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Zaoli Zhang is affiliated with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Austria. The research primarily spans the fields of materials science and engineering, with a particular focus on subfields including materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The research topics covered by Zaoli Zhang feature a strong emphasis on metal and thin film mechanics, as well as boron and carbon nanomaterials research. Additional areas of study include electronic and structural properties of oxides, advanced ceramic materials synthesis, microstructure and mechanical properties, magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, and aluminum alloys composites properties.

Zaoli Zhang has contributed to multiple research papers published in notable venues. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Fracture toughness trends of modulus-matched TiN/(Cr,Al)N thin film superlattices, 2020, Acta Materialia
  • Fracture properties of thin film TiN at elevated temperatures, 2020, Materials & Design
  • Atomistic mechanisms underlying plasticity and crack growth in ceramics: a case study of AlN/TiN superlattices, 2022, Acta Materialia
  • Bond strength between TiN coating and microstructural constituents of a high speed steel determined by first principle calculations, 2021, Acta Materialia
  • Correlating point defects with mechanical properties in nanocrystalline TiN thin films, 2021, Materials & Design

The frequent co-authors in research collaborations include Zhuo Chen, P.H. Mayrhofer, Yunbin He, Markus Kubicek, and David Holec.

The work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Acta Materialia
  • Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials & Design
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Large-Scale Synthesis of SnO2 Nanosheets with High Lithium Storage Capacity

    Cen Wang;Yun Zhou;Mingyuan Ge;Xiaobin Xu

  • Grain size dependent grain boundary defect structure: case of doped zirconia

    Xin Guo;Zaoli Zhang

  • Evolution of the ωo phase in a β-stabilized multi-phase TiAl alloy and its effect on hardness

    Martin Schloffer;Boryana Rashkova;Thomas Schöberl;Emanuel Schwaighofer

  • A simple method to synthesise single-crystalline manganese oxide nanowires

    Zhong-Yong Yuan;Zaoli Zhang;Gaohui Du;Tie-Zhen Ren

  • Structural characteristics of cerium oxide nanocrystals prepared by the microemulsion method

    J. Zhang;X. Ju;Z. Y. Wu;T. Liu

  • Giant heterogeneous magnetostriction in Fe–Ga alloys: Effect of trace element doping

    Yangkun He;Chengbao Jiang;Wei Wu;Bin Wang

  • Fracture toughness and structural evolution in the TiAlN system upon annealing.

    M. Bartosik;C. Rumeau;R. Hahn;Z. L. Zhang

  • Atomic and electronic characterization of the α[100] dislocation core in SrTiO3

    Zaoli Zhang;Wilfried Sigle;Manfred Rühle

  • Deformation mechanisms of a modified 316L austenitic steel subjected to high pressure torsion

    S. Scheriau;Z. Zhang;S. Kleber;R. Pippan

  • Electrical and structural characterization of a low-angle tilt grain boundary in iron-doped strontium titanate

    Roger A. De Souza;Jürgen Fleig;Joachim Maier;Oliver Kienzle

  • Origin of large plasticity and multiscale effects in iron-based metallic glasses.

    Baran Sarac;Yurii P. Ivanov;Yurii P. Ivanov;Andrey Chuvilin;Thomas Schöberl

  • Synthesis, Thermal Stability and Properties of ZnO2 Nanoparticles

    W. Chen;Y. H. Lu;M. Wang;L. Kroner

  • Graphene-templated synthesis of palladium nanoplates as novel electrocatalyst for direct methanol fuel cell

    Hujiang Yang;Liang Geng;Yuting Zhang;Gang Chang

  • Toughness enhancement in TiN/WN superlattice thin films

    Julian Buchinger;Nikola Koutná;Zhuo Chen;Zaoli Zhang

  • Direct Atom-Resolved Imaging of Oxides and Their Grain Boundaries

    Zaoli Zhang;Wilfried Sigle;Fritz Phillipp;Manfred Rühle

  • Electronic and atomic structure of a dissociated dislocation in SrTiO3

    Zaoli Zhang;Wilfried Sigle;Wolfgang Kurtz;Manfred Rühle

  • Influence of interrupted quenching on artificial aging of Al-Mg-Si alloys

    S. Pogatscher;H. Antrekowitsch;H. Leitner;D. Pöschmann

  • New insights on the formation of supersaturated solid solutions in the Cu–Cr system deformed by high-pressure torsion

    A. Bachmaier;G.B. Rathmayr;M. Bartosik;D. Apel

  • Electrical resistance of low-angle tilt grain boundaries in acceptor-doped SrTiO3 as a function of misorientation angle

    Roger A. De Souza;Jürgen Fleig;Joachim Maier;Zaoli Zhang

  • Atomistic mechanisms underlying plasticity and crack growth in ceramics: a case study of AlN/TiN superlattices

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  • In situ atomic-scale observation of oxidation and decomposition processes in nanocrystalline alloys

    Jinming Guo;Georg Haberfehlner;Julian Rosalie;Lei Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Dehm
Gerhard Dehm Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Yunbin He
Yunbin He Hubei University
Wilfried Sigle
Wilfried Sigle Max Planck Society
Reinhard Pippan
Reinhard Pippan Austrian Academy of Sciences
Ute Kaiser
Ute Kaiser University of Ulm
Manfred Rühle
Manfred Rühle Max Planck Society
Christian Mitterer
Christian Mitterer University of Leoben
Jürgen Eckert
Jürgen Eckert University of Leoben
Jozef Keckes
Jozef Keckes University of Leoben

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