RESEARCH AREAS

• Lightweight alloys, metallic oxides, supersaturated solid solution and high entropy alloys;

• Corrosion and tribocorrosion behaviors of alloys in extreme conditions;

• Physical vapor deposition, electroplating, anodizing and casting;

• Materials characterization and electrochemical analysis etc.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Subject Matter Expert @ APPLE (04/2022--08/2023)

EDUCATION                                                                                                                       

• Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering (2021)

  Virginia Tech, USA

• M.S., Materials Science & Engineering (2016)

  University of South Florida, USA

• B.S., Polymer Materials (2013)

  Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, P.R. China

PUBLICATIONS

1. Chen, J., Zhang, Z., Hershkovitz, et al. Selective Oxidation and Nickel Enrichment Hinders the Repassivation Kinetics of Multi-Principal Element Alloy Surfaces. Acta Materialia, 2024. [Link]

2. Huang, X., Li, H., Xu, W., Zhao, C., Wu, X., Gao, M., Lin, T., Chen, J. and Lin, C. Dwelling time influences on discontinuous grain growth and fine/large grain contributions in barium titanate-based electrocaloric ceramics. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024. [Link]

3. Chen J, Chiu T-M, Cai W. Effects of Magnetic Field on the Corrosion Reactions of A572 Steel in NaCl Aqueous Solution. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 2022. [Link]

4. Chen J, Xiao J, Hung C-Y, et al. Effects of Alloying Concentration on the Aqueous Corrosion and Passivation of Aluminum-Manganese-Molybdenum Concentrated Alloys. Corrosion Science. 2022. [Link]

5. Wang W, Hung C-Y, Howe L, Chen J, et al. Enabling High-Performance Surfaces of Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys via Femtosecond Laser Shock Peening with Ultralow Pulse Energy. Acs Applied Bio Materials. 2021. [Link]

6. Wang W, Wang K, Zhang Z, Chen J, et al. Ultrahigh Tribocorrosion Resistance of Metals Enabled by Nano-Layering. Acta Materialia. 2021. [Link]

7. Chen J, Xiao J, Deng C, Poplawsky J, Michel F.M., Cai W. The Origin of Passivity in Aluminum-Manganese Solid Solutions. Corrosion Science. 2020. [Link]

8. Zhong Y, Feng Q, Wang X, Chen J, Cai W, Tong R. Functionalized Polyesters via Stereoselective Electrochemical Ring-Opening Polymerization of O-Carboxyanhydrides. Acs Macro Letters. 2020. [Link]

9. Holland S, Wang X, Chen J, Cai W, Yan F, Li L. Multiscale Characterization of Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Inconel 718 Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2019. [Link]

10. Chen J, Cai W. Effect of Scratching Frequency on the Tribocorrosion Resistance of Al-Mn Amorphous Thin Films. Wear. 2019. [Link]

11. Chen J, Cai W, Mraied H. Determining Tribocorrosion Rate and Wear-Corrosion Synergy of Bulk and Thin Film Aluminum Alloys. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2018. [Link]

12. Kondratov AP, Volinsky AA, Chen J. Scaling Effects on Color and Transparency of Multilayer Polyethylene Films in Polarized Light. Advances in Polymer Technology. 2018. [Link]

13. Kondratov A.P, Volinsky A.A, Chen J. Macro-Mechanism of Polyvinyl Chloride Shrink Sleeves Embossed Marking. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2016. [Link]

14. Chen J, Volinsky AA, He W. Synthesis and Characterization of MC Nylon/Modified Yttrium Hydroxide Nanocomposites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2016. [Link]

Research Projects

Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province: Study on the electrochemical behaviors of Ni-based solid solution alloys (No. 2024J08076)

Social Affiliations

Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection, member