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​The School of Materials Science and Engineering at XJTU has launched an international program with all courses taught in English and will begin accepting international undergraduate students starting in September 2025.About MSE/XJTUXi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), established in 1896, is a national key university directly administered by the Ministry of Education of China. It is one of Chin...

Research BackgroundWith the rapid development of energy storage and power battery technologies, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have emerged as an important complementary system to lithium-ion batteries due to their abundant resources and cost advantages. However, SIBs still face significant challenges under high-voltage (≥4.2 V) and extreme temperature conditions (e.g., −60 °C and below). At hig...

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is an important green oxidant with broad applications in wastewater treatment, bleaching, and disinfection. However, its large-scale industrial production still relies heavily on the anthraquinone process, which is energy-intensive, environmentally burdensome, and dependent on organic solvents as well as multistep reaction pathways. In this context, the photocatalytic...

Researchers from the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials at Xi'an Jiaotong University have published an important review article titled “Multicomponent alloys: coherent vs noncoherent precipitate strengthening” in the prominent journal Progress in Materials Science (I.F = 40). Under the guidance of academician Jun Sun, this work was led by Dr. Yasir Sohail and Professor ...

Research BackgroundSodium-ion batteries (SIBs) stand out as a highly promising post-lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology due to abundant sodium resources and low cost. Yet, their practical deployment is constrained by relatively low energy density. Enhancing energy density requires high-voltage, high-capacity electrodes, which demand electrolytes with robust oxidative stability, tolerance to la...

Nickel-based superalloys play an indispensable role in aerospace and energy industries, where extreme temperatures and stresses demand materials with exceptional mechanical reliability. Their outstanding performance originates from precisely tailored compositions and hierarchical microstructures. However, conventional manufacturing routes based on casting and machining are often time-consuming,...

The human brain, composed of hundreds of billions of neurons and synapses, represents the most efficient computing platform in nature. It exhibits exceptional capabilities in learning, memory, and parallel information processing, while operating with extremely low energy consumption. Inspired by these features, neuromorphic computing has emerged as a key paradigm for overcoming the fundamental ...

Since the catastrophic accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011, the development of accident tolerant fuels (ATFs) has emerged as a central direction for next-generation advanced nuclear materials. Among the various ATF concepts, chromium (Cr) coatings have attracted particular attention owing to their excellent corrosion resistance, strong tolerance to neutron irradiation,...

Metal additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as metal 3D printing, has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Its advantages extend beyond the direct fabrication of components with complex geometries to the generation of unique microstructural features. Among these, a particularly striking characteristic is the emergence of cellular sub-grain structures with a honeycomb-like morph...