OUR GROUP
Our group’s research focuses on the modeling and design of a wide range of materials chemistry and processing through integrating first-principles calculations, statistic mechanics, thermodynamic/kinetic modeling, machine learning, and critically designed experiments for structural and functional applications.
Recent studies in Professor Liu’s Phases Research Lab concentrate on aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys, Ni-base superalloys, ion transport membranes, and ferroelectrics. The primary emphasis is on fundamentals of phase stability, defect chemistry, and their applications in understanding and predicting relationships among materials chemistry, processing, and properties.
We are supported by many institutions, including both federal funding agencies (National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, US Army Research Lab) and industrial companies (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; USAMP; and members of the CCMD).