1.         Understanding physical and mechanical phenomena associated with internal interfaces, e.g., interfacial energies, segregation, phase transformations, and creep

2.         Reveals the inner structure and local chemical composition of materials on an atomic scale based on which an understanding of the properties.

2021.7 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Associate professor

2018.11 – 2021.7   Xi’an Jiaotong University, China     Assistant professor  

2018.11 – 2020.11  Xi’an Jiaotong University, China      Postdoc  

2010.9 – 2018.6   Xi’an Jiaotong University, China   Ph.D.

2007.9 – 2010.6   Xi’an University of Technology, China   M.S.

2003.9 – 2007.7   Xi’an University of Technology, China   B.S.

2021  The annual MRL Impact Award, Materials Research Letters

Full publications list and Citation

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chong-Yang-11

Selected Publications

1.         C. Yang, P. Zhang, D. Shao, R.H. Wang, L.F. Cao, J.Y. Zhang, G. Liu, B.A. Chen, J. Sun, The influence of Sc solute partitioning on the microalloying effect and mechanical properties of Al-Cu alloys with minor Sc addition, Acta Materialia. 119 (2016) 68–79.

2.         C. Yang, P. Cheng, B. Chen, J. Zhang, G. Liu, J. Sun, Solute clusters-promoted strength-ductility synergy in Al-Sc alloy, Journal of Materials Science & Technology. 96 (2022) 325–331.

3.         Y.H. Gao, L.F. Cao, C. Yang, J.Y. Zhang, G. Liu, J. Sun, Co-stabilization of θ′-Al2Cu and Al3Sc precipitates in Sc-microalloyed Al–Cu alloy with enhanced creep resistance, Materials Today Nano. 6 (2019) 100035.

4.         刘刚, 张鹏, 杨冲, 张金钰, 孙军, 铝合金中的溶质原子团簇及其强韧化, 金属学报. 57 (2021) 1484–1498.

5.         S.H. Wu, H. Xue, C. Yang, P.M. Cheng, P. Zhang, J. Kuang, J.Y. Zhang, G. Liu, J. Sun, Effect of Si addition on the precipitation and mechanical/electrical properties of dilute Al–Zr-Sc alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A. 812 (2021) 141150.

6.         S.H. Wu, H. Xue, C. Yang, J. Kuang, P. Zhang, J.Y. Zhang, Y.J. Li, H.J. Roven, G. Liu, J. Sun, Hierarchical structure in Al-Cu alloys to promote strength/ductility synergy, Scripta Materialia. 202 (2021) 113996.

7.         J.D. Zuo, Y.Q. Wang, K. Wu, C. Yang, J.Y. Zhang, G. Liu, J. Sun, High thermal stability of nanostructured Al mediated by heterophase interfaces and nanotwinning, Materials Science and Engineering: A. 793 (2020) 139823.

8.         H. Xue, C. Yang, J. Kuang, P. Zhang, J.Y. Zhang, G. Liu, J. Sun, Highly interdependent dual precipitation and its effect on mechanical properties of Al–Cu-Sc alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A. 820 (2021) 141526.

9.         M. Yi, P. Zhang, C. Yang, P. Cheng, S. Guo, G. Liu, J. Sun, Improving creep resistance of Al-12 wt.% Ce alloy by microalloying with Sc, Scripta Materialia. 198 (2021) 113838.

10.     J.-Y. Zhang, Y.-H. Gao, C. Yang, P. Zhang, J. Kuang, G. Liu, J. Sun, Microalloying Al alloys with Sc: a review, Rare Metals. 39 (2020) 636–650.

11.     C. Yang, L. Cao, Y. Gao, P. Cheng, P. Zhang, J. Kuang, J. Zhang, G. Liu, J. Sun, Nanostructural Sc-based hierarchy to improve the creep resistance of Al–Cu alloys, Materials & Design. 186 (2020) 108309.

12.     P. Zhang, J.-J. Bian, C. Yang, J.-Y. Zhang, G. Liu, J. Weiss, J. Sun, Plate-like precipitate effects on plasticity of Al-Cu micro-pillar: {100}-interfacial slip, Materialia. 7 (2019) 100416.

13.     B. Chen, C. Guan, Y. Li, C. Yang, J. Zhang, G. Liu, L. Li, Y. Peng, Quantitative reorientation behaviors of macro‐twin interfaces in shape‐memory alloy under compression stimulus in situ TEM, Journal of Materials Science & Technology. 107 (2022) 243–251.

14.     Y.H. Gao, C. Yang, J.Y. Zhang, L.F. Cao, G. Liu, J. Sun, E. Ma, Stabilizing nanoprecipitates in Al-Cu alloys for creep resistance at 300°C, Materials Research Letters. 7 (2019) 18–25.