Introduction

Research Interests

1. Grain refinement by inoculation.
2. Interface calculation by atomic-scale simulation method.
3. Alloy solidification.

Biographical Information

Oct. 2009 – Present    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai                               Lecturer at School of Materials Science and Engineering
Mar. 2008 – Sep. 2009  City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR
Research Associate at Department of MEEM
Mar. 2003 – Jun. 2007  Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai                               Ph. D. degree in Materials Processing Engineering
Sep. 2000 – Jan. 2003  Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province
Master degree in Materials Processing Engineering
Sep. 1996 – Jul. 2000  Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province
Bachelor degree in Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests

1. Grain refinement by inoculation.

2. Interface calculation by atomic-scale simulation method.

3. Alloy solidification.

Selected Publications

1)        H. L. Zhang, Y. F. Han*, Y. B. Dai, J. Wang and B. D. Sun, An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study: Liquid-Al/solid-TiB2 Interfacial Structure During Heterogeneous Nucleation, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 45, 455307 (2012).
2)        Y. F. Han, Y. B. Dai, J. Wang, D. Shu and B. D. Sun, First-principles Calculations on Al/AlB2 Interfaces, Applied Surface Science, 257, 7831 (2011).
3)        Y. F. Han, T. Fu and Y. G. Shen, Al-induced Fullerene-like Nanostructures in C-Al-N Thin Films, Materials Letters, 63, 2479 (2009).
4)        Y. F. Han, and Y. G. Shen, Nanostructural C-Al-N Thin Films Studied by XPS, Raman and HRTEM, Journal of Materials Research, 24, 3321 (2009)
5)        Yanfeng Han, Yongbing Dai, Da Shu, Jun Wang, and Baode Sun, Electronic and Bonding Properties of TiB2, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 438, 327 (2007).
6)        Yanfeng Han, Yongbing Dai, Da Shu, Jun Wang, and Baode Sun, First-Principles Calculations on the Stability of Al/TiB2 Interface, Applied Physics Letters 89, 144107 (2006).
7)        Yanfeng Han, Yongbing Dai, Da Shu, Jun Wang, and Baode Sun, First-Principles study of TiB2 (0001) Surfaces, Journal of Physics: Condened Matter 18, 4197 (2006).
8)        Yanfeng Han, Da Shu, Jun Wang, and Baode Sun, Microstructure and Grain Refining Performance of Al-5Ti-1B Master Alloy Prepared Under High-Intensity Ultrasound, Materials Science and Engineering A – Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 430, 326 (2006).
9)        Yanfeng Han, Ke Li, Jun Wang, Da Shu, and Baode Sun, Influence of High-Intensity Ultrasound on Grain refining performance of Al-5Ti-1B Master Alloy on Aluminium, Materials Science and Engineering A – Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 405, 306 (2005).
10)  Yanfeng Han, Xiangfa Liu, and Xiufang Bian, In Situ TiB2 Particulate Reinforced Near Eutectic Al-Si Alloy Composites, Composites Part A – Applied Science and Manufacturing 33, 439 (2002)

Research Projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 51001074).
National Basic Research Program of China

Honors & Awards

SMC Outstanding Young Researcher Award of SJTU, 2010