Dr. Xiaozhou Liao

 

Lecturer, QEII fellow Address: School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering Building J07 The University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia Phone: 61 2 9351 2348 Fax: 61 2 9351 7060 Email: xzliao@aeromech.usyd.edu.au Webpage: http://www.aeromech.usyd.edu.au/people/academic/xzliao/xzliao.html Research Group: USyd, Engineering, AMME, Centre for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT)

 

Role in the network

Experienced Researcher (ER)  

Materials Research Focus

Innovative structural and functional materials for diverse applications  

Current Research Activities

Transmission electron microscopy characterization of advanced structural and functional materials, materials structure-property relationship, nanomaterials  

Selected Publications

External Publication List

1 X. Z. Liao, J. Zou, X. F. Duan, D. J. H. Cockayne, R. Leon, and C. Lobo
Transmission electron microscopy study of the shape of buried InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots
Phys. Rev. B 58 (1998) R4235-R4237

2 X. Z. Liao, J. Zou, D. J. H. Cockayne, R. Leon, and C. Lobo
Indium segregation and enrichment in coherent InxGa1-xAs/GaAs quantum dots
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 (1999) 5148-5151

3 X. Z. Liao, J. Zou, D. J. H. Cockayne, J. Qin, Z. M. Jiang, X. Wang, and R. Leon
Strain relaxation by alloying effects in Ge islands grown on (001) Si
Phys. Rev. B 60 (1999) 15605-15608

4 X. Z. Liao, J. Zou, D. J. H. Cockayne, Z. M. Jiang, X. Wang, and R. Leon
Composition and its impact on shape evolution in dislocated Ge(Si)/Si islands
Appl. Phys. Lett. 77 (2000) 1304-1306

5 X. Z. Liao, A. C. Serquis, Y. T. Zhu, J. Y. Huang, D. E. Peterson, F. D. Mueller, and H. F. Xu
Controlling flux pinning precipitates during MgB2 synthesis
Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 (2002) 4398-4400

6 X. Z. Liao, F. Zhou, E. J. Lavernia, S. G. Srinivasan, M. I. Baskes, D. W. He, and Y. T. Zhu
Deformation mechanism in nanocrystalline Al: partial dislocation slip
Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (2003) 632-634

7 X. Z. Liao, F. Zhou E. J. Lavernia, D. W. He, and Y. T. Zhu
Deformation twins in nanocrystalline Al
Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 (2003) 5062-5064

8 F. Zhou, X. Z. Liao, Y. T. Zhu, S. Dallek, and E. J. Lavernia
Microstructural evolution during recovery and recrystallization of a nanocrystalline Al-Mg alloy prepared by cryogenic ball milling
Acta Mater. 51 (2003) 2777-2791

9 X. Z. Liao, Y. H. Zhao, S. G. Srinivasan, Y. T. Zhu, R. Z. Valiev, and D.V. Gunderov
Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline Copper at Room Temperature and Low Strain Rate
Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 (2004) 592-594

10 Y. T. Zhu and X. Z. Liao
Nanostructured Metals: retaining ductility
Nature Materials 3 (2004) 351-352  

Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations

MRS member
MSA member  

Awards and Distinctions

2000 Cowley-Moodie Award, Australian Society of Electron Microscopy
1999 Graduate Student Gold Award, 1999 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, USA
1998 Best Student Oral Presentation Award, COMMAD’98, Perth, Australia
 

International Linkages

USA, Russia, China

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