The development of hydrogen (H) economy calls for high-performance structural metallic materials that could safely serve in a hydrogen environment. High-strength aluminum (Al) alloys, as the primary choice of metallic materials for structural lightweight design, are notoriously sensitive to environmentally assisted cracking and highly subject to H embrittlement, like most high-strength metals s...

2025 International Workshop on Materials Behavior at Micro- and Nano-Scal

Recently, Professor Evan Ma in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, received an official notification from the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc), informing him of his election as a Non-EU Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences.As one of the leading scientists at the forefront of metastable materials research, Prof. En Ma has conducted pioneering r...

Under the strong impetus of China’s “dual carbon” (carbon peak and carbon neutrality) strategy, renewable and clean energy sources such as wind and solar power are developing rapidly and are expected to play a central role in the nation’s future energy landscape. However, the inherent intermittency and variability of these sources, influenced by uncontrollable natural conditions, present si...

​Water electrolysis is a key technology for producing green hydrogen energy, but its efficiency is limited by the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics at the anode. Studies have shown that the intrinsic reaction barrier stems from the spin-state transition from singlet H₂O/OH⁻ to triplet O₂. However, effective strategies to regulate the spin states of OER catalysts remain scarc...

A research team led by Professors Tai Min and Tao Li at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) has achieved a major breakthrough in the experimental realization of electric field control of magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals multiferroic heterostructures. Their work, focusing on Fe₃GaTe₂/CuInP₂S₆ heterostructures, for the first time, demonstrates stable, nonvolatile electric modulat...

Porous silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics exhibit unique advantages in high-temperature insulation, corrosive gas filtration, and lightweight structural applications due to their low density, exceptional thermal stability, corrosion/oxidation resistance, and so on. However, their inherent brittleness—combined with the tendency of pores to act as crack initiation sites—often results in low strengt...

Magnetic materials play a crucial role in spintronics and its applications. Beyond traditional ferromagnetic systems, antiferromagnets have attracted growing attention in the fields of condensed matter and materials physics in recent years, owing to their unique advantages such as ultrafast spin dynamics, precise control schemes, absence of stray magnetic fields, and robustness against external...

​Xi'an, China - April 20 - The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) celebrated the 8th anniversary of its Alumni Association with a high-profile Academic Development Symposium today. The event gathered over 100 distinguished alumni, industry leaders, and academic representatives to discuss cutting-edge advancements in materials science and stren...

BackgroundWith the urgent demand to increase the gravimetric energy density of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) for practical applications, O3-type layered transition metal oxides have emerged as promising cathode materials due to their high capacity. In particular, raising the cut-off voltage of these cathodes to 4.2 V versus Na/Na⁺ has the potential to achieve energy densities comparable to comme...