• DU Kui
    Title:Professor Email: kuidu@imr.ac.cn
    Tel. : +86-24-83970725 FAX: +86-24-23891320
    Division: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
    Address: Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR CAS), 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, China, 110016

Experience:

2006-Present:  Scientist, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2003-2006:  Senior Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

1999-2003:  Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Metal Research, Stuttgart, Germany

1999. Ph.D.  Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1996. M.Sc.  Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interest:

Transmission electron microscopy; Microstructure and microanalysis of materials

Research Achievement:

Service to the International Professional Societies:

Reviewer of Nature Communications, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

Honors:

Publication:

  [1] C.J. Chen, K.P. Song, X.L. Wang, K. Du*, “Phase transition to heptagonal-cluster-packed structure of gold nanoribbons”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, (2022) 10.1021/jacs.1c12713. 

  [2] C.Y. Wang, H.Y. Liu, H.C. Duan, P.L. Zeng, X.L. Wang, H.Q. Ye, H.L. Xin, K. Du*, “3D atomic imaging of low-coordinated active sites in a solid-state dealloyed hierarchical nanoporous gold”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9 (2021) 25513. 

  [3] C.Y. Wang, H.C. Duan, C.J. Chen, P. Wu, D.Q. Qi, H.Q. Ye, H.J. Jin, H.L. Xin, K. Du*, “Three-dimensional atomic structure of grain boundaries resolved by atomic- resolution electron tomography”, Matter 3 (2020) 1999. 

  [4] L. Qi, S.Y. He, C.J. Chen, B.B. Jiang, Y.L. Hao, H.Q. Ye, R. Yang, K. Du*, “Diffusional-displacive transformation in a metastable beta titanium alloy and its strengthening effect”, Acta Materialia 195 (2020) 151. 

  [5] L. Qi, C.J. Chen, H.C. Duan, S.Y. He, Y.L. Hao, H.Q. Ye, R. Yang, K. Du*, “Reversible displacive transformation with continuous transition interface in a metastable b titanium alloy”, Acta Materialia 174 (2019) 217. 

  [6] TY.C. Zhang, K. Du*, W. Zhang, B.N. Du, D.Q. Qi, W.Q. Li, M. Song, L.Y. Sheng, H.Q. Ye, “Shear deformation determined by short-range configuration of atoms in topologically close-packed crystal”, Acta Materialia 179 (2019) 396. 

  [7] B.B. Jiang, C.J. Chen, X.L. Wang, H. Wang, W.Z. Wang, H.Q. Ye, K. Du*, “Deformation induced twinning and phase transition in an interstitial intermetallic compound niobium boride”, Acta Materialia 165 (2019) 459. 

  [8] X.L. Wang, C.Y. Wang, C.J. Chen, H.C. Duan, K. Du*, “Free-standing monatomic thick two-dimensional gold”, Nano Letters 19 (2019) 4560. 

  [9] C.Y. Wang, K. Du*, K.P. Song, X.L. Ye, L. Qi, S.Y. He, D.M. Tang, N. Lu, H.J. Jin, F. Li, H.Q. Ye, “Size-dependent grain-boundary structure with improved conductive and mechanical stabilities in sub-10-nm gold crystals”, Physical Review Letters 120 (2018) 186102. 

  [10] B.B. Jiang, A.D. Tu, H. Wang, H.C. Duan, S.Y. He, H.Q. Ye, K. Du*, “Direct observation of deformation twinning under stress gradient in body-centered cubic metals”, Acta Materialia 155 (2018) 56. 

  [11] G. Yang, K. Du*, D.S. Xu, H. Xie, W.Q. Li, D.M. Liu, Y. Qi, H.Q. Ye, “High speed dynamic deformation of polysynthetic twinned titanium aluminide intermetallic compound”, Acta Materialia 152 (2018) 269. 

  [12] T.T. Yao, K. Du*, H.L. Wang, Z.Y. Huang, C.H. Li, L.L. Li, Y.L. Hao, R. Yang, H.Q. Ye, “In situ scanning and transmission electron microscopy investigation on plastic deformation in a metastable β-titanium alloy”. Acta Materialia 133 (2017) 21.  

  [13]  M. Song, S.Y. He, K. Du*, Z.Y. Huang, T.T. Yao, Y.L .Hao, S.J. Li, R. Yang, H.Q. Ye, “Transformation induced crack deflection in a metastable titanium alloy and implications on transformation toughening”, Acta Materialia 118 (2016) 120. 

  [14]  N. Lu, K. Du*, L. Lu, H.Q. Ye, “Transition of dislocation nucleation induced by local stress concentration in nanotwinned copper”, Nature Communications 6 (2015) 7648. 

  [15]  S.J. Wang, H. Wang, K. Du*, W. Zhang, M.L. Sui, S.X. Mao, “Deformation-induced structural transition in body-centred cubic molybdenum”, Nature Communications 5 (2014) 3433. 

  [16] M. Song, K. Du*, Z.Y. Huang, H. Huang, Z.R. Nie, H.Q. Ye, “Deformation induced dissolution and growth of precipitates in an Al-Mg-Er alloy during high-cycle fatigues”, Acta Materialia 81 (2014) 409.  

  [17] M. Song, K. Du*, S.P Wen, Z.R. Nie, H.Q. Ye, “In situ electron microscopy investigation of void healing in an Al-Mg-Er alloy at a low temperature”, Acta Materialia 69 (2014) 236. 

  [18] W. Zhang, R. Yu, K. Du*, Z.Y. Cheng, J. Zhu, H.Q. Ye, “Undulating slip in Laves phase and implications for deformation in brittle materials”, Physical Review Letters 106 (2011) 165505. 

  [19] K. Du, F. Ernst, M. Pelsozy, J. Barthel, K. Tillmann, “Expansion of interatomic distances in platinum catalyst nanoparticles”, Acta Materialia 58 (2010) 836. 

  [20] P.F. Yan, K. Du*, M.L. Sui, “Alpha- to gamma-Al2O3 martensitic transformation induced by pulsed laser irradiation”, Acta Materialia 58 (2010) 3867. 

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