Gang JI

Researcher at CNRS

Bâtiment C6 - 229
Unité Matériaux et Transformations
Cité scientifique, Bât. C6
Université de Lille
59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
Tel: +33 (0) 320 43 69 65
Fax: +33 (0) 320 43 65 91
Email: gang.ji@univ-lille.fr

Research team: Métallurgie physique et génie des matériaux

Research

(i) Interface characterization and engineering of high-performance metal matrix (nano)composites, (ii) characterization and microstructural studies in relation with macroscopic properties by transmission electron microscopy ((HR)TEM, ACOM, SAED, CBED, PED...).

Teaching

Heat treatment.

Current PhD thesis

• Sabrina MACALUSO, Interfaces dans Al / TiB2 / Mg(Zn,Cu)2 : étude atomique, influence sur les morphologies et propriétés. Thesis started in 2018. Other co-advisors: Rémy BESSON, Ludovic THUINET.
• Run XU, On the study of strengthening mechanisms of the bioinspired MWCNT/Al nanocomposites . Thesis started in 2017. Other co-advisor: LI Zhiqiang.
• Xinliang XIE, Fabrication additive par projection à froid et caractérisation de matériaux composites nanotubes de carbon/Al . Thesis started in 2016. Other co-advisor: LIAO Hanlin.
• Yu MA, Microstructure and interfacial Characterization of TiB2/Al nanocomposites with unusual tensile ductility. Thesis started in 2016. Other co-advisor: Vincent JI .
• SHEN Zhengyan, Fabrication, using semi-liquid continuous process, and characterization of composite metal matrix materials using graphite flakes as reinforcement and metallic (Al and Cu) flakes as matrix . Thesis started in 2016. Other co-advisor: Silvain Jean François.

Defended PhD thesis

• Devadas BHAT PANEMANGALORE, Engineered surfaces based on magnesium alloys and composites . Thesis defended in 2019. Other co-advisor: Rajashekhara SHABADI.

Recent communications and seminars

37 oral presentation(s), including 8 invited. 7 poster(s). Detailled list.

Recent publications in international research journals

• 2019
  62. Y. Jiang, R. Xu, Z. Tan, G. Ji, G. Fan, Z. Li, D. B. Xiong, Q. Guo, Z. Li, D. Zhang, Interface-induced strain hardening of graphene nanosheet/aluminum composites, Carbon 146 17-27 (2019) [doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.01.094]
  61. Y. Ma, J. Geng, Z. Chen, M. Wang, D. Chen, G. Ji, V. Ji, H. Wang, Experimental study of the mechanisms of nanoparticle influencing the fatigue crack growth in an in-situ TiB2/Al-Zn-Mg-Cu composite, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 207 23-35 (2019) [doi: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2018.12.011]
  60. D. Bhat Panemangalore, R. Shabadi, D. Tingaud, M. Touzin, G. Ji, Biocompatible silica-based magnesium composites, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 772 49-57 (2019) [doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.09.060]
• 2018
  59. Y. Ma, G. Ji, Z. Chen, A. Addad, V. Ji, On the Study of a TiB₂ Nanoparticle Reinforced 7075Al Composite with High Tensile Strength and Unprecedented Ductility, Materials Science Forum 941 1933-1938 (2018) [doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.941.1933]
  58. D. Bhat Panemangalore, R. Shabadi, M. Gupta, R. Ambat, G. Ji, A. Addad, L. Lesven, Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of Extruded Mg-Zn-Er Alloys, Materials Science Forum 941 1766-1771 (2018) [doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.941.1766]
  57. G. Ji, Z. Q. Tan, X. P. Li, Z. Q. Li, J. P. Kruth, Fabrication and Tailoring Interface Structure of Diamond/Al(and Al12Si) Composites for Heat Sink Applications by Vacuum Hot Pressing and Selective Laser Melting, Materials Science Forum 941 2184-2189 (2018) [doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.941.2184]
  56. X. L. Xie, Y. C. Xie, Z. Q. Tan, C. Y. Chen, J. Wang, Z. Q. Li, X. P. Li, G. Ji, H. L. Liao, Additive Manufacturing of a CNT/Al6Si Composite with the Nanolaminated Architecture via Cold Spray Deposition, Materials Science Forum 941 2173-2177 (2018) [doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.941.2173]
  55. X. P. Li, G. Ji, K. Eder, L. M. Yang, A. Addad, J. Vleugels, J. Van Humbeeck, J. M. Cairney, J. P. Kruth, Additive manufacturing of a novel alpha titanium alloy from commercially pure titanium with minor addition of Mo2C, Materialia 4 227-236 (2018) [doi: 10.1016/j.mtla.2018.09.033]
  54. D. Bhat Panemangalore, R. Shabadi, M. Gupta, G. Ji, Effect of fluoride coatings on the corrosion behavior of Mg-Zn-Er alloys, Surfaces and Interfaces (2018) [doi: 10.1016/j.surfin.2018.11.007]
  53. C. Chen, X. Xie, Y. Xie, M. P. Planche, S. Deng, G. Ji, E. Aubry, Z. Ren, H. Liao, Cold spraying of thermally softened Ni-coated FeSiAl composite powder: Microstructure characterization, tribological performance and magnetic property, Materials & Design 160 270-283 (2018) [doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.09.025]
  52. J. Liu, Z. Chen, F. Zhang, G. Ji, Y. Ma, M. Wang, S. Zhong, J. Li, H. Wang, H. Wang, Improved structural homogeneity and mechanical properties of nanoparticles reinforced Al composites after orthogonal thermomechanical processes, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 767 293-301 (2018) [doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.07.083]
  51. R. Xu, Z. Tan, G. Fan, G. Ji, D. B. Xiong, Q. Guo, Y. Su, Z. Li, D. Zhang, High-strength CNT/Al-Zn-Mg-Cu composites with improved ductility achieved by flake powder metallurgy via elemental alloying, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 111 1-11 (2018) [doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2018.05.012]
  50. J. Liu, Z. Chen, F. Zhang, G. Ji, M. Wang, Y. Ma, V. Ji, S. Zhong, Y. Wu, H. Wang, Simultaneously increasing strength and ductility of nanoparticles reinforced Al composites via accumulative orthogonal extrusion process, Materials Research Letters 6 406-412 (2018) [doi: 10.1080/21663831.2018.1471421]
  49. X. Xie, C. Chen, Y. Xie, Z. Ren, E. Aubry, G. Ji, H. Liao, A novel approach for fabricating Ni-coated FeSiAl soft magnetic composite via cold spraying, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 749 523-533 (2018) [doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.03.306]
  48. Z. Tan, D. B. Xiong, G. Fan, Z. Chen, Q. Guo, C. Guo, G. Ji, Z. Li, D. Zhang, Enhanced thermal conductivity of diamond/aluminum composites through tuning diamond particle dispersion, Journal of Materials Science 53 6602-6612 (2018) [doi: 10.1007/s10853-018-2024-y]
  47. S. Liu, K. Li, J. Lu, G. Sha, J. Wang, M. Yang, G. Ji, M. Song, J. Wang, Y. Du, On the atomic model of Guinier-Preston zones in Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 745 644-650 (2018) [doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.01.304]
  46. C. Y. Dan, Z. Chen, M. H. Mathon, G. Ji, L. W. Li, Y. Wu, F. Brisset, L. Guo, H. W. Wang, V. Ji, Cold rolling texture evolution of TiB 2 particle reinforced Al-based composites by Neutron Diffraction and EBSD analysis, Materials Characterization 136 293-301 (2018) [doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2017.12.028]
  45. R. Xu, G. Fan, Z. Tan, G. Ji, C. Chen, B. Beausir, D. B. Xiong, Q. Guo, C. Guo, Z. Li, D. Zhang, Back stress in strain hardening of carbon nanotube/aluminum composites, Materials Research Letters 6 113-120 (2018) [doi: 10.1080/21663831.2017.1405371]
• 2017
  44. X. Ju, F. Zhang, Z. Chen, G. Ji, M. Wang, Y. Wu, S. Zhong, H. Wang, Microstructure of Multi-Pass Friction-Stir-Processed Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys Reinforced by Nano-Sized TiB2 Particles and the Effect of T6 Heat Treatment, Metals 7 530 (2017) [doi: 10.3390/met7120530]
  43. C. Y. Dan, Z. Chen, G. Ji, S. H. Zhong, Y. Wu, F. Brisset, H. W. Wang, V. Ji, Microstructure study of cold rolling nanosized in-situ TiB 2 particle reinforced Al composites, Materials & Design 130 357-365 (2017) [doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2017.05.076]
  42. M. Chen, X. Li, G. Ji, Y. Wu, Z. Chen, W. Baekelant, K. Vanmeensel, H. Wang, J. P. Kruth, Novel Composite Powders with Uniform TiB2 Nano-Particle Distribution for 3D Printing, Applied Sciences 7 250 (2017) [doi: 10.3390/app7030250]
  41. X. P. Li, G. Ji, Z. Chen, A. Addad, Y. Wu, H. W. Wang, J. Vleugels, J. Van Humbeeck, J. P. Kruth, Selective laser melting of nano-TiB 2 decorated AlSi10Mg alloy with high fracture strength and ductility, Acta Materialia 129 183-193 (2017) [doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.02.062]
  40. M. Cao, D. B. Xiong, Z. Tan, G. Ji, B. Amin-Ahmadi, Q. Guo, G. Fan, C. Guo, Z. Li, D. Zhang, Aligning graphene in bulk copper: Nacre-inspired nanolaminated architecture coupled with in-situ processing for enhanced mechanical properties and high electrical conductivity, Carbon 117 65-74 (2017) [doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.02.089]
  39. Z. Chen, G. A. Sun, Y. Wu, M. H. Mathon, A. Borbely, D. Chen, G. Ji, M. L. Wang, S. Y. Zhong, H. W. Wang, Multi-scale study of microstructure evolution in hot extruded nano-sized TiB2 particle reinforced aluminum composites, Materials & Design 116 577-590 (2017) [doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.12.070]
• 2016
  38. Z. Tan, G. Ji, A. Addad, Z. Li, J. F. Silvain, D. Zhang, Tailoring interfacial bonding states of highly thermal performance diamond/Al composites: Spark plasma sintering vs. vacuum hot pressing, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 91 9-19 (2016) [doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.09.012]
  37. L. Yan, Z. Tan, G. Ji, Z. Li, G. Fan, D. Schryvers, A. Shan, D. Zhang, A quantitative method to characterize the Al4C3-formed interfacial reaction: The case study of MWCNT/Al composites, Materials Characterization 112 213-218 (2016) [doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2015.12.031]
  36. G. Ji, Z. Tan, Y. Lu, D. Schryvers, Z. Li, D. Zhang, Heterogeneous interfacial chemical nature and bonds in a W-coated diamond/Al composite, Materials Characterization 112 129-133 (2016) [doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2015.12.013]
  35. Z. Tan, Z. Chen, G. Fan, G. Ji, J. Zhang, R. Xu, A. Shan, Z. Li, D. Zhang, Effect of particle size on the thermal and mechanical properties of aluminum composites reinforced with SiC and diamond, Materials & Design 90 845-851 (2016) [doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.11.028]
• 2015
  34. G. Serghiou, G. Ji, N. Odling, H. J. Reichmann, J. P. Morniroli, R. Boehler, D. J. Frost, J. P. Wright, B. Wunder, Creating Reactivity with Unstable Endmembers using Pressure and Temperature: Synthesis of Bulk Cubic Mg0.4Fe0.6N, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 15109-15112 (2015) [doi: 10.1002/anie.201506257]
  33. Z. Chen, J. Li, A. Borbely, G. Ji, S. Y. Zhong, Y. Wu, M. L. Wang, H. W. Wang, The effects of nanosized particles on microstructural evolution of an in-situ TiB2/6063Al composite produced by friction stir processing, Materials & Design 88 999-1007 (2015) [doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.09.127]
  32. L. Cheng, G. De Temmerman, P. A. Zeijlmans Van Emmichoven, G. Ji, H. B. Zhou, B. Wang, Y. Yuan, Y. Zhang, G. H. Lu, Effect of neon plasma pre-irradiation on surface morphology and deuterium retention of tungsten, Journal of Nuclear Materials 463 1025-1028 (2015) [doi: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.11.110]
  31. Z. Chen, Z. Tan, G. Ji, G. Fan, D. Schryvers, Q. Ouyang, Z. Li, Effect of Interface Evolution on Thermal Conductivity of Vacuum Hot Pressed SiC/Al Composites, Advanced Engineering Materials 17 1076-1084 (2015) [doi: 10.1002/adem.201400412]
  30. L. Pittarello, G. Ji, A. Yamaguchi, D. Schryvers, V. Debaille, P. Claeys, From olivine to ringwoodite: a TEM study of a complex process, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50 944-957 (2015) [doi: 10.1111/maps.12441]
  29. Y. Tang, Z. Chen, A. Borbély, G. Ji, S. Y. Zhong, D. Schryvers, V. Ji, H. W. Wang, Quantitative study of particle size distribution in an in-situ grown Al–TiB2 composite by synchrotron X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy, Materials Characterization 102 131-136 (2015) [doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2015.03.003]
  28. G. Serghiou, G. Ji, N. Odling, H. J. Reichmann, D. J. Frost, J. P. Wright, Synthesis and high-resolution study distinguishing between very similar interstitial iron nitride structures, High Pressure Research 1-9 (2015) [doi: 10.1080/08957959.2014.996561]
  27. C. Zhou, D. Chen, X. B. Zhang, Z. Chen, S. Y. Zhong, Y. Wu, G. Ji, H. W. Wang, The roles of geometry and topology structures of graphite fillers on thermal conductivity of the graphite/aluminum composites, Physics Letters A 379 452-457 (2015) [doi: 10.1016/j.physleta.2014.10.048]
  26. C. Zhou, W. Huang, Z. Chen, G. Ji, M. L. Wang, D. Chen, H. W. Wang, In-plane thermal enhancement behaviors of Al matrix composites with oriented graphite flake alignment, Composites Part B: Engineering 70 256-262 (2015) [doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.11.018]
• 2014
  25. S. M. Ma, P. Zhang, G. Ji, Z. Chen, G. A. Sun, S. Y. Zhong, V. Ji, H. W. Wang, Microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir processed Al–Mg–Si alloys dispersion-strengthened by nanosized TiB2 particles, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 616 128-136 (2014) [doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.07.092]
  24. C. Zhou, G. Ji, Z. Chen, M. Wang, A. Addad, D. Schryvers, H. Wang, Fabrication, interface characterization and modeling of oriented graphite flakes/Si/Al composites for thermal management applications, Materials & Design 63 719-728 (2014) [doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.009]
  23. X. P. Li, J. Q. Wang, M. Yan, G. Ji, G. B. Schaffer, M. Qian, Formation of anomalously large Al single crystals at triple points during pulsed electric current sintering (PECS) of Al86Ni6Y4.5Co2La1.5 metallic glass, Materials Letters 132 196-199 (2014) [doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.06.077]
  22. G. Serghiou, G. Ji, M. Koch-Müller, N. Odling, H. J. Reichmann, J. P. Wright, P. Johnson, Dense Si _x Ge _{1– x} (0 < x < 1) Materials Landscape Using Extreme Conditions and Precession Electron Diffraction, Inorganic Chemistry 53 5656-5662 (2014) [doi: 10.1021/ic500416s]
  21. G. Ji, Z. Tan, R. Shabadi, Z. Li, W. Grünewald, A. Addad, D. Schryvers, D. Zhang, Triple ion beam cutting of diamond/Al composites for interface characterization, Materials Characterization 89 132-137 (2014) [doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2014.01.008]
  20. Z. Tan, Z. Li, D. B. Xiong, G. Fan, G. Ji, D. Zhang, A predictive model for interfacial thermal conductance in surface metallized diamond aluminum matrix composites, Materials & Design 55 257-262 (2014) [doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.09.060]
• 2013
  19. F. Housaer, A. Legris, F. Béclin, M. Touzin, D. Tingaud, G. Ji, R. Shabadi, Characterization of Al/MWCNTs composites prepared by powder metallurgy routes, MATEC Web of Conferences 7 01002 (2013) [doi: 10.1051/matecconf/20130701002]
  18. J. Zou, C. Buckley, H. Shao, G. Ji, K. Zhang, Light-Metal-Based Nanostructures for Energy and Biomedical Applications, Journal of Nanomaterials 2013 1-2 (2013) [doi: 10.1155/2013/203542]
  17. G. Ji, J. P. Morniroli, Electron diffraction characterization of a new metastable Al2Cu phase in an Al–Cu friction stir weld, Journal of Applied Crystallography 46 430-442 (2013) [doi: 10.1107/S0021889813001635]
  16. X. P. Li, M. Yan, G. Ji, M. Qian, Applied Pressure on Altering the Nano-Crystallization Behavior of Al86Ni6Y4.5Co2La1.5 Metallic Glass Powder during Spark Plasma Sintering and Its Effect on Powder Consolidation, Journal of Nanomaterials 2013 1-6 (2013) [doi: 10.1155/2013/101508]
  15. Z. Chen, G. Ji, N. Prud’Homme, A. Addad, V. Ji, J. Chevalier, G. Bernard-Granger, Stabilization of the tetragonal phase in large columnar zirconia crystals without incorporating dopants, Scripta Materialia 68 559-562 (2013) [doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.11.028]
  14. Z. Tan, Z. Li, G. Fan, Q. Guo, X. Kai, G. Ji, L. Zhang, D. Zhang, Enhanced thermal conductivity in diamond/aluminum composites with a tungsten interface nanolayer, Materials & Design 47 160-166 (2013) [doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.11.061]
  13. Z. Tan, Z. Li, G. Fan, X. Kai, G. Ji, L. Zhang, D. Zhang, Fabrication of diamond/aluminum composites by vacuum hot pressing: Process optimization and thermal properties, Composites Part B: Engineering 47 173-180 (2013) [doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.11.014]
  12. Z. Tan, Z. Li, G. Fan, X. Kai, G. Ji, L. Zhang, D. Zhang, Diamond/aluminum composites processed by vacuum hot pressing: Microstructure characteristics and thermal properties, Diamond and Related Materials 31 1-5 (2013) [doi: 10.1016/j.diamond.2012.10.008]
  11. G. Ji, F. Bernard, S. Launois, T. Grosdidier, Processing conditions, microstructure and mechanical properties of hetero-nanostructured ODS FeAl alloys produced by spark plasma sintering, Materials Science and Engineering: A 559 566-573 (2013) [doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2012.08.142]
• 2012
  10. J. Zou, H. Sun, X. Zeng, G. Ji, W. Ding, Preparation and Hydrogen Storage Properties of Mg-Rich Mg-Ni Ultrafine Particles, Journal of Nanomaterials 2012 1-8 (2012) [doi: 10.1155/2012/592147]
  9. M. N. Avettand-Fenoël, R. Taillard, G. Ji, D. Goran, Multiscale Study of Interfacial Intermetallic Compounds in a Dissimilar Al 6082-T6/Cu Friction-Stir Weld, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 43 4655-4666 (2012) [doi: 10.1007/s11661-012-1277-3]
  8. D. Jacob, G. Ji, J. P. Morniroli, A systematic method to identify the space group from PED and CBED patterns part II – practical examples, Ultramicroscopy 121 61-71 (2012) [doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.04.015]
  7. J. P. Morniroli, G. Ji, D. Jacob, A systematic method to identify the space group from PED and CBED patterns part I - theory, Ultramicroscopy 121 42-60 (2012) [doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.04.008]
  6. M. N. Avettand-Fènoël, R. Taillard, G. Ji, Quality of Interfaces in Cu/Al Dissimilar Friction-Stirred Welds, Materials Science Forum 706-709 959-964 (2012) [doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.706-709.959]
• 2011
  5. D. Goran, G. Ji, M. N. Avettand-Fènoël, R. Taillard, Texture and Microstructure Evolution in Friction Stir Welded Cu-Al Sheets Characterized by EBSD, Materials Science Forum 702-703 574-577 (2011) [doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.702-703.574]
  4. G. Ji, D. Jacob, J. P. Morniroli, The state of order in Fe-Al studied by precession electron diffraction, Philosophical Magazine Letters 91 57-63 (2011) [doi: 10.1080/09500839.2010.524898]
• 2010
  3. T. Grosdidier, D. Goran, G. Ji, N. Llorca, On the processing of hetero-nanostructured metals for improved strength/ductility balance by ECAE and SPS techniques, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 504S S456-S459 (2010) [doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.03.035]
  2. J. P. Morniroli, P. Stadelmann, G. Ji, S. Nicolopoulos, The symmetry of precession electron diffraction patterns, Journal of Microscopy 237 511-515 (2010) [doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03311.x]
• 2009
  1. G. Ji, J. P. Morniroli, G. J. Aucherlonie, J. Drnnan, D. Jacob, An efficient approach to characterize pseudo-merohedral twins by precession electron diffraction: application to the LaGaO3 perovskite, Ultramicroscopy 109 1282-1294 (2009) [doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.05.014]