Dr. Xinren Chen

Education

06.2024– Present

Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien GmbH (MPI SusM) Postdoctoral Researcher

06.2023 – 06.2024
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE), Postdoctoral Researcher

09.2019 – 06.2023
RWTH Aachen University & MPIE (CSC-funded), Ph.D. in Engineering

09.2014 – 06.2018
Xiamen University, Master of Engineering

09.2010 – 06.2014
Xiamen University of Technology, Bachelor of Engineering

Main focus 

4D Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (4DSTEM) and quasi-6D crystallographic characterization via 4DSTEM tomography
Atom Probe Tomography (APT) characterization
Correlative characterization using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Atom Probe Tomography (APT)
Thermodynamics and phase diagram calculations
Vacancy field simulations in aluminum alloys

Publications

1. Xinren Chen, William Gonçalves, Yi Hu, Yipeng Gao, Patrick Harrison, Gerhard Dehm, Baptiste Gault, Wolfgang Ludwig, Edgar Rauch, Xuyang Zhou, Dierk Raabe. Secondary grain boundary dislocations alter segregation energy spectra. Nature Communications, 2025, Accepted.

2. Waleed Mohammed, Xinren Chen, Dirk Ponge, Dierk Raabe. Thermodynamics-Guided Design of Sustainable Secondary Al-Si Alloys for Enhanced Fe-Impurity Tolerance and Optimized Mn Doping. Acta Materialia, 2025: 120932.

3. Xinren Chen, Xuyang Zhou, De Geuser F, et al. Atom probe tomography-assisted kinetic assessment of spinodal decomposition in an Al-12.5 at.% Zn alloy. Acta Materialia, 2024: 119757.

4. Xinren Chen, Jaber Rezaei Mianroodi, Chuanlai Liu, et al. Investigation of vacancy trapping by solutes during quenching in aluminum alloys. Acta Materialia, 254, 2023: 118969.

5. Xinren Chen, Frédéric De Geuser, Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva, Chuanlai Liu, Eric Woods, Dirk Ponge, Baptiste Gault, Dierk Raabe. Using Spinodal Decomposition to Investigate Diffusion Enhancement and Vacancy Population. Advanced Science, 2025, 2412060.

6. Xinren Chen, Cuiping Wang, Yuheng Liu,.., Xingjun Liu. Popcorn-like aluminum-based powders for instant low-temperature water vapor hydrogen generation. Materials Today Energy, 2021, 19: 100602.

7. 陈信任）, 张帆, 池梦媛, 张积勋, 刘兴军, 王翠萍, 杨水源 (通讯作者).铜铝锰钛形状记忆合金的微观组织、超弹性和形状记忆效应[J]. 厦门大学学报(自然科学版),2019(1).

8. Xinren Chen, Fan Zhang, Mengyuan Chi, Shuiyuan Yang (通讯), Cuiping Wang, Xingjun Liu, Songsheng Zheng. Microstructure, superelasticity and shape memory effect by stress-induced martensite stabilization in Cu-Al–Mn–Ti shape memory alloys. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2018, 236: 10-17.

9. Xinren Chen）, Cuiping Wang, Yuheng Liu, Hongwei Zou, Kairui Lin, Shuiyuan Yang, Yong Lu, Jiajia Han, Zhan Shi, Xingjun Liu, Portable water-used H2 production materials from waste aluminum by gas atomization. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects , 2018, 40(17): 1991-1997.

10. Xuyang Zhou, Sourabh Kumar, Siyuan Zhang, Xinren Chen, Baptiste Gault, Gerhard Dehm, Tilmann Hickel, and Dierk Raabe. Boron Triggers Grain Boundary Structural Transformation in Steel. Nature Communications, 16.1 (2025): 6927.

11. Shengyu Jiang, Yuantao Xu, Ruihong Wang, Xinren Chen, ... & Jian Sun. Structurally complex phase engineering enables hydrogen-tolerant Al alloys. Nature, 2025: 1–7. 中科院SCI一区top

12. Varatharaja Nallathambi, Philipp Gabriel, Xinren Chen, Ziyuan Rao, Konstantin Skokov, Oliver Gutfleisch, Stephan Barcikowski, Anna Rosa Ziefuss, Baptiste Gault, Effect of Ag nano-additivation on microstructure formation in Nd-Fe-B magnets built by laser powder bed fusion. Acta Materialia, 2025,121353.

13.Jingfan Zhang, Xiuzhen Zhang, Shaolou Wei, Xinren Chen, Shuaihang Pan, Chao Yang, Hucheng Pan, Dengshan Zhou, Deliang Zhang, Gaowu Qin. Deformation faulting in ultrafine-grained aluminum alloys: Nucleation mechanisms and critical assessment of strengthening-ductilization contributions. Acta Materialia 286 (2025): 120750.

14. Wang Y, Xinren Chen, Zhao H, et al. Effect of cluster chemistry on the strengthening of Al alloys. Acta Materialia, 2024, 269: 119809.

15. Wang Y, Zhao H, Xinren Chen, et al. The effect of shearable clusters and precipitates on dynamic recovery of Al alloys. Acta Materialia, 2024, 265: 119643.

16. Chao Yang, Xinren Chen, Wenzhen Xia, Jiaqi Hu, Jingfan Zhang, Siyuan Zhang, Dengshan Zhou, Wenjun Lu, Da Shu, Deliang Zhang. Strong and stable ultrafine-grained Al-Mg alloys via polymer-derived in situ nanoparticles. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2024, 915: 147298.

17. Patrick Harrison, Saurabh Mohan Das, William Goncalves, Alessandra da Silva, Xinren Chen, Nicola Viganò, Christian H. Liebscher , Wolfgang Ludwig, Xuyang Zhou, Edgar F.Rauch. Determination of five-parameter grain boundary characteristics in nanocrystalline Ni-W by scanning precession electron diffraction tomography. Ultramicroscopy 267 (2024): 114038.

18. Tim M Schwarz, Eric Woods, Mahander P Singh, Xinren Chen, Chanwon Jung, Leonardo S Aota, Kyuseon Jang, Mathias Krämer, Se-Ho Kim, Ingrid McCarroll, et al. In situ metallic coating of atom probe specimen for enhanced yield, performance, and increased field-of-view. Microscopy and Microanalysis 30.6 (2024): 1109-1123.

19. Fu Y, Luo H, Xinren Chen, et al. The corrosion behavior and passive film properties of the cast and annealed AlCoCrFeNi₂.₁ eutectic high-entropy alloy in sulfuric acid solution. Corrosion Science, 2024, 240: 112456.

20. Feng Wang, Yue Li, Xinren Chen,…, Zhangwei Wang et al. Superior strength–ductility combination in Al alloys via dislocation gradient structure. Materials Research Letters, 2023, 11(5): 347-353.

21. Shiwei Zheng, Chengyan Li, Lipeng Guo, Xinren Chen,…, Shuiyuan Yang. Reverse shape memory effect in Cu-Mn-Ga-Mo alloys. Materials Characterization, 2023, 112679.

22. Shuiyuan Yang, Jixun Zhang, Xinren Chen, Mengyuan Chi, et al. Excellent superelasticity and fatigue resistance of Cu-Al-Mn-W shape memory single crystal obtained only through annealing polycrystalline cast alloy. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2019, 749: 249-254.

23. Shuiyuan Yang, Jixun Zhang, Mengyuan Chi, Yuhua Wen, Xinren Chen, et al. Low-cost Cu-based shape memory single crystals obtained by abnormal grain growth showing excellent superelasticity. Materialia, 2019, 5: 100200.

24. Cuiping Wang, Kairui Lin, Yuheng Liu, Xinren Chen, .., Xingjun Liu. Design and fabrication of high activity retention Al-based composite powders for mild hydrogen generation. Materials, 2019, 12(20): 3328. 中科院SCI三区

25. Yuheng Liu, Xingjun Liu, Xinren Chen, Shuiyuan Yang, Cuiping Wang, Hydrogen generation from hydrolysis of activated Al-Bi, Al-Sn powders prepared by gas atomization method. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017, 42(16): 10943-10951.

26. Cuiping Wang, Yuheng Liu, Hongxin Liu, Tao Yang, Xinren Chen, Shuiyuan Yang, Xingjun Liu, A Novel Self-Assembling Al-based Composite Powder with High Hydrogen Generation Efficiency. Scientific Reports (5)6, 2015 doi:10.1038/srep17428.