Introduction

Dr. Zhou’s research interests mainly focus on H embrittlement, computationally-guided design of new alloys and metal matrix composites with robust mechanical properties.

Biographical Information

Dr. Xiao Zhou received his PhD degree in Materials Engineering from McGill University in 2018, Canada (Supervisor: Prof. Jun Song). From 2018 to 2021, He was a postdoc researcher at Ecole Polytechnic de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland (Supervisor: Prof. William A. Curtin). He served as an associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 2022.1. Dr. Zhou’s research interests mainly focus on H embrittlement, computationally-guided design of new alloys and metal matrix composites with robust mechanical properties. He has published many research articles as the first author or corresponding author in prestigious journals, including Physical Review Letters, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Matter etc.

Research Interests

Hydrogen embrittlement, mechanical properties of alloys and metal matrix composites

Selected Publications

1.X. Zhou*, A. Tehranchi, W.A. Curtin, Mechanism and prediction of hydrogen embrittlement in fcc stainless steels and high entropy alloys, Physical Review Letters, 2021

2. X. Zhou, N. Mousseau and J. Song*, Hydrogen diffusion along grain boundaries: fast or slow? Atomistic origin and mechanistic modeling, Physical Review Letters, 122, 215501, 2019

3. X. Zhou, D. Marchand, D.L. McDowell, T. Zhu and J. Song*, Chemomechanical origin of hydrogen trapping at grain boundaries in fcc metals, Physical Review Letters, 116, 075502, 2016

4. X. Zhou*, W.A. Curtin, First principles study of the effect of hydrogen in austenitic stainless steels and high entropy alloys, Acta Materialia, 200, 932-942, 2020

5. X. Zhou, J. Song*, Effects of alloying elements on vacancies and vacancy-hydrogen clusters at coherent twin boundaries in Ni alloys, Acta Materialia, 148,9-17, 2018

Research Projects

Honors & Awards

National overseas young talents