On July 7, at the invitation of Professor Junqiang Wang, academician Akihisa Inoue, former president of Tohoku University, Japan, and Yangde Li, chairman of Dongguan Yi'an Technology visited NIMTE and gave a lecture entitled "Extended Application State of Fe- and Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glasses and Some Novel Phenomena for High Entropy and Pseudo-High Entropy Glassy Alloys" and "Progress of industrialization technology and technology transformation of bulk amorphous alloy" respectively .
Starting from the development history of amorphous alloys, Academician Akihisa Inoue introduced the preparation and performance characteristics of bulk amorphous alloys and the current status of their applications in cell phones, pressure sensors, magnetic powder cores, etc., taking Zr-based and Fe-based bulk metallic glasses as examples. He mentioned that amorphous alloys will also be widely used in biomedical and microelectronic fields, and the development and industrialization of bulk metallic glass materials with high functional properties is a hot research topic in the future. Academician Inoue also talked about the new sub-stable materials developed in recent years - high entropy and pseudo-high entropy amorphous. He analyzed the phase composition and microstructure of these materials in detail and defined the differences between bulk amorphous, high entropy amorphous, and pseudo-high entropy amorphous alloys in terms of cluster size. After that, Prof. Yangde Li emphasized the importance of technology transformation by sharing several case studies on the industrialization of bulk amorphous alloys. After the presentation, the participants had a lively discussion and interactive exchange on the difficulties in the industrialization application of amorphous alloys and the problems in the process of technology transformation.
After the meeting, Research fellow Junqiang Wang presented Prof. Yangde Li with the "Guest Research fellow Appointment Letter".
Akihisa Inoue is a world-renowned materials scientist, a member of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States, a member of the Baccalaureate Institute of Japan, a former president of Tohoku University in Japan, and a fellow of Cambridge University in the U.K. He was awarded the Japan Academy Prize in 2002, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2007, the American Physical Society New Materials Award in 2009, and the Acta Materialia Gold Medal in 2010. He is mainly engaged in research on materials such as amorphous nanocrystalline alloys and bulk metallic glasses. He is the originator of the concept of bulk metallic glasses and a leader in the development of new materials, and is one of the most influential international figures in this field, and has been the most highly cited scientist in materials science for more than 10 consecutive years.
Yangde Li, a patriot from Hong Kong, is originally from Ningbo. He has long been engaged in industrial technology development and industrial production in the new materials industry and has made significant contributions to the industrialization of new materials for bulk amorphous alloys, magnesium alloy lightweight, and medical devices for orthopedic implants. He founded A-share listed company Dongguan Yi'an Technology Company Limited and served as Chairman of Yi'an Technology, and is the Chairman and CEO of Liquidmetal Technology, the world's most famous liquid metal company, and has served as an adjunct professor or special guest professor in many universities and research institutes in China, including the University of Science and Technology Beijing and the Institute of Metals, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a research fellow and deputy director of the first committee of the Amorphous Branch of the Chinese Society for Metals. He has received many awards such as the Second Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Nonferrous Metals Industry, the First Prize of Science and Technology Award of Liaoning Province, the Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress of Guangdong Province, and the Award of Excellence of International Magnesium Association (IMA).
