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Materials Science
China
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
134
Citations
71942
World Ranking
288
National Ranking
83

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For advancing ordered metallic compounds from the laboratory to practice.

Overview

C.T. Liu is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China and specializes in the field of engineering. Their body of work primarily focuses on mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and mechanics of materials.

Their research covers multiple topics with a notable emphasis on:

  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques
  • Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys
  • Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics

The scientist's publication record includes significant papers, some of which are:

  • Ultrahigh strength and ductility in newly developed materials with coherent nanolamellar architectures, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dual heterogeneous structures lead to ultrahigh strength and uniform ductility in a Co-Cr-Ni medium-entropy alloy, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Ultrahigh-strength and ductile superlattice alloys with nanoscale disordered interfaces, 2020, Science
  • In situ design of advanced titanium alloy with concentration modulations by additive manufacturing, 2021, Science
  • A Novel Multinary Intermetallic as an Active Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution, 2020, Advanced Materials

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Junhua Luan
  • Tao Yang
  • Zengbao Jiao
  • Yilu Zhao
  • Ji-Jung Kai

In terms of publication venues, the scientist has frequently contributed to:

  • Acta Materialia
  • Scripta Materialia
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Plasticity

Among the awards received, C.T. Liu was named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for advancing ordered metallic compounds from the laboratory to practice.

Best Publications

  • High-entropy alloy: challenges and prospects

    Y.F. Ye;Q. Wang;J. Lu;C.T. Liu

  • Effect of valence electron concentration on stability of fcc or bcc phase in high entropy alloys

    Sheng Guo;Chun Ng;Jian Lu;C. T. Liu

  • Phase stability in high entropy alloys: Formation of solid-solution phase or amorphous phase

    Sheng Guo;C.T. Liu

  • High-temperature ordered intermetallic alloys

    C.C. Koch;C.T. Liu;N.S. Stoloff

  • A new glass-forming ability criterion for bulk metallic glasses

    Z.P. Lu;C.T. Liu

  • Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys

    T. Yang;Y. L. Zhao;Y. Tong;Z. B. Jiao

  • Effect of boron on grain-boundaries in Ni3Al†

    C.T Liu;C.L White;J.A Horton

  • Ductile CoCrFeNiMox high entropy alloys strengthened by hard intermetallic phases

    W.H. Liu;Z.P. Lu;J.Y. He;J.H. Luan

  • Heterogeneous precipitation behavior and stacking-fault-mediated deformation in a CoCrNi-based medium-entropy alloy

    Y. L. Zhao;T. Yang;Y. Tong;J. Wang

  • Emerging applications of intermetallics

    N.S Stoloff;C.T Liu;S.C Deevi

  • More than entropy in high-entropy alloys: Forming solid solutions or amorphous phase

    Sheng Guo;Qiang Hu;Chun Ng;C.T. Liu

  • Structural amorphous steels.

    Z. P. Lu;C. T. Liu;J. R. Thompson;J. R. Thompson;W. D. Porter

  • Polysynthetic twinned TiAl single crystals for high-temperature applications

    Guang Chen;Yingbo Peng;Gong Zheng;Zhixiang Qi

  • Test environments and mechanical properties of Zr-base bulk amorphous alloys

    C. T. Liu;L. Heatherly;J. A. Horton;D. S. Easton

  • High Temperature Aluminides and Intermetallics

    S.H. Whang;C.T. Liu;D.P. Pope;J.O. Stiegler

  • Glass formation criterion for various glass-forming systems

    Z. P. Lu;C. T. Liu

  • Outstanding tensile properties of a precipitation-strengthened FeCoNiCrTi0.2 high-entropy alloy at room and cryogenic temperatures

    Y. Tong;D. Chen;B. Han;B. Han;J. Wang

  • An environmental effect as the major cause for room-temperature embrittlement in FeAl☆

    C.T. Liu;E.H. Lee;C.G. McKamey

  • Enhancement of strength-ductility trade-off in a high-entropy alloy through a heterogeneous structure

    S.W. Wu;G. Wang;Q. Wang;Y.D. Jia

  • Bulk Metallic Glass Composites with Transformation‐Mediated Work‐Hardening and Ductility

    Yuan Wu;Yuehua Xiao;Guoliang Chen;Chain T. Liu

  • Ultrahigh strength and ductility in newly developed materials with coherent nanolamellar architectures.

    Lei Fan;Tao Yang;Yilu Zhao;Junhua Luan

  • An assessment on the future development of high-entropy alloys: Summary from a recent workshop

    Z.P. Lu;H. Wang;M.W. Chen;I. Baker

  • Atomistic free-volume zones and inelastic deformation of metallic glasses

    J. C. Ye;J. Lu;C. T. Liu;Q. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter K. Liaw
Peter K. Liaw University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Yong Yang
Yong Yang City University of Hong Kong
Easo P George
Easo P George Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zhaoping Lu
Zhaoping Lu University of Science and Technology Beijing
J.H. Luan
J.H. Luan City University of Hong Kong
Joe A Horton Jr
Joe A Horton Jr Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michael K Miller
Michael K Miller Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jin Zou
Jin Zou University of Queensland
Mingwei Chen
Mingwei Chen Southern University of Science and Technology
Z.B. Jiao
Z.B. Jiao Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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