Staff introduction

Director：Prof. Jing Feng

Deputy Director：Prof. Zhenhua Ge, Prof. Peng Song, A.P. Xiaoyu Chong

Academic Committee Members：

Prof. Wei Liu, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Computational materials science

Prof. Hong Zhu, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Precious metal material interface

Prof. Bing Xiao,  Xi'an Jiaotong University, Algorithms and software

Prof. Lidong Zhao, Beihang University, New thermoelectric materials

Prof. Chunli Wan, Tsinghua University, Thermal barrier coating materials

Prof. Chuanfei Guo, South University of Science and Technology of China, Functional Materials

Prof. Kongzhai Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Computational Metallurgical Engineering

Researcher Song Chen, Kunming precious metals institute,  Computational Materials Science

Prof. Jingming Cai, Kunming precious metals institute, Low Dimensional Material

Prof. Mengnie Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Integrated Computing Material

Prof. Jun Luo, Tianjin University of Technology, Materials Characterization

Prof. Bin Liu, Shanghai University, Computational Materials Science

Research introduction

1. High-throughput screen, design and application of new structure materials

     1.1 Investigation and application for high performance thermal barrier coating material by multi-scale simulation and experiments. Research objects include rare earth oxides, transition metal carbides, borides and nitrides, etc. The aim is to develop new TBCs materials with excellent mechanical and thermal properties by computation and experiments.

     1.2 Advanced steels by cross-scale integration computing and design. Research objects include wear-resistant steel, low density high strength steel and iron-based composites, etc. The DFT calculations, thermodynamic and kinetics simulation and multi-scale experiments are used to investigate the steels from composition design to processing.

    1.3 Multi-scale design and application of precious alloys based on Material Genetic Engineering. The alloys are mainly for the new high-temperature alloys and coating. The chemical composition is optimized by Calphad and DFT calculations. The properties at different temperature and pressure can be obtained by high-throughput calculations and experiments.

2. New energy conversion materials and optical crystals by experimental research and computational design

      2.1 Chalcogen and precious metal based high performance thermoelectric materials. High performance thermoelectric materials and device are developed by accurate microstructure characterization and advanced computing methods.

     2.2 New perovskite materials for photodetector and laser crystals.

    2.3 Development of cross-scale high-throughput heuristic algorithm and applications

  2.4 Construction and application for the material structure and properties database

Introduction of instrument

1000 CPU×2GB Supercomputing workstation

Thermal mechanical analyzer (TMA)               Laser thermal conductance instrument

                                                                        Electronic probe microanalyzer

                                                        Scanning Electron Microscope             X-ray diffractometer

                                               X-ray diffractometer                     Seebeck/resistance test system

                                         Electron beam enhances physical vapor deposition

 Plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition

Computational software