1. Mechanical and corrosion behavior of magnesium alloys

2. In-situ quantitative testing technique inside electron microscope

3. Primary production of magnesium, ultra-high purity magnesium

Xi’an Jiaotong University (School of Material Science and Engineering)

Associate Professor (2019-present)

Assistant Professor (2015-2019)

Engineering Research Center of Mg-based Materials at Shaanxi Province

Deputy Director (2015-present)

Oak Ridge National Lab (Materials Science & Technology Division)

Visiting student (Joint Ph.D.) (2011-2012)

Xi’an Jiaotong University (School of Material Science and Engineering)

Ph.D. in Materials Science (2009-2015)

B.S. in Materials Science (2005-2009)

1. First prize of science and technology of Shaanxi Province (2018)

2. First prize of science and technology in Higher Institution of Shaanxi Province (2018)

3. Top-10 research at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2015, Xi’an)

4. IFS for Young Scientists (18th International Microscopy Congress, 2014, Prague)

5. LMD Best Paper–Fundamental Research (TMS 2013, San Diego)

6. The Gatan Scholarship for Excellence in Science (2013, Xi’an)

1.     B. Y. Liu, F. Liu, N. Yang, X. Zhai, L. Zhang, Y. Yang, B. Li, J. Li, E. Ma, J. F. Nie, Z. W. Shan, “Large Plasticity in Magnesium Mediated by Pyramidal Dislocations.” Science, 365 (6448), 73-75 (2019)

2.     Y. Wang, B. Y. Liu, X. Zhao, X. Zhang, Y. Miao, N. Yang, B. Yang, L. Zhang, W. Kuang, J. Li, E. Ma, Z. W. Shan, “Turning a native or corroded Mg alloy surface into an anti-corrosion coating in excited CO2.” Nature Communications, 9 (1): 4058 (2018)

3.     B. Y. Liu, N. Yang, J. Wang, M. Barnett, Y. Xin, D. Wu, R. Xin, B. Li, R. L. Narayan, J. F. Nie, J. Li, E. Ma, Z. W. Shan, “Insight from in situ microscopy into which precipitate morphology can enable high strength in magnesium alloys.” Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 34 (7): 1061-1066 (2018)

4.     L. Han, W. Qin, J. Zhou, J. Jian, S. Lu, X. Wu, G. Fan, P. Gao, B.Y. Liu, “Chemical Grafting of Co9S8 onto C60 for Hydrogen Spillover and Storage.” Nanoscale, 9 (16):5141-5147 (2017)

5.     Z. W. Shan, B. Y. Liu, “The Mechanism of {10-12} Deformation Twinning in Magnesium.” Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 52(10): 1267-1278 (2016)

6.     B. Y. Liu, Z. W. Shan, Ma, E., “Non-Dislocation Based Room Temperature Plastic Deformation Mechanism in Magnesium.” Magnesium Technology 2016, p199-201, (2016)

7.     W. Z. Han, L. Huang, S. Ogata, H. Kimizuka, Z. C. Yang, C. Weinberger, Q. J. Li, B. Y. Liu, X. X. Zhang, J. Li, E. Ma, Z. W. Shan, “From ‘Smaller is Stronger’ to ‘Size-Independent Strength Plateau’: Towards Measuring the Ideal Strength of Iron.” Advanced Materials, 27(22): 85-90 (2015)

8.     B. Y. Liu, Wan, L., Wang, J., Ma, E., Shan, Z.W., “Terrace-like morphology of the boundary created through basal-prismatic transformation in magnesium.” Scripta Materialia, 100:86-89 (2015).

9.     B. Y. Liu, Wang, J., Li, B., Lu, L., Zhang, X.Y., Shan, Z.W., Li, J., Jia, C.L., Sun, J., Ma, E., “Twinning-like lattice reorientation without a crystallographic twinning plane.” Nature Communications, 5:3297 (2014)

10.   B. Y. Liu, Li, B., Shan, Z.W., “Twin Boundary Migration Creating Zero Shear Strain: In-Situ TEM Observations and Atomistic Simulations.” Magnesium Technology 2013, p107-111, (2013)

Presentations

1.     “原位电镜技术在镁合金腐蚀防护和强韧化设计方面的应用和启发”中国材料大会（成都2019.07.13）

2.     “镁的塑性变形机理及腐蚀防护的原位电镜研究” 第五届全国镁合金青年学术会议（太原2019.06.29）

3.     “基于微观机理精确认知的高性能结构材料设计与验证” 第二届材料基因工程高层论坛（北京2018.10）

4.     “Which precipitate morphology can enable high strength in magnesium alloys”The 11th International Workshop on Materials Behavior at Micro - Nano Scale, (Xi’an 2018.06)

5.     “镁合金中形变孪晶与析出相交互作用的 原位定量透射电镜研究” 第三届全国镁合金青年学术会议（南昌2017.10）

6.     “In situ TEM study: which precipitate morphology impedes deformation twinning.” 第六届国际镁及镁合金会议（沈阳2017.09）

7.     “镁合金孪晶行为的原位电镜研究”第十届微纳尺度材料性能国际研讨会暨第十届郭可信讲习班（西安2017.05）

8.     “Non-Dislocation Based Plastic Deformation Mechanism in Mg.” TMS, (Nashville, 2016.02)

9.     “镁合金中形变孪晶行为的原位电镜研究.”西北五省电镜学术交流及技术研讨会（西安2016.11）

10.  “镁的塑性变形新机制——晶胞重构.”全国镁合金青年学术会议（哈尔滨2016）

11.  “镁的塑性变形新机制.”新材料国际发展趋势高层论坛, 上海 (2015)

12.  “Non-dislocation based plastic deformation mechanism in magnesium.” International Workshop on Materials Behavior at the Micronanoscale, (Xi’an, 2015)

13.  “New room temperature plastic deformation in magnesium.” International Workshop on Materials Behavior at the Micronanoscale, (Xi’an, 2014)

14.  “Deformation twinning without twinning plane.” International Workshop on Materials Behavior at the Micronanoscale, (Xi’an, 2013)

15.  “In situ TEM study on twinning in Mg.” Microscopy & Microanalysis, Nashville, US (2011)

1. NSFC, In situ TEM quantitative study on the interaction between deformation twinning and precipitates in magnesium alloys, (200,000 CNY), (2017-2019), PI

2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, In situ TEM quantitative study on the strengthening strategy in magnesium alloys, (80,000), (2017-2019), PI

3. Shaanxi Provincial Science & Technology, Research on the manufacture of high purity magnesium, (1,400,000), (2016-2018)

4. Shaanxi Provincial Science & Technology, Basic research on the mechanical properties of high-quality magnesium alloys, (1,000,000), (2016-2018)

5. NSFC, Deformation characteristics and mechanisms of micronano scaled structural materials subjected to multi field effects, (2,850,000 CNY), (2013-2017)

6. National Innovation Experiment Program for Students, (30, 000 CNY), (07-09), PI

Service

Assistant of International Workshop on Materials Behavior at the Micronanoscale (from 2010 to 2019)