solute aggregation and segregation in metallic alloys, processing/structure/property relationships in metallic alloys, design and development of magnesium alloys, applications of advanced electron microscopy imaging techniques

Z.R. Zeng, M.Z. Bian, S.W. Xu, C.H.J. Davies, N. Birbilis and J.F. Nie, “Texture Evolution during Cold Rolling of Dilute Mg Alloys”, Scripta Mater., Vol. 108, pp. 6-10, 2015. Z.R. Zeng, Y.M. Zhu, M.Z. Bian, S.W. Xu, C.H.J. Davies, N. Birbilis and J.F. Nie, “Annealing Strengthening in a Dilute Mg-Zn-Ca Sheet Alloy”, Scripta Mater., Vol. 107, pp. 127-130, 2015. X.H. An, S.M. Zhu, Y. Cao, M. Kawasaki, X.Z. Liao, S.P. Ringer, J.F. Nie, T.G. Langdon and Y.T. Zhu, “Atomic-scale Investigation of Interface-Facilitated Deformation Twinning in Severely Deformed Cu-Ag Nanolamellar Composites”, Applied Phys. Letts., Vol. 107, p. 011901, 2015. S.M. Zhu, M. Easton, T. Abbott, J.F. Nie, M. Dargusch, N. Hort and M. Gibson, “Evaluation of Magnesium Die-Casting Alloys for Elevated Temperature Applications: Part II. Microstructure, Tensile Properties and Creep Resistance”, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, Vol. 46A, pp. 3543-3554, 2015. A. Tripathi, A. Tewari, N. Srinivasan, G.M. Reddy, S.M. Zhu, J.F. Nie, R.D. Doherty, Indradev Samajder, “Microstructural Origin of Friction Stir Processed Zone in a Magnesium Alloy”, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, Vol. 46A, pp. 3333-3336, 2015. X. Gao, Y.M. Zhu, M.A. Easton, B. Rinderer, M.J. Couper and J.F. Nie, “Characterisation of Rod-Shaped (Al,Si)3Ti Particles in an Al-7Si-0.35Mg-0.12Ti (wt%) Alloy”, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, Vol. 46A, pp. 3723-3731, 2015. H. Liu, Y. Gao, L. Qi, Y. Wang and J.F. Nie, “Phase Field Simulation of Orowan Strengthening by Coherent Precipitate Plates in an Aluminum Alloy”, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, Vol. 46A, pp. 3287-3301, 2015. J. Grobner, A. Kozlov, X.Y. Fang, S.M. Zhu, J.F. Nie, M.A. Gibson and R. Schmid-Fetzer, “Phase Equilibria and Transformations in Ternary Mg-Gd-Zn Alloys”, Acta Mater., Vol. 90, pp. 400-416, 2015.