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2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
130
Citations
67299
World Ranking
333
National Ranking
99

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
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For seminal work on the fundamental physics, processing and properties of heterostructured and nanostructured materials.
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - ASM Fellow For pioneering work on the fundamental understanding of deformation mechanisms in nanomaterials and to enhance both strength and ductility of these materials, simultaneously.

Overview

Yuntian Zhu is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China, with a research portfolio focused primarily on engineering and materials science. Their work spans over 270 publications in engineering and 167 in materials science. Key subfields contributing to this output include mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, mechanics of materials, and biomaterials.

The research topics covered by Yuntian Zhu emphasize microstructure and mechanical properties, high entropy alloys studies, aluminum alloys composites properties, additive manufacturing materials and processes, high-temperature coating behaviors, advanced materials and composites, and titanium alloys microstructure and properties.

The scientist's notable recent papers include:

  • Heterostructured materials (2022, Progress in Materials Science)
  • Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction (2020, Materials Research Letters)
  • Multistage work hardening assisted by multi-type twinning in ultrafine-grained heterostructural eutectic high-entropy alloys (2020, Materials Today)
  • Grain size effect on tensile properties and slip systems of pure magnesium (2020, Acta Materialia)
  • Critical microstructures and defects in heterostructured materials and their effects on mechanical properties (2020, Acta Materialia)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yuntian Zhu include Xiaolei Wu, Yonghao Zhao, Hao Zhou, Yang Cao, and Bo Gao. These collaborators have co-authored numerous papers enhancing the development of the scientist's research themes.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Materials Science and Engineering A, SSRN Electronic Journal, Acta Materialia, Journal of Material Science and Technology, and Materials Research Letters.

Awards received by Yuntian Zhu include the 2019 Fellow of the Materials Research Society for work related to heterostructured and nanostructured materials, the 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the 2010 ASM Fellow recognition for contributions to understanding deformation mechanisms in nanomaterials.

Best Publications

  • Producing bulk ultrafine-grained materials by severe plastic deformation

    Ruslan Z. Valiev;Yuri Estrin;Zenji Horita;Zenji Horita;Terence G. Langdon

  • Heterogeneous lamella structure unites ultrafine-grain strength with coarse-grain ductility.

    Xiaolei Wu;Muxin Yang;Fuping Yuan;Guilin Wu

  • Paradox of strength and ductility in metals processed by severe plastic deformation

    R. Z. Valiev;I. V. Alexandrov;Y. T. Zhu;T. C. Lowe

  • Deformation twinning in nanocrystalline materials

    Y.T. Zhu;X.Z. Liao;X.L. Wu

  • Back stress strengthening and strain hardening in gradient structure

    Muxin Yang;Yue Pan;Fuping Yuan;Yuntian Zhu

  • Perspective on hetero-deformation induced (HDI) hardening and back stress

    Yuntian Zhu;Xiaolei Wu

  • Heterogeneous materials: a new class of materials with unprecedented mechanical properties

    Xiaolei Wu;Yuntian Zhu

  • Extraordinary strain hardening by gradient structure.

    XiaoLei Wu;Ping Jiang;Liu Chen;Fuping Yuan

  • Microstructures and mechanical properties of ultrafine grained 7075 Al alloy processed by ECAP and their evolutions during annealing

    Y.H. Zhao;X.Z. Liao;Z. Jin;R.Z. Valiev

  • Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction

    Yuntian Zhu;Kei Ameyama;Peter M. Anderson;Irene J. Beyerlein

  • Review on superior strength and enhanced ductility of metallic nanomaterials

    I.A. Ovid'ko;I.A. Ovid'ko;R.Z. Valiev;R.Z. Valiev;Y.T. Zhu;Y.T. Zhu

  • Simultaneously Increasing the Ductility and Strength of Nanostructured Alloys

    Yong-Hao Zhao;Xiao-Zhou Liao;Sheng Cheng;En Ma

  • Mechanical properties of copper/bronze laminates: Role of interfaces

    Xiaolong Ma;Chongxiang Huang;Jordan Moering;Mathis Ruppert

  • Ultralong single-wall carbon nanotubes

    L. X. Zheng;M. J. O'Connell;S. K. Doorn;X. Z. Liao

  • Microstructures and dislocation configurations in nanostructured Cu processed by repetitive corrugation and straightening

    J.Y. Huang;Y.T. Zhu;H. Jiang;T.C. Lowe

  • Nanostructural hierarchy increases the strength of aluminium alloys

    Peter V. Liddicoat;Xiao Zhou Liao;Yonghao Zhao;Yuntian Zhu

  • Nanostructured metals: Retaining ductility

    Yuntian T. Zhu;Xiaozhou Liao

  • Interface affected zone for optimal strength and ductility in heterogeneous laminate

    C.X. Huang;Y.F. Wang;X.L. Ma;S. Yin

  • Synergetic Strengthening by Gradient Structure

    X. L. Wu;P. Jiang;L. Chen;J. F. Zhang

  • Continuous processing of ultrafine grained Al by ECAP–Conform

    Georgy J. Raab;Ruslan Z. Valiev;Terry C. Lowe;Yuntian T. Zhu

  • Corrosion resistance of ultra fine-grained Ti

    A. Balyanov;J. Kutnyakova;N.A. Amirkhanova;V.V. Stolyarov

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaozhou Liao
Xiaozhou Liao University of Sydney
Yonghao Zhao
Yonghao Zhao Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Ruslan Z. Valiev
Ruslan Z. Valiev Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Terence G. Langdon
Terence G. Langdon University of Southern California
Enrique J. Lavernia
Enrique J. Lavernia Texas A&M University
Terry C. Lowe
Terry C. Lowe Colorado School of Mines
Qingwen Li
Qingwen Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaolei Wu
Xiaolei Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zenji Horita
Zenji Horita Kyushu University
Jian Yu Huang
Jian Yu Huang Yanshan University

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