Zhao Dechao
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Room 219, Materials Science and Engineering Building
E-Mail:zhaodechao@ouc.edu.cn
Introduction
Dr. Dechao Zhao's research area involves multifunctional integrated nanocrystalline alloy coatings, gradient structure (nanocrystalline-ultrafine-coarse crystal) coatings, machine learning based screening and high throughput preparation of adaptive high temperature alloys, in-situ dynamic deformation mechanism and molecular dynamics simulation of nanocrystalline metals, etc., which is of great significance in guiding the design, preparation, and regulation of new high-performance alloys and coatings. As a research project leader, he has undertaken 8 research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China, and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He has published more than 20 papers, including 12 SCI papers in Scripta Materialia, Materials & Design and other high-level journals as the first/corresponding author.
Biographical Information
Education
04/2018 - 03/2021 Ph. D., Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
09/2015 - 08/2018 MA.Eng., University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
01/9/2007-31/7/2011 B. A., Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China
Research experience
08/2024-Present Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China
04/2021-07/2024 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Special Materials, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
03/2020-03/2021 Co-Researcher, Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University
Research Interests
(1) Design, preparation and regulation of high strength-plasticity, wear, corrosion resistance and thermal stability coatings for extreme environments
(2) Cavitation behavior and instability mechanism of high/medium entropy alloy gradient structure coatings
(3) Regulation and molecular dynamics simulation of nanocrystalline alloys with ultra plastic deformation behavior
(4) Cross-scale design and development of new multi principal element alloys
Research Projects
(1) 2025/01-2027/12, Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (No. ZR2024ZD14)
(2) 2024/01-2026/12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52301096)
(3) 2024/08-2027/08, Start-up Fund for Young Talent Project of Ocean University of China
(4) 2022/06-2023/04, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2022M722052)
(5) 2022/01-2024/01, Morning Star Postdoctoral Grant of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
(6) 2020/03-2022/03, Japan Aluminium Alloy Association (JAAA), Research Support Project
(7) 2022/07-2024/07, Anhui Provincial Research Grant
(8) 2023/01-2024/12, CSIC-Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Joint Fund for Prospective Innovation of Marine Equipment
Selected Publications
1. Dechao Zhao, Decheng Kong, Jie Huang, Mingliang Wang, Tomiko Yamaguchi, Haowei Wang. Achieving the lightweight wear-resistant TiC reinforced AlFeCrCo medium-entropy alloy coating on Mg alloy via resistance seam processing, Scripta Materialia 210(2021)114429.
2. Dechao Zhao, Tomiko Yamaguchi, Danjo Tusbasa, Wenqin Wang, Fabrication and friction properties of the AlFeCrCo medium-entropy alloy coatings on magnesium alloy, Materials & Design 193(2020)108872.
3. Dechao Zhao, Tomiko Yamaguchi, Jinfeng Shu, Tatsuya Tokunaga, Tsubasa Danjo, Rapid fabrication of the continuous AlFeCrCoNi high entropy alloy coating on aluminum alloy by resistance seam welding, Applied Surface Science 517(2020)145980.
4. Litao Ma, Dechao Zhao*, Yihao Wang, Kangbao Wang, Jie Huang, Xinyuan Jin, Decheng Kong, Mingliang Wang, Tomiko Yamaguchi, Haowei Wang, Optimized Wear Behaviors and Related Wear Mechanisms of Medium Entropy Alloy based Composite Coatings, Journal of Materials Research and Technology 29(2024)12-27.
5. Dechao Zhao, Youjie Guo, Yihao Wang, Chunliang Yang, Cheng Man, Zhongyu Cui, Hongzhi Cui, Achieving fully equiaxed grain structure and ultrahigh density of the high entropy alloy coating via resistance seam processing: Experiment and simulation, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1010(2025)178157.
6. Hongyi Zhu, Qian Wang, Chen Yang, Yihao Wang, Cunjuan Xia, Dechao Zhao*, Huawei Zhang, Mingliang Wang*, Zhe Chen, Haowei Wang, Improving TiB2 dispersion in Al-Si composites by interfacial projection: High-throughput first-principles calculations, Materials & Design 244(2024) 113184.
7. Hongyi Zhu, Jie Huang, Yue Gong, Dechao Zhao*, Huawei Zhang*, Dong Chen, Mingliang Wang*, Haowei Wang, Insight into continuous growth mechanisms of ZrO2-Al2O3 composite PEO coatings with superior cavitation erosion resistance, Surface & Coatings Technology 29(2023)130355.
8. Dechao Zhao, Tomiko Yamaguchi, Wenqin Wang, Fabrication and wear performance of Al0.8FeCrCoNi high entropy alloy coating on magnesium alloy by resistance seam welding, Materials Letters 265(2020) 127250.
9. Dechao Zhao, Decheng Kong, Jie Huang, Mingliang Wang*, Tomiko Yamaguchi*, Characterization and wear behavior of CoCrNi medium entropy alloy coating on Al alloy by resistance seam processing, Materials Transactions 63(2022)649-654.
10. Zeyu Bian, Yulong Cai, Dongdong Zhang, Yanlai Wu, Dechao Zhao*, Mingliang Wang, Shuai Cui, Haowei Wang, Improving mechanical performance of heat-resistant eutectic Al alloy by in-situ TiB2 particles, Materials Letters 358(2024)135857.
11. Hengfu Li, Dechao Zhao*, Yuchi Cui*, Chengyi Dan, Siming Ma, L. Wang, Jun Liu, Y. Li, Zhe Chen, Haowei Wang, Size Effects in Strength and Strain Hardening Behavior of Single-Crystal 7075 Aluminum Alloy Micropillars, Experimental Mechanics 64(2024)1545-1555.
12. Hongyi Zhu, Cunjuan Xia, Huawei Zhang*, Dechao Zhao*, Mingliang Wang*, Haowei Wang, Designing of Non-Heat Treatable High Pressure Die Casting Al Alloys: A Review, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 33(2024)8601-8626.
13. Haowei Wang, Dechao Zhao, Mingliang Wang, A review of the corrosion protection technology on in situ TiB2/Al composites, Acta Metallurgica Sinica 58(2022)457-472.
