Ph.D., Materials Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Metal Research, CAS, 2010-2016

S.M., Condensed Matter Physics, Shenyang University of Technology, 2007-2010

B.S., Applied Physics, Shenyang University of Technology, 2003-2007

2021-present, Associate Researcher, Titanium Alloy Research Department, Institute of Metal Research, CAS

2016-2021, Assistant Researcher, Titanium Alloy Research Department, Institute of Metal Research, CAS

(1) Computational Materials Science (Molecular Dynamics, Phase Field Method, Cellular Automaton, Crystal Plasticity, CALPHAD etc.)

(2) Solid-Solid Phase Transformation and Microstructure Evolution in Ti-, Ni-based Metallic Alloys

(3) Materials informatics, Machine Learning Assisted Materials Design

(1) Hui Guo, Tong Zhao, Jinhu Zhang*, Hongtao Ju, Zhichao Meng, Yingjie Ma, Qingjiang Wang, Hao Wang**, Dongsheng Xu***, Rui Yang, The nucleation and migration mechanisms of asymmetric {11-23} twin boundary in hexagonal close-packed titanium, Materials Science & Engineering A, 2025, 924, 147761

(2) Xiaoxue Ding, Dejun Yu, Bo Li, Jinhu Zhang*, Modeling the elastoplastic stress field around voids in titanium alloys with phase field simulation, MRS Communication, 2025, 15, 576-583

(3) Dongsheng Xu, Zhichao Meng, Hui Guo, Qili Bao, Mengli Wang, Hao Wang, Xuexiong Li, Jinhu Zhang, Zibo Zhao, Qingjiang Wang, Anil K. Sachdev, Rui Yang, Molecular dynamics simulation of the atomic mechanisms of deformation and phase transformation in titanium alloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2025, 56, 1971-1982

(4) Adam Ismaeel, Xuexiong Li, Dongsheng Xu, Jinhu Zhang, Weining Lei, Cunshan Wang, Rui Yang, Effect of slip and twinning on texture evolution mechanisms in dual-phase titanium alloys, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2025, 35, 4882-4894

(5) Zixiang Liu, Tong Zhao, Xuexiong Li, Jinhu Zhang, Dongsheng Xu, Rui Yang, Crystal plasticity study on deformation behavior of dual-phase Ti alloy under biaxial loading conditions, Computational Materials Science, 2025, 247, 113515

(6) Adam Ismaeel, Xuexiong Li, Dongsheng Xu, Jinhu Zhang, Rui Yang, Effect of texture on the fatigue crack initiation of a dual-phase titanium alloy, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2024, 33, 6319-6327

(7) D. Li, Z.C. Meng, Y.Y. Shen, J.H. Zhang, M. Hu, J.K. Qiu, S.J. Li, Study of low-temperature impact deformation behavior of Ti-6Al-4V alloy, Vacuum, 2024, 222, 113066

(8) Zhichao Meng, Jinhu Zhang*, Dan Li, Hui Guo, Hao Wang*, Dongsheng Xu*, Zibo Zhao, Qingjiang Wang, Rui Yang, Formation mechanism of three-fold {10-11}_α twins during β to α phase transformation in titanium, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2024, 194, 138-141

(9) Hasfi F. Nurly, Jinhu Zhang, Dechun Ren, Yusheng Cai, Haibin Ji, Dongsheng Xu, Zhicheng Dong, Hao Wang, Qingmiao Hu, Jiafeng Lei, Rui Yang, Refinement of α’ martensite by oxygen in selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V, Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2024, 37, 777-792

(10) Adam Ismaeel, Dongsheng Xu, Xuexiong Li, Jinhu Zhang, Rui Yang, Effect of texture on the mechanical and micromechanical properties of a dual-phase titanium Alloy, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023, 27, 6833-6846

(11) Jinhu Zhang, Hui Guo, Ming Hu, Haisheng Xu, Hongtao Ju, Dongsheng Xu, Chunyu Teng, Rui Yang, Effect of common alloying elements on α’ martensite start temperature in titanium alloys, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023, 27, 4562-4572

(12) H. Guo, M.M. Zhang, D.S. Xu*, J.H. Zhang*, J.K. Qiu, Z.C. Meng, S.J. Zheng, Y.J. Ma, H. Wang*, R. Yang, Planar slip triggered by successive dislocation-precipitate interaction in titanium alloys, Materials Science & Engineering A, 2023, 882, 145468

(13) Hui Guo^#, J.H. Zhang^#, Xuexiong Li, Dongsheng Xu, Hao Wang, Shijian Zheng, Yingjie Ma, Rui Yang, Twin junctions with geometric compatibility and mobility in titanium and magnesium, Scripta Materialia, 2023, 236, 115674

(14) J.H. Zhang, Hui Guo, Haisheng Xu, Dongsheng Xu, Rui Yang, Phase-field study on the formation of α variant clusters induced by elastoplastic stress field around the void in titanium alloys, Computational Materials Science, 2022, 215, 111781

(15) Shuai Xu, Mark Reid, Junpin Lin, Yongfeng Liang, Liang Yang, Jinhu Zhang, Klaus-Dieter Liss, The crystal structure and transformations of the omicron phase Ο in the Ti-Al-Nb system and on the ambiguity of its subvariants Ο1 and Ο2, Scripta Materialia, 2022, 219, 114841

(16) J.H. Zhang, Min Qi, Haisheng Xu, Hao Wang, Yingjie Ma, Zibo Zhao, Dongsheng Xu, Rui Yang, A phase-field model for simulating the growth of α sideplates with branching in titanium alloys, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2022, 123, 154-158

(17) J.H. Zhang, H.T. Ju, H.S. Xu, L. Yang, Z.C. Meng, C. Liu, P. Sun, J.K. Qiu, C.G. Bai, D.S. Xu, R. Yang, Effects of heating rate on the alloy element partitioning and mechanical properties in equiaxed α+β Ti-6Al-4V alloy, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2021, 94, 1-9

(18) J.H. Zhang, X.X. Li, D.S. Xu, C.Y. Teng, H. Wang, L. Yang, H.T. Ju, H.S. Xu, Z.C. Meng, Y.J. Ma, Y.Z. Wang, R. Yang, Phase field simulation of the stress-induced α microstructure in Ti-6Al-4V alloy and its CPFEM properties evaluation, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2021, 90, 168-182

(19) J. Sun, M. Qi, J.H. Zhang, X.X. Li, H. Wang, Y.J. Ma, D.S. Xu, J.F. Lei, R. Yang. Formation mechanism of α lamellae during β→α transformation in polycrystalline dual-phase Ti alloys, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2021, 71, 98-108

(20) D.S. Xu, H. Wang, J.H. Zhang, C.G. Bai, R. Yang. Titanium Alloys: From Properties Prediction to Performance Optimization. In: W. Andreoni, S. Yip, editors. Handbook of Materials Modeling, 2^nd edition, Cham, Springer, 2020

(21) J.H. Zhang, C.Y. Teng, Z.C. Meng, H.S. Xu, L. Yang, D.S. Xu, R. Yang. Selection and mechanical evaluation of γ/γ boundary in γ-TiAl alloy, Intermetallics, 2020, 126, 106946

(22) J.H. Zhang, X.X. Li, D.S. Xu, R. Yang, Recent progress in the simulation of microstructure evolution in titanium alloys, Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 2019, 29(3): 295-304

(23) J.H. Zhang, J.M. Liu, D.S. Xu, J. Wu, L. Xu, R. Yang. Characterization of the prior particle boundaries in a powder metallurgy Ti₂AlNb alloy, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2019, 35, 2513-2525

(24) S.S. Huang^#, J.H. Zhang^#, Y.J. Ma, S.L. Zhang, S.S. Youssef, M. Qi, H. Wang, J.K. Qiu, D.S. Xu, J.F. Lei, R. Yang, Influence of thermal treatment on element partitioning in α+β titanium alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019, 791, 575-585

Shenyang City High-level Talent (Top-notch Category)