Xianghai An

7.6k citations

111 papers · 6.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Mechanical Engineering top 0.1%
- High Entropy Alloys Studies
- Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
- Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
- Advanced materials and composites
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
Metals and Alloys top 2%

Papers in

Mechanical Engineering 88
- Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties 47
- High Entropy Alloys Studies 25
- Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes 16
- Advanced materials and composites 15
Materials Chemistry 76
- Microstructure and mechanical properties 61

Co-authors: Xiaozhou Liao S.D. Wu Qingyun Lin Z.G. Wang Terence G. Langdon Mui Ling Sharon Nai Roberto B. Figueiredo Zhiguang Zhu
Journals: Scripta Materialia (16 papers)Acta Materialia (10 papers)Materials Science and Engineering A (9 papers)Journal of Material Science and Technology (8 papers)Journal of Alloys and Compounds (4 papers)
Partner nations: China Australia United States

In The Last Decade

Xianghai An

107 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Deformation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation in a CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy 2021 · 163 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Science Advances
2019 International Journal of Plasticity
2018 Scripta Materialia

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1	Effect of Cu content on HPT-induced grain boundary evolution, decomposition, segregation, and grain refinement in Al-xCu alloys Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Man Feng, Shenbao Jin, Qinli Wu, Zhiping Wang, Xianghai An, Xiaozhou Liao, Jiehua Li, Gang Sha	2025	0
2	Study of enhanced nitrogen removal performance and mechanism of iron-modified activated carbon in low-temperature environments Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·Guangtao Li, Jinlong Han, Yunchang Wang, Shihong Wu, Liang Ge, Xianghai An, Xiaoyang Liu, Wenfang Gao, Li Sun, Zhijun Ren, Kengo Kubota	2025	0
3	Enhanced thermal stability and mechanical properties of an additively manufactured CoCrNiFeMn high entropy alloy Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Jiayi Sun, Zhiqiang Wu, Zhiguang Zhu, Mui Ling Sharon Nai, Xianghai An	2025	4
4	Bidirectional Phase Transformations in Multi‐Principal Element Alloys: Mechanisms, Physics, and Mechanical Property Implications Advanced Science ·Jiayi Sun, Heqing Li, Yujie Chen, Xianghai An	2024	16
5	Interstitial engineering enabling superior mechanical properties of nitrogen-supersaturated Fe50Mn30Co10Cr10 high-entropy alloys Acta Materialia ·Yujie Chen, Jisheng Ma, Yuecheng Lin, Yvonne Hora, Zhifeng Zhou, Ashley D. Slattery, Xianghai An, Zonghan Xie	2024	19
6	Enhanced fatigue properties of large-scale ultrafine-grained copper fabricated by friction stir additive manufacturing and subsequent cold rolling International Journal of Fatigue ·M. Liu, Xianghai An, B.B. Wang, L.H. Wu, Peng Xue, F.C. Liu, D.R. Ni, Bin Xiao, Z.Y. Ma	2024	10
7	High-pressure-torsion-induced segregation, precipitation and grain refinement of Al-(Si, Mg and Cu) binary alloys Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Man Feng, Qinli Wu, Jing Xue, Zhenjiao Luo, Zhiping Wang, Xianghai An, Xiaozhou Liao, Jiehua Li, Shenbao Jin, Gang Sha	2024	23
8	Grain size effects on high cycle fatigue behaviors of pure aluminum International Journal of Fatigue ·B.B. Wang, Xianghai An, Peng Xue, F.C. Liu, D.R. Ni, Bin Xiao, Y.D. Liu, Z.Y. Ma	2023	16
9	Achieving high fatigue strength of large-scale ultrafine-grained copper fabricated by friction stir additive manufacturing Materials Letters ·Mingyue Liu, Xianghai An, B.B. Wang, F.C. Liu, L.H. Wu, Peng Xue, D.R. Ni, B.L. Xiao, Z.Y. Ma	2023	11
10	Room-temperature super-elongation in high-entropy alloy nanopillars Nature Communications ·Qian Zhang, Ranming Niu, Ying Liu, Jiaxi Jiang, Fan Xu, Xuan Zhang, Julie M. Cairney, Xianghai An, Xiaozhou Liao, Huajian Gao, Xiaoyan Li	2023	42
11	Friction stir additive manufacturing enabling scale-up of ultrafine-grained pure copper with superior mechanical properties Materials Science and Engineering A ·M. Liu, B.B. Wang, Xianghai An, Peng Xue, F.C. Liu, Lihong Wu, D.R. Ni, Bin Xiao, Z.Y. Ma	2022	33
12	Deformation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation in a CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy Science Advances ·Hao Wang, Dengke Chen, Xianghai An, Yin Zhang, Shijie Sun, Yanzhong Tian, Zhefeng Zhang, Anguo Wang, Jinqiao Liu, Min Song, Simon P. Ringer, Ting Zhu, Xiaozhou Liao Hit paper breakdown →	2021	163
13	Metallic nanocrystals with low angle grain boundary for controllable plastic reversibility Nature Communications ·Qi Zhu, Qishan Huang, Guang Cao, Xianghai An, Scott X. Mao, Wei Yang, Ze Zhang, Huajian Gao, Haofei Zhou, Jiangwei Wang	2020	77
14	Size-dependent deformation behavior of dual-phase, nanostructured CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy Science China Materials ·Yujie Chen, Xianghai An, Zhifeng Zhou, Paul Munroe, Sam Zhang, Xiaozhou Liao, Zonghan Xie	2020	30
15	Excellent ductility and serration feature of metastable CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy at extremely low temperatures Science China Materials ·Junpeng Liu, Xiaoxiang Guo, Qingyun Lin, Zhanbing He, Xianghai An, Laifeng Li, Peter K. Liaw, Xiaozhou Liao, Li‐Ping Yu, Junpin Lin, Lu Xie, Jingli Ren, Yong Zhang	2018	190
16	Influence of solid solution strengthening on the local mechanical properties of single crystal and ultrafine-grained binary Cu–AlXsolid solutions Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·Verena Maier‐Kiener, Xianghai An, Linlin Li, Zhefeng Zhang, Reinhard Pıppan, Karsten Durst	2017	13
17	Microcompression and cyclic deformation behaviors of coaxial copper bicrystals with a single twin boundary Scripta Materialia ·L. L. Li, Xianghai An, Peter Julian Imrich, Peng Zhang, Z. J. Zhang, Gerhard Dehm, Z.F. Zhang	2013	37
18	Optimizing strength and ductility of Cu–Zn alloys through severe plastic deformation Scripta Materialia ·Peng Zhang, Xianghai An, Z.J. Zhang, S.D. Wu, Shan Li, Z.F. Zhang, Roberto B. Figueiredo, Nong Gao, Terence G. Langdon	2012	80
19	MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FCC METALLIC MATERIALS SUBJECTED TO EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING Acta Metallurgica Sinica ·Xianghai An, Han Weizhong, Que Shen, WU Shi-Zheng, Zhefeng Zhang	2010	5
20	Microstructure and mechanical properties of Cu and Cu–Zn alloys produced by equal channel angular pressing Materials Science and Engineering A ·Z.J. Zhang, (unknown), Q.Q. Duan, Xianghai An, S.D. Wu, Gang Yang, Z.F. Zhang, Z.F. Zhang	2010	91

About Xianghai An

Xianghai An is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Biomaterials, having authored 111 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (61 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (47 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (25 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (18 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (16 papers), Advanced materials and composites (15 papers), Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (15 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanical Engineering (5.6k citations), Metals and Alloys (254 citations), Aerospace Engineering (2.3k citations), Materials Chemistry (3.3k citations) and Mechanics of Materials (1.1k citations). Xianghai An has collaborated with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Xiaozhou Liao, S.D. Wu, Qingyun Lin, S.D. Wu, Z.G. Wang, Terence G. Langdon, Mui Ling Sharon Nai, Roberto B. Figueiredo, Zhiguang Zhu and Nong Gao. Their work appears in journals such as Scripta Materialia, Acta Materialia, Materials Science and Engineering A, Journal of Material Science and Technology and Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

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