Prof. Tao YANG

Prof. Yang is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on the innovative design and fabrication of advanced metallic materials for structural and functional applications, including the high-entropy alloys, intermetallic materials, high-temperature superalloys, deep cryogenic alloys and electrocatalysis materials. His current work is primarily focused on the control of nanoprecipitation, grain-boundary characters, and atomic structures by using multiple state-of-the-art techniques, such as the 3D atom probe tomography (3D-APT), high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HETEM), and 3D printing.

Research Expertise

• Physical metallurgy of advanced metallic metals, especially the multicomponent high-entropy alloys, superlattice intermetallic alloys, and hetero-structured alloys
• Nanoprecipitation and grain-boundary segregation engineering
• High-temperature structural materials
• Electrocatalysis intermetallic alloys

Recent Publications

1. Yang, T., Zhao, Y. L., Li, W. P., Yu, C. Y., Luan, J. H., Lin, D. Y., Fan, L., Jiao, Z. B., Liu, W. H., Liu, X. J., Kai, J. J., Huang, J. C., & Liu, C. T. (2020). Ultrahigh-strength and ductile superlattice alloys with nanoscale disordered interfaces. Science (New York, N.Y.), 369(6502), 427-432.
2. Yang, T., Zhao, Y. L., Tong, Y., Jiao, Z. B., Wei, J., Cai, J. X., Han, X. D., Chen, D., Hu, A., Kai, J. J., Lu, K., Liu, Y., & Liu, C. T. (2018). Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys. Science (New York, N.Y.), 362(6417), 933-937.
3. Jia, Z., Yang, T., Sun, L., Zhao, Y., Li, W., Luan, J., Lyu, F., Zhang, L-C., Kruzic, J. J., Kai, J-J., Huang, J. C., Lu, J., & Liu, C. T. (2020). A Novel Multinary Intermetallic as an Active Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Materials, 32(21), [2000385].
4. Yang, T., Zhao, Y. L., Fan, L., Wei, J., Luan, J. H., Liu, W. H., Wang, C., Jiao, Z. B., Kai, J. J., & Liu, C. T. (2020). Control of nanoscale precipitation and elimination of intermediate-temperature embrittlement in multicomponent high-entropy alloys. Acta Materialia, 189, 47-59.
5. Yang, T., Zhao, Y. L., Liu, W. H., Zhu, J. H., Kai, J. J., & Liu, C. T. (2018). Ductilizing brittle high-entropy alloys via tailoring valence electron concentrations of precipitates by controlled elemental partitioning. Materials Research Letters, 6(10), 600-606.
6. Yang, T., Zhao, Y. L., Luan, J. H., Han, B., Wei, J., Kai, J. J., & Liu, C. T. (2019). Nanoparticles-strengthened high-entropy alloys for cryogenic applications showing an exceptional strength-ductility synergy. Scripta Materialia, 164, 30-35.
7. Yang, T., Zhao, Y. L., Cao, B. X., Kai, J. J., & Liu, C. T. (2020). Towards superior mechanical properties of hetero-structured high-entropy alloys via engineering multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles. Scripta Materialia, 183, 39-44.
8. Yang, T., Zhao, Y., Liu, W., Kai, J., & Liu, C. (2018). L12-strengthened high-entropy alloys for advanced structural applications. Journal of Materials Research, 33(19), 2983-2997.
9. Zhao, Y. L., Yang, T., Li, Y. R., Fan, L., Han, B., Jiao, Z. B., Chen, D., Liu, C. T., & Kai, J. J. (2020). Superior high-temperature properties and deformation-induced planar faults in a novel L12-strengthened high-entropy alloy. Acta Materialia, 188, 517-527.
10. Kong, H. J., Yang, T., Chen, R., Yue, S. Q., Zhang, T. L., Cao, B. X., Wang, C., Liu, W. H., Luan, J. H., Jiao, Z. B., Zhou, B. W., Meng, L. G., Wang, A., & Liu, C. T. (2020). Breaking the strength-ductility paradox in advanced nanostructured Fe-based alloys through combined Cu and Mn additions. Scripta Materialia, 186, 213-218.
11. Du, X. H., Li, W. P., Chang, H. T., Yang, T., Duan, G. S., Wu, B. L., Huang, J. C., Chen, F. R., Liu, C. T., Chuang, W. S., Lu, Y., Sui, M. L., & Huang, E. W. (2020). Dual heterogeneous structures lead to ultrahigh strength and uniform ductility in a Co-Cr-Ni medium-entropy alloy. Nature Communications, 11, [2390].