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Overview

Zhefeng Zhang is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work spans across engineering and materials science, with a notable focus on mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and biomechanics.

The research topics Zhang frequently explores include:

  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials

Zhang's publication record highlights contributions to specialized areas within material science and engineering. Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhang are:

  • 3D printed Mg-NiTi interpenetrating-phase composites with high strength, damping capacity, and energy absorption efficiency, 2020, Science Advances
  • Deformation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation in a CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy, 2021, Science Advances
  • Structural Orientation and Anisotropy in Biological Materials: Functional Designs and Mechanics, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Grain boundary energy effect on grain boundary segregation in an equiatomic high-entropy alloy, 2020, Physical Review Materials
  • A review on the fatigue cracking of twin boundaries: Crystallographic orientation and stacking fault energy, 2022, Progress in Materials Science

Zhang collaborates regularly with several frequent coauthors, including Zengqian Liu, Peng Zhang, Zhenjun Zhang, J.C. Pang, and Robert O. Ritchie. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary efforts in related fields of materials science and mechanical engineering.

The primary publication venues for Zhang's research encompass a range of journals focused on materials science and engineering disciplines. Notably, Zhang has published extensively in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Material Science and Technology
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters)
  • Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures

Zhang's expertise integrates several subfields such as mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, aerospace engineering, and biomedical engineering. This multidimensional approach informs their research on advanced composites, microstructural analysis, and fatigue phenomena.

Best Publications

  • General relationship between strength and hardness

    P. Zhang;S. X. Li;Z. F. Zhang

  • Difference in compressive and tensile fracture mechanisms of Zr59CU20Al10Ni8Ti3 bulk metallic glass

    Z.F Zhang;J Eckert;L Schultz

  • Functional gradients and heterogeneities in biological materials: Design principles, functions, and bioinspired applications

    Zengqian Liu;Zengqian Liu;Marc A. Meyers;Zhefeng Zhang;Robert O. Ritchie

  • Tensile ductility and necking of metallic glass

    H. Guo;P. F. Yan;Y. B. Wang;J. Tan

  • Fracture mechanisms in bulk metallic glassy materials.

    Z. F. Zhang;G. He;J. Eckert;L. Schultz

  • Enhanced strength and ductility of bulk CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy having fully recrystallized ultrafine-grained structure

    S.J. Sun;S.J. Sun;Y.Z. Tian;H.R. Lin;H.R. Lin;X.G. Dong

  • Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of Cu–Al alloys subjected to equal channel angular pressing

    S. Qu;X.H. An;H.J. Yang;C.X. Huang

  • Deformation twinning in polycrystalline copper at room temperature and low strain rate

    C.X. Huang;K. Wang;S.D. Wu;Z.F. Zhang

  • Fundamental factors on formation mechanism of dislocation arrangements in cyclically deformed fcc single crystals

    P. Li;S.X. Li;Z.G. Wang;Z.F. Zhang

  • Unified tensile fracture criterion.

    Z. F. Zhang;J. Eckert

  • Crack initiation mechanism of extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy in the very high cycle fatigue regime

    F. Yang;S.M. Yin;S.X. Li;Z.F. Zhang

  • Grain boundary effects on cyclic deformation and fatigue damage

    Z.F. Zhang;Z.G. Wang

  • Simultaneous improvement of strength and plasticity: Additional work-hardening from gradient microstructure

    C.W. Shao;P. Zhang;Y.K. Zhu;Z.J. Zhang

  • Low-cycle and extremely-low-cycle fatigue behaviors of high-Mn austenitic TRIP/TWIP alloys: Property evaluation, damage mechanisms and life prediction

    C. W. Shao;P. Zhang;R. Liu;Z. J. Zhang

  • Dependence of intergranular fatigue cracking on the interactions of persistent slip bands with grain boundaries

    Z.F. Zhang;Z.G. Wang

  • Morphologies, orientation relationships and evolution of Cu6Sn5 grains formed between molten Sn and Cu single crystals

    H.F. Zou;H.J. Yang;Z.F. Zhang

  • Ultrahigh cryogenic strength and exceptional ductility in ultrafine-grained CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy with fully recrystallized structure

    S.J. Sun;S.J. Sun;Y.Z. Tian;X.H. An;H.R. Lin;H.R. Lin

  • 3D printed Mg-NiTi interpenetrating-phase composites with high strength, damping capacity, and energy absorption efficiency

    Mingyang Zhang;Mingyang Zhang;Qin Yu;Zengqian Liu;Zengqian Liu;Jian Zhang

  • Size-dependent shear fracture and global tensile plasticity of metallic glasses

    F.F. Wu;F.F. Wu;Z.F. Zhang;S.X. Mao;S.X. Mao

  • Deformation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation in a CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy

    Hao Wang;Dengke Chen;Xianghai An;Yin Zhang

  • Effect of aspect ratio on the compressive deformation and fracture behaviour of Zr-based bulk metallic glass

    Z. F. Zhang;H. Zhang;X. F. Pan;J. Das

  • Rapid synthesis of ternary carbide Ti3SiC2 through pulse-discharge sintering technique from Ti/Si/TiC powders

    Z. F. Zhang;Z. M. Sun;H. Hashimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert O. Ritchie
Robert O. Ritchie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jürgen Eckert
Jürgen Eckert University of Leoben
Xianghai An
Xianghai An University of Sydney
Jayanta Das
Jayanta Das Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Scott X. Mao
Scott X. Mao University of Pittsburgh
Ki Buem Kim
Ki Buem Kim Sejong University
Nobuhiro Tsuji
Nobuhiro Tsuji Kyoto University
Ke Yang
Ke Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cynthia A. Volkert
Cynthia A. Volkert University of Göttingen
Ludwig Schultz
Ludwig Schultz TU Dresden

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