Research Interests

1. Physical metallurgy, oxidation, corrosion.
2. Micro structural characterization (scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, focused ion beam and atom probe tomography).
3. Computational material science (density-functional theory, molecular dynamics simulation, Monte Carlo method, multi-scale modeling and crystal structure prediction)

Education

Tsinghua University - Beijing, China
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering
September 2007 - December 2012

Beihang University - Beijing, China
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering
September 2003 - June 2007

Publications

1. Yu XX, Weinberger CR and Thompson GB "Ab initio investigations of the phase stability in group IVB and VB transition metal carbides", Computational Materials Sciences, 112, 318 (2016).
   
   
2. Hornbuckle BC, Yu XX, Sasaki TT, Noebe RD, Weaver ML and Thompson GB "Microstructure and Hardening Mechanisms in a Very Ni-rich Nitinol 'Bearing' Alloy", Materials Science and Engineering: A, 639, 336 (2015).
   
   
3. Zhu Q., Oganov R Artem, Lyakhov O Andriy and Yu XX "Generalized evolutionary metadynamics for sampling the energy landscapes and its applications", Physical Review B, 92, 024106 (2015).
   
   
4. Leon De N, Yu XX, Yu H, Weinberger CR and Thompson GB "Bonding Effects on the Slip Differences in the B 1 Monocarbides", Physical Review Letters, 114, 165502 (2015).
   
   
5. Yu XX, Weinberger CR and Thompson GB "The role of carbon vacancies in determining the structural and elastic properties of the B1 monocarbides", Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 35, 95 (2015).
   
   
6. Wan L. Yu XX and Thompson GB "Phase Stability and In situ Growth Stresses in Ti/Nb Thin Films", Acta Materialia, 80, 490 (2014).
   
   
7. Yu XX, Weinberger CR and Thompson GB "The prediction of phase stability in tantalum carbides", Acta Materialia, 80, 341 (2014).
   
   
8. Yu XX, Wang CY, Zhang XN, Yan P, Zhang Z "Synergistic effect of rhenium and ruthenium in nickel-based single-crystal superalloys", Journal of Alloys and Compounds 582, 299 (2014).
   
   
9. Yu XX and Wang CY, "Multiscale simulations in face-centered cubic metals: A method coupling quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics", Chinese Physics B 22, 027101 (2013).
   
   
10. Yu XX and Wang CY, "Effect of alloying element on dislocation cross-slip in Ni3Al: A first-principles study", Philosophical Magazine 92, 4028 (2012).
    
    
11. Yu XX and Wang CY, "The effects of alloying elements on generalized stacking fault energies, strength and ductility of Ni3Al", Materials Science & Engineering A 539, 38 (2012).
    
    
12. Yu XX and Wang CY, "The effect of alloying elements on the dislocation climbing velocity in Ni: A first-principles study" Acta Materialia 57, 5914 (2009).

Reviewer

1. Nanotechnology-IOP Science
2. Material Science and Engineering: A-Elsevier
3. Journal of Alloys and Compounds-Elsevier
4. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter-IOP Science
5. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic-Elsevier
6. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids-Elsevier
7. Computational Material Science-Elsevier
8. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering-IOP Science