Areas of study & research: Materials Mechanics Systems and Control Thermal and Fluid Sciences

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Curriculum Vita

Research Interest (See research group website for details)

• Radiation induced defects in metallic nanolayers and bulk nanostructured metals
• Layer- and twin-interface tailored strengthening and deformation mechanisms in thin films
• Magnetic shape memory alloy thin films for sensor or actuator applications
• Nanostructured materials for energy storage applications
• Multifunctional coatings (tribological and corrosion resistant coatings)
• Bulk nanostructured metallic materials synthesized by severe plastic deformation

Education
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2001
M. S. Materials Science & Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Shenyang, China, 1998
B. S. Materials Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China, 1995

Experience
2005 - Present Assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
2002 - 2004      Postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1998 - 2001 Research assistant, North Carolina State University 
June 2001     Visiting scholar, Dept. of Materials, Oxford University (UK)

Honors and Awards

• NSF CAREER (DMR-Metals program, 2007-2012)
• TMS Young Leader of Electronic, Magnetic, Photonic Materials Division (2003).
• Director Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2002 - 2004).

Selected Publications (out of 54 journal articles as of August 2007)
1. E.G. Fu, Nan Li, A. Misra, R. G. Hoagland, H. Wang, and X. Zhang, “Mechanical properties of sputtered Cu/V and Al/Nb multilayer films”, Materials Science and Engineering, A, accepted.

2. X. Zhang, O. Anderoglu, A. Misra, and R. G. Hoagland, “Influence of Deposition Rate on the Formation of Nanoscale Growth Twins in Sputtered 330 Stainless Steel Thin Films”, Applied Physics Letters, 90, 153101  (2007)

3. X. Zhang, R. K. Schulze, H. Wang, and A. Misra, “Thermal Stability of Sputtered Cu/304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Films”, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 124311 (2007).

4. X. Zhang, N. Li, O. Anderoglu, H. Wang, J. G. Swadener, T. Höchbauer, A. Misra and R. G. Hoagland, “Nanostructured Cu/Nb Multilayers Subjected to Helium Ion Irradiation”, Nuclear Instrument Method in Physics Research B, v 261, n 1-2, August, 2007, p 1129-1132.

5. X. Zhang, A. Misra, H. Wang, X. H. Chen, L. Lu, K. Lu, and R. G. Hoagland, “High-strength Sputter-deposited Cu Foils with Preferred Orientation of Nanoscale Growth Twins”, Applied Physics Letters, 88 (2006) 173116.

6. J.K. Lee, M.F. Hundley, J.D. Thompson, R.K. Schulze, H.S. Jung, J.A. Valdez, M. Nastasi, and X. Zhang, “Magnetic anisotropy study of ion-beam synthesized cobalt nanocrystals”, Applied Physics Letters, v 89, n 18, 2006, p 182502.

7. X. Zhang, A. Misra, H. Wang, J. G. Swadener, A. L. Lima, M. F. Hundley, and R. G. Hoagland, “Thermal stability of sputter-deposited 330 austenitic stainless-steel thin films with nanoscale growth twins”, Applied Physics Letters, 87 (2005) 233116.  

8. X. Zhang, A. Misra, H. Wang, A. L. Lima, M. F. Hundley, R. G. Hoagland, “Effects of Deposition Parameters on Residual Stresses, Hardness and Electrical Resistivity of Nanoscale Twinned 330 Stainless Steel Thin Films”, Journal of Applied Physics, 97 (2005) 094302.

9. A. Misra, X. Zhang, D. Hammon, R.G. Hoagland, “Work hardening in rolled nanolayered metallic composites”, Acta Materialia, 53 (2005) 221.

10. Lin Shao,Y. Q. Wang, X. Zhang, C. J. Wetteland, P. E. Thompson, J. W. Mayer and M. Nastasi, “Optimized energy window of He beams for accurate determination of depth in channeling Rutherford backscattering spectrometry”, Applied Physics Letters, 86 (2005) 221913.

11. L. G. Jacobsohn, X. Zhang, A. Misra and M. Nastasi, “Synthesis of metallic nanocrystals with size and depth control: A case study”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, B 23 (2005) 1470.

12. S. Park, X. Zhang, A. Misra, J. D. Thompson, S. Lee , C. M. Falco and M. R. Fitzsimmons, “Tunable magnetic anisotropy of ultrathin Co layers”, Applied Physics Letters, 86 (2005) 042504.

13. S. Roy, M. R. Fitzsimmons, S. Park, M. Dorn, O. Petracic, Igor V. Roshchin, Zhi-Pan Li, X. Batlle, R. Morales, A. Misra, X. Zhang, K. Chesnel, J. B. Kortright, S. K. Sinha, and Ivan K. Schuller, “Depth Profile of Uncompensated Spins in an Exchange Bias System”, Physical Review Letters, 95 (2005) 047201.

14. X. Zhang, A. Misra, H. Wang, T. E. Mitchell, M. Nastasi, J. P. Hirth, J. D. Embury and R. G. Hoagland, “Enhanced Hardening in Cu/330 Stainless Steel Multilayers by Nanoscale Twinning”, Acta Materialia, 52 (2004) 995.

15. X. Zhang, A. Misra, H. Wang, M. Nastasi, J. D. Embury, T. E. Mitchell, R. G. Hoagland and J. P. Hirth, “Nanoscale Twinning Induced Strengthening in Austenitic Stainless Steel”, Applied Physics Letter, 84 (2004) 1096.

16. X. Zhang, M. Hundley, A. Misra, H. Wang, M. Nastasi, J. P. Hirth, J. D. Embury and R. G. Hoagland, “Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Cu/Mo Multilayers”, Journal of Applied Physics, 95 (2004) 3644.

17. X. Zhang, A. Misra, C. J. Wetteland, H. Kung, J. D. Embury, M. Nastasi, H. Wang, “Critical Factors that Determine Face-centered Cubic to Bod-centered CubicPhase Transformations in Sputter-deposited Austenitic Stainless Steel Films ”, Journal of Materials Research, 19 (2004) 1696.

18. C. M. Lepienski, G. M. Pharr, Y. J. Park, T. R. Watkins, A. Misra and X. Zhang, “Factors Limiting the Measurement of Residual Stresses in Thin Films by Nanoindentation”, Thin Solid Films, 447 (2004) 251.

19. H. Wang, Q. X. Jia, S. R. Foltyn, P. N. Arendt, and X. Zhang, Microstructures and Properties of Nd0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Thin Films on Single Crystal LaAlO3, Applied Physics Letter, 84, 1147 (2004).

20. X. Zhang, A. Misra, H. Kung, T. D. Shen, J. G. Swadener, J. D. Embury, M. Nastasi, H. Wang, “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Copper-304 Stainless Steel Multilayers by Magnetron Sputtering”, Journal of Materials Research, 18 (2003) 1600.

 

Invited review article

X. Zhang, H. Wang and C. C. Koch, “Mechanical Behavior of Bulk Nanocrystalline Zn”, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 6 (2004) 53.
A. Misra, M.J. Demkowicz, X. Zhang and R.G. Hoagland, “The Radiation Damage Tolerance of Ultra-High Strength Nanolayered Composites”, JOM, Sep. 2007, p62.

Invited talks
1. “Interface Induced Strengthening in Nanolayered Materials”, Institute of Metal Research, Shenyang, China, 2004.
2. “Strengthening Mechanisms in Nanostructured Layered Materials”, in the symposium of “Frontiers in Thin Film Growth and Nanostructured Materials: A Symposium in Honor of Professor Jagdish Narayan” 2005 TMS annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
3. “Radiation effects in nanostructured metallic materials”, X. Zhang, S. Maloy, E. Fu, D. Foley, Nan Li, K. T. Hartwig, 19th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Dallas, TX, 2006.  
4. “Synthesis, Microstructure and Properties of Metallic Materials with Nanoscale Growth Twins”, 2006 Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL.
5. “Mechanical properties and ion irradiation studies in metallic multilayers”, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 2007.
6.  “Mechanical properties of metal films with layer or twin interfaces and ion irradiation studies of metallic nanolayers”, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, 2007.

Journal editorial services

• Guest editor of a special issue of Materials Science and Engineering, A, “Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured materials”, to be published in 2008
• Guest editor of a special issue of Thin Solid Films, “Mechanical Behavior of Thin Films and Small Structures”, published in Feb. 2007.