Publications of Xinren Chen

Woods, E.; Chen, X.; Zhang, Y.; Prabhakar, J. M.; Jovičević-Klug, P.; Jovičević-Klug, M.; Singh, M. P.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, S.; Zaefferer, S. et al.; Liu, J.; Joshi, Y.; Gault, B.: Electrochemically-driven formation of Intermetallic Cu₃ZnLi₂ alters Li-transport in nanostructured bimetallic battery anode. Journal of Power Sources 676, 239832 (2026)

Polin, N.; Shen, S.; Maccari, F.; Aubert, A.; Adabifiroozjaei, E.; Smoliarova, T.; Yang, Y.; Chen, X.; Skourski, Y.; Saxena, A. et al.; Kovács, A.; Dunin-Borkowski, R.; Farle, M.; Xu, B.-X.; Molina-Luna, L.; Gutfleisch, O.; Gault, B.; Skokov, K.: Direct observation of nanoscale pinning centers in Ce(Co0.8Cu0.2)5.4 permanent magnets. Acta Materialia 307, 121906 (2026)

Woods, E.; Chen, X.; Wei, S.; Zhang, Y.; Kwiatkowski da Silva, A.; El-Zoka, A.; Prabhakar, J. M.; Schwarz, T.; Kang, Y.; Aota, L. S. et al.; Singh, M. P.; Angenendt, K.; Özgun, Ö.; Jovičević-Klug, M.; Jovičević-Klug, P.; Broß, C.; Liu, J.; de Kloe, R.; Dehm, G.; Zaefferer, S.; Joshi, Y.; Gault, B.: Vacuum dealloyed brass as Li-metal battery current collector: Effect of zinc and porosity. Acta Materialia 308, 122055 (2026)

Chen, X.; Gonçalves, W.; Hu, Y.; Gao, Y.; Harrison, P.; Dehm, G.; Gault, B.; Ludwig, W.; Rauch, E.; Zhou, X. et al.; Raabe, D.: Secondary grain boundary dislocations alter segregation energy spectra. Nature Communications 16 (1), 8422 (2025)

Nallathambi, V.; Gabriel, P.; Chen, X.; Rao, Z.; Skokov, K.; Gutfleisch, O.; Barcikowski, S.; Ziefuss, A.; Gault, B.: Effect of Ag nano-additivation on microstructure formation in Nd-Fe-B magnets built by laser powder bed fusion. Acta Materialia 297, 121353 (2025)

Chen, X.; Li, Y.; Woods, E.; Zhou, X.; Gault, B.: APT Calibrator: A Multifunctional C# Software Application for Reconstruction Calibration in Atom Probe Tomography. Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (5), ozaf092 (2025)

Zhou, X.; Kumar, S.; Zhang, S.; Chen, X.; Gault, B.; Dehm, G.; Hickel, T.; Raabe, D.: Boron triggers grain boundary structural transformation in steel. Nature Communications 16 (1), 6927 (2025)

Jiang, S.; Xu, Y.; Wang, R.; Chen, X.; Guan, C.; Peng, Y.; Liu, F.; Wang, M.; Liu, X.; Zhang, S. et al.; Tian, G.; Jin, S.; Wang, H.; Toda, H.; Jin, X.; Liu, G.; Gault, B.; Sun, J.: Structurally complex phase engineering enables hydrogen-tolerant Al alloys. Nature 641 (8062), pp. 358 - 364 (2025)

Mohammed, W.; Chen, X.; Ponge, D.; Raabe, D.: Thermodynamics-guided design of sustainable secondary Al-Si alloys for enhanced Fe-impurity tolerance and optimized Mn doping. Acta Materialia 289, 120932 (2025)

Chen, X.; De Geuser, F.; Kwiatkowski da Silva, A.; Liu, C.; Woods, E.; Ponge, D.; Gault, B.; Raabe, D.: Using Spinodal Decomposition to Investigate Diffusion Enhancement and Vacancy Population. Advanced Science 12 (14), 2412060 (2025)

Shoji Aota, L.; Jung, C.; Zhang, S.; Büyükuslu, Ö.; Saksena, A.; Hatipoglu, E.; Yadav, P.; Pratap Singh, M.; Chen, X.; Woods, E. et al.; Scheu, C.; Kim, S.-H.; Raabe, D.; Gault, B.: Grain Boundaries Control Lithiation of Solid Solution Substrates in Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Science 12 (4), 2409275 (2025)

Staab, F.; Niels, P.; Bruder, E.; Smoliarova, T.; Koch, D.; Chen, X.; Skokov, K.; Gault, B.; Farle, M.; Gutfleisch, O. et al.; Durst, K.: Hard magnetic SmCo₅-Sn nanocomposites produced by high-pressure torsion. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1010, 177858 (2025)

Harrison, P.; Das, S. M.; Gonçalves, W.; da Silva, A.; Chen, X.; Viganò, N.; Liebscher, C.; Ludwig, W.; Zhou, X.; Rauch, E.: Determination of five-parameter grain boundary characteristics in nanocrystalline Ni–W by scanning precession electron diffraction tomography. Ultramicroscopy 267, 114038 (2024)

Chao Yang ; Chen, X.; Xia, W.; Hu, J.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, S.; Zhou, D.; Lu, W.; Shu, D.; Zhang, D.: Strong and stable ultrafine-grained Al–Mg alloys via polymer-derived in situ nanoparticles. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 915, 147298 (2024)

Wang, Y.; Chen, X.; Zhao, H.; Sun, W.; Zhang, Q.; Gault, B.; Hutchinson, C.: Effect of cluster chemistry on the strengthening of Al alloys. Acta Materialia 269, 119809 (2024)

Chen, X.; Zhou, X.; De Geuser, F.; Kwiatkowski da Silva, A.; Zhao, H.; Woods, E.; Liu, C.; Ponge, D.; Gault, B.; Raabe, D.: Atom probe tomography-assisted kinetic assessment of spinodal decomposition in an Al-12.5 at.%Zn alloy. Acta Materialia 268, 119757 (2024)

Wang, Y.; Zhao, H.; Chen, X.; Gault, B.; Brechet, Y.; Hutchinson, C.: The effect of shearable clusters and precipitates on dynamic recovery of Al alloys. Acta Materialia 265, 119643 (2024)

Yao, Z.; Chen, Z.; Ouyang, M.; Chen, X.; Yang, M.; Li, Z.; Wang, C.; Yang, T.; Shi, R.; Zhong, Z. et al.; Liu, X.: Accelerated discovery of composition-carbide-hardness linkage of Stellite alloys assisted by image recognition. Scripta Materialia 234, 115539 (2023)

Chen, X.; Rezaei Mianroodi, J.; Liu, C.; Zhou, X.; Ponge, D.; Gault, B.; Svendsen, B.; Raabe, D.: Investigation of vacancy trapping by solutes during quenching in aluminum alloys. Acta Materialia 254, 118969 (2023)

Zheng, S.; Li, C.; Guo, L.; Chen, X.; Huang, Y.; Wang, C.; Yang, S.: Reverse shape memory effect in Cu–Mn–Ga–Mo alloys. Materials Characterization 197, 112679 (2023)