1. Additive Manufacturing of High Entropy Functional Ceramics
In this project, we will integrate the novel high-entropy design strategy coupled with computational simulations and state-of-the-art additive manufacturing technology to realize a new type of high-entropy functional piezoelectric/ferroelectric ceramics with superior piezoelectric and dielectric properties. Their structural mechanical properties, especially, breakdown strength and fracture toughness values, will also be determined. Advanced ex-situ/in-situ characterization tools will be applied to explore the process-structure-property relationships in the newly developed high-entropy ceramic systems. When the project is completed, we will be the first research group in the world to successfully fabricate high-performance high-entropy functional ceramics through the utilization of 3D printing techniques.
2. Mechanical Properties of High-Entropy Structural Ceramics and Ceramic-Ceramic Composites
In this project, the fracture-mechanical properties of both bulk and thin film structural ceramics as well as ceramic-ceramic composites will be obtained with advanced in-situ and ex-situ nanomechanical testing equipment. These results will be analyzed in terms of theoretical and computational mechanics models.
