Dr. Chuan Cheng

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsThermodynamics and Kinetics as well as Properties of Phases and Microstructure of Materials
KeywordsElectrochemical actuators, Surface charge induced strain, Nanoporous metals, Li-ion Batteries, Anodic aluminium oxide
Honours and awards

2015: Humboldt Research Fellowship

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityNewcastle upon Tyne
InstitutionUniversity of Newcastle
InstituteSchool of Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jörg WeißmüllerInstitut für Werkstoffphysik und -technologie, Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH), Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2015

Programme(s)

2014Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Cheng, Chuan and Lührs, Lukas and Krekeler, Tobias: Simultaneous Enhancement of Actuation Strain and Mechanical Strength of Nanoporous Ni–Mn Actuators. In: Advanced Electronic Materials, 7, 2021, 2100381
2020Chuan Cheng and Ross Drummond and Stephen R. Duncan and Patrick S. Grant: Combining composition graded positive and negative electrodes for higher performance Li-ion batteries. In: Journal of Power Sources, 448, 2020, 227376
2020Cheng, Chuan and Grant, Patrick S. and Lührs, Lukas: Electrochemical Mechanics of Metal Thin Films: Charge-Induced Reversible Surface Stress for Actuation. In: Advanced Electronic Materials, 6, 2020, 1900364
2019Chuan Cheng and Ross Drummond and Stephen R. Duncan and Patrick S. Grant: Micro-scale graded electrodes for improved dynamic and cycling performance of Li-ion batteries. In: Journal of Power Sources, 413, 2019, 59-67
2017Cheng, Chuan and Lührs, Lukas and Krekeler, Tobias and Ritter, Martin and Weissmüller, Jörg: Semiordered Hierarchical Metallic Network for Fast and Large Charge-Induced Strain. In: Nano Letters, 17, 2017, 4774-4780
2016Cheng, Chuan and Weissmüller, Jörg and Ngan, Alfonso H. W.: Fast and Reversible Actuation of Metallic Muscles Composed of Nickel Nanowire-Forest. In: Advanced Materials, 28, 2016, 5315-5321
2015Cheng, Chuan and Ngan, Alfonso H. W.: Reversible Electrochemical Actuation of Metallic Nanohoneycombs Induced by Pseudocapacitive Redox Processes. In: ACS Nano, 9, 2015, 3984-3995
n.n.Cheng, Chuan and Lührs, Lukas: Robust Metallic Actuators Based on Nanoporous Gold Rapidly Dealloyed from Gold–Nickel Precursors. In: Advanced Functional Materials, n/a, n.n., 2107241