Recent Journal Publications  

·        For the first time, metal (Ga) nanoribbons with thickness of less than 10nm were found to grow spontaneously from the surfaces of a ternary compound of Cr2GaC: more...

·        Porous Ti3SiC2 dissipates much higher energy (one order of magnitude) than its fully dense counterpart: more...

·        Slightly abrading (scratching) the surface of a leaded brass caused spontaneous growth of Pb nanowhiskers: more...

1. Ti-Si-C Ternary Compound and MAX Phases

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• a panel

•     MRS 2004 Fall Meeting Poster session Winner

•     publications on MAX phases

2. Nanoribbons, Nanofibers, Nanowhiskers and Nanotubes

        a. What happens when you scratch a brass surface?

             i. micrographs

            ii. a paper

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3. Thermoelectric Materials  

        Introduction :   Presentation   

4. Intermetallic Compounds                                       

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·        Microstructure of Ti3SiC2

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1.  (No. 2001-177986) Ti-Si-C ternary compound and its fabrication method, 2001.6.13, pending

2.  (No. 2001-207527) Sintered metallic ceramic and its fabrication method, 2001.7.9, pending

3.  (No. 2002-273076) Metallic ceramic powders and fabrication, 2002.9.19, pending

4.  (No. 2002-315075) development of low friction sliding faces by using non-mirror polished diamond coating, 2002.9.24, pending

5.  (No. 2003-325413) Metallic ceramic material titanium silicon carbide and the fabrication method (non pressurized sintering and synthesis), 2003.09.18, pending.

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    Coworkers:

        Dr. H. Hashimoto

        Dr. S. Tada

        Dr. Y. Zou

    Collaborators:

        Dr. M. W. Barsoum

    Alumni:

        Dr. Z. H. Shan          (former STA fellow, presently San Jose, CA, USA)

        Dr. Q. Wang            (former STA fellow, presently Stanford Uni. CA, USA)

        Dr. Z. Wang             (former STA fellow, presently Stanford Uni. CA, USA)

        Dr. Z. F. Zhang         (former JSPS fellow, presently group leader, IMR, CAS)

        Dr. S. L. Yang          (former JSPS fellow, presently Uni. Saskatchewan, Canada)

        Ms. W. Khongwong   (former JICA trainee)

        Mr. Solihin                (former JICA trainee)

        Ms. N. Keawprak      (former JICA trainee)       

After a joint degree program between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The University of Vienna (Universitaet Wien), I have gained my Ph. D in 1992, after 3 years study at the Institute of Metal Research (IMR), CAS and one year at The University of Vienna. Shortly after appointed a research associate at the IMR, CAS, I was invited to the University of Vienna for  postdoctoral research at the beginning of 1993. In the summer of 1994, I was invited to Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan, where I spent 2 and a half years for postdoctoral study under the financial support for the Daiko Fundation and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

In 1997 I joined the Tohoku National Industrial Research Institute, which was reorganized to be the present  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in 2001. At the beginning of 2004, our group moved from the AIST-Tohoku (Sendai) to the present AIST-Chubu (Nagoya). Shortly after the moving, I went on my sabbatical stay at Drexel University for one year.