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 Associate
Professor Chen Zhong
Email: aszchen@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65) 6790 4256
Office: N4.1-01-24
Related Links: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/aszchen/
Current
Research Interests
Over the past 20+ years, Chen
Zhong has been interested in applying
fundamental materials science principles
to the understanding of material’s
behavior and development of novel
materials. To achieve this, experimental
investigation has been assisted by
computer simulation at different length
scales. The main research focus is on
the following areas:
Thin Films, Surface & Interface:
Microelectronic thin films; Thin films
for energy applications; Protective and
functional surface coatings; Nano-structured
thin films & surface engineering
Mechanical Behavior of Materials:
Fracture, fatigue, creep, wear and
scratch of materials; Mechanics of thin
films and multi-layers, Materials
joining; Structural & functional
composites
More details on my research projects and
publications are available in the
personal web link shown above.
Biographical
Information
Chen Zhong obtained his BEng,
MEng, and PhD degree in 1984, 1987 and
1997 respectively. He started his
academic career as an Assistant Lecturer
in Hefei University of Technology, China
in 1987. In 1992 he went to The
University of Reading, UK as a visiting
researcher. After completing the visit,
he was further supported by an ORS award
and a European Economic Community
research grant to pursue his PhD degree.
In April 1997, he joined the Institute
of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE),
a national research institute funded by
the Agency for Science, Technology and
Research in Singapore. He has been with
Nanyang Technological University since
March 2000.
Teaching
- MS2004
Materials Structure and Mechanical
Behavior
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MS7001 Materials Lab Techniques
Selected
Publications
Z. H. Gan, Zhong Chen, S. G.
Mhaisalkar, Zhe Chen, K. Prasad, Sam
Zhang “Effect of electron beam treatment
on adhesion of Ta/polymeric low-k
interface,” Applied Physics Letters, 5
June 2006, Vol. 88 (23), Art. No. 233510
Z. Chen, M. He, B. Balakrisnan, C. C.
Chum “Elasticity modulus, hardness and
fracture toughness of Ni3Sn4
intermetallic thin films”, Materials
Science and Engineering A, 2006, Vol.
423, pp. 107-110
Y. C. Ee, Z. Chen, T.-M. Lu, Z. L. Dong,
S. B. Law “Low temperature
physical-chemical vapor deposition of
Ti-Si-N-O barrier films”,
Electrochemical and Solid State Letters,
2006, Vol. 9 (3), pp. G100-G103
M. He, Z. Chen and G. J. Qi “Mechanical
Strength of Thermal Aged Sn-3.5Ag/Ni-P
Solder Joints”, Metallurgical and
Materials Transactions, 2005, Vol. 36A,
pp. 65-75
Z. Chen, M. He and G. Qi “Morphology and
Kinetic Study of Interfacial Reaction
between SnAg3.5 Solder and Electroless
Ni-P Metallization” Journal of
Electronic Materials, 2004, Vol. 33, pp.
1465-1472
M. He, Z. Chen, and G. Qi "Solid state
interfacial reaction of Sn-37Pb and
Sn-3.5Ag solders with Ni-P under bump
metallization", Acta Materialia, 2004,
Vol. 52, pp. 2047-2056
Z. Chen, B. Cotterell and W. Wang "The
Fracture of Brittle Thin Films on
Compliant Substrate in Flexible
Displays" Engineering Fracture
Mechanics, 2002, Vol. 69, pp. 597-603
B. Cotterell and Z. Chen "Buckling and
Cracking of Thin Films on Compliant
Substrate under Compression",
International Journal of Fracture, 2000,
Vol. 104, pp. 169-179
A. G. Atkins, Z. Chen and B. Cotterell
"The Essential Work of Fracture and JR
Curves for the Double Cantilever Beam
Specimen: An Examination of
Elastoplastic Crack Propagation"
Proceedings of Royal Society of London,
1998, Vol. A454, pp. 815-833
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