Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jian Zhang

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMaterials Engineering,Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Keywordsbeta Ti-based alloy, Gum Metal, Ti-Ni, shape memory alloys,, Ti-Ta/Nb based high temperature shape memory alloy, ferroic phase transition, dislocation, STEM
Honours and awards

2018: Excellent head teacher for undergraduate classes

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityWuxi
InstitutionJiangnan University

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunther EggelerFakultät für Maschinenbau, Institut für Werkstoffe, Lehrstuhl Werkstoffwissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2011

Program(s)

2010Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Zhang, Jian and Li, Yanjie and Li, Wei: Metastable phase diagram on heating in quenched Ti-Nb high-temperature shape memory alloys. In: Journal of Materials Science, 56, 2021,
2021Chengyang Xiong and Yan Li and Jian Zhang and Yu Wang and Wentao Qu and Yuancao Ji and Lishan Cui and Xiaobing Ren: Superelasticity over a wide temperature range in metastable β-Ti shape memory alloys. In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 853, 2021, 157090
2020Jian Zhang and Tong Chen and Wei Li and Jozef Bednarcik and Ann-Christin Dippel: High temperature superelasticity realized in equiatomic Ti-Ni conventional shape memory alloy by severe cold rolling. In: Materials & Design, 193, 2020, 108875
2017Liang, Qianglong and Wang, Dong and Zhang, Jian and Ji, Yuanchao and Ding, Xiangdong and Wang, Yu and Ren, Xiaobing and Wang, Yunzhi: Novel B19' strain glass with large recoverable strain. In: Phys. Rev. Materials, 1, 2017, 033608
2016Jian Zhang, D. Xue, X. Cai, X. Ding, X. Ren, J. Sun: Dislocation induced strain glass in Ti50Ni45Fe5 alloy. In: Acta Materialia, 2016, 130-137
2016L.-F. Huang, B. Grabowski, Jian Zhang, M.-J. Lai, C.C. Tasan, S. Sandlöbes, D. Raabe: From electronic structure to phase diagrams: A bottom-up approach to understand the stability of titanium–transition metal alloys. In: Acta Materialia, 2016, 311-319
2015J.L. Zhang, C.C. Tasan, M.L. Lai, Jian Zhang, D. Raabe: Damage resistance in gum metal through cold work-induced microstructural heterogeneity. In: Journal of Materials Science, 2015, 5694-5708
2015M.J. Lai and C.C. Tasan and J. Zhang and B. Grabowski and L.F. Huang and D. Raabe: Origin of shear induced β to ω transition in Ti–Nb-based alloys. In: Acta Materialia, 92, 2015, 55-63
2014Jian Zhang and Ramona Rynko and Jan Frenzel and Christoph Somsen and Gunther Eggeler: Ingot metallurgy and microstructural characterization of Ti–Ta alloys. In: International Journal of Materials Research, 105, 2014, 156--167
2014Yu Wang, Dong Wang, Yumei Zhou, Jian Zhang, Dezhen Xue, Xiaobing Ren: Strain Glass as a Novel Multi-functional Material Chapter11 IN: Mesoscopic Phenomena in Multifunctional Materials. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014
2014D. Xue, Y. Zhou, X. Ding, Y. Wang, Jian Zhang, J. Sun, X. Ren.: The transitions from glassy state to long-range-ordered state in ferroic glasses. In: physica status solidi (b), 2014, 2019-2026
2012Jian Zhang, Christoph Somsen, Tobias Simon, Xiangdong Ding, Sen Hou, Shuai Ren, Xiaobing Ren, Gunther Eggeler, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Jun Sun: Leaf-like dislocation substructures and the decrease of martensitic start temperatures: A new explanation for functional fatigue during thermally induced martensitic transformations in coarse-grained Ni-rich Ti-Ni shape memory alloys. In: Acta Materialia, 2012, 1999-2006
2012Jian Zhang, C. Somsen, T. Simon, X. Ding, S. Hou, S. Ren, X. Ren, G. Eggeler, K. Otsuka, J. Sun: Leaf-like dislocation substructures and the decrease of martensitic start temperatures: A new explanation for functional fatigue during thermally induced martensitic transformations in coarse-grained Ni-rich Ti–Ni shape memory alloys. In: Acta Materialia, 2012, 1999-2006
2011Zhang, Jian and Wang, Yu and Ding, Xiangdong and Zhang, Zhen and Zhou, Yumei and Ren, Xiaobing and Wang, Dong and Ji, Yuanchao and Song, Minghui and Otsuka, Kazuhiro and Sun, Jun: Spontaneous strain glass to martensite transition in a Ti50Ni44.5Fe5.5 strain glass. In: Phys. Rev. B, 84, 2011, 214201
2011Zhang, Jian and Wang, Yu and Ding, Xiangdong and Zhang, Zhen and Zhou, Yumei and Ren, Xiaobing and Otsuka, Kazuhiro and Sun, Jun and Song, Minghui: Stress-induced strain glass to martensite (R) transition in a Ti50Ni44.5Fe5.5 alloy. In: Phys. Rev. B, 83, 2011, 174204