Research Summary
Professor Liu’s research interests focus on the modeling and design of a wide range of materials chemistry and processing through integrating first-principles calculations, statistic mechanics, thermodynamic/kinetic modeling, and critically designed experiments for structural and functional applications.
Recent studies in Professor Liu’s Phases Research Lab concentrate on aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys, Ni-base superalloys, ion transport membranes, and ferroelectrics. The primary emphasis is on fundamentals of phase stability, defect chemistry, and their applications in understanding and predicting relationships among materials chemistry, processing, and properties.
Technology impacted by Professor Liu's research includes: lightweight materials for vehicle applications; solid-oxide fuel cells; Li-ion battery; solar materials; ferroelectrics, ionic transportation membranes, thermal and environmental barrier coatings; land-based and airborne gas turbine systems; and computational methodology in materials research and development transferable across inorganic materials.
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Recent Publications
Underpinnings behind the magnetic order-to-disorder transition and property anomaly of disproportionated insulating samarium nickelate
Du, J., Zhang, Z., Shang, S. L., Zhang, A., Wang, Y., Liu, Z. K. & Liu, F., Apr 15 2024, In: Acta Materialia. 268, 119783.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Theory-guided materials design of multiphase alloys with superior stiffness at finite temperatures
Huang, J., Liu, S., Friák, M., Qiu, C., Shang, S. L., Liu, Z. K. & Du, Y., May 1 2024, In: Acta Materialia. 269, 119796.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Design and validation of refractory alloys using machine learning, CALPHAD, and experiments
Li, W., Raman, L., Debnath, A., Ahn, M., Lin, S., Krajewski, A. M., Shang, S., Priya, S., Reinhart, W. F., Liu, Z. K. & Beese, A. M., Jun 2024, In: International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 121, 106673.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Phase transformation and equation of state in Ti–45Al alloy under high pressure
Li, X., Zhu, R., Xin, J., Luo, M., Shang, S. L., Liu, Z. K., Yin, C., Funakoshi, K. I., Dippenaar, R. J., Higo, Y., Shiro, A., Reid, M., Shobu, T., Akita, K., Zhang, W. B. & Liss, K. D., Mar 2024, In: Calphad: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry. 84, 102641.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Influence of accelerated corrosion on Al/steel RSW joints by in situ compression tests
Pan, B., Sun, H., Xie, D., Shang, S. L., Li, N., Carlson, B. E., Li, Y., Liu, Z. K. & Li, J., Jan 2024, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A. 889, 145851.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of misorientation on single crystal plasticity by finite element methods
Shimanek, J. D., Liu, Z. K. & Beese, A. M., Mar 25 2024, In: Computational Materials Science. 237, 112879.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Thermodynamic modeling of Fe-Nb and Fe-Nb-Ni systems supported by first-principles calculations and diffusion-multiple measurements
Sun, H., Wang, C., Shang, S., Beese, A. M., Zhao, J. C. & Liu, Z., Apr 15 2024, In: Acta Materialia. 268, 119747.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Additively manufactured Ni-20Cr to V functionally graded material: Computational predictions and experimental verification of phase formations
Tonyali, B., Sun, H., Bocklund, B., Borgonia, J. P., Otis, R. A., Shang, S. L., Liu, Z. K. & Beese, A. M., May 25 2024, In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 985, 174011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effect of heat treatment on functionally graded 304L stainless steel to Inconel 625 fabricated by directed energy deposition
Yang, Z., Sun, H., Shang, S., Liu, Z. & Beese, A. M., May 2024, In: Materialia. 34, 102067.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Silicon-doped β -Ga2O3films grown at 1 μ m/h by suboxide molecular-beam epitaxy
Azizie, K., Hensling, F. V. E., Gorsak, C. A., Kim, Y., Pieczulewski, N. A., Dryden, D. M., Senevirathna, M. K. I., Coye, S., Shang, S. L., Steele, J., Vogt, P., Parker, N. A., Birkhölzer, Y. A., McCandless, J. P., Jena, D., Xing, H. G., Liu, Z. K., Williams, M. D., Green, A. J., Chabak, K., & 6 others, Apr 1 2023, In: APL Materials. 11, 4, 041102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Electrochemical properties of Gd(III) ions in LiCl-KCl-GdCl3 at 723–1023 K
Baldivieso, S. C., Smith, N. D., Liu, Z. K. & Kim, H., Jul 1 2023, In: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 940, 117482.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparing forward and inverse design paradigms: A case study on refractory high-entropy alloys
Debnath, A., Raman, L., Li, W., Krajewski, A. M., Ahn, M., Lin, S., Shang, S., Beese, A. M., Liu, Z. K. & Reinhart, W. F., Sep 14 2023, In: Journal of Materials Research. 38, 17, p. 4107-4117 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Deformation behaviors in light of dislocation core characteristics with respect to the compositional-dependent misfit potentials of aluminum alloys
Du, J., Liu, Y., Zhang, Z., Shang, S. L., Li, H., Liu, Z. K. & Liu, F., Nov 1 2023, In: Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 27, p. 4366-4377 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Machine learning-enabled identification of micromechanical stress and strain hotspots predicted via dislocation density-based crystal plasticity simulations
Eghtesad, A., Luo, Q., Shang, S. L., Lebensohn, R. A., Knezevic, M., Liu, Z. K. & Beese, A. M., Jul 2023, In: International journal of plasticity. 166, 103646.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Stacking-disordered CoSn3 and tetragonally stacked CoSn4 formed during solid-state interdiffusion of Co and Sn
Leineweber, A., Hoppe, M., Martin, S., Schimpf, C., Shang, S. L. & Liu, Z. K., Sep 2023, In: Intermetallics. 160, 107957.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review