Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials

In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to the marine economy, which accounts for over 10% of the GDP. The laboratory addresses the major demand for key service materials in China's marine engineering and high-tech equipment sectors. Our research focuses on the significant scientific issues arising from the interaction between complex marine environments and materials. The laboratory aims to develop innovative methods and transformative technologies for creating key marine materials and systematically solve the problem of autonomous control of these materials. Its goal is to become a global hub for marine materials innovation and a center of talent, supporting China's strategic layout in the South China Sea, deep sea, and polar regions.

Lab Director: Dr. PU Jibin
E-mail: pujibin@nimte.ac.cn

Research Groups:

Group Leader	Group	Research Interests
Dr. WANG Liping	Coupled Damage & Lifetime Extension of Materials for Severe Environments Group	(1) Damages of materials working under extreme environments with coupled electrochemical and mechanical/high-temperature factors; (2) Development of anticorrosive systems and their significant engineering applications for marine environments with high temperature, high humidity, and high-salt mist; (3) Behaviors of materials with long-term anticorrosion and pressure endurability working under complex deep sea environments; (4) Behaviors of protective materials working under the ultra-low temperature polar environment
Dr. Pu Jibin	Metal Strengthening and Tribocorrosion Resistance Research Group	(1) Functional protective coating materials for marine, nuclear, and aerospace equipment (2) Multi-field coupled damage behavior and cross-scale regulation technology of materials (3) Design and surface modification technology of novel special corrosion-resistant alloy materials (4) Engineering applications of laser cladding, 3D printing, thermal spraying, and thermochemical diffusion technologies
Dr. WANG Aiying	Advanced Thin Films and Coating Technologies Group	(1) Carbon-based Functional Enhancement Films and Application Technology (2) Metal Surface Protective Coatings and the Mechanisms of Mechanical-Chemical-Electrochemical Damage (3) Fundamental Theory of Plasma Discharge and Functional Modification
Dr. HUANG Zhengren	Advanced Structural Ceramic Materials Group	(1) New-type structural ceramic materials; (2) Ceramic forming technology; (3) Research and development of engineering structural ceramics
Dr. JIANG Nan	Functional Carbon Materials Group	(1) Preparation of CVD single crystal diamond/polycrystalline diamond and diamond precision processing technology; (2) Carbon-based high thermal conductivity composite materials; (3)Diamond functional devices; (4) Vacuum equipment design
Dr. SONG Zhenlun	Advanced Metallic Materials and Protection Research Group	(1) Metallic material design，processing and surface modification; (2) Corrosion, failure and surface protection technologies
Dr. ZENG Zhixiang	Marine Environmental Materials Group	(1) Biomimetic drag reducing coatings for Marine vehicles; (2) Marine oil pollution treatment; (3) Surface functionalized film and Anti-corrosion coating design
Dr. CHEN Tao	Smart Polymer Materials Group	(1) Molecular design of functional and smart polymeric materials as well as the construciton of corresponding hybrid systems; (2) Shape memory polymers based on supramolecular interactions; (3) Flexible polymetric actuating materials; (4) Flexible wearable devices, chemical and biosensors
Dr. LIU Xiaoqing	Novel Thermosetting Resins Group	(1) Bio-based/degradable/recycable thermosetting resins; (2) Functional resin-based composites; (3) Polyesters synthesis; (4) Carbon materials
Dr. MAO Dongsheng	Nano-Engineered Advanced Materials Group	(1) Surface modification and dispersion of nanomaterials; (2) Nano-engineered materials; (3) Fiber reinforced polymer composites and structure-property-processing relations; (4) Multifunctiona nanocomposites and applications
Dr. ZHANG Tao	Interface-Functional Polymer Materials Group	(1) The synthesis of polymer molecular brush and the application of surface modification; (2) Controllable synthesis and properties research of two-dimensional polymer films; (3) Synthesis and application of multi-scale polymer nano-film materials; (4) Development and application of new marine functional polymer materials
Dr. CHANG Keke	Cermet Protype Design & Development via AI Group	(1) Design of new cermet / composite materials via AI (Artificial Intelligence) and multiscale computation; (2) Surface / interface microstructure evolution and damage mechanism of materials under extreme environments; (3) Preparation and application of new cermet / composite materials for deep-earth and deep-sea drilling.

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