Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Innovation

Our research in Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation drives transformative solutions across next-generation electronics, smart devices, and industrial processes. From engineering novel semiconductors for high-performance computing to pioneering flexible electronics for wearable technologies, we are redefining what materials can do. Our researchers also explore scalable manufacturing methods and the unique properties of 2D materials like graphene — pushing the boundaries of functionality and efficiency in modern technology.

Electronics

Semiconductors and Novel Semiconductors:

Driving breakthroughs in next-gen computing and electronics through advanced material engineering.


Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovations

Advanced and Additive Manufacturing:

Innovating scalable processes for the efficient production of high-performance materials.


Nanomaterials and Advanced Coatings

Flexible Electronics:

Creating bendable, wearable electronic systems for the next wave of smart devices.


2D Materials

2D Materials:

Exploring ultra-thin materials like graphene to unlock extraordinary properties and applications.

Related Faculty

Assoc Prof Andrew Clive Grimsdale

Prof Chen Xiaodong

Asst Prof Eason Chen Y.-S.
Prof Chen Zhong
Assoc Prof Dong Zhili
Prof Gan Chee Lip
Prof Hng Huey Hoon
Asst Prof Jie Shen
Prof Lee Pooi See
Prof Liu Zheng
Asst Prof Naoki Higashitarumizu
Prof Nripan Mathews
Prof Raju V. Ramanujan
Asst Prof Ronghui Wu
Assoc Prof Xue Can

Related Publications

Strong hydrogen trapping by tangled dislocations in cold-drawn pearlitic steels

Authors: Chao Huang, Chuanjie Cui, Ranming Niu, Fenghua Lu, Cheng-Yun Wu, Xiaoxiong Zhu, Hongzhou Lu, Yongqing Zhang, Pang-Yu Liu, Bosheng Dong, Yi-Hsuan Sun, Hongjian Wang, Wei Li, Hung-Wei Yen, Aimin Guo, Julie M. Cairney*, Emilio Martínez-Pañeda*, Eason Yi-Sheng Chen*

Nano-grid enhanced hierarchical structure construction for a durable, bendable, anti-condensation and passive-active anti-/deicing surface

Authors: Xinghua Wu*, Xu Zhou, Kaihang Xu, Guohuang Tan, Junxian Mai, Zhanlang Ye, Yuekun Lai*, Jianying Huang*,  Jun Hu,  Zhong Chen*

Laser shock peening for suppression of hydrogen embrittlement of Inconel 718

Authors: Vijay shankar Sridharan*, Abeer Mithal, Zou Aiji, Aditya Mahesh, Thivyaa Ramesh, Du Siwei, Chew Youxiang, Sridhar Idapalapati, Dong ZhiLi*

Strain-Induced Robust Skyrmion Lattice at Room Temperature in van der Waals Ferromagnet

Authors: Xinyi Zhou, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik, Ruihuan Duan, Hanqing Shi, Chen Liu, Yan Luo, Yue Sun, Ruixi Chen, Yilin Liu, Shian Xia, Vanessa Li Zhang, Sheng Liu*, Chao Zhu, Xixiang Zhang, Yi Du, Zheng Liu*, Ting Yu*

Sub-2-nm-Droplet-Driven Growth of Amorphous Metal Chalcogenides Approaching the Single-Layer Limit

Authors: Shi, Zude, Wen Qin, Zhili Hu, Mingyu Ma, Hong Liu, Zhiwen Shu, Yubing Jiang, Hang Xia, Wenyan Shi, Chao Yue Zhang, Xiaoru Sang, Cui Guo, Yunxin Li, Chengzhi Liu, Chengshi Gong, Hong Wang, Song Liu, Levente Tapasztó, Caitian Gao, Fucai Liu, Pengyi Tang, Yuan Liu, Huigao Duan, Erqing Xie, Zhuhua Zhang*, Zheng Liu*, and Yongmin He*

Strong Mid-Infrared Optical Harmonic Processes Mediated by Excitons in Layered Indium Selenide

Authors: Tugba Temel, Song Zhu, Wenduo Chen, Chongwu Wang, Ruihuan Duan, Fakun Wang, Dora Juan Juan Hu, Yuhui Yang, Sang Hoon Chae, Zheng Liu*, Robert T. Murray*, Qi Jie Wang*

High-Performance Millimeter Scale Electromagnetic Generator

Authors: Jin Pyo Lee, Xinran Zhou, Yangyang Xin, Dace Gao, Peiwen Huang, Pooi See Lee*

Hydrogen Embrittlement of Additively Manufactured Metallic Materials

Authors: Vijay Shankar Sridharan, Virendra Kumar Verma, R. Lakshimi Narayan*, Xu Lu, Du Siwei, Varun Chaudhary, Li Hua, and ZhiLi Dong*

A Fluorine-Free Superhydrophobic Coating Fabricated by Amino Acids on Soft Electroadhesives

Authors: Tan Hu, Yixuan Jiang, Mohammad Taha, Adit Gupta, Qiuchun Lu, Edit Y. Tshuva, Pooi See Lee*, and Meital Reches*