Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale,
Hysitron Applied Research Center in China,
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials & School of Materials Science and Engineering,
28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China
E-mail: gewuxjtu@xjtu.edu.cn
Working and Education Experiences
Professor 11.2021-present. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China;
Research scientist 06.2019-09.2021. Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Dierk Raabe (Academician: National Academy Leopoldina);
Research fellow 07.2015-05.2019. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Advisor: Prof. Jian Lu (Academician: National Academy of Technologies of France);
PhD candidate 11.2012-10.2015. PhD degree of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Advisor: Prof. Jian Lu (Academician: National Academy of Technologies of France);
PhD candidate 09.2010-06.2015. PhD degree of Microelectronics and Solid-state Electronics. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Advisor: Prof. Xiangshui Miao (Changjiang Scholar);
Undergraduate study 09.2006-07.2010. Bachelor's degree of Electronic Science and Technology. Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Research Interests
• Metallic glasses, high-entropy alloys, Mg-based alloys and Al-based alloys;
• Crystal-glass nano-dual-phase alloys and amorphous phase transformation of grain boundaries;
• High-throughput, combinatorial magnetron sputtering;
• Nano-/ Micromechanics and toughening mechanisms of materials;
• Wear and corrosion behaviors of metals;
• in-situ TEM/SEM testing techniques in loading, heating, electrical biasing and gas environment;
• Atom resolved structure and composition characterizations: aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), atom probe tomography (APT) and correlative (S)TEM-APT
Awards
“Outstanding Young Scientist Awards” in the field of amorphous alloys, MRS Chinese Materials Research Society (5 persons in China, 2018);
“New Vigorous Science and Technology Award” of China (25 persons in China, 2017);
“Young Scientist Award” of Hong Kong, nomination (3 persons in Hong Kong, 2017)
Publications
1. Wu, G., Chan, K., Zhu, L., Sun, L. & Lu, J. Dual-phase nanostructuring as a route to high-strength magnesium alloys. Nature 545, 80 (2017). Cover page.
2. Wu, G., Liu, C., Sun, L., Wang, Q., Sun, B., Han B., Kai, J.-J., Luan J., Liu, C.T., Cao, K., Lu, Y., Cheng, L., Lu, J. Hierarchical nanostructured aluminum alloy with ultrahigh strength and large plasticity. Nature Communications 10, 5099 (2019).
3. Wu, G., Balachandran, S., Gault, B., Xia, W., Liu, C., Rao, Z., Wei, Y., Liu, S., Lu, J., Herbig, M., Lu, W., Dehm, G., Li, Z., Raabe, D. Crystal-Glass High-Entropy Nanocomposites with Near Theoretical Compressive Strength and Large Deformability. Advanced Materials 32, 2002619 (2020).
4. Wu, G.†, Liu, C.†, Brognara, A., Ghidelli, M., Bao, Y., Liu, S., Wu, X., Xia, W., Zhao, H., Rao, J., Ponge, D., Devulapalli, V., Lu, W., Dehm, G., Raabe, D., Li, Z. Symbiotic crystal-glass alloys via dynamic chemical partitioning. Materials Today (2021). †: co-first authors.
5. Liu, C.*, Li, Z., Lu, W., Bao, Y., Xia, W., Wu, X., Zhao, H., Gault, B., Liu, C., Herbig, M., Fischer, A., Dehm, G., Wu, G.*, Raabe, D.* Reactive wear protection through strong and deformable oxide nanocomposite surfaces Nature Communications 12, 5518 (2021).
6. Sun, L. †, Wu, G. †, Wang, Q. †, Lu, J. Nanostructural metallic materials: structures and mechanical properties. Materials Today 38, 114 (2020). Inner cover. †: co-first authors.
7. Liu, C., Liu, Y., Wang, Q., Liu, X., Bao, Y., Wu, G.*, Lu, J.* Nano-dual-phase Metallic Glass Film Enhances Strength and Ductility of a Gradient Nanograined Magnesium Alloy. Advanced Science 7, 2001480 (2020)
8. Liu, C., Wang, Q., Han, B., Luan, J., Kai, J.-J., Liu, C.-T., Wu, G.*, Lu, J.* Second phase effect on corrosion of nanostructured Mg-Zn-Ca dual-phase metallic glasses. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 9, 1546 (2021)
9. Wu, G., Zhang, J., Liu, C., Wang, Q. & Lu, J. Ductility of an ultrastrong glass-crystal nano-dual-phase alloy in sub-micron. Scripta Materialia 183, 17-21 (2020).
10. Wu, G., Sun, L., Zhu, L., Liu, C., Wang Q., Bao, Y., Lu, J. Near-ideal strength and large compressive deformability of a nano-dual-phase glass-crystal alloy in sub-micron. Scripta Materialia 188 (2020).
11. Wu, G., Liu, Y., Liu C., Tang, Q.-H., Miao, X.-S. & Lu, J., Novel multilayer structure design of metallic glass film deposited Mg alloy with superior mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Intermetallics 62, 22-26 (2015).
12. Wu, G., Tang, Q., Yu, N. & Miao, X. Phase separation and nanocrystallization behavior above crystallization temperature in Mg–Cu–Y metallic glass thin film. Thin Solid Films 545, 38-43 (2013).
13. Han, L., Rao, Z., Filho, I., Maccari, F., Wei, Y., Wu, G., Ahmadian, A., Zhou, X., Gutfleisch, O., Ponge, D., Raabe, D., Li, Z. Ultrastrong and Ductile Soft Magnetic High-Entropy Alloys via Coherent Ordered Nanoprecipitates. Advanced Materials 33, 2102139 (2021).
14. Wang, J., Xu, J., Wang, X., Sheng, L., Zheng, L., Song, B., Wu, G., Zhang, R., Yao, H., Zheng, N., Ong, M.T.Y., Yung, P.S.-H., Qin, L. Magnesium-pretreated periosteum for promoting bone-tendon healing after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Biomaterials 268, 120576 (2021).
15. Cheng, L., Tang, T., Yang, H., Hao, F., Wu, G., Lyu, F., Bu, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhao, Y., Liu, G., Cheng, X., Lu, J. The Twisting of Dome-Like Metamaterial from Brittle to Ductile. Advanced Science 8, 2002701 (2021).
16. Katnagallu, S., Wu, G., Singh, S.P., Nandam, S.H., Xia, W., Stephenson, L.T., Gleiter, H., Schwaiger, R., Hahn, H., Herbig, M., Raabe, D., Gault, B., Balachandran, S. Nanoglass–nanocrystal composite – a novel material class for enhanced strength –plasticity synergy. Small 16, 2004400 (2020) .
17. Bu, Y., Bu, X., Lyu, F., Liu, G., Wu, G., Pan, L., Cheng, L., Ho, J.C., Lu, J. Full‐Color Reflective Filters in a Large Area with a Wide‐Band Tunable Absorber Deposited by One‐Step Magnetron Sputtering. Advanced Optical Materials 8, 1901626 (2020).
18. Liu, G., Zhao, Y., Wu, G. & Lu, J. Origami and 4D printing of elastomer-derived ceramic structures. Science Advances 4, eaat0641 (2018).
19. Jia, Z., Wang, Q., Sun L., Wang, Q., Zhang, L.-C., Wu, G., Luan, J.-H., et. al., Attractive In Situ Self-Reconstructed Hierarchical Gradient Structure of Metallic Glass for High Efficient and Remarkable Stability in Catalytic Performance. Advanced Functional Materials 1807857 (2019).
20. Li, Q., Yan, X., Luo, L., Xu, F., Wu, G., Liu, C., Jing, Y., Liu, Y., Lu, J. Mechanical properties and corrosion behaviors of AZ31 alloy with dual-phase glass-crystal coating. Materials Characterization 154, 200-211 (2019).
21. Li, Y., Wu, G., Liu, L., Lu, J. A New Inner Surface Attrition Treatment for Strengthening Metallic Tubular Structures. Advanced Engineering Materials 1801125 (2019).
22. Cao, S.C., Zhu, L., Liu, J., Wu, G., Huang, W., Lu, J. Light-weight isometric-phase steels with superior strength-hardness-ductility combination. Scripta Materialia 154, 230-235 (2018).
23. Liu, X., Wu, K., Wu, G., Gao, Y., Zhu, L., Lu, Y. & Lu, J. High strength and high ductility copper obtained by topologically controlled planar heterogeneous structures. Scripta Materialia 124, 103-107 (2016).
24. Yau, H.M., Xi, Z., Chen, X., Wen, Z., Wu, G., Dai, J.Y., Dynamic strain-induced giant electroresistance and erasing effect in ultrathin ferroelectric tunnel-junction memory. Physical Review B 95, 214304 (2017).
