News and Updates
Congratulations to Dr. Darren TY ZHENG for the successful PhD thesis defense of "Mechanisms of Phase Transformations in Aluminum Anodes for Lithium-based Batteries""
ChemSusChem
New work by Dr. Darren TY ZHENG on "Exploring the Reversibility of Phase Transformations in Aluminum Anodes through Operando Light Microscopy and Stress Analysis"
Congratulations to Dr. RAN Sijia for the successful PhD thesis defense of "In Situ Mechanical and Electrical Testing of Piezoresistive Nanomaterials"
Congratulations to Dr. Virag Raut for the successful PhD thesis defense of "Towards enabling shape memory ceramics: considerations for stress concentration optimisation through additive manufacturing"
Nature Energy
Exciting collaboration with Prof. Tarascon and Dr. Huang at College de France to realize the start of a new era in battery sensing and real-time monitoring. See our PolyU Press Release as well!
Scripta Materialia
New work as part of collaborations with NTU and KIT exploring how polycrystalline Al transforms to become LiAl. Congratulations Darren for "Granular phase transformation of polycrystalline aluminum during electrochemical lithiation"
Joule
Is the composite design used for lithium-ion battery anodes nearing an end? Check out our recent Commentary in Joule to see why we think metal foils have too much upside to ignore. (Email directly for pdf)
Congratulations to Dr. LI Bei for the successful PhD thesis defense of "Capacitive Deionization of Brackish Water with Carbon-based Materials"
Nano Letters
Congratulations to Ms. RAN Sijia for her recent publication: The Limits of Electromechanical Coupling in Highly-Tensile Strained Germanium
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Congratulations to Dr. Tahmasebi for his recent publication: In situ formation of aluminum–silicon–lithium active materials in aluminum matrices for lithium-ion batteries
ChemSusChem
Congratulations to Mr. Darren Zheng for his recent publication: Improvement of the Cycling Performance of Al Anodes through Operando Light Microscopy and Kinetic Analysis
Optics Express
Congratulations to Dr. Julien Bonefacino for his recent publication: Impact of high UV fluences on the mechanical and sensing properties of polymer optical fibers for high strain measurements
Team
Current Members
CAiRS
Many exciting new things happening out of the Center for Advances in Reliability and Safety
Former Members
Dr. RAN Sijia
Now at CNRS, France
Dr. Tianye (Darren) Zheng
Now at CAiRS (Center for Advances in Reliability and Safety)
Dr. LI Bei
Now at Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Tahmasebi
Now at Dalhousie University
Dr. Tom Glen
Now at the University of Edinburgh
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Research Gate
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