phy. Lett. 111 (2017) 162403.

  • Improving the intergranular corrosion resistance of austenitic stainless steel by high density twinned structure , Scr. Mate. 130 (2017) 264-268.

  • Gradient twinned 304 stainless steels for high strength and high ductility, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 667 (2016) 179-188.

  • In vitro biocompatibility and corrosion behavior of biodegradable Magnesium-pearl powder metal matrix composite [J]. J. Alloys Compd. 663 (2016) 156-165.

  • Microstructure and electrocatalytic performance of nanoporous gold foils decorated by TiO2 coatings, Surf. Coat. Technol. 286 (2016) 113-118

  • Effect of annealing atmosphere on the thermal coarsening of nanoporous gold films, Appl. Surf. Sci. 286 (2016) 113-118

  • Pore-size tuning and optical performances of nanoporous gold films, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 202 (2015) 50-56.

  • Influence of microstructure on corrosion properties of multilayer Mg–Al intermetallic compound coating. Corros. Sci. 53 (2011) 1312-1321.

  • The influence of strain rate on the microstructure transition of 304 stainless steel, Acta Materialia, 59 (2011) 3697-3709

     

    Important patents and proprietary rights

  • Production of nanostructure austenitic sheet by repeat reverse transformation, USA, US2010/0101686

  • Molten salt diffusion coating on magnesium alloy. China patent, ZL 200710041705.8

  • A preparation method of pearl powder/magnesium alloy composite. China patent, ZL201410347085.0

  • A preparation method of car brake pad. China patent, ZL201510946901.4

  • A preparation method of car brake pad of high content of carbon. China patent, ZL 201611197928.9

  • Amorphous nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy and its preparation methods, China Patent, ZL201210508847.1, 2014

  • Electrode material of supercapacitor and its preparation method, CN 108364800 B

  • A method to improve the corrosion resistance of magnesium alloy by nitrogen doped graphene quantum dot coating, CN108796571B

  • Double layer TiO2 / Au porous structure catalyst and its preparation method, ZL 201510167744.7

  • A titanium dioxide nanowire and its preparation method, ZL 201510393996.1

     

    Honors and awards

  • Third Prize of Excellent Innovative Entrepreneurship Team for College Students, 2018

  • Excellence award in course teaching of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 2014-2015

  • Second prize of Academic Award, Proceedings of the 9th Zwick Academia Day Testing of high performance, lightweight and sustainable materials, Rome, Sapienza University,

    Activities in professional associations

  • 2020-: Member of Expert Committee of National Think Tank for Materials and Devices Scientists

  • Editorial board member of the journal “International Journal of Corrosion”

    Contact us

  • E-mail: aychen@usst.edu.cn