1.Development of Fe-Mn-Al Based Alloys

• Oxidation behavior of Fe-Mn-Al-Cr-C

• Nitridation kinetics of Fe-Mn-Al alloy

• Formation and growth morphorgy of oxidation induced phase transformation

• Diffusion-related kinetics

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2.Electroceramics

• Synthesis of calcia-stabilized zirconia by co-precipitation

• Fabrication and process control of positive temperature coefficient resistor(PTCR)

• Liquid phase sintering of ceramics

• Sintering of BaTiO3-base GBBL capacitor

• Zno varistor

• Synthesis of CeO2-Y2O3-ZrO2

• Characteristics of CO gas sensor

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3.ZrO2-based Structural Ceramics

• Development of high strength and thermally stable ZrO2-Y2O3-CeO2 ceramics

• Characterization of transformation toughened ceramics

• Chemical processing of compound ceramic powder

• Surface modification of ceramics by solid-state reaction and infiltration

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4.Dental Material

• Dicor-modified dental ceramics

• High strength glass-ceramics

• TiN coating for dental prosthesis

 

5.Ceramic Coating and Surface Modification of Materials

• Sputtering, reactive sputtering, arc plating and ion beam assisted deposition

• TiN, AlN, (Ti,Al)N, CrN and other compound thin film for anti-corrosion and anti-oxidation hard coating

• Evaluation of mechanical property in thin film, including adhesion strength, microhardness, scratch, friction, wear and Young's Modulus

• Atomic scale tribology by Scanning Force Microscopy

• Surface modification of materials by the employment of deposited interlayer and/or over-coating

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6.Metallization and Solder Joint Reliability in Microelectronic Package

• Employment of solid state bonding, electroless plating, and thin film deposition in, metallization of substrate

• Reliability of solder joint

• Solderability assessment by electrochemical approach

• Development of unleaded and novel compound solder in microelectronic package

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7.Color Film in Stanless Steel

• Development of novel technique in the coloring process

• Microstructural characteristics and mechanical evaluation

• Color tone and chromaticity

• Corrosion monitoring and anticorrosion behavior

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8.Stealth materials

• Fabrication of series of Ba-Fe-O ferrites for the application as stealth materials.The as-derived powders mixed with appropriate amount of resin has been successfully employed in the naval vessels as microwave absorbing materials  

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9.Magnetic Material

• Structural and magnetic properties of Nd2(Fe1-xCux)B compound

• Crystallographic properties of permanent magnet (R1-xScx)2Fe14B (R=Y, Nd, Er,Lu)

• Magentic properties of Nd2(Co1-xMx)14B (M=Ni, Cu, Ga, Ge)

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10.Others

• Fabrication of special glass and ceramics

• Non-glare and conductive coating for monitor screen

• Microstructural characterization by electron microscope

• Development of low stress Si3N4 film for MEMS application

• Interfacial study between solders and metallized substrate in thick film industry